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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 23d of October 1721. AT the Sessions, which began at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bayly , on Wednesday the Eleventh of this Instant October 1721. Five Men and one Woman were try'd, and by the Jury found Guilty of Capital Offences, viz. Richard James , John Dykes , William Courtney , John Trantum , Philip Storey , and Ann Lloyd : But the Last being a Girl of about 7 Years of Age, and the Jury recommending her to the Mercy of the Court, She obtain'd His Majesty's most Gracious Reprieve. During the Time which they lay under Sentence of Death, they constantly attended their Duty, twice each Day, in the Prison Chapel; except W. Courtney, who was visited with a severe Sickness, which must have ended his Life in a few Days, had not the Effects of his Vices put a quicker Period to it. These Prisoners in general Appear'd Devout and Serious; and perceiving their no dallying or trifling when Death was so near in View, they pursued their Devotions chearfully and earnestly; gave the closest Attention to the Word of God when explain'd on the Week Days; and seem'd to sit easy to this World, and to have fixt their Eyes on a higher and nobler Prospect. Their Friends furnish'd them all with the best Books of Devotion, to their Request, and Entreaty, as the Last and most charitable Benevolence they could afford 'em, before they left the Earth, to take possession of Eternity. On Sunday Oct. 15. I preach'd to them on the Nature of Justice and Injustice; The several different Degrees of Guilt; and how a Man may participate of an III Action without being immediately concern'd in the Commission of the Fact, &c. And, On Sunday Oct. 22. I preach'd to them from the following Text of Scripture, Let the Sighing of the Prisoner come before Thee, according to the greatness of thy Power: Preserve thou those that are appointed to dye! (Psalm 79. Ver. 11.) After observing, that David is supposed to have prophesied here of the Jewish Captivity, when Thousands of innocent Slaves were cruelly hauld to the Dungeons, scourg'd, mangl'd, and torn to pieces, by the arbitrary Rage of the Babilonians, and other Heathen Powers, and for whose Preservance and Deliverance a good Man ought to pray: We then proceeded to consider the Purport of the Words generally, and agreeable to the Circumstance and Occasion before us. FIRST, We endeavour'd to distinguish some of the Sorts of Sighing of Prisoners: As, (1) The Sighs of a Prisoner committed to a Dungeon at the cruel Pleasure of a Tyrant, which is Arbitrary Power. (2) A Prisoner committed by well-intending, but mistaken Zealots, on Account of Religion, which is Persecution. (3) The Sighs of Prisoners very justly made so, for the wicked Practices, which is Publick Justice. And here, we farther distinguish'd, between the Sighing or Sorrow of (1) a harden'd Malefactor, who may grieve that he is leaving Life, and can no longer robb, and ruinate, and plunder. (2) That Sorrow which an unregenerate Prisoner may have, for being cut off from the Light of the Sun, from Gaiety, Worldly Pleasures, and Jocose Companions. (3) That Sort of Sighing or Sorrow, which is rais'd at the Consideration at God and our Saviour's being offended, and being our Foes. The first of these is a vicious Sorrow; the second a fruitless and unprofitable Concern; the third a virtuous and availing Repentance. SECONDLY, We consider'd the Greatness of God's Power and Capacity to save an Innocent Prisoner from Death, and a Guilty one from Damnation: As He is the Creator of the World; as He continues to direct and surpervise our Affairs; and as He is an indulgent Father engaged to hear the Petitions of sinful Men. THIRDLY, We considered the Words - Appointed to Die. (1.) That such Appointment was to the Prepar'd Soul the joyful News of being dissolv'd in order to be with Christ. (2.) To the Doubting and Uncertain Sinner, Death is at least the Seals of all his Cares, the Term of his Anxiety, Disquietness and Uneasinesses, and the laying them all asleep in the silent Grave. (3.) To the unprepared Sinner, Death is a Prospect of Horror; the King of Terrors, the opener of Eternity, and the great Beginner of Tortures. FOURTHLY, We observ'd the Advantage which the being Appointed to Dye, is, to the vicious Liver. As it prevents his running farther into Sin, and rendering his Repentance harder. As the Uncertainty of Death has caused many, especially Robbers, to be wholly Carless and Negligent of their Duty; so that they have by Accidents been cut off, or, by sudden Sickness, been hurry'd out of the World; and some Times without Time to say, Lord have Mercy upon me a Sinner! which Warning for Repentance the Appointment for Death affords them. FIFTHLY and LASTLY, The Influence that the Appointment for Death should have. It should induce Men to despise the World; to acquire a nobler Treasure in Heaven; to be instant and earnest in Devotions: It should make a Man examine and judge himself that he be not judged of God; make us reflect on the Wisdom of God in bringing down Man to Humility, by having form'd him, tho' the Glory of Creation, one of the most changeable Being created; so form'd, as for one Generation to give Place to another in less than an hundred Years, while the Sun and Moon, and Stars, preserve the Posts, to shine on our Posterity as they have shone on us. 1. JOHN DYKES ) of Stepney Parish , was convicted of Assaulting Charles Wright on the Road, between Mile-End and Bow , and robbing him of a Penknife, a Seal, and 5 s. 8 d. in Money, by clapping a Pistol to his Breast, and telling him if he did not peaceably deliver he should be shot through. He was 23 Years Old, but very Ignorant, having forgot all his Reading and Writing, which (he said) was taught him by his Friends. Being the eldest Child, and having a too indulgent Father, he desliked to go 'Prentice to any Occupation for seven Years, and was not compel'd thereto; yet some Times (he said) he work'd with his Brother as a Carpenter or Cooper . He added, that his Ruin proceeded from an idle Habit which he catch'd of Gaming, at which having spent most of his Money, he would play for Half-Pence with the Children in the Streets, where he some Times re-establish'd his Stock; but at other Times being quite destitute, and afraid to acquaint his Father with his Losses, he took to picking Pockets, which he often practic'd, and was some Times in Bridewell for it: Upon his being discharg'd, he would often promise his Friends that he would go to Sea, but still refused to do so, though often equip'd and enter'd for his Majesty's Service. He also said, that his Friends often lamented to him, begging he would take to some Business, telling him he would assuredly come at length to be hang'd; adding, that his Friends often bought him good Suits of Cloaths, to encourage him to go to Church, but that he was scarce ever in a Church in his whole Life; going, as he said, toward the Fields, to Play and Game, and returning when he thought Church was done. He also said, that he not only robb'd as a Footpad on the Highway, but broke into several Houses, about Mile-End , Bow , and Hackney ; in particular, that Isaac Drew and he forceably enter'd, in the Night-Time, a House, by the School-House, going to Bow , and took Cloaths and some little Plate; but what (he said) most griev'd him, was, that he robb'd a poor Man, near the Men hanging in Chains by Bow , of all his Wages, he being a Gardener, and going Home late at Night. This Prisoner (as I was told) used, at particular Times, to start up in the Night-Time, and tear his Hair, and beat his Breast, and crying out in a very odd way; but at other Times to be singing forth of Psalms by himself, and repeating the Lord's-Prayer for several Hours together. Before his Death, he express'd a Chearfulness and Alacrity at leaving the World, said, he had an assured Hope that his Peace was made with God, and received the Holy Sacrament the Morning before Execution, with great Reverence and Devotion. 2. RICHARD JAMES ) was condemn'd for Assaulting Collet Mawhood on the 28th of August last, about Five o'Clock in the Afteroon, by Hanwell-Heath , and taking from him a Ring and 10 s. in Money. This Prisoner was about 30 Years of Age, Born near St. Anne's Westminster , was Son to a Nobleman's Cook, who left him very young, and about 12 he went to Sea ; he said also, that being in Jamaica , he and many others were taken Prisoners by the Spaniards; but a Housepainter taking a liking to him, instructed him in his Trade when they arriv'd in New-Spain . He said, he liv'd very well with this Spaniard, but longing to see the Place of his Birth, and to talk his own Language, he return'd to England ; and about 17 Years of Age he married, his Wife being much younger; by which, the Friends of them both being anger'd, the Wife was turn'd out from her Fathers, and he oblig'd to go again to Sea, where he continu'd three Years, including (he said) the time that he continued Prisoner in the Hands of some Pirates; adding, that they set him on Shore destitute on the Coast of America, that he travelled to Boston in New-England , from thence to Maryland : But returning after three Years into England, he found his Wife had married again, having had Intelligence that her Husband was Dead in America; he said, he could not perswade her to leave her second Husband, because she had a Child or two by him; he added that he himself also liv'd in the same Adultery; being led into it by the Accidental Loss of his rightful Wife. He freely confest the Fact; said he well deserv'd to die; and added, that if he was under Tyburn , it would be no concern or uneasiness to him, for those of his Profession never were alarm'd at the Sight of Death. He said that he was much concern'd at the cruel way he had of using People he robb'd, especially the Waggon which goes from the Bell-Inn in Warwick-Lane , to Chiner in Tame , in Oxfordshire , which he, and Nat. Hawes and Rich. Jones , stop'd by the Lord Portland's Park-Wall, beyond Uxbridge ; in which Waggon was one Man and three Women, besides the Waggoner, J. March. Also he mention'd the robbing a Gentleman and Lady in a Chaise, on the 25th of Aug. last beyond Acton ; for the Gentleman having by entreaty got Hawes to restore him a Ring he valu'd; this Malefactor rode back and swore he would shoot him thro' the Head if he gave him not the Ring a second time; and being also very angry with his Comrade, for giving the Travellers 2 s. to cross the Water withal. He said also, that being at an Inn at Harrow on the Hill , two Ladies and their Footman call'd in, being travelling to Mortlock a cross the Country; that a Mile on this side Oxford Road , he and his Companions attack'd them; that among the things which they took from the Travellers, they desir'd nothing again but a Whip, which this Prisoner would not grant them; but some Snuff which a Lady beg'd out of a silver Box they gave her in a Paper. He said, that in August last, to his present great Sorrow, he committed eight Robberies, or more, viz. Two Men on Horse-back, on Finchley Common , at Nine o'Clock in the Evening, some Gentlemen, &c. going for Mortlock: A Man and a Woman behind him, near Tatnam Turnpike : A Man and a Woman on Finchley Common : A Quaker's Coach, about four Miles beyond Acton , with (I think) one Man and three Women in it, robbing them of a Gold Chain, 4 Guineas, and 8 s. in Silver, on the 28th of August. But being ask'd of one or two Murders; he said he never took the Blood of any Man; nor robb'd between Hamstead and London, except one Man and Woman, from whom he took only a Crown, he said, and used them so civilly, that they had been to acknowlegde his uncommon good Treatment since he was in Prison, and especially his handsome Usage of the Woman, who was with Child; wishing that he had always us'd the same gentleness and humanity. He took particular Pains to inform himself of Religion, &c. never was once absent from publick Prayers, but appear'd very earnest and diligently in making his Peace with God, and securing to himself a better World of eternal serenity and entire satisfaction. The Morning before his Death, he receiv'd the Holy Sacrament, with a becoming Regard. He said that his Defence of his Tryal was all false, and that Hawes did not give his Wife the Stone Ring to let him lye with her. He added, that he thank'd God for taking him off so soon from Sin; and for leting him die a Death that gave him time and space for Repentance: Nor could it all affect his Soul, whatever the World said of the shame of such an End; if he was but in Happiness in Heaven, while they continu'd among Clamours, Cares and Disquietudes in this World. 3. PHILIP STORY ) was Condemn'd for seven different Robberies, viz. Breaking and entering the House of Samuel Hadduck , Esq ; of Richard Nicholson , of Mary Roberts ; of Thomas Omans ; of Will. Gascoin . &c. He having pleaded Guilty to the several Indictments: And being also found Guilty to the robbing the House of John Coverly , and stealing thence a silver Pepper-Box, Tongs, and Strainer, 20 Turnover, and 200 Yards of Holland, &c. on the 14th of Sept. last. He was about 28 Years of Age, Born of French Parents; but his Father, having a great Charge of Children, and not being able to sustain them by his Weaving Business, after continuing some Years in England , retired again into France; leaving Philip Story without any Subsistence, but what proceeded from a Mother-in-Law. He enquired of me, whether Picking of Pockets in a Church was Sacrilegde or not? He was answer'd, that it was one sort of Sacriledge; and might perhaps be more Offensive in the sight of God, than what was generally so, as it may deter some from frequenting the Temple of God, as it may make those who are there Uneasy and Cautious and take their Thoughts off from Heaven, which stealing Plate, &c. from a Church does not; and also, as it must be the greatest Affront to God, for any one to interrupt those who are taking to him by Prayer. He acknowledged that he well deserved to die, and as he had never any Expectation of Life, had endevour'd to make his Peace with God, not only after he was condemn'd, but before he was try'd and convicted. 4. JOHN TRANTRUM ) was convicted of breaking the House of Jacob de Villa on the 4th of this Instant October, in the Night-Time, and stealing thence twenty Guineas in Money, two Gowns and Petticoats, and of breaking also the House of William Hammond , of Randolph Walstead , and Others; which, together with the Robberies which he committed in Company with Philip Storey , made ten several Indictments for so many several Robberies. He was about 24 Years Old, Born in London . He was from the first very desirous of being inform'd in the Way to Heaven, having, he said, no Expectations of Life, or of any Reprieve. He also said, that he was not of any Business, but went a Voyage to the East-Indies and China , as Servant to one in the Ship, and there stay'd four Months, till the Vessel was loaded with the Commodities of that Country; adding, that he acquired by the Voyage above fourscore Pounds: But after his Return to England , his Effects being soon expended, he took to vicious Courses; though his Mother some Times told him, she fear'd he lived Dishonestly, and beg'd him not think of subsisting on the Ruins and Spoils of innocent People, for it would terminate in Misery and Destruction. He also said, that when he was in New-Prison , he had Dreams that secur'd to foretel his Fatal End, and yet continu'd his Ill Actions, giving a Relation of his repeated Robberies, too numerous here to recount: But he hop'd, he said, that no Sins were too great for God's Mercies, that he rely'd wholly on the Merits and Sufferings of Christ his Saviour for the Pardon of his many Crimes; that he flung himself on the Mercies of God, and hoped he sholud find Remission with Mary Magdalen and the penitent Thief on the Cross. 5. WILLIAM COURTENEY ) of St. Giles in the Fields was condemn'd for breaking the House of James Fillet , in the Night-Time, and stealing four Ounces of Gold Dust, a Silver Chain, &c. on the 9th of September last. This Prisoner was also about 24 Years of Age, but very Illiterate and Ignorant; yet seemingly, and to Appearance, he was Penitent, according to his Capacity, and received the Holy Sacrament with the others. They all went to the Place of Execution in a very devout and supplicant Manner: At Tyburn they were earnest in their Exclamations to God for the Pardon of their Sins; all of them confessing the Facts for which they died. Philip Storey said that one Christian Leonard , his Accomplice, was worse than he. John Dykes said, tho' he confess'd the Robbery, he deny'd that he took the Crown of the Prosecutor's Pocket or knew of it. Will. Courteney confest not that he knew were J. Buxon his former Comrade was. They all denyed that they knew any thing of the Murther of Capt. Hedges. T. PURNEY, Ordinary. and Chaplain. ADVERTISEMENT. A Water that perfectly cures the Itch, or any Itching Humour, in a few Days, without necessity of Purging, or the dangerous Use of Mercury. Price 1 s. 6 d. is only prepared and sold by A. Downing, Chymist, at the Crown and Ball in George-Court in St. John's-Lane by Hicks's-Hall, near West-Smitfield. Where also may be had, the best Spirits of Scurvy-Grass, by Wholesale or Retale at 8 d. a Bottle. A most effectual Remedy for the violent Pain in the Teeth. Price 1 s. Also a most excel-Remedy for preserving the Teeth and clearthem from the Scurvy. 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, & Dying Words Of the NINE MALEFACTORS Who were executed at TYBURN On Wednesday the 26th of APRIL 1749. BEING THE Third EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honble Sir William Calvert , 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.XLIX. [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 WILLIAM CALVERT , Knight , Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Honourable Mr. Baron CLARKE, Mr. Justice WRIGHT, Mr. Justice BIRCH, RICHARD ADAMS , Esq ; Recorder , and other of his Majesty's Justices of OYER, and TERMINER, and Goal Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City of London; and County of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall in the Old Bailey , on Wednesday the 22d, Thursday the 23d, Friday the 24th, Saturday the 25th, and Monday the 27th of February, in the 22d Year of his Majesty's Reign; NICHOLAS MOONEY , was capitally convicted, 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 WILLIAM CALVERT , Knight , Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Honourable Sir THOMAS ABNEY , the Honourable Baron CLARKE, RICHARD ADAMS , Esq ; Recorder , and other of his Majesty's Justices of OYER, and TERMINER, and Goal Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City of London, and County of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall in the Old Bailey , on Wednesday the 5th, Thursday the 6th, Friday the 7th, and Saturday the 8th of April, in the 22d Year of his Majesty's Reign; DOMINIC WHITE , WILLIAM HORNER , JOHN MUDGET , DAVID DAVIS , THOMAS KINGSMILL , WILLIAM FAIRALL , RICHARD PERRIN , RICHARD GLOVER , JOSEPH WALTERS , WILLIAM MCLAUGHLIN , and ANNE VAINE were capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. JOHN MUDGET , the Gingerbread-baker from Cheshunt , convicted for robbing the Chelsea Stage Coach, having received Sentence Saturday the 8th. died Sunday Evening the 9th Inst. The Behaviour of most of the rest since Conviction has been very decent and suitable to their unhappy Condition; their Attendance was every Day at divine Service in the Chapel, and their Appearance very devout, only Horner being sick most of the Time was obliged to absent, and McLaughlin and White being Roman Catholicks , were sullen, and would not attend. On Thursday the 20th Inst. the Report of eleven Malefactors was made to his Majesty, when he was pleased to order the 9 following for Execution; viz. Dominic White , William Horner , David Davis , Thomas Kingsmill , William Fairall , Richard Perrin , Joseph Walters , Wm McLaughlin and Anne Vaine . Nicholas Mooney , upon Account of some favourable Circumstances, which were laid before his Majesty, when a Report was made the 9th Day of March last, was respited till the 20th Inst. and on the 19th in the Evening a farther Respite of 7 Days, was sent to the Sheriffs from the Duke of Bedford's Office, one of the principal Secretaries of State; but being again reported with the rest, Execution was directed to be respited, till his Majesty's Pleasure concerning him, should be further known . His Majesty's Pleasure was, at the same Time signified, commanding that Execution upon Richard Glover , should also be respited, in Consideration of many favourable Circumstances appearing in his Favour . 1. DOMINIC WHITE , and WILLIAM HORNER , late of St. George's Middlesex , were indicted for breaking, and entering the dwelling House of John Rogers , with an Intent to steal , March 16. 2. WILLIAM MCLAUGHLIN , was indicted for robbing Benjamin Tribe on the King's Highway, of one Silver Watch, Value 10 s. One Pair of Silver Shoe Buckles, Value 5 s. One Guinea, in Gold, and 16 s. in Silver, March 29 . 3. THOMAS KINGSMIL , alias STAYMAKER , WILLIAM FAIRALL , alias SHEPPARD , and RICHARD PERRIN alias PAIN , alias CARPENTER were indicted for being concerned with others, to the Number of 30 Persons, in breaking open the King's Custom House at Pool , and stealing out there 30 hundred Weight of Tea, Value 500 l. and upwards , Oct. 7, 1747. 4. JOSEPH WALTERS was indicted for stealing one Silver Watch, Value 40 s. a Brazil Snuff Box made with a silver Hinge, Value 1 s. one half Guinea, and 2 s. 6 d. in Silver , the Goods of William Bailey , March 9. He was indicted again for returning from Transportation . 5. DAVID DAVIS was indicted for robbing Bartholomew Fleming on the King's Highway, of a Silver Watch, Value 4 l. one Pair of Shoe Buckles, Value 5 s. and 5 d. in Money , March 3. 6. ANNE VAINE late of London Spinster , was indicted for being concerned with two Men, not yet taken, in robbing Martha Perry on the King's high Road of one scarlet Cloak, Value 4 s. one silver Thimble, Value 6 d. and 11 s. in Money . 1 Dominick White , aged 28, born at New-Market near Limeric in the Kingdom of Ireland , was bound Apprentice to a Butcher in Limeric , whom he served about four Years and a half, but thinking to do better at Sea , he took the Opportunity of entering himself on Board the Ship of War called the Lime , then cruising on the Irish Coasts. He was on board this Ship about six Months, and was turned over to the Cambridge Man of War , which was then order'd for the Mediterranean, and on Board her, the Buchingham and the Dunkirk he has spent his Time, which is about nine Years from the Time of his going to Sea to last May, when he was discharged from the Dunkirk. He says he has worked since at Times in Rope-walks at Deptford , and other Places; but in general has led a loose and idle Life, Pilfering, and Stealing, whatever he could lay his Hands on. He was of a morose Disposition, and would scarce suffer himself to be talked to: He at first said, he was bred a Protestant, but afterwards was determined to die a Roman Catholick , and the only Reason he would give for so doing was, because he had often been to hear Mass in Ireland . As to the Fact for which he was convicted, he said he neither did, nor thought of any Harm, tho' he had a Pistol in his Hand charged with a large Slug, and about 20 Shot which he held right against the Persons who went down into the Cellar to take him; that Horner broke open the Cellar Window, and went down; and not coming up after he had called to him several Times, he went himself down to fetch him up. I leave it to the Reader, whether a Man could mean any Harm, who had the above Pistol, and a Bottle with Gunpowder; besides a Sword or Tuck, and a Piece of Iron, an Instrument made use of to splice Ropes with, with which 'tis very probable the Door was wrench'd open. Thus accoutered, and found in a Cellar, broke open, his Intentions could not be very harmless; and nothing to be sure, but being seasonably detected prevented his carrying his evil Designs in Execution. He was armed for doing great Mischief, and seem'd to have a Will fit for such Enterprizes. 2. William Horner , aged 21, born near St. John's Church in the Borough of Southwark , was put Apprentice to a Carman ; and says, being a wicked idle Boy, and getting into bad Company has brought him to this miserable and unhappy End thus early. He has been so ill, almost ever since he received Sentence of Death, as to be in great Measure deprived of his Senses; so that I could but just bring him to a Sense of this Offence, and that he should repent of all evil Courses, before it pleased God so to afflict him. He owned he broke the Cellar; said he was sorry for it, and hoped God would have Mercy on his Soul, 3. David Davis , aged 21, was born in Dublin , and bound Apprentice when very young to a Carpenter , a Man of great Note in the City of Dublin. He served the greatest Part of his Time very faithfully; his Master dying, he continued in the same Manner with the Widow, 'till the seven Years were expired. During which Time his Master having a Job in the Repair of St. Andrew's Church in Dublin , for Conveniency got the Liberty of another Carpenter's Yard contiguous to the Church, where one George Raftor alias Raffody , whom he looks upon to have been the Cause of his Ruin, and present unhappy Circumstances, was used to resort, being of the same Business. Here they first contracted their Acquaintance; and Davis solemnly declares, had it not been for Raffody, he never should have thought of doing such a wicked Thing as what he is now to suffer for, and even that he thought not of five Minutes before he committed the Robbery. Upon his coming to London about 16 Months past he says, he met with Raffody again, and ever since, they have kept up a slender Acquaintance to the Time this Fact was committed, seeing each other now and then. For Davis got into Business and continued to work, and do Jobs for one or other Home to the Time he was taken. He knew Raffody was guilty of wicked Practices, and advised him, often against it, but unluckily for him Raffody came to his Lodgings the Afternoon the Fact was committed, and they having drank together more, he says, than he was accustomed to do, they went out to take a Walk, Davis not thinking of any Harm; he was pretty much in Liquor, he says, and as they went along, Raffody took the Advantage of it, and began to talk to him about Thieving, said there was a good deal to be got that Way, and he had a good Mind to try his Luck that Way. Davis says, he did not give much heed to what he said at that Time; they talk'd again of indifferent Matters, but Raffody would not drop this Subject, and said to Davis, you foolish Dog what signifies your slaving every Day for a Trifle, when if you'll be ruled by me, you shall live easy and well, without hard Labour. Davis says, he replied, that he loved Work better than Play, and if any one was of a contrary Opinion, they might follow their own Inclination; 'twas nothing to him, and he hoped to get his Livelihood by his Work; tho' by Means of evil Communication he finds himself mistaken. They kept together that Day and Evening, and drank at several Places in their Walk, so that Davis says, he was pretty much in Liquor, and his evil Counsellor prevailed; being off his Guard, he forgot his former Use of going to his Lodgings in very good Time, so they kept walking the Streets till they met with Mr. Fleming. As he came towards them, come says Raffody to Davis, we'll set upon this Fellow and rob him, we two shall be a Match for him. Accordingly Raffody attacks Mr. Fleming, and tho' Davis had passed him (being somewhat diffident of what he was going about) he returned to the Assistance of his now Brother in Iniquity. He owns the taking of the Watch and Shoe Buckles, but says if there was any Money in the Case, it must have been taken by the other, for he does not remember to have seen or handled any at that Time. No sooner had they committed the Robbery, but a Gentleman coming by that Instant, and saying, what are you at that Sport? then have at you. They were frighted and ran for it in Hopes to make their Escape. Raffody had the good Luck to get off thro' Eagle Court , but Davis in running stumbled and fell, and was immediately taken by the Gentleman that luckily came to the Assistance of the Prosecutor. The Watch being called, came to them, being near the Watch-house of the New Church in the Strand , to whom they delivered the Prisoner: He was taken care of that Night, and next Morning being taken before a Justice, he found Reason sufficient to commit him to Newgate . He seems to be a Youth of a gentle Disposition, and behaved extremely well ever since Conviction, constantly attending and joining very devoutly in Prayer. He wished several Times he had never seen Raffody, and said, he had been the Death of his whole Family; for his Mother coming to Town from White-haven, went to see him, and he says, she told him she should not survive it long, and appeared to be very greatly afflicted; and that his Father upon hearing the sad and melancholy News of his Son's unhappy Case, was so surprized, that a Fit of Sickness immediately seiz'd him, which threw him into a violent Fever, and made him go mad. But he says, he is heartily sorry for what he has done, tho' this is the first Time he ever even thought to commit a Robbery, and it was not five Minutes before 'twas done. He freely forgives his Prosecutor, and all the World, and shall meet his Fate with Resignation to the Will of God, hoping Forgiveness of his Sins, thro' the Merits of Jesus Christ. 4. Joseph Walters , aged 38, was born in the Parish of St. Sepulchre , and was bound Apprentice to a Printer , with whom he lived about five Years, and then, not liking to be confined to that Business, but fond of a more loose Way of living, agreeable to his wandering Disposition, he went and took a Lodging at a Whipmaker's in Gray's-Inn-Lane . For seven Years after, he says, he sold Whips about the Streets , and used to go to Fairs in and about Town, to sell Whips, and Pens, and Paper, &c. Afterwards he went to lodge in Purple-Lane , where he got acquainted with some bad People, who persuaded him to make one among them; and one Evening in April, 1746, being a Night of public Rejoicing, he and his Companions had a Mind to make merry; but being themselves low in Pocket, it was to be at somebody's Expence that belonged not to their Company. They wanted to have a nice Supper, but how to come at it they could not very well tell: However, it was agreed on at last that Walters and one or two more should go upon the hunt, which they accordingly did, and Walters stole a Couple of Fowls out of a Poulterer's Shop, for which he was apprehended, and tried at the Old Bailey , and received Sentence of Transportation. Agreeable to his Sentence, he was taken from Newgate , and conducted, with several others, down to Black Friars , in order to be put on board a Lighter provided for the Purpose of receiving them; but Walters found Means to escape, he says, with the Connivance of some of the People that belonged to the Lighter. However, he avoided for that Time the Punishment of the Law, and, as soon as he could, took himself away to Bristol , where he lived about a Year or two, selling Pens and Pocket-Books , &c. At length it was taken Notice of, that he being no Freeman, encroached upon the Liberty of the Citizens, and he was by the Magistracy ordered to forbear: Upon which he came again up to London , and returned to his old Practices of Thievery, and several little Pick-pocket Articles,he says, he has been guilty of. He owns the Fact for which he was convicted, and says, he deserves his Fate very richly, for so ill treating a Person to whom he pretended Friendship. They having been in Company together as Friends, Walters took the Advantage of his being in Liquor, and stole his Watch, a Brazil Snuff-Box, made with a Silver Hinge, one half Guinea, and two Shillings and Six-pence in Silver; for which he was tried and found guilty, at the last Sessions at the Old Bailey . And besides, a Bill of Indictment being preferred against him for returning from Transportation, and being seen at large in these Kingdoms before the Term of seven Years was expired; it was found by the Grand Jury. In Consequence of which, he was tried upon this Indictment, and the Record of his Sentence being proved, as also that he was the same Person, he was found guilty of Death, without Benefit of Clergy. He acknowledged himself to have been a very vile and profligate Sinner, and owned particularly that monstrous Iniquity of Sodomitical Practices, which he was concerned in for a long Time. He confessed that his wicked Life had brought him to a Fate he deserved; but he earnestly besought the Lord's Pardon and Forgiveness, and was in Hopes by his Prayers and Tears to move the Almighty to extend his Mercy to his poor Soul, through the Merits of Jesus Christ. 5. Anne Vaine , aged 20, was born in the Parish of St. Andrew's Holborn , and brought up by her Parents, who were poor, and not able to give her any Education at all; but when she was old enough, she was sent to cry and sell about the Streets whatever was the Produce of the Season of the Year, for her Subsistance and Livelihood. She solemnly declared, and after I had acquainted her with the Nature of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, she was willing, and desired earnestly to receive it, declaring, not only that she was not the Person concerned in the Robbery (if any was committed on the Prosecutor) as was charged upon her, but that she never was guilty of any Robbery whatsoever. When the Constable apprehended her, she asked him, What it was for? He only told her in Reply, It was Time enough for her to know when he had taken her before a Justice. She was in the City Liberties when taken, but the Prosecutor, and the other Witness, by the Constable's Advice, agreed to take her to a Justice of Peace quite out of the Liberties of both where the Fact was supposed to be done, and she apprehended. She lamented her Fate, and said, she never had any other Thoughts than of getting an honest Livelihood by her Calling; and therefore to be brought to an untimely End was so much the more unexpected and terrible to her. She said she forgave her Prosecutor, and all concerned against her, from her Heart, and hoped that God would forgive her. 6. William Mc.Laughlin , aged 28, born at Wexford in the Kingdom of Ireland , and bred up in the Roman Catholick Persuasion, was a Man of a sullen, obstinate Disposition, and would by no Means be communicative, nor scarce suffer himself to be talked to. He said he was bound ' Prentice to a Butcher , but not liking that Business, which is somewhat laborious, he betook himself to the Sea , and has in the End of his Life added towards verifying the old English Proverb, which is but too often the Fruits of Idleness and Roving. He says he has been in the Service for some Years, but how, and where, he either could not tell himself, or would not; and the rest of his Life is all a Secret, 'till for some evil Practice he was put into Custody of a Watchman, whom he robbed, and treated very ill, at the same Time he robbed the Prosecutor. There was indeed another Indictment against him for that Fact, but the other appearing so plain, it was thought needless to try him upon it. However, he denies the Fact for which he was convicted, though so plainly proved against him; nay, the very Character the Persons he called into his Aid and Defence gave him, added Circumstances from whence his Guilt might be inferred, tho' they alone are seldom sufficient to produce a Conviction in the Place where he had his Trial. About six Weeks before this Fact he was in Custody, as above, two Days and a Night, for knocking a Man down upon the King's Highway, and for that Offence was liable to Indictment; but the Person then by him injured, frighted with the Menaces of his Accomplices, in case he prosecuted McLaughlin, was at last glad to consent to his being let go. This might have been a Warning to him, if he had any Sense of the Evil of his Ways; but nothing less than Justice overtaking him, could have stopt his Course, his Genius seeming somehow or other suited to the Purposes of Rapine and Plunder. Barbarity and Cruelty appeared to be rooted in his Breast, as far as he was concerned in committing this Fact, and there can be no Manner of Doubt of his Guilt; for on the 29th of March last, McLaughlin, and three Persons his Comrades, were, like the Devil, lying in wait to see whom they might destroy; and the Prosecutor, with the Watchman, lighting him Home, happened to fall into their Clutches. They were all three concerned in robbing them, but it does not appear that any but McLaughlin treated them ill. They robbed the Prosecutor of the Things mentioned in the Indictment, and afterwards took away his Hat and Wig; but by his Entreaties they at last relented, and gave him them back again: But McLaughlin knocked down and robbed the poor Watchman, and used him barbarously, by jumping upon his Breast; upon which the poor Man only said, Why do you use me so barbarously? I did not use you so when I had you in my Custody two Days and a Night; and they began to threaten and swear at him in a most shocking Manner, bidding him deliver; and they took from him one Shilling and Four-pence, and his Hat and Wig. This Affair was next Day noised Abroad in the Neighbourhood, and that McLaughlin was one concerned in it. A Constable, whose Business called him there, went to the Three Mackerels, and seeing him there, knew him, and took him. The Constable saying to him, You are the Man that abused the Watchman, he seemed to speak of it with Pleasure, and replied, The Watchman was very much abused, and I did it; repeating again, in an exulting Manner, I am the Man that did it: (I suppose in Revenge that the poor Watchman had done his Duty, and kept him in his Custodylonger than he approved of. The Constable having taken him sent for a Watchman, who being come, said directly upon Sight of him, this is the Man that abused me, and stamp'd upon my Breast, accordingly they had him before a Justice, who committed him to Newgate . The Man who has committed a Crime of which he ought to be ashamed and repent, must have a proper Sense of it in order thereto. But this Man had no Sense of it at all, therefore could not be ashamed, nor repent. But the Goodness and Mercy of God is infinite. 7. Thomas Kingsmill , alias Staymaker , aged 28, was born at Goudhurst in the County of Kent , a young Fellow of enterprizing Spirit, and for some Years past employed by the Chiefs of the Smugglers, the monied Men or Merchants, as they are usual among themselves called, in any dangerous Exploits or wicked Undertakings. As this Character in general among his own Countrymen was, that of a bold resolute Man, undaunted, and fit for the wicked Purposes of Smuggling; such as intimidated People, in Case of any Suspicion of betraying their Secrets, opposing King's Officers in their Duty, and being concerned in Rescues of any Sort, or Kind, so he wanted not Business, but was made a Companion for the greatest of them all, and was always at that Service, when wanted and called upon. He would own nothing of himself, and was scarce to be persuaded that he had done any thing amiss by following the bad Practices of Smugling. Kingsmill however was concerned in the general Design, and actual Fact of robbing the Custom-house at Pool , and tho' he was not there at the first Meeting of this Gang; yet 'tis evident by the Consequence, that he was applied to by one of them, and consented to it. For he with others came and joined at the Forest of Bace near to Horn Dean ; the Company he came with was called the Hankhurst Gang, and he appears to have been one of the most active in the whole Affair. 8. William Fairall , alias Shepherd , aged 25, was born at Horsendown-Green in the County of Kent , bred to no Business, yet I could learn, inured to Smuggling from his Infancy, and acquainted with most of the evil Practices which have been used in those Parts for some Years past. In this Behaviour he seem'd equally as well qualified for the Work, as was Kingsmill, if any Thing, he had the Advantage; and 'tis generally believed that they were concerned together in most, if not all their Undertakings. Fair all at his Trial seem'd to shew the utmost Daringness, and Unconcern, even shewing Tokens of Threats to a Witness, as he was giving his Evidence to the Court, and standing all the while in the Barr with a Smile or rather a Sneer upon his Countenance. He came also to the Gang with Kingsmill to the Forest of Bace , and was one of the forwardest and most busy among the Company. Yet would he not own against himself any one thing that he had done amiss, for which his Life should be at Stake. However, his own Countrymen were glad when he was removed from among them, because he was known to be a desperate Fellow, and no Man could be safe, who Fairall should once think had done any Thing to offend him. For Instance, he was once apprehended and about to be brought to the New Goal in Southwark , but somehow had the good Luck to escape from the Officers, that had the Care of him; upon his Return home, he immediately, sets to work, and meditates Revenge upon the Gentleman, who was thought to have granted the Warrant for his being taken. Accordingly the Gentleman going one Day abroad, Fairall, and Kingsmill with others, way-layed his Return in the Evening near his own Park Wall; and 'tis generally believed had it not been for an Incident that happened in his Return, which retarded his coming Home, and tired their Patience, he would inevitably have been murdered by them. Because they were overheard to say, D - n him, he won't come Home to Night, let's be gone about other Business; and accordingly they went away angry at their Disappointment. 9. Richard Perrin , alias Pain , alias Carpenter , aged 36, was born near Chichester in the County of Sussex ; being bred a Carpenter , was looked upon as a good Work-man, and had pretty Business, till, the Use of his right Hand, being in a great Measure taken away by being subject to the Palsey, he thought proper to leave that Trade, and to take to smuggling. He was esteemed a very honest Man as to every other Affair of Life, and was therefore often entrusted by others to go over the Water to buy Goods for them, and for himself too he traded in that Way for Brandy and Tea. And he was the Man, that went over for this very Cargo of Goods, that was rescued from Pool Custom-house . Having talked to them several Times, each by himself and all together; neither of them all three would own any particular Share they had in the Fact; but said they knew best what they had done; and for what was amiss they would seek God's Forgiveness, and continued thus to declare to the last. They have indeed appeared very devout, ever since they received Sentence of Death, they were attentive to public, and fond of private Prayer, and Psalm-singing, continuing therein frequently till twelve, one, and 2 o'Clock, as I learned from those who watch'd with them o'Nights. The whole Affair of their assembling and robbing Pool Custom House , was as follows. A Set of Smuglers had agreed to send for a Cargo of Brandy, Rum and Tea, and Perin was the Man pitch'd upon to be intrusted to fetch and bring it, in a Vessel call'd the Three Brothers. He went and bought the Goods, and upon his Return, came unluckily in Sight of Capt . William Johnson in the Swift Privateer , station'd out of Stantnham Bay near Pool , having a Deputation from the Customs to seize prohibited Goods. When she found he had discovered her, she put before the Wind, but the Captain with all the Sail he could make, gave her chase from before five in the Afternoon, till about eleven at Night; when having fir'd several Shot at her, he brought her too, and took Charge of her. He carried the Goods to the Custom-house at Pool , and delivered them into the Charge of the Collector of the Customs there. This happened on the twenty-second of Sept. 1747. When Perin got Home, no Doubt he made his Report what was become of the Goods; and the People concerned, not willing to put up with such Usage, as having their Goods taken from them by lawful Authority, resolved to make Trialwhether they could not unlawfully lay their Hands on them again; which they were determined to do at all Events: Accordingly, soon after Michaelmas, in the Beginning of October, there was a Meeting called at Rowland-Castle, but it does not appear that any one of these three were present at that Time: At another Meeting at Charlton Forest , belonging to the Duke of Richmond, Richard Perin was present, and the People there met set their Hands to a Piece of Paper, to go and break open Pool Custom-House, and take out the Goods seized from Perin, and one Edmund Richards set down the Names. This was three or four Days before they went to Pool ; and the Consultation was held under a noted Tree in the Forest, called the Centre Tree, when it was concluded to go after the Tea; only Perin present here. From hence they proceeded to Bace , where the Hawkhurst Men came, and joined the Company that came from Charlton Forest, who staid in a lone Place for them till they came up. Amongst these was Kingsmill and Fairall; and now the joint Companies made 30 in Number, all arm'd, and determin'd to fetch away the Tea that had been taken from them, and lodged in Pool Custom-House, by Force. From hence they proceeded in a Body to Lindhurst , and coming there in the Evening, rested all the next Day, and that Evening, just as the Day shut in, they set out for Pool , all armed, and were there about Eleven at Night. They went to the back Side of the Town, and left the Horses in a narrow Lane, to the Care of Perin and another; but the first Thing they did was to send two Men to see if the Way was clear for them to go to work in breaking open the Warehouse, when one of them observing there was a large Sloop lying up against the Quay, and fearing lest she might plant her Guns against the Custom-House Door, and tear them to Pieces, said, It cannot be done; and some of them were turning to go back again, when Kingsmill and Fairall, and the rest of their Company, said, If you will not do it, we will go and do it ourselves: But another having observed the Tide to be low, and that the Vessel could not bring her Guns to bear to fire upon them, to the Custom-House then strait they went, and broke the Door open with two Iron Bars; and having made a free Passage to the Tea Warehouse, they carried it all away, except what was scattered about the Floor, most of the Bags having been opened an Inch or two, to see what Condition the Tea was in. Immediately all Hands were at Work, some in carrying, and some in lading the Horses. Kingsmill and Fairall were as much concerned as the rest in carrying and lading; but Perin still kept by the Horses; and when they were all loaded, every Man took his Horse, and away they rid to a little Town near Fordington. At the next Place they stopt they weighed the Tea with two Pair of Stilliards, and having distributed to every Man his equal Quantity, then took their Leaves, and went every one to his own Home. At the PLACE of EXECUTION. ON Wednesday the 26th Instant, Dominic White , Wm. M'c-Laughlin , and Wm. Horner , in one Cart, Thomas Kingsmill and Wm. Fairall in another, Richard Perin in a Mourning-Coach, David Davis , Anne Vaine , and Joseph Walters , went from Newgate to the Place of Execution, attended by a large Party of Foot-Guards; where having offered up Prayers to God for Forgiveness of their Sins, and recommended them to Divine Mercy, the Cart was withdrawn from under them, whilst they called on the Lord to receive their Souls. White and Mc Laughlin died in the Communion of the Church of Rome , and a Number of Sailors assembled together to take their Bodies; which they did accordingly. David Davis was put into a Coffin carried in the Cart with him, and taken care of by his Friends. The Bodies of Horner, Vaine, and Walters, were respectively taken Care of by their Friends; and the Bodies of Thomas Kingsmill and Wm. Fairall were attended by a Party of the Guards, to be delivered to the Sheriff of Kent, in order to their being hung up in Chains, the former at Goudhurst , the latter at Horsendown Green , where he once lived. 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 Last Speech of the Malefactor that was Executed at TYBURN on Saturday the 21st day of APRIL, 1711. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Wednesday the 11th, and Thursday the 12th instant, Two Men and Two Women being found Guilty, received Sentence of Death, One of the Women excepted, who was then (upon account of her Pregnancy) respited by the Court, and afterwards Reprieved, with the other Woman, and One of the Men, by HER MAJESTY's gracious Mercy; which I wish they may (as it is their great Duty and Interest they should) carefully improve: And I hope, that not only they, but other Offenders, taking Warning by him, who is now order'd for Execution, will earnestly sue for God's Grace, that they may transgress no more; but live such a good Life in this World, as may prepare and dispose them for a better in the next. While they were under this Condemnation, I constantly visited them, and had them brought up (twice every day) to the Chapel of Newgate, where I taught them publickly; and on the last Lord's Day preach'd to them, both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon Jam. 4. 8. being part of the Evening Second-Lesson for that Day, and the Words these: Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to You: Cleanse your Hands, ye Sinners; and Purify your Hearts, ye Double-minded. In my Explanation of which Words, I shew'd, that they are a pathetick Exhortation to Repentance and a Holy Life, which (as an indispensable Duty) the Apostle presses upon Men, Wicked Men especially, whom he denotes here by this two-fold Appellation, viz. 1. Sinners. 2. Double-minded: Meaning by the former, all such Persons as are openly Profane, notoriously Vicious, whose Wickedness manifestly appears in their Lives and Conversations, and ordinary Practices; And by the latter, all Hypocrites, i. e. those that endeavour to dissemble with God and Man, who being inwardly full of Iniquity, would fain appear outwardly to be Good and Righteous Persons. And by both, all sorts of Wicked Men, whom he admonishes to repent, by these three metaphorical and most important Precepts, viz. 1. Draw nigh to God: Which is to be done, 1st, By a lively Fath. 2dly. By sincere Repentance. 3dly. By fervent Prayer. 2. Cleanse your Hands; i. e. Reform your Actions: Amend your Lives, &c. 3. Purify your Hearts: Which is as if he had said, Purge out the Filth of Sin, which pollutes and defiles your Souls: Strive (by the help of Grace) to be Sanctify'd, to overcome that old Corruption and vicious Habit that is in you, and effectually make clean all those inward foul and impure. Thoughts, and unholy carnal Affections, from which all outward evil Actions that are deliberate; do naturally proceed; as our Blessed Saviour tells us, Mat. 15. 19. To each of these Particulars I spoke distinctly; and then inlarg'd my Discourse upon the great Subject of Repentance; shewing them, I. What Sin is, and how insensibly it breaks in upon Men. II. What Temporal and Eternal Miseries it involves them in. III. What means Men may use to prevent their falling into any gross Sin. IV. How (when committed) it may be repented of. V. and lastly, What are the blessed Effects of true Repentance. Having gone through these several Heads and Particulars, and herein endeavour'd to make my Auditory sensible of the Baseness, as well as dreadful Consequences, of a Sinful Life, and exhorted them to leave that Wicked and Dangerous Course; I did (at both times) conclude my Sermons with pressing Admonitions to the Condemn'd, That they would consider these Things, and how greatly it concern'd them to understand the true State of their Souls, viz. 1st. What that miserable State was they were in heretofore, when actually engag'd in the Devil's Service. 2dly, What their present State is, with respect to their inward Dispositions; Whether or no they hate and detest Sin, thro' a real Love and filial Fear of God. 3dly, What their future State will be, and what Hopes they have of being deliver'd from the Wrath to come. These weighty Things I left with them to consider, and gave them such a Directions, as I thought most suitable both to their Capacities and sad Circumstances. In my private Examination of them, they laid open to me their Sins and Fears. And he who is now to suffer, gave me the Account of himself, which I have here set down (in substance) as follows. Edward Paine , Condemn'd for a Felony in stealing a quantity of Portuguese Coin and Silver, with some Gold-Lace, of about the value of 500 l. on the 2d day of March last. He said he was 33 years of age, born at a Place call'd Walsgrove, within two Miles of Coventry , in the County of Warwick : That while his Father liv'd (who was a Farmer) he follow'd the Trade of Husbandry with him; and after his Death, he went to Service ; Wherein, having (in some few years time) got a little Money, he set up for himself with it, and turned a Carrier : That he had not been long in that Business, but he met with great Crosses and Losses, which (together with his vicious Inclinations and habit of Sin) prompted him to things not only unlawful in themselves, but hurtful to honest Men: That being suspected of a certain Robbery (which he said could not have been prov'd upon him) he was committed to Warwick-Goal, out of which he broke. And then his great Necessities, and want of Grace, made him presently engage in those more daring Crimes, which the Devil tempted him to, and which have deservedly brought him to this his sad and shameful End. Thus he acknowledged himself to have been a very great Offender; but he did not make this Confession till he saw there was no more hope for his Life here: For before that, he seem'd to be very obstinate and harden'd in his wicked Way; saying, That the World should never be the wiser for any thing he should declare. In which obstinate disposition he continu'd a long time, notwithstanding what was said to him concerning the absolute Necessity of clearing his Conscience, by making those Discoveries he was able to make, which might prove useful to the World, and of some satisfaction (especially) to them that were wrong'd by him. All that I could then get from him, was, That he promis'd he would give such Informations to Persons concerned, as might (perhaps) be of use to them: But still (I perceiv'd) he would fain have been thought a better Man, or greater Penitent, than he really was; being very unwilling to be undeceived in this his great mistake, That though he was publickly Condemned, and publickly to suffer for his Crimes; yet his private, Confession to God alone was sufficient for his Repentance. The Mischief of which Error was represented to him, not only by myself, but another ther Worthy Divine, that out of Charity to his Soul (as I may suppose) came to visit him; and yet for all that his obdurate and stubborn Heart (as it then outwardly appear'd) was not melted or moved in the least. But when Death began to make its nearer and more sensible approach to him, and (contrary to his Expectation) he found he was to dye indeed; then was he (or at least he seem'd to be) less sullen and reserved. He confess'd, That he had been highly guilty of Profaning the Lord's Day, of Swearing, of Excessive Drinking, of Whoredom, and all manner of Lewdness, and all Crimes, the Sin of Murther only excepted; and, That his loose Practices and wicked Course of Life, had brought him, by degrees, to the necessity of supporting his extravagant Expences, by those Injuries by him done to his Neighbour, those many Robberies he had committed in diverse Places, especially that at Basing-stoke in Hampshire, which was prov'd (he having part of the Goods found) upon him in this County; and for which therefore the Law does now justly require his Life here: All which himself could not but own; who was also perswaded at last to make some Discoveries relating to private Persons Concerns; which whether much useful, or not, Time will best prove. He being ask'd several Questions, some of them he did, and some he said, he could not, Resolve. He asked Pardon of God, and of all Men he had any ways offended, wishing it were in his power to make them full Amends and Restitution; But he said, he was poor, and therefore not able to do more than he had done herein. At the Place of Execution, to which he was this day carried from Newgate , in a Cart, I attended him for the last time. I exhorted him fully to clear his Conscience, and more and more to lift up his Heart to God, in Prayer, Faith and Repentance. I pray'd by him, and sung some Penitential Psalms with him, and made him rehearse the Apostles Creed, in which Belief he declar'd he dy'd. Then I pray'd again for him; and having recommended him to God's Mercy, I withdrew. He desir'd the Spectators to pray for him, and take Warning by him; and he pray'd, That God would give them all Grace to avoid his Sins, and his Shame, &c. After this he apply'd himself to God in his private Devotions; for which some little time having been allow'd him, then the Cart drew away, and he was turn'd off, while he utter'd these, and the like short Prayers: O Lord, forgive me the Sin for which I die, and all other the Sins of my Life, both known and unknown. O Blessed JESUS! wash away all my Sins in thy most precious Blood. Say unto my Soul, I am thy Salvation. Into Thy hand I commend my Spirit: For Thou hast redeem'd me, O Lord, Thou God of Truth. Lord JESUS! I come, I come; Recieve my Spirit. Amen. This is all the Account here to be given of this Dying Malefactor, by me, PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Saturday, April 21. 1711. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and dying Words of James Cluff , who was executed at Tyburn , for the Murder of Mary Green , on Friday the 25th of this Instant July, 1729. BY Virtue of his Majesty's Commission of the Peace, and Oyer and Terminer, for the City of London and County of Middlesex: On Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, being the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th of July, 1729, in the Third Year of His MAJESTY's Reign. Before the Rt. Honourable Sir ROBERT BAYLIS , Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Rt. Honourable the Lord Chief Baron Pengelly; the Honourable Mr. Justice Reynolds; the Honourable Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder of the City of London; the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Raby, Deputy Recorder; and other of His Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex. James Cluff having been tried before for the Murder of Mary Green , and acquitted; was upon an Appeal of William Green , Brother of the said Mary, tried again for the said Murder, and by the Jury found Guilty of the same. Death. While under Sentence, I explain'd to him the essential Points of Christianity; that as the first foundation of all Religion, we are to believe in the great God, who made Heaven and Earth and all Things that therein are, and who created Man after his own Image, in Knowledge, Righteousness and true Holiness; capable of praising God in this World, and of enjoying him hereafter: But our first Parents having broken their Covenant with God, fallen from their integrity and transgress'd the Divine Law; then God, out of pure Love and Compassion to the Miserable, was pleas'd to give unto us an Assurance of the promised Seed, which is now the Foundation of all our hope and confidence: This is the first promise of the true Messias Christ Jesus, through whom we have freedom of access to the Father; He it is who hath made up our Peace with God, through the Blood of the everlasting Covenant: Since then we are reduc'd to a state of Sin and Misery, from which we cannot extricate our selves, therefore it is necessary that we fly unto a Saviour, who is none else but our Lord Jesus Christ, Acts 4. 12. Neither is there Salvation in any other: for there is none other Name under Heaven given among Men, whereby we must be Saved. I exhorted him, and the others who were under Sentence of Death with him, to believe in Christ their only Saviour, whom God hath set forth to be a Propitiation, through Faith in his Blood, and in Testimony of their Faith, to bring forth fruits meet for Repentance and amendment of Life, to endeavour by the grace of God to become holy as God is holy and blameless in all manner of Life and Conversation, for without Holiness no Man can see the Lord. Then I insisted upon the heinousness of this horrid Sin of Murder at full length, in order (if possible) to bring him to a due Sense of it; showing him how directly contrary it is to the Law of Nature, to the express Law of God, and to the Laws of all Societies, Kingdoms, and Common-wealths. The first Principles of Reason with which we are possess'd, declare to us the Cruelty, Inhumanity and Barbarity of such a Sin, as altogether inconsistent with our reasonable Faculties at once divesting us of all Humanity, Mildness and Civility, and declaring us of the fierce Savage, and cruel temper of Lyons, Wolves, and Tygers, and such other ungovernable Creatures, which seem to be made for nothing but to Destroy. The first Law God gave to Noah, after the Flood is, whosoe sheddeth Man's Blood by Man shall his Blood be shed; and this is one of the Laws promulgated by God upon Mount Sinai to the Israelites, Thou shalt not Kill, or, Thou shalt do no Murder. And accordingly we find the Hebrews commanded by no means to suffer the Murderer to live, and we are made to know that there is no way of expiating this Sin, so as to remove the guilt of it from the Land where it is Committed, but by requiring Blood for Blood: And in the New Testament, wherever abominable Sins and Sinners are mention'd, the Murderer never fails to be inserted in the black Catalogue, as we see, Gal. 5. 19, 20, 21. Rom. 1. 29. Murderers are excluded the Kingdom of Heaven, and have their Portion assign'd them with Hypocrites and Unbelievers. Rev. 21. 8. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the Abominable, and Murtherers, and Whoremongers, and Sorcerers, and Idolaters, and all Lyars, shall have their part in the Lake which burneth with Fire and Brimstone: which is the second Death, &c. I desir'd him to partake in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, as a pledge of Christ's Love, and an earnest of everlasting Life. When these and many such exhortations were given, James Cluff behav'd himself with apparent Gravity, Modesty, and Civility, both in Publick and Private, but did not seem to have that Sincerity of Mind, and concern upon his Spirit, which was necessary for one in his deplorable Circumstances, upon the brink of Eternity, and under Sentence of Death for the grievous Sin of Murder. When he knew that the Day appointed for his Execution was Friday, the 25th of July, he did not alter in his carriage, but appear'd still to be of a compos'd and undisturb'd Mind, so that rarely any Malefactor hath been seen (at least) apparently so unconcern'd and indifferent. James Cluff , of St. Andrews Holborn , (at the Sessions of the Peace, and Oyer and Terminer, holden at the Old-Baily , on the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 21st, and 24th of April last) was Indicted for the Murder of Mary Green , by giving her one mortal Wound on the right Thigh, of the breadth of one Inch, and depth of five Inches, on the 11th of April last, of which she Instantly died. He was a second time Indicted on the Coroner's Inquest, on the Statute of Stabbing; and likewise the third Time, on the Coroner's Inquest, for the Murder of the said Mary Green . The Proof upon these Indictments not appearing clear to the Jury, he was acquitted of them all. William Green , Brother to the deceas'd Mary Green , as heir at Law, and nearest to her in Kindred, thinking to put that affair in a clearer light, lodg'd an Appeal in Court against James Cluff , for the Murder of his Sister Mary Green ; and accordingly, at the next Sessions, on the 21st, 22d, 23d, and 24th of May last. James Cluff , Try'd and acquitted last Sessions, for the Murder of Mary Green , against whom William Green , Brother and Heir to Mary Green , did, after his being acquitted, bring an Appeal, and appear'd at the Bar, and mov'd the Court that he might be try'd this Sessions; but not having taken care to bring a Venire Facias in Time, so that it could not be done according to the usual course of Law; his Tryal was defer'd till the next Sessions; at which time, which was the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th of this Instant July. James Cluff , of St. Andrew's Holborn , was, upon an Appeal for Murder, at the Instance, and upon the Prosecution of William Green , Brother and Heir to the deceas'd Mary Green , try'd for the Murder of Mary Green his Sister. Mrs. Diana Payn , at the Green Lattice in Holbourn , Depos'd, that the Prisoner and the Deceas'd Mary Green , were her Servants : That about 15 or 10 Minutes before the Fact was committed, as she stood at the Door, she saw the Prisoner carry out a pot of Drink; and that as she was walking in the Tap-house with the Child in her Arms, she saw Mary Green go down into the Cellar, and bring up two pints of Drink, one for a Customer, and the other for her Self, which she carried into a Box where she was at Dinner, and this was about 4 or 5 Minutes before the Fact was done; when the Prisoner came in, he went into the Room to the Deceas'd, and in about four Minutes he cry'd out, Madam, pray come here; as she came to the Door of the Box, the Deceas'd sat on her Backside on the Floor, and the Prisoner held her up by the Shoulders, and the Blood was running from her in great quantity; then she said to the Prisoner, James, what have you done? he answer'd Madam, nothing; did you see her do any thing to her self? he answer'd no; but that he saw her in the Cellar, with a Knife in her Hand. The Deceas'd neither spoke nor mov'd, and seem'd to be Dead. She being affrighted call'd for her Husband, and ran for an Apothecary. Mr. John Payn , confirm'd his Wife 's Evidence, with this variation, that they heard no noise nor Strugling, while the Blow was given, and that when she came out of the Cellar there was no Knife in her Hand. He added, that about 9 or 10 o'Clock that Morning, a Young-Man came (who he hear'd had been a Sweet-heart of the Deceas'd) and drank a pint of Drink, and Smoak'd a Pipe; that the Deceas'd sat by him a while, and believ'd the Man kiss'd her, for they sat directly over against the Bar; that he saw an alteration in the Prisoner's Countenance, and that he look'd ruffled; but he knew nothing of any Courtship between them. He said also, that as the Prisoner went into the Box where the Deceas'd was, he threw the Door with an uncommon violence. Mr. Saunders, who Din'd that Day at Mr. Pain's House, confirm'd the former Evidence, adding, that Mr. Pain calling the Prisoner Villain. &c. He said, he was innocent as the Child at his Mistresses Breast, and that he pretended the Deceas'd took a Knife in her Hand, when she went to the Cellar; upon which Mr. Pain and he went down into the Cellar, but found not a drop of Blood all the way: He added that the Prisoner was gone out of the House, when the Deceas'd went down to draw the Drink, and that they saw no Knife in her Hand. Mr. Cox, the Surgeon, Depos'd, that he found the Deceas'd on her Back and a vast effusion of Blood, that he found a Knife among other Knives upon the Table with a little Blood upon it; that the Knife answer'd exactly to the Cut which went through her Apron, a Quilted-Coat, a Stuff Petticoat, and a course strong Shift, and also to the Wound in her Thigh; that the Wound went obliquely upwards, and (as he thought) could scarce be given by the Deceas'd, and he was of that Opinion, that the Knife lying four Foot distant from the Place where the Deceas'd had been Sitting, she could not lay it there; a Wound in the femoral Artery being so Mortal, that one cannot live above a Minute and a Half at most, after it is receiv'd. He observ'd also, that under her Chin, and under her left Ear, and about her Elbows, there seem'd to have been some Confinement or Violence us'd, so as to cause the Blood to Stagnate, and prevent its Circulating. This Deposition was confirm'd also by another Apothecary and Surgeon, and in some of the most material Points, by a Surgeon who was call'd in behalf of the Prisoner. Mr. Baldwin, Depos'd, that at 9 o'Clock he being at Mr. Pain's, he saw the Prisoner and the Deceas'd quarrelling, that he thought he look'd Maliciously, and that he was an ill-natur'd Fellow. Mrs. Groves, Ann Duncarton and the deceasd's Mother, who gave Evidence upon the former Tryal, that the Prisoner had several times us'd the Deceas'd ill, did not give their Evidence, though in Court ready to do it. The Prisoner made a triffling Defence, the main design of which ended in denying every thing which the Witnesses gave in Evidence against him. After a full hearing of Counsel learn'd in the Law, both against and for the Prisoner, the Jury brought him in Guilty of the Murder. James Cluff , 32 Years of Age, as he said, descended of honest Parents, who kept a Publick-House near Clare-Market , and gave him good education at School, in Reading, Writing, Cyphering, and such things as were proper to make him fit for Business. When of Age, he was put out Apprentice to a Vintner , at the Swan in Tower-Street , and serv'd out his Time Honestly and with Approbation. Afterwards he serv'd in several Taverns and Publick Houses in Town, especially at the Horseshoe in Blow-bladder street , near Cheapside he liv'd two Years, and always (for what we could hear) with the Good-will of his Master, and all others whom he had an occasion to serve in such Houses, having been abundantly obliging in his Temper to Customers. But otherways he had been of a dissolute Life in a private Capacity, with respect to himself, having been much addicted to Drinking, Whoring, Swearing, and such other Vices, as are incident to Men inclin'd to give loose Reins to their extravagant Humours; but he had still the Character of being an Honest Man, although his manner of Life oblig'd him to contract some small Debts, part of which (as some People who knew him affirm'd) he was not capable, though willing to discharge; but whatever good purpose he might have had to satisfy his Debts, was prevented by the horrid unfortunate Crime for which he died. As to the Murder of which he was Convicted, he was very obstinate in denying that he gave the fatal Wound, although he did not pretend to give any Account what way Mary Green came by it: and it must of necessity have been given either by the Maid or himself, since there was no third Person in the Room to do it; but it is the Opinion of all them who saw the Wound, and reflected on the Circumstances of the Posture she was in, that it was next to an impossibility for Mary Green to do her self so great a Mischief. I earnestly press'd upon him to glorify God by a plain Confession of his Crime, and urg'd to him the most material Circumstances, in Consideration whereof scarce any Body doubts but he committed the Fact. He could not pretend that his Master, or Mistress, who gave him the Character of a good Servant, had any Prejudice, or Ill-will to him, upon which Account they might be easy, whether he lived or died. He neither reflected on them, nor none of the Witnesses, as if they had any View in Prosecuting him, but that Justice might be executed. I urg'd him with the Surgeon's Opinion, that it was improbable, if not impossible, for the Maid to give herself such a Wound; that she had no Knife in the Cellar; that in the first Trial, three Persons had sworn that he was Rude and Barbarous to the Deceased upon many Occasions, and upon that Account she made grievous Complaints to her Mother, and others, but without the desireable Effect of taking her altogether out of his Company, which prov'd so Fatal to her. He own'd, that his Master and Mistress were very Kind to him, that he had been a very dutiful Servant , having never given any Occasion of Discontent to them, and that he could not think they entertain'd any Prejudice against him. As to the other Evidences, he did not alledge that any of them had a Grudge against him, but when I urg'd these Probabilities, and many other things which convinced the World that he committed the Murder, and another Reverend Clergyman, who frequently attended him in the Cell, was present, who also exhorted him with many pathetick Expressions, taken from Scripture and Reason, to acknowledge his Crime; he continued Peremptory in his Denial. At first, indeed, he seem'd to be in Confusion, at the many pressing Instances which were made to extort a Confession from him; but recollecting himself, he denied that he gave the mortal Wound, and said, that he knew nothing at all how she came by her Death, no more than the Child that's unborn. He said that the Deceased was a very Ill-natur'd Girl, that she swore and cursed often, and he did not deny but he had struck her sometimes, as was given in Evidence against him, but that he did not do her any Harm; and after all that could be said, he still persisted Obstinate in denying the Fact. He said, that when he was Young, he was not disobedient to his Parents, who were very Careful in giving him good Education; but that in other Respects, he had led a very wicked Life, in breaking the Lord's Day, and neglecting his Duty to Almighty God, who therefore had now justly forsaken him. He appear'd not to be of an ill Temper, but a civil Fellow, and abundantly knowing in religious Matters, for one of his Station. Many of his Friends and Acquaintances came daily to visit him, while he was under Sentence, and I wish they did not divert him too much from his Duty, and that some of them did not under-hand, buoy him up with false Hopes. He hop'd to be sav'd only by the Mercy of God, through the Merits of Jesus Christ, and that he forgave all the World any Injuries done him, as he expected Forgiveness from Almighty God. As he was going to the Place of Execution, he desir'd the Officers to stop at Mr. Pain's, at the Green Lettice in Holborn , who was his Master, and lived with him at the same Time the Murder was committed: When he came to the Door of his said Master, he call'd for a Pint of Wine, and desired to speak with him, and accordingly he came; then Cluff address'd himself to him after the following Manner: Sir, You are not unsensible I am going to suffer an ignominious Death, and for what I declare I am not Guilty of, as I am to appear before my Great Judge in a few Moments to answer for all my past Sins: I hope you and my good Mistress will pray for my poor Soul: Pray God bless you, and all your Family. Then he turn'd to the Officers and desir'd them to speak to the Carman to go on; and it was Remarkable, that he spoke it with a great deal of Composure; and likewise when he came to the Place of Execution, his Countenance no ways chang'd, not even to the very last; when the Executioner came to pull his Cap over his Face, he was the same, being no ways concern'd at his approaching and untimely Death. At the Place of EXECUTION. He appear'd (as he always did under his Misfortune while under Sentence) with a deal of Composure and Gravity, that the like is Seldom seen in those unfortunate People at their last Moments: He was attentive and serious, and made responces to the Prayers and Psalms. He address'd himself to the Spectators to this purpose: Good People, I die for the Fact I did not do. I wish all Men well, and he said he never ceas'd to pray for his Prosecutors most heartily, ever since he was under Sentence. My Sins have been very great, and I hope for God's Mercy, through the merits of Jesus Christ. A Psalm was Sung at his desire. He overheard some People say that his Mistress was in a Coach just by the Place of Execution; whereupon he could not be easie, till a Person went to the Coach and satisfy'd him that she was not there. As the Cart was going away, he once more Address'd himself to the Spectators, as follows, Good People, I beg of you to Pray for my departing Soul, and as for the Fact which I now die for: I wish I was as free of all other Sins, as I am of this, which I am now a going to Suffer for. He desir'd his Friends to carry him to Hand-Alley in Holbourn , and from thence to be carry'd to St. Andrews Holbourn , to lye by his Brother. This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of 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 TUESDAY the 9th of JULY, 1745. BEING THE Fourth EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honble Henry Marshall , Esq; LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON. Number IV. For the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed, and sold by M. COOPER, at the Globe in Pater-noster Row . 1745. THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. INTRODUCTION. IT is very merry to hear the various descants on the new turn given to this paper by the present Editor, who has as many different titles bestowed on him as there are various opinions amongst men. Some are charitable enough to dignify him with the character of a plain honest country Parson, who has some view, on the demise of the present Ordinary, to obtain his place, which they seem to think may not be amiss; because they kindly enough conclude he may, by improving the matter, add to their amusement; which will be to the emolument of many. Some think it is going to be turned into a state paper, purely for the opportunity of setting the Public right, when matter sufficient occurs, in relation to such political writers as shall happen to be fools enough to like hemp better than Burgundy. Others, who are too wise to have any regard either for religion or common honesty, who can laugh at increasing evils, and sport with the miseries of their fellow creatures, and who are very indifferent whether they be hanged or reformed; these fix it on the Methodists, who, it seems, are accounted the wicked reformers of the age. Others, especially the disappointed Printers, who either have had, or are desirous of having the management of this paper, in order to get a dinner by feasting the Public with matter of their own invention, rail much at the language, and aver in all companies, such was never wrote before; which perhaps is very true: they say likewise, that none, but a person very conversant with the ignorant and miserable, can possibly be acquainted, with either their trade or wit, and consequently no judge of what they ought to say when they die, as being a stranger to their stile and language. Thus each diverts himself as best suits his fancy or interest; and if any reflection happens to please him with the certainty of his own disquisition, it's immaterial whether he hits upon the right Editor; the business not being who writes it, but what matter it contains; and which, I humbly hope, the reader for the future will more particularly attend to, as something will always present at once both serious and useful. The attention to order and regularity, and inspecting into the lives and manners of the governed, is the fundamental principle of civil government; without this the law is but a dead letter, and made rather to punish than reform. Due order, &c. depends on the right establishment of a civil Magistracy, with power in their hands, skill in their heads, and honesty in their hearts; so placed or disposed, as to hear, see, and understand all that is doing about them. When these, or any of these requisites are wanting, Justice in proportion lingers, and as that gradually decays, villainy in proportion gains ground, and ripens into acts of oppression and violence. The same laws which constitute a rural magistracy, to govern the known inhabitants of a country village, answer but very indifferently the purposes of great cities, where the next neighbours hardly know one another; and men live together with as little regard to what each other do, as if they inhabited an extended wilderness; it will follow, that as country villages do not require the same proportion of Magistrates as great cities, so neither do they require men of equal abilities. Wherever great cities are, wherein trade is well circulated, and business pursued with spirit, there men of all ranks and turns of mind will resort as the mart where all may deal: the industrious come to improve their fortunes, the extravagant to spend them, and knaves to make their market of both. Thus huddled together, there will always be employment enough not only for valuable magistrates, but also for a great number of them, properly disposed, and vigorously supported; who will put the laws already made duly in execution, by more particularly inspecting into the lives and manners of their neighbours within their respective districts. The pursuit of this object with spirit and skill would soon change the face of things, and render it as safe to walk in London streets as in our own gardens in the country, and the Sheriffs, in the event, be at more expence for gloves than halters. The back of Great Queen-street and Long Acre, the lanes, holes, and alleys about St. Giles's, &c. &c. would become the residences of honest industrious people; and night cellars, gaming-houses, bagnio's, and other bawdy houses, that confront justice with their golden signatures, and bid it defiance, be heard of no more. Men once taught to be rational, would in course love industry, and consequently fall into a mutual esteem for one another; and if the Ministers of the respective parishes were inclined to give their assistance, it might not a little contribute to the laudable purpose. In the terrible state things now are, preaching or praying would be perhaps to little purpose; but as times gradually mended, they might come to be of some use; at present the nature of the disease requires more strong and vigorous remedies, such as, I doubt not, when the fatal consequences of letting things go as they are come to be well considered, will be speedily apply'd; at least that no man for the future will be suffered either to protect or encourage such houses wherein villains are harboured, purely because it is his interest to do it. These hints, short as they are, will, I hope, contribute in time to the end for which I publish them; pleasing myself in the interval with the hopes of living to see virtue so well restored amongst the common people, as one may at least walk the streets safe from being robbed at noon-day. N. B. Any ingenious person who can throw useful thoughts together for the public emolument, pursuant to the above plan, may at any time have them inserted in this paper, by directing them to Mrs. COOPER, the publisher, in Pater-Noster-row. The Ordinary of Newgate, his Account, &c. BY virtue of a commission of Oyer, Terminer, and Goal-delivery for the city of London, and county of Middlesex, held at Justice-hall in the Old Bailey, on Thursday the 30th, and Friday the 31st of May, in the 18th year of his Majesty's reign, and in the year of our Lord 1745, before the Right Honourable Henry Marshall , Esq; Lord Mayor of the city of London ; Mr. Justice Abney, Mr. Baron Clarke , Sir Simon Urlin , Knight, Recorder of the city of London , and other his Majesty's Justices for the said city and county, when the following persons were capitally convicted, viz. John Simmons , John Jeffs , Richard Horton , Joseph Lucas , otherwise Ninn , Margaret Greenaway , Ann Rush , Jeremiah Burton , and Benjamin Stevens . - Two of whom, to wit, Richard Horton and Jeremiah Burton received his Majesty's most gracious reprieve. The rest were ordered for execution. While under sentence of death, I attended them with great care and assiduity, prayed with them often, and preached to them occasionally. My last sermon on the morning of their execution was on the subject of justice; the text was taken out of the Acts of the Apostles, chap. iv. 25, where St. Paul is described as standing before the judgment seat of Felix, the Roman Governor, and where it is recorded, that, as he reasoned on justice, temperance and judgment to come, Felix trembled. I took occasion therefrom to represent to them how far all men were liable to be called in question by their governors, and obliged to give an account of their actions; and thence concluded, that as the Holy Apostle submitted thereto with all due reverence, though free from crime, so it very justly became them who had been very wicked sinners, not to repine at their fate, but rather by a patient submission and resignation to the will of heaven, and by openly and freely confessing their crimes, leave room for grace, repentance, and a happy eternity; and by their good behaviour set so just an example, as might have a due effect on their unhappy comrades yet behind in the road to perdition, which might be the means of their betaking themselves to a course of honest industry, and being happy both here and hereafter. I then reasoned with them on the sense of the text, opening to them the nature of justice in various lights, as it regarded themselves, their fellow creatures, and their Creator. I aimed to shew that justice to themselves, was founded on temperance and industry. Temperance, I said, was the only true means of preserving health, as it kept the body in the true tone and disposition for action and labour, which are the basis of health; as health is of industry, which, at the same time that they strengthen the body, give vigor to the mind, and unite both the mortal and immortal part of man in one common pursuit of justice and righteousness; makes him just to his neighbour, respectful to his superiors, and dutiful to his Creator. I therefore warned them and all the hearers against the pernicious practice of drinking spirituous liquors, which made them seem as if possessed with evil spirits, and led them to forget that they were designed to appear in the world in the dignity of men and Christians, entitled to grace and a happy eternity. I told them that the injuries and misfortunes brought on by intemperance, were not only unhappy for themselves, but set bad examples to some, and were the means of disturbing, by their heated violences, the peace and order of the state, and the tranquillity and happiness of many, whom they had no right to injure; and by this means became the common enemies of both God and man; and consequently that the justice of both must reach them in due time, man by his judgment here, and God by the judgment to come; which was what, when intimated to Felix, made him tremble on the judgment seat, as conceiving it to be that dreadful justice which the hand of the Almighty pours on those, who by the injustice they do to themselves and fellow-creatures, by intemperance, idleness, and violence, leave no room for grace, repentance, and mercy. Yet, continued I, my brethren, be comforted, from the example of the thief upon the cross, who sincerely repenting, his sins were forgiven. You have hitherto hardly known what religion meant, and your time is now very short, but attended with this singular advantage, that if you make good use of so much as the lenity of the government allots you, and sincerely repent of your evil ways, you will become the happy partakers of bliss, and only leave behind, to your wicked comrades, misery and wrath to come. They all seemed wonderfully moved at this discourse, and very well inclined to make a graceful exit. Tears flowed from them plentifully, and they appeared to become new creatures; so that I verily believe, that were they to live their lives over again, and could be kept out of bad company, they would have spent the remainder of their days very honestly; so much did this discourse affect them. They attended divine service with suitable decency and respect; but ( Benjamin Stevens excepted) their offences did not so sensibly affect them as could have been wished. Simmons had a bad state of health, so did not attend so often as the others; Lucas was very regular in his carriage. John Jeffs behaved very soberly and attentively; Margaret Greenaway attended to the service and made regular responses. Ann Rush either had never learned or had forgot to read, and although she understood very little of the matter, yet seemed very attentive. In general they all behaved better than people usually do, who have pursued such wicked courses. Tuesday the 2d of July, report was made to the Lords of the Regency, when Richard Horton and Jeremiah Burton were reprieved, as aforesaid, and the remaining six, to wit, Benjamin Stevens , John Jeffs , Joseph Lucas , John Simmons , Margaret Greenaway , and Ann Rush were ordered for execution. Benjamin Stevens , was indicted for that he, on the 26th day of April, in the 18th year of his Majesty's reign, upon Sarah his wife feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought did make an assault, and with a certain knife, of the value of one peny, into the left side of the breast of his said wife, her did strike and stab, and thereby gave her one mortal wound, of the breadth of one inch, and of the depth of three inches, of which she instantly died, against his Majesty's peace, &c. He was likewise again indicted on the coroner's inquest for the said murther. Benjamin Stevens , upwards of fifty years of age, born of creditable parents in the parish of St. George, Bloomsbury , in which parish, or in the neighbourhood he always lived, had a good common education, having learnt reading, writing and accompts, and was as well acquainted with the principles of the christian religion as most people of his rank, and upon this unhappy occasion made a suitable use of it, being very devout and penitent. His wife had likewise been very tolerably educated; but her husband's profession and his mean income obliging them to live in but an indifferent neighbourhood, she had the misfortune to become acquainted with very indifferent company, who soon seduced her into the modern practice of dram drinking; and the man being of a sober careful turn, and not being any ways able to reform her, he grew extremely discontented and uneasy, even in some measure to the hurting of his understanding. He had by her several children, but none at present living. He once attempted to leave her, because, as was but too true, she spent all his money, as fast as he by his labour could get it; but had so great an esteem for her, that fearing she might fall into want and misery, he returned home to her again; but not being able in any sense to reclaim her, he became exasperated against her in one of her drunken fits, and then committed the fatal act for which he now died. He had a general honest character from his childhood upwards, and appeared to be very well esteemed by all that knew him. He served out his apprenticeship to a shoemaker very faithfully, and since that worked under the Purdues father and son upwards of twenty years, who on his trial gave him a very good character, and which indeed, the above affair excepted, he seemed justly to deserve from every body, and on every occasion. His penitence was suited to his crime. He seemed very vehement in his devotion, begged pardon from heaven most devoutly, and died as became a sincere and worthy Christian, in peace and charity with all men. It becomes me here as a pastor of Christ's flock to make some few remarks on this poor man's unhappy case, such as I hope may be the means of deterring others from falling under the like misfortunes through rashness or desperation. The fashionable beastly practice of womens drinking, can't be enough deplored, while it changes the soft and amiable creature whom heaven designed as one of our choicest blessings, into a worse being than a swine, and renders her at once contemptible and nauseous. Yet if it proves an honest man's fate, as is but too often the case, to be yoked to such a despicable wretch, patience is generally speaking his best relief: It is a very bad remedy, for a man to ruin himself both body and soul, because he won't wait the appointed time which heaven intends for his relief; but instead thereof, by suffering himself to be precipitated into the doing a rash action, he cures an uneasiness, by establishing misery; it is like taking poison to cure one's self of an ague. I never heard of but two remedies to cure a drunken wife; the one immoral, the other justifiable. The first I am afraid is but too often practised for want of knowing the last, therefore I shall mention both: the first is by taking care to put liquor enough in her way, that she may kill herself of course; the second is by doing the same, but only mixing in it a proper proportion of jallop, but for the quantity it is best that the apothecary direct it, lest it be over done. This will make her very sick, and consequently produce a loathing, and is therefore a very easy as well as an effectual remedy. There is perhaps a third more pleasing, but it is rather by way of prevention than remedy, and what every prudent thinking man can't help knowing, and therefore needs no farther explaining. My business not being to find physick for the body, but for the soul; yet if at the same time that I save one soul from perdition, I likewise save one body from the gallows, the end of these my reflections are in some measure answered; and therefore I recommend what I have said to be duly considered by those who have drunken wives, and are not beasts enough themselves to set them an example. John Jeffs was indicted together with Richard Horton and Joseph Lucas , otherwise Ninn , for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Thomas Chitty between the Hours of nine and ten in the night, and stealing one gown, val. 2 l. a silk gown, value 3 l. a cotton gown, value 2 l. six pieces of silk call ed lustring, value 20 s. eighteen shirts, value 4 l. 10 s. sixteen lawn stocks, one neckcloth, a damask cap, seven shirts, four frocks, and various other goods, the properties of Thomas Chitty and others, in his dwelling-house, the 12th of April. Eleanor Young was likewise indicted for receiving the abovesaid goods, knowing them to be stolen, but acquitted. The said Jeffs and Lucas had another indictment preferred against them, but being both convicted of the preceding, were not tried on this. The said Lucas was likewise tried on another indictment previous to these, and convicted for transportation. Joseph Lucas , about thirty years of age, born of honest mean parents in the parish of St. Luke , Middlesex , who got him into the charity school, from whence he was put out apprentice to a flaxter , but being badly disposed, did not serve out his time. He was entered amongst the thieves very early, for he had committed several robberies before he was fifteen years of age, and for one of them was convicted for transportation, and accordingly sent over to Virginia , where he remained near ten years, and being in a tolerable way of living, married a wife, who had been likewise a transport, and they two agreed to return to their native country, not finding any opportunity where they were of exerting themselves to any purpose. They both arrived at London about two years ago; he betook himself to his old trade of thieving, and she to that of receiving stolen goods, a trade she had very many opportunities of improving in under the conduct and direction of the famous Bess Cane , to whose care for instruction her husband committed her; and on Mrs. Betty's being transported succeeds her, being in her absence supreme receiver of the north east district, whereof her husband was Captain General. He rose to this dignity by his merit and success, and pursued his preferment with great skill and address, having a very particular ambition to equal at least the two famous Captains of the north-west and south, to wit, Captain Poney, who rules all the north-west part of the bills of mortality, and whose head quarters are near St. Giles's . And Gentleman Harry, whose government includes all the south side of the Thames up to Norwood, and from thence by an imaginary line east and west many miles: his head quarters are in the Mint, Southwark. Captain Lucas assumed to himself the sovereignty of the City of London , and all the out parts of the same up to Highgate , and so by an imaginary line west about one mile, and eastwards without limit. His headquarters was in the vicinage of Chick Lane , Jeffs, Horton, Greenaway, Rush, and about seven thousand more were his obedient slaves. In the day time they regaled themselves on the neighbouring laystalls and dunghills, where they eat, drank, smoked, swore, cursed, and slept, as best suited their respective dispositions and the commands of their sovereign Lucas, and at night were detached on such adventures as appeared to best suit their Monarch's interest and views of universal Monarchy. He often used pleasantly to say, that there were but three Princes fit to reign, viz. himself, Lewis XV. and the King of P - a, and was determined had he not been taken off in the midst of his pursuits, to have conquered the neighbouring districts, and thereby rendered himself absolute within the bills of mortality. He said a truly great soul could not bear a rival, and that less than all the globe was not sufficient for a truly exalted mind to exert itself in. He was on the point of dispatching Jeffs and Horton as his ambassadors to Lewis to treat with him about dividing the world between them, and for other equally wise and laudable purposes, when, as the Devil would have it, Jack Ketch disposed of him otherwise, and left his faithful subjects to mourn his untimely retreat, to reflect on the vicissitudes attending the affairs of the great, and without amending their ill spent lives, soon to follow him by the same road. But however wicked and haughty Lucas might be during the triumphant part of his life, while ambition and a desire of universal Monarchy reigned supreme in his breast; yet when fate was pleased to turn the scale, humility resumed the seat of ambition, and he condescended to become a Christian, by resigning himself to the will of heaven, and dying in peace and charity with all men. - He left behind him a wife, to whom just before he went to execution he wrote a consolatory letter, which the reader will find in the Appendix, and is well worthy attention. John Jeffs was a native of the parish of St. Luke , Middlesex , twenty six years of age, born of honest mean parents; he was educated in the charity school of the same parish, and when of suitable age put out apprentice to a butcher , but ran away from his master. He was Lucas's fellow parishioner, school fellow, fellow thief, portmantua nabber, first minister of state, and right hand man. When he first ran away from his master, hands being very scarce, he got himself entered aboard a man of war, where he was employed in the character of a swabber , or to feed the poultry, as occasion called. The people who serve in such employments have a great deal of leisure time upon their hands, which when they are good for any thing, they employ to instruct themselves in the art of seamanship, whereby in time they rise to the dignity of common sailors; but Jeffs's ambition pointing towards Tyburn , he minded none of these matters, he thought to be a thief was better than to be either a butcher or a seaman; and as he had learnt a great deal of his profession while ashore, so he very injudiciously practised aboard a ship, not apprehending with what ease thieves are discovered there, nor dreaming what dreadful punishments are executed upon criminals on that element, till he felt the smart by being so handsomly whipt and pickled, that he ever after dreaded a cat of nine tails more by half than the gallows, and would fifty times sooner have been hanged, than have tried the experiment again: but as he could not live without thieving, and did not choose to experience more of the naval severities, he left the ship of his own accord, of two evils he chose the least; and thought it better to be hanged for a deserter, than whipt as a thief. This precedent furnishes us with a useful hint, viz. That there are much better ways of punishing professed thieves, than hanging of them. He had left his ship about the time that Lucas returned from transportation: they had a joyful meeting together at the Chimney Sweeper's in Thatcht Alley by Chick Lane , one of the capital rendezvous of the gang for the north-east district: they have another in Long Lane , another in Black Boy Alley , several in the outskirts of the town, and in various other places too tedious to recount, and where they may with very little difficulty be some or other of them always found. They were in no particular specie of thieving, all being fish that came to net, and some one or more of the gang very dextrous in every branch, all bringing something to the common stock, which they sold to several women who make in their business to receive stolen goods, for which they never pay above one fourth of the saleable value. Sometimes they picked pockets, sometimes robbed on the highway, and when opportunity presented, got into houses. But Lucas their Captain being a man of genius in his way, did, with the advice and assistance of his prime Minister Jeffs, contrive a new specie of robbery: they waited in Piccadilly for the coming in of the western coaches, and watched them from place to place where they had occasion to set passengers down; and as such passengers usually gave the coachman money, so he on his part is always a-dry, and usually leaves his coach to get some drink, such opportunity they always seized, and carried off what seemed most convenient or moveable: both the Exeter and Salisbury coach they served so several times, to the great prejudice of the coach owners, who are obliged to make good the damage, as appears by a verdict of the Court of Common Pleas in last Trinity Term at Guildhall, in which cause a Gentleman whose name is Lockman was the Plaintiff, and the owners of the Salisbury coach defendants, for a portmantua of his taken away by this very gang, wherein was some manuscripts of great value, amongst other things, but for which he could not obtain any reparation, these rogues having burnt them to prevent discovery. It is very difficult to get the truth out of these sort of people until just before their leaving the world, they always deceiving themselves in hopes of a reprieve; and as these examinations are previous to the immediate time of their execution, if any more discoveries arise, the same will appear in the Appendix. John Simmons , was indicted for that he at the general goal delivery holden at Abingdon in and for the county of Berks , on Monday the 26th day of July, in the 18th year of the reign of his present Majesty King George the second, before James Reynolds , Esq; one of the Barons of our Lord the King, of the Court of Exchequer, and Sir Thomas Abney , Knt. then one other Baron of our said Lord the King, of the Court of Exchequer, and others their fellows Justices of our said Lord the King, assigned to deliver his goal of the same county of the prisoners therein being: John Simmons , late of the parish of St. Lawrence in Reading , in the county of Berks , labourer , according to due course of law, was indicted, tried, and convicted, before the same justices, by a Jury of that county; for that he the said John Simmons on the 3d day of April, in the 15th year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second of Great Britain, &c. with force and arms, at the parish of Stratfield in the said county, one cock turkey of the price of 2 s. one hen turkey of the price of 2 s. two live cocks of the price of 18 d. seven live hens of the price of 3 s. 6 d. and three chickens of the price of 2 s. the goods and chattels of Henry Lannoy Hunter , Esq; then and there being found, feloniously did steal, take, and carry away, against the peace of our said Lord the King, his crown and dignity; and thereupon the aforesaid John Simmons by the aforesaid Justices of our said Lord the King, assigned to deliver his goal of the said county of Berks , of the prisoners therein being, was then and there ordered to be transported as soon as conveniently might be, to some of his Majesty's colonies and plantations in America , for the term of seven years, according to the statute in such case made and provided, as by the record thereof doth more fully appear; and that he the said John Simmons afterwards, to wit, on the 18th day of March, in the 18th year of the reign of our said Lord the King, with force and arms, feloniously and without any lawful cause was at large within this kingdom of Great Britain, to wit, at London, in the ward of Portsoken in London aforesaid, before the expiration of the said term of seven years, for which he was ordered to be transported as aforesaid, against the peace of our Lord the King, his crown and dignity, and against the form of the statute in such case made and provided. Mr. Francis Higgs produced the certificate of his conviction and order for transportation, viz. These are to certify, That at the general goal delivery for our Lord the King, holden at Abingdon in and for the county of Berks , on Monday the 26th day of July, in the 18th year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second, &c. before James Reynolds , Esq; one of the Barons of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer, and Sir Thomas Abney , Knt. then one other Baron of the said Court of Exchequer, and others their fellows Justices of our said Lord the King, assigned to deliver his goal of the same county of the prisoners therein being: John Simmons , late of the parish of St. Lawrence in Reading , in the county of Berks , was then and there tried and convicted by a Jury of the said county; for that he the said John Simmons on the 3d day of April, in the 15th year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second, &c. in the parish of Stratfield in the said county, one cock turkey of the price of 2 s. one hen turkey price 2 s. seven live hens price 3 s. 6 d. and three chickens, price 2 s. the goods of Henry Lannoy Hunter , Esq; did feloniously steal, take and carry away, &c. and that he the said John Simmons then and there prayed the benefit of the sta tute to be allowed to him, and that the said Justices at the said goal delivery, ordered him to be transported as soon as conveniently might be to some of his Majesty's plantations in America , for the term of seven years, to be computed from the time of his conviction. Signed Thomas Multhoe , Clerk of Assise for the County of Berks . April 21, 1745. John Simmons , about 31 years of age, born at Reading in Berkshire of honest parents, who gave him a good education, suited to the common course of business. His father being a farmer bred him up to husbandry , but being of an idle disposition he soon left that way of life, and betook himself to rambling, sometimes in the barges to and from London , and sometimes about the country a thieving. And although he was but a puny thief in comparison of the above-mentioned, or of some hereafter specified, yet in the country he was looked upon with great horror and detestation, especially by those who kept poultry, who esteemed him the worst fox in the neighbourhood, and guarded against him accordingly, though oftentimes to very little purpose; however, at lest he was caught in a trap some time in the spring of the year 1741, and committed to Reading goal : he was conducted from thence to Abingdon , where the assizes following he was tried and convicted for transportation, and being put into a waggon with others to be sent to London , he somewhere on the high road made his escape; and by taking a little circuit got up to London , and harboured himself within the cover of the north east district, where he roved and robbed from time to time on his own bottom, and at length settled himself in a bawdy house in Patrick's court , Hounsditch , from whence, with some others he there became acquainted with, he issued out with intent to rob, but going to an alehouse in Gravel Lane , they quarrelled amongst one another, and the watch being called in, was wounded by him; whereupon a warrant being granted against him, he was taken next day at his lodgings, when he again wounded one of the watchmen, and made his escape; but was retaken going up the steps to Devonshire square . He was thereupon committed to the Poultry Compter, under the name of Burgess, where the goaler of Reading found him, and upon his being brought up to the Old Bailey , had the record of his old indictment read against him, and being proved to be the same man who had made his escape, he was convicted of returning from transportation, which he seemed to think a hard judgment upon him, because he was never abroad, reasoning, as these poor creatures usually do, that every thing which seems to be in their favour is right, without reflecting, that what arguments he brought in his own behalf only contributed, in the eye of the law, to add to his crime. He behaved very decently, and attended chapel as long as his health permitted; but being seised with the goal distemper, he lay in a very miserable way. His poor wife constantly visited and administered unto him all the help in her power, and seemed to be a very good kind of woman. He had all the appearance of sorrow and true peni tence; he confessed the truth of his indictment; that he had been a very profligate, wicked, debauched, young fellow, and that he suffered very deservedly. He mourned for the misery he brought on his poor wife more than himself. He died in full conviction of happiness hereafter, being truly penitent, and in peace and charity with all men. Margaret Greenaway and Ann Rush , of the parish of St. Bridget , otherwise St. Brides , in London , were indicted for assaulting George Thorne on the King's highway, putting him in fear, and taking from him a hat, value 3 s. and eight shillings in money, his property, April 25, 1745. These two ladies had the honour to be part of a detachment out of captain Lucas's Gang, and sometimes acted in the capacity of his decoy ducks: if a man appeared well dressed, and so much in liquor as to be weak enough to suffer himself to be easily drawn into their acquaintance, they usually conducted him to an appointed house, where Lucas was seated in a chair of state, acting in the capacity of a judge, the counsel and jury attending; Culprit was brought up to the bar, where his indictment was read in the face of the court. The indictment usually charged him with criminally presuming to carry about him a certain unlawful toy, commonly called a tatler, otherwise a gold or silver watch, with chains, seals, and other malignant appurtenants, together with silver buckles, gold buttons, and money of various metals, and contrary to the peace of their sovereign Lord Lucas, his power and dignity. Judge. Prisoner, hold up your hand at the bar, guilty, or not guilty? Culprit. Guilty, my Lord. J. How will you be try'd? C. By your Lordship's will and pleasure. J. Will you have counsel assigned you? C. If your Lordship pleases. J. Then give them a see. C. What fee will your Lordship order me to give? J. Let us see how able you are first; lay your store down at the bar. -Oho! it is very well, Sir, you are convicted without evidence: why, Sir, what an impudent fellow are you, to run about in the night with prohibited goods? Do you think we have nothing else to do but watch such rogues as you are? -Let's see what are they all: Primis, A gold watch and steel chain; don't such a fellow as this deserve to be hanged in chains! Cundis, two gold seals, one little picture set in ditto. -I am afraid this rogue has robbed some lady, -here, court-keeper, let these things be properly disposed of for the public. Alas a day! what a wicked world we live in: Public virtue, as Mr. Broadbottom justly observes in his Old England, is no more known amongst us; the Westminster Journal makes wife observations on the same subject, and the Craftsman ought to have his statute in gold set up in the Royal-Exchange, he talks so like an old gregg. Counsel. I wish it was, my Lord, for all our sakes. J. No interruption, Sirrah; you prisoner at the bar, how dare you be guilty of these high crimes and misdemeanors? -The indictment says further, that you have five guineas in your pocket, gold buttons in your sleeves, and silver buckles in your shoes, and at your knees, how say you, guilty, or not guilty. Culprit. I pleaded guilty before, my Lord, and only pray that in consideration of my youth and inexperience, your Lordship will take what I have and do me the honour to release me. I confess my folly, my Lord, and hope my ignorance will be the means of my acquittal. J. Have you no diamond rings? Culprit. No, my Lord, my wife dreamt last night I should lose my diamond ring, so took it away from me, otherwise it should have been at your Lordship's service. J. I shall acquit you this time - but take with you this piece of advice from an honest man and a Judge, viz. When you have got a good wife, never leave her for the tavern, or strange women, lest thieves meet you, and take away your wealth, and you give opportunity to others to share in your wife's affections, always remembring this sage advice; ' He that to taverns from his wife will run, ' Gives her the hint to follow other fun.' And so you Rush and Greenaway see the Prisoner safe to the place where you found him, and there leave him to his own inventions; and you Jeffs and Horton follow them at a distance, and see that the women don't seduce the young man, and so, Sir, I discharge you the Court and my presence. Culprit. I most humbly thank your Lordship. Margaret Greenaway , 31 years of age, born of honest parents in Katherine Street in the Strand , who gave her the best education they were capable of, and put her out to service, in which state of life she lived for some time in good reputation, until her natural inclinations getting the better of her understanding, she first commenced whore, and then thief. She married some years ago a young fellow, who not liking her disposition and turn of life, left her, went to sea in a man of war, and has not been since heard of by her. On his leaving her she entered herself of the Black Boy Alley gang, and when Lucas arrived from Virginia put herself more particularly under his conduct. Their customary way of robbing is related in the above comic scene; but the crime for which she was convicted, was acted in a more gross manner, and was owing, as she confessed, to the man's being obstrepulous, as she calls it, and having no regard to her charms, and the immediate necessity they were under of present money. She and Rush had their guard at a distance as usual, and I hope will be a warning to those unguarded men, whether married or not, how they engage with such women. She was with great difficulty brought to confess her crime, but ingenuously owned that she was a most profligate wicked wretch, and not fit to live on the face of the earth. She was poor, naked, and miserable, and having no good acquaintance, passed her time in a way worthy of being deplored, by all such who have a feeling of the miseries of their fellow creatures, who are buried in a sink of infamy, and lost to grace and repentance; and all I can say more of her is, that she died calmly, and professed forgiveness to all the world. Ann Rush , about 20 years of age, born of honest mean parents, in some one of the little streets in the neighbourhood of Hatton Garden , but she could not certainly say which: she seems by all accounts to have been a very wicked girl from her infancy, and, as many thousands more are unhappily suffered to do, always followed her own inventions, which was a mixture of thieving, whoring, and idleness. The above Margaret Greenaway was her principal conductor and director; she first introduced her into the famous Blood Bowl House , and afterwards into the Black Boy Alley gang, among which brother and sisterhood, of rogues, thieves, and raggimuffins, they usually past their miserable days on the dunghills and laystalls; their nights like wild beasts hunting after prey. We may see by this to what a wretched state human nature is capable of being reduced, when a due regard to our Creator, the honour and dignity of the state we are made for, and the order, decorum, and good oeconomy of human institutions, founded on reason and justice, are trampled on and obliterated. We see nothing amongst the worst of savages equal to this: there is some decency, rule and order, some seeming regard to heaven, and themselves, even amongst the Hottentots; but here human reason seems to be so far forgot, as to level them below the most contemptible of the brute species. Ann Rush was among the worst of these, the most impudent little dirty bunter, equally hasty in body and mind, the most complete lost miserable creature I ever yet beheld even amongst the wretched. Oh! that those who shine in pomp and state, would but condescend to look down with the eyes of compassion, on the multitudes of such unhappy people, who daily represent themselves to view in the outskirts of this great and opulent city! Could they possibly, if they reflected a moment, avoid applying themselves to the contriving of such just and natural remedies, as might be the means of removing so shocking a grievance? If they did but consider, that the best, and wisest of us all, wanting means of education, good examples, and good company, are liable through our frailties and passions of being hurried headlong into the dreadful gulph of misery and destruction, would not such a thought at once startle and stimulate us on ardently to pursue means for the redemption of these poor despised unhappy creatures? What an honour would it be to the nation to see the meanest of our fellow creatures decently clad, and pursuing the ways of honest industry? But the nature of my paper wont't permit me to enter into the source of this evil, without seeming to give offence; if those who ought to do it will think, I have said enough; if they will not, all that can be said will be to very little purpose. And so with the departure of this poor wretch, to I hope a better state, I shall here conclude my reflections. At the Place of EXECUTION. ON Tuesday the ninth day of July I went to attend them in the chapel at Newgate, at or about six of the clock in the morning, where they all appeared, except John Simmons , who was absent by reason of sickness. Benjamin Stevens behaved with all the signs of real sorrow and penitence, both at chapel and at the place of execution. I had no need to remind him of his crime, or of sincere contrition for the same. He seemed thoroughly to understand his own case, and addressed himself to heaven with great fervency and zeal. He owned that he was deservedly punished here, and seemed to hope, with proper humility, for mercy hereafter, therefore quitted this life with great cheerfulness and resignation to the will of heaven. Joseph Lucas behaved with great decency and regard to his present unhappy state; and, as if he was resolved to die as well as live their captain, he seemed now to pride himself as much in setting his comrades an example of good, as heretofore of evil, which was of no small consequence to the welfare of them all, his behaviour seeming more to be their guide, than any other more important motive; for which reason they all seemed to join heartily with him in prayer and singing of psalms, himself being not a little pleased, to see their regard for, and attention to him. An instance has rarely occurred to me, of one so thoroughly hardened in wickedness, dying so well, I may say so heroically good, so much like a reasonable creature, and a Christian. John Jeffs seemed very much affected with Lucas's behaviour, was very attentive to it, and joined with him in every part of his devotion; and as he was once firmly attached to his evil ways, so now he became proselited to those that were good, and quitted this world with great decency and resignation. Margaret Greenaway was thoroughly terrified at her approaching dissolution, and seemed most heartily to deplore her miserable state. Lucas's example contributed to give her spirits, and to assist her in her conduct. I gave her all the encouragement in my power to hope for mercy, if she was sincerely penitent; she protested herself sincere, and died as became a Christian. Ann Rush was in general exquisitely stupid and obdurate; yet Lucas's example, and my exhortations, seemed to work so much upon her spirits, or the terror of her approaching fate had so good an effect upon her, that she seemed at length quite dissolved in tears and contrition. I was glad at heart to see so good a change in her: I gave her great hopes of mercy and happiness hereafter, if she sincerely repented. She said she was very sorry she had not lived better, hoped God Almighty would forgive her, and made a very decent exit. John Simmons was so very sick and weak as not to be able either to speak or help himself, so was in effect dead before the Executioner did his part, by which means nothing could be gathered of his thoughts of his unhappy state, more than what is previously related. A LETTER from Captain LUCAS to his wife, which he sent the Morning of his Execution. ' My dear Wife, ' ALL the vanities and follies ' of this world are now ' no more; Jeffs seems to think ' still there may be some hopes ' of a reprieve, but, for my part, ' it is the least of my thoughts; ' for however miserable the world ' may now think me, I am really ' happier than ever: I have no ' way to prove this to you, but by ' wishing you to try how pleasureable it is to have honest thoughts: ' you know very well, that ever ' since our return from Virginia , ' we have had neither rest nor ' peace, now I have both, and am ' satisfied. Then we feared death ' as the greatest evil, now I embrace it as the chiefest good, and ' am more afraid of having a reprieve, to live again and be miserable, than I used to be of Justice ' De Veil and his Constables. It ' is a sad thing to be always in ' fear, it is living a dog's life: for ' the Lord's sake find some way to ' live honestly, if it is but by keeping a chandler's shop. You need ' not be told the danger of receiving stolen goods, when it puts ' you in the power of every little ' pilfering rascal, to ruin you whenever he pleases; they durst not ' do it whilst I was alive; but now ' I am dead they will hang you ' if they can to save themselves. ' Only consider what became of ' poor Bess Cane , Bess is gone to ' be a slave, and you know what ' that is, don't go there any more, ' my heart bleeds to think on't. ' Pray, my Dear, if any of ' those papers remain that have ' made such a hurly burly, get ' them some way returned to the ' right owner, I am told he is a ' great Poet, and lives in Captain ' Poney's district, somewhere about ' Long Acre , but you may send ' them to Old Slauter's Coffee-house , ' in St. Martin's Lane , very safely, ' I am sure no body will meddle ' with you if you send them; ' pray, my Dear, don't forget, for ' I am told that the keeping of ' them is a great hindrance to the ' Gentleman's trade, and can do ' you no manner of service: Gentleman Harry may carry them ' home and get money for them, ' he has impudence enough to do ' any thing, but I had rather you ' would send them by some honester person, and not take any ' thing for them. ' My dear love, now it is too late ' I can plainly see how easy it is to ' be honest. I do assure you, were ' I to live my life over again, I ' would be as honest as our overseers of the poor at least, nay, 'the Parson himself should not be 'an honester man. I now begin ' to see there's something in being ' religious, and that it is for our good, ' and our Ordinary, good man, ' has made that very clear to me, ' though it seems some that pretend to be our betters make a jest ' of it; but were they as I am, ' perhaps they would think as I do. ' Nothing is plainer to me now, ' than that it is much less trouble, ' as well as more gainful, to live ' honestly than wickedly. Adieu, ' my Dear, the bell tolls, I am ' going to heaven, I hope, where I ' shall rejoice to embrace you. So ' at present no more from Yours, ' JOSEPH LUCAS . FINIS.

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The True ACCOUNT OF THE Behaviour and Confessions OF THE Condemned Criminals IN NEWGATE, VIZ. William Blower , Robert Frances , William Vanderburst , George Attwell , Samuel Anderson , Thomas Weal , Nathaniel Page , John Smith , John Henly , John Somerset , John Morgen , Henry Antony . OF WHICH William Blower for High-Treason, in Clipping the Currant Coin of this Kingdom: Robert Frances , John Smith alias Morgen , and Henry Langhley alias Antony , were Executed on Friday the 24th. of July, 1685. Together with their LAST Dying WORDS Before their Execution at TYBURN. AT the Sessions of Peace, and Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, held for the City of London, and County of Middlesex, at JusticeHall in the Old-Baily, the 16th,17th,and 18th of July 1685. And in the First Year of His Majesties Regin, these Twelve Persons received sentence of Death, viz. William Blower for High-Treason, Robert Frances , William Vanderburst , George Attwell , Samuel Anderson , Thomas Weal , Nathaniel Page , John Smith , John Henly , John Somerset , John Morgen and Henry Antony . On the last Lords Day, being the next after Condemnation pass'd upon the aforesaid Criminals, the Ordinary read Prayers, and Preach'd to them in the Forenoon and Afternoon of the said Day. His Text was in the fifth Chapter of the Prophet Amos, and the sixt Verse, viz. Seek ye the Lord, and ye shall Live. From which facred Scripture, the Ordinary delared, that this Duty of seeking the Lord, as the Fountain of Being and Blessedness, is the Fundamental duty of all Natural Religion, and the most comprehensive Duty and Priviledge of the positive instituted Religion of Christianity. That it comprehends the Exercise of every Grace of the Holy Spirit. That the Sincere seeking of God, is a Voluntary and Holy Turning, and holding the Mind on him, till the Heart and Affections be enstamed with the Love of God, and a de delight in being made like him. That it was to chose him for the Souls Pattern in an Holy State, as well as the Portion of its Felicity. That true Seeking him, is to Glorifie him, as God in our right conceptions of his Nature and Divine Excellencies, to Love, trust in, and Obey him. To fear him for his Goodness and Mercy, as well as Power and Justice. It is not so study God, as to heap up many distinct Notions of him, which yet make no impression of Holiness on the Heart and Conversation. Without this a Man may remain a Stranger, yea an Enemy unto the Lord. Here the Ordinary demonstrated the Sin and Misery of such who live in a constant and Habitual forgetfulness of God, because every Creature and Act of Providential Preservation, doth demonstrate that the Lord doth abundantly afford an occasion and Obligation of Solemn remembrance of him. That yet Men wander from God, because they have lost the Government of their hearts and Affections, and so settle on vain Objects Then the Ordinary shewed wherein the extent of the duty of seeking the Lord did consist. Urged divers Agreements to perswade to it, with Rules and Directions how to perform it Sincerely. In the close of the Afternoon Sermon, he made a particular Speech to the Condemned Criminals, that they would so seek into the Lord, that they may live in a Blessed Eternity. And shewed wherein the Life of new Creatures in Christ, consists, how it may be promoted and preserved, in the comfortable effects of it, as to the exercise of Faith and Repentance, shewing their Necessity, Excellency, and how they may be facilitated in order to Eternal Life. And then pressing them to Labour after a Blessed Fruition of God, he dismissed them, with Prayers for a Blessing on the Duty's of the Lord's Day. They were all of them very Attentive, and seedmed much Afficted with the greatness of their Sins, and I promised them that erarly next Day (God willing) I would Visit them, and confer with them about their Soul State, to prepare them for their approaching Death. According to my promise, I visited about Nine of the Clock on Monday in the Forenoon the several Prisoners, and spent some confiderable time in Prayer, Exhortation, and took a particular Account of their course of Life, and sit dispositions for Death. I. I went to Mr. Robert Frances his Chamber, because he desired me to take a particular Care of him; And found him in a serious good Frame and composure of Mind, willing to Resign himself to the alwise ducture of God's Spirit, and his determination for Life of Death. First I Prayed with him, and then entred upon an inquiry into his Life and Conversation, precedent to the Crime of Killing Mr. Dangerfield. He was very free to give an Account of himself. He said that he was Born of Protestant Parents, and bred up in good Literature. That twenty Years since he was a Student in Christ-Church Colledge in Oxford . That afterward he went over Sea with Sir Joseph Williamson , his late Majesties Ambassador , as an Attendant on him. That for fourteen Years last past he hath been of the Society of Grays Inn , and practiced in the Law . That he did not lead any Extravagant Life, till this unhappy Crime. He acknoweledged that he saw Dangerfield in the Pillory at Westminster: And that on the Day in which he was Whip’d to Tyburn, Mr. Frances was with a Friend at a Coffee-House near to St. Andrews Church in Holbourn , and thought not to have staid there, because he was to Dine that Day with his Friend, and was in the Afternoon to have Managed a Cause for a Client at Guild-Hall, so that he was going home from the said Coffee-House; but a report coming thither that Dangerfield was in his return from Tyburn, and very near; He left his Wife in his Friends Hand, and went to meet the Coach in which Dangerfield was, only out of Curiosity (as he saith) to observe how he look'd after his being Whip'd, he said that the Coach did not stop, but he went to the side of it, and said, Have you had your Heat to Day? How is it now with you. Dangerfield, upon those Words, (he says) called him Son of a Whore, and said, what have you to do with me? Mr. Frances being asked by the Ordinary what moved him to Kill Dangerfield, he replied, that his Passion was stired up at Dangerfield's Reviling Language, and said that he only intended to Beat him with a Bamboo Cane, which was Furz'd and worn out at the end of it. But the Coach moving onwrad, the Cane Wounded Dangerfield in the Eye; but he intended only to have thrust it as his Breast. He also said that he had a short Sword, and yet used it not, because he did not design to kill Dangerfield. Mr. Frances being told by the Ordinary, that very thrust proved Fatall, and was a very Inhumane Act toward a person in his distrets; to this Mr. Frances replied, that he never bore any Malice nor Grudge to Mr. Dangerfield, nor was he moved to that Act, by any person whatsoever, only God left him to himself, for the punishment of his former Sins, to run into this suddain Effort of passion. Mr Frances was much affected with my discourse, and wept in praying with him: he was very attentive to more then the other Criminals; so, he seemed very Penitent, and I hope that this Sentence of Death on him did awaken him, to a serious recalling to mind whatsoever former Sins he might be Guilty of, in order to make his peace with God, who is the Searcher of all Hearts, and only knows who are truly penitent. The second Criminal who offered to give an Account of himself to the Ordinary, was William Vanderburst , he is not full 19 years of Age, he was born in Stanhop-street in St. ClementsDanes Parish. He says, he had been lifted for a Soldier but was turned off, for not providing himself of an Horse, so he toke one by Stealth, he says, that he was brought up by his Father in his Trade of Painting , but was Idle. At 14 years of Age he used Gaming with Boys at Chuckfarding on the Lords-day. Since he arrived at 16 years, he grew more Licentious, he went not to Church, but was drunk on the Sabboth days. That he did swear in his Passion, I askt him, what he thought might be the occasion of his early growth in Sin, he replied, that he neglected Prayer every Morning, and at Night, if he Prayed, he did it very coldly. III. Nathaniel Page , Aged 23 years and upwards, he was born in Somerset-shire at WestonZoyland , he was brought up to Husbandry with his Father, afterwards, he was sent up to Fulham , to be Prentice with a Farryer there. He lived Nine year with him he said that his fellow Prentice, Thomas Weal , inticed him to break open the House of Robert Lampany , Weal consest upon his apprehension that he toke the Money, which was 4 pieces of Gold, commonly called Guinea’s and 15 l. of Money in Silver, and Page confessing that he had two punds 6s. of the foresaid Money, whereby he made himself an accessary to the Fact, they were both found Guilty. Page, told the Ordinary, that Weal broke up the House, but he knew he did so and yet did not discover him, because he had some share in the Mony, and so was Inticed to his own Ruine. He said God is Just in this, so I have been a great Sinner in Swearing and drinking to excess, that he frequently took Gods Name in Vain, crying O Lord, upon every trisling occasion. But that which most troubles him, he said, is that having not heard from his Friends for two Years last past, he rashly Swore that he would never send to them, altho he did not break his Oath; He said he can Read and Write, and therefore his Sins are the greater, as commited against knowledge. That he Prayes Day and Night, and yet counts not himself to have an Heart to Pray enough. IV. Thomas Weal , Aged 14 years. Born at Fulham he was put Prentice to a Blacksmith . One tempted him to leave his Service. And then to Rob Money from Robert Lampany , at Fulham . He confessed the Crime. And told the Ordinary that the Lord left him to himself to brake open the House, because he broke the Sababth, and prophaned it, in joyning with bad Company. That he was addicted to Swearing and Drunkenness; that he seldome Prayed, but now he finds he can pray because his Heart is Broken for his Sins That he desires the Lord to make him a true Penitent, to change his Heart, and hopes if he may be spared, that he shall become a New Man, for his Faith is grounded on the promises of Gods free Grace in Christ to the Penitent; and he hopes he is such, for, when the other Condemned Criminals Sleep, he Prayers by himself alone. V. George Attwell , of the Parish of Hanwell , Indicted for Stealing a Brown Gelding, value 3 l. from Richard Walden , May the 30th. He is now thirty Years of Age, a Married Man, and hath three Children, as he says: He was a Curryer at Stow-Gumber in Sommerset-shire . The cause of his coming to London was this, viz. He was Bound for the Payment of twenty Pounds Sterling in the Countrey, so being not able to make Payment, he fled to London , to secure himself from an Arrest: He said that he got Employment at his Trade in London, and sent down Money to his Wife in the Countrey. Eight Weeks since a Journey-man Shoe-maker in London, met him in Holborn , and told him that he had Bought an Horse, and desired him to carry the said Horse into the Countrey to put to Grass, that he might be more in Heart. Attwell told the Shoe-maker that he would go to Branford to seek Work there, (for he had none at present in London:) So he Rode down thither with the Horse, but getting no Work, he left the Horse at the Mag-Pye in Branford , and was apprehended for Stealing the Horse, the Shoe-maker being run away, this he pretends, but the Jury saw cause to bring him in Guilty of the Felony, because he could give very little or no Account of himself. He told the Ordinary that he did Drink to Excess, and Swear sometimes. That he Prayed sometimes in the Evening, but not in the Mornings. VI. Henry Antony in the Parish of St. Katherines , Indicted for Breaking up the House of one Travers, on June the 23d, and stealing thence five Gold Rings, value 3 l. 5 s. 6 d. a Silk Hood, value 4 s. with other small things. The Prisoner being found in the Act, and unable to Defend himself, was brought in by the Jury Guilty. This Henry Antony is Aged 27 Years, he was Master of two Ships , and lived without any fear of Poverty. He kept to the Church on the Lords Day, till he sell into the Company of Bad Women. He spent on them his Estate, and then committed this Felony. He confesses himself Guilty. He was lately Drunk. His Conscience he says is very much Oppress'd with the Burden of his Sins, yet he hopes in Gods Mercy, he shall escape utter Ruine. He Prayes (he faith) Day and Night. I instructed him and all the other Criminals, in the difference betwix true Faith and Repentance, from that which is not available to Salvation. VII. John Henly , of Hackney Parish , Indicted for Stealing a Black Coloured Mare, Value 4 l. On June 26th. from Mr. Berkin, the Evidence for the King was a Collarmaker, who Affirmed that Henly brought him the Hide of the Mare which was stole. The Prisoner Confessing he had the Mare and Bought her for 3 s. The Jury found him Guilty. This John Henly is Aged 32 years, he was Born in St. Sepulchres Parish , he was an Harness-maker ; he says he Killed the Mare, gave the Carcas to the Doggs, but Reserved the Skin to make or mend Harness. In Old-street he kept a Shop ten years; lately he wrought on his Trade in a Close Room; he confessed he went to Church, yet not minding his Duty as he ought, he sometimes was overcome with Drink, and swore too much; he says that now he Prayer, and that if he may be spared he resolves he will lead a better Life, yet the Heart is Deceitful as he Acknowledged. VIII. Samuel Anderson , Aged 50 years, Born in Oldstreet , bred up to the Trade of a Joyner , he kept to it till he fell into bad Drunken Company; he confessed that he took one Shilling when he was Lifted for a Soldier , and 6 d. Pay, per diem: yet he withdrew himself from the Kings Service. he confessed he had been a grievous Drunkard; that from a Child he had been guilty of most Sins, Murder excepted: that he had the Plague upon him in the year 1665. yet Reformed not, nor Prayed in his Family; that he is now very weak in his Brain, having been accustomed to Excessive Drinking. He did with many Tears acknowledge his ill Life, and seemed very Penitent. IX. John Smith , of the Parish of Stepney . The Evidence against the Prisoner, was thus, that Smith breaking into the house of one Edward Jones on June 25th. betwixt twelve and one at Night, he was Apprehended in the Cellar, before he could make an escape with the Stolen Goods. The Criminal in defence of himself, said he was in Drink, and the door being open, he went in. But the Jury not Crediting him, found him guilty of Burglary. This Smith, is Aged 34 Years, was Born in Leicester , and was bred up with a Silk Throster in White-Chappel . He confessed that he kept not the Sabbath; that sometimes he Drank to Excess, He says that formerly he could Pray, but now he finds Sin to be such a Clog and burden to his Conscience, that he cannot Pray as he desires, yet he Mourns for his ill Life, that he hath Offended God, and begs the change of his Heart rather than to Live. X. John Somerset of the Parish of St. Clements-Danes , being a Soldier and under his Majesties Pay, Run a Way; from his Colours which being proved, and Confessed by the Prisoner, he pretending to be Sick, was by the Jury brought in Guilty. This Somerset is Aged 24 Years Born in the Bishoprick of Durham , and bred up to Husbandry near Durham: For nine or ten Years he was with his Father in that Imployment. Then one sent to him that he would come to London that he might enter into the Service of the Lady Pym, in Bloomsbury , as her Coach man , which he did, staying with her three Years. Some sawcy Words turn'd him out of her Ladyships Service. Afterward he was drawn away with ill Company, he confessed that he went to Prayers thrice a Week to covent Garden Church, while he was in the Lady Pyms Service, yet afterward being dismissed for his uncivil Carriage, he kept not the Sahhath, but grew a great Drunkard, and swore too much. Yet he hopes that upon his Repentance, the Lord will have Mercy on his Soul. XI. John Morgen of the Parish of St. Leonard Shoreditch , Indicted for breaking up the House of one Filkins, June the 30th. and sealing Goods thence. The Cloaths were found upon him, and he not being able to Excuse himself, was by the Jury brought in Guilty. This Morgan is Aged twenty Years, was Born in the North of England . He was not so Obedient to his Parents as he now wishes he had been. He went Weekly to learn the Trade of Weaving , but he left it, because he had a mind to go to Sea with his Brother. The Ordinary ask’d him if he had fallen into Bad Company? He replied, he knew none worse than himself. Had he kept close to God and his Duty, no bad Company could have made such an Impression on him, as it Did, but he left God to follow vain Courses. I asked him whether he Prophaned the Sabbath. He replied, where can you find any in this Place who keep it. He said that he Mourned for Sin, out of Love to God, and desires to die, so he may be fit, rather than to Live and increase his Provocations of God. XII. William Blower , in the Parish of Alhallows London , Indicted for High Treason in Clipping and Deminishing the Lawful Coin of this Kingdom. He endavoured to evade the Indictment by pretending that the Room where the Clippings and Instruments for that purpose were found, was let to one Mr. Johnson, who had been a Lodger in his House, but he knew nothing of the Matter, nor where Johnson was, but the Fact was so Apparent to the Jury, that they found him Guilty of High Treason. This Blower, is about 30 years of Age, a Chirurgeon by Profession, he was Apprenctice to Mr. Wooddard: when he was made Free; He went to Sea as Chirurgeon, in the time of the Dutch Wars. Some time since, he practiced that skill about London-Wall , where (he says,) he lived in good credit and Unblamable among his Neighbours. That he had not wronged any Man, but been very Charitable. The Ordinary told him, this Crime was a great Dishonour to the King. He Confessed it was a great Sin and Injury, and he said, that the Lord suffered this Sentence to fall upon him for the Remisness of his Life, but he was not conscious to himself, of any Gross Wickedness in his Conversation, to provoke God to suffer this distress to come upon him. But he hoped, the Lord was Reconciled to him in Christ, and would sanctify his Heart, and prepare him for his Death . I Prayed with him, and Mr. Frances, severally, at their Chambers, on Monday and Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and found them and left them in a good Christian frame, willing to Live or Dye, at Gods disposal: On Monday and Tuesday I visited the rest of the Condemned Prisoners : also on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Exhorting and Praying for them, that they might be prepared for a Blessed Eternity, I hope my endeavours where prevalent upon them, as well as Acceptable to them. Betwixt Ten and Eleven in the Morning, the Prisoners were put into the Cart at Newgate, and William Blower , into the Sledge 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 fifth Psalm; after which, they exhorted the Standers by to take 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 all Execused. Dated this 23d. of July, 1685. Samuel Smith , Ordinary . This may be Printed July 23th 1685. R.L.S. London, Printed by G.Croom, at the Blue-Ball in Thames-Street, over against Baynard's-Castle. 1685.

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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 17th of this Instant April 1695. AT the Sessions House in the Old-Bayly, on Fryday the 5th of April 1695, Six Persons had their Sentence of Death pronounced upon them, viz. five Men and one Woman; on Saturday the Ordinary visited them, and endeavoured to make them sensible of their Crimes, Francis Newland , Condemned for the Barbarous Murther of Mr. Thomas, the manner of it is described in the Book of Tryals. I went to him in his Chamber, hoping to make him thereby, the more sensible of his Crime, exhorting him to consider how deeply he had defiled his Soul, with shedding the Blood of an innocent Gentleman; I told him that very great Repentance was requisite for such an heinous Crime, added to the sins of his whole life. And that because he did not Reform in time, God was justly provoked to withdraw his preventing Grace, which would have restrained him from this bloody fact. He was willing to receive the good advice which I gave him, and I prayed with him sutably to his sinful distressed Condition. Afterwards I went to the other Condemned persons, and exhorted them to call to remembrance, the sinful course of their whole Lives. I mentioned many Sins usually committed by young persons, which they little consider, so as to repent of them unfeignedly: Therefore publick shame and punishment convinces them of their Atheistical hopes of secrecy and impurity in sinning. I desired them to mourn chiefly for offending a gracious God, who had so long extended his sparing mercy, yet they had perversly abused it to the abounding in Iniquity. Much more I said, instructing them in the Duties of Faith and Repentance. On the Lords Day in the Afternoon, the Ordinary preacht from the 133d verse of the 119th Psalm, in these words, Order my steps in thy word, so shall not any Iniquity have dominion over me. Hence six general Heads were treated on, with several particulars branching from each Head. 1. What is meant by a mans stps in my Text. Not only the outward conversation, but also the motions and tendencies of the Will, and the affections of the Heart. The object of our desires must be chosen for its intrinsical worth and excellency, and also for its beneficial usefulness unto our selves. Our Actions must be lawful, expedient, and commendable, such, which must Adorn the professions of the Christian Religion. Our affections as the Souls Pulse, must not saulter in too violent a motion after lawful things, nor may they beat slow and faintly in the duties of Gods Worship. The spring of the Heart must be raised to an high pitch of heavenly mindedness, but it must be let down in a moderate pursuit of what the will desires, as to the gratifications of worldly Interest and concernments. 2. Why must we order our conversations according to the institutions of God in his Sacred Word. First, because the highest Rules in moral Philosophy, cannot effect any sanctifying change in the Heart, nor truely subdue any corrupt Affection. These only work a palliating Cure upon the customariness of a sinful course. Secondly, Satan lays many subtle Temptations, to bewilder you in your progressive advancing a state of Holiness. These sares cannot be discerned, much less avoided, unless the word of God be consulted with, and obeyed. Thirdly, Popish guide of mens Consciences, by their casuistical Doctrine of probability, which makes most things lawful, pervert the words of Gods Holiness, thereby ruining mens precious Souls, only the testimonies of the Lord are safe and sure guides, in all doubtful and difficult cases. 3. What are those false Rules, whereby the conversation is more perverted. First, the entering into any order of a superstitious Society, which pretends to greater strictness in Religion, yet cannot produce any advances in sincere Piety. Secondly, the consulting carnal wisdom and worldly Interest in stating mens duties, and not the institutions of Christ. Thirdly, the singling out any one command of God, to be exercised in a conformity to this, yet presuming that a dispensation will be granted, for the neglect of any other command, equally as necessary, yea, more tending to promote the power of Godliness. 4. The signs of sins having Deminion over a person. First, when it is committed, not by the sudden surprisal of Temptation, but by wicked deliberation and contrivance. Secondly, when men justify their Abominations, abusing the promptness of wit, to plead in the defence of sinning, Thirdly, when the Lords tenderest mercies cannot invite men to Repentance nor the severity of punishments cure the malignity of their Hearts. Fourthly, when persons mock at the fear of the Lord, making a sport of sinning, yea, count this to be their Glory to have no Competitor equal with themselves in sinning. The Character of such who sincerely order their steps in Gods word. 1. They abominate the very thoughts of sinning, even the first stirrings of any vitious Inclination. 2. They strengthen their Faith, when Gods word of promise seems to fail, yea fight against them in the extremities of Adversity. They persevere in following the conduct of the Lord in the known beaten way of their Duty, when they cannot trace him out, in the mysterious Paths of dark and dismal providences. 3. They count this to be the Spirit and Beauty of Religion when they are formed to such a pitch of selfdenyal, as to rejoyce, in the Government of sanctifyed reason over all inordinate passions of Love, Grief, or Anger. They count the indulgence of any sin, to be the severest Condemnation to a self tormenting Licentiousness. Motives to perswade to the right ordering of the Heart, and Conversation in the paths of Gods Commandments. First, Hereby you will be prepared for the ready, most solemn entrance of Christ into your Hearts, to rule you by the Scepter of his Righteousness. This will make your progress in Religion, more easy, safe, stedfast, and delightful. Secondly, consider that meer sensitive Creatures, which are only guided by the law of natural Instinct, may instruct men in many weighty duties of Religion, several instances were given hereof. Thirdly, you cannot rationally expect that the Almighty should defend you from Terrors in the night, if he doth not guide your Paths in the Day. Fourthly, thus great Peace will flow into your Hearts, and nothing shall offend you, neither the laws strictest purity, nor any extremest distresses in the World. Fifthly, the following the conduct of God in his word, will prevent giving any credit to wild Enthusiastick dreams, as if these were a divine Revelation, but if any thing manifestly be your duty, embrace and pursue it, tho you meet with difficulties dangers, and Reproaches. These will be dispised and overcome, if you truely trust in God for safety and success. The conclusion was thus directed to the Condemned How contrary have you acted to David Parer, and Examples, you have been Zealous agents in promoting Satans Kingdom, propagating sin by your wicked Counsel; you have arriv ed to such an height of Atheism, that you are grown audaciously eless in sinning, as not regarding the Inspection of Omnisciency. You have joyned in a confederacy to break through the restraints of all pedal Law: Yet the association of sinners will inevitably augment the common Treasury of divine wrath. Take heed that you deceive not your selves, with faint false wishes to Reform. Some seeming Penitents, when the present anguish of their Consciences is worn off, return to the excesses of sinning with greater grediness. Beg of God therefore, that you may Improve right, the season granted for making Peace with your Eternal judge, then you will disdain any mean common Actings, in the working out your Salvation, that you may not mistake in so weighty a concernment. Let the least of Gods will be imprest in your Hearts, as a prevailing Law. Let your Souls follow hard after the Lord, to tread in the very steps of your Saviour, by imitating of him, who under the Agonies of Death, prayed the more fervently to overcme them. Conform compleatly to Gods statutes, so shall you not be shamed by Hypocrisy, nor shall any sin get Dominion over you. Keep a stict watchful guard over your Hearts, that you may not be surprized by security to all into Satans snares by tempting you to presumption or despair. Commit your selves to the custody of the spirit of Holiness, pray that he would make your Resolutions of Reformation to be sincere, that he would preserve you to a perfect state of Holiness in Heavenly Felicity. I Proceed to give an Account of the Behaviour, and Confession of the Condemned Criminals. I. Robert Sterne Condemned for Felony and Burglary. He said that he was born at Hadleigh in Essex , that he had been in Sea service , that he since employed himself in Husbandry , but he neglected it, so being addicted to Idleness, he joyned with bad Company; he confest the Crime with Tears, saying, that his sins had been many and great, tho he knew Gods Commandments, yet he broke them against the many checks and convictions of his Conscience. This was increased by his not praying that God would keep him from the evil Inclinations of his own Heart. But he hopes that he doth truely Repent of all his sins, and that those in which he most delighted, are now most hated by him. II. W - R - Condemned for Clipping the currant Coyn of this Nation. He is Thirty Years of Age, he said that he was well educated at a Grammer School, and so was fitted for the Trade of a Bookseller, and might have lived comfortably in that employment. But he grew Idle, and thereupon was forced through Poverty, to list himself into military service by Land. He repents that he contracted acquaintance with bad Persons, and was given to vain expences, to supply which, he did some unlawful acts, yet he declined the confession of his Crime tho he did not utterly deny it. He was attentive to Instructions and Prayers, he seemed penitent, saying that altho his chain did fre his skin, yet this was light in comparison of his sin, which had laid a load of guilt upon his Conscience, but he hoped that Christ would take it off, by Repentance and change of his heart. III. William Hancock , Condemned for Robbing on the Kings High-way. He was born in Southwark , Aged 19 Years. He said that he was a Butcher , but being excessive in his expences and having brought himself to extream poverty, he was forced to enter himself into the Kings service above a twelve Month since. He confest that he did walk in the Fields on the Lords-Day, and joyned with bad company. He acknowledged that he had, been guilty of swearing and drunkenness, but said that now he desires to sepent of all his sins, which he can call to mind, I askt him what is true saving Faith and Repentance? he could not describe them to my satisfaction, therefore I instructed him more clearly and fully in the nature of them. IV. Joan Bates , alias Clark , Condemned for Felony, in Robbing one Mrs. Courtney of Plate to a great value. She denyed not the Fact; she at first lived with her Father, but being put out to service, she Robbed another mistriss before; for which she was burnt in the Hand. After this she said that her father took her home to him, thinking to reform her; but she was weary of his good Councel. So leaving her Father she joyned with bad company, and so being poor, her own wicked Heart inticed her to commit this second Felony. She said that now she call'd to mind er former iniquities, which she did not repent of sincerely, and therefore was justly left to fill up the measure of her sins, which had brought untimely Death upon her; yet that the publick shame of this doth not so much afflict her, as that she did not take warning by a lesser punishment. V. Francis Newland ' Condemned for the murther of Francis Thomas Esq ; Aged 21 years; he said that he had good education at a Grammer School, that he was in Sea service , that he had nor addicted himself to a vicious course of life, yet denied not that he neglected Religious duties, and that for this God permitted him to fall into bad acquaintance of late. He denyed not that he was in the company of those Persons, who offred affronts at the dancing School in Drury lane , that they prevaild upon him to go farther with them that he was present when they aused Mr. Thomas in the Fruit womans Sellar, that the persons mentioned the Book of Tryals did persue Mr. Thomas, himself knowing no reason for it. I askt him if they were in drink, he said no, but an hectoing fit was upon them. He said that be knew not when nor how he lost his Sword. He protested as a dying person, that he did not give any wound to Mr. Thomas, only he saw one of the Philboys (since fled) to fight with Mr. Thomas, and believes, that he gave him his mortal Wound. He said it much greives him, that he did sall into such mad Company, and he desires all young Persons to beware of the Idle and sinful wasting of their time; lest they expose themselves to such Company, as may prevail on them to be present at Bloody Quarrels, and so be involved in a sentence of Death. He is very much cast down, and grieves for his foolish rashness, as being in such dissolute Company. He takes well the severest admonitions given to him, hoping that God will sanctify his distressed condition, that it may tend, by Gods mercyful Goodness, to be an occasion to work toward his Repentance and the salvation of his Soul. On Wednesday the 17 instant, William Hancock , Robert Stern , ad W - R - were all Conveyed to Tyburn ; the two former in a Cart, the latter in a Sledge, the rest being Reprieved by Vertue of his Majesties Most Gracious Clemency, but Mr. Newland is only respted till Friday next. All the way to Tyburn they lamented, and bewailed themselves, being brought to undergo such a reproach and publick shame; and when they came to the Tree, and were tyed up all in one Cart, Robert Stern pake to this effect. Good People, let my shameful end excite you to have a care how you live in the World that ou be not overtaken by the Temptations of the Devil and the World, and be sure to keep good Company, and be tender of the Sabbath Day; and Remember to keep it Holy; I was Tempted by wicked men, to joyn with them in commiting of several Robberys, and particularty in this for which I come here to Dye, this most shameful Death, I am willing to dye, me beg your prayers. He was more penitent than the other two, as to outward appearance. W - R - desired all the spectators to pray for him, and behaved himself very soberly and seriously to the last, confessing that he had been a great sinner, for which he now heartily repented, and hopes for Salvation thro Christ Jesus. William Hancock seemed not so much concerned as the other, but at the last says he, if there be any one here that knows me, let me desire them to pull me by the Legs when I am turn'd off, to dispatch me out of my pain. Pray God bless you all I hope you'll pray for me. Then the Ordinary Prayed with them, and sung a Penitential Psalm, so they were all turn'd off. This is all the Account I can give of this Sessions, Sam. Smith Ordinary . Licensed April 17th, 1695. ADVERTISEMENT. THis is to give notice, that Mrs. Norridge is removed from the Blue Ball in Exeter Street, to a Turners, next door to Semmerset House in the Strand. Who hath an infallible Powder for the Stone and Cravel in the Kidneys, Stone and Stranguary, and Stone Cholick, which great secret with many more, her Father Dr. Duncan, left her at his decease, who practiced Physick for the space of Sixty Years, and lived till the Age of Eighty Eight. This powder hath wrought many eminent Cures upon Persons of both sexes, as is attested by several Persons of note, whose Names and places of Abode, is incerted in her printed paper of Directions. This Powder is sealed up with her Coat of Arms, in Five and Ten Shilling papers, and in half Crown papers, to take in a morning fasting, to carry off the Gravel, and prevent the Stone from contracting to a Body. She hath likewise an excellent purging Pill and Elixer, which purisies and sweetens the Blood, and destroys Ws in Men, Women, and Children. The Pills are fealed up in 18 d. Boxes, and the Elixer in 2 and 3 s. Bottles, with Directions. She is very expert in cleansing Teeth, and taketh out ny perisht part betwixt the Teeth, and setteth in Artificial ones. She hath a most Excellent Water for sore Eyes, that strengthens the weak sight, and cures the Evil in the Eyes, or any Rheumatick Eye, that is got by Cold or Weeping. She is to be spoken with every Morning till Ten, and Tuesdays, and Thursdays all day. IN Grays-Inn lane in Plow-yard , the third door, lives Dr. Thomas Kirleus , a Collegiate Physician , and Sworn Physician in Ordinary to King Charles the Second, until his death; who with a Drink and Pill (hinring no Business) undertakes to Cure any Ulcers, Sores, Swellings in the Nose, Face, or other parts; Scabs, In, Scurfs, Leprosies, and Venereal Disease expecting nothing untill the Cure be finished. Of the last he hath cured many hundreds in this City, many of them after fluxing, which carries the evil from the lower parts to the Head, and so destroys many. The Drink is 3 s. the Quart, the Pill 1 s. a box with Directions, a better purger than which was never given, for they cleanse the body of all Impurities, which are the causes of Dropsies, Gouts, Scurvies, Stone or Gravel, Pains in the Head, and other parts. Take heed whom you trust in Physick, for it's become a common Cheat to profess it. He gives his opinion to all that write or come, for nothing. LONDON, Printed for E. 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THE CONFESSION AND EXECUTION Of the Prisoners at TYBURN On Wednesday the 17May1676. Viz. Henry Seabrook , Elizabeth Longman Robert Scot , Condemned the former Sessions. Edward Wall , and Edward Russell . Giving a full and satisfactory Account of their Crimes, Behaviours, Discourses in Prison, and last Words (as neer as could be taken) at the place of Execution. Published for a Warning, to all that read it, to avoid the like wicked Courses, which brought these poor people to this shameful End. THE CONFESSION AND EXECUTION Of the Prisoners at TYBURN On Wednesday the 17th of May, 1676. Viz. Henry Seabrook , Elizabeth Longman Robert Scot , Condemned the former Sessions. Edward Wall , and Edward Russell . Giving a full and satisfactory Account of their Crimes, Behaviours, Discourses in Prison, and last Words (as neer as could be taken) at the place of Execution. Published for a Warning, to all that read it, to avoid the like wicked Courses, which brought these poor people to this shameful End. However, Mercy so far interposed after the Sentence of Justice, that only Five of them actually suffered: Amongst whom was Elizabeth Longman , an old Offendor, having been above a Dozen several times in Newgate : Some time since she was convicted, and obtained the benefit and favour of Transportation, and was accordingly carried into Virginia : But Clum, non Animutant, qu: trans mare currunt. She had not been there above Fourteen Moneths, before she procured Monies remitted from some of the Brotherhood here, wherewith she bought off her Servitude, and ever she comes again into England , long before the term of her Sentence was expired. Nor was she content to violate the Law only in that point, bur returned to her old Trade (for so these people call stealing) as well as to her Countrey; and was soon after her Arrival conducted to Newgate , for mistaking several parcels of Silk, upon which being Convicted, and pleading her Belly, she was set by the last Sessions before this: But now it appearing that she was highly accessary (though all the while in Newgate ) to the Robbery of a Person of Quality, and that she was wholly incorrigible, not to be reclaimed by any Warnings, she was brought down again to the Bar, and demanded, what she could say for her self, why she should not suffer Death, according to Law, upon her old Judgment. To which she still pleaded, that she was quick with Child. But being searched by a Jury of Matrons, they found no such thing; so that she was carried with the rest into the Hole, and ordered for Execution. As for her behaviour, I am sorry no better account can be given of it; for truely she did not seem so sensible of her End, or to make that serious preparation for it, as night be expected from a Person in her condition: yet were not the charitable assistances and endeavours of the Ordinary and several other Ministers wanting towards her, though 'tis feared they did not make the wisht-for Impressions upon her Spirit. Two others viz. Edward Wall and Edward Russel that suffered, were brought to this untimely and ignominious End, by the means and seducements of this unhappy Woman. For they together with one A. M. going after the former Sessions to a Gentlemans House, to sollicite and engage his Interest, in order to the obtaining of a Reprieve for a Woman that past for one of their Wives, and was then under Condemnation, they chanced to spie the Maid a scowring a very considerable quantity of Plate, the glittering sight whereof so much affected them, that when they came back to Newgate , to give an account of their business, amongst other discourse, they mentioned what abundance of Plate they saw. And will you only see it? (says this Besse Longman , being by) then you deserve to starve indeed, when Fortune puts Booty, as it were, in your Mouths, and you are such Cowards, that you dare not take it: With these and many other words to that purpose, she animated them on so far, till by her Instigation and the Devils together, they resolved upon the Villany, and accordingly went the next Night, broke open the Gentlemans House, and took thence a great quantity of Plate: But upon description and search, A. M: was taken next Morning on saffron-hill , with a Silver Ladle, a Silver Porringer, and that famous Engine of Wickedness, called Betty. He was carried for the present to New prison , and there kept till he had discovered the othe. Parties; and upon his ingenu u Confession obtained the Mercy of a Repeve from that Execution, which his Fellow Criminals now suffer'd. The other person executed, was Henry Sea brooke : He was condemned the former Sessions for robbing the Merchant at Dukes Place ; but upon his pretending to discover the rest of the Cabal, and other great matters, was kept from the Gibbet all this, while; but now failing to verifie those pretentions, he was ordered by the Court to receive his punishment according to his former Sentence, with the resof the Prisoners condemned this Sessions. Of these poor wretches, two, viz Wall and Russell, as they ingenuously pleaded guilty to their Indictment at the Bar, so they behaved themselves very modestly at their Condemnation; and afterwards in Prison when Ministers' came to visit and discourse with them, in order to their Souls everlasting good, they received them with great expressions of joy and este, attending with much reverence and seeming heed to their Spiritual Instruction, who with most necessary and importunate Exhortations pressed them to a speedy and hearty Repentance, Since it stood them so much in hand, being upon the brink of Eternity, they told them, Their Condition was sad, as being justly sentenced by Men to a temporal Death; but that was infinitely short of being condemned by God, and suffering Eternal Death under the ury of his Wrath: that though it was vin for them to flatter themselves with hopes of onger life in this world, yet there were means est to secure them of Everlasting Life in the ext: and that to such vile sinners as they nd been, it was an unspeakable Mercy, that hey had yet a little space left them, wherein make their peace with Heaven; and what ould the damned Souls, weltring without pe in Eternal Flames, give or do for such a recious opportunity? With such and many her pious Admonitions and Prescriptions did ese Spiritual Physicians endeavour to cure e Ulcers of their Souls, and excite them to row off the peccant matter, and wash away i Iniquities with tears of a sincere Repennce, proceeding not from a sense of approa- ching Punishment, but of trouble for the Evil itself, and their provoking of God thereby. To all which they gave very great attention, promising to put that blessed Advice in practice; and so continued in a very serious and laudable frame till the time of Execution, which was the 17May, being then conducted to Tyburn with vest numbers of people following the Carts to behold the last sad Scene of their deplorable Tragedy. Being come to the Gallows, and the usual Prayers and Solemnities being performed, one of them spoke a pretty while to the Multitude, protesting, This was the first Face that he was ever actually guilty of, though he had been accessary to divers others, and had been all his days a very ill Liver; so that he could not but acknowledge that he suffer'd justly. He very much admonish'd all persons to consider their ways; especially warning Youth not to misspend their time in Idleness, or Disobedience to Parents or Masters; and to have a care of being seduced and drawn away by led women. affirming that such Courses and their Temptations, and to satisfie their Luxury, had been originally the cause of his destruction, and that shameful death he was now going to suffer. The rest said very few words, unless to some particular Acquaintance; but by their Gestures seemed to pray secretly, and so were all Executed according to Sentence.

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The True ACCOUNT OF THE Behaviour and Confessions OF THE Condemned Criminals IN NEWGATE , VIZ. William Charly , John Tomson , Thomas Draper , Ann Scot , Catherine Baucer , Cassandra Widdows , Elizabeth Hacker , Thomas Glanister , Elinor Steel . OF WHICH William Charly , and Ann Scot , for Felony, were Executed on Friday the 4th. of September, 1685. AT TYBURN . At the Sessions or oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery of Newgate, Held for the City of London, and County of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bayly, the 26th and 27th Days of August, 1685. These Nine Persons received Sentence of Death, viz. William Charly , John Tomson , Thomas Draper , Ann Scot , Catherine Baucer , Cassandra Widdows , Elizabeth Hacker , Thomas Glanister , Eleanor Steel . The Ordinary the Visited the Condemned Prisoners, on Friday, the 28th of August, and told them that it much affected him with Pity and Grief, to behold so many Persons under the Sentence of Death, in so short a time since the last Sessions, and that frequent examples of publick shame and Punnishment made no deeper impression on Mens Hearts, than not to avoid the like Crimes, for which others had so signally and justly Suffered. He Exhorted them to consider seriously what the whole course of their Life had been, and for what special Sins God was now (by this Heavy, yet Rghiteous Stroke) making Inquisition: He endeavoured to make them sensible of their several Crimes, whereby they had violated their solemn Ingagements to God at their Baptism, and not Reflected on it, so as to make an Holy and Wife Improvement of it, to have resisted the Temptations of their evil Hearts, the World and the Devil That sacred dedication to God, is little Regarded by many Persons who grow ripe in Sin in their very Youth. The Ordinary told them that their Childhood had been Vanity, because then they knew little of God, and their Youth is Vanity, because as soon as Reason began to dawn, their Vicious Dispositions grew stronger to Rebel stronger against him. That they had Rebelled also against Human Society, and the very light of Nature, in the checks of Conscience, and possibly against many resolutions of Reforming, which contracts hardness of Heart, and provokes the Lord justly to suspend his preventing Grace, because by custome they had made Sin familier, and the harder to be Retracted from. Notwithstanding it was not yet too late to seek unto God, that he would recover them out of the Snare of Satan, who had led them Captive in the fulfilling of their Lusts. Therefore their Duty now is, to lay themselves Prostrate before the most High, in the sense of their great Provocations of his Holiness, and then to implore him to create an Eye of Faith in them, to behold a Crucified Redeemer, able to save to the utmost sincere Penitentiaries; and that tho they could not soften their own Hearts, yet it is promised in the Covenant of Grace, that the Lord will take away the Heart of Stone, and give an Heart of Flesh: A tender flexible Disposition to Obey his Laws. Much more the Ordinary discoursed with them; afterwards he Prayed with them, and upon a short Exhortation, dismissed them for that time. On Saturday he visited them again and having Prayed and Exhorted then to re-account from their own Mouths in Writing, what preparation they had made for a Blessed Eternity: Whereupon most of them freely confessed what their former course of Life had been, and expressing some Relenting, but not clearly understanding the nature of saving justifying Faith, nor of a thorow Conversion to God. The Ordinary instructed them in the difference twixt true and false Faith, Hope, and Charity, exhorting them to a speedy Repentance, then he Prayed again with them, and desired them to prepare themselves for the solemn Duties of the Lords Day approaching, that it might be a pledge of Eternal Rest, in Glory, and so dismissed them. On the Lords Day the Ordinary read Prayers and Preached to them twice. In the Forenoon on the 9th. to the Hebrews, and the 27th Verse, It is appointed to all Men once to Dye and after that the Judgment. In the Afternoon he Preached on the fourth Chapter of the Prophet Jeremiah, and the first Ver. If thou wilt return, O Israel, faith the Lord, return unto me; and if thou wilt put away thy Abominations out of my Sight, then shalt thou not Remove. He observed that they were much affected with both those Discourses, and expressed sighs and Tears for their ill spent Lives. Some of them who before were not so Compliant with the Ordinaries Advice, now were very Active and Flexible. On the Monday he Visited them again, and took a further Account what Impressions the sabbaoth Duties had left upon their Hearts, and inquired (after he had Prayed with them) what Grounds they had to hope for a future state of Blessedness: Those who had an early Reprieve came not to me, because the fear of Dying with the sense of their past Guilt, were worn out together: Only one among the Reprieved, viz. Elinor Steel , after she knew she was safe, desired me to Pray for her, that she might live in some measure sensible of so great a Mercy, and walk Humbly under it, and with more Circumspection for the future. As for the other who had no hopes of a Reprieve, they submitted to a more thorow inquiery into their Soul State, and expressed more of a Penitential Frame, of which I now proceed to give an Account. The first that offered her self to give the Ordinary an Account of her former course of Life, was Ann Scot , she was Aged about 40 Years, Born in Ireland , now a Widdow . She said that she Wrought hard for Nine Years space in Embrodery , after that she grew Idle, and observation of the Lords Day. Soon upon that great Sin she ceased from Praying that she might be preserved from ill Company, the Snares of Satan, and the Temptations of her own Heart. She said, that if she Dy, she must needs Justifie God, and Condemn her self, because she had turn’d the longSuffering and abounding Goodness of God, into Wantonness: And altho she had at times resolutions to Repent and Reform, yet they were not fix’d, but Vanishing, so that she had dealt basely and falsely with God in his Covenant. She said that one Night since her Condemnation she tasted of Gods Goodness, and had some hope of her happy condition after Death. But she thought notwithstanding that it might be the presumption of her own deceitful Heart, and she thought she had no Repentance because she had Sinned Wilfully after clear and strong Conviction. For, said she, It is written if any Sin wilfully after the acknowledgment of the Truth, there remains no more Sacrifice for Sin, but a fearful expectation of Fiery Indignation, which shall devour the Adversary. Then, she said, pray, Sir, inform me of that Scripture. I told her, that tho every wilful Sin be against the Holy Ghost, yet that Text points at the special extraordinary Sin against him, which is a total Renouncing of the whole Doctrin of the Gospel, and the Fundamentals of the Christian Religion against former clear Illuminations, and some Eminent Profession of the Name of Christ. This Apostacy is so directly and transcendently opposite to the Grace of God offer’d in the Gospel, and to the more remarkable, sensible commutations of Goodness and Kindness from the Holy Spirit, that by degrees the Heart is desperately Hardned, in striving to Raze out all former Impressions; so as to Apostatize to Judaism, or Mahumetism, and to persist therein, even unto final Inpenitency. This Monstrosity Sinning, is so directly against the Grace of God revealed in the remedy of Recovering Sinful Manking, by the only Expiatroy Sacrifice of Christs Death, that it proves Unpardonable, upon that account, as not capable of Repentance, because there remains no more Sacrifice for Sin. Yea, such who are really guilty of it, (who are very few) are so Hardned in it, that very they never fear nor suspect themselves to be guilty of it. Yet the Ordinary told her that wilful Sinning against Clear and frequent strong Convictions and Resolutions to Reform, is a very deplorable and Hazardous Case, tho not Desperate and Irrecoverable Upon this the Condemned Ann Scot received some hope of Gods Grace and Mercy. For, said she, Tho I have been a great Notorious Sinner, so that none can judge worse of me, than I do of my self, yet I lay hold and depend on Christ alone for my Pardon and Eternal Life. I know that I must be wholly emptied of all good Opinion of myself, that I may be Justified by Christs Merits, and filled with the Sanctifying Graces of his Spirit. She said that she must exercise the greater Repentance because she had Sinned against Light and Conviction. That her Sins have proceeded from Presumption, so that after all her Humiliation, she hath need to pray, Lord forsake me not. I asked her what Faith and Repentance were. In which she gave great Satisfaction. She said that she to leave all Sin, out of Hatred to it, and not only for fear of Hell. And that she desired to have Gods Glory in her Eye, more than her own Salvation. Upon my frequent Discourses with her, and her whole Deportment, I have Ground; to believe that she was truly Penitent. For when I Visited her on Tuesday, I Observed that she had made some further Progress in the Humbling of her Soul for her Sins; and thereupon endeavoured to Comfort her, and Encourage her to Believe in Christ; and commit her Soul to him, as a Merciful and, faithful Redeemer. She replied, that it was a most Difficult thing to Repent and Believe Aright; for Satan had long had the possession of her Heart, and thought now to confirm his Hold, because, she said, she had Hardned her self in a course of Sinning. I told her that God had promised to Tread down Satan under the Feet of true Penitentiaries, And that to be sensible of Hardness of Heart; was some degree of Contrition. She said that I had a better Opinion of her, than she could have of her Self: God might justly leave her to the Deceitfulness of her Heart, because she had often Deceived others. That she did not so much desire to Live out of the love of Natural Life, as to Glorify God, and have further time to work out her Salvation: But the will of the Lord must be submitted unto. She had rather Dy now, than Survive and multiply Provocations of Him. She expressed much more, which to relate would exclude my Account of others. Catherme Baucer , Aged 44 Years, Widdow . She said, that she became very unfortunate, in Marrying against her Friends Consent, which made them unkind to her, but she hopes, she shall find Favour in Gods Sight, if this be Sanctified to her. She confessed she had good Educatin, which the more aggravates her Sins. That she had been guilty of Pride, and that the want of good Cloaths made her refrain somtimes from going to Church. She feared that her Heart was so Obdurate, that it was Impossible to find Mercy at the Hand of God, for he did not leave her, till she first forsook him, yet she rests upon Christ alone to Save her. I asked her what Repentance was, she said, It is a Sinners Consideration of his or her Ways, and the sad Condition thereby drawn upon themselves, joyned with an hearty Grief, and chiefly for Offending God, and that they went against his Laws. Elizabeth Hacker , Aged 34 Years; Born in Middlesex . She Wept and said she had not observed the Sabbath Day, as she ought. That she had been guilty of other Sins, of which, we hoped, God would make her truly sensible. That it was a Mercy she was on this side Hell. And that if she had led her Life never so strictly, yet she had cause not to depend on this for her Justification before God. And therefore she trusts on Christs Kindness alone, to Save her, tho she Repent never so much. Thomas Draper , Aged 20 Years, Born in Leicester-shire . He was brought up in Husbandry ; which Imployment he left, as counting his Fathers Trade of a Shomaker to be better. Yet he left his Fathers House and Employment, because he was crost in Love, which he had ferled on a Maid. So he took up the Horse for which he is Condemned, without the Owners leave, to ride to London, and seek Imployment there. He said it was a very foolish Act, so to bring himself into Trouble. That he had Sinned before in Lying and Swearing, for which God left him to commit this Fact. But he begged of him, to make him Penitent, and then he shall be satisfied whether he Live or Dy. William Charly , when I Visited him the fourth time, viz. on Tuesday, his Mother was present, and Wept exceedingly, desiring him to fit himself for Death. She said, she had been partly guilty of his untimely End, by her fond Indulgence of him, above any of her Children. A good caution to all Mothers not to be Partial in their Affection. She press’d him to forgive all his Enemies. Upon that, observing him to fall into some Passion, I took him aside and asked him whom she meant. He said his Wife. He was Industrous, as he said, at his Trade, but she wearied him out of his Employment by her sharp Tongue, and being very Vexatious to him, he told her that her ill Carriage would make him take desperate Courses: So that he left Co-habiting with her, and soon after fell into bad Company. I told him that the neglect of her Duty should not have produced such ill Effects. But rather he ought by a patient discharging his own Duty, have won her to a mild frame of Spirit. At last, he said, he freely forgave her, tho she had been the cause of his untimely End. When I left him he was more awakned than before, and Wept, saying, that he had been a great Sinner, but would not express wherein. I told him that true Repentance is an hatred, especially of the darling Sin, which he ought freely to Acknowledge, and thereby give Glory to God, if he were sensible first of it. He desired me to Pray for him, which I did, and Ann Scot joyned in Prayer at the same time, whole Repentance was very Remarkable. They two only were in the Dead Warrant. I Visited them on Wednesday, Thursday, and on Friday before the Execution. The other Condemned Malefactors not Named in this Paper, were not free to Discourse with me, and therefore here I must terminate my account of this Session. 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 fifth Psalm; after which, they exhorted the Standers by to take warning by their dismal and untimely Ends, of the Effects of Sin, which 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 all Executed. Dated this 4th. of September, 1685. Samuel Smith , Ordinary . This may be Printed, 1685.R.L.S. London, Printed by G.Croom, at the Blue-Ball in Thames-Street, over against Baynard's-Castle. 1685.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, & Dying Words Of the SEVEN MALEFACTORS Who were executed at TYBURN On Friday the 4th of AUGUST, 1749. BEING THE Fifth EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honble Sir William Calvert , Knt . 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.XLIX. [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 WILLIAM CALVERT , Knight , Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Baron PARKER, Mr. Justice FOSTER, RICHARD ADAMS , Esq ; Recorder , and other of his Majesty's Justices of OYER, and TERMINER, for the said 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 5th, Thursday the 6th, Friday the 7th, Saturday the 8th, and Monday the 10th of July, in the 23d Year of his Majesty's Reign; JOHN STEWART , JOHN POE , WILLIAM SHEPPHERD , JOHN FRYER , MARGARET HARVEY , JOHN GRAY , VALENTINE GODWIN , JAMES JOHNSON , JOHN PALMER , URIAH CREED , RICHARD MAPESDEN , and ANTHONY DUN , were capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. While they have been in this unhappy Situation from the just Censures of the Law, I was constantly wont to be at Prayers with them in the Chapel every Day which they seemed devoutly to attend; And after Prayers one or other of them in their turns had such Admonition and Instruction given them, as to the best of my knowledge appeared to be necessary and proper for bringing them to a Sense of their Sins, a Reformation of their Lives, and to such Preparations for Death as might expunge the Sting thereof, and mollify its Poison; as might heal their Corruptions, and render them fit for enjoyment of the Presence and Favour of God in the Life everlasting. On Wednesday the 26th of July the Report of ten Malefactors was made by Mr. Recorder to his Majesty, when He was pleased to order the seven following for Execution, viz. John Stewart , John Gray , Valentine Godwin , James Johnson , John Palmer , Uriah Creed , and Richard Mapesden , on Friday the 4th Instant. Poe , Shepherd , and Fryer were respited , till his Majesty's Pleasure concerning them be further known, Margaret Harvey pleaded her Pregnancy , and Anthony Dun , a Lad about 13 or 14 Years of Age died in the Cells of Newgate in a few Days after receiving Sentence . 1 John Stewart , was indicted for that he in company with 2 others not yet taken, on the King's Highway, did make an Assault on Dedrick Jacob Hane putting him in bodily Fear, and taking from his Person one Man's Hat, value 2 s. and 8 s. in Money his Property , June 23 d. 2 JOHN GRAY , late of St. Paul's Shadwell , was indicted for Felony and Murder, on the 21st of May, on Anne his Wife , that he with a certain Knife made of Iron and Steel, that he held in his right Hand, on the Throat of the said Anne did strike, and cut, giving the said Anne one mortal Would, length 5 Inches, depth 3 Inches, of which she instantly died. He also stood charged on the Coroner's Inquest for the said Murder . 3. 4. VALENTINE GODWIN and JAMES JOHNSON , were indicted, for that they in company with William Lacy and William Tidd , on the King's Highway, upon one Henry Aplen , did make an Assault, and put in corporal Fear and danger of his Life, and did steal one man's Hatt, val. 1 s. one silk Handkerchief, val. 2 s. and 3 s. and three-pence half penny in Money, from the Person of the said Henry Aplen , June 25th. 5. JOHN PALMER , late of St. Andrew's Holbourn , was indicted for stealing out of a dwelling House, one silver Tankard, val. 20 s. 2 silver Castors, val. 20 s. 3 silver Salts, val. 20 s. one silver Candlestick, val. 5 s. 6 silver Spoons, and 2 salt Shovels, the Goods of Richard Jackson , Gent. July 3d, 6. URIAH CREED , alias Morgan , late of Hawkhurst , was indicted, for that he, in company with divers others, to the number of 30 Persons, were assembled together in the Parish of Reculver , being armed with fire Arms, and other offensive Weapons, in order to be aiding and assisting in running and landing unaccustomed Goods , on the 30th of March 1747. 7 RICHARD MAPESDEN , late of Reculver in the County of Kent , was indicted, for that he, together with divers others to the number of 30 Persons, were assembled together, in the Parish of Reculver , being arm'd with fire Arms, and other offensive Weapons, in order to be aiding, and assisting in running and landing unaccustomed Goods , March 30th, 1747. 1 Richard Mapesden , aged 24, born at Lamberthurst in Sussex , was a young Fellow of a pretty good Family, whose Father dying when he was about 9 Years of Age, he was not to be controuled by his Mother. In his Father's Life-time he was kept to School, but in a short time after his Death he became too headstrong, and would go just where he pleased, neglecting all means of Education. He was bred to no Business, but as far as I can find, took on with Smuglers early, and followed the Trade some Years. That he had been used to deal in unaccustomed Goods he had the Conscience to own, but denyed to the last, having been at Reculver at the Time sworn against him, aiding and assisting in company with Uriah Creed . As to Particulars, he was very reserved, nor would he declare any one Scene of Action of that kind, he had been concerned in; tho' there is no doubt he had been in many. He was mentioned to be one of the Gang in the Indictment with John Cook , executed July 1747, for unlawfully and feloniously assembling together at Folkstone in Kent , arm'd with fire Arms, &c. against the Statute. And is reported to have been one of those desperately wicked Fellows, who threatned the Lives of noble Personages, and others who endeavour'd to suppress their riotous and unlawful Practices. Being ignorant and unlettered, 'twas my frequent Usage to converse with him, but could by no means persuade him to be communicative. His Behaviour however, I may venture to say, (for I saw him almost every Day) has been quiet, and decent, becoming a Man in his unhappy Circumstances, since Conviction, nay, ever since his Confinement in Newgate . 2 Uriah Creed , aged 37. was born at Swineshead in Huntingdonshire , and lived in that Neighbourhood, till he was about 17 Years of Age. His Occupation was a Labourer in Husbandry affairs, and he got his Livelihood in an honest and lawful Way. Being a stout young Man, he laboured very hard for little Wages, and began now to be tired of that way of Life, which thinking to change, he applied himself to a Brother of his, who countenanced him in this way of thinking, and advised him to come up to Town to him, who at that Time kept the Nag's Head Inn , in Leather Lane , Holbourn . Accordingly he embraced the Opportunity, came to London , and was with his Brother in Capacity of an Hostler several Years. This Inn, it seems, was at that Time, a Place of resort for the Smugglers. When they had any Goods to bring to Town, there they were generally first lodged, and from thence sent out to their Customers in Parcels. Seeing Creed a stout Fellow, the Smugglers look'd upon him to be a proper Man for their Service, and often endeavoured to persuade him to go down with them into Sussex, and Kent, telling him he should live very well, and have good Wages. But as yet he liked living in his Brother's Service very well, and refused to comply with their Solicitations. It happened, however, in process of Time, that a noted Smuggler bought a Horse of his Brother, which Creed had been used to take Care of, it being not quite broke, he was desired to ride it down into Kent , and so he did. Having brought the Horse pretty quiet, he was minded to return to London, but, before they let him go, they wanted him to try how the Horse would behave in the Smuggling Business. Accordingly one Day he rode with a Gang of them to the Sea-side, in order to fetch away someGoods, and brought away 200 l. of Tea upon this Horse, besides what the rest brought away. Afterwards he came again to London and his Brother being in his Absence provided with another Hostler, Creed went to Service in Red-Lyon Street , Holbourn , first to a Gentleman, as helper in his Stable , and then to a Person that let out Coaches, &c. in the same Capacity, and lived very well in those two Places for some Time. Afterwards he returned again to live with his Brother, and was employ'd in carrying smuggled Goods to Grocers and Chandlers Shops, &c. as the Owners gave their Directions. But, as yet, he had never been concerned in buying or selling upon his own Account. Afterwards he went to live with a Gentleman of the Army in Westminster , to look after his Horses, &c. and was there nine Months absent from his Brother's House, having no Knowledge of, or Society with Smugglers during that time. But his Brother having a mind to embark in that Trade, sent for Creed again, and by much Persuasion got him to be his Rider, as they call it, to fetch and carry run Goods, and to look after his Concerns in the smuggling Way. He had not been more than a Journey or two, he says, upon his Brother's Account, before somebody, he knows not who, informed against him; and being a very useful and busy Man in the Business, he was afterwards many Times inform'd against, so that he was now in great Danger of being apprehended. His Brother finding the Case to be so, left off dealing, and Creed had a new Master to seek. He found himself under a Necessity, he says, of continuing in the same Way; to go to Husbandry was dangerous, left he might be discovered and taken, so he thought it best to keep among them for Safety, as well as Employ, to provide Maintenance for his Wife and Children. There was at that Time a Chief of the Smugglers confined in Newgate, whose Wife, by the Assistance of Creed to manage for them, carried on the Trade during his 2 Years Imprisonment. This Man happening to get his Liberty, return'd home, and left off the Trade entirely; so Creed was once more left in the Lurch, and to seek for a Master. He now hired himself out to his original Labour with a Farmer at Cranbroke in Kent , and staid with him for some time. But his former Master advised him to return again to the smuggling Business, and now to encourage him, lent him Money to help him to carry on a small Trade for himself. And, he says, he has 4 or 5 several Times bought run Goods, and carried to Hawkhurst, and other Places, but such Qantities only as he might get 5 or 10 Shillings by perhaps at a time; tho' he owns he has been concern'd in running, and carrying away large Quantities for other People. At last he became Rider for one Gingles, and on the fatal Morning, the 30th of March 1747, he says, he went by his Master's Orders down to a Place on the Kentish Coast, known by the Name of the Two Sisters, (upon account of two Churches that stand near one another, suppos'd to be built by two Sisters) to do Business for him. The Folkstone Men had been there before, and were returning Home loaden with their Booty, as Creed and his Company were going down. They met about nine o'Clock in the Morning, and got to the Place about eleven. They had been there some Time loading their Horses, not thinking of any Surprize: But on a sudden they heard a Noise of Persons above coming towards them, which proved to be some Custom House Officers, and others, whom Creed call'd the Militia of the adjacent Country. They had a Sort of an Engagement for some Time, but no Mischief ensued. The Smugglers were at last obliged to give Ground, and rode away as fast as they could, leaving their Goods behind them, which the Officers seized, being upwards of 3000 Weight of Tea. Creed was taken particular Notice of, and Information once more lodged against him, and not surrendering according to Order, he became an Outlaw. And now, He began to think of Providing for his Safety. In order thereto, thinking it best to leave the smuggling Countries, He went into Essex , with his Wife and all that he had, and lived at Upminster , maintaining a Family, (his Wife having brought him 2 Children during his abode there) by the Labour of his Hands, and the Sweat of his Brow; and for the better secreting himself had changed his Name to that of Morgan . But with all his Caution he could not escape the Search of those who have the Management of bringing such Offenders to Justice. For upon a Day as he and the Person with whom he lived were above in a Chamber together, Creed observed a Posse of People coming towards the House. His Landlord was very much alarmed, and wondered what might be the Meaning of it. But Creed says he knew at first Sight what they were come for, and accordingly told his Landlord, that he had been a Smuggler, and was outlaw'd, and these People were come to take him. So when they came to him, he says, he accosted them in this Manner "Gentlemen, you need not "be in a Hurry about me, I was "just coming to you. I found you "had made a dead Set of me, and "'twas to no Purpose to endeavour "to secret myself now, or to make "any Resistance. Here I am, do "what you please with me. I may "look upon myself from this Day "as a dead Man." So he was handcuffed, brought to Town, and confined in the little Tower Goal . A Day or two after being examined before a Justice of the Peace, he thought proper to commit him to Newgate . He acknowledges the Justice of his Sentence and endeavours to meet his Fate with Christian Patience and Resignation trusting in the Lord for his Portion in the World to come. 3. John Stewart , aged 24, was born at Glasgow in Scotland , lived there with his Parents till about 15 Years old, and then was put Apprentice to a Collier , whom he served only two Years. When the Ship being at London , and just entered into the Transport Service, he took it into his Head to leave her, thinking he might do better in the Navy , as 'twas then in the Time of the late War; so he entered himself on Board the Maidstone Man of War , a fifty Gun Ship. He says, she had a roving Commission, and sailed where the Commander thought proper, and that she had the good Fortune to take as many or more Prizes, than any single English Ship during the whole war; but had the Misfortune at last to be cast away upon the Island of Almonteer , a desolate Island, opposite to Bourdeaux . At which Time upwards of forty Hands were lost, besides Spaniards, and French Prisoners, and the whole Ship's Crew were in great Danger. Those that were saved, were carried in Boats to the Main, and made Prisoners; but Stewart made his Escape from Prison, and travelling 250 Miles on Foot, came to St. Maloes , where he was again made Prisoner, and brought Home by a Cartel Ship to England. He and the rest of the Maidstone's Crew were turned over, when they came Home, to the New Anson; which after he had helped to rigg out, and she was ready to go abroad, he gave her the Slip. Having some Prize-money for the Maidstone to receive, he thought it was best to stay at Home, and spend that first, before he went to work for more. But now he laments his Folly, and says, he thinks it had been better for him to have continued in the Service. He has left off going to Sea, these twelve Months past, and has lived a very wicked Life, in drinking, cursing, and swearing, &c. and was concerned in two Robberries, besides what he is convicted and suffers for. He was in Company with two others, when they robbed a Gentleman in Cullum Street , and took from him a gold Watch, &c. and the Gentleman thinking one of them was going to stab him, catched hold of the Weapon, and received a Cut by its being drawn through his Hand. Another Person was robbed by the same three, near Broad Street, of a silver Watch. These two Robberies were committed by them about four or five Nights before the Robbery in St. Swithin's Lane , which was the 23d of June. The Watches were immediatly sold for what they could get, and Stewart says, he had about 10 s. to his Share. As to the Robbery for which he suffers he says, he had been rambling, and got drunk, that he saw not the Accomplices that Day: But about 11 o'Clock at Night, reeling homeward towards Whitechappel, where he lived, thro' Cannon Street he met them. One of them had been his Shipmate, who asked him to drink, but he says, he refused, because he had got enough. While they were talking together, he says, the other two ran from him of a sudden, and seized the Prosecutor, and robbed him. They were presently pursued, but run away towards Lombard Street, and he, being in their Company, thought proper to run towards Walbroke , but being in Liquor, fell down, and was presently taken. He was carried to the Poultry Counter that Night, and being examined before an Alderman, he thought proper to commit him to Newgate . Stewart persisted for a long while to say, that he had never been concerned in any other Robbery, but what he was convicted of; but on the first of August, he confessed the other two, saying, his Conscience would not suffer him to keep the Secret any longer. He heartily begs Pardon of those he has had a Hand in injuring, and hopes for Mercy thro' Jesus Christ. 4. Valentine Godwin , aged 24, born in the Parish of St. Martins in the Fields , was at a proper Time put Apprentice to a Barber and Peruke-maker in Chancery Lane . His Parents, he says, had lived very reputably in the above Parish for many Years, and had given him a tolerable Education, but were reduced by Misfortunes. When he had served about four Years of his Time, his Father being left alone, and grown infirm, wanted somebody to be with him, and perswaded the Son to come Home to him, which he did, and between them they kept a little Chandler's Shop . The Father dying, he took Care to have him decently interred, and then thought it best for him to go abroad into the World, as keeping that Shop would not be sufficient Employ for him. Immediately, therefore, after his Father's Death, he went to work at a Glass-house in the Minories , which belongs to one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace, who lives in that Neighbourhood, and has worked there, off and on, as he calls it, about seven Years. At the Sessions held at the Old Bailey, July, 1747, he was admitted Evidence for the King, against John Studder , and William Newman , indicted for a Burglary, and Robbery in the dwelling House of Elizabeth Akens , in the Parish of Wapping , and stealing eight Yards of Flander's Lace, value 48 s. and twenty-eight Yards of brown Stuff striped, value 32 s. In which Burglary and Robbery he was an Accomplice, but having the good Fortune to be taken first, he impeached the other two, and so for that Time escaped in a whole Skin, and the other two being found guilty of the Robbery, but not of the Burglary, were transported. The Gentleman to whom the Glass-house belonged, where he had worked before, believed him to be seduced by evil Company, and as he had been a good Servant, and behaved well while with him, was willing to take him again and did so. And Godwin says, he has worked there since that Time, till he was taken up for being concerned in the Fact for which he suffered. One of the Accomplices, being lame, was not able to make his Escape, and being taken told who were with him at the Time of the Robbery, and that Godwin worked at the Glass-house and might be found there. Some People upon which went to see for him, but not being there, one of his fellow Labourers shewed them to his Lodgings, and they took him out of his Bed, He acknowledges the Justice of his Sentence, and dies in Charity, and good-will to all the World, expecting Salvation thro' Christ's Merits, as he has used his Endeavour to make Peace with his God. 5. James Johnson , aged 28, was born in Nottinghamshire , had a pretty good Education, was bound Apprentice to a Baker , at Mansfield , to whom having served seven Years, his Fancy led him to see London , and accordingly without the Consent of his Parents came to Town. Here he has been a Journeyman he says, to several Bakers, viz. he served one Master in St. John's Street , another in Long Lane , Smithfield , a third in Red-Lion Street , Holborn , and the last he lived with was in Petticoat Lane . But this last Master's House being in the Liberties of the City, and he being no Freeman, was summoned out, as he says, and obliged to leave his Master just upon Christmas; which taking highly in dudgeon, he left off all Thoughts of following that Trade any longer. And this roving Disposition led him to Sea , on board the London Privateer , in which Service, as far as I can find, he did no good for himself, nor any body else. He can give no Account of any thing worthy Remark he did on board, unless that he begun his Acquaintance with the Person who, as he says, led him into this unfortunate Scrape, for which he forfeits his Life. He says they were 16 Children in the Family, and he is the only Prodigal as far as he believes, and that his Name is not James Johnson , but Francis Otter is his real Name. He was the youngest, and his Mother dying while he was an Infant, his Grandfather, at his Death, provided particularly for him: He left Money to support and bring him up till he was of Age, and 50 l. to set him up when he was out of his Apprenticeship: That Money too he received, and squandered away, having never had the Grace to put a Farthing of it to the Use for which it was designed by the Doner. He says, he has been a loose, idle and profligate Liver, in Drunkenness, and other Debaucheries, (in which the present Age does too much abound) but protests against ever having been guilty of Robbery before. This, he says, was never premediated by him, but talks of one William Tidd , (who was formerly his Shipmate, and was an Accomplice, if not chiefly concerned in this Robbery) being the Instrument of his undoing. Johnson says, being then in Liquor, June 25, he met Tidd and two others in White-Chapel , and they went and committed this Robbery: which when they had done they went round the Field to Stepney . But Johnson escaping for that Time from the Pursuers, was afterwards taken for Robbing a Barber's Shop, and being examined before Sir Samuel Gore , was committed to Newgate ; and appearing to be one of the Gang that robbed the Man driving Sheep, near White-Chapel Mount , was indicted and found Guilty, and for that Crime was justly doom'd to Death. 6. John Palmer , aged 28, was born in the Parish of St. Giles's Cripplegate , and was put Apprentice to a Founder , with whom he served but one Year, and as far as I can understand from that Time entered upon all idle, dissolute, and wicked Courses, His Deportment was sullen, to converse with he was obstinate, and scarce would he give himself Time to listen to such Instructions and Admonitions as were proper for him, but was always in a Hurry to fly from them, I frequently endeavoured to perswade him to consider his past evil Days; to repent, and do those Things which were convenient and necessary for him, but to all Entreaty he seemed deaf, and dumb to every Question put to him concerning his Life and Conversation. I did not so much as get an Answer whether or no he was guilty of the Fact for which he was convicted; but he would still prevaricate, or be silent upon that Point, till the very Morning of his Execution: And, I told him to the last, I fear'd his Life and Conversation had been such as he did not choose to look back on himself, or he would not be so very reserved. To which he would only reply, he knew best.'Tis reported of him, that he has been transported some 4 or 5 Years agon, and returned before the Expiration of the Term of 7 Years, and not without Foundation; yet he would not own any Fault he had committed before; and even this for which he suffered, he used all the Art and Chicanery he was Master of, to take off all Imputation upon Account of it. But, who that reads his Tryal, to see the Evidence urged against him, will not think the Man to be well versed in these Things, that without any Assistance could reduce to Practice such a wicked Scheme as he must have laid, and commit such a Robbery so artfully, as not to be surprized in the Execution of it? He was plainly proved to be the Man, as the Nature of the Case would admit, unless he had been actually detected while he was taking the Plate out of the Room. A Day or two before Execution he seem'd to take a little more Concern than before he had been wont to do, and left the Stage of the World with some seeming Marks of Contrition. 7. John Gray , aged 37, born at Newcastle upon Tyne , was bred to the Sea from a Child, and served 7 Years Apprenticeship to a Collier . He afterwards continued in that Employ, till the late War brokeout, when he was minded to try his Fortune in that Way, and entered on board the Portmahon Man of War . She was then on the Bristol Station, cruizing upon the Enemy betwixt that Place and the Lizard for the Space of two Years. In which Ship they had the good Fortune to take a French Prize called the Golden Lion, very rich, and carried her into Bristol . Being turned over from that Ship to the Lenox , he went in her to Jamaica , where he was taken ill; and being put on Shore, he catched the Country Distemper, which brought him almost to Death's Door. The Ship sailing, left him there, and when he was a little recovered, he had his Choice given, whether he would be sent Home as a disabled Man, or take his own Way to get Home. He made his Choice to go on board a Merchant Ship for England, but was taken by the French and carried into Bayonne . He lost his Ticket for Wages due to him, during his continuing a Prisoner there, and was brought over Pennyless, and almost starved, in a Cartel Ship to Dartmouth . From thence he came to London , and went on board a Merchant Ship to Jamaica again, and at last came Home in the Milford . His proper Place of Abode, he says, was Bristol , where he married his Wife, and left her there when he went abroad. She hearing of his being in London , came up to him; and not finding him in such a Condition as perhaps she expected, occasioned some Difference, and Words arising between them, ended in the unhappy Murder of her: The Account of which you have in the Copy of his own Letter to a Friend, annexed. August 3, 1749, from my Cell in Newgate , A Copy of a Letter, which John Gray sent to a Friend of his, the Day before Execution. THIS is the last Account and Confession of John Gray , which is to satisfy and convince the World, that whatever reports have been rais'd and spread Abroad, concerning my unhappy Affair with regard to my poor Wife, 'tis quite false, and this I hope, may convince the World of the Mistake. For conscious I am; and very easy in my own Mind with regard to her, as for Virtue, Honesty, Sobriety, and Industry, and I am the unhappy Man, that does say, there is but few such left behind. As for that dreadful Scene, that has happened, which I am to dye for, it did not proceed from Jealousy, as the censorious thought it did. If there was any Jealousy, it was of her Side, for I now speak before God, and my own Conscience, to whom I now must shortly appear, that I never had any Occasion to suspect her either in her Actions, Conduct or Behaviour, she never was the Woman, that ever put it in my Power, or any Persons in the World to blame her of being guilty of the least Indiscretion. The Reason of the dismal Scene happening is as follows. I have been unfortunate at Sea for these 4 Years last past, tho' I have endeavoured to the utmost of my Power. But my poor dear Wife being unacquainted with a seafaring Life, used to reflect upon me, and that it was thro' my Negligence I had no better Success. Indeed my Wife has upon Account of my Misfortunes, said that I had no Love for her, therefore told me 'twas much better to Part, which gave me more Uneasiness and Concern then I ever met in my Life before, for she was dearer to me than my own Life. After my poor Wife made use of that Expression concerning our parting, it almost put me besides myself but I have since found that it did not come from her Heart, by Reason of her hiding my Cloaths, which was to prevent my going. But I not knowing that, and hearing her talk to me in such a Manner, it put me into Confusion, which caused some Words to arise betwixt us, which was the Reason of that cursed Knife passing between us, with which I gave her the fatal Stroke; tho' God knows my Heart not with Design to take away her Life. It grieves me to think that this Accident should happen in the House of Mr. Murray, who, I am sure, both he, and his Wife are very honest People, and wished me and my Wife as well as if we had been their own Flesh and Blood; and I hope that God will reward him for the Trouble and Expence, they have been at upon both our Accounts. I now freely from the bottom of my Heart forgive them who have injured and wronged me, as I hope the Lord will forgive me at the last Day, and I beg forgiveness of all those whom I havewronged. MURDER is surely a Crime of so barbarous and inhuman a Nature, that it shocks the Mind of every Person, to whose Ears the Perpetration of such a Fact does ever arrive. This is always the Case, where the Seeds of Humanity are not totally eradicated; while the Man retains any Thing within him worthy the Dignity of his Nature, and becoming the End of his Creation. If a Man commit Murder on the greatest Stranger, all Nations, even the Heathen hath condemned the Fact, and admitted the Murderer to be deserving of Death. But when a Man lays violent Hands on his Friend, his nearest and most intimate Companion, the Guilt increases with the Proximity of the Relation in the natural Notions of Men, but much more so when we have Respect to the Laws and Commands of God. Nor can there in strict Justice any Excuse be framed, that shall be of any avail in the Sight of God, whatever Man may think of the Matter. Whosoever sheddeth Man's Blood, by Man shall his Blood be shed. But if the Murderer meets not his deserved Fate in this World, what Fear, left his Sufferings be intolerable in that which is to come? For whatever the Provocation may be, he is not allowed to revenge himself nor would Reason teach him so to do, but Religion absolutely forbiddeth it. Gray intimates in his Letter, that he loved his Wife, as well as his own Heart nor had she given him any Reason to think Evil of her: What then could occasion his doing so detestable a Sin? Nothing but the most extreme Degree of Madness. And this was unfortunately his Case, being overcome with Passion and Liquor, he was not himself. Had his Reason been present with him, his Love towards her would have stept in to her Assistance, and prevented the execrable Deed. If his Senses had not been overpowered, he protested several Times, he never could have been cruel enough to have hurt her. His Behaviour was very decent all the Time of his laying under Sentence of Death, even to the last, his Countenance rather chearful than dejected; and the Reason he gave for it was, that he was a Man of a pleasant, and good Humour, nor would any Body that had known him in his Days say to the contrary. He said he never had wronged Man, Woman, nor Child, to the best of his Remembrance; yet having been guilty of this most cruel Deed, he looked upon himself as a most vile Sinner, but had Hopes as it was not done with Malice and Design, as he was truely and heartily sorry for what he had done amiss in this Affair, and every other Circumstance of his Life, that God would have Mercy on him, and admit him to some Share in the Merits of Jesus Christ. At the PLACE of EXECUTION. On Friday Morning, August the 4th, between 8 and 9 o'Clock, John Stewart , John Gray , Valentine Godwin , James Johnson , John Palmer , Uriah Creed , and Richard Mapesden , went in 3 Carts from Newgate to the Place of Execution. The 3 first in one Cart, Johnson and Palmer in the second, and in the 3d Creed and Mapesden. They were attended by a strong Party of Guards; and, while the Executioner was getting ready, they prayed by themselves, and afterwards with me very devoutly, and till the Cart drew from under them, they continued calling on the Lord to have Mercy on them. Mapesden's Body was taken away the next Morning, by a Party of Horse-Guards, to be deliver'd to the Sheriff of the County of Sussex , where he is to be hanged in Chains. The Bodies of the rest were disposed of by their Friends. This is all the Account given by me, JOHN TAYLOR , Ordinary of Newgate . This Day is publish'd, In Two large handsome Octavo Volumes, (Price bound, gilt, and letter'd, 8 s.) THE DIVERTING JUMBLE: Or, THEY SHALL BE SAVED. 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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 20th of December, 1704. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey , on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 6th, 7th and 8th Instant, Ten Persons received Sentence of Death; viz. 3 Men and 7 Women: Of which Number, Two of the Women, then found with quick Child, and (out of abundant Mercy) Three others, with Two of the Men, are reprieved; and the rest, namely, John Smith , Sarah Smith , and Mary White , are now order'd for Execution. From the time of their having this Condemnation pass'd upon them to that of their Execution, I constantly visited them, and had them brought up to the Chappel in Newgate , where I pray'd with them, and read and expounded the Word of God to them every day, both in the Morning and Afternoon, and preach'd four times in publick to them, viz. On the LORD's-DAY, being the 11th instant, upon Luke 10. 42. But one thing is needful: And Mary has chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. Of which Words, and their Context, having first given a general Account; I then proceeded to discourse upon the following Particulars; shewing, I. What is the One thing needful, viz. A diligent attending to the Word of God, that ingrafted Word which is able to save our Souls, Jam. 1. 21. II. Mary's Wisdom in her Choice of embracing the present Opportunity, without any delay, of hearing and receiving this Word, to her Souls Instruction and Comfort, while her Sister Martha, like many others of her Stamp, was neglecting it. III. The Excellency of the thing thus chosen by Mary; prov'd not only from the Goodness of it, [Mary has chosen that good part] but from the Eternal Duration of it, [which shall not be taken away from her.] These were the Heads of my Morning Discourse, which I concluded with a pressing Exhortation to Repentance, directed in particular to the Persons under Condemnation. In the Afternoon I preach'd again upon the same Text; and from it took Occasion to inlarge upon the Subject of Repentance; to which the Word of God invites all Sinners, with the gracious Promise of Salvation. And herein I shew'd, I. The Nature of Repentance; setting forth, 1st, What it is too often mistaken to be, and is not; viz. A meer outward Expression of Grief and Sorrow - &c. And, 2dly, What it really is; viz. A Change of the Heart, a sincere Love to God, a perfect Hatred to Sin, &c. II. The Necessity of Repentance; shewing that without Repentance there is no Pardon; without Pardon there is no Salvation; and without Salvation there is Eternal Damnation, &c. III. The Time when this great Duty of Repentance is to be set about; which is, the present time, without any the least Procrastination or Delay. God allows us not one Moment to endulge our selves in Sin. To day if ye will hear his Voice harden not your Hearts, saith the Holy Ghost by David. Psal. 95. 7, 8. & Heb. 3. 7, 8. Which great Duty of Repentance, both as to the Necessity and Speediness of it, I inforced, 1st, From the Example of Mary in the Text, who lost no time in the reforming of her Life, by the Word of Christ, which she was so greedy to receive. And, 2dly, From the great Reward that shall ever attend her for her having readily chosen to hear her Saviour's Doctrine, rather than to put off the present happy Opportunity she had for, it, and mind some other Business that time. Again, on the LORD's-DAY following, viz. the 17th Instant in the Morning, I preached to the Prisoners in Newgate upon Acts 17. 31. being part of the second Lesson appointed for that Morning, and the Words these, Because he has appointed a day, in the which he will judge the World. From which Words, first historically and paraphrastically explain'd, I treated of the Last Judgment, shewing, I. The Certainty of it. II. The Severity of it. III. The use we ought to make of this Doctrine of a future Judgment, and the Means to avoid the Severity thereof. In the Prosecution of which Subject, I took for my Text in the Afternoon these Words of Solomon, Eccl. 11. 9. But know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into Judgment. From which Words I shew'd, I. That Men shall certainly be judged for all these things, viz. 1. Their wicked Thoughts. 2. Their idle, prophane, blasphemous and hurtful Words. 3. Their unjust and mischievous Actions. II. That a timely and sincere Repentance will efface and blot out all these ill things, set all to rights again, and prevent Mens falling under Eternal Condemnation, when they shall come to be judged. After I had discours'd upon these to my Auditory in general, I then apply'd my self with suitable Exhortations to the Condemned in particular; whom I did (in my frequent Visits to them) find for the most part very tractable and desirous of spiritual Help, in order to their Salvation, which they were now sensible they had by their Sins put to very great Hazard. What Confessions they made to me, and what Dispositions they appeared to be in at their Death, I shall here acquaint my Reader with, in the following Lines. I. John Smith , condemned for robbing on the High-Way, viz. 1st, Mr. William Birch near Paddington , on the 29th of October last, and taking from him a Gray-Mare with a Saddle and Bridle: And 2dly, Thomas Woodcock Esq ; and his Lady, with another Gentlewoman in the Coach with them, on Finchley Common the 6th of November last, and taking from them Things of Value, which they had again. He confessed those Facts very freely, and begg'd Pardon both of God and them he had wrong'd; but said withal, that though he must needs own he had been a great Offender in many things, yet he never was before reprehended by the Law; nor ever deserved to be so, but for some Facts which he had committed between and upon those two Days, viz. the 29th of October and 6th of November last: So that (as he said) he was an Offender but of eight Days; adding, that it was at first a great Surprize and Uneasiness to him, to find his last Robbery to have been split into three distinct Facts, and to be the matter of 3 several Indictments against him. But he said he was very much contented to be thought the worst of Men by Men, provided he might obtain the Favour of God by Christ; which he earnestly implored. He said farther, that he was about 23 years of age, born at Winchcomb within 10 miles of the City of Gloucester ; That he was a Perriwig Maker by his Trade, and was well brought up by his Parents, who gave him Civil and Christian Education; but he did not answer their Expectation and Desire; and was disobedient and undutiful to them, and fell into many Extravagancies and Debaucheries. Of which he so frankly made his Confession to me, and in all appearance seem'd to be so sorry for them and so desirous to make Amends (if he could) to the World that I have great Hopes he was that inwardly which he outwardly appear'd to be. " And for the Reader's further Satisfaction herein, I must refer him to his Last Speech writ in his " own hand and deliver'd to me at the place of Execution. " A true Copy of which Speech, together with his particular " Confession of all the several Robberies by him committed " (within the space of 8 days only) shall be published this Day " about Noon, in a Paper by it self, it being too long and too " material to be crouded in here. II. Sarah Smith , alias Boroughs , Condemned for privately stealing Goods out of the Shop of Mr. William Haslewood . She said she was about 48 years of age, born at Lambeth , and liv'd a while in Black-Fryers , and that her Employment wa selling of Starch . But she could not deny that her chief Trade was stealing; in which she had been conversant for many years past, and had receiv'd the Law above 30 times, she having been whip'd and burnt diverse times, and three times at least under Sentence of Death. All which could not work her into Reformation; she not only going on in her wicked Course, but bringing several young People into it. She seem'd at first very serious and very sad, lamenting her manifold Sins in general; but when she was press'd to give Glory to God, and to labour for her Salvation, by true and unfeigned Repentance, and a free Confession of the Crime for which she was Condemned, and of all others that were a clog to her Conscience, and were necessary to be reveal'd for the good of Mankind; then she was very stiff and very stubborn; saying she would never discover any thing, by which she or others might be expos'd to the World after her Death. This gave me occasion in a particular manner to endeavour the perswading her, that whatever was desir'd of her, and I would put her upon, was of absolute necessity to make her Repentance effectual unto Salvation; and I labour'd to bring her into a clear sight of her miserable Condition, and to make her apprehensive how much more miserable she should be hereafter, if she wilfully neglected the use of those means, and would not follow those good Advices and Admonitions offer'd to her both by my self and others, in order to the pacifying the wrath of God, which by her repeated heinous Crimes she had brought down, and by her strange obstinacy she continu'd upon her; representing to her on the one hand, in as lively a manner as I could, the horror and intolerable endless Torments of the Damned in Hell, to which it seem'd she was hastening by her unheard of Stubbornness and Hardness of Heart; and endeavouring on the other hand to make her sensible and desirous of the unaccountable Joys and Happiness of Heaven. She being thus closely apply'd to, did shew at last some outward signs of Repentance, confessing that she was now justly condemn'd, and that she had long ago deserv'd this Punishment; That she was sorry from her heart she had sinned so much and so long, and had been so injurious and mischievous to the World: That she wish'd she were able (but to her grief it was not in her power) to make amends to those Persons she had wrong'd, viz. some by stealing their Goods, and others their Souls: And that she begg'd of God and them to forgive her, and restore double to them whose Goods she had unjustly taken, and give his Grace to those she had enticed into her ill way, to make haste to repent and amend their Lives. She confess'd that during the whole Course of her former Life, she had wholly neglected the Service of God; which prov'd the unhappy Consequence of her falling into, and continuing so long in those Wicked Actions that had brought her to this her sad and shameful End. By which she desir'd all such Offenders as she had been that they would take due and timely warning, that so they might prevent their Temporal and Eternal Ruine. III. Mary White , alias Mary Parker , Condemn'd for privately stealing 36 yards of Printed Callico out of the Shop of Mr. Benjamin Shute and Mr. Joseph Carrol in Cornhil London , on the 24th of November last. She said she was 32 years of age, born at Rochester ; from whence coming up to London about 14 years since, she liv'd at first in the service of some Citizens and Merchants of great worth; but afterwards was corrupted by ill Company. She confess'd the Fact for which she was condemn'd, and withal acknowledg'd, that she had been an old Offender, and an unhappy Instrument of making others to offend in the way of Lewdness and Stealing: Of which her self was so highly guilty, that she even despair'd of God's Pardon, and did not know how to appear before that just God, whose Mercy she had so much abus'd, having several times justly receiv'd the Law, for diverse Facts, and once before now under Sentence of Death. She complain'd mightily of the hardness of her heart, and desir'd my prayers for her; saying she was throughly griev'd for her past heinous Crimes; which she hop'd, she should never repeat were it in her power to commit them over again. She said farther, that she was not in any capacity to make restitution or any satisfaction to the Persons she had injur'd otherwise than by her untimely Death, which she received as her just Due; praying God and them to pardon her, and all Wicked People, especially those she had made so, take warning not only by this shameful End she had by her crying Sins brought her self to, but the great danger she was in of being undone for ever. When the day of their Execution was come (for which John Smith , and I hope the other two, had endeavour'd to make Preparation,) they were all of them carry'd in a Cart to the place of Execution, where I attended them for the last time; and having (according to my usual manner) exhorted them to stir up their Affections to God, I pray'd with them: Then I made them rehearse the Articles of the Christian Faith, in which they declar'd they dy'd; earnestly desiring and praying for that Life Everlasting, which they profess'd to believe. After this I sung a Penitential Psalm, and pray'd again for them. Which having done, John Smith made his last Speech to the People, and then deliver'd it me in Writing to be imparted to the World for the benefit of those who did not hear it. This done, and both he and the two Women his fellow sufferers having warned all, both young and old, against Sin, by the sad and dreadful Punishment they were now brought to by it, I continued to pray with them, and sung another Psalm; and so recommending them to the mercy of God in Christ, I left them to their private Devotions, for which they had some time allowed them. Then the Cart drew away, and they were turn'd off; whilst they were calling upon God in these and the like Ejaculations, Lord have Mercy upon me! Sweet Jesus look upon me! O God be merciful unto me! Forgive me all my Sins! O Lord forsake me not. O Father of mercies have mercy upon my sinful Soul! Lord open thy gates unto me. O Lord Jesus Christ, thou Saviour of the World and Lover of Souls, have mercy upon me! O Lamb of God that takest away the Sins of the World, have mercy upon me! O Lamb of God that takest away the Sins of the World, grant me thy peace! Lord Jesus intercode with thy Father for me! Lord, wash away all my Sins in thy most precious Blood. Lord save me, else I perish. Into thy hands I commend my Spirit! Lord receive me! Good Spectators pray for our Souls &c. Again O Lord our God be gracious unto us. Lord! thou art our Helper and our Redeemer. Lord we come, we come unto thee, &c. These were some of the Ejaculatory Expressions which each of these Dying Persons us'd both at this time when they were just going to be lanch'd into Eternity, and before. In which Expressions John Smith surpass'd his fellow sufferers shewing therein much more readiness and fervency than they. So that considering this his Devotion with his whole Deportment since his being under Sentence of Death, I may say this of him, That very few that lead such an ill Life as he did, have Grace to make such a good End as now he has done. This is all the Account, which the straitness of Time and Room will allow me now to give of these Persons, whose shameful and untimely Death, that God would please to render useful to the reclaiming of other Sinners, who are so sensibly warned here, is the most hearty Prayer of PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary of Newgate . Wed. December 20. 1704. Advertisements. THE Exemplary Life and Character of James Bonnell , Esq ; late Accomptant General of Ireland . To which is added the Sermon preach'd at his Funeral by Edward Lord Bishop of Killmore and Ardagh The Life by William Hamilton , A. M. Archdeacon of Armagh . Attested by Six of the most eminent Bishops in the Kingdom of Ireland. THE Necessary Duty of Family-Prayer, and the deplorable Condition of Prayerless Families consider'd. In a Letter from a Minister to his Parishioners. With Prayers for their Use. Both Sold by Joseph Downing in Bartholomew Close . THE Christian Education of Children. In a Letter to a Friend. In which are contain'd the Fundamental Truths of Religion, and the Duties of a Christian Life. Profitable for all sorts of Persons; but especially recommended to Schools of Charity. Printed for R. Sympson at the Harp in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1704. RObert Whitledge , Bookbinder , now living at the Bible in Creed Lane , within Ludgate , where all Booksellers, and others, may be furnished with the WELSH Bible, WELSH Common Prayer and WELSH Almanack, and with all sorts of other Bibles and Common Prayers, large and small, with Cuts or without, Rul'd or Unrul'd, Bound in Turkey Leather, extraordnary or plain, or unbound. Also the Statutes at large, and Articles and Canons of the Church of England; Tate and Brady's new Version of the Singing Psalms, the Common-Prayer in French, the new Book of Rates compleat; and also all Books neatly Bound. WHEREAS some Persons take the Liberty of putting out Sham-Papers, pretending to give an Account of the Malefactors that are Executed; in which Papers they are so defective & unjust, as sometimes to mistake even their Names and Crimes, and often quite misrepresent the State they plainly appear to be in under their Condemnation, and at the time of their Death: To prevent which great Abuses, These are to give Notice, That the only true Account of the Dying Criminals, is that which comes out the next Day after their Execution, about 8 in the Morning, the Title whereof constantly begins with these Words, The ORDINARY of NEWGATE his Account of the Behaviour, &c. In which Paper (the better to distinguish it from Counterfeits) are set down the Heads of the several Sermons preach'd before the Condemned; and after their Confessions and Prayers, an Attestation thereto under the Ordinary's Hand, that is, his Name at length; and at the bottom the Printer's Name. London, Printed by J. Downing in Bartholomew-Close near West-Smithfield, 1704.

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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 26th. of this Instant Jan. 1697. On the Lords-Day, after the Condemnation of the Condemned Criminals, a Sermon as Preached on this Text, Ps. 39. 13. O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. The first Observation. WHen we are encompassed with Terrors of deadly dangers; then to obtain a little respite of Time, wherein to repent of the evil of our Ways, is to be counted a very great Mercy. Yet strange it is, that the dying Man's want and wish, viz. (Lord afford me longer time to settle the eternal state my Soul,) is the living Man's Burthen. When Death is out of sight, we waste Time in the excesses of Sinning; but when Death stares us in the Face, and we are ready to shiver into Ashes, then time is more precious. So much Time which we have lost in the neglect of Piety and Virtue, so much have we lost of the encrease of our Happiness; yea, of our strength and Ability, to work out our Salvation at present. 2ly, Observe, That the desire of longer Life should not proceed out of our fond Love to it, nor from the Slavish fear of Death; but chiefly to recover Spiritual Strength in our Souls, for the more vigorous service of God, that we may publickly be more Beneficial to others, and to work out our own Salvation with a more zealous and cheerful activity. Before I go hence; Observe, That the consideration that we are Strangers and Pilgrims in this World, only for a Season, and must depart we know not how soon, should quicken us up to the vigorous exercise of all gracious Qualifications, whereby we may attain everlasting Life, and an Inheritance undefiled and indefeasible in Celestial blessedness. Before I go hence; Observe, that Saints who know that they are recovered from the state of spiritual Death in Sinning, and are Redeemed from the Curse of eternal Death; by the Renovation of their Hearts and Life can speak of Death natural, in soft and mollifying Expressions as the Translation of their Souls from Earth to Heaven. They willingly chuse and covet to dye, that so the Veil of their Flesh being rent from their Souls, they may have a clearer, perfect and fixt injoyment or Heavenly Felicities. There they shall delight themselves in those eternal streamings forth of glorious light, from the transforming beauty of God's holiness, imprest on the Souls of all his Saints united to him in Christ, by an immutable covenant of free Grace and Favour. But the wicked desire to take firm rooting in the Earth. Neither can they go cheerfully to meet Death, as not prepared for the Encounter. They are not reconciled to God in Christ, and therefore cannot entertain any good opinion of Death. They are driven hence in their wickedness, as an abhorrence to God and Men. They are scattred from the Face of the Earth like Chaff, being not only useless, but vile, as not worth the gathering up, by any Hand of Preservation. It is farther observable. That David doth not complain out of any discontents, that he must leave the World by Death, and thereby e seen no more, as to any delightful converse with his Godly Friends; nor that when he is Translated hence, shall not enjoy the solemn Ordinaries of God's Sanctuary. David well considered, That the loss of comfortable Communion with the Saints on Earth, is abundantly recompenced in the Seeing and enjoying of God himself, in a glorious state. Here I shall prove, That the Souls of Godly Men at Death, ascend immediately to God, to be enstated in their essential blessedness, tho' they wait to be reunited to their Bodies, as their additional Felicity in their compleat Personalities. Yet this their waiting for the reunion of their Bodies, is without any allay or Diminution to their Souls essential blessedness, in the present sight and enjoyment of the God of Glory. A middle place and state (which Brentius feigned below the Imperial Heaven of God's immediate presence) would administer only scanty Refreshments, tho' Superlative to what they enjoyed in God's Sanctuary on Earth Objection, Souls newly released out of their earthly Prisons, cannot bear the light of the glorious Communications of God's beauty and bounty to them. I answer, That the Souls of the Righteous, after their expiration out of their Bodies, are perfectly purified by Christ's meritorious Intercession for their admission into Heaven, as being fitted for this State, by the immediate Consummating Act of the Spirit of Holiness, sealing them up to a glorious Felicity. The Apostle St. Paul, knew no middle state twixt these two, viz. To be absent from the Body, and immediately present with the Lord. We walk (saith he) during this Life by Faith: and after Death, by the clear open Beautifying sight of God: Therefore the most resplendent Regions, inferiour to the most perfect Communications of God's Love from his immediate presence, cannot satisfy the most earnest longings of the Soul, after the highest enjoyments of God. The Conclusion was thus directed to the Criminals Little have you considered Davids affirmation, that when Men go hence, they shall not any more be seen on earth, to rectify any mistakes in the eternal concernments of their Souls. Yet what Folly and Madness hath possest your hearts, who are surprized by Death, before you can prosecute fully, your intended preparations for eternal Life, Will you securely persist in trusting your deceitful Hearts, that you have thorowly and sincerely Repented, when as such self flattery may ruin you beyond any remedy of working out your Salvation? You had a fit time wherein to repent and reform your Lives; but I fear you have made your repenting Season an encouragement to provoke God, with a more confirmed Rebellion, till the present terrors of Death surprize you: Wo to such who delay their beginning to get Grace into their Hearts, till they are ready to finish their course in Nature. To suffer patiently, and to exercise a resigning Will, to be disposed by the Lord for Life or Death, is work enough for any Man, when under the Convulsive pangs of Death. A dying Pvrson is very unfit for any Worldly concernments, much more for Heavenly, that he may judge aright of his meet requisite dispositions, and due Qualifications for a blessed eternity. When we are dying, all spiritual Considerations are interrupted, perplext and scattred, for then strong teptations will assault us, to doubt of our Interest in God. Let us therefore clear up our evidences for eternal Felicity, before we are rendred unfit for so necessary and serious a work: Therefore, let us while Nature is vigorous, exercise all such gracious Habits which may set us in a ready posture to encounter Death that the slavish fear of it may be subdued, and that we may take a delightful prospect of triumphing over all the powers of hellish darkness, which then chiefly design to assault us with the dismal suspicions of an Interest in God's Love and Favour. Yet strange it is, to observe that the Mercy of deliverance from the terrors of Death, renders Men secure, sensual and licentiously perverse in Sinning. How sad an account is this, that the renewal of Life, strikes many with the dead Palsie of security, a stroke worse than Death, because not felt. When the Souls of such sit trembling on their Lips, as ready to take their flight into the other World? they will then cry too late, Spare me O God, a little longer, that I may settle the state of my Soul, in order so as to get a prospect of eternal Life. Yet if such obtain rescuing Mercy from present Death, their promises of future Obedience to God's sacred Laws vanish when the fears of Death are scattered. Many being indulged a longer time of living, they strive not to get a new Heart, nor any Heavenly Conversation, as well as a strange preservatson. But a person sincerely thankful for restoring mercy, will walk humbly and strictly as under the Eye of God's Omniscient observation. He will not dare to indulge the least willful turning aside from his Vows of vigorous obedience, but will beg a strong Consti tution in Grace, as well as in nature, he will perform all the parts of his Duty with sincerity and a cheerful constancy. He will ambitiously strive how he may most resemble God in holiness, while he sojournies in an earthly Tabernacle. While he lives he will live to the Lords Approbation in a delightful conformity to his sacred Laws. So when he is summoned to God's Tribunal, such a one may chearfully resign his Soul into the hand of his Creator, as a mercifull Redeemer from the sting of Death, and may be confident to obtain an enterance with Triumphant joy into Gods Celestial kingdom, never to be separated from the enjoyment of his gracious and glorious presence to eternity. I proceed to give an Account of the Behaviour and Confessions of the Condemned Criminals. I. John Johnson , alias Denny , He was condemned the last Sessions, but reprived: He's now in the Dead Warrant, and came to the Chappel sometimes with the other Condemned Criminals; but professing himself to be of the Romish persuasion would not acknowledge the Crime for which he is to suffer Death, nor make any Confession of his evil Life: He was absent on the Day before his Execution. The Ordinary prayed to God to convince him of his false Opinions in Religion; and used arguments thereunto, but he persisted in them, saying, That every Tub must stand upon its own bottom. II. William Bailam , Condemned for Robbing on the High-way. He came to the Prayers and Exhortations made in the Chappel, to persuade him to Repentance, but was not affected with them; and could not be prevailed upon to confess the Crime, for which he was Condemned, nor to make any acknowledgement of his evil Life; yet, said, that he had hopes of his future Salvation: Being ak'd the Reasons of such hopes, (Mens Hearts being deceitful) he reply'd, That they were known to God, and he would not reveal them to any Man. He was exhorted to warn others at the place of Execution, to take heed of such Sins which bring Men to an untimely Death: He would not promise it; but persisted in an insensibility of his sinful State. III Francis Keckwood , Condemned for Robbing in the High-way. He refused to make any acknowledgement of his Crime, or of any Sins of his Life; was obstinate, and shewed no sensibleness of any sorrow for his Sins, tho' he was warned of the dangers of it. IV Henry Simkins , Condemned for a Rape upon a Girl of ten years of Age. He is aged thirty years: Was a Joiner in London . He was a married Person; and therefore the Ordinary told him, that his Crime was the more heinous and abominable, because he had an obligation to have been more Chaste, as having a remedy against such a gross Sin. He confest that sometimes he did drink to excess, and did prophanly Swear; but endeavoured to lessen the Crime for which he suffered; and in a manner denied it: But being afterwards more sensible, and relenting for his Sins, by attentiveness to Exhortations and Prayers. He did the Day before Execution confess, That he did offer violence to the Girl, and knew her in a carnal unlawful way. I hope that he was Penitent. These four were in the Dead-Warrant. V Thomas Pain , Condemned for breaking an House. He was born in Thistleworth , was Prentice to a Taylor : He left that Employment and went to Sea ; about a year and half afterward, he went to his old employment with one Mr. Penn a Taylor for a eleven Weeks time. He was apprehended on Christmas Day for this Burglary; which he confest with Tears, and affirmed that Philip Cary joined with him in it. He was undutiful to his Parents, and some times drank too much. VI William Stone , a Boy of twelve years, Condemned for Robbing William Goring in the Street. He said, that he was in Newgate before, for stealing of Linnen. He was born in Wapping ; was undutiful to his Parents. He confest also, that he went not to Church on the Lord's Day, but spent it in ileness and bad actions; that he was guilty of Swearing, and wish'd the Curse of God's Damnation on himself and others, and was guilty of most Sins. VIII, VIII. Mary Price , Condemned for picking a Pocket and Jane Brome , Condemned for breaking an house, pretended that they were quick with Children, and the Jury of Women affirming that it was so, they are Respited from suffring for their Crimes, till they are delivered in Child-birth; which hath made them so secure, that they came only once to Chappel since their Condemnation, and I wish, that their being free from the fear of Death at present, do not make them further presumptuouss in sinning, as usually many are in their Case and Condition. On the 26th of Jan. Thomas Bailam , Francis Keckwood Humphery Symkins , and John Johnson , Condemned last Sessions were carried in two Carts to Tyburn , and being all placed in one, were ty'd to the Tree. Bailam read to himself out of a Book, which he had in his hand, but did not extend his voice, nor give warning to the Spectators as the Ordinary desired him, but refused it; he did not deny the Crime for which he died; but made no particular Confession; he joined in prayer with the Ordinary, but did not appear so penitent as could have been wished Francis Keckwood prayed heartily by himself, with his voice extended; he also joined in prayer with the Ordinary, and afterwards prayed by himself, for his Souls Salvation; he prayed for the King and Government: But refused to give the People warning, as the Ordinary desired him. He made no particular Confession: he did not deny the Crime for which he was to dye, and seemed very penitent. Symkins prayed heartily by himself, and joyn'd with the Ordinary in Prayer, desiring the Spectators to take warning by him, end to take care against Lust, which might overpower them as it had done him. He desired a Friend of his who was by, to give his Love to all his Neighbours, without mentioning his Wife. He did not deny the Crime for which de died; owned he had been a great Sinner, and seemed very Penitent, but made no other particular Confession. Johnson declared himself to be a Roman Catholick , Prayed heartily by himself: He call'd for Pen and Ink; which being deliver'd to him, he writ about four Lines on his Knee as sitting in the Cart, and delivered them to a Friend of his who stood by, and tore another Paper to pieces with his Teeth. He desired leave of the Ordinary, to kneel upon his Knees in the Cart, without being tied up, to pray by himself, whilst the Ordinary prayed for, and with the rest, which he did; and being afterwards ty'd up, desired forgivness of all Men, especially those whom he had wronged; he said, he was never Guilty of Murther, but that he had been guilty of all other villanies. He said that he would not consent to alter his Principles, if he should be instantly offered a Pardon. He did not deny the Crime for which he died; and desired all good People to take warning by him: He forgave all Persons, and seemed very penitent. It was observed that Baam and Keckwood kissed one another before the Cart drew away. The Ordinary prayed with the three former for a considerable Time, and sung a Penitential Psalm; and afterwards they were turned off. This is all the Account that I can give of this Sessions. Dated Jan. 26. Sam. Smith , Ordinary . ADVERTISEMENT. Physick truly Practiced. BY Dr. Kirleus, Sworn Physician in ordinary to K. Charles the II. many Years, until his Death, but first a Collegiate Physician of London: Who, with a Drink and Pill, hindring no business, undertakes to Cure all Ulcers, Sores, Scabs, Itch, Scurff, Leporsies, and Ueneral Diseases at all times of the Year, in all Bodies, expecting nothing if he Cures not; of the lest he hath Cured many hundreds in this City, many of 'em after Fluxing, which raiseth the Evil from the lower Parts, and fixing it in the Head, and so destroys many. The Drink is 3s, the Quart, the Pills 1s. a Box, with Directions; a better Purger than which was never given, for they cleanse the Body of all Impurities, which are the cause of Dropsies, Gouts, Scurvies, Stone or Gravel, pains in the Head and other Parts. Take heed whom you trust in Physick, for it's be come a Common Cheat to profess it. He gives his Opinion to all that Write or come for Nothing; and if they truly write their Distemper and Age, he sits hem with a Medicine as well as if present. He lives in Grays-Inn-Lane in Plough-Yard. at the Glass Lanthorn. LONDON, Printed for E. Mallet, in Nevil's-Court in Fetter-lane, 1697.

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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 10th of March, 1713/1714. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-baily, London, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 24th, 25th 26th, and 27th of February last, Fifteen Persons, viz. Fourteen Men, and One Woman, who were all Try'd for, and brought in Guilty of several Capital Crimes, did receive Sentence of Death accordingly. But the Woman being found pregnant, and Two of the Men having obtain'd the QUEEN's most gracious Reprieve (which I pray GOD they may have Grace duely to improve) Twelve of them 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 to them; instructing them in the Duties of the Christian Religion, and endeavouring to perswade them to the sincere Practice of them, from the weighty Considerations, first, of God's severe Judgments to obstinate and harden'd Sinners; and, secondly, of his boundless Mercy to them that truly repent. On the Lord's Day, the 28th of February last, I preach'd to them (and others there present, who were many) on Ephes. 5. 1, 2. being part, both of the Epistle appointed for the Day, and of the 2d Lesson for that Evening-Service, and the Words these, Be ye Followers of God, as dear Children; and walk in Love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given Himself for us, an Offering and a Sacrifice to God, for a sweet-smelling Savour. These Words I first explain'd in general; shewing that they contain, I. The plain Matter of our Christian Duty. And, II. The true Ground of our Christian Hope. Which I then made out, by speaking to the several Points following, viz. 1st, Who it is we are to imitate, i. e. GOD; which the Apostle shews in these first Words of the Text, Be ye Followers of God. 2dly, Wherefore we ought to imitate Him; and that is, because we are his Children; yea, his dear Children. 3dly, Wherein we should imitate God, viz. in Love; for, says the Text, Walk in Love. Which includes Kindness in Giving, Mercy in Forgiving, Holiness in our Lives and Conversations, and Sincerity in our Endeavours to discharge all Religious and Christian Duties. 4thly, and lastly, How, and in what manner we are to take Pattern for our Imitation of GOD in Love; and that is, Even as Christ also has loved us. Which is to be understood as to the Nature or Manner, not in the Measure or Extent of that Love; for, in this latter Sence, the Love of Christ is immitable, it passeth all Knowledge and Understanding; and is such indeed as no Tongue, either of Men or Angels, can express: For, saith our Apostle in the Text, CHRIST so loved us, that He gave Himself for us, an Offering and a Sacrifice to God, of a sweet-smelling Savour. Upon these I enlarg'd, and then apply'd; shewing, How much we are oblig'd constantly to discharge this great Duty of Love towards all Men, the want of which being the Cause of all the Evils and Mischiefs committed in the World, and the Troubles and Miseries consequent thereupon. On the Lord's Day the 7th instant, I preach'd again to them, both in the Forenoon and Afternoon, upon Luke 18. 1, being part of the Second Lesson for that Morning-Service, and the Words these: And He spake a Parable unto them, to this end, That Men ought always to pray, and not to faint. Having in general open'd and illustrated these Words of our Blessed Saviour's, (both in Text and Context) I then proceeded to discourse in particular on this important Subject of Prayer; shewing, I. The Necessity of Prayer. II. Whom we ought to pray to. III. What we ought to pray for. IV. The due Qualifications for Prayer. V. and lastly, The Blessed Fruits and Effects of Prayer, both with respect to our Bodies, and to our Souls. And on the Day following, being the 8th instant, (the Anniversary of our most Gracious QUEEN's happy Accession to the Throne) I did again preach to them, taking my Text out of the Epistle appointed for that solemn Day, viz. 1 Pet. 2. 13, 14. Submit your selves to every Ordinance of Man, for the Lord's sake; whether it be to the King, as Supreme; or unto Governours, as unto them that are sent by him, for the Punishment of Evil-doers, and for the Praise of them that do well. This Text I first explain'd in general; and then I consider'd in particular these three Things resulting from it, and the great Import of them. I. The Subjection and Obedience we owe, and are to pay to, our Superiours, viz. to the King, as Supreme; or unto Governours, as unto them that are sent by him; saith the Text. II. The Civil and Religious Obligation incumbent on us thus to submit, and to obey, as being what God himself has appointed, and is imply'd in these Words, For the Lord's sake; i. e. according to the Lord's Will. III. and lastly, The Reasonableness and Usefulness of our exact Performance of this Duty, and the excellent Advantages accruing from it, both to the Publick, and to Private Persons; in that a good Government (which cannot well subsist without Mens Obedience to it) is for the suppression of Sin and Vice, and the promotion of Religion and Virtue. And this is evident from the Text, wherein the Apostle declares, That Governours are ordain'd both for the Punishment of Evil-doers, and for the Praise (i. e. the Encouragement and Support) of them that do well. On these I largely discours'd, and then observ'd how much we (of this Church and Nation) are bound to praise God for his having, as on this Day, bless'd us with so Pious, so Just, and so Excellent a Princess, to reign over us; and (according to our most indispensable Duty) heartily pray for Her MAJESTY's Long Life, Encrease of Health, and Everlasting Prosperity. After I had a little more enlarg'd upon this Subject, I apply'd my self with particular Admonitions and Exhortations to the Persons condemn'd; in whom I endeavour'd to raise a due Sense of the great Miseries they had brought on themselves and the much greater they were in danger of falling into hereafter, by their presumptuous Transgressions of he Laws both of GOD and of the Queen. These Considerations I often press'd upon them, both in my publick Discourses and private Admonitions to them; of whom I am to give the Accounts following. 1. Thomas Grey , convicted of, and condemn'd for committing three Robberies on the QUEEN's High-way. First, For Assaulting and Robbing Mrs. Baxter as she was coming from Hampsted towards London in a Coach, which he stopt near the Halfway-house , taking 3 s. from her, on the 11th of January last. Secondly, For a like Robbery he committed upon Mrs. Wilson, as she was riding (with other Passengers in a Coach) to Hampsted , taking some Money from them, on the 15th of January last. Thirdly, For such another Robbery by him committed on the same Day, upon the Person of Mr. Samuel Harding , from whom he took 9 s. in Money, about the Halfway-house on the Road to Hampsted . There was also another Robbery, which he was not Try'd for, but had committed in company with Edmund Eames (one of his Fellow sufferers) and one William Biggs , hereafter mention'd, who stopt a Coach coming from Hampsted , and took from the Passengers that were in it about 28 s. on the 2d of January last. At first indeed he was very unwilling to speak out his Guilt in these Matters, and in his faultring way of Speech went about to excuse himself, protesting his Innocency: But I exhorted him, and at last perswaded him to confess; which he did with this seeming Extenuation of these his wicked Facts, That he would never, have committed them, had he not been prompted to (and assisted in) them by William Biggs , a wicked Person, who had formerly receiv'd Sentence of Death twice, viz. once at Maidstone in Kent , and another time in the Old-baily , London . He said, he was above 50 years of age, born in the Parish of St. James Clerkenwell : That he had kept a Publick House in the City of Oxford for several Years, and of late a Salesman's Shop in Monmouth-street in the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields ; and, That tho' in former time (i. e about 20 years ago) he had done ill things, and was then burnt in the Hand for the same, yet he had not committed any Fact worthy of Death till Christmas last, when his Poverty and Incumbrances with Debts (as he pretended) had made him comply with the wicked Insinuations of bad Men, and embrace the unhappy Opportunities of doing those Mischiefs to honest People, which he must now account and suffer for. I found him very stubborn, and very unwilling either to be ask'd, or to resolve any Question: And when I plainly perceiv'd that he prevaricated in many things, and would not shew any Remorse or Sorrow for his having liv'd to these Years, not to the Glory, but (far from it) to the Dishonour of God and Religion, I refus'd to administer the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper to him: Upon which he curs'd me to the Pit of Hill, and said, That he would certainly kill me, if ever I durst venture to come to pray with him and the rest in the Cart at Tyburn . In answer to this his Threat, I told him, That I would nevertheless do my Duty to his Soul to the very last; and tho' he Curs'd, yet I pray'd God to Bless both Him and Me, and lay not this additional Sin to his charge; adding, That I heartily pray'd for his Conversion and Salvation; and, That I much pitied him, but fear'd him not in the least. 2. Edmund Eames alias Edward Aimes , condemn'd for 3 several Robberies by him committed on the Queen's High-way, viz. 1st, For Assaulting and Rob bing Mrs. Rogers, at Pancras-Wash , on the 20th of January last, stopping the Coach wherein she was, and taking Money both from her and other Passengers with her. 2dly, For a like Assault upon Mr. Edward Yarborough , stopping the Wakefield-Coach, in which he was, near the foot of Highgate-hill , and taking 5 s. from him, on the 23d of the same Month. 3dly, For another Fact of the same nature, viz. his Assaulting Mrs. Shutter, as she was in a Coach going down the Hill near Pancras , and robbing her of 3 Gold Rings and some Money, on the 19th of February last. He said, he was this very Day (being the 10th of March) just entring upon the 32d Year of his age; That he was born at Dunstable in Bedfordshire , and there serv'd 8 Years Apprenticeship with a Surgeon ; That when he was out of his Time, he came up to London , where he exerted his Art for a little while, and then went to a Gentleman's Service : That afterwards he listed himself a Souldier , and at last arriv'd to the Post of a Surgeon's Mate in the 2d Regiment of Guards. He at first said, he did not commit the former, but the two latter Robberies aforemention'd; yet at last he confest all, & likewise 3 or 4 more of the same nature, and about the same time; for he had not been engag'd long in that wicked Course, having enter'd upon it but since Christmas last; and that too not so much by his own Inclination, as by the pernicious Instigation and Perswasion of one William Biggs , an old Offender, (not yet taken) with whom he had robb'd a Coach coming from Hampsted , and taken from 3 or 4 Passengers in it about 28 s. in Money, which was divided among them two and Tho. Grey , before mention'd, who was concern'd with them in that Robbery, on the 2d of January last, being Sunday; and on the Tuesday following he robb'd also some Passengers in a Coach on Newington Road , and took from them 22 s. And on or about the 14th of the said Month, he set upon a Worthy Justice of Peace (an ancient Gentleman) as he was riding on Horseback towards Hampsted , taking from him a Watch and some old Gold; which, with his robbing a young Man of Half-a-Crown on the High-way near Uxbridge , on Thursday the 7th of the said January last, were all the Robberies he could reme he ever committed. And now he said, That he was very sensible that for all his unjust Practices, into which he had so foolishly suffer'd himself to be deluded, and by which (as it often happens) he had got but little (not 6 l. in all, he said) he justly deserv'd the shameful Death he was now condem'd to; and thereupon begg'd Pardon of GOD, and of the Persons he had wrong'd, earnestly imploring the Divine Mercy, thro' the Merits of JESUS CHRIST. And to this his Confession (which he had before told me was all he had done of this nature) he did (for the clearing of the Truth, and his own Conscience, as he pretended) add this, " That he was the only Person who robb'd Mr. James " Boys upon the Queen's High-way between Pancras and Kentish Town , on the 19th of January " last; taking from him an old Watch in a Tortoise-shell Case, and 11 s. in Money: And, " That since the time he lay under this Condemnation, he had consider'd how to make what " Amends he could for the Injuries done by him, and therefore had sent several times to Mr. " Boys, to let him know where he might have his Watch again; which when he took, Mr. Boys (as he said) told him, he was very loth to part with it, tho' it was an old Thing that would yield but little Money, not 3 l. but he valu'd it much more upon some particular Account. This specious and artificial Speech and formal Declaration he thought I would take as the pure Effect of an awaken'd Conscience, that was now willing to discharge itself of its Guilt, and do Right to all the World: And indeed I was at first doubtful in the matter; but I at last discover'd that herein he prevaricated; I taxed him with it, and reprov'd him for it, shewing him what a dangerous thing it was for him thus to add Sin to Sin, and how presumptuous he was, to desire (as he did) that I would administer the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper to him, who solemnly attested a Lying Story to be true, at such a time when he was just going to be call'd before the dreadful Tribunal of Christ, there to give an Account (to Him who knows the inmost Thoughts of Men's Hearts) of all his secret Imaginations, as well as Overt Acts. With that I startled him, but yet could not make him plainly confess, that John Collins (as I knew) had perswaded him to charge himself with this Robbery, by telling him it would now do him no hurt, but himself a great deal of service, in that it might save his Life. This he (the said Edmund Eams ) could not absolutely deny: And so I told him, I wondred that Men under such Circumstances as theirs, whose Business it was to prepare for Eternity, would imploy their Thoughts and precious Time in such wicked Machinations, by which, instead of pacifying the Wrath of God, they provoked him more and more to let them perish in their Sins. On this I enlarg'd, but could get no great Satisfaction from him herein; therefore I shall say no more of him here, but proceed to my Account of the other, viz. 3. John Collins alias Collinson , condemn'd for breaking the House of Mr. John Holloway at Chelsea , and stealing thence 2 Exchequer Notes, value 100 l. each, 237 l. 10 s. in Money, and 194 l. in Gold, on the 23d of January last. And he was also at the same time convicted of a Robbery, on the High-way, committed upon the Person of Mr. James Boys , whose Silver-Watch, with 10 or 12 s. were taken from him, between Pancras and Kentish Town , on the 19th of the said Month of January. He said, he was not at all concern'd in this latter Fact, but Eams was the Man had done it, as he told him himself since they were condemn'd. And as to the former, he own'd thus much of it, viz. That he robb'd Mr. Holloway's House, and took thence 107 l. (or thereabouts) in 100 l. Bag, and another smaller Bag, and no Gold, nor Money-Notes, nor any thing else: Adding, That he had spent some part of that Money before his being apprehended, but most of it, viz. 90 l. and upwards, was then taken from him, which he suppos'd Mr. Holloway has, or will have again; wishing he were able to make up his whole Loss. He said, he was 42 Years of age, born at Faustone near Hull in Northumberland ; That he was brought up to no Trade, but had been a Footman to several Gentlemen, both in the Country, and here in London , and was some time a Coachman to one of them: That he had also been a Souldier for 6 Years together, and attain'd at last to the Office of a Sergeant in Colonel Wing's Regiment; and little thought then, that he could ever have done such a thing, as should bring him to such a shameful End. He said, he heartily repented, and begg'd Pardon of GOD. And this I will say of him, That when he came nearer the Day of his Death, he outwardly behav'd himself somewhat better than I thought at first he would have done. But I discover'd him to be a great Hypocrite; who put Edmund Eams upon charging himself (as I have observ'd before) with the Robbery committed on Mr. Boys, for which the said Collins was condemn'd. I told him that I could not look on him otherwise than as a great Impostor, who endeavour'd (and that too at such a time, and under such Circumstances) to impose upon Justice, and GOD's Minister, and be so presumptuous also, as to desire to receive the Blessed Sacrament, which upon the same Account was desir'd by, and I refus'd to Eams, and so I did to this Collins; resolving to administer it to neither of them; because I found them most unworthy of it. And this my Dealing with them (which was according to the Practice of the Primitive Church) I wish may be a Warning and Terror to other Sinners, who will not betimes repent as they should do, but erroneously fancy, that if they outwardly partake of that Divine Ordinance, they shall be safe enough, tho' not altogether so well prepar'd as they might be either for it, or for Death. And on this occasion I must here declare, That when Malefactors (whoever they be) if any shall come under my Cure, and shall not at first open and clear their Consciences, and give me full Satisfaction, that they do truly repent, I shall never admit them to the Holy Sacrament, whatever they may do, or desire when just upon their Departure out of this World. And if they be not satisfy'd with such a Proceeding of mine, let them consult any other Orthodox Divines in the Matter. But as to this Collins, what I shall further say of him here, is that he did Yesterday attempt to poyson himself, for which I reprov'd him; shewing him the Wickedness of such a Fact, or such an Attempt. 4. Charles Weymouth , condemn'd with Christopher Dickson , and John Gibson , for assaulting and robbing Mr. Thomas Blake , Mr. Samuel Slap , and Mr. John Edwards (who was dangerously wounded by Weymouth) taking from them several Goods and Money, upon the Queen's High-way in Stepney Parish , on the 8th of February last. This Weymouth, who (it seem'd) had endeavour'd to make himself an Evidence against his Accomplices, being disappointed therein, was very uneasy and restless, and shew'd himself all-along of a stubborn and rough Behaviour, giving little sign of Repentance, and making (as it outwardly appear'd both to my self and others) no great Preparation for Death, till he was upon the very brink of it. What Account he gave me of himself, was only this, That he was born at Redriff , and had been brought up to the Sea , and serv'd the Queen on Board some of Her Majesty's Men of War for several Years off and on; That he was 25 Years of Age, and that he had fallen into wicked Courses only by the Inducement of others, more wicked (as he said) than himself. I told him, he should not answer for their Sins, if he were not the occasion of them; but must expect to be call'd to a very strict and severe Account for what himself had done wickedly, if he did not now undo it (as far as he could) by all possible Reparation, Repentance, and Amendment of Life. Now whether any thing that was then offer'd to him from Reason and Scripture, did work any Reformation upon him, I could not perceive, but pray'd GOD to convert him; and so left him to His Mercy, which he did not seem much to desire; or to his Judgment, which he had greatly deserv'd. This wicked Person also threaten'd to be the Death of me before he dy'd: Upon which I said to him, as I did to Thomas Grey , That I was sorry to see him in such a furious Temper, and heartily pray'd GOD to turn his Heart, for I greatly pity'd him, but fear'd him not. 5. Christopher Dickson , condemn'd for the same Robbery wherein he was concern'd with Charles Weymouth . He confess'd the Fact, and behav'd himself much better than Weymouth; and by what I could perceive, I may say, that what he told me might be true, viz. That he never did commit such Facts before. He said, he was about 22 Years of Age, born in the Parish of St. Mary Whitechappel : That he had serv'd 5 Years of Apprentiship with a Baker , and then by consent parted with him: That afterwards he was a Journeyman to another Baker , but staid not long there bad; Company (that easily wrought upon his corrupt Nature) drawing him away, and bringing him into a vicious Course; which, he said, he now heartily repented of; and I hope he did, for he seem'd very much affected, and greatly to abhor his past sinful Life, and earnestly to implore God's Forgiveness and Mercy in Christ. 6. John Gibson , condemn'd for being concern'd also in the Robbery before-mention'd with Charles Weymouth and Christopher Dickson . He said, he was about 20 years of age, born at Newcastle under Line ; and he readily own'd his being Guilty of this Fact; but said it was his first; which I could not gainsay. Only I advised him to look back upon, and seriously examine his past Life between God and his own Conscience, and tell me how he found himself, and what he thought of himself. Upon this, he confess'd, That he had been a loose Liver, much addicted to Swearing, excessive Drinking, Lasciviousness, and suchlike Vices, too too common among Men of his Profession, he being a Seafaring Man , that had for these several years past been employ'd both in the Queen's Royal Navy, and Merchant's Service at Sea; and, that he had little minded or regarded the wonderful Works of God in the Deep; for which he was now very much grieved, and wish'd he had been wiser and better; praying God to forgive him his Sins, and have Mercy upon his Soul, and (to that end) give him a New Heart. 7. Alexander Petre , condemn'd for privately stealing a great quantity of Copper of the value of 20 l. out of the Warehouse of Mr. Thomas Chambers , on the 26th of January last. He readily confess'd, That he was guilty of this Fact; but told me it was his first, and that one Powell (the Evidence against him) was the Person that induc'd him to the Commission of it. He said, That he was (as it appear'd) but a young Man, about 22 years of age; yet acknowledg'd, that he had Years, Descretion, and Understanding enough to know, That what he did ought not to be done; and therefore asked Pardon of God, and the Persons he had any ways offended; praying for Mercy and Forgiveness. The place of his Birth, he said, was Newcastle upon Tyne , his Calling a Sailor , who had for these 12 years past been employ'd on board several of Her Majesty's Men of War; and the last of them on board which he served, was the New Advice, a 4th Rate. He was very tractable, and seem'd to be Penitent. 8. Thomas Koome , condemn'd for breaking open the House of Mr. John Garret , and stealing from thence a Riding-Hood, a Suit of Curtains, and other Goods, on the 17th of January last. He said he was 21 years of age, born at Hackney near London , and had served at Sea , sometimes in the Royal Navy, and at other times in Merchant-Men, for the most part of his Life. He confess'd the Fact for which he was condemn'd; but said it was his first. For which saying I reprov'd him, knowing he had lately been whipt for a Felony he was then convicted of; which he was forc'd to acknowledge, saying, that the keeping of bad Company had heretofore been the Occasion of his committing many Sins, and now proved his Ruin. I perceiv'd his Friends had given him good Education, and I hope it was not quite lost upon him; for it dispos'd him so much the better to understand the Things of Religion that were laid before him, and to apply himself to the Practice of them, while under this Condemnation. Yet I cannot say, that he made at first so good use of his time as he might have, and I wish he had done. 9. Samuel Denny , alias Appleby , condemn'd for stealing a Gelding from Mr. John Scagg , and robbing him of 27 s. in Money, on the Queen's Highway, the 31st of January last. He said, That he was 23 years of age, born at Braintree in Essex , and a Wheelwright by his Trade; but had served four years as a private Sentinel in the Army . He own'd the Fact he was to die for, (which he said was the first he ever committed) and pray'd God to forgive him, both that and all other his Sins, and give him Grace so to repent that he might be saved. By what I could all-along observe in him, or get from him, I found he had not been a greater Offender than now he appear'd a Penitent: And therefore, at his earnest Desire, I administer'd the Holy Sacrament to him yesterday: Which I also did, at the same time, to the Three last mention'd, viz. Christopher Dickson , John Gibson , and Alexander Petre ; whose Behaviour, from first to last, was (to the best of my Observation) such as became true Penitents. 10. John Winteringham , condemn'd for stealing a Gold-Watch, a Perruke, some Linnen and Apparel out of his Master ( Thomas Wynn Esq; ) his Lodgings, and some Plate from Mr. James Montjoy , the Landlord of the House where his said Master lodg'd. He own'd himself Guilty of this Fact; but said he never committed the like before; and that he had been (at times) a Servant to other Gentlemen before he came to live with Mr. Wynn, and never wrong'd them to the value of a Farthing; and that being brought up to no Trade, he had for the most part of his Life been a Domestick-Servant in several worthy Families, both in the Country and in London . He said he was but 25 years of age, born at Pomfret (or rather Pontefract) in Yorkshire , and little thought once he should ever come to end his Life in this shameful manner, which (however) he could not but acknowledge was what he had wilfully brought upon himself, and did highly deserve. It seems he was the first Person condemn'd upon the Act lately made against such wicked Servants as rob their Masters. Which I hope will be an effectual Warning to others, so as to teach them to be wiser and more just. 11. Christopher Moor , condemn'd for Burglary in Breaking open the House of Mr. Thomas Wright , and taking thence a pair of Silver-Branches, 8 Tea-Spoons, 2 Tea-Pots, a Lamp, and a large quantity of other Plate, on the 13th of February last. He said, he was but 20 years of age, born in the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields ; That for the most part of his Life, he had been a Servant in some Victualling-Houses in and about London , had lived a very loose Life, and done many ill things, besides the Fact he was condemn'd for, which he confess'd; but would give no particular Account of any thing else he had been guilty of, nor discover where the Plate he had stoln might be found, that the right Owner of it might have it again: And when I press'd him to make such Discovery, if he could, he did not so much alledge his Incapacity, as he plainly shew'd his Unwillingness of doing it; saying, that tho' he could do it, yet he would make no such Discovery, if he were sure he should be damned for it: So desparately wicked he then shew'd himself to be, on whom no Admonitions could at first prevail: But I hope he did at last come to understand better Things. And yet this I must say of him, That his Obstinacy in Iniquity, and Impudent Behaviour towards myself and others, were such, as I never met with the like in any of the Malefactors, whom I have had under my Cure for almost these 14 years I have been in this melancholy and difficult Office. When he saw that he must certainly die, then he remembred what I had told him of another World, and of our necessary Preparation for it. Now he seem'd to be willing to do something to clear his Conscience, and save his Soul; giving attention to my Admonitions, and the Information desir'd of him about the Plate he had stoln. And here (among other things) he told me, That about a Month ago, at Night, he robb'd a House in Grey-Fryars , near Christ-Hospital , by lifting up the Sash-Window, and entring the Parlour, and taking from thence 6 Silver Tea-Spoons and a Strainer, with a Silk-Handkerchief Ell-wide, which he sold for 3 s. tho' it was worth more: And that as for the Plate, he sold it with a larger Parcel (amounting to 100 ounces) for 4 s. per ounce. And further, he said, that he had wrong'd Mr. Johnson, a Working Silver-Smith, and begg'd his Pardon (before me) for his having (about 18 Months ago) falsly sworn against him, That he the said Mr. Johnson had bought of him and Roderick Awdry , some Plate, which they had stoln out of my Lady Edwin's House; praying God to forgive him such his Perjury, which I endeavour'd to make him sensible was a most heinous Crime. 12. Daniel Hughes , condemn'd for the Fact last mention'd, in which he was concerned with Christopher Moor , and own'd he was so. He said, he was about 16 years of age, born at Gravesend in Kent , and brought up to the Sea , and that he had been a very loose young Man, addicted to many Vices. He was very stupid, foolish and unconcern'd, and gave no great Signs of his Penitence for his Offences against God and his Neighbour, nor of the Punishment he deserved for them, both in this World, and in the next, till he came within the Borders of Death. At the Place of Execution, to which they were this Day carry'd from Newgate , in four Carts, I attended them for the last time, and endeavour'd to perswade them (who had lived such vicious Lives) throughly to clear their Consciences, and strive to obtain God's Grace, to make a good End in this World, that they might be received 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 sung some Penitential Psalms with them; and finally having recommended their Souls to God, I withdrew from them; leaving them to their private Devotions, for which they had some little time allow'd them. And after that, the Cart drawing away, they were turn'd off: all of them bitterly crying unto God to have Mercy upon their departing Souls. Before they were turn'd off, I thought (as I exhorted them) that some of them should make a further Confession, but they did not: Only those that had been rude to me, and threaten'd my Life, begg'd my Pardon, and thank'd me for the Pains I took for their Souls: And all of them declar'd that they dy'd in Charity with all the World. This is all the Account here to be given of these Dying Malefactors, by me, PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Wednesday, Mar. 10. 1713-14. London Printed, and are to be Sold by J. Morphew near Stationers-hall. Just Publish'd, The Third Edition of the 1st and 2d Volumes of the History of Highwaymen, Footpad, &c. And next Week will be publish'd a 3d Volume, continued to this last Sessions.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, of the TWELVE MALEFACTORS Who were executed at TYBURN On Wednesday the 3d of OCTOBER, 1750. BEING THE Third EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honble John Blachford , Esq ; LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON . NUMBER VI. 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 Goal Delivery of Newgate, held before the Right Honourable JOHN BLACHFORD , Esq ; Lord Mayor of the City of London , the Right Honourable Lord Chief Justice WILLES, and RICHARD ADAMS , Esq ; Recorder , and others of his Majesty's Justices of OYER and TERMINER, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City of London, and County of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall, in the Old Bailey , on Wednesday the 12th, Thursday the 13th, Friday the 14th, Saturday the 15th, Monday the 17th, Tuesday the 18th, Wednesday the 19th of September, in the twenty-fourth Year of his Majesty's Reign, WILLIAM SMITH , RICHARD WRIGHT , HUGH BURRELL , JAMES MACLEAN , HENRY JAMES SAUNDERS , JOHN GRIFFITHS , - WATSON, FRANCIS KEY , JOHN DEWICK , WILLIAM TYLER , ANTHONY WHITTLE , THOMAS SHEHAN , WILLIAM RILEY , GEORGE TAYLOR , GEORGE LLOYD , and MOSES WRIGHT , were capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. These unhappy Persons have most of them constantly attended the Chapel every Day, and, in the general, behaved with great Decency, and serious Devotion, as Men ought to be affected with, whose Folly and Vice, have justly rendered them obnoxious to the Punishment due to gross Offenders, against the Laws of God, and their Country: Only Dewick, being prevented by great Illness most part of the Time; and Whittle, and Taylor, sometimes, by Illness, being obliged to stay away, were visited in their Cells. Shehan being born and bred in the Romish Persuasion, never attended, but was visited by a Roman-Catholic Priest. On Thursday the 27th of September, Mr. Recorder made the Report to the Lords Justices, assembled in Council, of the fifteen Malefactors, when they were pleased to Order William Smith , Richard Wright , James Macklean , Henry James Saunders , John Griffiths , George Taylor , John Dewick , William Tyler , Anthony Whittle , Thomas Shehan , George Lloyd , and William Wright , for Execution, on Wednesday the 3d Instant. Hugh Burrell , convicted for stealing a Cow , has a free Pardon . Francis Cay , and William Watson , are respited 'till the Lords Justices Pleasure touching them be further known. William Ryley , convicted for the Murder of Samuel Sutton , in Tothill-Fields , was not reported; being reserved 'till the Lord Chancellor's Return to London. 1. William Smith , was indicted, for forging a Bill of Exchange for 45 l. for Value receiv'd of Thomas Wicks , and also an Acquittance to it . 2. Richard Wright , was indicted, for that he, with two other Persons not yet taken, on the King's Highway, upon Charles Coleman did make an Assault, putting him in corporal Fear, and Danger of his Life, one Hat, Val. 2 s. one Periwig, Val. 1 s. and one Shilling in Money numbered, from his Person, against his Will, did steal, take, and carry away, Sept. 1 . 3. James Maclean , was indicted, for that he, on the King's Highway, on Josiah Higden did make an Assault, putting him in corporal Fear, and Danger of his Life, one Cloth Coat, Val. 20 s. one Pair of Cloth Breeches, Val. 10 s. one Periwig, Val. 30 s. one Pair of Pumps, Val. 4 s. five Holland Shirts, Val. 40 s. three Linen Stocks, Val. 3 s. one Pair of Silk Stockings, Val. 6 s. one Pair of worsted Stockings, Val. 3 s. one Pair of Gloves, Val. 6 d. one Pair of Silver Spurs, Val. 15 s. one Pair of Silver Shoe Buckles, Val. 18 s. one Pair of Knee-Buckles, one half Pound Weight of Tea, and other Things, and two Guineas from his Person, against his Will, June 26 . 4. Henry James Saunders , was indicted, for that he, together with Charles Campbell , on the King's Highway, on John Curson did make an Assault, putting him in corporal Fear, and Danger of his Life, one Metal Watch gilt, Val. 5 l. the Property of John Curson , did steal, take, and carry away, July 22 . 5, 6, 7. George Taylor , George Lloyd , and William , otherwise Moses Wright , were indicted for breaking and entering the Dwelling House of Brian Bird , and stealing 6 Shifts, 5 Shirts, 2 Pair of Pillow Cases, 2 Frocks, 1 Petticoat, 3 Pair of Stockings, 3 Damask Table-Cloths, 5 Aprons, and 1 Table-Cloth, in the Dwelling-House of the said Brian Bird , May 27 . 8. John Dewick , was indicted for stealing one Black Gelding, Value 3 l. 3 s. the Property of John Evans , August 15. 9. William Tyler , was indicted for stealing one Black Gelding, Value 5 l. the Property of Stephen Martin , July 27 . 10. Anthony Whittle , was indicted, for that he, with two other Persons, on the 25th of November, 1749, about the Hour of 4 in the Morning, the Dwelling-house of James Hawkins did break, thirty Dozen of worsted Hose, Value 20 l. and twenty Yards of Bayes Value 20 s. the Goods of James Hawkins , did steal, take, and carry away . 11. Thomas Shehan , was indicted for stealing one silk Purse, Value 6 d. twenty-two Guineas, Four thirty-six Shilling Pieces, One three Pound twelve Shilling Piece, the Goods of Brice Macdaniel , June 25 . 12. John Griffith , was indicted, for that he, on the King's Highway, on James Cockram , did make an Assault, putting him in corporal Fear and Danger of his Life, one Linen Handkerchief, Value 12 d. one Scarlet Cloth Coat, Value 1 l. 6 s. the Property of Henry Cockram , from the Person of the said James, did steal, take, and carry away, July 29 . 1. JAMES MACLEAN , aged 26, was in his Person of a middle Size, well Limb'd, a sandy Complexion, a broad open Countenance, pitted with the Small-pox; but though he has been called the Gentleman Highwayman, and in his Dress and Equipage very much affected the fine Gentleman, yet to a Man acquainted with good Breeding, that can distinguish it from Impudence and Affectation, there was very little in his Address or Behaviour, that could entitle him to that Character. It is true, he is descended by the Father's Side from a very honourable Family in the Highlands of Scotland, whose particular Distinction it would be cruel to mention on this scandalous Occasion. His Father, a younger Son of this Family, was bred up a Divine of the Church of Scotland, and going over to Ireland , became Preacher to a dissenting Congregation at Monahan , in the northern Part of that Kingdom; by whom, and the whole Neighbourhood, he was esteemed a Gentleman of singular Probity, Piety and Humanity. He married into a reputable Family in these Parts and left only two Sons; one of them an Honour to his Memory, and Profession, he bred up a Divine, and is now Pastor of a Protestant Congregation at the Hague. The other the unhappy Sufferer, whose behaviour has afforded so much Matter of Speculation to the World. To him he gave a decent Education, designing him for some mercantile Employment, so soon as he should be of Age proper to be put into a Compting-House ; but unhappily for him, his Father died before he could find an Opportunity of settling him as he intended, and his Share of the little Effects he left behind him falling into his Hands and Management before he was quite Eighteen, it was no Wonder it was soon squandered, without Reflection upon a future Settlement in Life. Mr. Maclean's Patrimony gone before he was much turned of 20, his Mother's Friends who were the only Relations he had in Ireland, quarrelled with him for his Extravagance, and refused him either Advice, Shelter or Subsistence, his Brother was then in Holland, and he was too far removed, and too little acquainted with any of his Family in Scotland, to acquaint them with his Wants, or receive any Assistance from them. After various Attempts to prevail on his Mother's Relations to fit him cut for the Sea, or some other Business that might insure his future Subsistence, proving unsuccessful, he had no other Recourse lest, but for Bread, to become menial Servant to Mr. Howard, then on his Way to England, with whom he staid some Time; but the low Station he was in exposing him to the Conversation of the lowest Class of his Countrymen, his Morals was not much improved by his Travels in England , and he quarrelled with his Master, and return'd again to his own Country, once more to solicit his Friends to do something for him suitable to his Birth, and the natural Expectations of his earlier Years. But either they saw something in his Manner and Principles that did not promise them much Credit from their Kinsman, or his Demands were ill-timed and unsuitable to their Circumstances, for they refused either to see him, or afford him any Countenance. On this Disappointment he gave over all Thoughts of any of his Relations, except his Brother at the Hague, from whom he frequently received Remittances and Advice that might have been of greater Service to him than all the Money on Earth, but the Cash was to him much more acceptable, he spent it as fast as he could, and never remembred the prudent Council that accompanied it longer than he was reading the Letter: However, it could not be expected that the Appointments of a Dutch Minister could spare Support for an idle Gentleman. These Favours frequent, and larger than could be expected, every Thing considered, were not sufficient to depend on for Subsistence, and Mr. Maclean was obliged once more to look out for some Gentleman's Service, where he might be free from the Dread of meer Want of the Necessaries of Life. As he had left Mr. Howard's Service without a Character, it was more difficult for him now to get a Place without it, than if he had never been in Service before, as the Want of it laid him under a kind of Suspicion,which all his Pretensions to Gentility could not wipe off. He was some Months before he got over this Difficulty; but at last Providence, always indulgent to Designs that have Industry and Honesty for their Motive, cast him accidentally into Company with a good-natur'd Officer of the Army, who had some Knowledge of his Father's Family, and was perfectly acquainted with that honest Man's real Worth and Character, and on that Account ventured to recommend him to Col. R - d F - n, of D - n - le near Cork , where he lived some Years as Butler , but at last was guilty of some little Pilfering and Embezzlement in his Trust, and was dismissed the Service without a Character, which deprived him of all Hopes of Service in the Country. He remained some Time out of Place, and had some Thoughts of going over to serve in the Irish Brigade in the French Service, but on communicating his Design to a Gentleman who had the Charge of enlisting Men for that Service, he was told, that his Encouragement there would be but small, unless he would conform to the Popish Religion; and though his After conduct shewed that he was very little influenced by the Doctrines and Principles of any Religion, yet the early Tincture he had received from the pious Care of his Parents of the Protestant Faith, supported him under the Temptation of embracing the Errors of the Church of Rome, though prompted by a View of Interest, and the most pressing present Wants; he rejected the Proposal, and gave over all Thoughts of the Irish Brigade. Fortune seem'd to reward his Constancy, for about this Time he came to understand, that his old Master, Col. T - n, intended shortly to set out for England. Mr. Maclean entertained some Hopes, that if he could find Means to come into England, he might there find a better Chance for some Sort of Living than where he was. Presuming on the Colonel's known Humanity, he represented to him, in as pathetick Terms as he could devise, the Necessity of his Circumstances, which so far wrought on this charitable Gentleman's good Nature, that he not only defray'd the Charge of his Passage to England , which was all he had the Confidence to ask, but generously entertained him as one of his Domesticks, sending him with his Baggage to London , and allowing him Twelve-pence a Day for Subsistence. He remained for some small Time in this humble Situation, but prepossessed with the Perfections of his Person, which he had the Vanity to think might induce some of the compassionate and Merit-decerning Fair, to raise him from his present Obscurity, provided he could find Means to set off his personal Talent to proper Advantage by the Help of a genteel Dress, to procure which Money was necessary, and for that Purpose he set all his Wits to work to raise the necessary Funds for supplying his Wardrobe. He had experienced the Colonel's good Nature on several Occassions, and had the Assurance to propose to him to send him a Sum of Money to be employed in Purchase of a Pair of C lours; though if he really had succeeded in his impudent Request, he intended only to have equipped himself for a Fortune-hunting Campaign. He was justly disappointed in his Suit, and at last was in downright Earnest, for the Sake of Bread, willing to enlist in Lord Albemarle's Troop of Horse-Guards: But even this could not be effected without Money, and though but ten Guineas was only wanting, he could not, without the Help of his Patron, raise this small Sum. The Colonel at his Importunity was prevailed on to agree to lodge the Money in the Hands of an Officer belonging to the Troop, with which Mr. Maclean seemed satisfied, but after his Pass and other necessary Credentials for joining the Troop then in Flanders, were made out, his Inclination to a Military Life evapored, and he once more enlisted himself in the Service of the Fair, by whose Interest he procured the charitable Contribution of fifty-Pounds, under pretence of shipping himself for the West-Indies. But being once possessed of the Cash, he changed his Mind as totravelling, laid it out in fine Cloaths, and made Suit to the Daughter of Mr. Macglogno, a Dealer in Horses, with whom he was so lucky as to succeed, and with her received about five hundred Pounds, as her Marriage Portion. With this Sum, he set up a Grocer and Chandler's Shop , in Wellbeck-Street , near Cavendish-Square . While his Wife lived he kept even with the World, and maintained his Family in Decency, though with much Difficulty; for he was more the Man of Pleasure than Business. Those who knew him at that Time generally say he was a harmless inoffensive Man; but being surpriz'd at his Way of Life, were apt to suggest strange Things of him, but no one could lay any thing that was wicked and notorious to his charge, while he lived in that Neighbourhood. His Wife died about 3 Years after their Marriage, leaving him two Daughters, of whom on her Death, her Mother took Charge, as she does still of the one that is so unhappy as to survive him. Deprived of his Wife, who had managed all the Affairs of his Shop and Business, he was too much addicted to Idleness and Pleasure, to confine himself to the Occupation of a Grocer, he sold off his Goods, and with the Remains of his Effects, which he had not augmented, but greatly diminished by Trade, he commenced Gentleman and Fortune-Hunter. He was scarce six Months embark'd in this fallacious Project, before he had in Folly and Extravagance exhausted all he had left of his late Wife's Portion, and was at a Loss how to raise any more to supply present Necessity much less to support the Figure he made. It went to his Soul to descend again from the fine Gentleman to the menial Servant, and he soon grew melancholy on the (to him) dreadful Prospect of being oblig'd to dispose of his Cloaths and Equipage for mere Bread. He was in this Disposition when he was visited by a Countryman of his, one Plunket, bred a Surgeon or Apothecary. His Friend in a famlliar Way ask'd the Cause of his Melancholy, on which the other open'd his real Circumstances, to which he was not before a Stranger. Honey, says Plunket, I thought, Maclean, thou hadst Spirit and Resolution, with some Knowledge of the World. A brave Man cannot want; he has a Right to live, and need not want the Conveniencies of Life, while the dull, plodding, busy Knaves carry Cash in their Pockets. We must draw upon them to supply our Wants, there need only Impudence, and getting the better of a few silly Scruples; there is scarce Courage necessary, all we have to deal with are such mere Poltroons. This Discourse was soon understood by the unhappy Maclean, who tho' at first shock'd with the bare Mention of it, yet the Necessity of his Pride and Indolence suggested so strong, that he yielded to the Temptation, and from that Time, which might be about eight Months after his Wife's Death, enter'd into a particular Intimacy with Plunket, agreed to run all Risques together, and, present or absent at any Enterprize, to share all Profits, of which, till the fatal Discovery, they kept a fair and regular Account. Tho' Maclean believ'd himself possessed of, and it is not improbable really was possessed of as much natural Courage as any Man, yet on his first Attempt (nor could even long Practice harden him) he felt every Symptom of Fear and Cowardice, aggravated by the Stings of Conscience, which Vice could not harden. However, the Success of this first Enterprize, was (on a Grazier's coming from Smithfield Market, from whom, on Hounslow Heath , they took above sixty Pounds) encourag'd him to stifle the Checks of Conscience, and to persevere in a Way, which though to him it appear'd wicked, yet was found so lucrative. In this Transaction he was no more than passive, stood by without speaking a Word, or so much as drawing his Pistol, and inwardly in greater Agony than the Man that was robbed; so that if any Resistance had been made, he had certainly taken the first Hint of taking to his Heels. However, the Man parted peaceably with hisMoney, and they had Time to divide it, and squander it without Suspicion or Molestation. The next Robbery they committed was on a Coach in the Road from St. Alban's . By Agreement he was to stop the Coachman, and present his Pistol at one Side, while Plunket did the same on the other. But though he rode frequently up with Intention to give the Word, yet his Heart fail'd him, and Plunket, lest they should miss the Booty, did it himself, and it was with some faultering Maclean demanded their Money after the Coach was stopt, and no Danger seem'd near. However, he grew more resolute, and to redeem his Credit with Plunket, who began to rally him with some Freedom, on his Pusilanimity, he robb'd once in Hyde-Park by himself, a Gentleman on Horseback, of his Watch and Money, and was the acting Man in the Robbery of Horatio Walpole ; the Circumstance of which Robbery is too well known to the Publick to require being taken any more Notice of, than that he own'd it, and declar'd the firing the Pistol accidental. He reign'd long and successfully, and was never but once afraid of a Discovery; at that Time he went over to Holland till the Storm was blown over, and pretended a friendly Visit to his Brother, to whom he gave some sham Account of the Manner of his Living, and was by him introduced to some very polite Assemblies of Dancing, &c. where it is said some Purses and Gold Watches were missed; and since Maclean's Commitment, the Suspicion seems to be fixed upon him, though at that Time no such Thing occurred. After he had staid some Time in Holland , he again return'd to his Trade. With these Collections from the Publick, he lived in Splendor, but to avoid impertinent Questions, often shifted his Lodgings; though he appeared in the greatest Splendor in all publick Places, and kept Company not only with the most noted Ladies of the Town, but some Women of Fortune and Reputation were unguarded enough to admit him into their Company, without any other Recommendation than his appearing at all public Places with great Impudence, and a Variety of rich Cloaths. He had the good Fortune, even to make some Progress in the Affections of a Lady who really deserved a better Fate, but his Character was blown by a Gentleman, who knew him too well to think himself obliged to accept of a Challenge sent him on that Account by Maclean, and the Lady saved from total Ruin. By this Means he supply'd all the Extravagance of his Disposition; yet he never once thought of his Daughter, or seldom visited his Mother-in-Law, who took Care of her; and least he should be plagued with her Importunities, or that she might take the Liberty of a Person so nearly concern'd in him, to ask about the Means of his gay Appearance, he made his Visits short and seldom, and always conceal'd from her his Abode. He thought this Course would never have an End, but he was mistaken; Justice, tho' slow, at last took hold of him, and even made himself, chiefly, instrumental in doing Justice to the Laws of his Country, he had so long violated with Impunity; for it is to be observed, and he often made the Remark himself, that if a particular Fate had not directed him to dispose of the Goods in the Manner he did it, and to strengthen the Suspicion by a judicial Confession, there were, as yet, no Man but Plunket his Accomplice, that could hurt him. But whom God will punish he first makes mad; so it happen'd with Maclean in the Robbery for which he was condemn'd. For after he had, on the 26th of June, robb'd the Salisbury Stage-Coach of their Money, and two Port-manteaus; and the same Morning, by an Artifice, robb'd Lord Eglinton who was so good-natur'd as not to appear against him, they divided the Spoil at Mr. Maclean's Lodgings, who was so infatuated, tho' the Cloaths were advertised and described in the public Papers, to offer the Lace strip'd off Mr. Higden's Waistcoat, to the very Laceman from whom it had been bought; and to desire a Salesman to come to his Lodgings to purchase the Cloaths, who bought them, and by whose Means Mr. Higden was brought to view them, knew his Property, and had Mr. Macklean immediately taken up by a Warrant, and carried before Justice Lediard, before whom, he at first deny'd the Fact, but afterwards sent for that Gentleman to the Gate-house, and acquainted him, that he intended to make a Confession. The Justice told him candidly, that if he could impeach but one, his Confession would be of little Use to him, and recommended him to take an Hour to consider of it. He came to him again at the Expiration of that Time, and he still insisted that he had no Accomplice but Plunket. On the 1st of August he was brought to his second Examination, before Mr. Justice Lediard, at which Time, he delivered his Confession in Writing, but not sign'd, which the Justice did not desire him to do, and then left the Papers in his Hands, without asking them from him. He shew'd a mean dastardly Spirit before the Justice, shed many Tears, which enduced the female Part of his Audience to accompany him, and some to present him with a Purse of Money, which, with other compassionate Contributions from the same weak Quarters, he lived at the Gatehouse with as much Ease as a tortured Conscience, and natural Dread of Death could permit him. The Notice taken of him by some Persons of female Distinction, perhaps, gave him some Hopes of Life, which never left him 'till he left Newgate , and, in a great Measure, disturb'd his Preparation for Eternity. He had formerly confess'd the Fact, yet, on his Trial, he thought proper to plead not Guilty, and read his Defence, which is as follows. My Lord, I am persuaded, from the candour and indulgence shewn me in the course of my trial, that your Lordship will hear me with patience, and make allowance for the confusion I may shew before an awful assembly, upon so solemn an occasion. Your Lordship will not construe it vanity in me, at this time, to say, that I am the son of a divine of the kingdom of Ireland , well known for his zeal and affection to the present royal family, and happy government; who bestowed an education upon me becoming his character, of which I have in my hand a certificate from a noble lord, four members of parliament, and several justices of peace for the county where I was born, and received my education. About the beginning of the late French war, my Lord, I came to London, with a design to enter into the military service to my king and country; but unexpected disappointments oblig'd me to change my resolution; and having married the daughter of a reputable tradesman, to her fortune I added what little I had of my own, and entered into trade in the grocery way, and remained therein till my wife died. I very quickly after her death found a decay in trade, arising from an unavoidable trust reposed in servants; and fearing the consequence, I candidly consulted some friends, and, by their advice, sold off my stock, and in the first place, honestly discharged my debts, and proposed to apply the residue of my fortune in the purchase of some military employment, agreeable to my first design. During my application to my trade, my Lord, I unhappily became acquainted with one Plunket, an apothecary, who, by his account of himself, induced me to believe he had travelled abroad, and was possessed of cloaths, and other things suitable thereto, and prevailed on me to employ him in attending on my family, and to lend him money, to the amount of 100 l. and upwards. When I left off trade, I pressed Plunket for payment, and, after receiving, by degrees, several sums, he proposed, on my earnestly insisting that I must call in all debts owing to me, to pay me part in goods and part in money. These very cloaths, with which I am now charged, my Lord, were cloaths he brought to me to make sale of, towards payment of my debt, and accordingly, my Lord, I did sell them, very unfortunately, as it now appears; little thinking they were come by in the manner Mr. Higden hath been pleased to express, whose word and honour are too well known to doubt the truth. My Lord, as the contracting this debt between Plunket and myself was of a private nature, so was the payment of it; and therefore, it is impossible for me to have the testimony of any one single witness to these facts, which (as it is an unavoidable misfortune) I hope, anddoubt not, my Lord, that your Lordship and the gentlemen of the Jury will duly weigh. My Lord, I cannot avoid observing to your Lordship, is it probable, nay, is it possible, that, if I had come by those cloaths by dishonest means, I should be so imprudent as to bring a man to my lodgings at noon-day to buy them, and give him my name and place of residence, and even write that name and residence myself in the saleman's book? It seems to me, and I think must to every man, a madness, that no one, with the least share of sense, could be capable of. My Lord, I have observed in the course of Mr. Higden's evidence, he hath declared, he could not be positive either to my face or person; the defect of which, I humbly presume, leaves a doubt of the certainty of my being one of the two persons. My Lord, it is very true, when I was first apprehended, the surprize confounded me, and gave me the most extraordinary shock; it caused a delirium and confusion in my brain, which rendered me incapable of being myself, or knowing what I said or did; I talked of robberies, as another man would do in talking of stories; but, my Lord, after my friends had visited me in the Gatehouse, and had given me some new spirits; and, when I came to be reexamined before justice Lediard, and then asked, if I could make any discovery of the robbery, I then alledged that I had recovered my surprize, that what I had talked of before concerning robberies was false and wrong, and intirely owing to a confused head and brain. This, my Lord, being my unhappy fate; but, unhappy as it is, as your Lordship is my judge and presumptive council, I submit it, whether there is any other evidence against me than circumstantial. First, the selling of the lace and cloaths, which I agree I did; for which I account. Second, the verbal confession of a confused brain; for which I account. All this evidence I humbly apprehend is but circumstantial evidence. It might be said, my Lord, that I ought to shew where I was at this Time. To which, my Lord, I answer, that I never heard the time, nor the day of the month, that Mr. Higden was robbed; and, my Lord, it is impossible for me, at this juncture, to recollect where I was, and much less to bring any testimony of it. My Lord, in cases where a prisoner lies under these impossibilities of proof, it is hard, nay, it is very hard, if presumption and intendment may not have some weight on the side of the prisoner. I humbly hope, and doubt not, but that doctrine will not escape your Lordship's memory to the jury. My Lord, I have lived in credit, and have had dealings with mankind, and therefore humbly beg leave, my Lord, to call about a score to my character, or more, if your Lordship pleases; and then, my Lord, if in your Lordship's opinion, the evidence against me should be by law only circumstantial, and the character given of me by my witnesses should be so far satisfactory, as to have equal weight, I shall most readily and willingly submit to the jury's verdict. The Evidence being plain, the jury brought him in Guilty without going out of court; at the time of receiving sentence he attempted to read a paper, but was so much disordered by grief, dread, or guilt, that he could not proceed; the paper is as follows. My Lord, I shall not presume to trouble your lordship with many professions of sorrow and penitence; such from men in my unhappy condition, are too often considered to proceed more from fear and shame, than a heart justly touched with a deep sense and abhorrence of my past inexcusable conduct. - Were the sentiments of my soul this moment disclosed to the world in their true light, I should have no occasion to use any expressions to move compassion. - For the best of men are the readiest to pity the anguish of their fellow-creatures not hardened in guilt. - I might, perhaps, collect some circumstances to mitigate the execution of a sentence I am now going to receive, - but, as I am sensible that nothing of that sort on my trial escaped the penetration of the court. So I am equally assured, that if there is room for mercy, it will be recommended. My Lord, it is for my offences against heaven and the publick; it is for my family disgraced, for a helpless infant daughter, that my heart is weighed down with contrite anguish, and dares not with confidence apply to the great and good. - And yet, my Lord, permit me to implore so much mercy as will for ever remove me from being a disgrace to those who once knew me worthy of a better fate, and will enable me topass the remainder of my days in penitence and sorrowful obscurity. The reader may observe mention here made of his brother, whose Letter hinted at on the trial, has so much christian charity, honesty, and humanity in it. that I can not deny it a place here, though it would have done Mr. Maclean no hurt if it had been kept more private. A Letter from the Rev Mr. * * *to - upon receiving the news of James Maclean 's being committed for robbery. &c. Utrecht, Aug. 17, N.S. 1750. SIR, I Received your melancholy letter, but the dismal news it contained had reached me here before it arrived, as I have been happily absent from the Hague some time. I never thought any belonging to me would have loaded me with such heart-breaking affection, as the infamous crimes of him whom I will call brother no more, have brought upon me; how often, and how solemnly have I admonished him, of the miserable consequences of an idle life, and, alas! to no purpose! However that be, I have made all the application possible for his life, filled with shame and confusion, that I have been obliged to make demands so contrary to justice, and hardly knowing with what face to do it, in the character I bear as a minister of truth and righteousness. "It is the interest of some friends, I have "made here, that can only save his life: They "have lost no time in applying, and I hope their "endeavours will be successful; but I still hope "more, that if providence should so order events, "as that he escapes the utmost rigour of the "law, and has that life prolonged, he does not deserve "to enjoy any longer, I hope, or rather "with, that in such a case he may have a "proper sense and feeling of his enormous crimes, "which lay ample foundation for drawing out "the wretched remainder of his days in sorrow "and repentance. "With respect to me, it would give me consolation, "if I could hope that this would be the "issue of his trials; it would comfort me on "his account, as he is a man, because I will "never acknowledge him in any nearer relation; "and because, except such good offices as former "ties, and present humanity demands from "me in his behalf, I am never to have any further "correspondence with him during this mortal "life. "I have given orders to look towards his "confidence, and what is necessary for it. "I am obliged to you. Sir for your attention "in communicating to me this dismal "news, and shall willingly embrance any Opportunity "of shewing myself, Sir, Your most, &c. P. S. "If you see this my unhappy brother, "let him know my compassion for his misery, "as well as my indignation against his crimes, "and also that I shall omit nothing in my "power to have his sufferings mitigated; - he "has. I fear, broken my heart, and will make "me draw on the rest of my days in sorrow." He was soon disabused as to the Hopes of Life raised by this Letter, but not so soon of his Interest with his fair Friends; however, that did not intirely lay aside his Thoughts of Eternity, though it might distract his Thoughts and abate the Fervour of his Devotion, which ought to make every Man cautious how he gives Encouragement to such dangerous Expectations, without having it in his Power or Inclination to perform them, they my be a real Injury, where they mean only Mercy and Humanity. Mr. Maclean attended constantly at Chapel, and shewed a very pious and resigned Deportment, he was assisted, being a Protestant Dissenter, in the the more particular Duty of Religion, by a Gentleman of that Persuasion. In the whole of his Department in Newgate , he shewed a very decent Behaviour, a Resignation to the Will of God, a quick Sense of the Wickedness of his past Life, and fortified by the Merit of out blessed Redeemer, looked upon Death as deprived of its Terror, yet could not divest himself of that Horror natural to a Man at the Thoughts of a last and final Dissolution. In short, he was not arrogant enough to brave Death, nor so much wedded to Life, as to dread it like a Coward. 2. WILLIAM SMITH , aged 30, indicted for Forgery, was Son of the Reverend John Smith , Rector of Killmare , in the Diocess of Meath , in the Kingdom of Ireland . He might be about five Feet eight Inches high, had a good manly Countenance, and was well proportioned in his Limbs; he had a liberal Education, studied some Years at the University of Dublin, and was then articled to an Attorney of Reputation in that City; with whom he did not live his full Time; for his Father being dead, and wanting that Check upon his Conduct, which the Dread of offending him produced, he fell into idle and expensive Courses, and to supply his Extravagance was tempted to rob his Master, who had been but too indulgent to him. The Robbery being discovered, Mr. Smith was obliged to abscond, for Fear of falling into the Hands of Justice, and perhaps his Master, out of Regard to his Father's Memory, was willing to connive at his Escape, and made but slight Search after him. Smith, now lost to his Friends and his native Country, went to Sea, and as he was an able Pen-man, got to be Captain's Clerk on Board of - Captain Webb Commander; where, it is more than probable, he learned the Art of forging Sea-men's Tickets, which was the Means of Subsistence he depended chiefly upon after he left the Service, which he was obliged to quit upon the Captain's discovering some Practices, that betrayed mean and dishonest Principles. There were no less than five of these Forgeries produced against him in Court, and recorded; and it is said many more might have been added. These were printed and dispersed into several Hands, a Copy of which Paper we think proper to insert in this Place. Five notorious Forgeries, charged upon William Smith , alias George Sands , alias William Dawson , a Convict under Sentence of Death in NEWGATE . THE first Charge against this William Smith , alias George Sands , (for at the Time of his attempting this villainous Design he went by the Name of George Sands ) was, for endeavouring, by an extraordinary Fraud and Contrivance, in Conjunction with one Walter Patterson , a principal Agent in an infamous Prosecution against the Honourable EDWARD WALPOLE , Esq ; to fix the horrid Crime of Forgery on the said Gentleman; for which Fraud and Contrivance, the said William Smith , alias George Sands , was committed to Reading Goal , on or about the sixth Day of last June, 1750, in order to be tryed for the said capital Offence, at the then next ensuing Assizes, to be held at Abington . At the Instance of Mr, Thomas Weekes , the said Smith, alias Sands, was brought up from Reading Goal to Newgate (by Virtue of a Writ or Habeas Corpus) and charged by that Gentleman with the having forged, his Name to a Bill of Exchange, for forty-five Pounds, drawn in his Favour by Mr. Thomas Bousfield , a Merchant in Cork , on his Correspondents, Mr. Jonathan Gurnell and Co. Merchants , in London . A Bill of Indictment was found against the said Smith, at Hicks's-Hall , and he was arraigned at the Old Bailey last July Sessions, and pleaded Not Guilty; but upon the said Smith's Affidavit, that the Time was too short for the bringing some Witnesses necessary to his Defence, the Lord Chief Baron PARKER indulged him so far, as to order his Trial to be deferred till the following Sessions. On Wednesday the twelfth of this Instant September, the said William Smith , being brought from Newgate to the Old Bailey , and called to the Bar, waved his former Plea of Not Guilty, and confessed the Fact; making at the same Time a very pathetick Speech, which was as follows. " My Lord, I am unhappy enough to "stand here indicted for a Fact, which I perceive "my Prosecutor is ready to prove "against me; therefore, from a Consciousness "of it, and to prevent giving the Court "any unnecessary Trouble, I do confess my "Guilt and submissively rely on the Favour "of the Court to intercede for my Life. - "My Lord, I have thus much to say in "Alleviation of my Crime, that this is the "first Time I ever appeared before a Court "of Justice in an ignominious Manner; "that a Case of Necessity urged me to commit "the Fact I am charged with; and that "my Heart is full of Sorrow and Contrition "for it. If therefore, your Lordship, or "Mr. Recorder, will be pleased to report me "in this favourable Light to his Majesty, "or the Lords in Power, it will, I hope, "be the happy Means of inducing them to "extend their Clemency towards me. But "if I am so unfortunate as not to be thought "an Object worthy their Compassion, I trust "that the Lord of Heaven and Earth will "have Mercy on me." On Wednesday the nineteenth of this Instant September, when William Smith was called to the Bar to receive Sentence of Death, he spoke as follows. "My Lord, To what I said on the Day "of my Trial, I have only on this melancholly "Occasion to add, That my humble "Confession then, proceeded from a sincere "Compunction of Heart in Abhorrence of "my Crime. I therefore now servently "pray, that the Almighty, who is the bright "Fountain of Mercy, will inspire his "Majesty's Royal Breast with Sentiments of "Compassion towards me, and that, in "Consideration of my unseigned Sorrow and "Penitence, he will be most graciously "pleased to restore me my forfeited Life; a "Life sought only to atone for the Erross of "the past, and to pray for my Preservers." Immediately after this Speech, a Motion was made by Mr. Davy, that William Smith , alias Sands , alias Dawson , be detained in Custody, on a Charge of Forgery, and Publication of Forgery, in order to be removed by Habeas Carpus, to be try'd at next Events Assizes: The Case is as follows: Capt . JAMES WEBB , at that Time, Commander of his Majesty's Ship the Surprize , having received an Order from the LORDS of the Admiralty to discharge three Men, he delivered three Navy Tickets to his Clerk William Dawson , to be filled up with the Names of the Seamen that were discharged; but, instead of complying with his Captain's Orders, he made out the three Tickets in his own Name, and signed them with the Captain's and the other Officers Names, all forged by the said Dawson, and sold them for more than one Hundred Pounds Sterling. This William Dawson carried off, at the same Time, above one hundred Pounds of the poor pressed Seamen's Wages, and robbed the Surgeon's Mate of fifteen or sixteen Pounds worth of Silver Plate. These Informations being laid before the honourable the Commissioners of his Majesty's Navy, they were pleased to give Directions to their Sollicitor to prosecute she said William Dawson for the before-mentioned Forgeries. In the Months of June and July, 1745, William Smith was Clerk to Mr. William Bull , an Attorney in Dublin . Mr. Bull being called into the Country on Business, this William Smith his Clerk , takeing Advantage of his Absence, forged a Letter in his Master's Name, directed to Messrs. Swift and Co. Bankers in Dublin, desiring those Gentlemen to pay the said Smith one hundred and thirty Pounds, or thereabouts, which they did in two fifty Pound Notes, payable to William Bull or Bearer, and the remainder in Money; as soon as Smith had these Bills in his Possession, he made all the Haste he could to London , and negotiated them with Messrs. Albert and Arnold Nesbit , Bankers , in Coleman-street , and those Gentlemen paid him the Money for them on the sixteenth Day of July, 1745. The Bills were endorsed with the Name of William Bull . The Name William Bull , forged by William Smith . When this Affair came to be discovered, an Account of the Forgery was printed in the publick Papers in Dublin, and a Description given of the Age, Stature, &c. of this William Smith , and a Reward offered for the apprehending him; and at the same Time strict Search was made after him in London, by the Order and Direction of Messrs. Swift and Co. but the Deliquent sculking about from Place to Place, and at last shipping himself on Board his Majesty's ship the Surprize , under the Name of William Dawson , eluded all Inquiries after him at that Time. We come now to a fifth Forgery; which the Warrant of the Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's King's Bench, in Ireland, and the Certificate of the Clerk of the Crown, of the same Court, will fully set forth. Ireland. By the Right Honourable THOMAS MARLAY , Esq ; Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of King's-Bench , in Ireland . WHereas it appears by Certificate, under the Hand of THOMAS TISDALL , Esq ; Clerk of the Crown of his Majesty's Court of King's-Bench, in Ireland , that William Smith stands indicted as of Michaelmas-Term, 1746, for falsely, fraudulently and feloniously, forging and counterfeiting an Indorsement of a certain Bill of Exchange, drawn by Justin Mc. Carthy , on James Swift and Co. for the Sum of one hundred and seventy-four Pounds, nineteen Shillings and three Pence, payable to Mr. William Bull , or Order, with Intention to defraud then said James Swift , Agmondesham Vasey , Arthur Dawson , George Cuppaidge , and Thomas Gladowe , his Partners, and did falsely and feloniously forge and counterfeit the Name of the said William Bull , on the Back of the said Bill of Exchange, and did falsely and feloniously utter and publish the same, as true, knowing the same to be forged and counterfeited. These are therefore in his Majesty's Name, strictly to charge and command you, and every of you, to apprehend the Body of the said William Smith , (if to be found in the Kingdom of Ireland) and him, so apprehended, to bring before me, or some other of the Judges of his Majesty's said Court of King's-Bench, to be dealt with according to Law, and for so doing, this shall be your sufficient Warrant; sealed and dated this twenty-seventh Day of June, 1750. THOMAS MARLAY To all Mayors, Sheriffs, High and Petty Constables, in and throughout the Kingdom of Ireland. Messrs. Swift and Co. being informed, that in the Month of June last, 1750, William Smith was committed to Reading Jail , in order to be tried, on an Indictment of Forgery, at the then next ensuing Assizes, to be held at Abington , for the County of Berks took all the proper Measures, for applying to the Government in England, (in Case the Delinquent should be acquitted of the Forgery charged upon him in Reading Jail) to have had him delivered up, and sent for Ireland. In order to be tried in that Kingdom, for the two notorious Forgeries, charged upon him by Messrs. Swift and Co. N. B. Let those Gentlemen, who so strenuously sollicit the Transportation of this Felony judge when they have read and considered the Nature of these five heavy Charges of Forgery against him, whether he is that deserving Object of the Government's Clemency they would fain represent him to be. Mr Smith had Talents, and a Genius that might not only secure him from the Temptations of Want, but that if properly applied and accompanied with Industry, Honesty and Application, might have rendered him anuseful Member of Society, and enabled him to live in Affluence. His Capacity may be easily gathered from his Writings, published in the Daily Papers, on the unhappy Occasion of his Condemnation, all which were penn'd by himself. But unhappily for him, his Abilities only served to aggravate his Guilt, and gave him Opportunities of doing Mischief, and entering into wicked Plots and Contrivances, that a Man of less Genius could not think of When he had got Money by the most iniquitous Ways, it was soon squandered in Riot and Excess; OEconomy was a Virtue he had an utter Abhorrence to, tho' no Man dreaded and hated Want more than he did, yet he never could prevail on himself to take honest Means to prevent his Necessities, and would often spend twice as much Time in contriving and executing a fraudulent Design, as might, if industriously employed, have brought him in more Profit in an honest Way. He was perfectly Master of the Art of Dissimulation, and had a peculiar Talent in engaging People to commiserate and relieve his almost constant. Necessities he lived in. When in Company of any but his Associates in Iniquity, he might be mistaken for the most upright and honest Man alive, which induced several to be his Dupes, till a little further Dealings with him discovered the Villain, without one Grain of Honesty or Gratitude; there is one Instance amongst many, that shews both his Talent of stealing upon People's Passions, by a mournful Tale, and the base, ungrateful Spirit he had for the most obliging Favours. The Instance is this; Some Time ago Smith, who made a very mean Appearance both in Body and Apparel, was met in the Streets by a Friend of his, who was surprized to find him in such a Garb, and expressed his Surprize by telling him at the same Time, that surely a Man with his Capacity need never appear so wretched; Smith excused himself by telling him, a Disorder of Body, which he had for some Time been under, render'd him incapable to think of doing any Thing, and at the same Time was ashamed, on account of his Dress, to appear before his Friends, from whom he might expect Relief. The Gentleman, his Friend, taking Compassion on his Distress, desired him to come to him next Morning, which he did, and was cloathed from Head to Feet in a decent Manner, and had also from his Friend a Letter of Recommendation to one of the most eminent Physicians, to whom he apply'd, and by whose Skill, as he knew the Gentleman who recommended him, he was made whole; after which neither the Physician nor his Friend saw him again for some Time, 'till his Friend, to his very great Surprize, met him one Day in the Streets in the same mean Garb as before. Astonish'd at the Sight, he demanded the Reason; Smith, with much seeming Grief, told him a lamentable Story of his being so much in Debt for Lodging, Board, &c. that he was obliged to sell those Cloaths he had so kindly given him to satisfy Creditors, and furnish bare Necessaries of Life; adding withal, that as the Doctor of Physick had, with so much Kindness and Humanity, made him well, he could not help owning his Ingratitude in not waiting on him to return him Thanks, which he was ashamed to do in such mean Appearance. In short, this Gentleman, Smith's Friend, had the good Nature to cloath him from Head to Foot again. When Smith was thus equipped, away he marches to the Doctor's, was admitted into his Study, where he told him he was the Person he had lately been so good as to cure, by the Recommendation of * * * * *; the Doctor then remembred him again, wish'd him Joy of his Health, and kindly enquired after the Health of his Friend. And now mark the Gratitude flowing from the honest Heart of this Villain! He instantly pull'd out a Pistol, and holding it to the Doctor's Head, told him he was an unfortunate Gentleman, and wanted Money, and threatned to blow out his Brains if he did not instantly furnish him with fiveGuineas; the Doctor, with a good deal of Calmness, told him he might act as he pleased with his Pistol, but he was sure he durst not fire it off, for if he did, and kill'd him, it was a Matter of Indifference to him, who had already (as he told him) one Foot in the Grave, and he was sure of being taken by his Servants, and as sure of being hang'd for it; he therefore told him his belt Way was to walk off, and be glad he was permitted so to do, but as to the five Guineas he demanded he should not give it him. On this, Smith immediately; reflecting on his ticklish Situation, and fearing he should be taken, knew not how to behave, but fell down upon his Knees, and had Recourse to that dissembling, deceitful Member his Tongue, which he knew so well how to employ, that he, by his melancholy, doleful Tale, so touched the Heart of the Doctor, that, moved by his Distress, he put his Hand in his Pocket and gave him three Guineas, advised him to follow better Courses, and suffered him to go away unmolested. After a Circumstance of this kind, the Reader can be at no Loss to form a Character of what this Man once was, nor at all surprised that such Principles at last led him to a violent and shameful Death. He was ungrateful to all, and willing to defraud every Man he could; but he put his Tricks oftenest upon his Friends and Acquaintance, as was the Case of the Fact for which he was tried and condemned. He was at the Time of hatching this black Design in one of his necessitous Fits, and so reduced that he knew not where to raise a Shilling, except by Application to some kind of Business, a Thing he hated, very near, as much as Want. In this Exigence, he happened to meet accidentally in the Street with Mr. Thomas Weeks , an old Acquaintance, whose good Nature he had often experienc'd, and passing along with him, before they parted, unluckily for all Parties, saw Mr. Weeks receive a Letter with a Bill of Exchange in it, for 45 l. which he left with a Friend till he should call for it, and received 10 l. They parted for that Time, but the Sight of the Money put several strange Notions and Wishes into the indigent Smith's Head He wanted much, he had the strong Plea of Necessity no Gratitude nor Honesty to crush the vislainous Thought; in short, he was determined to have by some Means or other, tho' the direct Manner was not yet formed into Project. In the Interim Mr. Weeks fell indisposed and was confined to his Room for some Days. This was an Opportunity not to be lost, Mr. Smith pretends likewise to be sick, and to keep his Room, but took Care to lay in Wait, and intercepted Mr. Weeks' second Letter of Advice, with a second Bill of Exchange, as is usual, left the former should miscarry, and made Use of it with Mr. Weeks's Receipt forged, to receive the Remainder, which was 35 l. as his own Account of the Matter, and the Money was instantly paid. Smith now out of his Pinch, immediately sets out for Holland, not doubting but a few Days would discover the Fraud, as it actually did; for Mr. Weeks going in a few Days for his Money, or some other Affair, to the Friend with whom he left the first Bill, he was surprized with a Receipt for 45 l. in his Name, but he soon knew the Hand, and went in Search of Smith, but Smith was eloped, and no-where to be heard of. But this unhappy young Man had run has Length of Wickedness, the Hand of Justice must strike some Time, and then most severely when longest delayed. Smith, it would appear, was strongly connected with Paterson in that infamous Plot upon an honourable Gentleman, and though they had missed their Aim, their Malice was not abated; for there is great Grounds to believe, that a Project, relating to this Affair, brought Smith once more over into England from Holland , where he had taken Shelter for the last mentioned Forgery. With this View, or some very bad View, he came over in the Packet, and took Post Chaise to Fragmore , where the honourable Gentleman then was, to whom he sent in Word that he desired to speak with him on some earnest Business. The Gentleman would have excused seeing him without sending in his Name, but was at last prevailed on to come down to him. Smith addressed him in a formal Manner, asking him if he knew one Paterson, and told him, that he had a Bond of Paterson's in his Hands for 150 l. which he would give up for any small Matter Mr. W - should think proper, which Bond Smith since de clared was absolutely and entirely a Forgery of his own, but that indeed he and Paterson had before been concerned in extorting Money from a Gentleman after the same Manner, which they did effect. Whether Smith had betrayed any Sign of Guilt in his Address to the Gentleman, or that his Talent of Persuation had here deserted him, I know not, but Mr. W - suspecting a Cheat, laid hold of Smith by the Collar, and calling his Servants, had him recured and immediately carried before a Justice of the Peace for Examination. When he came to be examined, he protested the Honesty of his Intentions, kept his Tale pretty well connected; and though he was examined three or four Days following by different Justices, there was nothing to be made of him, but only he said his Name was Sandys, and that he was the Son of a Man of Note at Andover; but his Manner of Speech laving him under strong Suspicion of being an Irishman, he was confined in Reading Jail , and Mr. W - immediately sent to Town for Mr. M -, by whom he was discovered to be William Smith , having known him at School when a Boy in Ireland. This Concealment of his true Name added to the Suspicion about his Design upon Mr. W -, and continued him in Reading Jail till Mr. W -, his Prosecutor, had an Opportunity of seeing and knowing him, on whose Information for the Forgery he was removed to Newgate , where he took his Trial, and pleaded guilty in their Terms; Mr. Lord, I am unhappy enough to stand here indicted for a Fact, which I perceive my Prosecutor is ready to prove against me; therefore, from a Consciousness of it, and to prevent giving the Court any unnecessary Trouble. I do confess my Guilt, and submissively rely on the Favour of the Court to intercede for my Life. - My Lord, I have thus much to say in Alleviation of my Crime, that this is the first Time I ever appeared before a Court of Justice in an ignominious Manner; that a Case of Necessity urged me to commit the Fact I am charged with; and that my Heart is full of Sorrow and Contrition for it. If, therefore, your Lordship, or Mr. Recorder, will be pleased to report me in this favourable Light to his Majesty, or the Lords in Power, it will, I hope, be the happy Means of inducing them to extend their Clemency towards me: But if I am so unfortunate as not to be thought an Object worthy their Compassion, I trust that the Lord of Heaven and Earth will have Mercy on me. - His Prosecutor begged Mercy for him of the Court. And at the Time of receiving Sentence, he deliver'd himself in a very moving and pathetic Speech, which is as follows. My Lord, to what I said on the Day of my Trial, I have only on this melancholy Occasion to add, that my humble Confession then, proceeded from a sincere Compunction of Heart, in Abhorrence of my Crime. I therefore now servently pray, that the Almighty, who is the bright Fountain of Mercy, will inspire his Majesty's Royal Breast with Sentiments of Compassion towards me, and that, in Consideration of my unfeigned Sorrow and Penitence, he will be most graciously pleased to restore me my forfeited Life; a Life only sought to atone for the Errors of the past, and to pray for my Preservers. From the Time of his coming to Newgate , he seem'd to change the whole Man. His Heart seem'd to be effectually touch'd, and express'd the greatest and most unseigned Horror, Shame, and Compunction for the Wickedness of his past Life, and did not neglect any Circumstance that could aggravate his Sense of Guilt, and augment his Contrition. He wish'd for Life rather to employ it in Repentance, than for the Sake of Enjoyment, in which he never could have any Relish. But though he wish'd, and the Tenderness of his Prosecutor, who had recommended him to the Mercy of the Court, gave him some glimmering Hope, yet as he had no Friend to intercede for him with the Regency, he built very little on it, but prepar'd seriously for Eternity. However, not to be wanting to himself, and that he might do all to preserve his Life that Prudence could dictate, he form'd that warm and melancholy Petition, which he had no other Way to introduce to the Hands of Men in Power, but by publishing it in the News-Papers. It had some Effect, but not the Effect he wish'd; its pathetic Style oblig'd many to compassionate his Miseries, aad even some to endeavour to serve him with Men in Power. But Providence had set Limits to his Life, and he was not deem'd a fit Object of Mercy. In the first Transports of his Agonies, on finding himself in the Dead Warrant, and for some Time after, he inveigh'd bitterly against an honourable Gentleman already hinted at, blaming him as the sole Cause of his being excluded from Royal Mercy; but being exhorted to a contrary Way of thinking, was persuaded, and when he came to recollect himself, his Passion subsided, and he was less severe in his Reflections; and when his Fetters were knock'd off, on the Question being ask'd, if he still blamed him, he said, he did not, and freely forgave him. His Irons were no sooner off, than he kneeled down in the Press-Yard, and addressed his Maker in an extempore Prayer, full of Penitence and Resignation, and delivered it with such a moving Sort of Voice, and such Justness of Action, that all that heard him were exceedingly mov'd. He did the same when he went into the Cart, and at the Conclusion all the By-standers said Amen to his pious Petitions for Peace, Mercy, and Grace. In a Word, the Whole of his Conduct, from his coming into Newgate , was conformable to what could be expected from a great Sinner under a just Sense of the Wickedness of his Ways, relying only for Mercy on the Merits of our blessed Saviour. As he had no Friends to look after his Funeral, he petition'd the Publick for Charity on that Score, in a Petition publish'd in the London Gazetteer; and is as follows. In vain has Mercy been intreated, the Vengeance of Heaven has overtaken me; I bow myself unrepining to the fatal Stroke. Thanks to my all gracious Creator, Thanks to my most merciful Saviour, I go prepared to launch into the irremeable Gulph of Eternity. Oh! my poor Soul, how strongly dost thou hope for the Completion of eternal Felicity? Almighty Jehovah, I am all Resignation to thy blessed Will; Immaculate Jesus, oh! send some ministring Angel to conduct me to the bright Mansion of celestial Happiness. As to my corporeal Frame, I know it is unworthy of material Notice; but, for the Sake of that reputable Family from whence I am descended, I cannot refrain from Anxiety, when I think how easily this poor Body, in my friendless and necessitous Condition, may fail into the Possession of the Surgeons, and perpetuate my Disgrace beyond the Severity of the Law; so great an Impoverishment has my long Confinement brought upon me, that I have not a Shilling left for Subsistence, much less for procuring the Decency of an Interment Therefore, most servently do I intreat the generously humane and charitably compossionate, to afford me such a Contribution is may be sufficient to protect my dead Body from Indecency, and to give me Consolation of being assured, that my poor Ashes shall be decently deposited within the Limits of a consecrated Ground. The Deprivation of Life is a sufficient Punishment for my Crimes, even in the rigorous Eyes of offended Justice; after Death, the Law has permitted my Remains to pass without further Ignomicy Then why should Inhumanity lay her butchering Hands on an inoffensive Carcase? Ah! give me the Satisfactionof thinking I shall return to my Parent Dust, within the Confines of a Grave. Those who compassionate my deplorable Situation, are humbly desired to send their humane Contributions to Mrs. Browning's, next Door to the Golden Acorn in Little Wild-Street; and that Heaven may reward their charitable Dispositions, is the dying Prayer of the lost and unhappy William Smith . This had its desired Effect; more was collected than was necessary, as appears by Mrs. Browning's Advertisement of Yesterday. And the Day before his Execution a Gentleman came to Newgate, and offer'd him a Crown for the Purposes of his Funeral, but he refused accepting of it, telling him, he had already received enough. 3. GEORGE LLOYD , aged 20, was born in Cold Bath Fields , near the London-Spaw , of Parents who gave him but moderate Education; he was bound an Apprentice to the Coal-Trade , to one Mr. Robert Lawrence of Sunderland , with whom he staid about three Years, and behaved pretty well, but after those three Years Servitude, getting into bad Company, he committed several little Thieveries, which entirely lost his Reputation, and he was obliged to abscond from his Master, and skulking for some Time about the Country, from whence he came to London , where (according to his own Account) he received but very little good Advice from those whose Duty it was to have warned him of his evil Ways, and to endeavour to inculcate in his Mind what was just and right, and therefore having, as is said above, lost his Reputation in the Country, and having no Method either proposed to him, or that he could think of himself, to gain an honest Livelihood, he soon turned his Hand to the vile Method of Robbery and Plunder, to support himself, and from that Time began to live totally by pilfering and thieving, though at the same Time he says he was never easy in his Mind, always dreading the Consequence of his vile Actions, but having No-body to give him better Counsel, he was obliged to proceed till it brought him to this untimely End. In order therefore to make what Reparation remains in his Power, of clearing the Innocent, and arraigning the Guilty, he here gives an Account of what Robberies he has been concern'd in, from Time to Time, as they occur to his Memory. He says, about five Years ago, he and one Thomas Watty (who has been since transported) and Samuel Cook (executed last Sessions) broke open a House at Islington , and stole thereout a large Quantity of Linen, some Silver Spoons, and other Plate, which they sold for fifteen Pounds, to Cordosa the Jew, who went with the last Transports. The next Robbery he remembers, was, a Washer-woman's House, at the End of Maiden-Lane in Kentish-Town , which he and two more broke open, and robb'd of a large Quantity of Linen. Some Time afterwards, he, and the same two Companions, broke open a Public House, the Sign of the Angler in Kentish-Town , and took a large Quantity of Linen, for which one John Evans was transported. George Taylor , William Wright , and he, broke open a House in Hatton Garden , from whence they stole two Guineas and an half, some Tea-Spoons, two large Butter-Boats, and a large Silver Spoon, but being disturb'd, they narrowly escaped being taken. From this Time, he, and George Taylor , and William Wright , became sworn Companions in their Iniquities, and generally robbed together, except now and then they admitted other Companions. They broke open the Dog and Duck , a Publick House in the Spaw-Fields , and took a large Quantity of Table Cloths, Shirts, &c. They likewise broke open the Rochuck and French Horn , about ten Months ago, where they got a Silver Tankard, and other Things, which they sold to Cordosa the Jew for seven Pounds; and for this Robbery two of them were taken up, viz. Lloyd and one Blunt,who were tried for this Robbery, but happen'd to be acquitted. Lloyd, Wright, and Blunt, another Time, robbed Clerkenwell Workhouse of a large Parcel of Linen, which they likewise sold to Cordosd for four Pounds. Two of them, Lloyd and another, being out one Evening, and not finding a proper Opportunity of breaking open any House, which had hitherto been their chiefest Lay, they attack'd a Man in Islington Fields, whom they used very ill, robb'd him of one Shilling, bound him, and flung him into a Ditch. Some time after this, three of them broke open a Washer-woman's House on the other Side of the Water, near St. George's Fields , from whence they stole a large Quantity of Linen, which they sold to Cordosa for fourteen Guineas. On the same Side of the Water, after they had riotously squander'd away the above fourteen Guineas, Lloyd and Wright agreed to go out on the old Lay, and accordingly they broke open a Linen-Draper's Shop, facing the New Gaol in Southwark , from whence they stole a Piece of Cheque, a large Roll of printed Linen, and seven Dozen of Silk Handkerchiefs, all which they also sold to Cordosa for eleven Guineas. This Money lasted them but a small time, for last Christmas-Day, in the Morning, they got into a House by New-Prison , Clerkenwell , where they stole a large Parcel of Aprons, ruffled Shirts and Shifts. Another Time three of them, viz. Taylor, Lloyd, and Wright, got into a one Pair of Stairs Room, in a House in Turnmill-Street , from whence they convey'd away a large Quantity of Linen. And the same three, some time after, stole from the One Tun in Mutton-Lane , a Linen Gown, some Caps and Aprons. In May last, Taylor, Lloyd, and Wright, stole out of the Dwelling-House of Brian Bird , a Baker in Cold-Bath-Fields , 6 Shifts, 5 Shirts, 2 Pair of Pillow Cases, 2 Frocks, a Petticoat, 3 Pair of Stockings, 3 Damask Napkins, 5 Aprons, and a Table-Cloth, which was the Robbery they were convicted of, and which they acknowledge they committed, only with this immaterial Difference, that they did not make the Hole in the Wall, as mentioned on their Trial, but found the Hole ready made. Though the above Robbery was that on which they were convicted, yet it was not the last they committed, for a short time, after they got into a Summer-House by Mile-End , and stole thereout a Spinner, which they sold to Cordosa the Jew for one Guinea. 4. GEORGE TAYLOR , aged 18, was born in the Parish of Clerkenwell , and was bred for some Time in St. Andrew's , a very unlucky Boy, much given to play the Truant, he was put Apprentice to a Hatter in Bloomsbury , near the Hole in the Wall, facing the Market, and says, he served four Years to a very good Master and Mistress; but his Mistress dying, somewhat afterwards happened upon Account of which he could stay no longer. He went away several Times for two or three Days, or a Week, came Home again, but at last took himself away, resolved never more to return to his Service, which was upon last Shrove-Tuesday. His Mother being a poor Woman out at Service, could not help him much, what she could she did for him; but that would not suffice him. In a little Time, he met with his Accomplices, Lloyd, and Wright, and told them his Case; one of them said, come along with us upon the Sneak, we will get Money I'll warrant you. To this Proposal he quickly agreed, he says, being young and ignorant, he did not know what to do, after leaving his Master; and he did not care what he did. Their general Practice was to get into People's Yards by Night, and steal Linen or any Thing that laid in their Way; and that Cordosa, transported since last Sessions for a Theft, and one Minns were always the Receivers of their stolen Goods. He was concerned in some Robberies with Lloyd, and Wright, as before-mentioned. The Fact for which he was convicted he owned, and said after they had made a Hole by the Side of the Door of Brian Bird 's House, big enough for him to get through, he went into the House, and brought the Goods mentioned in the Indictment to his Accomplices. He was almost stupified thro' Illness, besides being very young and ignorant, but at Times shewed Signs of Repentance by weeping, &c. and said, he hoped God would forgive him. 5. JOHN DEWICK , aged 52, was born in Northamptonshire , and bred up to Husbandry all his Days, a common Day Labourer. About twelve Years ago, he says, he came to London , and lived in different Parts of the Town, and in the Neighbouring Villages and Towns, wherever he could get Work, but last in Shoreditch , where he has left behind him a Wife and four Children, as he reported. He was greatly afflicted with Illness during the whole Time of his being under Conviction, but was sometimes brought into the Press-Yard for a little Air; so that several People saw him, and enquiring into his Case, he with piteous Lamentations denyed the Fact for which he suffered; as he did to me to the last, after all Admonition and Advice. And he added moreover, that had he been at Liberty a Week longer, he was sure he should find the Man of whom he bought the Gelding, he was indicted for stealing, having often had Conversation with him, though he knew not his Name. He declared to die resigned to the Will of God, and recommending his Family to Almighty Protection, said, he hoped he should be happy in the World to come. 6. RICHARD WRIGHT , aged 25, was born in Grub street , in the Parish of St. Giles's Cripplegate ; he was put to School, and taught to read, and afterwards learnt the Business of a Shoe-maker with his Father, who is of the same Trade. He has worked as Journeyman in Chiswell street , and in Smithfield , and other Parts of the Town, and says, he was always a hard Worker. However he found Time to spend in loose an idle Company, which proved bad for him in the End, and brought him to this untimely End. He had been suspected long of being no better than he should be, as the Saving is; for though he was very artful in what he did to prevent Discovery, yet Moorfields was his general Place of Rendezvous by Day and by Night; and what Sort of idle wicked People frequent those Fields, scarce any one but knows, that knows the Place. The Fact for which he suffered he would neither own or deny, but obstinately refused to say any more, than that he knew what he had done, and hoped to make his Peace with God. 7. WILLIAM TYLER , aged 41, was born at Hendon , in Middlesex , and was bred to Husbandry , and such other Business as a Country Farm requires, viz. to look after Horses, and drive Carts, and Waggons, living in an honest Way, and in some Repute for a labouring Man for several Years. About 17 Years since it is, that he came to London , and took upon him the Business of a Hackney-Coach Driver , having been in Employ at the Bell-Savage Inn , on Ludgate-Hill , in Smithfield , and in St. John's-Street . He was bred one of the People call'd Quakers, but taught to read and write, and had some Estate in Houses, which among the rest he has lavish'd away, and left a Wife, and two young Boys in a destitute Condition. Within some Years past, he has stole as many Horses, as perhaps ever any Man did in the Time, or in his whole Life. His Method was this of late, since one of his Sons has been big enough to set on Horseback, though now not above 12 or 13 Years old. Himself stole the Horse, and the Boy being generally with him, was put on the Back of the Horse, and order'd to ride on to such a Place, where the Father came to him, and then took the Horse, and dispos'd of him, as he could, at his Leisure. The Day before his Execution he had a great Desire to see his two Sons, and they were brought to him accordingly, when he burst immediately into a Flood of Tears, cryed bitterly over them, and exhorting them to take Care never to meddle with that which was another Man's, charged them to labour with their own Hands to get an honest Livelihood; and said, that a Penny honestly come by, would do them more Service, and go much further than Sixpence gotten by dishonest Ways, and stealing. And, commending his Children to divine Protection, bid them be of good Heart, for that God had promised to be a Father to the Fatherless, and a Husband to the Widow. 'Tis about 13 Years ago, he says, that he begun to be a Horse Stealer, and from a Conviction in his own Mind, that unless he gave a full and true Account of all his several Robberies, he could not expect Forgiveness of them at the Hand of God, he gave me, in his own Writing, the following Catalogue. 1. He stole a Horse off the Common, ner Finchley Church . 2. A Horse out of the Stable of Adam Bell , in Brent-street , Hendon . 3. A Horse out of a Field near Hackney . 4. A Horse out of a Field near Kingsland Turnpike . 5, 6. Two Horses out of a Field, and rode through Kingsland Turnpike , towards Stamford Hill . 7, 8, 9. Three Horses in one Night, one off the Common near Busby Causeway , near Finchley ; another out of a Field beyond Highgate ; and a third out of a Field near Whittington's Stone . 10, 11. Two Horses in one Night, one out of Mr. Bateman's Field, near Highgate ; the other off the Common near Holloway . 12. A Horse off the Common, near Paddington . 13. A Horse off Golder's-Green , near Thomas Finche 's. 14. A Horse off Hampsted Heath 15. A Horse out of the Ditch beyond the two Mile Stone, going to Hampsted . 16, 17 A Horse out of a Field on this Side of the Half-way-House , going to Hampsted , and another out of a Field opposite; both in one Night. 18. A Horse out of a Field near Islington . 19, 20. Two poor Cows out of the Road at Howard's-Hill . All these were Thefts committed in Middlesex . 1. A Horse out of a Field beyond Babchild . 2. A Horse out of a Yard, near Chatham . 3. A Horse out of a Field, near Weeling . 4. A Horse out of a Stable, near Maidstone . 5. A Horse out of a Yard, at a publick House, on this Side. These were done in Kent . 1. A Horse off a great Heath call'd Copthorne . 2. A Horse out of a Field, 2 Miles on this Side of East Grimsted . 3, 4. A Horse off Barnes-Common , and another off of Putney-Common , both in one Night. 5, 6 Two Horses off Kennington-Common , two different Times the same Night. Six more out of St. George's-Fields , at five different Times; in all twelve. They were Thefts in Surrey . 1. A Horse out of a Field of Doctor Boreman's, at Staining . 2. A Horse out of a Field belonging to the Crown at Turner's-Hill . 3. A Horse out of the Road near Ditchlin . 4. A Horse out of a Field near Hurst . 5, 6. A Horse out of Boreman's Field , and another out of the Field next to it, both in one Night. 7. A Horse out of a Stable of Thomas Beard 's, at Rottendeen . 8. A Horse out of a Stable of Charles Scraise , at Standeen . 9. A Horse out of John Bradford 's Stable, at Famah . 10. A Horse out of a Field near Newick . 11. A Horse out of a Field near Lingfield , for which he was tried and convicted. Those Thefts committed in Sussex . He has appeared very penitent, ever since he was convicted, and with Tears and bitterCries, proceeding from a Consciousness of his wicked Life, has been very earnest in seeking Forgiveness at God's Hand. He often repeated it, that he had no Hopes of Salvation, but thro' the Merits of Jesus Christ, and therefore earnestly desired to be brought into a State of Salvation by Baptism, and prosesses to die with earnest Hopes, and Expectation, from the Merits of the Blessed Jesus. 8. THOMAS SHEHAN , aged 20, was born at Waterford in the Kingdom of Ireland , never put to School, nor bred to any Business; he has been at Sea about 9 Years, and discharged from the Service two Years, during which Time, he says, he has been employed upon the Quays, and in loading and unloading Ships in the River Thames. He acknowledged the Fact for which he suffered, appear'd very penitent, and died a Roman Catholick . 9. HENRY JAMES SAUNDERS , aged 23, was born not far from Harlow in Hertfordshire , of honest Parents, who were willing to give him such Education as was necessary for the Purpose he was intended, and was kept several Years to School, but to no End. For, as he owned himself, he was from a Child very unlucky, and the foremost in every unlucky Prank that Boys may be guilty of; so that from one Degree of Wickedness to another, he has gone on, tho' so young, to a very great Pitch of Villainy. When about 14 Years of Age, he was put Apprentice to a Butcher but continued to play his roguish Tricks, and committing several Thefts during his short Stay with his Master was after some Time obliged to quit his Service, for fear of that Chastisement, he was sensible, he had so richly deserved. 'Tis but some few Years since he was apprehended for a Robbery, and committed to Stafford Goal , and from thence, by Habeas Corpus, to Worcester to take his Trial; but he evaded that, by contriving an Escape. He was afterwards retaken, and transported from Worcester , and returning before his Time was expired, has since continued to follow this wicked and profligate Way of Life. He by all Accounts had been very notorious, and concerned in divers Robberies, and Thefts, but was obstinate, and but very little while before Execution, shewed any Concern for the Consequence of his Villanies. He would by no Means be perswaded to own any one except stealing of the Cow from Woodford , for which Burrel, the Butcher , was convicted; and two others, which he stole and sold the same Week, the one from Lowlayton the other from Ilford . Burrel's Affair was as follows: On Tuesday the 13th of March last, Saunders came to his House in Brick-Lane , Whitechapel , (together with one Richard Whitaker ) dressed like a Country Farmer, with Boots and Spurs, as if just come to Town, and told him, he had some Cattle to sell. They made no Bargain this Day, but parted, and met again on Thursday, when Burrel bought of Saunders a lean Cow with Calf for twenty-two Shillings, and a Shoulder of Mutton, Saunders telling him, that it would not have been sold so cheap, but that he had no Certificate for it, nor was it fit for a Market. This Cow Burrel sold again to another on Saturday, and on Sunday came to him the Man that keeps the Mulberry-Gardens in Whitechapel, and told him, that he had heard one of the Neighbourhood had bought two Cows of Saunders that were stolen. Burrel replied, without Disguise, that then he feared, he had bought one too that was stolen. having bought one of the same Person. Upon this Burrel, on Monday, took out a Search Warrant for Saunders, and sought him daily for a Fortnight without Success; though he has since heard, he was robbing upon the Roads, about Town, every Day: Not finding Saunders, he got another Warrant for Whitaker, who came with Saunders to sell him the Cow, and took him, but he was rescued from him at the Bull Alehouse in Petticoat-Lane . Some Time after this, Burrel was apprehended, and charged with stealing the Cow, was committed to Clerkenwell : But was, after three Weeks Imprisonment, admitted to Bail. However, by some Contrivance, about three Weeks, or a Month ago, he was again taken into Custody, and was try'd for stealing the Cow, at the Old-Bailey . And the Circumstance of buying it at 12 o'Clock at Night, and not producing the Person he bought it of, &c. occasioned him to be found guilty. But Saunders, upon hearing of Burrel's Conviction, was pricked to the Heart, and owned the stealing and selling of the Cow to him. Upon which Circumstances, 'tis presumed, the Regency were pleased to look upon him, when Report was made, as an innocent Man, and gave him a free Pardon. Yet still, 'tis a great Misfortune upon Burrel, for his Wife has been obliged, since his Confinement, to sell all they had, Beds, &c. for his Support, and that of herself, and two Children, and he must be turned out again into the World pennyless. Added to all the rest of Saunder's Wickedness, is, that he married about three Months since a young Woman, whose Parents lived well in Essex, having seduced her, and brought her near to Ruin, to their great Grief. Saunders, while in Worcester Goal , the first Time, had been so wicked, as to lay an Information against one Thomas Saunders , for being concerned with him in a Highway Robbery, on Finchley Common , for which the poor Man was apprehended, and in Custody for some Time in Newgate, and at last discharged for want of Prosecution. The poor Man, thinking himself injured in his Character, desired to see him, that himself, and the World might be satisfied, as to that Matter. They met Face to Face, but the Accuser surlily replied to the injured Man, that he knew him not, nor had any thing to say to him. However, having been very urgent with him on this Head, he at length acknowledged the Injury he had done the poor Man, and hoped he would forgive him. A little before his Execution, he owned, he had been a very wicked Youth, for which he was heartily sorry, and had no other Hopes of Salvation, but thro' the Merits of Christ. By Means of which, he at last came to say, he hoped; that all his Offences might be forgiven, together with that for which he was justly convicted, and died. 10. ANTHONY WHITTLE , aged 28, says, he was born in New-England , and bred to the Sea , which he had followed most Part of his Life Time. He sailed from several Parts in different Services to New-England , Jamaica , and other Parts of the West-Indies , to Newfoundland , &c. and behaved well. Particularly when he was in the Service of a Gentleman at Bristol , and sailed in a Privateer of his fitting out, he behaved so well, stuck so close to the Interest of his Owners, upon all Emergencies, that they look'd upon him, as a trustworthy Fellow, and advanced his Wages above the common Price, which others upon the same Footing with him received. He was a very good Hand, with Respect to the Management of the Ship, as to the Navigating Part, and shewed much true Courage, and brave British Spirit in an Engagement; which was the Privateer's Lot to fall into several times during the late War. About two Years ago, he left off going to Sea, and meeting with one Bowen, (who is now confined in Newgate, upon Account of breaking open the Gatehouse, and rescuing Jones, alias Harpur and had once been his Shipmate,) after other common Greetings and Chat, Whittle asked him, how he lived? To which Bowen replied, very well, and very easy, I get Money enough. After further Enquiry into the Matter, and finding how the Case stood, and being destitute of Money and Employ, he consented to go along with him, and was concern'd with them in several Robberies and House-breakings, which, however, he did not chuse to particularize. As to the Robbery for which he was convicted, he owns the Fact, and says the Proposal to rob Mr. Hawkins was his own, and the Method of doing it, as declared by his Accomplice Ecklin, described at large in theSessions Paper, p. 139, is true to the best of his Remembrance. There was another Indictment against Whittle and Thomas Pendergrass , for robbing David Woodman on the King's Highway, May the 24th, to which the said John Ecklin deposed the Persons mentioned therein, and himself committed the Fact. Whittle pleaded guilty, and owns the Fact, but says Pendergrass was not in Company, and continued to say so to the last; and as there was only the Testimony of an Accomplice against him, the Jury thought proper to acquit Pendergrass. Whittle behaved well after Conviction to the last, prayed fervently in Private as well as at Chapel when he was there, and humbly hoped for Forgiveness of all, through the Merits of Christ. 11. WILL . alias MOSES WRIGHT , aged 18, was born in Cripplegate Parish , of poor, but honest Parents, who got him into the Free-School in Aldersgate-street for a little Education, and after that into Cripplegate Work-House , from whence he was turned out by the Officers of the Parish, and sent to Work with a Silver Spinner . After this he was put Apprentice to a Gold and Silver Wire-Drawer , in Lambs Chapel Court , by Hart-street , and served three Years faithfully; but in the fourth Year having got Acquaintance with some other idle Boys, he began to take to running away, and following such Wickedness as is generally the Consequence. He says, he thought of returning to his Master, but hearing that he was in an Information of an Accomplice for House-breaking, about this Time Twelve-month, was obliged to play at hide and seek for some Time; 'till being at last taken, was committed, and tried at the Old Bailey for House-breaking, with one Emanuel Nicolls , which he owns, they were guilty of, but escaped for this Time, for want of sufficient Evidences. Nicolls was however just after transported for another Felony. Wright forgetting the first Escape, went on in the same wicked Course, and scarce twenty-four Hours past since, in which he had not done somewhat to deserve at least Transportaion, if not the Gallows. But, as the Pitcher seldom goes so often to the Well, but it comes Home broke at last; so after continued and repeated Thefts, and Robberies, he came to the End he had so long been labouring for. Many he did not remember, others not worth repeating. But amongst the rest, he was concerned in breaking open a House near Battle-Bridge , and stealing a Quantity of wet Linnen, which was sold for 19 s. by one Elizabeth Pinchin , who he said, had been a wicked Woman to him, and others, desiring her to remember his Fate, and to take warning thereby. He was also one of them that met a Gentleman, near Turn-stile Holborn , from whom the Rogues took some Hair, &c. and used him barbarously. Many and various little Thieveries he repeated, getting into Yards, and stealing Linen, &c. and said, he and his Accomplices were well known about Cold Bath Fields . He has been concerned with Taylor six Months, with Lloyd Years. He died in Charity, and hoped Forgiveness for Christ's Sake. 12. JOHN GRIFFITH , aged 20, was born in Bishopgate-street , of Parents that took care to put him to School, but being from his Childhood naughty, was always playing at Truant, so received no Benefit from there Care, and good Intention; and lived afterwards in Aldersgate street . When about 10 Years of Age, he was bound Apprentice to a Fisherman of Barking , whom he served faithfully as to the labour Part, but not a little unlucky in other Respects; so that he did not brag much of his Honesty. For about 3 or 4 Years past he has been used to go to Sea in the Hudson's Bay Company Ships , and left his Master's Service entirely about February last was 12 Months. Since which he has lived a wicked and profligate Life, and committed several little petty Larcenies, not worth repeating. He said he never was guilty of a Street Robbery before, and that he was put upon this Exploit by 4 others, who had been drinking Gin together. After which at Night, they walked up Fleet-street in search of Prey, and returning, set upon James Cockham , a Lad of about 14 Years of Age, to take away his Bundle, as described in the Sessions Paper (p.125) His Companions run away, and left him to be taken. At first the Inadvertency and Ignorance of his Youth suffered him not to see his Condition after Conviction; but being made in some Measure sensible of his Offences, he lamented his former Sins, and appeared very penitent. At the PLACE of EXECUTION. ON Wednesday the 3d Instant, between 8 and 9 o'Clock in the Morning, John Griffith , William Tyler , and John Dewick in one Cart, Richard Wright , Anthony Whittle , and Thomas Shehan in a second, George Taylor , George Lloyd , and William Wright in a third, James Saunders , James Maclean , and William Smith in a fourth, were conveyed to the Place of Execution, through a vast Concourse of People, as great as perhaps has at any Time been known upon such a melancholy Occasion. When they came there, they were all put into one Cart, severally lamenting their Case, and praying fervently, while the Executioner was tying them up. Little otherwise remarkable happened among them, only Maclean, when he got out of the Cart he was brought in, into that from whence he was to be turned off, in a very devout Manner, with uplifted Hands and Eyes expressed himself, saying, "O God, forgive my Enemies, "bless my Friends, and receive my "Soul." Smith did not, as was expected make any Speech to the spectators, being better advised. And after some time spent in Prayer, the Cart drew away under them, every Thing having been comvicted with great Decency. This is all the Account given by me, JOHN TAYLOR , Ordinary of Newgate . N. B. As we are determin'd never to further the Public by making two Parts of our Dying Speech, and it being next to impossible to insert to thin the Compass of One, the whole of so Remarkable a Life as that of Maclean's, We shall, to satisfy the Curiosity of the Public, publish in a few Days be Whole by itself; in which will be included several Curious Original Letters, wrote to and from Maclean; and as a Frontispiece, will be press'd, a very neat Picture of Him taken from the Life, while under Sentence, Drawn, and Engrav'd by Mr. Boitard.

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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 20th of this Instant DECEMBER, 1731. BEING THE FIRST EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. FRANCIS CHILD , Esq ; Number I. 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 Right Hon. the Lord Chief Justice Raymond, the Hon. Mr. Justice Denton, the Hon. Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder of the City of London, 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 13th, 14th, and 15th of October, 1731, in the Fifth Year of his Majesty's Reign. One Man, viz. John Turner , and one Woman, viz. Anne Palmer , alias Jenks , were by the Jury found Guilty of capital Offences, and receiv'd Sentence of Death. And also At the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Hon. FRANCIS CHILD , Esq; Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Hon. Mr. Justice Page, the Hon. Mr. Baron Cummins, the Hon. Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder of the City of London, the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Urlin, Deputy-Recorder of the said City, and others his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, for the City of London, and Justices of the Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday, being the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 13th of December, 1731. in the fifth Year of his Majesty's Reign. Eleven Men, viz. Patrick Knowland the Father, and Robert Knowland the Son, John Norman , John Rogers , William Newell , Thomas Woolcot , James Dortman , whose Name was Daultworth , George Mason , Samuel Cole , Edward Payn , and William Trevors , were convicted by the Jury of capital Offences, and had Sentence of Death past upon them. When under Sentence, most of them being YOUNG MEN, wholly addicted to their sensual Appetites, and void of all good Qualities, and by Consequence grosly ignorant of religious Matters, and wholly unacquainted with the Ways of God. I expos'd to them the Danger and unreasonableness, of giving themselves up to their own Hearts, Lusts, and vicious Appetites, since that Course of Life cannot fail to bring them to Misery, Contempt, Disgrace and exemplary Punishment in this World, if persisted in, and if not repented of, to eternal Misery and Desolation in the Life to come. I show'd them that God had made us reasonable Creatures, after his own Image in Knowledge, Righteousness and true Holiness, that being endow'd with rational Faculties, capable to discern betwixt good and evil, it was a perverting of our Nature and insulting our Reason, to give ourselves up to the fulfilling of our wicked Hearts, Lusts and vicious Inclinations, which alienate our Minds from God, rob us of that glorious Image and Pattern after which we were made, and make us degenerate into the Nature of Fiends, Lyons, Tygers and other Beasts of Prey: So that instead of being Beneficent, Good and Merciful, like unto God who is all Love and Goodness, who is kind to the Evil and the Good, St. Mathew, v. 45. That ye may be the Children of your Father which is in Heaven: For he waketh his Sun to rise on the Evil and on the Good, and sendeth Rain on the Just and on the Unjust. They become common Enemies to God and Man, and every Thing which is Good and Vertuous, desirable and reasonable; and thus they precipitate themselves into innumerable Calamities, Sorrows and Distresses. And therefore the wise Solomon says, Righteousness exalteth a Nation: But Sin is a Reproach to any People. Prov. xiv. 34. I show'd them the great Evil of Theft and Robbery, from the Cause of it, Covetousness, and too great a Love to this present evil World, an indulging of themselves in their carnal Lusts and Pleasures, which stand in a direct Opposition to every Thing that's Good and Virtuous, and expose us to the Wrath and Vengeance of God, both in this Life and that which is to come. From all which I exhorted them to a steadfast Faith in Christ, as the Son of God, equal to the Father, and the only Saviour of Sinners; to a hearty and sincere Repentance for all their Sins, particularly the henious Offences of which they were Convicted; to Love God and set their Affections on Heaven and Happiness; and to forgive their Enemies. I instructed them how they were early dedicated to God in Baptism, and that they had notoriously broken their baptismal Vows and Engagements. Wherefore it was necessary to renew their Covenant with God, by partaking in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, instituted in Commemoration of Christ's Death and Sufferings. This I insisted on from these Words of our blessed Saviour, Do this in Remembrance of me, St. Luke xxii. 19. and from Rev. xix. 9. Blessed are they which are called into the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. While these and many such Exhortations were given, they all attended in Chapel, and were apparently attentive to Exhortations and Prayers. Cole was serious and very devout. Payn seem'd to be an indolent slothful Fellow; while he was under his unhappy Misfortunes, he lost or stole a Prayer-book belonging to the Chapel. All they who could read made regular Responses, Woolcot was very Sick two Days, and when he was able, attended in Chapel, and appear'd very Penitent, as he did when I visited him in the Cell. Upon Friday, the 17th of December, Report of these thirteen Malefactors, under Sentence of Death in Newgate, was made to his Majesty in Council. When John Turner , of St. Michael's Queenhith , for feloniously Stealing a Guinea, and five Shillings in Money, the Property of Benjamin Turner , in the Dwelling-house of John Turner , the 10th of September last; Anne Palmer , alias Jenks , of Christ-Church , for feloniously stealing a Pair of Stays, value 20 s. an Apron, value 6 d. a Handkerchief, a Pair of Pockets, and other Wearing Apparel, and also 8 l. 5 s. in Money, the Property of Samuel Russel , in the Dwelling-house of the said Samuel Russel , the 29th of May last; and William Newell , of St. Martin's in the Fields , was indicted for privately Stealing the Lining of a Gown, &c. out of a Shop, the Property of Fanny Finnick , in the Shop of Christopher Cook , the 6th of November last, receiv'd his Majesty's most gracious Repreive: The other Ten, viz. Patrick Knowland , and Robert Knowland , Father and Son, John Norman , John Rogers , Thomas Woolcot , James Dortman , alias Daultworth , George Mason , Samuel Cole , Edward Payn , and William Trevors were order'd for Execution. Edward Paine , and Samuel Cole , of St. Sepulchres , were indicted for assaulting William Brown on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Watch, value 40 s. a Chain value 5 s. a Seal, value 4 s. and 16 s. in Money, the 9th of November last. I. Edward Payn , about 22 Years of Age, was put to School, but being perverse in his Temper, of a disobedient, wicked and cross Disposition towards his Parents and Relations, he did not mind his Book or learn much, so that when he came to his fatal Misfortune, he could scarce read, and was grosly ignorant in Christian Principles and Duties. When about 11 or 12 Years of Age, he would no longer go to School, but took Pleasure in going among and serving the Butchers; in which Way (as he said) he had Occasion of living a very wicked and lewd Life, and then it was, that he met with Companions, who taught him the first Lessons of Dishonesty, Theiving, Stealing, &c. and who brought him into a Habit of Drinking, Swearing, Blaspheming and other Impieties. He told also, that his Grandfather left him 250 l. but that his Father and Mother found a Way to get rid of it, while he was young; the want of which hindered him from doing Business to purpose. When he had attended the Butchers for some considerable Time, a Cutler , out of Friendship, took him Apprentice Gratis, he served four Years at this Trade, but his Carriage not being so agreeable as was needful, with Consent of both Parties, he left his Master. Afterwards he betook himself again to the Trade of a Carcass-Butcher, which he greatly lov'd, and married a Wife, a Woman of no good Character, but prov'd very honest to him, and followed some small Employment. They lived well together for some Time, wanting nothing needful for them, he in his own Way getting Abundance of Money; but then falling in with bad Company, particularly of wicked Women, they brought him to his speedy Ruin. Col and the Evidence against them, who was one of their Partners, were his chief Advisers to go out upon Street-Robberies, and after they had robbed Mr. Brown, they perswaded him to commit another Robbery in Holbourn , saying he might then turn Evidence, but in this his Partner prevented him. He said also, he had no Occasion of following such vicious Courses, since he was in good Business for one of his Station; but own'd, that he was a young Man of a most vicious Life, in Whoring, Drinking, Cursing, Swearing and Blaspheming, Lying and Pilfering, and other Vices incident to such abandon'd Wretches. He was a most impudent, audacious Fellow, so that when convicted, he curs'd the Honourable Bench of Judges, and all the Court. The Blame of this he threw upon Cole and his Companions, who perswading him to drink too much Wine that Morning, so that he was quite out of his Senses, then they advised him to curse the Court, which he had the Impudence and Wickedness to do, and for which afterwards, when call'd to receive his Sentence, he begged Pardon: And when I told him in Private, what a great Sin it was to curse the Rulers of his People; the Truth of this he acknowledg'd, but for Excuse said, that he was very drunk, and knew not what he did, and that he was heartily grieved for what he had done. On Friday the 17th Instant in the Afternoon, he took down a Prayer-Book, belonging to, and out of the Chapel; this Book was seen in his Hand, when in Company with the young Woman he call'd his Wife; the Book could be seen no more, and both of them denied they knew any Thing of it. He also stole one of the Keeper's Hats, while he was under Sentence, but this they had the good Fortune to recover out of his Hands. He was an ingrain'd Rogue, a bold, wicked, obstinate Fellow. He professed himself penitent, upon which we shall not positively determine; and said, that he bare ill will to no body. 1. Samuel Cole , aged about 36 Years, was born in the Parish of St. Sepniebres , where his Father kept a Founder 's Shop six and thirty Years. His Parents were careful in bestowing on him a very good Education, and his Genius was so tractable, that at eleven Years old, he was able to translate Extempore, a Chapter out of the Latin Testament into English. But they not having Ability to breed him to any learned Profession, he apply'd himself chiefly to Writing and Arithmetick, in which he profited so well, as to fit himself for any Sort of Business. When he grew up to about Fifteen, his Mother died, and some short Time after he was bound Prentice to his Father. He now begun to grow very Headstrong, and Regardless of his good Father's Admonition, addicting himself to Idleness, and foolish Pastimes, neglecting his Business, and wearying the Patience of an indulgent Parent. Time went on at this sad Rate, till he was turned off Twenty, and then he took it in his Head to marry. The Person he pitched on, was a young Woman, whose Father was a watch Chain Maker. She hapening to be the chief Hand in her Father's Business, he could not well tell what to do without her, and prevailing at last both upon Cole and her, he took them into his House, and allowed them a Room; but in less than a Month, he grew so intolerable, that he left their House, and absented himself from all his Relations, for about two Months, six Weeks of which Time, he lived with a Woman of the Town. Then he went Home again to his own Father's House, who received him with great Kindness. But while he was endeavouring to make up all Matters with his Wife, a certain Person found out the Woman with whom he had lived, whom he prevailed on for three Guineas, to acknowledge a Marriage between herself and Cole. On this he apply'd to a Magistrate for his Warrant, and sought to apprehend the Prisoner, in order to send him to Newgate. But his own Father getting Intelligence of it, persuaded him to go to Sea to avoid it, accordingly the Prisoner made a Voyage in one of His Majesty's Ships to the Stréights, which proved very Gainful to him. On his Return, he found both his Father, and his Father-in-Law dead. But his Mother-in-Law still owing him a Spite, endeavour'd to arrest him, in order to get all his Wages, knowing he had now no Friend to assist him; this obliged him to go into the Country, where he staid upwards of five Months, and then came back to Town, hoping her Malice might be now abated. But finding the contrary, and that she endeavoured more assiduously than ever to trap him, he grew careless as to what became of himself, and falling into ill Company, was soon after committed to Clerkenwell Bridewell , till he could give an Account of himself. His Mother-in-Law getting Intelligence of this, procured a Warrant from the Lord Chief Justice, by Swearing the Prisoner had threatned to set their House on Fire, which he declared as a dying Man, was a most abominable Falshood, he never having said any such Thing in the Course of his Life. However this detain'd him a Prisoner for four Months, during which Space she never sent him a Morsel of Bread. In this Confinement he fell into worse Company than ever. About seven Months after he was transported for seven Years to America . There he did not stay long, before he found Means to get on Board a Ship call'd the Snow, bound to the Island of Madera , where the Vessel was cast away in an Hurricane, and one of their Men drowned From thence he went Passenger to Jamaica , where he had not been long, before he was press'd on Board His Majesty's Ship the Diamond, where he continued about nine Months, and was then discharged. He staid but three Nights in London , and then ship'd himself on Board the Darby an East-India Man , in which he made a very prosperous Voyage. At his Return, having no Habitation, he went to see a Woman whose Husband died at Sea with him. He soon struck up a Match with her, and they for three Years lived very happily together, and in good Credit, she being as honest and industrious a Woman as could be. At last this News reached the Ears of another Woman, who could not be quiet till she found him out. Having been always used to good Living and Plenty, but now falling into very low Circumstances, she was very desirous of living again with the Prisoner, and finding he was at Gravesend , with the beforementioned Woman, down she came, and found them in Bed. She bid the Prisoner get up, he did so, and they agreed very well, till going out into the Town, she pushed the other Woman down, by which she hurt her Face, and received an inward Bruise, of which she complained to her Death. However, he came to Town with the Woman, and lived with her five Months, being out of Business, and in Hopes of getting into some small Place, but that failing, and being ashamed of living on what she earn'd, he ship'd himself on Board the Bonetta-Pink, bound for Guinea and Buenos Ayres . She seemed very much concern'd at his going, and after he had sailed, help'd her Mother, who was a Nurse at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. When the Prisoner return'd again, having made a very fortunate Voyage, he began to make enquiry for this Woman, and soon heard she was married again; that did not hinder him from going after her; he found it too true, and that she was with Child: This heightned with the Reflections his Neighbours made about her, occasioned his refusing to live with her again; and upon this, falling into a State of Uneasiness and Melancholy, it led him to Drinking again, and ill Company, amongst the rest, into that of Edward Pain alias, Jumbo, and J-s P - e, in whose Company he committed the Fact for which he died. In relation to which he said, the next Morning after the Robbery, that they had shared the Money, they parted, and Pain alias Jumbo with his Wife went Home. Next Morning, Jumbo (as he call'd him) went and acquainted a Person who lives in Chick-Lane, that he had committed a Robbery when he was drunk upon such a One, and in Company of such Persons, naming them. This Person to whom he told the Story, goes away directly to the three other Persons whom he mentioned, one living near Chick-Lane, the other two in Drury Lane, and they consulted together to apprehend the Prisoner, and P-e, one of these Persons, lent Pain a Coat to go out in, to see if he could find them. On Wednesday the 24th of November last they met, when Pain told them, he had been before the Person they had Robbed, that he could not sweat to him, and that every thing was quiet as they could wish; and after a Walk towards Pancras , they resolved to meet again the next Evening, at a publick House near the Corner of Lincolns-Inn-Fields ; but the Prisoner suspecting him, sent a Messenger, who found him sitting on a Bench over against the House, where they were to have met; this Messenger told him, that they would meet him at a Coffee-house in Drury-Lane , and brought him along with him to the Place; so that Pain had no Time to give Notice to the four Persons he had fix'd in the House; however, he told them where they were the Night before, so that Evening they came to Figg Lane , in order to look for them, and Jumbo undertook to knock down one of them, if there were Occasion: However, tho' they were in sight, nothing happen'd that Night. The next Night they appointed to meet at the same Coffee-House, but sent a Messenger, as before, to bring Pain to the long Field (as he call'd it) which Pain complied with, tho' disappointed in his Design, having beset that House also, as he had done the Other. They had not been long in the Field, but a Gentleman came by in a Chaise, the Prisoner stop'd him, and called to Pain to do the like to a Horseman, who rode after it, but he let him pass, they took a single Half-Guinea, and appointed the next Night's Meeting in Moor Fields . Before that Time came, Pain was taken up for a Quarrel, upon which, sending for the four before mention'd Persons, who filled him with Hopes of becoming an Evidence, he told them where they were to meet, by which they were apprehended. He seemed to have a great Abhorrence and Detestation of his Crimes, and said, all the Service he could now render his Country, was to mention what fell within his Notice of the Methods proper for suppressing evil House, and preventing Youth from being drawn into such Mischiefs, as too often bring them to a shameful and untimely Death. He minuted, in Writing, several such Places, where he affirmed, they made a Practise of getting young Fellows, and when they have induced to squander what they have the next Thing they do, is to perswade them to go out a Robbing, providing them with Companions, whom they encourage them to impeach, upon which they cause them to be seized; by this Means cheating the Publick of the Rewards, and the deluded Wretches of their Lives. He expressed some Displeasure against those who apprehended them, and said, P-e told him, one of those four Persons had help'd him to his Pistols, and offer'd him a Horse: However, the Prisoner declar'd, he freely and heartily forgave them; that he died in Charity with all the World; own'd he had been a great Sinner, but hoped God had extended his Mercy so far to him, as to give him a sincere and hearty Repentance; said, he rely'd only on the Merits of his Saviour, and earnestly intreated the Prayers of all charitable Christians for his departing Soul. The following is a LETTER which he deliver'd to his Wife (as he call'd her) the Day before his Execution, which is as follows, viz. Newgate , Dec. 19th, 1721. My DEAR LIFE, THIS comes from your Dying Husband, desiring for Christ's sake to Mind what I am going to write. My dear we have been but a short time together, as God thought it so fit, to take me out of this miserable World, and to make my poor immortal Soul happier in the next. My Dear, take my Advice for God Almighty sake, refrain that Course of Living; altho' you get but Six-pence a day, it will be sweeter then if you have 10 s. the other way. Consider the Sins you commit against your poor immortal Soul, besides the Punishment of your poor Body in this World, making you Old, before you are Young. My Dear, go to your Aunt and implore to her for Christ's sake, that she would look upon you, and take you in favour again and show her this Letter; it will be a great Easement to my Mind, if you will but Promise me that you will do your best endeavour. My Dear, consider what a great Work I am going thro', the Day of my Dissolution draweth near, my Soul being upon the brink of Eternity, either to go into those eternal Flames, or else into everlasting Happiness. But I trust still in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who sits at the right Hand of his Father, making Intercession for our poor immortal Souls, as when that great tribunal Day cometh, when the Trumpets shall found the Alarm, the Rocks will rent, the Graves will open, the Sea will give up her Dead, then both Body and Soul will be joyned together again, for to take share of one Punishment: O! what blessed Saying will that be, when our Saviour says, as his Writing in the xxv. Chapter of St. Mathew, and the 34 Verse. Come ye Blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you, from the Foundation of the World. So my Dear for God Almighty's Sake hear my Prayers, and take my Advice, it will be the better for your poor immortal Soul, when you come to pay the Debt as I am going to pay. So no more, but I desire your Prayers to God Almighty, for my Poor departing Soul; which is all at Present from your poor Dying Husband. SAMUEL COLE . Pray give my kind Love to your Brother, so I desire your Prayers. The following Words was spoke by the said Prisoner every Forenoon and Afternoon, to the Spectators in the Chapel of Newgate , after Divine Service was over, viz. GENTLEMEN, WE are all sensible that the Day of Dissolution is near, nearer than what we expected, according to the Laws of God and Man, we have receiv'd our fatal Sentence in this World, that is for to take our Lives; but we hope to receive a happier Sentence for our Souls, at the last and great tribunal Day, when the Trumpets shall sound, the Rocks shall rent, the Graves shall be open'd, the Sea shall give up her Dead, and our blessed Lord and Saviour Christ, who sets at the Right Hand of God the Father, making Intercession for our poor immortal Souls. And how God Almighty had sent to us his Son, to suffer for the Sins of us Sinners, who suffered Death upon the Cross, who was buffetted and spitted at, whose Hands and Feet was nail'd to the Cross, whose Side was pierced, who drank Vinegar and Gall, who wore a Crown of Thorns on his Head: Thus did our great God, suffer his only begotten Son to lay down his Life for our poor immortal Souls: Consider my fellow Sufferers our Moments is short, let us consider the Suffering of our blessed Saviour, as he went through for us poor miserable Sinners, to save us from those eternal Flames; Let us with true Repentance and a sincere Heart, follow those good Examples, as our blessed Saviour doth Express. Come unto me all that Travel and are heavy Laden, and I will refresh you. So the Lord have Mercy upon our poor immortal Souls. The following Lines was spoke by the Prisoner in his Cell to the Bellman, a Sunday Night last, between the Hours of Nine and Ten o'Clock, after he had made his Speech to them in the Press-yard of Newgate . SIR, YOU are come to give us Warning that we must suffer according to our fatal Sentence, that is to be hang'd by the Neck till we are Dead, for what we have been guilty on against the Laws of God, and Man. To-Morrow is that fatal Day that we are to suffer: Therefore I Desire the Prayers of all good Christian People that is here Present, likewise of them that doth not hear me; it is a sad Thing, for a Man to know the Time that he must depart this miserable World, let him be never such a good Liver, certainly be must have a great Terrour upon his Conscience, knowing that his Soul doth lye upon the Brink of Eternity. How can we expect Mercy from him, whom we have so highly offended; but still our blessed Saviour says, there shall be more rejoycing over one Sinner that repenteth, then ninety and nine just Persons that needeth no Repentance: So I trust through the Mercy of our blessed Saviour Christ, that with a true Repentance, and a sincere Heart, I shall be receiv'd into his heavenly Kingdom. So the Lord have Mercy upon my Soul, Christ have Mercy upon my Soul, the Lord have Mercy upon my Soul. William Trevor , and Robert Nowland , alias Nowls , of St. Andrew's Holbourn , were indicted for breaking and entring the House of Thomas Gibson , in the Day Time, no Person being therein, and stealing from thence a cloth Coat, Value 3 l. a Pair of Breeches, a Waistcoat, a Pair of Stockings, two Shirts, a table Cloth, two Sheets, and 7 Guineas, the Goods and Money of Thomas Gibson , the 2d of Nov. last. 3. William Trevors , 19 Years of Age, born in Dublin , had some Education at School in Reading and Writing, but the Perversity of his Nature had almost obliterated this, and as for Christianity, he scarce knew any Thing of it. When of Age, he was put Apprentice to a Painter , but hating Confinement, and being an Enemy to all virtuous Dispositions, he was guilty of many Miscarriages, so that his Master could make nothing of him; upon which he absented his Master's Service, and gave himself up to all Manner of Licentiousness, in Whoring, Drinking, Blaspheming, House-breakings, Pilfering and Theiving, having thus led for some Time past a most flagitious diabolical Life at Home, when he thought his own Country too hot for him, he made his Retreat to London , about nine or ten Months ago. Since he came to this Place, he did not mind his Business much, but got into the Acquaintance of such Companions as he formerly used, viz. into Gangs of the most notorious Whores, Pickpockets, pilfering Theives, House-breakers, &c. in and about the Town. He was try'd and acquitted of some Felonies and Burglaries, the Session preceeding the last; but afterwards, upon Suspicion, he was taken up, and put in the New prison , Southwark . A Gentleman came to me, and desir'd me to ask him about his Swearing against two Men, while he was Prisoner there. He was a most obstinate, surly, ill-natur'd, cross and backward, and would tell nothing; yet next Day, after much Importunity, and many Perswasions, representing, that it was his Duty, in common Justice to Mankind, to tell the Truth before he dy'd; he desir'd to see the Gentleman again; who next Day, being Thursday the 16th Instant, waited on him, and then he declared to him the whole Truth of the Matter, which he gave to him in a Paper, under his own Hand, to this Import. That one J. B. who had been try'd for a Felony in setting his House on Fire, ask'd him, if he knew for what he was detained? He answered, no. Then said he, if you will swear two Men into Robberies and Burglaries, you will get free. Trevors at first was not willing, but afterwards in Hopes of saving his own Life, he comply'd, and accordingly he went before a Justice of Peace, and swore falsly against Francis Norris a Barber in Whitecrosstreet , and John Kelly of the Parish of St. Giles's in the Fields , upon the Instigation and over Perswasion of the said J. B. Norris was taken up, as also Kelly. But Trevors not justly minding the Description J. B. had given of him, when Norris came in his Presence, he did not know him; upon which Norris was let out, and Trevors discredited in his whole Evidence. J. B. thought to have recovered a Sum of 500 l. of the Sun-Fire-Insuring-Office, but was disappointed. For Norris told the Judge, that J. B. had promised him 40 l. to swear falsly in his Favour. The said Person lies now in Prison upon another Bill of Indictment found against him. Trevors pretended to be a Roman, but it may be feared, his Religion was to seek. He was a peevish, surly, ill-looking Fellow. He pretended Penitence, and dy'd in Peace with all the World. The Robberies he swore against these poor Men, were the same he was acquitted off. They say, he was Son-in-Law to Patrick Knowland . James Dortman , was indicted for attacking Mr. Burnell on the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, and robbing him of 13 Shillings in Money, and a silver Medal. 4. James Dortman , whose right Name was Daultworth , 28 Years of Age, of honest Parents, born at Sea, while his Mother was coming from Ireland to England, was put to School, and learn'd to read, write and cast Accompts, to fit him for Business; but as for Religion, he made it the least of his Business, for he knew very little thereof. He said he was of no Country, because he was born at Sea, but that he liv'd much in Ireland , and sometimes in England . When of Age, he was not put to any Business, but serv'd Gentlemen as Steward or Butler , and (as he said) honestly and with Approbation. He married a Wife, had Children, and was in great Necessity. He said, he was never much addicted to Vice, but that he liv'd honestly, and knew none of the Gangs of Theives and Robbers. Being reduc'd to the utmost Straits, having nothing to subsist himself, his Wife and Family, and not knowing what Way to turn himself, he was in a Manner desperate, and being provided with a Pistol and Hanger, at 9 or 10 o'Clock at Night he went out, being deadly drunk, and not considering what he was to do, he attack'd one Mr. Burnell in great Russel-street by Bloomsbury , and robb'd him of 13 Shillings and a silver Medal, as was sworn against him. His Wife being big with Child, intreated him for God's Sake to stay at Home, but he would not be persuaded, and she never saw him again, till the next or second Day after he sent for her, and she found him in Newgate . Upon Sunday Morning, the 28th of November last, he, with three others, broke out of the Master's Side for Felons of Newgate, and had near made their Escape, had they not frightned some Prentice-Boys, by breaking the Windows of a Garret-Room where they lay, and then the Boys making a Noise, and crying out, Thieves and Robbers, the Keepers came and found them in a Back-yard, and carried them to Prison again. Daultworth jump'd down two Stories high, and was bruised by the Fall, yet in two or three Days he was well again, and said, if his Leg had not been hurt, that he could not walk, he had got off; for they had got in Tools to saw off their Irons, and their Legs were at Liberty. He declared himself very penitent, and said, that he gave good Christian Advices to the rest, who had attempted, though without Success, their Escape with him, particularly to a young Man who was acquitted upon a capital Indictment. He owned the Justice of his Sentence, according to Law, saying, that he was very willing to die, only it grieved much for to leave his Family unprovided, his Wife having given away every thing to support him under Sentence, and being in a very miserable Condition. He declared his Faith in Christ, a hearty Repentance for all his Sins, and that he died in Peace with all Mankind, and in the Roman Communion. John Norman and John Rogers , of St. George's, Bloomsbury , were indicted for assaulting John Mosely on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Silver Seal, value 2 s. and 9 s. 8 d. in Money, the 17th of October last. John Norman , 19 Years of Age, born in the Parish of St. Andrew's Holborn , was educated at School, to Read, Write, and cast Accompts, to fit him for Business, and instructed in Christian Principles; but those he minded least. When of Age, he was put Apprentice to a Shoemaker , but he never inclin'd to apply to any close Business, and was constantly a naughty, disobedient Boy, both to his Parents and Master, whom he left, before his Time was half out, and join'd in Company to the most notorious Thieves and Robbers in or about with whom he stood not to commit all sorts of Villanies he was capable off He was a vicious Boy, habituated to all kind of Vices, Whoring, Drinking to Excess, Swearing, and Blaspheming, all the different Species of Theft, House-breaking, Pick-pocketing, privately Stealing, pilfering every thing his Hand could get hold off, and at last he resolved to rob in the Streets; but in this Way he did not long succeed, being taken up after his second Attempt, and brought to condign Punishment, for that and the other abominable Crimes of his Life. He was an audacious, impudent young Fellow, and too capable of undertaking desperate Attempts. He was the Man who corrupted Rogers, who had been a simple Country-Boy, and engaged him to go out upon Street-Robberies, for the first of which both of them were taken up, Convicted, and Executed. He was Prisoner in Newgate sometime before, upon Suspicion of Felonies, of which no doubt he was guilty, but wanting Proof, he was let out again, though he had neither Grace nor good Dispositions to keep himself right, but hurry'd apace to his disgraceful End. He was always a perverse, wicked Wretch; but for two Years last past, he gave himself up to all manner of Wickedness, following no Employment whatsoever, but living upon the common Plunder and Destruction of all Mortals. He behaved always very gravely and devoutly in Chappel, and sometimes he wept. He profess'd a deep Sorrow and Repentance for all his crying Sins, particularly his Thefts and Robberies; that he hoped to be saved by the infinite Mercy of God, through the Merits of Jesus Christ; and that he dy'd in Peace with all the World. John Rogers , near 19 Years of Age, born at Croydon , of honest Parents, had little Education at School, and what he had learn'd when young, he had quite forgot; so that he could scarce Read or Write, and was grosly ignorant of Religious Principles. His Father died when he was young, and his Mother, so soon as he came to Age, bound him to a Packer in Coleman-street , whom he serv'd five Years, and (according to the Character his Master gave him upon his Trial) honestly and uprightly. He said that he was always a harmless Boy, and (while in the Country) obsequious to his Mother, and other Relations, as he was in the Town to his Master, till such time as he contracted acquain tance with John Norman , and such other Reprobates, who drove him headlong to his Ruin. He also gave Account, that it was John Norman , who, in Conjunction with his Brother, and another young Man, who have fled and made their Escape, advised him first to undertake those wicked Courses, and acquainted him with the wicked Ways of those Miscreants about the Town. About three Quarters of a Year ago, he began first to absent himself from his Master's House and Business; but when once he contracted an intimate Friendship with Norman, then all Vestiges of Vertue were lost, and he plunged himself without further Ceremony, into all Manner of Impieties and Debaucheries. Then he got acquainted with the infamous Women of the Town, and stop'd at the Commission of no kind of Vices, as Whoring, Drinking, Blaspheming, Thieving, and Robbing in the Streets, for the last of which he was seiz'd and met with his deserved Fate. He behav'd gravely and devoutly in Chappel, and seem'd somewhat simple and sottish, and was very ignorant of Christianity. I endeavoured what I could to instruct him; but the Time was short, and he of a dull Apprehension. He hoped for Salvation thro' the Merits of the blessed Jesus; repented for all his Sins, and forgave all Injuries done him, as he expected Forgiveness from God. George Mason , of St. Andrew's Holbourn , was indicted for assaulting Anne Kendall , on the Highway, putting her in Fear, and taking from her a Burmudas Hat, value 5 s. and 2 s. in Money, the Goods and Money of her Husband Benjamin Kendall , the 5th of November last. 7. George Mason , 23 Years of Age, of honest Parents in Spittlefields , who being but in indifferent Circumstances, gave him little Education at School, and what was taught him in his Childhood, he by his Idleness, or Stupidity, or wicked Inclinations, had almost intirely lost. When of Age, he was put Apprentice to a Weaver in Spittlefields , and serv'd out his Time honestly and with approbation The two other Years of his Life, he serv'd as a Journeyman. He was a negligent, careless and indolent young Fellow, neglecting his Duty to God, scarce ever going to Church, where he might hear godly Prayers, and be instructed in his Duty to God and Man; which might have prevented his fatal Catastrophe. He did not drink much, but at Night he for the most Part stay'd at Home; yet he haunted the Geneva Shops too much, where he got himself too often intoxicated with spirituous Liquors; and that he found to his sad experience; for in one of them it was, that he met with the poor Woman, who swore his Life away. He had not much to do with bad Women, tho' not altogether Innocent that Way; neither had he any acquaintance of Thieves and Robbers, or dishonest People, but the Company he commonly bore, was only of idle, vagrant or silly tippling Fellows. He blam'd the Woman very much for swearing a Street-Robbery against him, for he said, that he had no such Design in his Head, but that going into a Brandy shop, he there accidentally met with the Woman, and staying in the Shop to 10 or 11 o'Clock at Night, they both were very Drunk, and as they came out to the Street, he did by force pull the Bermudas Hat off her Head, so that the String it was ty'd with broke, and otherwise he treated her a little roughly; but upon the Whole, he said he had no Design of robbing her, but what struck him in the Head at that Instant, he was so very drunk and stupified, that he could never give any Account there of: only he alledg'd, that the Poor Woman not thinking upon a capital Impeachment, was instigated and perswaded by another Person, to swear a Street-Robbery against him, because it could not be denied, but he assaulted the Woman, and actually took away her Burmudas Hat, in the open Street. He seem'd to be a senseless and timerous young Fellow; but said he was not near so Wicked, as commonly those unlucky Wretches are. He behav'd always with apparent Devotion. He declared his Faith in Christ; a hearty Sorrow and Repentance for all his Sins, having often griev'd and wept bitterly; and forgave all injuries, as he expected forgiveness from his heavenly Father. Thomas Woolcot , near 19 Years of Age, of honest, creditable Parents in the Country, who gave him good Education at School, in reading English, Writing and Accompts for Business, and instructed him in the Christian Religion. When capable she was put out Apprentice to a Cooper towards Wapping , or Stepney Parish, and serv'd for five Years, without doing any Prejudice to his Master, as he said. About a Year ago he bega to haunt a Brandy-shop in that Neighbourhood too frequently, and there he became intimately acquainted with several of the most notorious Thieves, Robbers, and common Whores about the Town, who by their wicked Company and Conversation, entirely corrupted his Morrals, and left no vestage of Virtue remaining. With his wicked Companions he went out, left his Masters House, sometimes for eight Days at once, and liv'd upon picking of Pockers, stealing and thieving whatever he could lay hold on; and at Night he enjoy'd the sweet Company of his fellow Thieves and Pick-Pockets, and those common Prostitutes, who never fail to attend such rascally disposed People, one of whom (as he said) he Married, who afterwards pass'd for his Wife. I saw three or four of these vile Creatures coming to him, while under Sentence, one of whom at a Time I reprov'd, and told her, that they ought to be asham'd to appear before honest People, who had thus ruin'd and brought to the Gallows a poor silly Boy, little more than a Child, and who was of a much better Family then they were: Afterwards I did not see any of them appear. As to the Robbery he was convicted of, he confess'd that he met with Mr. Duffield, about 11 o'Clock at Night, in Well close Square , by Ratcliff highway , and with a window bar knocked him down, and then took some money out of his pocket, of which he only got 3 d. for the watchmen hearing a great noise and outcry of murder was coming up, which obliged the Rogue to retire, after he had wounded the Gentleman most desperately in the head; and if time had allowed him to rifle the other pockets, he had got a fine watch, and abundance of gold and silver. After this Exploit he was soon taken up, and so prevented him from doing any farther mischief, by prosecuting his villanous Intentions. While he was a child, as he said he was observant of felial duties and kept the School and went to church frequently, and liv'd soberly, till he subjected himself to the influence and conduct of these base Instruments of Hell and Satan. He was very sick at his Trial, and under Seneence, but professed a deep penitence; and died in peace with all men. Patrick Knowland , between 50 and 60 Years of Age, born in the Kingdom of Ireland , had no Education at School, and very little Knowledge of Religious Matters. When of Age, they brought him up a Taylor in the City of Dublin , where he served his Time, and lived many Years in a pretty good Way, and kept his Family; but of later Years having contracted some Debts, for fear of Imprisonment at home, he came over to England , and arriving at London , he settled about Rag-Fair, and was one of those who go about the Streets, crying out, Old Cloaths and Hats , &c. In this way he got Bread for his Family several Years, and lived in Lodgings thereabouts; and as some of the Neighbours say, he behaved well. About 2 Years ago he took a little House in the Parish of White-Chapel , of 8 l. per Ann. where he liv'd with his Wife, his Son and Daughter-in-Law, and the rest of his worthy Family: his house got one of the worst Characters in the World, and was by the Neighbourhood look'd upon, as a common Receptacle of Thieves and Robbers, and their stolen Goods. He denied that he ever robb'd, stole or thiev'd, only he own'd that he bought up what Cloaths or other Goods were offered him to fale in the Street, or any where else, without scrupulously inquiring whence or what way they came to his hand. Some Years ago he went over Dublin and accepted the Benefit of the late Act of Grace, in Favour of the insolvent Debtors; but most of the time since he was married, he lived in England , whether he returned with all Expedition after his business was over, thinking there was more to be got in London for Gentlemen of his Rank and Profession, who were brought to live upon their purchase, than in many other cities of considerable Note. He was the most unfortunate Man in his Family, one has possibly heard of for a good time; for his Wife and Daughter were confin'd in Newgate for Felonies while he was under Sentance; the wife was acquitted as being under the direction and influence of an husband; the daughter order'd for Transportation, and the son executed in company with himself. He own'd he bought the Goods he was convicted for, and complain'd of the woman who swore she saw him come out of the house, for he knew nothing of the matter, only bought the Goods of Trevors who dy'd with him for a Burglary which he own'd himself guilty of, and who (viz. William Trevors , who they say was Knowland's Son-in-Law) affirm'd on the words of a dying man, that he was the person who with some other associates broke the house and stole the Gown and other Goods for which Knowland dy'd for; and that he sold them to Knowland at a market-price. Patrick behav'd quietly in Chappel, but being a Roman was shy in his confessions. He complain'd much that he could not see his wife and daughter while under Sentence, tho' they were confin'd to the same Jail. When reflecting upon his sad misfortune, he griev'd very much. He believ'd in Christ as the Son of God, and only Saviour of Sinners; repented of his heinous sins, and dy'd in peace with all the world. Robert Knowland , 19 Years old, the unfortunate son of the preceeding most unhappy Patrick Knowland , was born (as his Father said) in London , and was taught at School to read, write and arithmetick fit for business; but it may be fear'd he was much neglected in spiritual matters, relating to the Welfare of his immortal soul. His Father bred him to his own business of a Taylor , which as he grew up he neglected and got in to very ill company, who led him headlong to destruction. A year or two ago he married a wife of his Kidney, with whom he lived in the same house, with his Father and Mother. He mind, ed his employment very little, but went out upon purchase of what he could get, by thieving and stealing out of houses or otherwise. He confess'd the Burglary for which he died. He own'd that he had been guilty of many thefts and larcenies, and that he was plung'd in those abominable Vices, which are common to thieves and robbers. He was pretty well drest, with silver mounting upon his cloaths, but was but indifferently taken care of, by reason of his Mother and Wife being confin'd in the said Gaol. He always behav'd modestly and gravely in chapel, where he constantly attended. His Father said, that his Mother, his Wife and he were rotestants; but when I askt him, he declared himself a Roman . Most People judged that his Father encourag'd him in his wicked and detestable courses; but this we leave to the Judgment of others, according to their Knowledge upon Information; but its certainly most probable, that the Family had a hand in the ruin of that poor miserable unlucky boy. He died in peace with all the World, repenting of his Sins, and believing in Christ, the only Saviour of lost Men. At the Place of EXECUTION. THE Knowlands Father and Son, Dortman, alias Daultworth, and Trevors, being of the Romish Communion , were reserv'd in their Confessions, which old Knowland said, he had made to another that Morning, only he added, that he did not Steal the Goods for which he Died, but that he bought them of Trevors, the truth of which Trevors also confirm'd. Norman said, he had been a most profligate youth in all respect and that he suffered most deservedly; but that he hop'd for Mercy through Christ. Rogers own'd the Justice of his Sentence, and express'd his hopes of obtaining Gods mercy. Thomas Woolcott , own'd that he had been a most flagitious, wicked Boy, carried off by the vile, unworthy Company of the basest Men and Women, and hope for Salvation through Christ, appearing most deeply concerned and affected with his miserable condition. Mason added to his former Confessions, and said he could not give a distinct account of the Robbery, or of what he thought at that Time, because he was very Drunk. After prayers were over he sent me a Paper complaining grievously upon his Mother-in-Law for her Unkindness, and blaming her for his Misfortunes; but whether Right or Wrong, I know not. Pain sold nothing, but only call'd out for Mercy. Samuel Cole . after Prayers (and twice singing of Psalms, at his desire,) were over, He made the following SPEECH to the Spectators, viz. GENTLEMEN, THE Fact that I die for, I actually committed, therefore I ask Pardon of God and Man for what ever I have Offended against them in this Miserable World. I freely forgive all Mankind as I hope my Saviour Christ will Forgive me: and I Dye in Charity with all the World: I must own, that I have been a wicked Liver, but through the Merits of my blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, that Suffered upon the Cross, I hope to be saved; Therefore I desire the prayers of all good Christian People for the Benefit of my poor Soul, which now lyes at the Brink of Eternity, when the Breath Departs the Body, the Soul and the Body is seperated; the Body returns to the Earth from whence it came, the Soul it takes its flight, either to the eternal Flames, or else to everlasting Happiness, there to be confin'd till that great Tribunal Day that is when the Body and Soul shall joyn to take share of one Punishment together, either of Everlasting Happiness, or else the enternal Flames. Now when that great and Dreadful Day of Judgment cometh; when our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, shall set at the Right Hand of his Father, making Intercession for our poor Immortals Souls, O what a blessed saying will that be, Come ye Blessed of my Father Inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the Foundation of the World. O what blessed saying will that be to them that Dies in the fear of the Lord. So the Lord Almighty bless you and keep you, and lift up the Light of his Countenance upon you, both now and for ever more. Amen, I pray God. So the Lord have Mercy upon my Soul, Christ have Mercy upon my Soul, so the lord have Mercy upon my soul. He caus'd this Paper to be handed to me in the Coach. Then he began and sung a Hymn to the Tune of an Anthem, which he looking upon the Coach and Company where I was, continued Singing, till he was carried off and choak'd. All of them desired the Prayers of all good and faithful Christians, and (as they were desired) went off the Stage, crying to God to have Mercy upon their poor souls, and that the lord Jesus would receive their Spirit. Knowland and his son kissed each other, after their Faces were covered, and then they embraced, and took their last Farewel. The Father's Body was chosen, since he had brought the son to that fatal end and carried off accordingly. This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate.

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A True ACCOUNT of the Behaviour and Confession Of the Nine Criminals that were Executed at TYBURN, On Friday the 31st of May 1689. whose Names are as follow, viz. Charles Hughes , Jacob Turner William Bird , Charles Lee , Edward Sibley , William Miller , Richard Bullen , Thomas Watkins , James Felton . ON the Lord's-Day the Ordinary read Prayers, and preacht twice to the condemned Prisoners. In the Forenoon the Text was the 8th Verse of the 5th Chapter of St. Matthew's Gospel, Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. There is no Principle more fixt in a reasonable Creature, than a restless desire after Happiness. Yet Men mistake in nothing more, than in a fond persuit of such false measures and means as reach not true substantial Blessedness. Therefore, to undeceive miserable Pretenders to Happiness, while they wander in a painful Labyrinth of unsuccessful means to attain it, our Saviour in these eight Beatitudes directs to such proper and genuin dispositions, as will certainly send to, and instate the Soul in teal Felicity. Heartpurity is a Frame not only blessed at present, but leads to future Happiness, in the perfect knowledge of God in Heaven, joined with an exact Assimilation to him, and a delightful enjoyment of him to all Eternity. The parts of the Text were explicated, and Evangelical Heart-purity stated as the Spring of all sincere Obedience. Real Heart-purity is an universal Conformity of all the Souls Faculties and Affections to all the Precepts of Divine Revelation, tho cross to carnal Reason, or slie Self-Interest. It forms clear and honourable Conceptions of God, suitable to his Divine Excellencies, so as to be transformed, into their Divine Effects. Heart-purity strikes at the Root of all Self-seeking, which confines the Noble Soul to particular low for did Times. It will enter into us as the Refiner's Fire. It will become every way absolute. It will not suffer any Corrival with God, either in point of commanding our Obedience, or Courting of our Love. It strikes at all speculative retired spiritual Filthiness in the Heart. But a mixture of Carnality, where Hypocrisie predominates, renders all the parts of spiritual Religion uneasie, yea, casts them off as grievous. Contrarywise, the power of Godliness will make a Man live up to the heighth and dignity of his renewed Nature, and not to act degenerately, below his holy state, as not being enslaved to any Lust or Passion. An Heart purified by Divine Truth, may assure itself, that it is translated into the glorious liberty of the Sons of God. It may view the Plot of its Salvation transtted already, in the impression of a Godlike Nature. Here were mentioned some Arguments, to demonstrate that the pure in heart are blessed; also the misery of all prophane persons, in being devoid of the Beauty of Holiness. After many Motives urged, to use some Rules or Directions how to attack and promote Holiness, the Ordinary spake thus to the condemned Criminals. O who would not study to promote He art parity in the present love and practice of it, that they may be welcomed to the Fessvities of heavenly Glory. Why then do we grasp after sordid Vanities, and not take hold of Blessedness by an holy Violence? Examine therefore, Is there a Change in your Hearts, Thoughts, Words, Actions and Affections? Is here a mighty world of Renewing Grace on your Spirits? Try your Title to heavenly Felicity, by your universal, constant sincere and chearful Obedience to the Commands of Christ. O why are we dead to the love and practice of true Piety, as if Heaven were a phantastick Dream! Why are we as hot and eager on Sinning, as if Held had no Fire, or it was all vanisht into Smoke? O who would not ambitiously aspire to get a Sight of God, who is the matchless Mirror of Divine Truth, and the insinite Beauty of all Perfection! If we hope for such a Sight, why doth it not warm us with the greatest love of Holiness, and put us, as it were, into a Transport of most active Zeal in a course of Piety? But why should I use farther Arguments to allure Men to embrace their own Happiness? Holiness is the matter of our freest Choice. The Lord sets Life and Death this day before you. Do not obstinately hate Knowledge, nor reject the Fear of the Lord, by whose Smiles or Frowns men live or dye eternally. The very Hell of Hell, is to be given up to the cursed consummation of wickedness; but the very quintessence of heavenly Happiness, is to be made perfect in Holiness, as a lively, lovely Representation of the Deity, Only the pure in heart shall fee and enjoy God, in whose presence is Fulness of Joy, and at whose Right Hand are Rivers of the Divinest Pleasures to all Eternity, without any stint or saciety. On Monday the Ordinary visited the Condemned, and inquired what Divine impressions the Author of all Grace had made on their Hearts by the foregoing Counsels and Prayers. They reply'd, That they were much awakened from their Security in a Sinful course, that the sight and Sense of their Iniquities did much afflict and trouble their minds. To which I reply'd, That clear and strong Convictions in Confidence may vanish in a fruitless sense of Sin, unless they proceed to a thorow work, of Conversion. To this, One more knowing than the rest assented, and desired me that I Would expound in the Afternoon the 10th and 11th verses of the 7th Chapter of the 2d Epistile to the Corinthians. After all the Seven Signs as inseparable Concomitants of true Repentance, had been treated of the Condemned said, That they now understood the Nature of Repentance more clearly and fully than before, yet they acknowledged that they could not work such a change in their own hearts. I told them, That the New Creation was a more wonderful Effect of God's Power, than the forming of the visible structure of Heaven and Earth. I declared in what Respects. On Tuesday the Ordinary having prayed with the Condemned, askt them One by One, of the Employment they were bred up into, and how they sell into a vicious course of Life? First Charles Hughes , Condemned for Murdering his Wife, who was punisht for the Fond Love of his Comeliness, tho they knew that he had been formerly Condemned, as having been a Prisoner herself. Hughes told me, that he had very Religious Education. I replied, the greater is your Sin, as being against clearer Light, and for degenerating from the Counsels and Examples of pious Ancestors. I told him, That their Virtues could not save him, unless he now repeat that he walkt not in their steps. The Parisees boasted that they had Abraham to their Father, but the Baptist consuted that proud presumption, by assuring them, That every Tree which did not bring forth good Fruit, should be bew’n down, and cast into the Fire. He said that he was not brought up to any Employment, which exposed him to many evil Temptations. He could not deny, but that he had been refractory in running from the strict Government of his Father, and thereby justly left to fall into farther Extravagancis. I several times pray’d with him, before He took his Tryal, to compose his Mind, for he was very impatient under his Imprisonment, than which there cannot be a more barbarous Fact. He said he was transported by passion at some insolent, words his Wife gave him, but wishes that he had endured all Reproaches patiently, rather than thus to have shortned her Life, and his own, yet he hopes that the merits of Christ's Bloodshed will pacifie God's angry Justice, and make his shameful death a means to bring him to Repentance, and save his Soul. The Second, Jacob Turner of the Parish of St. Botolphs Bishopsgate , was Condemned for the Murder of his Wife. He was born in London , is about the Age of 44 years, was a Weaver by Trade, which he followed for some long space of time; yet falling into decay, it bred discontents betwixt him and his Wife. He said that he had not any design to kill her, but did it in a sudden violent passion, for which he is very sorrowful; not because he must dye, but because he hath greatly sinned against God, and dishonoured his professing of Religion to which he pretended, bat now questions the sincerity his heart. He was mach dejected at first, but upon a more particular discoursing with him, and praying for him, he said he found his heart more softened and relying upon God for his mercy. He was the most knowing Person among the Condemned. He said that Repentance to Salvation abhors every Act of Sin, and flies all Temptations and Occasions leading to it. I askt him, How Faith and Presumption differ. He said, That true Faith doth purisie the Heart, and renew the Conscience, as well as pacifie and becalm it, in the lively hope of God's pardoning Mercy. Fr where he remits the guilt of Sin, he mortifies and subdues the love and power of it: So that the Sin which was most delightful, is rendered most bitter in a penitential abhorring of it. Upon observation of his whole Behaviour, I do think that he was an Example of Repentance to the rest of the Criminals. The Third, William Bird of the Parish of Harrow on the Hill , was Condemned for Felony and Burglary. He was born in Holland of English Parents, but would not give any account of his Conversation. The Fourth, Charles Lee was Condemned for Felony Upon Thomas Trot in the King's Highway. He said that he was born in Cheshire , that he was 19 years of age, that his Employment was to Sell Cloth in the Country as a Pedlar . He came to London last Winter, but finding no Employment here, he fell into bad Acquaintance, and faith he was Fudled when he Robbed. I told him that was no Excuse, but an Aggravation, because he added Sin to Sin. He reply'd, that he was sorry for taking any extravagant Courses. I askt him what Repentance was? He said, it must be for the least Sin, as an offence against God, rather than for Fear of Hell. That it must be such a Sorrow for Sin, as to hate and forsake it, and to loath himself for it; and that true Faith is joined with a good Conscience. I hope he was penitent. The Fifth, Edward Sibley of Stepney was Condemned for Felony and Burglary. He said that he was a Butcher in St. Sepulchre's Parish , that he had travelled formerly into Barbadoes , Jamaica , and Virgina , his Employment lately was in the Victualling House for the Navy . He said that he had received many Preservations from God in his Travels, and did resolve thereupon to walk more circumspectly in the course of his Life, But he broke his Vows to God, and was negligent of Religious Duties, whereupon he committed many Sins, and this Crime, for which he is Condemned. But he begs of God to give him true Repentance, and Faith in Jesus Christ, that he may obtain the pardon of all his Sins, and that if his Life may be spared, he hopes he shall never sin in such Excess as formerly. The Sixth, William Miller of Stepney Condemned for Felony. He said that he was bred up to Husbandry , that he came to St.Giles’s in the Fields little before Christmas to seek Employment, but meeting not with any agreeable to that he had been used to he served under a Plaisterer for the pac of two Months since. That he is sorry for all his Sins against God, more than for the Sentence of Death past upon him. That is will not be terrible him, if he may obtain Gods ardon, and have a comfortab hope of Eternal Life. He seemed very Penitent. The rest of the Condemned were not willing to give any Account of the Course of their Life, therefore here I must conclude my Report of this Session. Dated the 30th of May 1689. Samuel Smith Ordinary . On Friday Morning about Ten a Clock, the Nine Prisoners Condemned were put into three Carts, and Conveyed to the Execution. But by the way take Notice of this Remark: On Thursday Night about the Hour of One, these Nine and Captalsingham (who was Condemned for Murther) being in the Condemned Hole, a Design or Attempt to break the Goal was offered in Dispute amongst them, unto which the Capt. and Jacob Turner would not consent, upon which the other Eight bound them. Hand and Foot, threatening them wish Death if they yed out, after which the other Eight sell to Wok upon the Boards enching up about the number of three, and sliding down into a ole, beneath, by the help of a Rope fastned o a Ring near the broken place; all which Contrivance is supposed to be tted by some of the Prisoners Familiars. After they were beneath the Condemned Hole, they made further Attempts, and devised to find out the Common Shoar, or at least to break out next the Passage in the Gate-way, singing of Psalms all the while they were at work, pleasing themselves with the Conce of being upon their Duty, towards God, as they were Condemned, &c. But God Amighty the Searcher of all Hearts found them out. Thus, the Prisoners on the Common-side hearing a Noise awaken’d the Keepers in the Lodge, and the Major being call’d for, ho a Bnder buse at them below, Charged with Pease, which did no Execution, only afrighted them, and in short made them yield, &c. When they were all in the Cart, the Ordinary exhorted them at to true Repentance for all their Sins, and prayed with them singing a Psalm, &c. after which he asked them to confess to the People the occasion of their coming thither. At which they seemed to give but a kind of a general slight Answer. Those of them most concern’d, were Thomas Watkins , William Bird , and Richard Bullen . The other were little concern’d, especially Charles Lee , who was Condemn’d for Robbing on the High-way. As soon as he came into the Cart, he seemed to be very resolute, and look with a very angry Countenance, taking a handful of Mny out of his Pocket, threw it our of the Cart amongst the Spectatos, saying Gentlemen here is poor Countrey Jack’s Farewell. But after he demonstrated himself further, saying, I have followed the Road these seven years and more and have got Money enough to maintain me as long as I need to live. The late King bad 1500 l. of my Gettings, &c. He said further, That he never committed Murder, nor never Robbed any poor Man in his Life. Upon his turning off, he gave two extraordinary Jerques with his Legs, which was much admitted by all the Spectators. Licens’d May 1.J.Fraser. Advertisement. These are to give Notice to all Persons, for the Ben of the Publick, That Mr. Elmy Operator, of known tegrity, and above 25 Years Practice, Liveth at the Bletholomew lane by the Royal Exchange, who most asely and expeditiously Cures Deadness and Noise in th Ears in any of what Age soever, (if Cuable) and a First Sight, by Inspection, Resolves the Patient if so or not, as most Ent Persons of Quality in this City can Testifie. He hath likewise a most xcellent Gargarism or Mouth water, which cures any Canker, lcer, o Survy in the Mouth, fastning loose Teeth, and making black ones as white as Ivory. London, Printed by D.M. near Fleetbrdge. 1689.

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The Confessions, Behaviour, and Dying Speeches of the Criminals that were Executed at Tyburn, on Saturday the 20th of July, 1700. I. JOHN Simpson , Born in Essex , almost 40 Years old, Condemn'd for Felony and Burglary, confest himself Guilty upon his Tryal; and gave this particular Reason for it afterwards, that he was so wearied with committing Iniquity, that he had lost all Relish of this present Life, and therefore desir'd to Live no longer. And indeed upon his Confession, he seem'd to have had Reason, if I may be allowed to say so, having been as great an Offender as perhaps ever was Drunkenness, Blasphemy, Lewdness, Robbery, Sacrilege, Murder, are the Crimes particularly he owned to have practis'd, and to have been Master in the Art of them. The three first he once thought estential to his Employment, as being a Soldier , but when he came to himself, he was of another Mind, as well he might. For Robbing, he gave this Account, that he had been Guilty of it oftner than he could remember, that he had broke open Houses, and Robb'd on the High-way, (particularly once when he with Three more, last Easter-Eve was two Years, took from a Gentleman, a little beyond Tyburn , 500 Guineas) that he had frequently Robb'd Officers Tents in Flanders , and the King's also, from whence he with his Companions conveyed more than once a 1000 l. together, in a Word, that he had committed so many Felonies and Burglaries in England and Flanders, as got him the Name of Captain of the Thieves in both Countries, particularly in the latter, where the City of Ghent , he affirmed, has been shut up twice in a Fortnights time to find him out, and when that was done, Irons were put about his Neck, his Back, his Arms, and his Legs, and he carried about the Town for a Show. For Sacrilege, He declared it was his frequent Custom to strip the Papists as they went to Mass at 5 in the Morning, that he and two more, with their Swords drawn, have Robb'd them at the very Altar, and then, when the Mob has been rais'd upon them, have run Laughing about the Streets, and defy'd them. That once particularly, he Robb'd St. Peter's Church , in the aforesaid City, of 1200 l. worth of Plate; a just return for its being an Asylum to him, tho' he stood Condemn'd for Murder. The Story thus, Having kill'd a Man, he was Condemned for it, upon which breaking Jail, he fled to the aforementioned Church, where in 4 Days the Priests got him his Pardon, and then in a short time, after, (having learnt the Avenues to the Plate) he committed the aforesaid Sacrilege, for which, upon suspicion being taken up, for want of proof, he was Acquitted. For Murder in the last place, he acknowledged, that he had killed 4 or 5 Men upon Quarrels, but never any in any of his Robberies. This is the Account he gave of each particular, adding moreover that he was one of them who broke out of Newgate the last Christmass, being then cast for a couple of Felonies. And that his right Name was John Holiday . Such a Scene of complicated Wickedness, will I presume, surprize the Reader; it may neither be unpleasant nor unuseful to him, if I set down here what past betwixt us relating to this Affair. I told him, I thought in the first place, it was impossible that all this should be true, that he only spoke it to be talk'd of: I wondred next, that being one of the Children of this World, he had not exerted so much Wisdom, as to take up whilst he was well, having several times got a great quantity of Money together. I then desir'd him to let the World know some particular ways, by which Thieves use to Rob Houses, that so the Honest Neighbour might stand upon his Guard. And in the last place, I assured him, that his Repentance could not be sincere, till he had discovered all his Accomplices, that so, they knowing they are discovered, may make a Vertue of Necessity, and abandon their Wickedness. To all which he answer'd, That what he Confest was really true, that he had formerly made his Brags of it, but for 6 Weeks past, he was so far from that, that he was overwhelm'd with Shame and Confusion about it. That whatever he had got together by such unlawful means, he never had the power to make a right use of. That one particular way, by which Thieves do get into Houses, is by standing upon one anothers Shoulders, to the number of 3, and then the uppermost scrambles into the Chamber, strikes a Light, and makes up his Bundle. That about Supper is generally the time, because then the Servants are giving their Attendance. Thus far he went without any Scruple, but when he came to the last thing, he made many Excuses, That he ought not to betray his Friends, &c. But upon representing, that it was really not to betray them, for it was for their true Interest, and the Welfare of his own Soul: He then discovered both Men and Women, desiring them to beware, and become Wise and Sober in time. Wou'd to God he himself had been so! Sure I am, if we may believe his own Words, never poor Creature more heartily desir'd it than he did, nor gave greater Testimonies of his Contentment, under the Severity of Divine Providence. All his cry was, his Soul - and upon that I hope God has had Mercy. II. George Goffe , Born in Sussex , about 45 Years of Age, Condemn'd for Felony and Burglary; Confest himself Guilty of the Felony but not of the Burglary. I represented to him the Necessity of an Ingenious and true Confession; that now was the time, not to give a Gloss or new Turn to his Story, which really it wou'd not bear, but acknowledge it Sincerely, without any Trick or double Meaning, that for the matter of Fa the Court was fully satisfied of the Truth of it, and if it appear'd before God, that he was really Guilty of both, and yet persist to deny it with his dying Breath, by that means he wou'd leave himself no room for Mercy in the other World. Notwithstanding this plain Dealing, he still persisted in his first Story, and gave the following Account of it. That it was true, he was found in the Shop with the things about him, which the Master of it upon his return home, owned to be his, but that he either broke open the Door, or came into the Shop with a Pick-lock-Key, or the like, he utterly denied: For, said he, I found the Door a jar, and that gave me both Opportunity and Invitation to enter. I cou'd not but remark the improbability of such a Pretension, and I was confirm'd in my Opinion, when I found this very Person had the Confidence to assert farther, that truly for his part, he was drag'd into the Shop, and the Door was clos'd upon him by those that drew him in, and that was the Reason he was found there. I exhorted him to consider what he said, and not preclude his Eternal Felicity, by a Story so ridiculous and incredible, but no Arguments from first to last cou'd alter him a Syllable. I then gave him the Scripture-Prospect of the next World, shew'd him the necessity of making his Peace with God before he Died, and that a particular Confession of all his Wickedness, was little enough for that purpose. This wrought him into Soberness and Thinking, but it had no considerable Influence on a particular Confession. He acknowledged his Wickedness in general, that it had been the occasion of his being in Newgate once before, But then said he, it was a malitious Prosecution in Man, tho' a just Judgment from God. I bad him recollect, and not conclude a general Confession would fit and prepare a Man for another World, where there were particular sins that render'd him obnoxious to the Divine Vengeance. All his Answer was, He had no other than common Crimes, which the Almighty knew, and that was sufficient; not but that he beg'd I wou'd Pray for him, and give all comfortable Instruction to a Man in his Distress: For his part, (he said) he wou'd so husband the short remainder of his Time, as to reach, if it were God's Will, Happiness and Joy hereafter, tho' he mist of both here. And indeed, this I must say of him, that bating his uncommon Extenuation of his Crime, and his unwillingness to Confess particulars, he behaved himself with that Seriousness at all times, and with that Devotion when in Chappel, that gave great Hopes of his Desire to change this for a better Life, tho' he took an untimely and shameful Death in the way to it. III. Jonathan Lane , Born in Norfolk , Aged 22 Years; Condemn'd for Robbing Simon Harcourt Esq ; on the High-way, Confest that and another Fact, committed on the same Day. Being ask't what could prompt him to it? He answer'd, It was not Want, the common Pretence of Robbers, but the result of a Drunken Frolick, and the effect of Satan's Instigation. I observ'd, that the Sin was so much the greater, and therefore requir'd the greater Repentance: And at the same time desired him to Examine his own Heart, and bring all his Sins to remembrance. He reply'd, he did that, but for any particular Confession of them, there was no prevailing with him. For some time he betrayed a sort of Distraction under his unhappy Circumstances. But being argued into a necessity of submiting to the Will of God, that the Body signified nothing, the Soul was all, that he might have Hope, that the Providence of God intended by this Temporal Death, to save him from the Eternal, provided he made a right use of it. This smooth'd his Brow, and compos'd his Mind, and put him upon Kneeling and Praying to his God, weeping for his Sins, and all other Methods, proper for a Person under the Sentence of Death. Upon Saturday the 20th of July, 1700. George Goffe , Jonathan Lane , and John Simpson , were carried to Tyburn in a Cart. Being tied up, Goffe, upon request to Confess his Crime according to Truth, would not alter his former Story; neither would he meddle with any particular Discovery of his former Life; what he said was in general, He had been a very great Sinner, but he hop'd he was passing thro' the Merits of Christ, from this to a better Place. Lane acknowledged his Crime, and being urg'd to reveal what other Guilt lay upon his Conscience. After some Argument, he Confest he had committed two or three other Robberies besides those he had discover'd. I was sorry to hear this, hoping his Confession had been Real and Sincere before. Simpson seem'd very willing to Die, declaring he had rather do it, than venture himself into the World again, if that were possible, For then, he said, he might fall into the former Disorders, and so be undone for ever, but now he had some Hopes in his Death. They all behav'd themselves with great Seriousness and Devotion, joining in Prayer, and Praying unto God to the very last. Guy Cook is respited from Execution for 20 Days, bearing Date from the 16th of July. Thomas Cashel , Edward Special , and James Whit marsh , are also respited till his Majesties Pleasure be farther known. This is all the Account I have to give of this Sessions. R. Wykes, Ordinary. LONDON. Printed for E. Mallet, at the Hat and Hawk in Bride-lane.

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THE Behaviour, last Speeches, Confessions, AND EXECUTION Of the Prisoners that Suffered at TYBURN On Fryday the7th of March 1678/9 VIZ. Thomas Coxe , and Charles Smith , Who were drawn thither on a Hurdle, for TREASON. Mary Augur ,For Murther. AND Anne Atkins , For a Burglary, her Husband being hang'd for the like Offence but the very last Sessions before. With a true Account of their Carriage, and Discourses to Mr. Ordinary and others, both in Prison and at the place of Execution. The Behaviour, last Speeches, Confessions, and Execution of the Prisoners, that Suffered at Tyburn on Fryday the7th of March 1678/9 AT the last Sessions there were in all Nine persons received sentence of Death; Three men and Six women. (Not Six men and Three women, as a false and surreptitious Pamphlet, printed with the Letters D.M. did lately mention; which also said, there was Fourteen to be Transported: and several other notorious Untruths almost in every Line.) Of these unhappy Criminals one was respited for the present from Execution, being found by a Jury of Matrons to be quick with Childe: three other women and one man, the nature of whose Offences and Conversation had rendred them fitter Objects of Royal Mercy, obtain'd the favour of his Majesties gratious Reprieve after Judgment. The other Four came now to suffer; their Names and Crimes being as follows. Thomas Coxe and Charles Smith , each of them found guilty of Treason on several Indictments, both for Coyning and Counterfeiting, and also for Clipping of Money. Mary Augur , for Murthering her Bastard Child; and Anne Atkins , for a Burglary, whose Husband, for the like Offence, was Executed, but the very last Sessions, and she then turn'd out of Newgate on the account of her Poverty, having several Children; but was no sooner at liberty, but she sell to her told wickedness; and 'tis believ'd seduc'd a person, now Condemn'd with her, but Reprieved, into this Burglary, for which she suffered. So difficult it is for people, when they are once come to make a Trade of sin, to forsake, it though they have the saddest and most near related Warnings in the world to reclaim them. Coxe, in the hearing of the Ordinary, prayed very pathetically for himself; and being askt concerning what hopes he had of a future happy Estate, he declared, That the fear of Death was much abated, and as he trusted on a sound and firm foundation, because his sorrow for sin was more for offending God, and grieving his Holy Spirit, than for the dread either of that momentary Punishment he was justly to suffer here, or even for the fear of Hell and wrath to come. Adding, that if he were to live, he resolv'd and hopes in God's strength that he should never run into such Extravagances as he had formerly been guilty of. For he did not onely freely acknowledge the Crime for which he was Condemned, but said, there was scarce any Immorality or Sin (except Murther) which in the debauch'd Course of his Life he had not stain'd and polluted his Soul with. The Ordinary urg'd, that his Coyning counterfeit Money, was not onely a great Crime against the Kings Majesty, but an abuse to the whole Nation, especially the poor, whose wants could not be supplyed if they offered such bad Money in buying; so that the ill influence and consequences of his sin in this kind, would survive when he was dead, and the fraud he had knowingly put upon others, must needs in the loss or deceit, circulate to the prejudice of many innocent people. He replyed, that for that very consideration, his penitent grief was so much the greater; and being told, that he could not repent sincerely, if he made not restitution to his power, to such whom he had defrauded, He professed he would do all he could possibly on that account. by making distribution as far as able to the poor, because he knew not whom he had wronged in particular, nor now to send to any such. He expressed much grief, that he had omitted to observe the Lords day, and that he went not to the publick Worship, as also, that he neglected to pray Morning and Evening, for which remisness, he conceived the Lord justly left him to the temptations of bad Company, and in particular to be acquaint- ed with a person, who drew him to the crime of Coyning, which he closed with, on a lwed principle, not being content with an honest Trade, viz. a Gun-smith , which he well subsisted by, being a single Man, but made hast to snatch at unlawful gain, that he might be at higher expences to gratifie his Lusts, which he the rather acknowledged, that it might be a warning to all others. Smith, the other Coyner of false Money, was well educated, and it grieved him that he had not answered those good Instructions which his Parents gave him. He was put forth in Apprentiship to a Chandler , after he came to his own disposal, he lost the government of himself, for he profan'd the Lords day, which he said was occasioned by neglecting to repair to Gods publick Service, because he thought out of the pride of his heart, that his cloaths were not fine enough, so natural it is for one sin to beget another. He bewail'd himself as a great sinner, and in particular very much lamented the Crime for which he was Condemned, which he said he ingaged in, out of a covetous disposition, but made not so much gain by it as some others; and that he had a resolution to desist from that wicked practise, not because it answered not his expectation of profit, but rather for the regret and trouble which he had in his Conscience concerning proceeding in it. He said that bad acquaintance first inticed him into it, and that he was justly by God left to the temptation, since he had neglected daily to guard himself by Prayer. He wisht had took the meanest lawful imployments, rather than so hainously transgresed against the Kings Majesty, and the Law of the Nation. But the Lord he said was righteous, in discovering his Crime, because he had lived securely in committing other sins; for had he not been apprehended as he was, there was provided for him an honest and creditable imployment. But (said he) the Lord in just in cutting me off in the prime of my years, that I might not proceed in a course of Iniquity; and if his Divine Majesty shall be gratiously pleased to sanctifie this stroke of death on my body, to bring me thereby to Repentance, I shall not dread to drink of that bitter cup, as believing the Lord will order it to my eternal happiness.He praid for himself very well in the Ordinaries hearing, and being questioned what hopes he had of Salvation, and on what foundation the same were grounded, he made such judicious answers, in a distinct difference of true Faith and Repentance from the false, as the Ordinary was well satisfied with the same, and doth verily believe, that his endeavours with him were blessed, to bring him as a Convert to God. As for Mary Augur , she was very weak in body, not able to come on the Lords day in the afternoon into the Chappel; but the Ordinary several times attended her in her Chamber, and gave her many serious Exhortations: but her condition Etc. very much obstructed the good effects he hoped for from such his pains, so that we can give little farther account of her. The other Woman wept bitterly, and very often, and seemed to be penitent for her sins, not denying the Crime for which he suffered, but seemed to have been bred up in a loose course of life, and very ignorant of the Mysteries of Religion, but the Ordinary took considerable, pains to instruct her therein, and it is charitably hoped God might bless his endeavours towards her.

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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 September, 1709. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the 7th, 8th, and 9th instant, Eight Persons, viz. Five Men, and Three Women, were try'd for several Capital Crimes, and being respectively found guilty of them, received Sentence of Death accordingly. Of those Eight Persons Four are now order'd for Execution, and the other Four are respited from Judgment, by HER MAJESTY's most gracious Reprieve; which I hope they will take care to improve (as they ought to do) into good Manners, or else they will shew themselves very ingrateful, and unworthy of that Life which they had forfeited, and Mercy has thus restor'd to them. While they were under this Condemnation, I attended them twice every day in the Chapel at Newgate; whither they were brought up, to joyn in Prayer and to hear the Word of God, which I both read and expounded to them; and to which they seem'd to give great attention; being (I hope) made sensible that their wilful disobeying that Sacred Word, was the Cause of their present Calamity, and just fears of worse things to come. On the Lord's Day, the 11th instant, I preach'd to them and others there present, both in the Morning and Afterternoon, upon these Words, 1 Joh. 3. 3. And every Man that has this Hope in him, purifies himself, even as He is pure. From which Words I laid down this Proposition; viz. That whosoever has a true and lively and well-grounded Hope that he shall go to Heaven, he has it from his Conformity to Christ in Purity and Holiness of Life, by the Spirit of Grace. In discoursing upon this, I shew'd, I. That wicked and ungodly Men, who live a vicious Life, and indulge themselves in a constant Practice of Sins, and never take care to be purged and purify'd from such Spiritual Defilements, cannot have that Hope, though they may presumptuously imagin, that notwithstanding their Wickedness, they shall be admitted into Heaven. Such Persons are in a most dangerous State, and Miserable for ever, while they fancy they shall be happy. Here I observed, first, What are the Grounds on which these Men build their Hope; and secondly, made it appear by several Particulars, How vain and foolish those Grounds are, and how unsafe to rely upon for Salvation. And then I proceeded further to shew; II. That no Man can have a sure Hope of Heaven, till he purges himself from Sin, and lives a virtuous Life; being pure as CHRIST is pure. Which to explain, I endeavour'd to shew, 1. How any Man may be pure as CHRIST is pure, and holy as CHRIST is holy, though not in measure and degrees, yet in similitude and likeness. 2. That whosoever is not so, or do's not endeavour to be so, must part with all Hope of Heaven, and expect his Portion and Allotment to be with the Damned in Hell. Having inlarged upon these, I concluded at both times with such pressing Exhortations and Admonitions, particularly directed to the Condemn'd, as I thought most suitable to their unhappy Circumstances; endeavouring to perswade them to make a careful use of the short Time they had now to prepare for Eternity; and to that end apply themselves to God in fervent Prayers for Grace to return to Him by a sincere Repentance, and to embrace the Offer of Mercy and Pardon in Christ thro' a lively Faith in Him, and universal Obedience to the Divine Precepts of his Gospel, from which they had so strangely and so unaccountably swerv'd, though at the same time they bore the Name of CHRIST, and would be call'd Christians: A Name which only belongs to those that purifie themselves, even as He is pure; That live the Life of the Holy JESUS, &c. I hope they were affected with what was then and at other times deliver'd to them from the Word and in the Name of GOD; and that the consideration of the fewness of the days they knew they had to live here, made them entertain serious thoughts of their approaching Dissolution, and excite them to a due Preparation for a better Life heareafter. In my private Discourses with them, they gave me the Account of their past Lives and present Dispositions; the Substance whereof here follows. I. Richard Northcoat , condemn'd for breaking open the House of Mrs. Mary Peake , and taking from thence some Pewter-Dishes and Plates, with other Goods, on the 19th of October 1708, and for another Burglary also by him committed some few days after that, viz. the 24th of the said Month of October, in the House of Mr. Daniel Herbert ; out of which a great quantity of Sheep-Skins and Lamb-Skins were then taken. He confess'd, that he was guilty of those two Facts, and that he had done ill things before, and been under the Correction of the Law, but was not (as he should have been) reform'd thereby; so that he could not but acknowledg, that this Sentence pass'd upon him was very just, and that he deserved now to lose that Life, which he had taken no better care to preserve. He said, he was 26 years of age, born at Oxford ; from whence he came up to London six years ago; and being a Smith by his Trade, he made Iron-work for Ships, at St. Catherines near the Tower of London , where he was set up; and where having continued about three years, he then left that Place and Occupation, and lifted himself into the QUEEN's Service , and was above two years in HER MAJESTY's First Regiment of Foot-Guard, in Colonel Egerton's Company. He did at first flatter himself with the hope of obtaining a Reprieve, thinking that his being Young, Strong, and Lusty, and able to do good Service would plead in his behalf for Mercy: But he found, that it is Honesty alone ought to be regarded, and that can best secure a Man's Life; for where that is wanting, the abler a Man may be to do Service, the more mischievous and hurtful he may prove to the World. 2. Josiah Vanhuss , or rather Vanhuyse , condemn'd for breaking open the House of Mr. Walter Hacker , and taking from thence three Silver Spoons and a Fork, on the 21st of August last. He readily confess'd, That he committed that Burglary with one T. L. and, That he had before been engag'd in two or three Facts of the like nature, and all of 'em within less than these three months last past: About which time coming from Sea, he fell in among wicked Persons, who drew him into those Facts, with which he was wholly unacquainted before: So true it is, and he found it so by woful Experience, that Evil Company corrupts Good Manners: For he had receiv'd good Instruction both from his honest Parents, and from other Friends, who took care of him after his Parents Death: And while he was with them, he behav'd himself well, went constantly to Church on the Lord's Day, and minded good things, and was also very diligent in his Calling (a Potter by Trade) which he exerted in the Parish of Lambeth , where he was born and bred. But having taken a fancy to go to Sea about five years since, he then grew loose, and weary of such Work as ty'd him at home; and so getting into the acquaintance of some Persons that were more wicked than himself, he by their means soon learn'd to be very bad indeed; for being thus corrupted by them, he was easily deluded into the commission of the Facts before mention'd: Whereof the first (as he told me) was about nine or ten weeks ago, at a Publick House near St. George's Fields ; another in or near Spittle-field Market , about the same time; and the third at the Nine Elms near Battersea , above six weeks ago. All which unlawful Deeds (together with that he was now to die for) he acknowledg'd had drawn upon him this just Sentence of Condemnation; praying, that GOD would shew him mercy in another World, who had so miserably, in the prime of his age (he being but a little above 22 years old) brought this shameful and untimely Death upon himself in this, by a Life so opposite to that Virtuous and Christian Education he had. When he consider'd this he was griev'd at the Heart, and wish'd he had been so wise; as to avoid that which now prov'd his Ruin. 3. Mary Day , condemn'd for two Burglaries, in breaking open (and taking several Goods out of) the Houses of Mr. Samuel Andrews , on the 24th of June last, and of Mr. Robert Stedman on the 3d of July following. She own'd, That she was concern'd in those Robberies, and acknowledg'd also, that about five years ago she was burnt in the Cheek at the Old-baily, for a Fact which deserv'd that Punishment; but solemnly declar'd, that abating these two Facts for which she is now condemn'd, she had ever since that time liv'd an honest Life, and work'd hard for her own and her Children's Livelihood; and that of late, her Employment was to buy and sell old broken Glass-Bottles , &c. She said, she was 33 years of age, born in the Parish of St. Giles's Cripplegate , London , and had liv'd in that Parish for the most part of her Life; but, to her great sorrow, had much neglected going to Church and hearing the Word of God; which she was sensible was the cause of her falling under the Temptation of the Devil, and being too easily engag'd in his Work, for which he paid her now her Wages with Shame and Death. 4. Ann Harris , condemned for breaking open a Chest of Drawers in Mr. Newell's House, her Master, and going away with several things that were in it. She all-along deny'd her breaking open that Chest; but confess'd, That finding it unlock'd, she took out of it 16 Guineas, a Silver Watch, 6 Silver-Spoons, 3 Tea-Spoons, a Halfcrown & 6d. in Silver; That she carry'd all these Things to a certain Woman, with whom she lay in Southwark , after she had committed this Robbery (which she said was about 10 Months ago:) That both she and that Woman went then to Portsmouth , and there sold two of those Spoons at a Goldsmith's Shop, and had 20 s. for them: That the said Woman her Accomplice (for she knew what she had done) let her have 15 s. and no more, and then gave her the slip, and went away with all the rest; she not knowing whither, otherwise than that she heard she was gone to Plymouth. Upon which this Ann Harris returned to her Friends who liv'd at Canterbury , and from thence came to Dulwich , where she was known and apprehended. She said, she never was guilty of any ill thing before (meaning such a Fact as deserved Death by the Law) and that she had behaved herself well and honestly in several Services she had been in about London , for 12 years together; viz. first with a Ginger-Bread-Baker in Aldgate ; Then at a Victualling-House in Horsey-down in Southwark : And afterwards at another Victualling-House in Bedford-bury in St. Martin's in the Fields ; at each of which Places she stay'd about 4 years, and never wrong'd any of her Masters; till she came to live (about a Twelve-month since, or something more) with Mr. Newell in the Hay-market near St. James's , where she had not been two full Months before she stole the Things above-mention'd out of her Mistress's Chest of Drawers. She told me, that she was abont 31 years of age, born of very just and honest Parents at Canterbury ; and, That she little thought once, that she should ever come to do such a thing as should bring her to such an untimely and shameful End; But Opportunity and want of Grace had let her fall under this Temptation. She wish'd others might take Warning by her, and avoid all manner of Sin, lest one single Fault should prove their ruin, as it do's hers, who could not charge her self with any thing (besides this Crime) that the Law of Man could punish. But she acknowledg'd at the same time, that God was just in all his Dealings with her; for she had not lov'd and serv'd Him as she should have done. This Consideration was now Matter of Grief to her, as it was also to the rest: Who wish'd (all of them) that they had spent their time better; That they had done more good and less evil. In this disposition they seem'd to be very cheary to spend their time in Prayers and Meditations, and shew'd a great desire to obtain God's Pardon and Eternal Life. This day being come, which was appointed for their Execution, they were carry'd from Newgate (in two Carts) to Tyburn , where I attended them, and dischag'd my Ministerial Office to them for the last time. I pray'd and sung some Penitential Psalms with them, and made them rehearse the Apostles Creed. I exhorted them to stir up their Hearts and Affections to God more and more, and earnestly to call upon Him for Mercy; which they did, and seem'd to be earnest therein. They desir'd me to speak for them to the Spectators, That they would take Warning by their Fall, and pray for their departing Souls. Which done, we return'd again to Prayer, and after some further time spent in it, I withdrew from them, commending them to GOD's unbounded Mercy and Grace, and so left them to their private Devotions, for which they had some few moments allow'd them. Then the Cart drew away, and they were turn'd off, all the while calling upon GOD to receive their Souls. This is all the Account here to be given of these Dying Persons, by me, PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary of Newgate . Friday, Sept. 16. 1709. ADVERTISEMENT. Books set forth by Paul Lorrain , Ordinary of Newgate . A Guide to Salvation, or the Way to Eternal Bliss: Being a Collection of Meditations and Prayers, suited to the Exercise of a Devout Christian. Printed for W. Meadows at the Fann in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1709. The Last Words of the Lady Margaret de la Musse: And, The Dying man's Assistant. Both Printed for, and Sold by John Lawrence at the Angel in the Poultry . A Preparation for the Sacrament: with Moral and Divine Maxims. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, & Dying Words of the FIVE MALEFACTORS Who were executed at TYBURN On Wednesday the 17th of JUNE, 1747. BEING THE Second EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honble William Benn , 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 C. CORBETT, over-against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleet-street. M.DCC.XLVII. [Price Six-pence.] The PREFACE. As the Welfare of every People depends in great Measure upon the good Tendency of the Actions of every particular Member; so the Detriment thereof arises from a contrary Conduct, and Behaviour of Men. Hence every Piece of Injustice, or Injury done to another, occasions a kind of Resentment in the Breast of every honest Man, and true Christian. Because, as he doubtless wills and wishes every Good to himself, and uses his best Endeavours to prevent, that any Mischief or Harm should be done him; so is be concerned for his Neighbour, that his Property in any Shape may not be ravished from him. And this Inclination is be affected with, not only out of that Respect be chooses to pay to that Golden Rule, as it is called, of willing, and doing to others, as he would they should do by himself; but because the Commands of his God are frequent to this Purpose in several Parts of his revealed Will. On the other Hand, a Set of Men there are, as is too much experimentally found, who bound by no Obligations or Law of either Divine or Human Institution, led by no Promises to Virtue, and scared by no Threats from Vice, seem averse to all that is Good. These give a Loose to their own licentious Will, and suffer no Restraint in their evil Courses; they boggle at no Degree of Wickedness. Besides, as 'tis said, they train up, and as it were educate, and teach others a Sort of Emulation, who shall be forwardest in the Practice of every evil Work. A sad and melancholy Thought indeed, that there are such sad Instances for the Rigour, and Severity of Justice, and the Laws to be so frequently executed upon; a Calamity scarce sufficiently to be lamented, that so many Men should study, as it were, how to render themselves not only useless Members of Society, but obnoxious to all that Ignominy, Shame, and Disgrace, which are justly due to their atrocious Offences. And notwithstanding the man fest Vigilance, and Care of the Worthy Magistrates, and Guardians of this great and famous Metropolis, to put a Stop, if possible, to the Growth of those Evils, and to bring Men to a proper Sense of the Laws of the Land, by which the whole, and every Part of the Community is to be protected in their Lives, their Rights, their Liberties, and their Properties; yet, we find, there are, who, deaf to all Invitations to Duty, untouch'd by any Examples of the Vengeance of the Laws, not only disturb the Peace and Order of this City; but by their daily Transgressions, by Robberies, Murders, and the like, seem to aim at breaking asunder the Ligaments of all Society. These Wickednesses, together with the blasphemous Impieties of the Age, are such, and so growing every Day, as to cry aloud for The PREFACE. a proportionable Distribution of Punishments for their Crimes. The Guilty cannot but allow, that their own ill Management and Behaviour in Life brings the deserved Fate of their Iniquities on their own Head, the necessary Consequence of their Wickedness on their own Pate. And those, to whom the Knowledge of Actions being punished according to their Malignity shall by any Means be conveyed, cannot but be pleased to see, or hear, how Justice is dealt forth with an equal and impartial Hand. And now, As I am about to enter on an Office, or Duty, which may in some Measure be said to be New to me, it seems to be expected I should declare what my Proceedings shall hereafter be with Respect to the unhappy Persons, in that melancholy Situation I shall from Time to Time meet with them. And the Reason for such Expectation may be, not only as 'tis customary, but, as I have before observed, because the Public is partly concerned for the good or evil Tendency of every private Man's Actions, and to provide that Rewardsand Punishments be proportioned to Actions. In few Words then be it known, that my Attendance shall be constantly and daily, pursuant to the Order of my Worthy Patrons the Lord Mayor, and Court of Aldermen; to whom I beg Leave to take this Opportunity of returning my hearty and sincere Acknowledgments of their Favour, and of assuring them, that the unhappy Prisoners shall from Time to Time be instructed in their Duty publickly and privately, according to the best of my Power. To which may God more and more enable me! Whatever they shall think fit to acquaint me with in Respect to their Life and Conversation, shall faithfully and ingenuously be dealt forth in almost their own Words, as Occasion offers; sometimes indeed begging Allowance for a better Dress, than the Ideas and Thoughts of some of them, who may be altogether illiterate and ignorant, can be supposed by them to be expressed, when delivered to me. This, I hope, is sufficient for the present. May God continue to me his Grace, and Strength, to pursue my present Undertaking, to help forward the Salvation of such Wretches, as most need Help. And, the Sincerity of my Intentions may be a Reason, why the Public might receive with Candour and Good-Nature the present Sheets, and others that may hereafter come before them from my Hands. John Taylor . THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. BY Virtue of the King's Commission of the Peace, OYER, and TERMINE, 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; JOHN PACON , otherwise PIDGEON , was capitally convicted, 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 WILLIAM BENN , Esq ; Lord-Mayor of the City of London; the Lord Chief Baron PARKER, Mr. Justice FOSTER, Mr. Baron CLIVE, JOHN STRACEY , 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 Friday January the 16th, Saturday the 17th, and Monday the 19th, in the 20th Year of his Majesty's Reign; MARY ALLEN , otherwise SMITH , was capitally convicted, 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 WILLIAM BENN , Esq ; Lord-Mayor of the City of London , the Honourable Mr. Justice WRIGHT, the Honourable Mr. Justice BIRCH, JOHN STRACEY , Esq ; Recorder , and others of his Majusty'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 February the 25th, Thursday the 26th, and Friday the 27th; in the 20th Year of his Majesty's Reign; HENRY SIMMS was capitally convicted, 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 WILLIAM BENN , Esq ; Lord-Mayor of the City of London , the Right Honourable the Ld. Chief Justice WILLES, the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice LEE, Mr. Baron REYNOLDS, 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 April the 29th, Thursday the 30th, and Friday May the 1st, in the 20th Year of his Majesty's Reign; JOHN HUDSON , and JOHN EXELBY , were capitally convicted, and received Sentence accordingly. Since the Time I have been with them, which was just before they had Notice of the Day when they were to be executed, they have all constantly attended at Chappel every Day, Forenoon and Afternoon, (except Henry Simms , who absented one Forenoon, being somewhat indisposed). The Behaviour of every one of them in Time of Divine Service, seemed serious, fervent, and regular. On Wednesday the 3d of this Instant, the Report of Eight Malefactors was made by Mr. Recorder to his Majesty in Council, when he was pleased to order the Five following for Execution, viz. JOHN PAGON , otherwise PIDGEON , MARY ALLEN , otherwise SMITH , HENRY SIMMS , JOHN HUDSON , and JOHN EXELBY . I. JOHN PAGON , otherwise PIDGEON , was 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 . He was a second Time indicted for stealing a Watch, the Property of John Overy . JOHN PAGON , otherwise PIDGEON , aged 34, seemed to be of a close, and not ingenuous Temper; would make no Reply to any Questions put to him, except such as had Respect to his Repentance and Faith. His Behaviour was always at Prayers in the Chappel, and in private, very decent and regular. He chose not to own his Birth, Parentage, or Education by any Means, and persisted in a Resolution not to do it, as he told me, say what I would to him. He several Times declared, upon the Words of a dying Man, considering himself always in the Presence of Almighty God, as was his own Expression, that he was entirely innocent of the Facts of both Indictments laid against him, upon which he was convicted. And, tho' he dies for what he declares himself not guilty of, is silent as to any thing else, being sensible he has in the Course of Life deserved to be visited for his Offences. He declares he dies in Peace and Forgiveness with all the World, and Henry Simms in particular, who this Morning (Monday the 15th) owned to him, that he had wrote several Letters, which he believed were of great Prejudice to Pagon. Simms asked him therefore Pardon, as he called it, to whom Pagon generously reply'd, He heartily and freely forgave him, and all Men. And, being absolutely resigned to the Will of God, and in Charity with all Men, he hopes Forgiveness of his Sins, and his Expectations of Salvation are founded on the Merits of our Redeemer Jesus Christ. Notwithstanding Pidgeon's Obstinacy, and determined Resolution not to declare any thing of his Life and Conversation, yet have we been able to gather from among his Friends and Acquaintance the following Account of him: That he drew his first Breath in or near Black-Boy-Alley by Chick-Lane ; that he was born of obscure Parents, who could not afford to give him an Education suitable to the Vivacity of his Genius; and that he began very early to discover Proofs of an extraordinary Capacity, for he was hardly ten Years of Age before he became such a Proficient in the Diving Art, that hardly a Pick-pocket in Town but owned him for his Master. For a Series of Years he frequented the Playhouse Passages, and scarce a Night passed but he carried home with him a considerable Booty: So industrious was he in his Business, that he neglected no Game, high or low; for he would aspire to a Lady's Gold Watch or a Gentleman's Sword, or descend so low as a single Handkerchief. In these Adventures he sometimes met with Opposition, but always retained a Number of Dependants, whose Care and Business it was to keep a good Look-out, and if at any Time he came into a Scrape, a Posse was immediately raised, and he was sure to be rescued. At length he became so considerable among them, that he kept a Warehouse on purpose to receive such Goods as from Time to Time those Gentry pick'd up, and a fix'd Price was made for every Sort of Commodity, which they were always sure to receive on Sight; a Gold Watch was fix'd at Five Guineas, a Silver Watch at a Guinea and an half, and so in Proportion for any Sort of Commodity they laid their Hands on; and when a sufficient Cargo was made up, he generally took a Trip to Holland , where he disposed of his ill-gotten Treasure, and returned home to make more. As frequently as he returned from Holland , so frequent it was his Custom to invite a Number of his Gang to a Treat, in which he was always verygenerous; and it was at one of these Treats he had the Title given him of Sir John, which he carried with him to the Gallows. At every publick Entertainment, or Shew of any Sort, he was always present; either an Installation, a Clergy's Sons Feast, or any such publick Meeting; he was sure to make one, and sure too to make it worth his while, as the News-Papers soon after testified in the Rewards offered for Watches, &c. lost at those Places, of which he or his Agents generally had a good Share. In Length of Time his Face began to be pretty well known, and he obliged to appear somewhat more reserved, especially as there happened unluckily for him a Quarrel between one of his Out-Scouts; whom he had cheated out of a Gold Repeating Watch he had stolen from Lady H -. This Chap, whose Name was W -, was so much vexed at losing what he had ventured his Life for, that he was determined at all Events to Squeak, as they call it; which made Sir John, as he knew it was in his Power to hang him, to think of providing for himself; and therefore, as by his going to and from Holland several Times, he had learned the Business of a Sailor, he enter'd himself on Board the Leost off Privateer, Captain Fielding, who had the good Fortune to take Eight Martinico Men, which turned out such extraordinary Prizes, that Pidgeon's Share amounted to between 3 and 400 l. After his Return from Cruizing, hearing that his Companion W - had been transported, he began again to follow his old Trade, and frequented the Passage leading out of Spring-Garden into the Park; was there generally on Sunday Evening, then being the greatest Concourse of People: His Method was commonly to go with three or four in Company; two of 'em was to be coming out of the Park a-breast, while the others were entering in; and just at that narrow Passage, when a sufficient Number of People were gathered together, who found it impossible by their Obstruction to get backward or forward, Sir John set to work, and whatever he got he immediately handed to his Wife, who generally followed close to him, and she handed to her Maid; so that it was three deep in an Instant, that if it had been miss'd by the Loser, he would of Course have fixed on the Person most near to him, which has been frequently Sir John's Case, when nothing being found upon him, and he genteely dress'd, the Person whose Pocket he had but that Instant pick'd, has been obliged to ask his Pardon. In such Cases the Maid's Instructions were immediately to get off with what she had received; but it no Suspicion happen'd, to stay till her Master went, and then to follow. He has frequently gotten three or four Watches of an Evening in this Manner, till at length he was taken on the Information of his Maid, and capitally convicted. His Wife also since his Confinement was taken up for robbing a Shoemaker's Shop of a Parcel of Shoes, tried at the Old Bailey, and sentenced for Transportation, which Sentence has been since put in Execution, and she gone abroad. While Sir John was under Sentence of Death, he set his Engines to work, and by the Help of his Money procured some People to contrive a most iniquitous Scheme to save his Life, which was as follows: The Maid who swore against him having a Quarrel with another Person, was sued by an Attorney; which being told Sir John, he quickly imagined that Quarrel might be of Use to him, and sending for his Friends, they contrived together, and drew up a strong Affidavit, setting forth, that all which the Maid had sworn at the Old Bailey against him was absolutely false, wicked and malicious, and done with an Intent to take away the Life of her Master out of Malice and Revenge, and that she could not be easy till she had in this Manner discharged her Conscience, by doing all in her Power to express her Sorrow and Repentance for so vile an Act. This Affidavit being drawn, the next Business was how to get the Maid to swear it: They immediately went to the Person with whom she had the Quarrel, and getting her on their Side, persuaded her to make her Proposals of Peace, which she readily came into, and agreed that General Releases should be drawn; which being done, and read to her, she was content; but being quite ignorant in these Affairs, was told, she was to swear it before a Magistrate, which the Maid, supposing a proper Form, consented to, and accordingly went before one. In the mean time, they had artfully taken away the General Release, and put in its Place the above Affidavit, which they were in Hopes she would have sworn; but when it came to be read to her, she absolutely refused it. On which Disappointment they knew not what to do; but getting another Woman, for a large Sum of Money, who was pretty near like the Maid, they again went to the Magistrate, whom they deceived, he taking her for the real Person who had been before him but a little Time past, and the Affidavit was sworn and signed. Having now gotten over this difficult Task, the next Thought was how and in what Manner to use this Instrument of Wickedness; but that Way was soon pointed out. Hearing when his Majesty was to receive the Recorder's Report of the Malefactors under Sentence of Death, they got a Petition drawn up, in strong Terms, setting forth the Innocency of Mr. Pidgeon, to which this Affidavit was annexed, and both Petition and Affidavit they procured to be laid before his Majesty in Council; which being read, Mr. Pidgeon was pitied, and his Majesty was pleased to respite him, and he had the Satisfaction to see the other Criminals go to be hang'd, while he remained behind. But he enjoy'd not long the Success of his Art and Contrivance: This iniquitous Scheme was soon brought to light; for the above Maid being on some Occasion again at the Old Bailey as an Evidence, was questioned about this Affidavit, which she utterly denied, and being then on her Oath declared, that what she had sworn in that Court against Mr. Pidgeon was absolutely the Truth, and nothing but the Truth; which so much surprized the whole Court, that the Magistrate before whom the Affidavit was sworn was immediately sent for; and after some little Enquiry, the whole Affair was unravelled, and proper Report thereof being made to his Majesty, he was justly and deservedly included in the next Dead-Warrant, and suffered accordingly. All these Affairs to be sure drained Sir John's Pocket, it having cost him during his Confinement upwards of Twelve Hundred Pounds; nevertheless, 'tis said, that his Companions have publickly declared that they would give a Thousand Pounds still to save him. II. MARY ALLEN , otherwise SMITH , was indicted for stealing three Pair of Worsted Stockings, out of the Shop of John Wilson , Value 10 s. She was a second Time indicted for stealing eight Yards of Chints Lawn Gown, out of the Shop of George Riston , his Property, on the 5th of August last . MARY ALLEN , otherwise SMITH , aged about 26, was born of honest and reputable Parents, living in Goswell-Street . She appeared of a surly obstinate Disposition, and was resolved to give no Account of herself, she said, because she would have no Speeches made about her when she was dead. She said also it was Grief enough to her Parents that she suffered such an ignominious Death, and she did not choose to say any thing to be repeated after her Death to add to their Afflictions for her unhappy End. It were Pity, indeed, she had not been always of that Way of thinking, then she had not been an Instance of the Resentment of the Laws, and the Cause of the Parents Grief had been taken out of the Way. She confesses the Facts for which she suffers; says she was sorry to have been so long, as till the Warrant came down for her Execution, fed with vain Hopes of a Pardon. She dies however, she says, in Charity with all Men, and hopes for Salvation through the Merits of Christ. This Mary Allen , otherwise Smith , tho' no more than 26 Years of Age, was an old Offender in the Shoplifting Way, having followed the Business for some Years, and gathered together a large Quantity of Goods of various Kinds, very near sufficient to have furnished a Shop, which it seems was her Intent; which Goods were found in a Room in Park-street , where she lodged with a Man who went for her Husband; but on her being taken up, he denied that he ever was married to her, tho' they lived together as Man and Wife. There were several other Indictments found against her from different Shop-keepers she had robbed; but being capitally convicted on one, the Court thought it needless to try her on any other: Nevertheless, when Sentence came to be pronounced upon her, and she was asked what she had to say, she made a Speech, which lasted some Time, in which she seemed to arraign the Justice of the Court, in not giving her Time or Opportunity to make her proper Defence, by sending for Witnesses, &c. But being told she had allthe Indulgence the Law in such Cases requires, she submitted. The Truth indeed was she knew herself guilty, but foolishly imagined the Punishment of her Crimes did not amount higher than Transportation, and therefore did not take so much Pains in her Defence as she would have done, had she thought her Life was in Danger; however, she at length owned the Justice of her Sentence, and died in Peace. She seemed to be of a turbulent Spirit, and frequently quarrelled with her Fellow-Prisoners, and being the weaker Vessel, frequently came off damaged. When she was tried she had two black Eyes, which she got in a Quarrel; and when she went to the Place of Execution, she had a black Eye, received but a few Days before in another Skirmish. During her Confinement she contracted a great Fondness for Gentleman Harry, which lasted to the Gallows; for they went off the Stage, after saluting each other several Times, Hand in Hand, with her Head reclining on his Breast. III. JOHN HUDSON was indicted with WILLIAM BLANKFLOWER , for breaking and entering the Dwelling-House of Joseph Hurst , and stealing from thence one Tea-Cannister, with forty-six Pounds Weight of Tea, the Property of the said Joseph Hurst , about Ten in the Night, April the 3d. Blankflower was acquitted, and Hudson found guilty, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. JOHN HUDSON , aged about 20, was born of honest, tho' poor Parents in Marybone . He had no Manner of Education given him, and being brought up to no Business, lived with them till within these two Years past. In which Time, he says, he was used to be up and down the Streets, idling away his Time, which is too frequently the Forerunner of evil Courses. He owns the Fact for which he dies, and says he has been a very wicked and profligate Boy; has been guilty of breaking the Sabbath, and many other Offences against God and his Neighbour. He was very ignorant, but very willing to be instructed in Religion, and the Duties thereof; and was very desirous of partaking of the Sacrament, which I had from Time to Time given him as much Insight into the Nature of it as I thought convenient, and as the Church of England directs. He declares himself sincerely sorry for the Sins and Offences of his Life; not only (as I gave him to understand his Sorrow ought to be grounded) because they had brought him to his unhappy End, but because they were committed against a good and gracious God. He was always very penitent, and depends for Salvation in the World to come on the alone Merits of Christ Jesus, our Redeemer. IV. JOHN EXELBY was indicted for feloniously breaking the House of Francis and Thomas Caryl , and stealing from thence Seventeen Pieces of Shalloon, Value 20 l. Seventeen Boards Value 18 d. The Goods and Chattels of the above Francis and Thomas Caryl , February 26 . He was a second Time indicted for stealing two Pieces of striped Silk Cotton, Value 28 s. fifteen Yards of Seusee, Value 33 s. thirteen Yards of Checqued Linnen, Value 7 s. the Goods of Elizabeth Morgan , out of her dwelling House, November 9 . JOHN EXELBY , aged 28, was born of honest and reputable Parents in St. John's-Street , Clerkenwell , who gave him an Education, as he says, to their own Business, which had he made a right use of, he had never been in those unhappy Circumstances, he now labours under. That he has followed Courses directly contrary to his own Knowledge of Things, he cannot but own, tho' he wou'd not declare by what Means he was led aside. He was very frank at last in acknowledging himself to be guilty of the Breach of all the Commandments, except Murder. Upon which I took occasion to mention to him the barbarous Manner of his cutting the Woman's Arm, which I told him shew'd a very revengeful Spirit, tending towards Murder, and such an one as was very unbecoming any Man, more especially one who was already convicted, and might expect to die soon. He told me the Circumstances of this Affair, and endeavoured to palliate the Offence, by saying, she used provoking Words to him; which he being in some Measure concern'd in Liquor, as he call'd it, soon rais'd his Passion, and hurried him on to that cruel Act, otherwise he believes he had not been so wicked. He protests to be very sorry for this, and all the Offences of his Life, dies in Peace and Good-will with all the World, and desires to rely on the Merits of Christ Jesus for the Forgiveness of his Sins, and hopes for Salvation by him. He has been a Thief for a Number of Years, and has been several Times Tryed for different Crimes, and has been once Transported, if not twice. The Manner of his Cutting the Woman's Hand, which he did most terribly, was as follows. She was the Person whom he cohabited with as a Wife, and who was taken in Bed with him when he was apprehended for the Robbery on which he was convicted, she was a principal Evidence against him, and he conceived against her on that Account a most inviolable Hatred, she came to see him in Newgate while under Sentence, and went with him into his Cell, and as he has since confess'd, he would have murdered her if he had a proper Instrument; however he then conceal'd his Design, not being able to put it Execution, and invited her to come again the next Day, which she promised, and was so good as her Word; but there having been some hints of his Design dropp'd, the Turnkey when she came, absolutely refus'd her Admittance, finding she could not go in, she put her Hand thro' the Door to shake Hands with him, and he drew a Knife, and in a Butcherly Manner hack'd it in such a Manner, that 'tis supposed the use of it is intirely taken away. V. HENRY SIMMS was indicted for assaulting on the King's Highway, on the 18th of October last, in the County of Middlesex , Mr. Fran. Sleep , putting him in Fear, and taking from him one Silver Watch, Value 3 l. and 6 s. in Money . HENRY SIMMS , alias Gentleman Harry , aged 30, was born in the Parish of St. Martin's in the Fields . His Parents dying when he was very young, he was brought up by a Grandmother; he serv'd no Apprenticeship to any Trade, only about a Month with a Breeches Maker . He lived in several Gentlemen's Service as a Postilion , and drove Hackney Coaches for several Masters; being always a gay and sprightly Youth, he soon became acquainted with a Number of the Ladies of the Town, who for a length of Time supported him. But by his keeping them Company he contracted such a Habit of Idleness, Extravagance and Debauchery, as well as an Acquaintance with a Number of noted Thieves and Pickpockets, that in order to support that Extravagance, committed abundance of Robberies, till he became as famous a Thief as ever yet adorn'd the Gallows. The Money he gain'd by Robbing he generally spent among the Whores about Covent-Garden, and as he generally wear very genteely dress'd, they gave him the Title of Gentleman Harry. While under Sentence of Death, his fertile Brain was continually contriving Schemes in hopes to save his Life. He wrote several Letters to the Secretaries of State, and even to his Majesty himself, offering to discover a most horrid Plot against his most Sacred Majesty's Life, and even went so far as to write down a Circumstantial Account of the Rise and Progress of a most wicked Design of assassinating his Majesty as he came from the Opera-House, which he was to have a large Sum of Money for, named several Persons as Aiders and Abettors thereof, and at length gained such Belief that a Gentleman was sent by Order of the Secretary of State to Newgate, to take down the Account from his own Mouth, and he told his Story with such a seeming Probability, that one Person was actually taken up and confined some Days on that Account, and Warrants issued against others; but on the Person's being examined who was taken up, and his making his Innocency fully appear he was discharged, and the Affair vanished in Smoke. The Robbery of Mr. Smith in the Borough having made much Noise in the World, and that Gentleman having, besides his very great Loss, suffered extremely in his Character on that account, Simms was particularly question'd in Relation to the Affair, and confessed that he really was one of the Persons who committed it, and gave the following Account thereof. That neither Swift, Cavenagh Gibbs , nor Black Sam, were concerned therein; but the whole was transacted by himself and William Bullimore , Thomas Casey , and John England ; and tho' he Swore at first against the others out of Spite and Malice, yet on the Trial at Croydon his Conscience prick'd him, and in giving his Evidence he flatly denied the whole he had before Sworn, terrified at the Thoughts of being the Cause of taking away the Lives of so many innocent Persons, which must have been the Case had he persisted in his Evidence. The whole Court was astonished at his Behaviour, and he was remanded back to the New-Goal in Southwark , to be tried for Perjury, and the Prisoners were discharged. The Manner of Committing the Robbery was, that he and William Bullimore , Thomas Casey , and John England , on the 20th of December met together in the Mint , and agreed that Night to break open the House of Mr. Nathan Smith , in the Borough ; and between Twelve and One, being provided with a Jacob, i.e. a Ladder of Ropes, artfully contrived and fixed to a long Pole, which opened by a Spring, that by it they could ascend so high as Two Pair of Stairs, Bullimore mounted first, and entred the Chamber where Mrs. Smith lay (Mr. Smith being then out of Town) whom he ordered to get up or he would Murder her; which she did, and put on her Things; he then demanded her Money, and made her unlock her Drawers, which he examined; carried her into another Room; where he obliged her to unlock a Press, which contained some Goods, from behind which he pulled out two Bags of Money, which contained upwards of Four Hundred Pounds, and a Twenty Pound Bank Note: He asked her if that was all the Money in the House, she told him Yes; and he swore Bitterly, if she told him a Lie, and he found any more, he would absolutely Murder her; he all this while, had a large drawn Cutlass in his Hand, after he had taken the Money, he demanded all her Keys, then obliged her to go down Stairs, at the Foot of which was a Door, which he opened, made her immediately goin and bolted it after her; then came up Stairs, and let in his Companions, when we immediately began to rifle the Shop, and cramed such Goods as we could find into Bags, and carried them to a House in the Mint, where we lodged our first Parcel, and came back a second and third Time for more; we found likewise in the House some Plate, a Pair of Salts, some Silver Spoons and a Pepper Box, the Cash we equally divided at the House in the Mint; but the Goods we carried to a House near the Pinder of Wakefield by Pancras, where they remained some Days; and then my Companions proposed going to Ireland to sell them, promising to remit me my Share, which I consented to, and from that Day have never seen or heard of them. A few Days before Harry's Execution, Mr. Smith himself, with two Friends, came to Newgate, to question him about the Robbery, which he directly owned in all its Circumstances, and enquired how poor Mrs. Smith did; He was told that she now lay in a melancholy and languishing Condition, her Death hourly expected, being given over by the Physicians, having never been well since that unfortunate Time. He expressed a most hearty Sorrow for it; but said, 'twas now too late to recall past Time; he had but few Days to live, and as a dying Man he could do no more than relate the Truth, which he should do with his latest Breath; and, for the Satisfaction ofMr. Smith, immediately drew up and signed the following short Note, which was directly witnessed by Mr. Smith's two Friends who came with him. Newgate, June 9, 1747. "I confess, that I was concerned in "robbing the Dwelling-house of Mr. " Nathan Smith , of the Borough of " Southwark , with William Bullimore , " Thomas Casey , and John England ; "and, as I am a dying Man, William " Cavenagh , Richard Swift , and William " Gibbs , all were innocent of that "Robbery; for it was committed by "me and the Persons abovemention'd, "as I shall answer at the great Day "of Judgment. Henry Simms . Witness, Robert Hitchman , Richard Gwilt . It being suspected that Black Sam was really concerned in the above Robbery, as Part of the Plate was found in the Custody of his Wife, who was tried for receiving as knowing them to be stolen; Simms entirely cleared him, acknowledging that the Plate was actually sold them by him and his Companions. After the Affair at Croydon , Simms was removed to Newgate , and tried at the Old Bailey , for robbing a Barber in the Hay-market ; for which he was transported, but staid not long abroad, came home, and did a Multitude of Robberies in different Parts of the Kingdom, (the Particulars whereof will be recited at large in a Book entitled, The Life of Henry Simms , from his Birth to his Exit; all wrote with his own Hand while under Condemnation in Newgate.) The same Day that he committed the Robbery upon Mr. Sleep (on which he was tried and condemned) he robbed the Warrington Stage-Coach, for which he was taken and committed to Bedford Goal , where he remained about four Months, and was removed by Habeas Corpus under a strong Guard to Newgate. While under Sentence he came constantly to Chappel, except once, being indisposed, and while there behaved well; but still seemed found of the gay Part of Life, having a Number of Ladies coming frequently to see him, and did not appear so much concerned as one in his Circumstances should be; seemed very fond of his Fellow-Sufferer Mary Allen , as she was also of him, though they sometimes fell out, when Simms generally beat her. The Day before his Execution he seem'd determined to make away with himself, and had gotten a Knife for that Purpose; which being told the Keeper, he was examined, reprimanded, and the Knife taken from him. At the PLACE of EXECUTION. THE Morning of their Execution, after going up to Chappel, where they all behaved very devoutly, they were brought down into the Press-Yard, had their Fetters knock'd off, and was then convey'd to Tyburn; Pidgeon and Exelby in the first Mourning Coach, Mary Allen in the second, and Simms and Hudson in a Cart. Simms was cleanly dress'd in a White Fustian Frock, White Stockings, and White Drawers; and just as he got into the Cart at Newgate, threw off his Shoes. Being arrived at the Place of Execution, some Time was spent in Devotion, in which they all most heartily joined. PIDGEON wept bitterly, and denied to the last his committing the two Robberies on which he was convicted; but owned he had in other Respects been a wicked Sinner, and justly deserved to die. SIMMS happening to see in the Crowd the Person who was taken into Custody on his Information concerning a Plot to assassinate the King, he most heartily ask'd his Pardon; and declared at the same time, that the whole was a Scheme form'd in his own Brain, in hopes to save his Life. The Person told him he forgave him with all his Heart; he then addressing himself to the People again owned the Robbery of Mr. Smith in the Borough. ALLEN Wept a good deal, and own'd the Robbery for which she died. EXELBY and HUDSON both own'd the Justice of their Sentence. And they all went off the Stage calling to the Lord to have Mercy on their Souls. Just before they were turn'd off, Simms and Allen saluted each other; and then joyning Hands, went off, taking hold of each other. This is all the Account given by me, JOHN TAYLOR , Ordinary of Newgate . THAT the Publick may not be imposed on by any false Accounts of me, I do hereby declare, as a dying Man, that I have given no Account to any Person whatsoever but to the Printers of the Dying Speeches, Mr. Thomas Parker and Mr. Charles Corbett , into whose Hands I have this Day deliver'd a full and true Narrative of my Life, from my Birth to this Time, which contains the Particulars of the Robberies I have committed, either by myself or in Company; all wrote by my own hand, while under Condemnation in my Cell in Newgate ; which I desire may be printed and published, for the Benefit of Mankind. Witness my Hand, Henry Simms , call'd Gentleman Harry. Witness Abraham Mendes . On Monday next (June 21) will be publish'd, Price Six-pence, The abovemention'd LIFE of Henry Simms , call'd Gentleman Harry. All Wrote with his own Hand. Printed for Thomas Parker and Charles Corbett . N. B. For the Satisfaction of the Curious, the Original Copy wrote by Gentleman Harry, consisting of near 30 Sheets, may be seen at the above C. Corbett's.

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The ORDINARY of NEWGATE his Account of the Behaviour, Confessions, and Last Speeches of Thomas Jarrott and William Maw , who were Executed at TYBURN on Wednesday the 24 of October, 1711. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily , on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 10th, 11th, and 12th of October, 1711, Three Persons, viz. William Maw , and Two Women, that were then try'd for, and found Guilty of several Capital Crimes, did accordingly receive Sentence of Death. Of those Three Criminals, the first is now order'd for Execution, together with Thomas Jarrott , who having been convicted the Sessions before, and since repriev'd several times, and afterwards called to his former Judgment, is now at last appointed to suffer that Death, to which he then was condemn'd. While they were under this Condemnation, I not only visited them constantly, and had them twice every day brought up to the Chapel in Newgate ; where I pray'd with them, and expounded the Word of God to them; but gave them within that time, no less than 14 publick Penitential Sermons (suitable to their melancholy Circumstances) the two last of which Sermons were preach'd on the Lord's Day the 21st instant, upon part of the Epistle for the day, viz. Ephes. 6. 18. Praying always with all Prayer, and Supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all Perseverance. From which Words (first explained in general, with their Context) I discoursed at large upon the excellent Subject of Prayer; shewing them; I. The absolute Necessity of it. II. The due and proper Qualifications for it. III. and lastly, The great Benefits and Advantages accruing by it. To which Heads having fully and distinctly spoken, I concluded with particular Exhortations and Admonitions to the Condemned, who seem'd to be very attentive to what was then deliver'd. And as in my publick, so chiefly in my private Discourses to them, I endeavour'd (from the very first to the last) to make them sensible of the absolute and indispensable Necessity and Obligation they were under, to clear their Consciences by a free Confession of their Sins, that so they might (in some measure) make amends for the Mischiefs they had done, and (as far as in them lay) prevent other Offenders going on in their pernicious and dangerous ill-Courses. This I laid close to them, earnestly desiring them, that they would seriously think upon what I then offer'd to their Consideration and Practice, as a thing directly tending to the Glory of God, their own Spiritual Safety, and the Good of their Neighbour; adding, That their wilful Neglect or Omission of this, would prove at the last most dismal to themselves, who were the Persons that should suffer most by it, in that it would expose them to the unconceivable Torments of an unhappy Life (or rather an Eternal Death) in another World. Upon which Thomas Jarrott did (even from the very first) give such Informations to those Persons, who had received any Injury by him, as shew'd he was sensible of, and sorry for, the Evils he had done; and that were he to have outliv'd this, he would never have brought himself under the like Condemnation, nor ever more been concerned in such wicked Deeds: Which Behaviour of his at that time, I must needs say, was some Demonstration of his Repentance. Among several Discoveries which he made, he gave me an Account of some Exchequer-Notes, Bank-Bills, Bonds, and private Money-Notes, &c. amounting together to about 300 l. which he and two others with him, stole and dispos'd of for 51 l. And likewise several Yards of Cloth of the Value of 15 s. or 16 s. per Yard, which they took out of three Carts, and for quicker Sale and Dispatch, they Sold at 1 s. per Yard only; they having found Chapmen that had the Conscience to buy those Things at such an easy Rate, and to bid them bring in more; as will fully appear from Jarrott's Paper, written in his own Hand, which he left in mine, and which I shall publish by it self, (there not being room to insert it in this) for the Satisfaction of all concerned in any of the many Robberies mentioned therein, and the preventing unnecessary Suspicions, injurious Reflections, &c. When I had him alone in my Closet in Newgate , he confess'd himself to have been a very great Offender. He said, he was about 24 Years of age, born of honest Parents in High-Holborn , in the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields : That tho' he had (from his Youth) receiv'd good Instruction, and Religious Education, yet he had of late strangely abandon'd himself to a loose Life, had 2 Wives now living, & had been concern'd in many other lewd Actions: That being Indicted for, and upon his Tryal found (as he now confess'd he really was) Guilty of, a Felony about a Twelve-month ago, the Court then order'd him into the QUEEN's Service, and accordingly he was listed a Soldier . But he being a short Man, and withal understanding the Sea, better than Land-Service, as having for 5 years together before been a Sailor on board some Merchant-men in the West-Indies , his Officer turn'd him over to a Sea-Commander; and so he served on board the Neptune, and other Men of War several Months: Then coming up to London again, he return'd to his wicked Ways, and (among other Robberies) committed a Felony and Burglary, in the House of Mr. William Gardner , on the 10th of August last, taking out of it 8 dozen pair of Worsted Stockings, 8 pound weight of Thread, and other Goods; which Fact he publickly confess'd at the Bar, being (as he told me afterwards) perswaded so to do, by some Persons who had an Interest in his Death; and, upon that his Confession, he was brought in Guilty of this Fact, and so receiv'd Sentence accordingly. Having lain a long while under this Condemnation, and being first told, that his Execution should be on Wednesday the 19th of September last, and then on the 21st, and then again on the 5th instant; and when that Day was come, and he ev'n ready to be carry'd off, the said Execution being then again deferr'd to the 12th; and last of all to this Day; He all that while entertained the vain and unhappy Hopes, That he should be still further Reprieved: But at last he found himself hugely mistaken therein, as diverse others, under the like dismal Circumstances, have done; who, when much Time has been allow'd them to prepare themselves for Death, instead of employing that precious Time to such a necessary and important Use, have been contriving Means and Methods how to avoid that Death, which they were so much concern'd to look upon as certain, and make due Preparation for. And thus it was with this unhappy young Man, who, had he not so much depended upon this Life, might more stedfastly have apply'd himself to the making a due Provision for another. But his Thoughts being confus'd and distracted by the many flattering Promises, daily made to him, he did not altogether make that good use of his precious Time, nor of the Religious Instructions and Admonitions given him, which probably he would have done, had not his Mind been so discomposs'd, and toss'd (as it were) between Hope and Fear, between Time and Eternity. As for William Maw , the other Person concerned in this Paper, the Account which I can give of him is this; That he was Cast upon five Indictments, viz. 1st, For breaking open the House of Mrs. Ann Johnson , and taking thence 8 Pewter-plates and other Goods, on the 9th of July last. 2dly, For breaking open the House of Mr. John Avery , and taking thence 24 pair of Leather-Clogs. 3dly, For assaulting and robbing Mr. Charles Potts on the Queen's High-way, taking from him a Silver-Watch, 5 Gold-Rings, Money, and other Things. 4thly, For assaulting and robbing likewise on the Highway, Mrs. Ann Grover , taking from her 3 s. 6 d. 5thly, For assaulting in the like manner on the Queen's Highway, Mr. Thomas Coleman , and robbing him of an Handkerchief, some Money, and other Goods. Of all which Facts he being found Guilty (as he might have been of many others, had he been try'd for them) he accordingly and deservedly received Sentence of Death: Which Sentence he at first deny'd, but afterwards acknowledg'd, to be very just, in that God had brought this Evil upon him because he had been a very great Sinner. He said, That he was 50 years of age, born in the North of England , from whence he came up to London above 30 years since; That he served his Apprentiship with a Cabinet-maker , and for a great while follow'd that Occupation, in the Parish of St. Giles's Cripplegate , where he dwelt for 20 years together; That having for these few (he might have said, many) years past, left off working at his Trade, he had betook himself to some illegal Ways of Living; as the Buying of stoln Goods, and thereby encouraging Thieves and Robbers. This he own'd; but he would not confess, that himself had actually been concerned in several Felonies and Robberies, and in Coining, &c. for which Things sake (as he might remember) he had a Fine of 10 l. laid upon him in September 1705, was Burnt in the Hand in April 1710, and in September following; and twice, if not more, order'd for Bridewell , &c. These were Facts so plain and so fresh in my Memory, who brought them back into his, that he could not deny them. But when I proceeded to urge him further, and endeavour'd to bring him to a free and open Confession of the Robberies he was condemned for, and of several others by him committed in Company with Andrew Baynes and John Sutton , lately executed; who before their Death most solemnly affirmed, That he, the said Maw, was concerned with them in those Robberies on the Highway, mention'd in a Paper they left with me, which (for publick Service and Satisfaction) I intend to impart to the World; He used all the Art he could to evade the giving a positive Answer to the Questions I ask'd him about these Matters: And as often as I therein offer'd my Arguments to him, fetch'd even from his own greatest Interest, viz. the Saving of his immortal Soul, which he greatly hazarded by his obstinate Denial of the Truth; he then reply'd, Sir, You are too hard upon me: You press me too much: Your Prayers, your Exhortations, your Exposition of the Word of God in the Chapel, your Doctrine, all is very good; and I receive great Instruction and Comfort by them, and thank you for them; but give me leave to tell you, I cannot endure, that in private you should be so severe upon me, as to press me to speak to that I know Nothing of. My plain (and indeed charitable) Dealing with him (I perceived) was very unpleasant and grievous to his Temper. But I told him, that I must not flatter him to the destruction of his Soul, and thereby bring Guilt upon my own. And therefore, I would not give over pressing him to make such a sincere Acknowledgment of his Faults, and give such Proof of his Repentance, as might rejoyce my Heart from the Satisfaction I should have, that this would procure Peace to his Conscience: To which I referred him, and pray'd him to consult with it impartially, and abstractedly from all Worldly Considerations whatsoever. And here I gave him abundant Warning, That he should not frame erroneous Principles to himself, that might prove destructive of his future Happiness, as if he could obtain it (which he seemed to hope he should) without speaking the Truth in every Thing laid to his Charge, relating to his Neighbours Concerns. In this I went so far with him, that he perfectly grew angry with me; but I told him, I would deal with him as a good Physician, or Chirurgeon, who does not so much mind the Cries of his Patient, as his Cure; for, said I to him, Though you exclaim never so much against what I offer you, I am fully resolv'd to endeavour the Salvation of your Soul. With this I calm'd his Passion a little; and then I laid before him these two Things chiefly, which I pray'd him to ponder upon, as being indeed most weighty and remarkable; the Providence of God most conspicuously appearing in them for his exemplary Punishment. 1. That he was justly brought to this Condemnation upon the plain Evidence of that very Youth, whom he had trained up in this wicked Way of Robbing. 2. That the avenging Hand of God had now taken hold on him, and would not suffer him to live long after that heinous Fact, which he knew in his Conscience (and I knew also from Andrew Baynes and John Sutton , then in Company with him) he had committed, in Assaulting that Honourable Person on the Highway, even when he was then just come from saving a Life; and that too, not only by his great Skill, but in that charitable manner, which he frequently exerts towards the Needy. And tho' he had escaped the Punishment of common Robberies for so many years, he could no longer avoid the Punishment of a Robbery accompany'd with such Aggravations, both on the part of the Gentleman robb'd, and on his own part, shewing a crueller Disposition towards him, than either Baynes or Sutton did, as that Honourable Person made it appear, when (in my presence) he told him the said Maw, many Particulars relating to the part he acted in that Robbery. Which if he did now duly consider, he must needs conclude, That therein he had committed an uncommon Offence; and therefore though he was not condemn'd for it, no more than Baynes and Sutton were, yet this his Condemnation was the Effect of it, and the just Punishment which the Great Judge of the whole World inflicted upon him, particularly for that his great Barbarity. When he was seeking for (without shewing any Disposition by Confession that in the least deserved) that Mercy at the Honourable Hand, who had obtain'd it for Andrew Paynes , because he was more gentle and civil in the Commission of his Crimes, and more tractable and penitent under his Condemnation, I told him plainly, that his Temper and Carriage being in all respects, and every where (both on the Highway and in Irons) much different from that of Baynes, he had no reason to expect the same Favour that Baynes had, of a Reprieve; which, though but for a few Weeks, yet was (as it prov'd) a great Blessing to him, who within that time was (through Mercy) brought to such a happy Disposition, as not only to be well prepared for Death, but to wish it rather than Life itself, which he then began to discover was attended with Temptation to Sin, and consequently with great Misery. Thus I laid before Maw those Things that I thought most proper to melt him into true Repentance, and oblige him to an open Confession of his Crimes, but hitherto in vain; his habitual Temper beig stubborn, and often angry at pressing him to confess. All I could get out of him, was this Answer only. I am a great Offender, and what can I say more? Yes, reply'd I, You can say in what Particulars You have offended, which it greatly concerns You to do, else I would not desire it of You; for it is all one to me, so long as I discharge my Duty to your Soul (but it is not all one to You) whether You make an ingenuous and sincere Confession, or not. Complain of my Severity (as you call it) as long as You will, I will not flatter nor humour You in Your unreasonable and mistaken Notions. I will tell You, without disguise, That Your Crimes being of a publick Concern, they ought to be publickly acknowledged, and You are to ask Pardon, as of God, so likewise of the Persons You have injured, if ever You expect to avoid the intolerable Torments of Hell, and obtain the unspeakable Felicity of Heaven. With these, and the like Instructions and Admonitions, I endeavoured to move him, but he remain'd stiff and obstinate, harden'd in his Sins, and deluded by the Wiles of Satan, and the deceitful Imaginations of his own corrupt Mind. This Day their Bodies being demanded by, and deliver'd to the Sheriffs Officers, they were carry'd out of Newgate , in a Cart, to the Place of Execution; where I perform'd my last Office to their Souls. I exhorted them (especially Will. Maw) to die with a clear Conscience, and not to leave that undone in this World, which could not be done in the other, into which they were just going to be launch'd. Thomas Jarrott said, He had declar'd already all he had to say for the clearing of his Conscience. Which as I was satisfied in, so I did not press him further herein. He then gave me a Paper, he call'd his Last Speech, which (according to his Desire to me) I shall publish: But, there not being room here for it, I intend to joyn it to the Account of his Robberies, which will come out on Friday next. As for Maw, he said, He had (he hop'd) made his Peace with God: He would not be ask'd any Questions: He knew he had been a great Sinner, and God was just, in bringing him to this Death. After this I pray'd by them, sung some Penitential Psalms, and made them rehearse the Apostles Creed. Then I gave them some farther Exhortations, and pray'd again with them, and having recommended their Souls to God's Mercy in Christ, I left them to their private Devotions, for which they had some time allow'd them. Before they were turn'd off, they spoke to the People to this effect, (viz. Jarrott) I pray all, young and old, to take Warning by me. I had good Education from my Parents, who are honest People. They did not bring me up to this I am now come to. But I was undutiful and disobedient, and would not follow good Counsel. I desire that none would be so unjust as to reflect upon my Friends, who are in no ways concerned in my ill Actions, &c. And Maw spoke thus, I desire all Gentlemen and others hers present, to take Warning, and amend their Lives betimes. They both desired the Prayers of the Spectators: And when they had ended their Speeches, and pray'd a while to themselves, the Cart drew away, and they expired with these and the like Ejaculations in their Mouths, viz. Maw, (who spoke little, and very low) Lord! have Mercy on me, a great Sinner. Jarrott; Lord! look upon me in thy Mercy; Lord Jesus, help me in this time of Need. Open thy Gates unto me, and receive me unto Thyself: Even so, Lord Jesus! Wednesday, Octob. 24. 1711. This is all the Account here to be given of these dying Persons, by me, PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . ***At the Queens-Head and Golden-Fleece against Exeter-Exchange in the Strand, are to be sold all sorts of Hosiers Goods, viz. Stockings, Bays, Flannels, &c. The whole Stock will be Sold-off under the Prime Cost, by Retail: And the Trade being to be Left-off, the House and Shop is to Let. London Printed, and are to be Sold by J. Morphew, near Stationers-Hall.

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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 Saturday the 31st Day of January, 1712/1713. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Friday the 16th, Saturday the 17th, and Monday the 19th of January 1713, Six Persons, viz. Five Men and One Woman, being Try'd for, and found Guilty of several Capital Crimes, did accordingly receive Sentence of Death. Of these Persons Five were order'd for Execution; and the other has obtain'd the Mercy of a Reprieve; which I wish he may not abuse, as many before him have done, but take care (as he ought) to improve it to the Glory of GOD. While under this Condemnation I visited them constantly, and had them brought up twice every Day to the Chapel in Newgate, where (chiefly) I pray'd with them, and both read and expounded the Word of GOD to them; whom (upon my private Examination of them) I found to be in great want of Ghostly Advice. They seem'd to be very desirous of it, and of my Prayers to GOD for them: Both which they had, to their Souls Comfort. On the LORD's Day the 18th instant, I preached to them, both in the Forenoon and Afternoon, upon part of one of the Psalms for that Morning-Service, viz. Psal. 90. 12, the Words being these: So teach us to number our Days, that we may apply our Hearts unto Wisdom. Here I first explain'd at large both the Text and Context; shewing, that in this Psalm, Moses (who was the Author of it) gives a plain Description of the Shortness of Human Life, and the Miseries attending it; and from thence proceeds to this excellent Prayer set forth in the Text; wherein he teaches us how we ought to apply ourselves to GOD for Divine Instruction, to the end we may obtain Wisdom; not the Wisdom of the World, which chiefly consists in Cunning and Artifice, and often in Tricks, Fraud, Deceit, &c. but the Wisdom from above, as St. James calls it, by which Men may be made sensible, that the little Time they have to live in this World, is to be employ'd principally (if not wholly) in the serious Thoughts of, and due Preparation for Death in this World, and a happy Eternity in the other. And this is to be Wise to our main Interest, even our Everlasting Life and Salvation. Having further inlarg'd upon this Topick, in general, I then distinctly spoke to, and made out these Three Points, in particular, viz. I. That Man's Life, though it were not cut off (as it often is) by some accidental Stroke or other, but did extend to the utmost Natural Period and Limit to which it can possibly attain, is very short in Comparison of that Eternity which comes after it. II. That upon this Account, every Man should be so Wise, as to take continual Notice of his continual Drawing nearer and nearer to his Death in this World, and to his Judgment in the next; which are (both of them) unavoidable. III. & lastly, That if it be (as it really is) the greatest Concern, which Men in general can have in this Mortal State, to be always preparing for a better, even that which is Blessed and Immortal; it certainly imports them, in a more especial and urgent manner, to make this necessary Preparation, without delay, who have visibly but a few Days to live in this World, and have so much to do to provide for their Everlasting Happy State in the World to come. And this is (said I to the Condemn'd) This is your very Case. On the last LORD's Day, the 25th instant, I preach'd again to them, both in the Morning and Afternoon, and took my Text out of the first Lesson for that Morning-Service, viz. Isa. 55. 6, 7. 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 Thoughts, and let him return unto the LORD, and He will have Mercy upon him; and to our GOD, for He will abundantly Pardon. In my Explanation of this Text, I shew'd (both from it and the Context.) First, in general, That herein the Prophet endeavours (by many Words and Arguments) to encourage the Jews to Repentance; who were highly Guilty of Idolatry, Apostacy, and many other grievous and enormous Sins; which when they once came seriously to consider, by a Thorough Examination of Themselves, how they had liv'd in Opposition to GOD, and contrary to his Just and Holy Laws, they would then be apt to fall into Despair, and conclude, That GOD would never Pardon such notorious Offenders, as they had been. This was the melancholy and lamentable State they were then in. And this Despair of Mercy, which occasion'd their unspeakable Trouble, we often find to be the sad Condition of Old hardned Sinners, who have offended GOD, Days and Ways without number. Therefore next to a Life as free from Sin as our frail Mortality will permit, the best thing which a Man can do for himself, (who has been unhappily engag'd in a Sinful Course) is to get out of it, as soon as possible, and repent before it be too late; Seeking the LORD, while he may be found; and calling upon Him, while He is near: And (in a Word) returning to Him, while He is offering Mercy. To encourage my Hearers (and particularly the Condemn'd) to the Performance of this their great Duty, and Furtherance of their Everlasting Concern, I laid down many Arguments before them, shewing them, both the infallible Way, and absolute Necessity of speedy Repentance. And for their better understanding the whole Meaning of the Text, I shew'd them, Secondly, in particular, That in it, GOD, by his Prophet, endeavours to perswade Men to hearken to his gracious Call, and to seek him in good earnest; i. e. To labour diligently after the Knowledg of his Reveal'd Will, and the obtaining his Grace for the due Performance of it: Neither of which are attainable but in and through JESUS CHRIST, the Saviour of the World. To illustrate this Doctrine, and make it still plainer to my Auditory, I discoursed upon these Four Things contain'd in the Text. I. A Command to seek and call upon GOD; shewing, That we are to seek GOD in his Works, in his Word, and in his Sacraments: And to call upon Him with devout Prayers and earnest Supplications. II. We have here, a Pressing Exhortation to obey this Command, which (to make it stronger) is thus doubled, Seek ye the LORD while He may be found: And, Call ye upon Him while He is near. III. The Disposition requisite for our Seeking the LORD so, as to find Him in Mercy; and Calling upon Him so, as to be heard, and graciously answer'd by Him. And this proper and happy Disposition is a parting with our Sins, and Returning unto GOD by Amendment of Life: Which is plainly express'd by these Words, Let the Wicked forsake his Ways, and the Unrighteous Man his Thoughts; and let him return unto the LORD. IV. & lastly, To the Duty herein prescribed, there is a gracious Promise made of Pardon to the Penitent, who shall find Acceptance with Almighty GOD: For having said, Let the Wicked forsake his Ways, &c; And, Let him return unto the LORD, &c. He adds this sweet, this comfortable, and most encouraging Assurance, in these two Synonymous Expressions. He will have Mercy upon him, and He will abundantly Pardon. And on Friday last the 30th instant being the Anniversary Day of the Martyrdom of the Blessed King Charles the First, I did again Preach to the Condemn'd Prisoners, and others there present; taking my Text out of the Epistle for the Day, viz. 1 Peter, 2 Chap. 13th & 14th Ver. Submit your selves to every Ordinance of Man, for the LORD's s: Whether it be to the King, as Supream; O unto Governours, as unto them that are sent by Him, for the Punishment of Evil-doers, and for the Praise of them that do well. From which Words, first paraphrastically explain'd, and illustrated by several other Scripture-Texts, expresly injoining the same Duty, I then proceeded to shew; I. In what Things we are to Submit to, and Obey, our Supream Governour, and all others in Authority: And that is, 1st, In All Things (whether relating to Church or State) which GOD has Commanded. 2dly, In All Things that GOD has not evidently Forbidden, and are of an indifferent Nature; i. e. Neither Good, nor Bad in themselves; but cease (indeed) to be so, when Commanded, or Forbidden; in which Case, our Obedience becomes necessary and indispensable, as well with respect to Spiritual, as to Civil Matters. II. Why we are thus Oblig'd to submit and to Obey: And that is for these Reasons Principally, viz. 1st, Because GOD has commanded it; which, without doubt, were of it self a sufficient Obligation, tho' there were no other Reasons for it. But there are. As, 2dly, Because GOD has not only injoyn'd this in his Written Word, but in those Precepts of Reason, which He has by Nature imprinted upon every Man. 3dly, Because no Government can subsist without Obedience to it, neither would Men be Just, Honest, Quiet, and Happy without it: And, 4thly, Because Our Obedience both to the Divine and Human Laws, greatly tends to the Honour of GOD and the Good of Mankind; and Disobedience thereto is absolutely contrary to both. III. What is the End of Government: And that is twofold, as our Apostle shews; viz. 1st, For the Correction and Restraint of Evil-doers; And, 2dly, For the Protection and Encouragement of Them that do well; i. e. Such as are Obedient both to GOD, and to his Vicegerent. From all which I prov'd, IV. & lastly, The absolute Necessity of Government; because there can be no Publick Service or Worship of GOD duly perform'd, nor any Moral or Civil Good done or promoted; nor indeed any Ill restrain'd or prevented in this World, without it. For it is more than probable, that without a lawful Government, and a dutiful Obedience to Governours, there should be nothing but Confusion, Oppression, Rapine, Injustice, and the like, in the World; all good Order and Peace shou'd then be banish'd from the Face of the Earth, and no Man could enjoy any thing quietly or safely, but must deliver it up to a stronger than himself: So that he that could kill his Neighbour, or otherwise get the Power over him, might tke his Possessions too; and by such means, the World would soon become a Den of Thieves. Therefore it plainly appears, That there must needs be a Government among Men; and, That they ought to submit to Governours appointed by Almighty GOD to inforce the Execution of the Divine Laws, and preserve good Order in every Place, by making such wholsom Laws of their own, as the Exigence of Time and Affairs may require. And this also shews, That Wicked Men must be punish'd according to the Nature of their Facts, as GOD expresly commands it; First, in particular, as to the Case of Murder; concerning which He declares. That whoso has committed it, shall be surely put to Death, and no Satisfaction shall be taken for his Life; for the Land cannot be cleansed of the Blood that is shed therein, but by the Blood of him that shed it. Numb. 35. 30. &c. Secondly, in general, GOD has threaten'd Men with sore Punishments for their Sins of any kind, especially where arriv'd to a great height, as we may gather from these Words of David, Psal. 107. 34. A fruitful Land GOD turns into Barrenness [or makes Barren,] for the Wickedness of them that dwell therein. But here, if some should say, That all Wicked Men are not Rebels; I grant, that the Crimes of those, who offend in private Cases, are not so universally mischievous, and of such ill Consequences, as theirs are who throw up all Allegiance to, and openly take up Arms against their Lawful Soveraign, and thereby involve a whole Nation in Blood and Misery, as in those former Days (which we now look upon as very unhappy, and mourn for) has been seen in this Land. But yet all Wicked, Men, of any denomination whatsoever, cannot deny but that their Breaking the Laws, in any wise, shews them most mischievous indeed, as being not only injurious to their Neighbours, but unloyal and undutiful Subjects both to GOD, (the Great King of all the whole World) and to Those that represent Him, and act by his immediate Authority here on Earth. Having extended my Discourses upon these several Heads and Particulars, I did conclude all with suitable Admonitions and Exhortations (by way of Application) to the Condemn'd; whom (at proper times) I examin'd in private; and then it was that they (viz. five of them) who are now to die, gave me the respective Accounts of themselves, as follows. 1. Jacob Avery , condemn'd for a Robbery by him commited upon the High-way, on the 9th of September last: The Particulars of which, and who was concern'd with him therein, may be seen at large in his Printed Tryal. But here I keep to the Confession he made to me. He acknowledg'd, That he was Guilty of this Robbery, and of several others of the like Nature; but not so many as the World suspected him to be Guilty of; for he never committed above Six in his whole Life, nor got above 30 l. by all of them; adding, That he began to enter upon this Wicked Course in August last, and not before. Among the rest, he own'd the Robbery he was to have been Try'd for at Oxford , if the Death inflicted upon him for this had not prevented it. He said, He was an Oxfordshire-Man , born at Goring , and was now about 34 Years of Age: That when he came up to London (20 Years ago) he was bound Apprentice to a Bricklayer , whom he served carefully and faithfully all the Time of his Apprentiship, during which he lived a very sober and religious Life; and frequently received the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper on Sunday-Mornings, at St. Laurence's Church near Guildhall . But afterwards growing remiss in his Performance, both of that and other Religious Duties, as he thus departed from GOD, so GOD also departed from him, and left him to the Devil's Temptations, who prompted him to the commission of Adultery and other heinous Crimes; which, he said, he now bitterly repented of; praying that Good GOD, whom he had so greatly and knowingly offended, to be Merciful to him; and his Neighbours to Pardon him the Injuries he had done them; to whom he could make no other Amends and Satisfaction than to pray, that it would please GOD to bless 'em. 2. John Hart , condemn'd for breaking open the House of Mrs. Abigail Woodroffe , in the Parish of St. Mary Whitechapel , on the 27th of December last; and taking from thence 12 Yards of Crape, and several other Goods. This Fact he readily confess'd, together with two others he was try'd for, and found Guilty of, viz. the Stealing of 43 Yards of Colchester-Bays, the Goods of Mr. John Cardell and Mrs. Margaret Cadey, on the 25th of December last. And on the same Day at Night taking and carrying away 8 Yards of Broad-cloth from the Tenters of Mr. Richard Richardson in Butchers-Close in Moorfields . All these Facts he could not but acknowledg he was Guilty of, because they were plainly prov'd upon him: But he was very loth to discover in particular any ill thing he had done besides, which was not publickly known; saying only in general, That he had much offended GOD, and wrong'd his Neighbour; but could make no other amends for it, than beg Pardon; which he did with all his Heart. This is the Sub stance of the first Part of this Hart's Confession; who, upon my further and closer Examination of him, did own to me, That tho' he was now under 19 Years of Age; yet, about three Years ago (viz. on the 16th Day of May 1710) he committed a Burglary and Robbery in the House of Mr. Samuel Hayes ; taking from thence a Quantity of Copper Half-pence, to the Value of about five Pounds: For which Fact, having receiv'd Sentence of Death, on the 25th of the said Month, he afterwards obtain'd Her Majesty's Pardon, which he pleaded at the Old-Baily, on Friday the 8th of December following: The Condition of which Pardon being, That he should be kept in a Work-house to hard Labour for 2 full Years, he was accordingly sent to, and kept in the Bride-well in Clarkenwell , and there he serv'd out his Time, which being expired, on the 6th of December last, he was then discharg'd from his Confinement; and no sooner was he at liberty, but he return'd to his wicked Ways. He said, He was born in St. John's Street in the Parish of St. Sepulchre , London : That in his younger Years, he was bound to a Card-maker in St. James's Street , Westminster ; and, That when he had but one Year and an Half of his Time to serve, he ran away, and became a Vagabond; and so was easily entic'd to those ill things, which he afterwards committed, and which prov'd at last his Ruin. He desired all Apprentices and other young Men to take Warning by him; and so to avoid his Loose and Wicked Life, as to prevent their Coming to such an untimely End in this World, and Eternal Condemnation, which (were not GOD most merciful to him) should be his miserable Portion in the next. Upon an Information given me; that he had robb'd the House of Mr. Philip Carpenter ; taking from thence a Silk Quilt, 8 Yards of Wide Camblet, four Yards of Thread Sattin, a Silk Lining of a Gown, and the Head of a Riding-Hood; I asking him, Whether he was Guilty of this Robbery also, be own'd it; but said, he could not help the said Mr. Carpenter to those Goods again, otherwise than by giving him an Account how he disposed of them; which he was very loth to do. I found he had been (tho' a young Man, yet) an old (or great) Offender: And he could not deny it. Neither did he disown, (when I put the Question to him) his having taken a Bundle of Linnen from a poor Washerwoman, which what he had done with, he would hardly be brought ingenuously to confess. A little before his Execution, he added this to his Confession; viz. That One Day in Decemb. last, about 6 in the Evening, he and another young Lad, not yet taken, got into a House about Goodmansfields , and there finding a Tea-Table with 3 Silver-Pots on it, took both Table and Pots away, which his Companions disposed of; but in what manner, and to whom, he never knew; only he brought him 6 l. 15 s. for his Share. 3. Samuel Yealfe , condemn'd also for a Burglary, that is, for Breaking the House of Mr. John Swan of the Parish of St. Clement Danes , on the 12th of October last, and stealing from thence 30 Pair of Men's Shoes. This Fact he confess'd he was Guilty of, as likewise the 3 others, for which he was try'd at the same time. But it being his Misfortune to be all along in expectation of a Reprieve, he would confess no further, saving that he had rob'd the Shop of Mr. Brown, in the Parish of St. Clement Danes , and taken from thence several Goods; but would not declare who had receiv'd them, and how they were disposed of, otherwise than this; That the People that had those Goods in their keeping for him (and did not know how he came by them) hearing, that he was committed to Newgate for Robberies, presently rid their Hands of the said Goods, by throwing them into a House of Office, or Common Shore: But who those People were, he would not discover, saying, he knew them to be very honest Persons, and therefore would not by any means expose them; and besides, the Goods could not be had again. He said, he was about 20 Years of Age, born at Longney in Gloucestershire ; and, That about 8 Years since, he came up to London , and was bound to a Pastry-Cook in Shear-lane , after he had been with him about 3 Months upon Liking. He further said, That his Master, being a good and religious Man, kept him to his Duty, and from ill Company; making him go to Church, and employ his Time well at Home. But after he had served with him 5 Years and an half, he having leave to go and see his Friends in the Country, where he staid about 6 Weeks, at his Return to Town, he became unruly, taking more liberty than he had done before; and more indeed than (as he now acknowledg'd) he ought to have taken; for he kept bad Company, abandon'd himself to Drinking, and to the Sin of Uncleanness, and other Vices. At which time his Master dying, when he had yet one Year more to serve, he served it with his Master's Widow, whom he wrong'd of several Goods, at diverse Times; but she was so kind, as to forgive him. And no sooner was he out of his Apprentiship, but he fell upon Robbing of House and Shops; and so by those heinous and dangerous Facts, brought himself at last to this Dismal End, who (by his own sad Experience) learned this Lesson; That the Ways of Sin, are the Ways of Death and Hell: Which he desired all young Men carefully to avoid. 4. James Phips , condemn'd for Stealing of a Black Mare and a Bay Mare. He said, he was under 20 years old, and born at Stow in Gloucestershire : That from the age of 10 years he was a Serving-Man and a Jockey , till he came to 13 Years of Age; at which time he apply'd himself to the Business of Gardening , and in that Capacity was employ'd in the Gardens of the Right Honourable the Earl of Leicester, at his Lordship's House at Barton in the said County . He further said, That he never committed any such Fact in his Life before, nor any other that deserved Death. He seem'd to be penitent, and heartily begg'd Pardon of GOD, and of them he had injur'd. 5. Deborah Hardcastle , condemn'd for a Burglary and 3 Felonies; of which the curious Reader may see the particular Accounts in her Printed Trials. She confess'd all those Facts, and the Justice of her Sentence, but would not own that she had been an old Offender; saying, That she never was (nor deserved to be) brought to Justice before now: That she had not yet seen 25 Years of Age, was born in the Parish of St. Botolph without Aldgate , and had been a great Pains-taker, being employ'd in the Victualling-Office , for these 10 Years past, and above: That her Husband, a Seaman, being lately Dead, and herself reduced (with an Old Mother and 2 small Children) to great Poverty and Want, she was tempted to do those wicked Things, which she is now to suffer for, and heartily repents of. Much more I might say of the condemn'd Malefactors, did I take my measures for these Papers, from the various (and often contradictory) Reports made of them by others; who, tho' very forward (it seems) to give in their Informations, would perhaps be very loth to be quoted for Authors. But to satisfy the Reasonable Reader in this Matter, I pray him to be referr'd both to the Title of these Papers, and to the Consideration of the Design of them; and he will presently apprehend, That herein I only undertake to give the World an Account of what I say to the Condemn'd, and what the Condemn'd either say to me, or in my Hearing, or at least what I have personal Knowledg of. So that I am sure (and the Publick may be so too) that I always write truly what I certainly know of them, and may properly be call'd, Their Confessions to me, and my Admonitions to them. 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 exhorted them to clear their Consciences, and stir up their Hearts and Affections to GOD. There they shew'd by many Sighs and Tears, and other Expressions of Grief, their Abhorrence of Sin, and the Sense they had of the great Trouble and Misery it always brings upon Men. They desir'd me to pray for them, which (according to my usual Custom) I did, and sung some Penitential Psalms with them, and made them rehearse the Apostles Creed: Then commending their Souls to GOD in CHRIST, I withdrew from them. They wish'd the Spectators, and all young Men, and others, to take Warning by them. This done, they apply'd themselves to their private Devotions, for which they had some Time allow'd them. Afterwards the Cart drawing away, they were turn'd off, all the while calling (each of 'em) upon GOD for Mercy, Pardon, and Salvation, in these and the like Ejaculations: Lord, have Mercy upon me! Lord, save me! Lord Jesus, receive me, &c. This is all the Account here to be given of these dying Persons, by me, PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Saturday, January 31. 1712/1713. 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. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words OF SARAH METYARD , AND SARAH MORGAN METYARD , her daughter, Who were Executed at Tyburn , on Monday, July 19, 1762, for the Murder of ANN NAILOR . BEING THE FIFTH EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. Sir SAMUEL FLUDYER , Bart. LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON . NUMBER II. 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 Pater-noster-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 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 Samuel Fludyer , Bart. Lord Mayor ; the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Parker , Knt. the Honourable Henry Bathurst one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas ; Sir John Eardley Wilmot , Knt. one of the Judges of the Kings Bench ; Sir William Moreton , Knt. Recorder ; James Eyre Esq ; deputy Recorder , and others, his Majesty's Justices of oyer and terminer for the said city and county; on Wednesday the 14th, Thursday the 15th, Friday the 16th and Saturday the 17th of July, in the second Year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, Sarah Metyard and Sarah Morgan Metyard her daughter, were indicted, tried and convicted for wilfully and maliciously murdering Ann Nailor , by assaulting, beating and bruising her, and starving her to death. As the trial is to be published with all convenient expedition, in the whole proceedings on the commission of the peace, &c. my province limits me to an account of the behaviour, &c. of the prisoners from the time they fell under my notice, which was not till five or six days before the sessions, when they were commited to Newgate by Sir John Fielding and two other justices, on the oath of Sarah Hinchman and others, whose names will appear as witnesses against them, on the trial. The animosity between this unhappy mother and daughter, ran so high by means of their mutual accusations and reproaches, that it was necessary to confine them apart, in the most distant parts of the prison; the daughter having an apartment on the Press-yard side, with a servant to attend her, while the mother was kept on the opposite side. This latter was not seen by me at chapel more than once before her conviction, when she came with seeming reluctance, being brought up by one of the runners to be spoken to and directed in the way of preparation for eternity; when being asked why she did not attend, when first sent for, she answered, " because " she feared to expose herself;" to which it was replied, take heed you be not more exposed in a worse place. At this first interview, she told me she kept a haberdasher 's shop in Bruton-street , in the parish of St. George's , Hanover square ; that she took parish children apprentice, and taught them to make nets, mittens, and other such goods. Though she was not questioned at this time farther than in general about the charge against her, she strongly declared her innocence, and that she was ready to con firm it on oath; she was told, that could not be admitted, and referred to a fair trial; and exhorted to prepare not only for that, but a greater tribunal, to which the event might speedily consign her; when sent for another time, she mad an excuse, that she waited for her attorney; and that her servant would come to chapel instead of her, and her daughter; the meaning of which was not very clear to me; this was Sunday morning the 11th instant. With some persuasion the daughter was prevailed on to come to chapel the same afternoon, being the Sunday before the trial, when she seemed to be much disordered with fears and horrors: but she did not scruple to tell her mother's guilt, in which she denied to have had any share except that of being privy to, and yet concealing it, which she endeavoured to extenuate by her being induced to believe that it was a part of her duty to her mother. She was told she certainly must know better; but she put the case so feelingly, asking what could I do; it was my mother; I had no other friend in the world: mentioning that she was then but 18 or 19 years of age (being about four years since) that it was hard not to make some allowance on this account, had this been all that could be proved against her. But when it was given in evidence on the trial, that she was instrumental in beating with a broomstick, and bruising, and tying up and starving the deceased child; and that by her own confession, and accusation of her mother, she was conscious to all her slow-paced and deliberate cruelty, without revealing or preventing it; on these suppositions, could justice, or even mercy, extend compassion to her? During the trial, the evidence against these two unnatural accusers and fellow-criminals grew stronger, and threatened a conviction. It seemed doubtful on whose head the storm would break; whether on the mother, who denied the whole charge, and would represent her daughter as a monstrous false accuser and a parricide, or on the daughter, who while she accused the mother, instead of excusing herself, turned the arrows pointed at her against her own bosom; or whether the thunder would equally blast them both: their heart-burnings against each other, and their fears each for herself, betrayed themselves in the dismal pale face, and the averse behaviour of each toward the other; they could scarce stifle it even at the bar; common danger could not reconcile them, nor extinguish their resentments. This seemed to bode no light or hopeful task to their spiritual guide; it appeared a desperate under-taking to reconcile them to heaven and to each other. The natural affections reversed, hatred for love; despair, revenge and fury, in the place of hope, peace, and charity. The manner in which this murder came out is very remarkable; after it had been concealed from about October 1758; the criminals had wrapped themselves up in security, and said, surely The bitterness of death is past. God was not in all their thoughts. Or else they said, He hideth his face, and will never require it. The secret was only with Metyard the daughter, who had now gone out to service with Mr. R - r about two years, or more, after the fact. This person had lodged some months in Mrs. Metyard's house, but being ill at ease, and dissatisfied there, by reason of the ill behaviour of the mother both toward her daughter and the children her apprentices, he quitted the house, and the daughter consented to go and live with him. The mother alarmed at this, haunted with fears and conscious guilt, never thinking herself safe either in the presence or absence of her daughter, was a frequent, but uneasy visitor at the house where she lived, first in town, and then in the country, at Ealing. These visits, instead of being attended with mutual affection and complacency, did usually produce bickerings, reproaches, and quarrels. The mother pretended, as the ground of her quarrel, that her daughter lived in a criminal way, and therefore would persuade her to return home; while the daughter persisted to endeavour to get her livelihood apart from her, as she had long wished to do; and begged that she might be suffered to do it quietly: or else - she dropt hints which threatened a discovery. This kindled a spirit of rage and revenge in the mother; she even set her at defiance, with imprecations - said she would accuse and swear first, and being the mother, should find most credit. In the midst of this, a cry of murder was heard in the kitchen, which reached the master's ears; he called the gardiner to assist, and they coming upon them, found the daughter's cap and handkerchief torn off, and a pointed knife just thrown out of the mother's hand, which, it is said, she held to her daughter's throat. Their invectives still continued; some words which fell from the daughter were caught by the master, as, " You are the Chick lane ghost" - " remember the gully-hole at Chick-lane." After the mother's departure, this produced an explanation of the daughter to her master, under the seal of secrecy. Metyard, the mother, dreading this, wrote a letter to Mr. R - r's sister, in order to terrify him to keep silence; but it produced a discovery and a prosecution, which was little intended to affect the daughter. A letter, or advertisement of Mr. R - K - r excited the parish officers of Tottenham to apply for justice to Sir John Fielding . Mr. R - k - r met them, and attended thereon; officers were sent to bring the mother and her apprentices, who being examined, the mother was committed to New prison , about the latter end of June, and her apprentice girls were sent to the parish workhouse of St. George's Hanover square. Mean time the daughter, who in her examination had roundly impeached her mother, was at liberty for several days after, till on a second or third examination, some evidence coming out, partly from the children, which affected the daughter, she was then first committed to the Gatehouse , Westminster , about July the 5th, where she is said to have behaved herself soberly, modestly, and industriously, and without any seeming apprehension of being found guilty; she had a good apartment provided for her, during the few days she was here. Whence, upon another examination, about the following Thursday she was sent to Newgate as before mentioned. Let us now return to the trial: the whole lasted about seven hours. When after their conviction and sentence, they were visited, it is no easy matter to conceive or describe the anguish of soul that seized them, and the horrors that surrounded them! a mother and a daughter looking on each other, and charging each as the author of the other's destruction. And what gives a more deadly sting to the charge, both alas! too truly! had each seen her own part of the guilt in its proper colours, deep as crimson; had each heard the cry of vengeance for blood, sounding in her ear, during this long interval of divine patience and long suffering for almost four years; had they truly repented and humbled themselves as sinful dust and ashes, and returned to a life of piety, purity and charity, perhaps they had not now been visited in this manner, and brought to open shame and punishment for these crimes; or if they had, they could better have born it. But now the things belonging to their peace seem to have been hidden from their eyes! both equally persisted in denying the guilt of murder, but the daughter in the pride and confidence of her youth, was most reluctant and averse to die; to avoid this she had pleaded most pathetically with hands and eyes lifted up, and the most soothing voice, to the bench, to grant her a little respite; and this, after her legal plea of pregnancy had been set aside by a jury of matrons. Even after she was brought back to the prison, she continued her fond note of vain cries for a respite, to those who could not help nor deliver her, to the neglect and interruption of her application to him who alone is most willing and mighty to save; while the mother continued in a silent dejection of spirit bordering on a hardened impenitence. They were called and brought up to the chapel, where proper exhortations were applied to them and the other convicts severally, and proper prayers offered up for them with an assiduity and zeal which the suddenness of the extraordinary and dreadful occasion demanded. Chiefly they were moved and instructed to be reconciled to God, and then to each other. The mother first seemed to endeavour to comply with this latter part of her duty; she burst into tears, prayed to God to forgive her daughter; adding, she would forgive her if she could; and hoped she should be enabled so to do: the daughter made the like professions; but still it was expedient to keep them apart; indeed they spontaneously and on purpose kept at a distance, even in the chapel. When either of them was separately spoken to in the closet, she persisted in excusing herself and accusing the other, as if each had determined to endeavour the saving of her own life at the expence of the other, but both to reject the means of saving their own souls by a true confession; the mother insisting that her daughter had taken a rash oath against her, which she was too obstinate to retract; and the daughter aggravating her first charge against her mother, with that of hardened impenitence and denial of the truth; and notwithstanding all possible motives to truth and sincerity, clearly and strongly represented to them, thus they persisted. This is a sad epitome of what will appear at large in too many dreadful examples on the great day of account, when all those who have counteracted, or ill discharged their relative duties of parent and child, ruler and subject, pastor and people, or any other of the superior and inferior relations in this state of trial, will look aghast at each other, in frantic despair, charging the neglect of duty, of relaxed discipline, of disobedience, and evil example to each other's account; when all that seduce and betray each other into sin, will fill up the dire and dreadful number. Learn hence ye parents and children of every rank, the force and importance of that admonition, preparative to a general reformation of life and manners, the neglect of which is a sure presage of a general corruption and impending destruction. It is a part of the character, and subject of teaching, of St. John Baptist, the harbinger of the captain of our salvation; He shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse, as the prophet Malachi foretold, ch. iv. v. 6. And St. Luke thus recorded the accomplishment of it, ch. i. v. 16, 17. And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God: and he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. And if any nation under heaven want such a power and spirit revived among them more than our own, may it speedily be raised up in both. In reading the lessons to these convicts on Saturday and Sunday, some remarkable passages occurred, which seemed to point out their crime, and the method of providence in detecting and punishing it, clear as the hand-writing on the wall against Belshazzar, or as a ray of light from heaven darting to the soul. The first part in the second chapter of the prophet Jeremiah, v. 34, 37. Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls (or the lives) of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search - Yet thou sayest, because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me: behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest I have not sinned. This was opened, explained, and applied to them on Saturday. The subject of the other proper lesson for Sunday morning being 2 Samuel, ch. xii, was at once a reproof to those sinners, and a guide and encouragement to penitence, pardon, and peace, had they received it as spoken and applied to them, no less than to all like sinners. It is Nathan's beautiful parable address'd to king David on the murder of Uriah, &c. in the application of which are these words, v. 11, 12, 14. Thus saith the Lord, behold I will raise up evil unto thee out of thine house. - 12. For thou didst it secretly: But I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. Can any thing be more exactly applicable? Was not evil raised up against this mother out of her own house, by the mortal wound of the testimony of her own daughter and apprentices? and against the daughter from the same quarter? Nor was this crime which they did secretly found by secret search; but by their own troubled consciences, and the reproaches thence arising against each other. Tremble then ye women that are at ease, ye careless daughters, and all secret but secure, habitual and hardened sinners, while ye contemplate this instance of a God that judgeth in the earth. But to return to the convicts. The mother had once, on Saturday, implicitly owned, that the girl in question died in the house; but then she had devised a new cause of her death, - that a bed-post, or bed made to turn up, fell on her head, by the wound of which she lost much blood, and pined away till she died. But in following this story the next day, in order to bring her to a full confession, she relapsed into a denial of what she had so far confessed; and when by arguments laid before her, both in publick and private, she was so pressed that she could no longer withstand it, she said that for quietness sake, and to avoid farther applications, she was almost persuaded to confess a crime, of which she could not think herself guilty. Soon after this, she went down from the chapel, faint, pale, and wan; and being advised to take something to revive her, she replied, "They talk of starving, I am almost starved to death." - But why so? She answered, "I cannot swallow; I "can neither eat nor drink". This was about six or seven on Sunday evening, when she quickly fell into convulsive fits, became speechless, and in a manner senseless, and by what I could learn, spoke no more. Mean time her daughter was sitting on a bench in the Press-yard, either not daring or not caring to go near her mother, to relieve or assist her. She was otherwise engaged; taking her leave of a friend (as she chose to call him) in a most tender and distressful manner. When spoken to, to bid farewel to all such endearments, and regards to this world, and prepare for a better, he answered for her, that "She " was innocent, and had no need to " prepare." To which it was replied, " That was beyond his knowledge and " concern, and greatly unbecoming the " present circumstances," &c. Soon after he withdrew. On the Morning of EXECUTION. ENtering the Press-yard, it was told me, on enquiry, that Mrs. Metyard, the Mother, had continued all night in a fit, speechless, and without any motion, except strong convulsions, so that it was vain to attempt to bring her up to chapel. These convulsions were ascribed to her long and obstinate fasting, with a view to make an end of herself before execution; for it was said, she had taken up such a resolution; and when her daughter asked, how she could stand out so long in denying the fact, she answered, she would deny it. As to the daughter, she being very faint, was helped up to chapel, where she still persisted to deny any share in the guilt, except concealing it; and desired to receive the holy sacrament on the truth of this, and some other assertions which she made. She now repeated it, that her mother had made a practice of following her wherever she lived in service, to riot and abuse her; and at Mr. R - k - r's had called her w - re; that in the dispute, a word dropt about the gully-hole, which Mr. R - k - r heard and kept in mind till he pursued that clue to a charge and conviction of murder; that her mother dreading this, hastened it, by a threatening letter sent to his sister, as before-mentioned, concluding with some such words as these, that "his " money and his carcass should fly " then;" that her mother had all along threatened her, that if she were accused her daughter should suffer with her; and that the evidence of the two children apprentices (which had objected to her assertions) arose from their being tutored by the mother. But can this pretence find credit, when it is remembered that the mother was parted from her apprentices immediately after her apprehension and being accused? and had no opportunity of a private conversation with them afterwards; nor is it credible she would venture to tamper with them and entrust them with the secret, before the accusation. The daughter farther confessed, that when she was but eleven years of age, her mother brought her up in a scene of wickedness, by making her privy to thefts; in order to practise which, she used to go to the pewter scullery at St. James's palace , under pretence of buying victuals, and take opportunities to steal the plates and erase the marks; and also to steal pewter pots and melt them down. This was a dozen years ago. She added, that her mother made her go about among all her friends to raise a contribution, on pretence of her mother having gone away and forsaken her; and that her friends did help her on this occasion. That she had reason now to remember a warning which one of them gave her, when she bid her be dutiful and to behave well to her mother, but beware she did not bring her into mischief. Before I could consent to give her the holy sacrament, I consulted a clergyman and several other serious friends, who came to chapel on this charitable (though sad) occasion. She was again examined whether she repented truly of all her sins, &c. and particularly of the part she had in the guilt of this murder? as also of the criminal way in which, it was said, she lived. She denied expresly that she had any part in the guilt of either, except concealing the former; and again desired to receive the holy communion on the truth of what she now said; which I was advised to comply with. But being much perplexed how to reconcile her pleading pregnancy in arrest of judgment, with her present assertion; that she had no criminal conversation with any man; at a proper interval, she was again called, and this difficulty proposed to her; to which her answer was, that she was advised to use this plea, tho' without foundation, to gain a respite. That not being on oath herself, she ventured to plead it; not expecting, or not knowing any thing of a jury of matrons being to be called to search and examine her. This assertion she also made on the holy sacrament, which I did not refuse her any longer, as she took all the consequences on herself. Before nine they were brought out and put into the cart, the mother being laid along as if expiring. About ten they had arrived at the place of execution, which was inaccessible to me with a coach, or on foot, with any safety, because of the crowds of horse, foot, coaches and carriages surrounding it. When after much difficulty I got to them, the mother still lay in a fit scarce seeming to breath or move, excep now and then with a convulsive twitch her breast appearing greatly swelled and heaving. The daughter still over anxious to see Mr. R - k - r and he not appearing, she was reminded to wean her thoughts from every thing in this world. The 51st. Psalm was read, and she desired the multitude would join in prayer for her, which they did, as many as were near, as well as the noise and crding would permit; she persisted at proper intervals, to assert the truth of all that she declared this morning at the holy sacrament, and added that "she died a martyr to her innocence." This, she was told, was an improper expression at this time; and prayers of contrition and penitence put in her mouth, which she repeated; she further repeated that she never had criminal conversation with the person the world called her keeper, of whom she spoke as a true and disinterested friend, and desired to remember her last duty to him. She professed to forgive her mother and all her prosecutors whom she prayed for, and desired prayers for herself, to the last moment. We parted, and they were both quickly launched into eternity. The mother was about the 44th, and the daughter about the 24th year of her age. 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 Last Speeches of the Malefactors that were Executed at TYBURN, on Saturday, Dec. the 22d 1711. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily , on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 5th, 6th, and 7th instant, several Persons (viz. 7 Men and 4 Women) being Try'd, and Convicted of divers Capital Crimes, receiv'd Sentence of Death accordingly; and another Woman, condemn'd the Sessions before, and then Repriev'd, was now call'd to her former Judgment, and advis'd to prepare for another World. Of these twelve Persons, 9 having obtain'd the Mercy of the QUEEN's most gracious Reprieve (which I hope they will take care to improve) only 3 are now order'd for Execution. 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, and read and expounded he Word of GOD to them; endeavouring to make them sensible of their great need of Grace, and of what importance it was to them to implore it of that good and merciful God, who is always more ready to give, than Men can be to ask; and who (as he has declar'd) desires not the Death of Sinners, but that they should turn from their wicked ways, and live: i. e. that they would return to God by sincere Repentance, and Amendment of Life here, and so obtain (thro' a lively Faith in Christ) an Eternal Life of Bliss and Glory hereafter. On the Lord's Day the 9th instant, I preach'd to them, both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon part of the Gospel for the Day, viz. Luke 21. 27. the Words being these; And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a Cloud with Power and great Glory. Which Words I first explain'd in general; shewing, that they were spoken by our Blessed Saviour, who was that Son of Man, and is so call'd in divers Places of the New Testament, and particularly here, to denote, That as He took upon Him our Human Nature to redeem Mankind, so in that Nature He will appear when He shall come to judge the World. Having enlarg'd on this, and observ'd from an ancient Father, That Christ, as God and Man, may be said to have three Comings; as, 1. He came among Men in time past, in the fulness of Times, saith St. Paul, Eph. 1. 10. When the Word was made Flesh, and dwelt among us, saith the holy Evangelist St. John, 1. 14. 2. He comes into Men in the time present by his Grace and Holy Spirit, which the Wicked do most unworthily reject: Behold, (saith he) I stand at the Door and knock, Rev. 3. 20. 3. He shall in the future come against Men, to judge both the Quick and Dead. This is an Article of our Christian Faith, which Sinners would do well to consider, so as to prepare against that terrible Day of Christ's Last (which is generally call'd his Second) Coming, he having but two in the Appearance of a Man, viz. these, already mention'd. 1st, When He was pleas'd to cloath himself with our Flesh, in which he appear'd with great Humility and Abjectness, being despis'd, reproach'd, and judg'd by wicked Men. 2dly, When He shall appear in his glorious Majesty, attended with Myriads of Angels, and shall judge all Men. Of these two Comings of Christ I gave a Description, and then proceeded to discourse more fully upon the second, to which the first had a clear Aspect and near Relation; shewing, I. The Certainty of Christ's Coming at the Last Day to judge the World. II. The Uncertainty of the Time when He shall come. III. The great Interest which all Men have to be always prepar'd for it, and for Death, which presently ushers them into Judgment; for as soon as the Soul is separated from the Body, a Sentence is privately pass'd upon it, either of Absolution or Condemnation; and that Sentence, which is never to be revers'd, shall be publickly confirm'd, and also extended to the Body at the Day of the General Resurrection, when all must 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. 2 Cor. 5. 10. The important Consideration of which, I press'd upon all my Auditory, chiefly the Condemn'd, to whom I particularly directed my self, with such Admonitions and Exhortations as I thought suitable to their dismal Circumstances, and proper to be given them at that Time and Place. On the last Lord's Day, the 16th instant, I preach'd again to them and others there present, (who were many, yea, too many) both in the Morning and Afternoon, on part of the Gospel for the Day, being St. Matt. chap. 11. v. 10. the Words these; For it is written, Behold, I send my Messenger before thy Face, which shall prepare thy Way before thee. Having first open'd the Text in general, by shewing them 1st, What Place these Words [It is written] refer to, viz. Mal. 3. 1. 2dly, What was the Person of the Messenger here spoken of, viz. St. John the Baptist. 3dly, What was the Nature and Intent of that his Message, viz. the Preaching of Repentance. I then enlarg'd upon this great Subject, which I handled in the Method here laid down. I. I shew'd, The Nature of True Repentance. II. The indispensable Necessity of it. III. The great Danger of delaying it. IV. and lastly, The blessed Effects arising from the due Exercise of it. These were the chief Parts of my publick Discourses to them upon this Text; at my Conclusion whereof I made some Application, in particular, to the Persons condemn'd; who, in my private Conferences with them, did all of 'em promise to follow my Instructions, and amend their Lives; which God grant they may do, who by the gracious Reprieve they have obtain'd, have more Time allow'd 'em for it. And this is all I have here to say of them. As for those that are now to suffer, the farther Account I am to give of them, is as follows. 1. Phebe Ward , Condemn'd for the Murther of her Female Bastard Child, said, She was about 25 Years old, born at Barsland in the Parish of Hallifax , in the County of York ; and, That in her younger Years she had receiv'd good Education from her Parents, who were honest and religious Persons, but she did not always obey their Precepts, nor follow their Example: For after she was grown up to 16 Years of age, she took a mighty disgust at Things of Religion, and then neither read nor heard the Word of God with that Attention and Devotion she was used to do before, and from thence fell into a total Neglect of God's Service, giving Way to other Temptations; so that when the Devil had first taken off her Heart from the Love and Fear of God, he then easily prevail'd further, to the deluding her into the Sin of Fornication, which she confess'd she had committed at several times, and with several Men; and tho' she was courted by One of them to marry him, yet she would not consent to it, nor indeed could endure the Man, she disliking him more than any other; and yet he was the Father to that Child, of whom she (as an unnatural Mother) prov'd the cruel Murtherer. All this she own'd; not all together, but as she was from time to time exhorted and press'd to speak the Truth, for the clearing of her Conscience, and giving me (by her free Confession) the Opportunity of applying effectually the Remedy of the Gospel to her Sin-sick and polluted Soul. I endeavour'd to make her sensible how by degrees the Devil had brought her to the commission of the most crying Sin, and that when she had once suffer'd him to take hold on her, he would not suffer her to get off from him, and stop in her wicked Course; insomuch that when she could have been lawfully marry'd, not only before, but even after the Father of the murther'd Infant had lain with her, she still refus'd to become his Wife. After that, she came up to London, and got into good Service in a worthy Family, where being suspected to be with Child, and ask'd the Question, she positively deny'd it, not only once, but several times: And tho' she was kindly and charitably offer'd by her Mistress (with whom she had not liv'd above a Month) to be taken care of, and well provided for, in her Lying-in, if she would own (as it greatly appear'd) that she was with Child; yet this miserable Wretch (as herself acknowledg'd it to me with Tears) did then make great Protestations (all taught her by the Author of her Sins and Ruin, the Father of Lyes) That she never had Knowledge of any Man, and therefore could not be with Child. She confess'd, tho' with some difficulty; that the Child (as far as she could perceive) was born alive; and, that she smother'd it (she could not well tell how) and then threw it into the Vault where it was found; as is set forth in her Tryal, to which I refer the Reader. She frequently shed Tears, and said, she heartily repented of all her Sins, particularly of this barbarous Fact, and wish'd all lewd People would take Warning by her. 2. Thomas Pritchet , condemn'd for Assaulting and Robbing Mr. William Richardson , upon the Queen's High-way (between Stepney and Bow ) on the 19th of November last; and for Breaking open the House of Mr. Edward Nichols , on the 21st of the same Month. He said, he was not yet 17 years of age, and was born in the Parish of St. Sepulchre ; was by Profession something of a Butcher , but more a Sailor , having serv'd the best part of these last seven years on board several of Her Majesty's Ships of War, the last whereof was the New Devonshire. He readily confess'd the Facts for which he was Condemn'd, and was sensible he had not liv'd as he should have done. He ask'd Pardon of God for all his Offences, and hop'd the Persons he had injur'd would forgive him, being very sorry for what he had done. 3. John Matthews , condemn'd upon two Indictments, for privately stealing 24 ounces of Hair out of Mr. Trott's Shop, and 2 Perruques out of Mr. Newth's. He said, he was about 28 years of age, born of good Parents in the County of Glamorgan in Wales ; That he had formerly liv'd like a Gentleman, but he being without any Imployment, and in great Straights, had of late Years given himself to this way of stealing Hair and Perruques out of Barbers Shops, which he said his urgent Necessities forc'd him to do. He own'd, he was justly condemn'd, and had been so twice before for such like Facts; so that he could not reasonably expect to find again that Mercy in this World which he formerly had so much abused; but was not without humble Hopes of obtaining Pardon at GOD's Hand, upon true and sincere Repentance, which he told me he did whatever he could to excite himself to, earnestly imploring the Divine Help herein. This Day they were carried from Newgate (in one Cart) to the Place of their Execution, where I attended them for the last time; and after Prayers, singing of Penitential Psalms, the rehearsing the Apostle's Creed, and my wishing them that Forgiveness of Sins and Life Everlasting, which they had profess'd to believe, and further recommending them to the Grace and Mercy of our Good GOD, I withdrew from them, and left them to their private Devotions. A little before that, they spoke a few Words to the Standers-by, to this effect, viz. John Matthews ; Good People, let me have your Prayers, and let every one take Warning by me, &c. Thomas Pritchett ; I am a young Man, not yet 17: This is the first Fact that I ever committed in my Life. I desire all young Men to take Warning by me; and, Gentlemen all, pray for me, &c. When they had done Speaking, and spent that Time in Praying by themselves which was allotted 'em for that Purpose, the Cart drew away, and they were turn'd off, each of them calling all the while upon God, in these and the like Ejaculations, viz. John Matthews ; Lord, have Mercy upon me! Lord JESU, help me! Lord, haste thee unto me! I am ready, O my God, take me unto thee. Lord, open thy Gates! Lord JESU, receive me! Thomas Pritchett did much in the like manner, and in the ame Words, call upon God, and his Saviour, to extend his Mercy to him, and help him in this time of need. As for Phebe Ward , she was silent; she neither spoke to the People, nor pray'd aloud; saving, that when I was at Prayer with them, she follow'd me with the rest. This is all the Account here to be given of these dying Persons, by me, PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Saturday, Dec. 22. 1711. To which I shall add, A Numerical Account of all the Malefactors who have been Condemned, Reprieved, and Executed, (as likewise of those that Dyed 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-Dock in 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 Total Condemn'd 485 Repriev'd. 279 Dy'd after Condemnation, and before their Execution. 4 Executed. 202 ADVERTISEMENTS. ROBERT WHITLEDGE , who formerly lived at the Bible in Creed-Lane , is removed to the Bible and Ball in Ave-Mary-Lane near Ludgate , where all Booksellers and others may be furnisht with Bibles and Common-Prayers of all Sorts, with Cuts or without, Ruled or Unruled, Bound in Turky Leather or Plain. Mr. Sturt's Cuts Curiously Engrav'd; also other fine Cuts fitted for all Sizes and Common-Prayers. The Welsh Bible, Welsh Common-Prayer, and Welsh Almanack. The Duty of Man's Works of all Sizes. The Duty of Man in Latin. 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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 the15March1744. BEING THE Second EXECUTION in the MAYORALITY OF THE Right Honourable Henry Marshal , Esq . LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON . THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His Account of the Behaviour, Confession, Etc. MARTHA STRACEY otherwise Tracey was indicted, for assaulting Will. Humphreys , on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him one Guinea, 23Dec. Martha Tracey , about eighteen or twenty Years of Age, of honest, mean Parents, in the Parish of St. James's Westminster : Her Father was a Chairman, but died and left the Mother a young Widow, who took care of Martha, but did very little to educate her in the Fear of the Lord, or good and virtuous Principles. When young, her Mother put her to School ; but Martha minded no such things, and had quite forgot all, being a perverse, vicious, Girl, void of all good Dispositions, and wholly untractable and unadviseable, giving herself up to the vileft Company on Earth, both of Men and Women. When of Age, she was not put to any Business, but went to Service sometimes, though she lov'd not that Confinement, but always broke off, and went idling her Time away about the Streets with her helh wicked Companions, who indce'd her to commence Whore , upon which she turn'd a meer repro- bate-Creature, not willing to keep any kind of Order; so that she became known to all the Constables, and inferior Officers of Justice in that End of the Town, whose Business it is to take up and bring to Justice such irregular Persons. Martha had frequent Warnings to reform, otherwise she must plunge herself into these Misfortunes, which she, being a young, foolish, unthinking Creature, most deservedly met with She, at last, turn'd common, and renounced every thing resembling Goodness or Virtue, turning acquainted with the Gangs of whores and Thieves, Housebreakers and Street-robbers, who hurried her to her fatal Catastrophe, the common Fate of these rbandoned Wretches. Martha Tracey afterwards confest, before being somewhat averse to tell any thing, her Father died when she was but two Years of Age, her Mother died leaving her about eight; and then the Parish of St. James, Westminster put her in the Parish Work-house , who look'd after her for sometime; and when of Age, they bound her an apprentice to a Market Woman , whom she serv'd for three Years, and was very well treated by her. She bought her Cloaths and sent her to School . This Mistress of her's leaving London, to meet with her Husband in the Country, she bound over Martha to another Markert-Woman, who was much given to drinking, sold the Girls Cloaths, and set her a very bad Example. Upon this Martha left her, and went to do Business for herself; but to her great and irreparable Misfortune was to fall into the basest Company in the World, to which, as she own'd, she was naturally inclined, and not over-persuaded by others, as some of them may or do alledge in Extenuation of their Guilt. Martha seldom wrought, but was always taken up in following after her disgraceful Companions, who hurried her apace to the fatal Tree. Martha own'd the Fact she died for, that meeting a Man in the Street in the Evening, about Nine or Ten o'Clock, they spcedily came to speak of an Agreement about a certain Affair; and as they were adjusting Matters, Martha thought fit to examine the Gentlemen's Pockets, and amongst other Things, finding a Guinea, she robb'd him of it, as he Swore against her, and upon this she was convicted of a Street-robbery , one of the greatest Crimes in the Eye of the Law. She did not well remember the Circumstances of this robbery, as being very Drunk, which all of them generally are, when attempting to perpetrate so soul and black Crimes in an audacious manner. Martha owned her committing of several robberies of this Kind before, she being a constant Street-walker , but did not well remember the Circumstances of the Robbery, she died for, nor the others which were conceal'd, it being impossible to recollect them, for the was always dead Drunk when they were committed. She was very ignorant of Religion, and what Things pertained to the state of her Soul; I endeavoured to instruct her, as the Brevity of Time allow'd, but she was of a mean Capacity and slow of Understanding, and had been so accustomed to do Evil, that she could scarce do any Thing that was good. When I spake to her, she always wept bitterly, acknowledging tho' a young, yet she was a very obbur'd inflexible Sinner, and begg'd Pardon of God and Man for a most vicious and Scandalous Life. She did not well know her Age, but believed she was 18 as above, or about 20 Years old. Martha was ask'd, if she was a-kin to Mary and Katharine Tracey two Sisters , who, some Years ago, were burnt for High Treason in counterfeiting the current Coin of this Kingdom? She answer'd, that to her knowledge, she was not of kin to and had nothing of concern with them. She believed in Christ our only Saviour; repented of all her Sins, and was in Peace with all the World. James Stansbury was indicted (together with Daniel Bayers , and Abraham Saunshus , not yet taken) for entering the Dwelling House of John White , in the Parish of St. Mary, White-Chappel , in the Night time, and stealing to Canisters, value 30s. 70 Pound Weight ofValue, 28l. a pair of Silver Kne-Buckles, value 5s. a Silver Stock-Buckle, value 1s. five Silver Tea-Spoons; value 5s. two Silver Spoons, value 15s. eight Holland Shirts value, 4l. six Shifts, value 30s. five Aprons, value 5s. two Table Cloaths, value 5s. six Napkins, value 6s. six pair of Stockings, value 6s. a Yard and an half of Cambrick, value 10s. a Mob, value 2s. 6d. Etc. and 5 pounds in money. The Goods and Money of John White . James Stansbury , was a second Time indicted (together with Daniel Boyers , and Abraham Saunshus , not yet taken) for breaking and entering the Dwelling House of Jemima Hawker , in the parish of St. Mary White-Chappel , about the Hour of two in the Night, and stealing a considerable Quantity of China, some Linnen, a Hood, Scarf, and two Cloth Cloaks,4Oct. He was a third Time indicted for stealing two pieces of Beaver-Coating, value 8l. the Goods of Gray, Mary Foster , and Richard Foster , Nov. 23d. There was another Indictment against him for a Burglary in London; but he was not tried upon either of these Indictments. James Stansbury , 27 or 29 Years of Age, born in the outparts of London , of honest Parents who gave him good Education at School , to Read, Write and Arithmetick to fit him for Business, and when of Age, he serv'd his Time to a Watchmaker and Clockmaker , as he said, faithfully and honestly, and was afterwards in a good Way of getting his Bread in an industrious Way, by a very good Trade, he was pretty much Master of. James liv'd well by his Business, but was not very willing to apply himself to Work, being naturally inclin'd to Idleness and the worst of Company both of Men and Women, especially the latter, to whom he pretended to small Respect, being to much addicted to the Company of the most notorious, wicked Creatures, who led him into those preposterous Methods, which soon brought him to a shameful End. Eight or Nine years ago, James wanted a Wife, and courted one of his own Stamp, whose name was Margaret, they soon made up the Bargain and was married ; James's Father and Mother were greatly displeased at this, yet the Thing being over for some Time, they took them both home to their House; James soon wearied to be confin'd to Work. at his Father's Business of a Watchmaker and Clock-maker to which he was bred, he with his Wife Margaret soon left his Father's House, and took a House or Lodgings for themselves in Hanging-Sword-Alley in Fleetstreet , where they led a most lewd and profligate Life, as will be further seen in the Sequel of this Narrative. What is written above is with other Things the Account I had from James himself, but what follows is a just Account of the material Steps of his Life, which we had from an old Man an intimate acquaintance of his Father and Mother, who knew him ever since he was born, and all his Family. James Stansbury , about 29 Years of Age, was born in St. Andrew's Parish, Holbourn , of honest Parents, who educated him at School to Read, Write, and cast Accompts for Business, and had him instructed in the Christian faith and principles, which, to his Shame, he minded least of all. When of Age, he was not bound out Apprentice to a Trade, but his Father being a Clock-maker and Watch-maker , taught him the Business, without the Ceremony of binding him an Apprentice by Indentures and mutual Obligations: James was very acute in learning his Trade, and in a short Time turn'd an excellent Hand in that Way, and when he came to work for himself, which he did in a few Years, James was much esteemed by his Acquaintances and Companions in the Trade, so that his coming to poverty and disgrace was not owing to want of Business, but to his own brutish and hellish Inclinations averse to Virtue and prone to Vice. He followed his Trade very little, loving to loiter and idle away his Time, in a silly infignificant manner, especially in the Company of vile, lewd Women, when very, young and but a Boy: His Father was greatly displeas'd at this and for the same he often corrected him, and sometimes turn'd him out of Door; when this happen'd, James wander'd about the Streets, yet he return'd in the Night time, and at the dead of the night he used to break open his Father's Cellar-window, and then went to Bed. Six or seven Years ago, his Father, for a Trial, sent him to Sea , but within less than a Twelve month he return'd, no less wicked and obstreperous than before, still following his vicious Courses. About eight Years ago he married his Wife Margaret, lately transported for a most cruel and barbarous Robbery , for which she was a long Time under Sentence of Death, but her Life sav'd because with quick Child, which Child she bore in the Cells of Newgate , and some time after that Margaret was transported for fourteen Years, and is now in the Plantations, after she had first got the Child baptized in a neighbouring Church, to give it a Title to a Parish. His Father was highly displeased with the Marriage, Margaret being a Woman of a very bad Fame; yet in a short Time the old Man pitying his Son took them both home, where the Father and Son had very good Business in Clock-making and Watch-making; although James and Margaret were very well settled, yet hating Restraint, they took Lodgings in another Place, leaving the desolate old Father, who in Short time after died, probably of Grief and Sorrow for his reprobate Son. James and Margaret his Wife liv'd upon the Sharp, and he allow'd her to turn common Whore and pick up Men; by which Means he by his Industry in robbing , and she by whoring were supported. At Last James took a House in Hanging-Sword Alley , and there they kept that noted Baudy-House , so fatal to People, call'd, The Blood Bowl House, which he left to the Management of his Wife. He had no more Children by her but the one she bore in the Cells of Newgate, which James promis'd to take care of, but did not keep his Word; for Margaret went abroad and left it one the World. While Margaret was under Sentence James went to the West Country , upon Pretence of raising Money among his Friends to carry her abroad; this he did not, but rais'd Contributions upon the Highway to spend them upon his Lusts. He us'd to dress like a Gentleman, refort to publick Places, as the Play-houses, Operahouse and Masquerades, and there in Disguise of a Gentleman, he pick'd Pockets and went off unsuspected. He condol'd People upon their Misfortunes, and laugh'd and made merry at his Exploits. At other times he committed Burglaries , and sometimes for Diversion pick'd Pockets in the Streets, and by way of Recreation, at Night, he would snatch and run away with Wigs. By this industrious Way he said he gain'd a great deal of Money, though the End thereof was leading to the Chambers of Death. He thought it a poor Week if he did not make ten Pounds, yet was always a Beggar and had nothing, God in his Justice always blasting his villainous Endeavours He was in Favour with the Women, but those chiefly of the Town, who highly esteem'd him for Singing, which recommended him to Publick Houses, where People when they Drink often cheer their Liquor with a Song. He was grosly ignorant of religious Principles, which made him give Way to a Pt one Sh; but it's no ways strange to see so profane a Person desert Christ, and our most holy Faith, for Popish Trumperies, since they forsake and are forsaken of God, for despising God and not knowing any of his Ways. James was perverted to Popery seven or eight Years ago, it being a Religion best adapted to such a Creature as him, for they give out, that Ignorance is the Mother of Devotion, and admitting that Tenet, James was a very devout Man, none having a larger share of Ignorance than he; they tell their ignorant Perverts, that their Church is antientest, which may seem true allowing the false Christians, whom St. Paul calls Anti-christ, saying also that the mystery of Iniquity doth already Work, and that Antichrist was already in the World, even in his Days. They call the Pope, the Universal Bishop of the Church, and yet Gregory the Great in the Cafe of John of Constantinople, who called himself the Oecumenick-Bishop, said, whosoever calls himself Oecumenick or Universal Bishop of the Church of Christ is Anti-christ; Tho; Gregory's immediate Successor assumed the same Title, which his Successors the Bishops of Rome do to this Day. Stansbury was a most vicious profligate Fellow, capable of doing abundance of Mischief, and yet the good Prayer of the Hypocrite, and seem'd when one was speaking to him, to be an innocent, inoffensive Man, when at the same Time he had nothing in his mind but profound wickedness and evil Intentions. He knew nothing of Religion, yet was so in-doctrined by the Pt as to conceive great Hopes of his Salvation, tho' his morose and sullen Behaviour may make us much doubt of his Repentance, for as Salvation is to be had at an casy Rate in the Church of Rome, this suiting with his Inclinations, he complied with Baal Worship, and stupidly dy'd in the Profession of Idolatry. Stansbury's repentance, I say, is much to be doubted of, for the Prospect of Punishment had no Terrors upon him, but he continued in his evil Courses, tho' he had escaped the Infliction of the Law before, for the only way to reform him was the Gallows. *He was tried with his Wife at the Old-Baily , in the Year 1743; she was capitally Convicted, and is since Transported, but he was acquitted. At the Place of Execution. THAT Morning I went up to Chapel betimes, and Martha Tracey came to Prayers, and was very attentive and serious; James Stansbury did not come up, being so prepossess'd by the Priests, that he lov'd none of our Communion, and did not chuse to speak to them. They were carried to the Place of Execution together in one Cart. As they came to the fatal Tree, both of them were very much surpriz'd. Stansbury had a Book of Prayers and Devotions to God, but all of them intermix'd with Suffrages to Angels or Saints. I was not willing to interrupt or in the least to disturb him in his last Moments. I did ask some Questions, but he made no Answers, and he was so obstinate, that he persisted praying to Angels and Saints, According to the Doctrines instill'd into his ignorant Palate by the Pts, who are inclin'd to worship the Creature more than the Creator, who is God blessed for evermore, and whom we are commanded only to worship. Martha Tracey behaved well, and was very serious at Prayers, and singing of Psalms, to the Praise and Glory of God. I advised them to go off the Stage, praying to God to have Mercy upon their Souls, and to receive them into his eternal Rest, and to say with the Protomartyr Stephen, Lord Jesus receive my Spirit. This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate ,

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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 20th of May, 1692. THE Ordinary Visited the Condemned Criminals every Day before their Execution; on the Lord's-Day he Preach'd Twice on this Text, viz. Revel. 16. 15. Behold I come as a Thief, blessed is he who watcheth and keepeth his Garments, least he walk Naked, and they see his Shame. After Christ's coming to Judgment was Treated of, in respect of the certainty and terribleness of it, to all such who shall then be found in a State of Security, Unbelief, and Impenitency; the Duty of Christian Watchfulness was Explained, as a means to escape Divine Wrath. These particulars were Treated of, First, What is it to Watch Spiritually. Secondly, The difference betwixt the unaffected Slumber of Sincear Christians, and the voluntary deep deadly Sleep or Lethargy of Impenitent Sinners. Thirdly, The Reasons why it is the Duty of every Christian to Watch. Fourthly, Means or Directions, in observing which, we may be found in a Watchful Frame. Fifthly, Motives or Encouragements to rouze up all Persons, that they may not persist in the pernicious Sleep of Security, at any time, especially when Death and Judgment-Day shall steal upon and surprize them. After this was shewed, what is meant by the Garments of a Christian, which, he is by Watching to keep clean and close girt about him. Also the Shame and Danger which attends a State of Security, and of not walking suitably to the Duties and Dignity of the Christian Profession, from these words, Least he walk Naked, and Men see his Shame. Lastly, Means and Motives to maintain such an excellent commendable Conversation, as to avoid the shame and punishment of Remisness in the profession of Christianity. The Conclusion from the whole Text, was thus directed to the Condemned. Examine how you have fulfilled this grand Duty of the Christian Religion, viz. Watchfulness, which is the Guardian of the Hearts Integrity. Rather you have watched to effect your Wicked Contrivances, by taking the most Advantagious Opportunities for the compleating of them, as if you reckoned your safety to Die in perpetrating the Artifices of Sinning. Will you now, at last, return to your sober Wits, in watching at the Posts of Wisdom's House, to learn Instruction to Eternal Life. For shame! do not put off your Watch to the last Hour of your Agonies in Dying. Then the Unclean Spirits will watch to seize on your Souls, as the Just Prey of their Merciless Cruelty. Consider, that Satan's Vigilancy and Diligence is more bent against you now, in contriving to retain you as his Captives, in these your last Hours. Let your watchfulness over your own Hearts be thereupon so much the more increas'd. If now you let fall your Guard of special Circumspection, and in the least intermit the pursuing Holy Frames and Dispositions, Satan will improve this to the hindrance of your Conversion. Beseech the God of all Grace, that he would by his Spirit quicken your Endeavonrs for the working out of your Salvation with the fear of an Holy Caution, least you should mistake in Judging of your Soul's State. Without fervent Praying, your watching will be less Circumspect and Ineffectual, but join them, that they may strengthen and render perfectly compleat each other. O how Dolorous and Reproachful will it be, if you should appear at Christ's Judgment Seat, without the Garments of his Spotless Righteousness! There cannot be any Covert under which you will be able to shelter your selves from the Just Incens'd Wrath of God, unless by Self-Abasement, you become Vile in your own Eyes, that you may be compleat in Christ, come to him therefore without delay. His Righteousness is Alsuficient to cover th Shame of your Nakedness in the Guilt of Sin, and to Cure the Malignity of your depraved Nature. If Christ be formed in you, as the Hope of Glory, the Graces of his Spirit will set you above the fond Love of Natural Life, and the Slayish Fear of Death. I proceed to give an Account of the Behaviour and Confessions of the Condemned Persons. I. William Jones , Aged about Twenty Years, Condemned for the Notorious Robbery of George Smith Esq ; of a quantity of Plate to a great Value. He was the Son of a Brasier , who instructed him in that Employment, but being uneasie under his Fathers Government, he left him, and betook himself to an idle course of Life, till he joined himself to very Bad Company. I inquir'd of him how he durst adventure to Commit this Felony and Burglary. He said, That the Devil tempted him to it, and he did not Pray against it. I Ask'd him, Whether any Person informed him, or his other Companions, of the Money or Plate which was in the House, because they went so directly to the Chamber and Closet wherein it was? He Answered me, That no Person whatsoever had made him acquainted therewith, but they thought that snch a fair House might be well stored to furnish them. I inquired of him farther, What Robberies he had Committed besides this? He said, That he knew of the Rifling one Mr. Ansley's House at the other end of the Town, whence was taken a large Sum of Money; but was unwilling to declare who did it. As for the course of his Life, he confess'd, that he had neglected his Duty to God, and been careless of his Souls Eternal Welfare. But now he is sensible how Vile he hath made himself, and Unworthy of any Mercy from God, saying withal, that he hoped he did Repent. Least he should deceive himself, I stated the true Nature and effects of saving Faith and Repentance to him and the other Criminals. Jones was every Day more Relenting, but the rest were too little concerned in appearance, being so near their Death. II. Joseph Jones Condemned for the same Felony with William Jones . I cannot give much account of his course of Life; he confess'd that he was one of the Four Felons who Robbed George Smith Esq ; in Clerken-Well , and that he had been a great Sin ner, but he now desired to hearken to good Instruction, and desired my Prayers to God for him. III. Thomas Standale , Aged Twenty Years, Condemned for the aforesaid Felony. He was an Apprentice to a Stationer in the Countrey, but after he had served some time, he grew weary of being under Confinement to a Trade, affecting an idle Life. This I told him, exposed him to all Temptations of sinning, for Satan watches Men's Idle Times, as being then most bsic to inspect Wicked Thoughts, which soon take full seizure of the Soul, and betray it to the foulest Practices. Upon this he Bewailed his Negligence in Religious Duties, and said, that God thereupon had justly left him to commit much Evil. But if he might now find sparing Mercy, he verily thinks that he should Reform his Life. I told him, That the Heart of Man is very false in its purposes of Returning unto God, and therefore, that he ought to beg of him, that he would undeceive him as to any false hopes of future Blessedness. He took well my Advice, and said, That he would endeavour to put it in practice. IV. Thomas Wheeler , Condemned for the aforesaid Robbery of Mr. Smith. He did not deny it, and said, that not any person in the Family gave them notice of the great quantity of Plate which was in the Closet, but all Four conceived that it might be so, from some Circumstances which they would not declare. Thomas Wheeler had been a Seaman for some Years together. About half a Year last past he came from Holland into England, and left off all Employment, so that he joined himself to Bad Company. He said, That he led a Vicious Life, particularly in breaking of the Sabbath, and had been excessive in Drinking. He was not so careful as he should have been in making preparation for his Death. Therefore I Instructed him the more in the Qualifications of true Faith and Repentance; but he remained so Ignorant, that he presumed to be happy, without expressing any Remarks of Conversion unto God. V. Richard Page , Aged Twenty Years, Condemned for Felony. He confess'd the Crime, and that it was occasioned by leading an Extravagant Life, having not answered the Good Education which was given him. That he had spent his Friends much Money, so that they would not supply him any longer to maintain his Excesses. Whereupon he fell into much Discontent, and joined with Bad Acquaintance, who reduced him to great want of Money, and this exposed him to the Robbing of the Chamber in Grey's-Inn , whence he took several-Books of Valew. He said, That this was the first dishonest Fact which at any time he had committed. He was Attentive to the Ordinary's Advice, who endeavoured to make him sensible of his bad Life. And persuaded him to turn to God, whom he had forsaken, as the guide of his Youth. I hope he truly Repented. VI. Daniel Kyrkham , Condemned for Murther and Robbery on the High-way. I inquired into his course of Life; he told me, That he had Ingenuous Education at Winchester School , but when he grew to more Years, his Parents could not persuade him to take any Employment upon him, but he studied to live by unlawful ways. So, giving the sway to his Excesses, he grew more presumptuous in them, even to commit Violence on the common Roads. I told him, That he could not harden his Heart to that degree, till he first had Conquered the Checks of his Conscience. He assented to this, and said farther, that he had committed gross Sins besides, which had prevailed upon him for want of Praying to God, that he would keep him from the Assaults of Satan, and the Deceits of his own Heart. I told him, That whereas he had Birled Persons Travelling on their Lawful Occasions, he ought now to offer an Holy Violence to the Kingdom of Heaven, to take it as by Force. That it is not an easie thing to Repent in good Earnest, having bound one Sin upon another by Custom, especially, to Mourn for the Universal Depravidness of his Nature, that being the Corrupt Fountain of all Abominations. He seemed Penitent, and had more knowledg than the other Criminals, which, he said, he had not Improved, that he might have led a Sober Life in some lawful Employment. This was now a great Burthen of Grief upon him. On Friday the 20th of May, 1692, Daniel Kyrkham , William Smith , and Thomas Standale , were Carried in Two Carts to Tyburn , where, being Tied up, the Ordinary Exhorted them truly to Repent of all their Sins, and to call upon God for Pardoning Mercy. Daniel Kyrkham and William Smith behaved themselves very Penitently, joining with the Ordinary in his Prayers, and likewise Prayed for themselves, and desired him to warn the Spectators of falling into the Like Crimes, least they come to the same End. But Thomas Standale carried himself very undecently, using very ill Expressions, and seemed not at all concerned about his Eternal Salvation. Then a Penitential Psalm was Sung, and the Ordinary having recommended them to the Mercy of Almighty God, they were all turned off. This is all the Account I can give of this Sessions. Dated this 20th. of May, 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, Confession; and Dying Speech of Thomas Betts , who was Executed at Tyburn on Wednesday the 15th of May, 1706. AT the Sessions held at Justice Hall in the Old Baily, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th instant, 5 Persons receiv'd Sentence of Death, viz. 2 Men and 3 Women, 4 whereof are repriev'd, namely 2 of the Women for being found pregnant, and the other Woman, and one of the Men by her Majesty's Mercy: So that there is but one now order'd for Execution; who is the first under this Mayoralty, that has come to such an untimely End. On Whitsunday, being the first Lords Day after their Condemnation, I Preach'd in the Chappel of Newgate both Morning and Afternoon, upon these Words, Hebr. 10. 23. Let us hold fast the Profession of our Faith without wavering. From which Words, first open'd and explain'd in general, I discours'd upon these following Particulars; viz. I. What the Christian Faith is. II. What Obligation it lays upon the Professors of it. III. What great Motives we that profess to believe in Christ have to live Christian Lives, i. e. to obey the Precepts of the Gospel in departing from Evil, and doing that which is good: To adorn the Doctrine of our Lord Jesus Christ in all things. IV. What are the blessed Effects of Faith, viz. 1. Regeneration and Victory over Sin and the Author of it. 2. A joyful Prospect here, and a blissful Enjoyment hereafter of that Eternal Happiness and Glory, which God will give to all those that hold fast the Professiion of their Faith without wavering. Then in my Application and Exhortation to the Condemn'd, I endeavour'd to make them sensible of the great necessity they lay under of praying earnestly to God for the gift of Faith; that so they truly believing all the Promises and Threatnings contain'd in the Word of God, might sincerely repent of all their Sins; shewing them, that Faith and Repentance, which in the Gospel are joyn'd together, as the Cause and Effect, are the two main Conditions upon which Salvation is promis'd. Believe, and Repent, and thou shalt be Sav'd, is the Tenor of the Gospel. While these Persons lay under Condemnation, I visited them twice every Day; and with Prayers and the best Instructions I could give them, I endeavour'd, by the Doctrine of Faith and Repentance, to dispose them for Eternal Life and Salvation. And this I must in justice say of them, that they all appear'd to me to be very desirous of Instruction, and sensible of the Misery which Sin and Ignorance had brought upon them, and they seem'd now resolv'd against their former ill Practices. God grant that those of them who are respited from Execution, may make a right improvement of that Mercy, and keep their Promises of Amendment and Reformation. Thomas Betts , the only Person in the Dead Warrant, of whom I am particularly to give here an account, was Condemn'd for breaking and robbing the Houses of the Lord Gorges in Covent Garden , and of Mr Corbonel near Crutched Fryars , above 2 years ago. He confess'd himself guilty of both those Facts, and of many others, which he said he had committed about that time, and within a Twelve-month of it: And he further told me, that about one year ago he robb'd a Dean's House near the new Chappel in the Fields , within the Parish of St Andrews. Holborn , and took thence a quantity of old Gold Pieces, two Diamond-Rings, and several other Goods; and that much about the same time he broke another House in St Johns , out of which he took a great deal of Plate, &c. But he declar'd, that in these and all other Robberies he committed, none of the Servants belonging to those respective Houses were in the least concern'd, so as to be in any wise assisting or privy thereto: He confess'd he had been guilty of all Crimes but Murther, and he much lamented that he had done so much Evil, and that it was not in his power to make any restitution or satisfaction to the Persons he had wrong'd. He heartily begg'd God's Pardon, and theirs. He said, as to his Education, that he was well brought up by his Parents, who are very honest People; and that he serv'd his Apprenticeship to the Craft of Smithery , with his Father, at Wenslow in Buckinghamshire , where he was born; That about 13 years ago, when he was 21 years old, he came up to London , and there work'd as a Journey-man with a Smith for 5 years together, and then return'd to his own Town, where he set up for himself; but he not liking to live in the Country, about 3 years after came up to London again, where his Father then was, with whom he liv'd, and work'd at his Occupation very honestly (as he said) for some few months. But getting acquainted with one John Webb , who was executed at Chelmsford in Essex about 2 years since, and one Francis Stephens , (lately deceas'd in Newgate ) and some other wicked Persons, he fell upon the business of House-breaking; in which, by means of his Art of Smithery, he was more expert than the rest of his Companions. Yet, he says, it had always before now been his Fortune to come off clear at the Bar, for want of positive Evidence against him; which gave him a great assurance to go on in his wicked Courses. This further account he gave me of himself, that he had for a time serv'd in Her Majesty's Foot Guard , under Colonel Wortley; and that being commanded into Germany, he was there taken Prisoner by the French, and carry'd to Lewk , but made his escape, and came to Fern in Sweden , where being listed into that King's Service to go into Poland, he ran away; and coming into Holland enter'd himself on board a Dutch Man of War that was to Convoy the Muscovy and Greenland Fleets: In which Service having been about 5 months, he was at the end of them discharg'd and paid off. Upon this he came into England again, where his wicked Companions and Vices stuck so close to him, that they would not leave him till they had brought him to the Gallows. There I left him this day, after I had by Exhortations and Prayers, and singing of Psalms, endeavoured for the last time to dispose his Soul towards God. I wish other Offenders may so take warning by his untimely Death, as to become Wiser and Honester, and so prevent their own Ruin. His last Words at the Tree were to this purpose, That his Neglect of Gods Service, breaking of the Sabbath, and keeping ill Company, were the things that had first brought him to a wicked Course of Life, and now to his shameful and untimely Death, And therefore he desired that all those of his Acquaintance, and others, who have led an ill Life, would take warning by him, and serve God, and avoid the Company of vicious and wicked people. Here he publickly owned that he was justly Condemn'd; but then upon the Word of a Dying Man, who (as he hop'd) had made his Peace with God, and should be this day with Christ in Paradise, he declared, That Elizabeth Lane was not concerned in those Facts for which he dy'd. He said, he was in Charity with all Mankind; he forgave all the World, and desired all the World to forgive him, and the Standers-by to pray for his Soul. He was himself very fervent in his Prayers to God for the Pardon of his Sins; and he told me, that he was now more desirous to die than to live, and that he felt great Satisfaction and Comfort in dying. After I was retir'd from him, he had some further time allow'd him for his private Devotion. Then the Cart drew away, whilst he was calling upon God in these and the like Ejaculatory Expressions. Lord, have mercy upon me a miserable Sinner! Have mercy upon my poor Soul! Lord receive me. I come, Lord, I come! Oh, Open me the Gates of Paradise, and let me enter in! Lord Jesu receive my Spirit! This is all the Account here to be given of this Dying Person, by PAUL LORRAIN . ORDINARY , Wednesday, May 15, 1706. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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The Confessions, Behaviour, and Dying Speeches of Gerhardt Dromelius , Michael Van Bergen and Catherine Truerniet , Condemn'd for the Murder of Mr. Oliver Norris , and Executed by Harts-horn Brew-house in East-Smithfield , on Friday the 19th of July, 1700. These three Persons, being all of them Dutch, had the favour of Ministers of their own Nation to Instruct and Prepare them for another World, Ministers who made it their Business, together with the Ordinary, to perswade them to a Confession of the Crime for which they suffer'd, and of their other Wickedness that provok'd Heaven to punish them in this Exemplary manner. GErhardt Dromelius accordingly gave the following Account of the barbarous Murder. That he himself committed it, and that his Master and Mistress were wholly ignorant of the Matter. The manner thus, That (being Drawer of the House ,) his Master observing the unhappy Gentleman resolv'd to go home, laid his Commands upon him to conduct the said Gentleman to his Inn near Aldgate ; that no sooner were they out of his Masters Doors, but the said Gentleman took the opportunity to ease himself in an adjacent broken Building; that whilst they were there the Gentleman gave him very angry Language, and attempted to draw his Sword upon him, that this made him close with him, and having got him down he wrested his Sword out of his Hand, and gave him several Wounds with it; that whilst the unfortunate Gentleman was in this Condition, and groaning for Life, he heard the Watchman coming on, and dreading a discovery, he drew his Knife and cut the Gentleman's Throat, that so there might be an end of his Groans and his own Fears. This is the substance of the Story as related by him in the English Tongue (for he cou'd speak English so as to be understood) and this engaged me to represent the improbability of the Story in several Particulars, as First, That it was not likely a naked Man, as he was, shou'd venture upon a Gentleman that draws his Sword upon him, when he had both room enough to run away, and it was no disgrace for him so to do, the Gentleman so drawing, being, as he knew he was, overcome with Liquor. Secondly, That tho' he shou'd be so Fool-hardy to close with him notwithstanding it was highly improbable they shou'd tumble together as he himself acknowledged and not dawb their Cloths with Dirt, that Night particularly having been very Rainy, and Thirdly, That if the Murder had been committed by him alone, near the place where the Body was found, there must have been a very great quantity of Blood, not only on the Cloths but on the Ground, and Fourthly, That the Wounds he had given him with his own Sword, being at first given, while his Cloths were on, it must follow by a necessary Consequence, that there must be several little holes in those Cloths, the contrary whereof is apparent. To all which he answer'd. That he did close with him, magre all the disadvantage, but cou'd assign no reason besides his own Madness and the Devils Temptation. That their Clothes might be dirty tho' not observ'd. That there was a considerable quantity of Blood near the place where the Body was found, and that there wou'd have been more had not he tore the Gentleman's Shirt and put it into the bleeding Wounds; and in fine, that there might be small holes in the Clothes, tho' not taken notice of; Answers, so improbable, the first, and so contrary to Truth, the others, ' That ' almost forc'd me to lay before him the hainousness ' of Murder, especially in his Case, as it was attended by an obstinacy peculiar to himself. For ' him to affirm that to be done by his own, which ' cou'd not well be done without two or three pair ' of Hands; what cou'd he propose to himself from ' such a Humour? It cou'd be of no use to his Master and Mistress, when the Circumstances of the Fact ' were so fully prov'd upon them, and they die for it; ' and certainly if there be a hotter place in Hell for ' one more than another, it must be for such a Person, who durst obstinately deny the Truth, and venture his own Damnation upon it - Discourse that had this effect upon him, to fetch Tears from his Eyes, and Groans from his Heart, but no alteration in his Story. I then charged him with another Villainy, even blacker than the Murder it self, if possible, and that was an endeavour to murder the Gentleman's Reputation after he had taken away his Life; for he had industriously spread abroad the Gentleman's attempt to commit Sodomy with him, which was, as he said, the only cause why he fought and slew him; upon which he declared publickly, the Gentleman attempted no such thing, 'twas pure contrivance in him to make his Guilt appear less odious and abominable in the sight of the World, I then ask'd, who put him upon writing that Paper wherein this was contain'd? he protested, as in the presence of Almighty God, it was his own Act and Deed. I then observ'd, that tho' this might be true, yet since he acknowledg'd he had spoken falsely in that, there was great probability he had also spoken falsely in the main Point, and he wou'd do well to consider before too late, and confess that and all his other Sins. This made him particularly to bewail his Intimacies with his Mistress, and to wish likewise that he had a longer time to Consider. - Michael Van Bergen , Condemn'd for the same Murder, could not express himself intelligibly in English, but in Latin. He absolutely denied that the Murder was committed either in his House, or that he knew any thing of it. I put him in mind, that he with his Drawer was seen to come from the Common-shore, where the dead Body lay, betwixt 2 and 3 a Clock that Morning; that he also denied. I then took leave to observe, that he might possibly be there, after his Man had told him of the Murder, being willing, as I suppos'd, to hide the Body, and so conceal the Murder; but this neither could bring him to a Confession, not but that he owned, the Drawer inform'd him, as he lay in his Bed, immediately after the Fact was done, that he had Wounded the Gentleman, and that he did therefore assist him in his Escape upon such a supposal; but when he came to understand this Gentleman was really Murder'd, he declared this with great Confidence, that he then gave Money to persue the Murderer, that he might be made an Example and pay Blood for Blood. Upon this I could not but enquire, where those Persons were, to whom he gave the Money for that purpose? That it was most necessary to have produc'd such Persons, if such there were, and that since such did not appear, it gave a strong Presumption, there had been no such thing done; and that therefore, instead of making his Case better, it render'd it worse. I told him farther, that for my part, I could not conceive why he persisted in his Ignorance of the perpetrated Murder, when the World was satisfied he was Guilty, and he knew he must Die for it, and afterwards undergo the Judgment of that God, who certainly knew the Truth, and would Judge him accordingly. That not to Confess before his Death was no Demonstration of his Innocence, for no doubt but many Guilty Wretches, had taken the same Course in the like Circumstances; and that therefore it behov'd him to Consider, and Confess, before he precluded himself all Hopes of Mercy in the other and better World. This wrought him into Passion and Disdain, and made him ask, whether I would have him confess more than he knew? I reply'd by no means, but it was my Duty doubtless, if I had any value for Souls in his unhappy Condition to lay before them the necessity of Confessing their Guilt, lest their denying it at their Deaths, should oblige the Holy Jesus to deny them at his Judgment. I beseech'd him therefore to Consider, and Confess that and all his other Wickedness; to which he answer'd, he had never done any thing that touch'd his Honour; Your Honour said I, What is the Honour of a sinful Creature? Have you done any thing that has reflected on the Honour of God? That to be sure you have done, and that's what you are to Confess and Bewail; to which I cou'd obtain no other reply than a Discontent, in which he cou'd find no Words, and which indeed shew'd him very uneasie under the Dispensation of a Wife and Holy Providence. Katherine Truerniet , so her Name was, having never been Married to Van Bergen, with whom she did Co-habit as his Wife : Being Examin'd about this Murder, for which with the others she was Condemn'd; she protested with all the Solemnity imaginable, that it was not committed in their House, nor did she know of it, till after it was done. Then indeed, she confest, that the Drawer came up Stairs, into the Room where she and Van Bergen lay, and declared in the Presence of them both, he had Murder'd the Gentleman. This she said, engag'd her to run for the Hamper, to put the Bloody clothes in, and to farther the Drawer's Escape. A Confession how far soever from Truth, yet gave me occasion to observe to her in the first place, that Van Bergen and she heard the News at the very same time, and for him, he affirmed, that the Drawer spoke only of the Gentleman's being Wounded, whereas she declared, that he spoke of the Gentleman's being Killed. 2dly That by her own Confession, she was guily of concealing the Murder, knowing the Person who was the Murderer, and at the same time assisting him in his Escape. To which she answered, That for the first her Husband, (as she call'd him) being at that time betwixt sleep and wake, might mistake Wounded for Killed, and for the Second, she did no more than what is customary in Holland. But whether these two Answers were satisfactory, will quickly appear, by considering 1st. That the very Noise of Murder to a Person so nearly concern'd, as Van Bergen was, must needs rouze him quickly out of his Sleep, and make him distinctly hear what was said. And 2dly. That a Topical Custom, if it be one, ought not to stand in competition with the Law of Nature, which obliges every Man to persue him, whom he knows to be a Murderer, and to bring him to condign Punishment. And thus much I remark'd to her, and at the same time charg'd her with the other matters Swore against her at her Tryal. She denied all, but the Business of the Coach and the Hamper; for the one, she said, she did it out of kindness to the Gentleman, for the other, she thought she might give it to the Drawer, it being really none of theirs, but his. I then urged upon her the necessity of Confessing all her other Sins that had justly brought this temporal Judgment upon her. I remark'd the great Wickedness of Co-habiting with a Man without the sacred Tie of Marriage. I took notice of the Intimacy and Familiarities that were said to pass between her and the Drawer, as well as the Master. I laid before her in the last place, a Scheme of those Vices the World charged upon her. For the First she made some scruple about Confession, that being in her Judgment to be made unto God, and not unto Man; but when I had shewn her, that where the Crimes are of a publick Nature, or had given publick Scandal, or where we are challenged with them as our Act and Deed, there we are to confess and deny not; because such a Denial at the Hour of Death, speaks such Persons Guilty of final Impenitence. This made her lament with Tears, her Cohabiting without Marriage, tho' she asserted at the same time, that it was long of her Parents, who would not permit her to Marry him. This made her also not dare to deny absolutely, her Intimat with the Drawer, tho' she fain wou'd have past it over. But for those other Lewdnesses the World generally reports of her; she denied them as she should answer for it at the dreadful Tribunal. I bid her once more to remember, that she was now upon the Brink of Eternity, and that as we cou'd not deny her the means of Salvation, the Blessed Sacrament, upon her desire of it, so she was to take an especial care, that her Confession be true, and her Repentance sincere, that so the receiving of the Sacrament might not prove her Damnation. She seem'd to acquiesce in this, and we must leave the Truth of born to God who judges Righteously. On Friday the 19th of July, Michael Van Bergen , Katherine Truerniet , and Gerhardt Dromelius , were convey'd to the Place of Execution, where they behav'd themselves with that Meekness and Devotion as became Dying People; Praying unto God, and begging the Prayers of their own Country Ministers, the Ordinary and the rest of the Ministers that were with them. Gerhardt Dromelius being ask'd about the Barbarous Murder for which he suffer'd, persisted in the same Confession as before, and with that turn'd unto the People, and beg'd of them To take Example by him, and avoid Uncleanness, and all wicked Courses, especially violent. Passion, which had brought him to this untimely end. Katherine Truerniet and Michael Van Bergen , were prest severally to Confess the Crime for which they suffer'd Death, but there was no moving them to such an Acknowledgment, tho' they were told it was Swore against them, that he for his part, was seen to come from the Common-shore that very Morning, and that there was some Blood found behind their Door, it was all one, for they wou'd Confess no more, than that they knew of it after it was done. The Woman seem'd to be concern'd for her Reputation after Death; I desir'd her rather to be concern'd for her Soul, for that was the only valuable Consideration, to a Person in her Circumstances. The Man seem'd to be under a Dejection of Spirit, but upon Advice it was the Will of God he should thus suffer for his Wickedness, he took Courage, and gave him the Glory. After suitable Discourses, a Penitential Psalm and Fervent Prayers, their Souls were committed unto God. R. Wykes, Ordinary. LONODN. Printed for E. Mallet, at the Hat and Hawk in Bride-lane.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE's ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, OF Charles Stevens , Henry Holyoak , and Henry Hughes , Who were executed at TYBURN, On Monday, the 4th Day of June, 1770. For the wilful Murder of James Shaw , in the new City Road , the Third of May last; Being the Fourth EXECUTION in the SECOND MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon . WILLIAM BECKFORD , Esq ; AND OF Five other Malefactors, who were hanged on Wednesday, the Fourth of July Inst. at the same Place, for Burglary and other Offences; of which Number David Miller , who had been transported about two Years ago, and returned before the Expiration of his Sentence, was one. Being the FIRST EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY of the Rt. Hon. BARLOWE TRECOTHICK , Esq; LORD-MAYOR of the City of LONDON. Number IV. and V. 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, T. BOWEN, at the Golden-Pallet, opposite the Hay-Market, Piccadilly, and S. KINGMAN, the Corner of Sweeten's-Alley, Royal-Exchange. (Price SIX-PENCE.) THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, OF Eight Malefactors, who were lately hanged at Tyburn , pursuant to their Sentence of the last Sessions in the Old Bailey . BY virtue of the King's Commission of the Peace, oyer and terminer, and goal delivery, holden for the city of London and county of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall, in the Old Bailey , before the Rt. Hon . William Beckford , Esq; Lord Mayor of the city of London , George Perrot , Esq; one of his majesty's Barons of the Court of Exchequer , Sir Richard Aston , Knt. one of the Judges of his majesty's court of King's Bench , James Eyre , Esq; recorder , and others of his majesty's Justices of oyer & terminer of the city of London, and Justices of goal delivery of Newgate, for the said city and county of Middlesex, on Wednesday the 30th, Thursday the 31st of May, Friday the 1st and Saturday the 2d of June 1770, in the tenth year of his majesty's reign, thirteen were capitally convicted for various offences; three of whom, viz. Charles Stephens , Henry Holyoak , & Henry Hughes , for murder, were sentenced to be hanged on Monday, the fourth of June, and suffered accordingly. On Wednesday the 27th of June, the report was made to his majesty by James Eyre , Esq; Recorder of the city of London , of the remaining ten under sentence of death, when Daniel Pfluyer , James Attaway , Richard Bailey , Francis Lutterell , and John Read , otherwise David Miller , otherwise John Mil ler, were ordered for execution on Wednesday, the 4th day of July. The other five were respited during pleasure. Charles Stevens was indicted for the wilful murder of John Shaw , by shooting him in the belly with a blunderbuss. Henry Holyoak , and Henry Hughes , were indicted for being present, aiding, abetting, and assisting him to do and commit the said murder. To this indictment they pleaded not guilty, and for tryal put themselves on God and their country. Stevens said in his defence, that the night this murder was done, he was not out of his lodging from seven till eleven at night, at which time he went to bed: That he never had a blunderbuss in his life till the night before he was taken, when, coming along the Paddington road , he saw the blunderbuss, a pistol, and cutlass, lying in a ditch: That thinking there were some bad people about who might use them ill, they took them to defend themselves. Holyoak said he was innocent of the affair; that he knew nothing about it, nor did he recollect where he was that day, and that he never suspected to be taken up about it. Hughes said, that the night this murder was committed, he went to Islington , to see his father, and staid there till nine o'clock, or a little after; then coming along the New-River side , in order to come home with another person, they heard several people quarreling, at a small distance from the river, and turned down the road to see what was the matter: That they had not gone above a dozen steps, before they heard a gun fired, when they turned round and went home immediately. He said he had known Stevens about four months, and the other he never saw above four times before they were taken into custody, on the evidence of Mary Leighbourn and others. They were found guilty of the charge laid in the indictment, and sentenced by the law to be hanged by the neck till dead. They all confessed and acknowledged that they had attempted and committed several robberies within the space of two months, both in houses and the highway; but never before attempted to abuse or take any man's life away; and that the murder for which they were condemned to die, neither was intended or premeditated. That Holyoak and Hughes first meeting Shaw on the New-Road , demanded his money, to which he replied, he had not any; and if he had, he would not be robbed by them. In answer to which they said they were sure he had money, and they would have it: On which Shaw took a long knife out of his pocket, with which he stood on his defence, replying as before. In consequence of this they went a little way from him, and cursing him said, if he had not any, they could not expect any, and bid him go his way, for they did not mean to hurt him. During this conversation Stevens came up, with the blunderbuss cocked in his hand, and said, "dam you, I'll tip you over:" On which Shaw made some attempts, with the knife in his hand, to cut or stab, in which confusion the blunderbuss fired; which he declares he never presented, or knew any thing of, till he found the pan open; and that he was so confused at the time by Shaw's resistance, though he heard the report, he did not know but the shot was fired by one of the other two. When he was convicted, and sentence passed on him, he looked round on all the court with an air of great contempt, and puting on his hat, said as he went out; 'Tis well you can do no worse. Being shortly after asked by the Ordinary, how he could, at such a time, behave in so insolent a manner, and at the same time representing to him that contrition, humility, and a broken spirit, was much more becoming his miserable situation; he said, that he was so shocked with his sentence, he did not know what he either said or did; and if any offence was given, it was without design When visited in their cells, or in chapel, they all behaved with humility, seriousness, and in appearance, very great contrition; bewailing much the afflictions of their poor aged parents, who very fondly and tenderly reared them; who very readily received and complied with such instructions as were given by the Ordinary, proper for their unhappy situation. Stevens said, he was first bred a barber , afterwards lived a servant with different gentlemen, one of whom was the Genoese ambassador, whose house he robbed of a large quantity of wearing apparel, and the blunderbuss with which he shot Shaw: That when he was discharged from his service, without such a character as would recommend him to another place, having misbehaved while with him, he could not get employed; in consequence of which, and being ashamed to return home to his father, whom he had often before offended, he had recourse for the necessaries of life to a woman of bad fame and character, who kept a brothel, and with whom he was formerly connected. At her house he readily consented and agreed to become one of a gang or party that resorted there, and who chiefly supplied life by robbing, stealing, trespassing on their neighbours, and other evil practices; and though his harbourer and friend often advised him not to associate with them, as she could and would maintain and support him by her profits and industry in the trade or business of life which she fol lowed, yet such was the viciousness of his inclination and desires, that he would not be restrained from persuing a course of life, to the injury of all mankind, the hazard of his own eternal salvation, and one time or other the certainty of temporal death, such as he at last suffered; a punishment not equal to the many henious crimes women and wine led him into; who most earnestly prayed at the gallows to god for his forgiveness, and that his fate might be a sufficient warning to all young men, to consider their ways betimes, and not to suffer the pomps and vanities, the lusts and pleasures, or the temptations of the devil, to draw them aside from their duty to God, their neighbour, and themselves. Henry Holyoak was born in Worcestershire , of reputable parents, who carefully instructed him in the principles of religion and virtue, and the paths of honesty, which he steadily pursued till very lately, when Stevens, who was his relation, and by whose means he was disappointed in a voyage he had engaged to make to the West-Indies , in the Truner, on board which ship his chest and cloaths were put, and now are, decoyed and seduced him to become an accomplice in his evil practices; which, he said, nothing but the greatest distress for want of the common necessaries of life, could have induced him to. For having lost his place and birth on board the Truner, by her sailing suddenly and unknown to him, when he was on shore at night, he made several attempts to get employment in any station, to earn his daily bread honestly; but not succeeding, and being both afraid and ashamed to apply to those who before used their best endeavours to get him such employment as he was qualified for, and particularly that which he forfeited by his connection with Stevens, by which he could have got a very decent livelyhood, had he not been so unfortunate as to loose the favourable opportunity then in his power, and obtained by them for him Having pawned almost every thing he had, without a shirt to his back, or scarcely a rag to cover him, no bed to lie on, and very often with an hungry belly, without a penny to supply his necessities, had recourse to the unjust and illegal means, often before, in vain, proposed to him by Stevens, which he had not pursued much longer than six weeks; in which his first was an house robbery, under the Piazza , Covent-Garden ; and that all his gain or share of the booty never amounted to more at any time than about four shillings: That he never attempted to hurt or use any man ill, neither did he think that Stevens would or did shoot Shaw at the time, till he af terwards heard of his death. He, with great contrition, sincerely lamented his sad and dismal situation, which he said, he could only attribute to cruel, hard, and unfortunate fate, which laid him under the necessity of pursuing such a course, as brought him to his untimely end. He expressed much grief at his not being allowed more time to make a better preparation for that great eternity, which to him was now drawing on, in contemplation of which every moment of his time was engaged, as he said it should be to the last. Henry Hughes was born at Islington , and bred a glass grinder ; in which business he lived and earned his bread with industry, a good reputation, and an honest character, till within these three months; when, by the inticement of vile and wicked women, he was brought to the house where Steven's lived, which he often afterwards frequented, and consequently contracted an intimacy with him, by whose evil advice and bad examples, he was prompted and encouraged to become a partner in all his scenes of vice and iniquity, to his great misfortune, and the loss of his life, which he was most heartily sorry for; and as his repentance, he said, was very sincere, he hoped, and earnestly prayed, that God would forgive him all his past transgressions, as he sincerely did, not only his prosecutors, but also all those who were the cause of his ruin, which ought to be a warning to all young persons, to avoid the course of life he lately lived. ON Wednesday, the 4th Day of July, Daniel Pfluyer , James Attaway , Richard Bailey , Francis Lutterell , and John Read , alias David Miller , alias John Miller , were executed agreeable to his majesty's order, pursuant to their sentence of the last sessions at the Old Bailey , for various crimes and offences. Daniel Pfluyer was indicted for stealing, in the dwelling house of Robert Walker , five silver table spoons, two silver tea-spoons, a pair of sugar tongs, two pair of leather shoes, a 3l. 12s. piece, five guineas, three half guineas, two quarter guineas, three 13s. 6d. pieces, one 6s. 9d. one 4s. 6d. a Prussian rixdollar, a Spanish rixdollar, a French crown, two crown pieces, six half crowns, and 5l. 18s. 6d. in money, numbered, the property of the said Robert. To this indictment he pleaded not guilty, and for trial put himself on God and his country. On the evidence of Robert Walker , John Bailey , Evan Jones , and John Oberhimer, he was found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged. He was born in Germany , bred a flower baker , and by his parents properly instructed in the paths of virtue and religion; coming to England , about four years ago, he engaged to work at sugar baking , which he continued some time; afterwards he lived with a bread baker , and at other places, from which he was quickly discharged for neglect of duty, keeping bad hours, and idle company, by which he got so much disordered, that at last an hospital was his only resource; from whence, his cure being effected, he was in a little time dismissed; and finding it very difficult to get employed, having so much abused the trust reposed in him by his masters, and forfeited his character, he returned again to the same evil company and connections that were the cause of his former misfortunes, and which, to support his late dissolute life, put him on seeking, by unjust and unlawful means, what by honest labour and industry he might have well subsisted on. While under sentence he was constantly visited by a German gentleman of his profession, to whom, as well as to me, he gave great satisfaction, by his very decent and proper behaviour, becoming a man in his unhappy situation and circumstances. He attended chapel very regularly and constantly, and in all his words and actions shewed a very sincere repentance and sorrow for this offence, which he said was the first of like kind he ever committed. He confessed he got into the house at the celler window, which he observed was open, when he was that very evening on a visit to his former fellow servants; and finding the compting house door open, forced the desk, out of which he took the money; he took the spoons and other things out of a closet, which he also found open, and then went out with them through the front door: That the temptation of the devil, and the opportunity which seemed so favourably to present itself to his view, induced him to this act to get money for a lewd woman, with whom he then cohabited, and who was instrumental in bringing him to his shameful end. James Attaway and Richard Bailey , were indicted for stealing, in the dwelling-house of Thomas Le Mar , Esq ; at the hour of nine in the night, on the fourth of May last, three silver waiters, value 14l. three silver coffee-pots, value 10l. six silver candlesticks, value 24l. one silver dish, value 5l. seven silver salts, and seven salt spoons, value 5l. two silver sauce boats, value 6l. five silver table spoons, value 2l. two silver tea spoons, value 2s. one silver snuffer-pan, va lue 1l. one silver cannister stand, and three silver canisters, value 10l. one silver mug, value 3l. one silver cup, one silver milk pot, value 1l. and other plate, the property of the said Thomas Le Mar . And also for making an assault on James Morris , in the dwellinghouse of the said Thomas Le Mar , putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, by stabing and otherwise maltreating him, and taking from his person a silver watch, value 2l. the property of the said James Morris . To this indictment they pleaded not guilty, and for tryal put themselves on God and their country. Attaway said in his defence, that what Dates, one of the evidences, swore, was all false, for that he had been that afternoon at New-Bond-Street , to enquire after business; and returning home, he met a young woman, with whom he went to drink a pint of beer; when they parted, as he was coming through Bedford Row , he saw a mob runing, and calling stop thief; that he did not know on which side of the way the house that had been robbed was, but run on, making the best of his way home; that as he lived in St. Luke's parish , his way was through Grey's-Inn ; and as soon as he came to the top of Bedford Row , people hallowed out, if you do not stop, I'll knock you down; he then turned round, and said, if they meant him, he would stop and go with them: they then took him, searched him, and found nothing about him: that he never was in the house or passage spoke of by the evidence Dates. Bailey's defence was, that coming through the yard where he was taken, he heard thieves called out, and going in to see what was the matter, they took him; that he lived in Wapping , and had been to take leave of a cousin, who lived in High Holborn , and was going into the country. James Attaway , aged 26 years, was born of honest and reputable parents, who, according to their circumstances, educated and instructed him in his duty to God, and the rules of his religion, which he says, he often in his early days transgressed; and that necessity lately obliged him to practise (for the support of a wife and family) what evil company, joined to a vicious inclination, first prompted him to attempt; for, by his trade, (viz. that of a watch movement maker ) even at the best of times, and when he was most assiduous and industrious, he said he could not earn a sufficiency for them, having often sat an entire day at work without any sustenance, more than a bit of bread, washed down with a sup of water, leaving the little else he could earn for the nourishment of his wife and young babes; and when out of employ, his only re sourse was pilfering and stealing. This fact, for which he died, he said, he was induced to by one of the party not yet taken, who formerly was an acquaintance of his; the other two, Bailey, and one Hamilton, not taken also, he was not acquainted with till the day before, when they communicated to him the plan laid for robbing Mr. Le Mar, which he said, was formed by Hamilton, and the servant maid, who had been shortly before discharged. That he never hurted any man, and then little imagined that any cruelty would have been used; that Bailey stabed the servant man, and that Hamilton and he otherwise maltreated him, while he, Attaway, held a pistol before the little girl, who sat in the kitchen, to prevent her giving any alarm; and when it was given by the servant man, on his getting loose from the bonds and confinement they put him into, he made his escape over the garden wall, where he dropt the pistol which was found. From self-conviction of the unjustness of his actions, and his unlawful course of life, the death he suffered was always in his thoughts, which on every occasion presented the gallows to his view; yet such was his hardness, in spite of all these warnings, and the haunting terrors of his guilty conscience; such his coolness and deliberation in all his scenes of iniquity, that he never hesitated to communicate them to his wife (who endeavoured always to dissuade him from his evil purposes) nor his apprehensions of what, for them, he should at last suffer. Even the day he went to put the robbery, for which he died, into execution, he told her he was going out to do what he was sure he should be hanged for; and that if he did not return home that night, not to be uneasy, for certainly she would find him in a day or two in Newgate : Wherein his words, and former presages, were so fully verified, that with some difficulty, and extraordinary pains, I could at all shake a principle of Predestination, which appeared to be grafted in him; in so much, that though he could not deny the truth of my arguments to prove the absurdity of such notions, their inconsistency with the laws of God, and the divinity of our Saviour, whose religion we profess; how contradictory to all natural reason, as well as revealed religion; and the evil consequences of such a persuasion to any community, but more especially to such as have the terms of salvation and everlasting happiness so fully shewn to them by the light of the gospel, which is the standard of our most holy religion and faith in Jesus Christ, through whose merits we are to hope for and expect the remission of our sins, if we sincerely desire it, and with hearty repentance, and true faith, turn unto him. Yet he still persisted to believe, that what man was to suffer in this world, was certainly alloted for him at his first entrance into it; and which he was now well satisfied to leave, having known very little else than troubles, sorrow, and uneasiness, since his first coming into life; to support which, when honest means failed, he had recourse to such bad practices, as brought him to his long much dreaded untimely end. Richard Bailey , aged 22 years, was so affected with his sentence, that the goal fever quickly seized him, under which he laboured, and appeared not to be in his right senses to his last moments. He was born at Chatham , and bred a painter, and for several years past lived a very idle profligate life, which he supported by every unjust and unlawful means which his evil genius could devise; particularly robbing ships, lighters, and boats in the river Thames . He acknowledged to be the person who delivered the letter to Mr. Le Mar's servant; that he first rushed into the house, and stabed him with the dagger, which was produced in court: That he tied him, while Attaway and Hamilton, who took his watch and money from him, held him; they then brought him down stairs into the kitchen, where they loosed his hands, and made him light a candle; then perceiving a little girl, Attaway presented a pistol to her, and swore he would shoot her, if she said a word, or made any noise, while Bailey and Hamilton tied his arms behind, bringing the same cord round his neck, across his face, and through his mouth, which they then tied behind; this done, they shut him up in a dark coal vault, leaving him there to perish, with his wounds bleeding, while they were robbing the house. How he delivered himself, and they were taken, the Old Bailey Trials do fully shew. Francis Lutterell was indicted for stealing some wearing apparel, and 17s. 9d. in money, the property of Thomas Jackson , in the house of William Shepherd . He said he had been ill used in the night, and took these things to pledge, to raise some money, to be revenged for the injury he received; that it was not meant as a robbery, and all the things were returned again, except one shilling; that he had but very little to say in his defence. He was born in the north of England , of honest reputable parents, who took early care of his morals and education. After their death, he lived mostly in the service of gentlemen; for which station, shaving and dressing were necessary qualifications; in acquiring which, he commenced an ac quaintance with Jackson, at the shop where he was instructed in these arts; and being in intimacy with him, made free to take his things, with the intent before mentioned, for which he suffered death. Since his confinement, his behaviour, in every respect, was very suitable to his melancholy situation. He earnestly prayed and hoped that God would have mercy on him, as he was sincerely penitent for every sin committed by him, wilfully, wittingly or unknowingly, in word or deed; and that he would forgive him, as he did all mankind, with whom he died in peace, goodwill and charity. John Read , otherwise David Miller , otherwise John Miller , was indicted for returning from transportation, before the expiration of his sentence, in the year 1768, when he was convicted of stealing a silver mounted sword, the property of Robert Lee Doughty , Esq . Being found at large, under very strong suspicions of returning to his former course of life, he was again taken into custody, by one of Sir John Fielding 's men, who found him reconnoitering a gentleman's area; and on apprehending him, found a loaded pistol in his pocket. The identity of his person was so clearly proved, that he was convicted of the charge laid in the indictment, and on the jury bringing their verdict in guilty, death, he thanked them, and said, he would rather die than live a transport, as no man knew the misery of such a state, but those who felt it; which, to him, he said, was so intolerable, that being disappointed, in several efforts he made, to escape from his slavery and bondage, he attempted to hang himself, which, he said, he was fully determined to do, had he not succeeded in his last escape. Being asked at the bar, before sentence was passed on him, what he had to say for himself, why the court should not pronounce the judgment of the law against him? he repeated nearly the same words as before; and added, he was well contented with fate. While under sentence, he attended chapel regularly, and his behaviour was very decent, expressing a sincere sorrow for his former course of life, which has been mostly employed in thieving, and other bad practices, since he was eleven years old. Though his words and conversation often expressed a great levity of mind, yet the many questions he put to me, most essential to be acquainted with, for the true knowledge of our religion, and relative to his situation, were such, as perhaps never are thought on, by those who have been much more learnedly instructed. After the order for execution came to Newgate , he received the Sacrament every day, with great expressions of repentance; and constantly saying, that he resigned his life with willingness, in hope and full assurance of being for ever happy hereafter; free from the miseries and troubles of this uncertain deceitful world, which he so much seemed to despise, that, till the morning of execution, he never appeared daunted, or affected with any terror of the death he was to suffer; and then, while at sacrament in the chapel, he wept and relented much, saying, he then thought his heart had burst within him. At the gallows he addressed himself to the populace nearly in the same words as in court, and prayed to God to protect, bless, and preserve them from the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil, which were his destruction; who desired that his friends and relations would not be troubled or concerned about him, for that he was very happy in leaving this word, and died in peace, good will, and forgiveness with all mankind. JOHN WOOD , 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 at TYBURN, On WEDNESDAY the 18th of March, 1740. BEING THE FIRST EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon . HUMPHRY PARSONS , Esq ; Number I. LONDON : Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M,DCC,XL. (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 . Humphry Parsons , Esq ; Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Rt. Hon. Lord Chief Justice Wills, the Hon. Mr. Baron Carter, the Hon. Sir John Strange , Knt . Recorder ; and the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Urlin, Deputy-Recorder of the City of London; and others his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer for the said City, and Justices of Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, for the said City and County of Middlesex, at Justice Hall in the Old-Bailey , on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday, the 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th and 9th of Dec. and in the 14th Year of his Majesty's Reign. Seven Men, John Runsbergh , Joseph Huddle , Daniel Jackson , Thomas Coates , Thomas Nash , Richard Quail , and Robert Legross , were by the Jury convicted of capital Crimes, and had Sentence of Death passed upon them. Also, At the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Goal Delivery of Newgate, held before the Rt. Hon : Humphry Parsons , Esq ; Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Rt. Hon. Lord Chief Baron Probyn, the Hon. Mr. Justice Wright, the Hon. Mr. Justice Fortescue, the Hon. Sir John Strange , Knt . Recorder ; the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Urlin, Deputy-Recorder of the City of London, and other his Majest's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, for the City of London, and Goal-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 16th, 17th, 19th, and 20th of Jan. 1740-1. and in the 14th Year of his Majesty's Reign. Six Men, viz. John Sheriff , John Elwar , George Stacey , Matthias Dennison , Charles Shooter , John Cat , and seven Women, viz. Ann Greenhall , Sarah Murrel , Elizabeth Fox , Priscilla Mahon , Catherine Lineham , Mary Young , and Elizabeth Davis , 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 Goal-Delivery of Newgate, held before the Rt. Hon . Humphry Parsons , Esq ; Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Hon. Mr. Justice Page, the Hon. Mr. Justice Parker, the Hon Mr. Baron Abney, the Hon. Sir John Strange , Recorder ; and 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 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 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th of Feb. and Monday the 2d of March 1740-1. and in the 14th Year of his Majesty's Reign. Eight Men, viz. Richard Brabant , Philip Lipscomb , John Cassody , Robert Hant , Robert Parsonson , John Davis , Robert Birch , John Tims , and three Women, viz. Ann Lucas , Dorothy Middleton , and Hannah Robinson , were by the Jury convicted of Capital Crimes, and received Sentence of Death. Whilst under Setence, they, having been very vicious, and many of them very ignorant, and very young, were instructed in the first Principles of Religion, and afterwards in the whole Christian System of Salvation through Jesus Christ, suitable to their Circumstances and Capacities. The great Injustice and Villainy of Theft and Robbery, was insisted on, how disagreeable it is to, and how destructive of human Society, and how near approaching it is to that execrable Crime of Murder, such Rogues never standing at Murder in case of Opposition in their villainous Attacks. They were all exhorted to a lively Faith in Christ, and a sincere Repentance for all their Sins, which is the only Way to be delivered from Sin, together with all the direful Effects thereof, as the Wrath of God, and eternal Damnation. Whilst these and many such like Exhortations and Instructions were given, all of them attended in Chapel, were attentive to Prayers, and appeared serious in Devotion. John Runsberg came to Worship, behav'd decently, was sick sometimes, and very desirous of Prayers and Instructions, but sorry, being a Foreigner, he could not understand our Language well. Joseph Huddle lay a-bed most of the Time, in a miserable Condition, pretending Want of Cloaths, but when provided with some Necessaries, he attended with the rest. Daniel Jackson came up but two or three Times before and after Sentence, being desperately wounded, of which no one had the least Intimation till the Day before he died; but he always appear'd confus'd and very disconsolate. Coates was up only once or twice, continuing sick till he died. Nash was very ill a long Time, but when he recovered, he constantly attended with the rest, and behav'd with Decency. Quail was very quiet and conformable, and did not absent himself from Chapel though he was of the Popish Communion , as was likewise Ann Greenhall and John Elwar . Charles Shooter was a very little Boy, about Thirteen or Fourteen Yeaas of Age. John Catt , Mary Young , and Elizabeth Davis , behaved well and in a Christian Manner. Mary Young wet sometimes in Prayers and Singing of Psalms. Philip Lipscomb , was a poor, quiet, disconsolate Creature. Cassody and Hurt attended, but was both inclined to the Romis Persuasion. Davis pretended Sickness, but when I visited him, seemed desirous of Prayer and Instructions. Parsonson expressed a deep Penitence, and his Behaviour was very decent and commendable. Richard Brabant expressed by his sober Behaviour a sincere Repentance, and seem'd truly affcted with the melancholly Circumstances of his most unhappy Condition. Thomas Davis continued sick all the Time, and unwilling to give any Satisfaction. Dorothy Middleton and Hannah Robinson , were always sick, but when I visited them, they behaved well. Ann Lucas , tho' an infamous Creature, sat very quiet. Upon Wednesday the 11th of March, Report was made to his Majesty in Council of the Thirty-one Prisoners under Sentence of Death in the Cells of Newgate; when John Rusberg , of Chiswick , for assaulting William Collier on the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him 6 d in Money, the Money of the said William Collier , Nov. 19. Charles Shooter , of St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate , for stealing a Worsted Purse, value 2 d. 2 of 3 l. of twelve Shilling Pieces, 28 of thirty six Shilling Pieces, four Guineas, and a Half Guinea, the Money of Robert Barnard . Sarah Murrel , of St. Leonard, Shoreditch , for stealing a Burdet Gown, Value 5 s. four Muslin Hoods, Value 4 s. a Velvet Hood, Value 4 s. a gold Ring, Value 15 s. a Pair of silver Buckles, Value 7 s. Eight Portugal Pieces, Value 28 l. 16 s. two Guineas, and 11 l. 2 s. in Money, the Goods and Money of Richard Griffith , in his Dwelling house, Dec. 6. Ann Greenhall , alias Gallough , of St. Martin's in the Fields , for stealing a strip'd Lutestring Gown and Pettycoat, Value 40 s. a Paduasoy Gown, called a Sack, Value 20 s. a Tabby-Night Gown, Value 20 s. a Man's Sattin Gown, Value 10 s. a Callicoe Bed quilt, Value 5 s. Two Dimmity Petticoats, Value 3 s. a Sattin quilted Petticoat, Value 10 s Nine Shis, Value 40 s. Five Shirts, Value 5 s. Six Damask Clours, Value 5 s. one Lutestring Apron with Bugles, Value 2 s. the Goods of Mary Smith , in the Dwelling house of James Riggs , Dec. 17. Matthias Dennison , for the same two Robberies with George Stacey , as hereafter mentioned. Elizabeth Davis for the same Robbery with Mary Young , as below. Ann Lucas , of St. Paul, Covent Garden , for stealing 4 Guineas, a Roman Sequin, Value 10 s. the Money of Gerard Brooks , in the Dwelling house of Thomas Richards , Feb 26 Hannah Robinson , for the same Burglary with Dorothy Middleton , as below. Mary Nash , alias Goulding , for assaulting George Stacey , in the Dwelling house of William Needham , putting him in Fear, &c. and taking from him a Moidore, a 36 Shilling Piece, and 30 Guineas, Nov. 20. This Trial was in February Sessions, 1739-40. Margaret Newell , of St. Giles's in the Fields , for privately stealing a gold Watch, and a gold Chain and Seal, Value 15 l. from the Person of the Chevalier Charles Rusca , March 9. This Trial was in March Sessions, 1739-40. N. B. These two last were by the Jury of Matrons found with quick Child, but not being so, they were brought to their former Sentence, and Cathorine Lineham , for the second Robbery with George Stacey and Matthias Dennison , as below. All these received his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve. The following Twenty were ordered for Execution, viz. Joseph Huddle , Thomas Nash , Richard Quail , Robert Legrose , Elizabeth Fox , Priscilla Mahon , John Eiver , George Stacey , John Catt , Mary Young , Richard Brabant , Philip Lipscomb , John Cassody , Robert Hurt , Robert Parsonson , Robert Birch , James Timms , and Dorothy Middleton . Thomas Coates and Thomas Nash , of St. Ann, Black-Fryars , were indicted for breaking and entering the Dwelling-house of Hugh Dixey , between the Hours of one and two in the Night, and stealing one large Pottage-pot, Value 25 s. one Copper Pottage-pot, Value 10 s a Copper Tea-kettle, thirty pewter Plates, twelve pewter Dishes, a copper warming Pot, a Funnel, a Gallon pot, a Box Iron and Heater, a Wooden Box, 6 lb. of Tobacco, and 13 Knives and Forks, the Goods of Hugh Dixey , Nov. 11. Atty , alias Hester Walker , Sarah Laxton , and Elizabeth Matthews , for receiving them, knowing them to stolen. All three found Guilty. 1. Thomas Coates , 22 Years of Age, born in Old Gravel Lane , of honest Parents, had not much Education, and being a perverse Boy, was careless, and not willing to learn much: When of Age, he was put Apprentice to a Turner in Little Britain , and served Part of his Time, but not faithfully as he ought to have don, keeping bed Hours, and the worst of Company, who hurried him to his Ruin; these vicious Practices he was us'd to before he went to Business, having been engag'd with a Gang of Thieves about apping, and Shadwell when young, so that he was an old Practitioner in that Way. He own'd the Burglary in Black-ryars, he was convicted of, that he had a chief Hand in it, was an older Offender than Nash, his Companion, and prompted him to go about such villainous Actions; he also acknowleged four or five more Burglaries; that he us'd to pick Pockets, for which he was once sent to Bridewell , where he remain'd 4 or 5 Weeks, and receiv'd the Discipline of the House, but was never in Newgate till now, when capitally convicted. In his dying Hours, he lamented for being too much given to wicked Women, and drinking, and his breaches of the Sabbath, which were the cause of his Misfortunes. He confest he was a pilfering Thief, and not having the Fear of God, never went to Church, but was very wicked in many Respects; he was Sick all the Time, but a Day or two; I visited him several Times, he protest Penitence, and was desirous of Prayers, and Instructions. Though he did not seem very weak, ye he died in his Cell, a Day or two after Daniel Jackson , who was condemn'd for the Murder of his Wife. 2. Thomas Nash , for the same Burglary, with the above Thomas Coates , 19 Years of Age, of honest Parents, who gave him good Education at School, to read, write, and cast Accompts to fit him for Business, and Instructed him in the Christian Principles, which he very little minded, being a very obstreperous, and unadviseable Boy; when young, he serv'd a Grocer , and some other Gentleman, in what little Affairs he was capable to do; and afterwards having some Friends to take Care of his Education, they bound him Apprentice to a Coach Carver , to whom he served his Time honestly, till he was taken up for the Crime he suffered for, having hitherto maintained the Character of an honest Boy: But then began to neglect his Business, join'd bad Company, who led him into the destructive Paths of Vice and Wickedness, which speedily ended in his total Ruin. He contracted a base Habit of going to Gin-shops, Morning and Evening, where he was first acquainted with Coates, and other wicked People, who gave him the worst of Counsel, which he was too ready to receive. For some Years past, he never went to Church, but prophan'd the Lord's Day in a vile Manner, and was a most wicked Boy with com mon Women, who likewise forwarded his Fall, and having contracted a habit of Drinking, made him incapable of doing any Thing to purpose. Coates, and some others of that hellish Gang, made him drunk, and when not sensible of what he did, they carried him to Mr. Dixey's House in Black-Pryars , which they with difficulty broke into, and delivered the Goods to Nash, who took them to the three Women mentioned in the Indictment; who disposed of them as they thought fit, for which they were transported. He was sick some Days, and when visited, profest Penitence. As soon as he recover'd, he constantly attended in Chappel, was attentive to Prayers and Instructions, made regular Responses, and behav'd decently and penitently. He cryed much, but was wretchedly ignorant, having been a despiser of all Religion from his Infancy. He believed, (as he said) in Christ, our only Saviour, repented of all his Sins, and was in Peace with all Men. He confest himself a Thief, but guilty of no Robbery or Burglary saving this. Robert Legrose , of St. Mary, Whitechapple , was indicted (with William Yorke , not taken) for breaking and entering the House of John Clack , and stealing 51 Cloth Coats, value 30 s. 23 Cloth Waistcoats, value 20 s. 13 Cloth Jackets, value 10 s. 13 pair of Breeches, value 5 s. 6 Shirts, value 12 s. one pair of Leather Breeches, value 1 s. and 3 Shifts, value 3 s the Goods of John Clack . 3. Robert Legrose , 30 Years of Age, of honest, but mean, Parents, by Sr. Thomas's, in Southwark , his Father died and left him young, and his Mother very poor, who gave him little Education at School, and he, being of a wicked Disposition, had almost forgotten all. He was not Apprentice to any Trade, but went to Sea sometimes, and serv'd in different Men of War, and at other Times, in Merchant-Men; he had been in several foreign Places; when at Home, he wrought with the Brickmakers and Bricklayers . Two or three Years ago, as he was carrying up a Hod of Mortar to the Bricklayers, and some Slaters, he fell from the Top of St. Thomas's-Hospital , into the Street, since which he has been almost unable to do any Work. He was a poor, simple, ignorant, naked Creature, having undergone a vast Number of Hardships, being in a very miserable Condition; as to the Burglary he died for, he acknowledged it; some others besides him having been concerned in it, one of whom named Clack, or Clark, is already executed; he said, that he lodged in the House, and handed out all the Goods to his Accomplices, which he and they carried away to dispose off; but the Man whom they trusted, brought a Constable to take them up, and bring them to Justice. He kept the worst of Company; arce ever went to Church, and when he did, was to thoughtless, that he minded nothing. He came to Chappel, but was a very stupid Hearer. After the Report was made, he seemed more affected, and wept. He said he was penitent, and died in Peace with all Mankind. Richard Quail , of St. Clement Danes , was indicted for assaulting John Glass , the Younger , on the King's High-way, putting him in Fear, &c. and taking from him a Linnen Shirt, value 1 s. a Muslin Stock, value 4 d. a Linnen Handkerchief, value 1 s. the Goods of James Trusan; a Cloth Coat, value 2 s a pair of Breeches, value 1 s. and a Linnen Handkerchief, value 2 d. the Goods of John Glass , Oct. 18. 4. Richard Quail , 32 Years of Age, born at Cork , in the Kingdom of Ireland , had but indifferent Education at School, and was brought up in the Romish Religion ; when of Age, he was put Apprentice to a Weaver , and according to his own Account, served his Time honestly; and for some Time after that, lived by his Business, when he got any Thing to do; but that Trade failing at Ireland, he came to London , where his Parents were, and work'd at his Trade at Times; when his Business was dead, he sold Butter, Eggs, Roots, Greens , or any small Things he was capable of. He married a Wife, and had some Children by her, and endeavoured to provide for them by his Trade, and at other Times by Marketting; but having little to do, and brought into great Straits by the hard Weather last Year, and not knowing how to live, he took to bad Company, who lead one another into fatal Scrapes. He lived at the farther End of Westminster , and first practised in this Way, at that End of the Town. He was much addicted to drinking, and to vicious Conversation; and filtched and stole what he could lay his Hands on. At first, he denied the Fact, on pretence he was running with the Mob, and crying out with them Stop Thief! yet they discovered him, and said, you are the Thief, and so seized him, and brought him into a Shop by St. Clement's- Church , where John Glass , the Boy, whom he had robbed, was, and immediately knew him, and swore to his Face, and a Man who saw him throw down the Bundles; so they carried him before the Justice, who committed him. He always came to Chapple, and behaved decently and quietly, was grosly Ignorant and spoke nothing, nor never look'd on a Book; but at last, a Popish Priest coming, and he, with some others, all Irish, excepting Elwar, constantly went to him in a Room, by themselves. He was a Roman , and died as he said, in Peace with all the World. George Stacey , and Matthias Dennison , of St. Martin's in the Fields , were indicted (with Arthur O Hara , and Thomas Cullen , not taken) for assaulting Benjamin Parish , on the King's Highway; putting him in Fear, &c. and taking from him a Silver Watch, a pair of Cloth Breeches, a pair of Silver Knee-buckles, a half Holland Shirt, and 19 s. in Money, the Goods and Money of the said Parish, Oct. 8. George Stacey , and Matthias Dennison , a second Time, and Catherine Lineham , of St. Martin's in the Fields , were indicted (with Arthur O Hara , Thomas Cullen , William Shiells , James Gough , Ridman Keogh , Catherine Butler , and Margaret Massey , not taken) for assaulting Benjamin Parish , in the House of Ridman Keogh , putting him in Fear, &c. and taking from him three Portugal Pieces, value 7 Pounds 4 Shillings, one Moidore, and 14 Guineas, the Money of the said Parish, October 8. 5. George Stacey , 38 Years of Age, of honest Parents, who gave him good Education at School, to read, write, and cast Accompts, and instructed him in the Christian Religion, his Father died and left him young; but the Mother was careful of his Education, and when of Age, she bound him Apprentice to a Shoemaker ; he served his Time honestly, and when for himself, could get a Guinea a Week; but George was of a roving Temper, and cared not to be confined to close Business, therefore he persuaded his Mother to concur in assisting to procure him the Place of a Marshalsea Officer ; this they got, and George afterwards was employed that Way; but he did not behave with such Integrity as he ought to have done. He was a most profligate Wretch in his Life, guilty of all Kind of Wickedness, with respect to drinking, Whoring, Street and Highway Robberies, cursing and blaspheming at a prodigious Rate. &c. He confessed his being in Redman Keogh 's House when Benjamin Parish was robb'd, that he came down Stairs and saw the Robbery committed, but had no Hand in it; he denied attacking and robbing him in the Street; he wept and cried because he had neglected and forgotten all Religion, behaved well, and professed Penitence, only at some Times he would smile, and talk rather too much to his Companions; this upon Admonition he rectified, he lamented for his old Mother in Town, whom he took Care of, having no other Friend, as indeed he deserved none, by Reason of his most vicious abandoned Life. On Sunday the 24th of February, he spoke to me privately, and told me; that he was troubled with distracted Thoughts, which prevented him of thinking any Thing of Religion; upon which I advised him to endeavour to settle his Thoughts upon, and ask Counsel of God, who is always ready to direct them who sincerely seek him. He desired to be prayed for as one who was disturbed in Mind, which I accordingly did several Times. He likewise at this Time confessed with a Flood of Tears, both the Robberies which were sworn against him, and that he was the chief Person who robbed Mr. Parish in the House of a large Sum of Money and his Watch, which he put into the fore Pocket of his Coat; and when they had forc'd him to drink Cherry Brandy to such an Excess, as made him drunk, and then they pushed him to the Door, after they had almost murdered him; but they not being satisfied with using him in this manner, Stacey with some more follow'd him up Long-Acre , and when they thought they had come to a convenient Place, Stacey kick'd up his Heels, and they robbed him again of his Watch, Knee Buckles, and what Money he had left, as likewise other Things of Value, which he had about him. He confessed also, that for some Years past he had been a Street-Robber, and a Thief, and as wicked a young Fellow as any about Town, and for an Excuse he alledg'd, that he took Care of his Mother, which when she came to visit him, she told me to the contrary, that he never did; but wasted her Substance, and did what he could to render her miserable, and at that and other Times he was rough and rude to her in his Carriage and Words, for which I sharply reproved him. He understood more than most of those unfortunate Creatures generally do, and sometimes asked to be resolved concerning some Texts of Scripture, which I accordingly explained to him. After the Dead Warrant came down, he behav'd very Penitent, and was continually a Reading, not only to himself, but likewise to the rest of his Fellow-Sufferers, so loud, and so distinctly, that every one of his Fellow Prisoners might hear him very plain, both in publick and private; so that we have Hopes that he was sincere in his Devotion. He believ'd in Christ the Son of God, and only Saviour of Mankind, repented of his Sins, and died in Peace with all Mankind. Mary Young , alias Jenny Diver , and Elizabeth Davis , alias Catherine the Wife of Henry Huggins , were indicted for assaulting Judith Gardener on the King's Highway, putting her in Fear, and taking from her 12 s. in Money, the Money of the said Judith, in the Parish of St. Mary Woolchurch , January 17. 6. Mary Young , alias Jenny Diver , about 36 Years of Age, born in Ireland , as I was informed, but she denied it, calling herself an English Woman, being unwilling to declare either her Country or Family, desiring to be excused in that Point. She had good Education at School, and was instructed in the Principles of Religion, and the Knowledge of other Things which was required, in order to fit her for doing Business. She lived with her Parents, and did not go to Service,but came up to London , where she soon became a good Proficient in the tricking Arts of the Town, as now she hath found to her sad Experience. A few Years ago she passed for a Wife to a Prisoner in Newgate, whom she daily attended, and supplied him with Victuals, and likewise gave Charity to the other Prisoners under Sentence, and to some on the Common Side. She was thought to be one of the most artfullest Pick-pockets in the World; she was a constant Street-walker, where she exercised her Skill. About 2 Years, or 2 Years and half, she was Transported, for picking the Pocket of a Gentlewoman in St. Paul's Church Yard , at the Feast of the Sons of the Clergy; for which Fact she was tried at the Old Bailey , and was ordered to be Transported; but she had not been gone long, before she and her supposed Spouse returned to London , where she has been a constant Practitioner ever since. She was then tried by another Name, it being usual for such Persons to change their Names upon every Occasion. On Saturday the 17th of Jan last, as she was walking along the Streets, between 6 and 7 at Night, she met with Judith Gardener by the Corner of the Mansion-house , a Man held up Judith's Arm with such Force, that she was like to have lost the Use of it; Mary came up before the Woman, and put her Hand into her Pocket, Judith being frighted, cryed out she was robbed, and like to be murdered; upon this the Man run away, and a Scuffle ensuing, Davis taking the Man's Part, came in for her Share in the Fray, and was taken up and convicted for the same Robbery with Mary Young . The Man having made his Escape, Young and Davis were carried to Devonshire Square , and several other Places in the City, in order to carry them before a Justice, not finding one in the Way, they came back to the Old Bailey , where the Court was fitting, they was brought before my Lord Mayor, who was pleased to commit them It is observable of them, viz Mary Young and Elizabeth Davis , that the Robbery was committed, and they sent to Newgate on Saturday the 17th of Jan and on Monday the 19th, a Bill of Indictment was found against them, and on Tuesday the 20th, they were tried, capitally convicted, and receiv'd Sentence of Death. Mary Young behaved well while under Sentence, and was very devout to all outward Appearance, often crying at Prayers, and singing of Psalms. She declared that Elizabeth Davis had no Hand in the Robbery which she suffered for, and that she wou'd persuade the World (if possible) that she was not the Woman, that she was represented to be; but had always lived a sober Life, (if you believe her) but she could not deny the robbing of Judith Gardener , on the 17th of Jan last, and that she was Transported by the Name of Jane Web , in April Sessions 1738. She believed in Christ her only Saviour, repented of all her Sins, and was in Peace with all the World. Elizabeth Fox , Priscilla Mahon , alias Trilcourt , and John Elwar , of St. Martin's in the Fields , were indicted, for that the, on the 23d of October last in the Dwelling house of a Person unknown, on William Layton , in the Peace, &c. did make an Assault, and him in Fear, &c. did put, and Five Portugal Pieces, Value 9 l and 1 Portugal Piece, Value 18 s. the Money of the said William Layton , from the Person, against the Will of the said William, did steal, &c. 8. John Elwar , 21 Years of Age, of honest Parents, who gave him indifferent Education, to read, write, &c. He was put Apprentice, and served his Time to a Grocer by Covent Garden : When out of his Time, he was Journeyman to his Master, who not having Business for him, he was obliged to live as he could, and then falling sick, was reduced to great Poverty, and fell into bad Company, which brought him to his fatal End. He denied being a Robber or Thief, but in this single Instance of which he was convicted, owning that he was present and saw te Fact done, but that he had no Hand in it, though Mr. Layton swore he acted a principal Part in it, yet he pretended Innocence, and that he was surpriz'd upon being taken up, as suspecting no such Thing. He behaved well and quietly; but when the Popish Priest, who comes there officiously to instruct or pervert from the Truth, he fell off and went to him. He was a vicious, wicked young Fellow, keeping Company with vile Women, and given to Drinking, Swearing, and Blaspheming, and such other Things as are commonly incident to these abandoned Creatures. He died in Peace with all Men. 9. Elizabeth Fox , 24 Years of Age, of honest Parents in Town, who learned her to read, &c. and had her instructed in Religion. When of Age, she served in some Families , but cared not much to be employed in Work, though for some Time she bore the Character of an honest Girl; in a short Time after that, loving the Company of rude idle People, she married a Sailor, who is at Sea, whom she knows nothing of, but most probably a Thief or Robber, who are aptest to take up with those infamous Creatures: Since that Time she has done nothing but walk'd the Streets, robbed, stole, and taking every Thing she could lay hold on, being one of the most scandalous Creatures, and notorious Pick pockets in Town, except Jenny Diver , alias Murphew . Thus employing her time, not thinking upon the other Husband, she married Thomas Richardson , a Man of the same Profession with, and altogether agreeable to herself. They live with such Creatures, calling one another Husband and Wife, married or not, and upon the least Disgust they seperate, and take to another, only while they think proper. Elizabeth Fox , upon the 23d of October last, the Evening when this Robbery was committed, was walking her Rounds as usual, about the Hay-market , towards Charing-cross , and meeting with William Layton , it being a very cold Night, he readily complyed to go in with Fox to take a Dram together in an House of her Acquaintance. Priscilla Mahon followed close after her Companions and in the same House were their Cullies, whom they called Husbands, Thomas Richardson , John Mahon , and John Elwar : They drank Cherry Brandy, and forced Layton to take more than he was inclined; but seeing himself in such a bad House, he paid his Reckoning, and went to the Door to make his Escape; but Elizabeth Fox and Priscilla Mahon , went after, and by no Means would let him go; they handled him very roughly, tore and beat his Face in a violent Manner, and attempted to rob him of his Money, but he kept himself upon his Guard. He, who passed for the Landlord, swore at them, and pretended Kindness to Mr. Layton, bidding him sit by the Fire untill it was a more proper Time of going out. Then the other three Fellows, the Landlord and the two Women came all upon him, and forc'd him to drink Drams into which was pour'd liquid Laudanum, which was brought from some Shop. They forced Layton to drink of this 2 or 3 times, and then proposed he should go to Sleep; but not willing to comply with their Proposal, one of the Men put his Knees upon his Back, and bowed him so that he was like to break it; the other three fell upon him and held him, threatening to cut his Throat if he made any Noise, yet Layton cried out, Robbers! Murder! &c. Fox and Mahon came on each Side, and Fox took his Money. Upon this the two infamous Ladies, by Advice of their Associates, made off, Layton running after them, crying out, Stop Thief! and Murder! and he took Priscilla Mahon , and one of the Watchmen Elizabeth Fox , they conveyed them to the Watch-house, and going back to the abovesaid infamous House, of which no Man knows who was Landlord. There they took John Elver , and afterwards they were all three carried before the Justice, who committed them to Newgate , whence they met with their due Fate. Thomas Richardson 's turning Evidence, hang'd this Wife of his, (though he had another Wife and Child who appear'd in Court) yet he (Richardson) lived in Short's Buildings , Drury Lane , with Elizabeth Fox , who passed for his Wife for some Years, She behaved well and very quiet, but seemed hard hearted. I was desired to ask, if she was concerned in the late Murder of a Gentleman's Coachman in Oxendon street? She answered, that was a House she constantly and daily went to, but as to that barbarous Murder, she knew nothing of it, till after the Fact was committed, when the wicked People of the House disappear'd. I sharply reproved her for keeping such wicked Company, of which she might be ashamed, exhorting her to repent of that great Sin in Particular. She believ'd in Christ, repented of her Sins, and was in Peace with all Men. 9. Priscilla Mahon , concerned in the same Robbery with the two Persons above, born in Cumberland of very good Parents, 25 Years of Age, had a good Education at School, to read, write, and learn all Sorts of Needlework, and was instructed in the Christian Religion. When she was about 5 Years old, her Father, in order to better his Estate, mov'd with his Family to Dublin , where he kept a Presbyterian Meetinghouse; and 'twas here the good old Man endeavour'd to instill proper Notions into her, of her Duty both towards God and towards Man. When she was 13 Years of Age, the Parson her Father died (who was a noted Man amongst the Dissenters) 'twas then Priscilla, being of a light Disposition, left the old Gentlewoman her Mother, and came to London . She soon got into Place, and served in some good Families with Reputation, but being importun'd by a Doctor of Physick, she gave Way to his Sollicitations. He kept her two or three Years, during which Time she had two Children by him She now began to think that she was not made for one, and that her Life was too confined, so elop'd from her Doctor; after this she became little better than a common Prostitute , and took up with the vilest of Company. About 5 Years ago she met with one John Mahon , from Dublin , a Youth as wicked as herself, who had left his Father (a Citizen of Repute) and being of the same Country, they thought fit to marry, which from the Manner of their living, was doing worse than she had done before, and adding Adultery to the rest of her Crimes. They both abandoned themselves to Lewdness, with the vilest Company in Town. This Robbery and Abuse almost to Murder, John Mahon had the chief Hand in, but making his Escape, got safe to Dublin , with the 9 or 10 Pounds they had robb'd Layton of, and left his Wife Fox and Elver to swing for him. All These declared upon the Words of dying Persons, that they had not one Farthing of the Money, but believed that Mahon, as has been said already, went off with it all, though it is supposed, that the Landlord, being an Accomplice therein, went Home with him, and came in for a Share. This unhappy Woman did not own any other Robbery of the like Nature, but said, that she had been guilty of innumerable other wicked and indirect Practices. Upon the Friday before they died she was sick, and I visited her in the Cell, when she wept and cried bitterly, lamenting in a deplorable Manner her sinning against great Light and Knowledge, and the strong Convictions of her own Mind; having, as she said, had an excellent Education, and been bred in the strictest Way of Religion: When in these Agonies, she would often cry out, What shall I do to be saved? Oh! how is it possible such a Wretch can be saved? I answered, believe in the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved; repent of your Sins, and God will be merciful and gracious to forgive you all your Sins, for the Sake of his Son Jesus Christ your dear Saviour, how many and how great and heinous soever they may have been, but be sure at the same Time that you forgive all Persons, as you expect Forgiveness yourself from God. A Copy of a Letter sent to Priscilla Mahon , by her Sister. To Priscilla Mahon , at Newgate . This. My DEAR, NOtwithstanding all my Strugglings, I find you in the Dead List. I went to 'Squire L - g ON - l Yesterday, my Answer was, he did all he could, but was repuls'd with so much Warmth, that it was not in his Power to serve you. I will send you a Minister, if he can be admitted. Pray God Almighty and Allmerciful prepare you for your latter End. I am almost distracted, and will leave London when all is over. Let me hear your Wants by the Bearer, and they shall be supplyed to the utmost of my Power. * * * * * * * * * * * * is at the Bottom of all, but, be charitable, and forgive them all. I am, Your afflicted Sister, ELIZ. HOLFORD . March 13, 1740.41. This is my dear Caleb's Birth-Day. John Sheriff , was indicted for stealing a Mare of a Bay Colour, Value 5 l. the Property of Edward Cook , Dec. 15. 10. John Sheriff , 37 Years of Age, was born, tho' of mean, yet honest Parents at Warwick , in Warwickshire ; he had no Education at School, therefore it cannot be expected that he could have much Knowledge: He was bred to Labour in Country Work, and for some Time got his Bread in an honest Way; but being tired of that laborious Sort of Life, came to London , and listed in the first Regiment of Guards , about 14 Years ago: He behaved well, and was reckoned honest, till the Commission of the Fact for which he died, as he said, and even that he would have thought not a Theft, for he did not steal the Mare, but borrowed her, as he alledged, to go a small Journey on. He behaved well, constantly came to Chapel, was devout at Prayers, and attentive to Instructions. He intended, he said, to desert, but had not Time, being prevented by his being taken up. He was ignorant and could not read, but willing to receive Instructions. When at Home he liv'd a sober Country Life, and sometimes he received the Sacrament. He was miserably poor and naked, and as he went to Chapel, if he saw any Body, he used to beg Charity of them. He did not seem to be of a bad but penitent Disposition. He assured me that he believed in Christ, as his only Saviour, repented of his Sins, and died in Peace with all the World. John Catt , was indicted, for that at a Delivery of the Goal, &c. for the County of Sussex, held at East Grinstead , on Monday, March 14, in the Tenth Year of his Majesty's Reign, before Sir William Thompson , Knt . one of the Brons of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer, and Richard Commyns , Serjeant at Law , &c. appointed to deliver the said Goal: he the said Catt, was, according to due Course of Law, indicted, for that he, with divers other dissolute and disorderly Persons unknown, to the Number of 20 Persons and upwards, after the 24th of June, 1736, to wit, on the 27th of February, in the Tenth Year of his Majesty's Reign, at a Place called the Great Groin , near the Sea Coast, in the said County of Sussex , being then and there armed, and carrying Fire-Arms, &c. did assemble, in order to be aiding and assisting in the clandestine running certain uncustomed Goods, by Way of Merchandize, to wit, 2000 Pound Weight of Tea, for which, the Duties more than due and payable, to the Terror of, &c. and thereon he the said Catt, was convicted, and adjudged, &c. to be transported to some of his Majesty's Plantations in America , for 7 Years, and that he was transported to the Colony of Virginia , &c. And the Indictment further charged, that he, the said Catt, on the 28th of September, in the 14th Year of his Majesty's Reign, at the Parish of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate , before the Expiration of the said Time, was at large, against the Peace, &c. 11. John Catt , 28 Years of Age, came of honest Parents in Sussex , who gave him as good Education at School as to enable him to read, write, and cast Accompts, and they had him instructed in the Principles of the Christian Religion, according to the establish'd Church, When of Age, he was put Apprentice to a Trade, and was careful and honest for some little Time; but he soon (too soon for him) got acquainted with the Smugglers, of which there are great Numbers upon the Coast of Sussex, and being a strong bold young Fellow, they engaged him as fit for their Purpose. He became one of the Chief, and most daring of them, and in most of his Engagements was very successful. When the Custom-House Officers came up with him, he always gave them fair Battle for it, never tamely suffering them to take the smallest Prize, whilst he was able to defend it; and in this Way he went on for some Years, being in continual Danger of his Life, by fighting, wounding, and perhaps sometimes killing; so that what Profit he got was with the utmost Hardships, as at last he found to his sad and fatal Experience. About four Years ago, being too well known, he was taken up, and at the Sessions holden at East-Grinstead , in Sussex , on Monday, March 14, 1736 by due Course of Law he was transported to Virginia , in Consequence of a late Act of Parliament, made against Smugglers, but he being the first convicted for Transportation upon the said Act, it was thought to be the harder for him. Catt not liking his Situation, returned to England , about two Years ago, but having enough of Smuggling, he betook himself to Countrywork , when he could get it. He complained of one of the Evidences, who in hopes of some Reward, dogg'd him both in Town and Country, till at last he took him in Bishpsgate Street , where he lived when in Town. He said, that he was not wicked in his Life, only that he was a great Runner of Goods, which occasioned Mischief and Misfortunes too often upon him, and at last his Ruin; he thought Smuggling an Offence, but no great Sin, and could not be persuaded to think or say otherwise, pretending one Excuse or other. Under Sentence, he behaved exceeding well, came always to Chappel, and was very devout and attentive, often weeping at the Thoughts of dying as a Criminal. He, with Jenny Diver , Mr. Brabant, Stacey, and Thomas Nash , on the Sunday before they were executed, received the Sacrament in a very decent and serious Manner; Stacey upon confessing his Sins, cried out most bitterly in the Closet, and in the Chappel; and Mr. Catt, and Jenny Diver , shewed equal Signs of Seriousness and Repentance. He believed in Christ, as the Son of God, and the only Saviour of Sinners, sincerely repented of his Sins, and died in Peace with all Mankind. John Cassody , and Robert Hunt , of St. Giles's in the Fields , were indicted (with a certain Person unknown) for that they, on the 8th of February, on the King's Highway, on Richard Briton in the Peace, &c. did make an Assault, and him in Fear, &c. did put, and a Watch, with the outside and inside Case made of Silver, value 6 l. a Brass Watch Key, value 1 Penny, a Pair of Silver Shoe Buckles, value 10 s. a Pair of Silver Knee Buckles, value 5 s. and 2 s. and 6 d in Money, the Goods and Money of the said Briton, from the Person, and against the Will of the said Briton, did steal, &c. Robert Hunt , a second Time, and James Timms , were indicted for assaulting Robert Rhodes , on the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Pen Knife, value 1 d. an Iron Key, value 1 d, and 3 s. 11 d. the Goods and Money of the said Rhodes, Feb. 12. 12. John Cassody , 31 Years of Age, was born in Ireland , of very mean Parents, who gave him as mean an Education; when of an Age fit for Labour, he did Country-work as a Boy at Home; but when of Man's Estate, he went Abroad, and was a Sort of a Vagrant in France , Spain , Flanders , Germany , and other Countries, sometimes having Bread, and sometimes none; sometimes in Service, at other Times out; at length, he listed in the Irish Brigade , in France , and became serviceable by decoying Men from Ireland, or England, into that Service: He was a bigotted Papist , though in reality, it may be presumed, he had no Religion. He was a bold, daring Fellow, as once particularly he shewed himself, by rescuing of Thomas Robinson , a Prisoner, for a Street Robbery, whom they took from the Constable out of a House in Drury Lane , and carry'd him off, far enough not to be heard of since, Cassody was an intimate Companion of Hunt's and Timms, but especially of Hunt's, who did a deal of Mischief together. He was one of the Vilest of Men, addicted to all Manner of Debaucheries; however, he behaved quietly, but could not, or, would not, read: He did not deny the Robbery he died for, tho' Hunt did. After the Romish Priest came, he did not incline to come to Chappel. He then appear'd sullen, or rather obstinate: He hop'd, he said, to be saved, by the Mercy of God, through Christ, and that he died in Peace with all Men. 13. Robert Hunt , for the same Robbery with Cassody, 32 Years of Age, born in Dublin , of honest Parents, who educated him for Business; but as for Religion, how far they might instruct him in it, is uncertain; but sure it is, that he neither knew or practised much; he was 2 Years in Newgate for an Assault, but got out some Months ago with Difficulty; after this tedious Confinement, his Fellow Prisoners declared, that he often said before he went out, that he should be no sooner at Liberty, than he would go upon Street and Highway Robbing; however, when he had got his Freedom, he took on in the first Regiment of Foot-Guards , but being an idle, wicked Fellow, who did not mind his Duty much, chiefly studying to satisfie his vicious Inclinations; and to the keeping Company with the most abandon'd Persons. He was not willing to confess his Crime plainly, tho' he pleaded Guilty to the second Indictment of robbing Mr. Rhodes, alledging he did so to save Robinson, whom he rescued, with the help of Cassody and some others, for which Rescue Hunt and Cassody were first taken up, when the Robberies they died for afterwards, appeared against them: Hunt was bred a Protestant, his Relations being mostly that Way, but was like the rest, of no Religion. He came constantly to Chapple, declaring his Penitence, tho' he seemed very much disturbed, and confused in his Thoughts, and too free in his Reflections. On Saturday the 14th Instant, one Mrs. Bowel, who with her Husband keeps a Public-House, and lodges Sailors, in Well-close square, came to my House, and told me, that Robert Hunt , and another Man in the Habit of Sailors, came to her House about 3 Years ago, and agreed to lodge with her; she was content; because Hunt and she were of the same City, Dublin ; they had no Money, but she was so good as to give them a Pot of Beer, and some Bread and Cheese; after they had got this, Robert Hunt said, we are obliged to you for treating us, and will repay it; upon this, he immediately pull'd out a cock'd Pistol, presented it, and said, D - n your B - d, I will blow your Brains out; the Pistol being before her Face, she bowed her Head to the Right-Side, otherwise she had been shot thro' the Head, for the Ball went in at her Left Shoulder; upon which she cried out Murder, and for fear of being Apprehended, Hunt and his Companion run away; and the next Morning made for Bristol , where they committed some Robberies, for which Cassody was taken up, but Hunt made his Escape, and returned to London , where Mrs. Bowel found him out, took him up, and tried him for an Assault before the Justices at Hicks's-Hall , who sentenced him to Newgate for two Years as beforemention'd. He became Penitent, and died in the Popish Communion . 14. James Timms , concerned with Hunt, in robbing Mr. Rhodes, was 28 Years of Age, and born of honest Parents in Dublin , had an indifferent Education, serv'd a Vintner , and was Drawer in a Tavern, and as his Companions said, was honest in his Dealings, tho' otherwise abundantly Vicious in his Life. Desiring to visit foreign Places, not having much to do at Home. Two or three Months before he was taken up, he came to London , where he became acquainted with loose, disorderly Persons like himself, which ruin'd him. He came to Chapple, but seem'd not to mind the Worship, being bigotted in the Romish Way ; he reflected on the Evidence about holding up a Stick, but own'd he was present at the Robbery. He was a sullen, morose Wretch, and died in the Romish Faith. A Copy of a Letter sent to James Timms , three Days before his Execution. To Mr. James Tims , in the Cells of Newgate . Dear JAMEY, I AM sorry you take us all to be so ungrateful, as not minding that there was a Petition given in Behalf of you; but to no purpose. I have been there very often, and could not get to speak to you; we shall take Care of your Body. Dear Jamey, as you are a Dying Man, for the small Time you have to live, mind your Soul. Mr. Shilling; Mr. Jackson, and all your Acquaintance, will be there that Day. If you have any Thing to say, Mr. Shilling, Mr. Jackson and I, will wait at Newgate that Morning. I shall wait for your Answer. Dear Jamey, let me know if you were married to Nancy Crawly , or if you have any Thing to say to her or any of them. Mr. Shilling desires you will call him, or some of your Acquaintance, to let him know what you have to say. Mr Jackson, Mr. Atkinson, remembers themselves to you. My Dear, mind your Soul. All from your sincere Friend, JOHN BARRY . P. S. I shall write to you To-morrow, and bring you a Cap. Richard Brabant , Indicted, for that he, being a Person of wicked Disposition, &c. and unlawfully devising to cheat, &c. James Martin , of London , Goldsmith , Robert Hurman , of London , Goldsmith , and Robert Stone , of London , Goldsmith , of a great Sum of Money, viz. 52 l. 10 s. of good and lawful Money, &c. the said three Gentlemen being concerned in Company, as Bankers, &c. and keeping public Shop, &c. after the 24th of June, 1734, viz. January 1st, 1740-41. in the Parish of St. Mary Woolnorth , he the said Brabant, out of his wicked Mind, &c. forged, and caused to be made, &c. a certain Paper-writing, &c. purporting Authority, &c. in the Name of James Tipper , &c. for the Payment of Money, &c. dated January 1st, 1740-41, and directed to James Martin , and Co. &c. to pay to Thomas Noble , the said Sum of 52 l. 10 s. and place it to the Account of James Tipper , the Tenor of which false &c Order, is in these English Words, Abbreviations of, &c. Words and Figures following. Jan. 1, 1740-41. Pay to Thomas Noble , the Sum of Fifty-two Pounds, Ten Shillings, and place it to the Acct. of Sic Subscrib. James Tipper . 52l. 10s. To Mr. Martin and Comp. thereby meaning, &c. that, &c. Mr. Martin, &c. should pay, &c. Brabant, the Sum of 52 l. 10 s. Whereas, &c. the said Paper, &c. was never subscribed by, &c. James Tipper , against the Peace, &c. and in Contempt, &c. It was further presented, that he, &c. Brabant, &c. afterwards, viz. Jan. 1. secretly, &c. the same did utter, &c. he well knowing it to be false, &c. He was a 2d Time indicted (as above) for making and causing to be made, a certain false and counterfeit Order for the Payment of 10 l 10 s. to defraud James Martin , and Comp. of the said Sum, the Tenor of which forged Order, is contain'd in these English Words and Figures following. Dec. 3, 1740. Pay to the Bearer, Thomas Noble , Ten Pounds, Ten Shillings, and Place it to the Acct. of Sic Subscrib. James Tipper . To Mr. Martin and Comp. Richard Brabant was further charched for publishing the said Order, well knowing it to be false, forged and counterfeit. 15. Richard Brabant , alias Jones , was 24 Years of Age, born of honest Parents near Bath , who Educated him in Reading, Writing and Accounts, aud instructed him in the Principals of the Christian Religion. The special Business he learned was Book-keeping ; he could also write several Hands very well; while at Home in the Country, he did not any Thing amiss; he came to London , recommended as 'tis said, to Mr. Tipper, a Gentleman of Business , to procure him some Post in one of his Majesty's Ships; but Mr. Tipper understanding him to be dexterous at Book-keeping and Accompts, and wanting such a one at the Time, kept him himself to take Care of his Books and Accompts. A young Lad who was his Fellow-Servant, gave Evidence against him, that he told him he could counterfeit any Gentleman's Hand, upon which, he having a Bill in his Custody, shewed it to Brabant, who counterfeited the Gentleman's Name who subscribed the Bill so exact, that the Difference could not be discern'd; this Part of the young Man's Evidence he denied, or did not remember it. Mr. Tipper, his Master, went out of Town to Essex , sometime before Christmas, and left the Care of his House and some particular Business to Richard Brabant , but in his Absence, he went off, and when Mr. Tipper came Home, he was forced to get in at the Window by a Ladder, and open the House. His Master being in the Country, Brabant went the last Day of the Year to the Shop of Mr. Martin, and Comp. in Lombard Street , and presented a Bill to their chief Clerk, who although acquainted with Mr. Tipper's Hand, paid it as a Draught of Mr. Tipper's, for 52 l. 10 s. Succeeding so well in this first Attempt, next Day, being the first Day of the Year, Brabant sent another counterfeit Draught for Ten Pounds, Ten Shillings, and though the Gentleman made a little Scruple, because it was a Holy-Day, yet he paid the Money; having thus procured a Sum of Money, Mr. Brabant dressed like a Beau, went and made his Addresses so successfully to a young Gentlewoman of a pretty good Fortune, that, as some say, they soon made it up, and were immediately married; this Marriage was not above two three Days before Brabant was taken up, and committed to Newgate ; at his Trial he fell into violent Convulsions, so that Sir John Strange the Recorder , was obliged to stop as he was delivering the Charge to the Jury, for the Space of half an Hour, during which Time he jumpt and strugled with the heavy Irons, and flung his Hands and Feet about in a desperate manner, so that they were oblig'd to take him to the Door for Air, while under Sentence, he was very sick, weak and low spirited, yet always attended at Chapel, and behaved very devoutly. He own'd the Crime for which he suffered, and that no Body was concern'd in it besides himself; he was an ingenious sober Youth, and was not addicted to those Vices which such unfortunate People for the generality are mostly given. He professed that he believed in Christ Jesus our only Saviour, and was sincerely penitent for the many Sins of his Life, especially for the Crime for which he died, and that he forgave all Men, as he expected Forgiveness from God. Joseph Huddle , of Stepney , was indicted for assaulting Thomas Cain in a certain Field near the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, &c. and taking from him two lb. of Tea, value 10 s the Goods of Thomas Barfoot , a pair of Shoe-Buckles, value 2 s. a pair of Knee Buckles, value 1 d. a Stock, value 3 d. a Stock Clasp, value 9 d. and 16 d. in Money, the Property of Thomas Cain , Oct. 18. 16. Joseph Huddle , 19 Years of Age, born of honest Parents near Ratcliff-Cross , who gave him Education at a common School, to Read, Write, and cast Accompts; and likewise instructed him in the Christian Religion. When of Age he was put to a Miller , and served for some Time honestly; but not loving a Trade, he turn'd Hackney Coachman , which Business he followed, till he was taken up for the Robbery for which he was convicted of. He own'd that he was given to the Company of lewd Women, whose alluring Snares seldom fail of bringing all such who are deluded by them, to this fatal End; he shewed a hearty Concern for following such ill Courses, and when I visited him in his Cell, he confessed that such had been his Ruin, but that he had been a very idle, negligent Boy, and deny'd that he had been guilty of any other Thefts or Robberies, he confessed this for which he suffered, as was sworn against him. He came to Chapel, but was always sick, and discontented, and was unacquainted with Religion; he said he had been a great Sabbath-Breaker, scarce ever going to Church, and had likewise forgot what Reading he had been Master of; so that it rendered him uncapable of making Responses with the rest of his Fellow Prisoners. I was importuned by a Person to ask if he knew any Thing relating to the Murder of one Mr. Beynard a Grocer, at Rag-Fair? which I did, but he denied his knowing any Thing of it. He was a lazy, nasty Fellow, keeping his Bed for 2 Months, tho' not sick, but pleaded for Excuse his want of Cloaths, and that he would not rise till such Time his Brother supplied him with some, and then he vouchsafed to come to Chapel, and behav'd well; he was always hungry, and crying for Victuals, tho' his Brother allowed him a sufficiency every Day, he turned very sick again, and never came up to Chapel. When I visited him in his Cell, and at other Times, he seemed Penitent, and confessed his being a Thief, and committing some small Robberies besides this for which he suffered. He believ'd in Christ, repented of his Sins, and if his Word may be taken on these Heads, died in Peace with all the World. Philip Lipscomb , of St. Leonard Shoreditch , was indicted for breaking and entering the House of Tho Newsome , about the Hour of 4 in the Morning, with Intent the Goods of the said Newsome to steal, Jan. 15. 17. Philip Lipscomb , 28 Years of Age, born of honest Parents in Town, who gave him good Education at School, &c. when of Age he was put to a Bricklayer in Town, with whom he served his Time faithfully, and afterwards lived by his Trade, and married a Wife, by whom he had some Children, two or three of whom are at this present living, and upon the Parish. He liv'd in a low Way, and did his Endeavour to provide for his Family, but the last hard Winter put him behind hand, which drove him to great Straits, he being at the same Time out of Business, the same he likewise experienc'd this Winter, his not having any Work, reduc'd him to extreme Poverty, which he confessed was the Occasion that induc'd him to rob and steal through Necessity, in order to maintain his Wife and Children, who were almost starved. He confessed the Burglary which was sworn against him, and that he broke into Mr Newsome's House, with an Intens to carry off all he could find; but being alarm'd that there were Men at the Door ready to take him, he went up and wounded one Blake in the Head with a Lathing Hammer. He was a small pilfering Thief, as they call it, but alledg'd that what he did was meerly through Necessity. He wept, declared Penitence, and was very poor and naked. He believed in Christ our only Saviour, repented of his Sins, and died in Peace with all Mankind. Robert Parkinson , of St. George Hanover-square , was indicted for stealing 12 l. 8 s. the Money of Peter Wilkinson , in the Dwelling-House of the Right Honourable William Earl of Albermarle , Feb. 8. 18. Robert Parkinson , 25 Years of Age, born of honest Parents in Westminster , who gave him good Education at School to Read, Write, &c. and instructed him in the Principles of Christianity. His Father was a White Smith, but broke and went to Durham , where he now lives, where Robert went down to visit him, but chose to return to London , not loving the North so well. He was brought up to no Trade, but did any Thing to gain a Livelihood, and was sometimes in good Places, tho' he did not know how to improve such Opportunities; he pretended Honesty in the preceding Part of his Life, but that is a great Doubt. He was lately hired as a Helper in the Stables of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Albermarle, he and one Peter Wilkinson of the same Business his Companion, lodged together in the same Room, he took an Opportunity in the Absence of Wilkinson, to go into the Room and break open his Box, wherein was about 30 Guineas, which he had sav'd out of his Wages, Parkinson did not take the whole, but only made bold with 8 l. 12 s 6 d. and in its stead left two Bits of Iron; after which he left the Service, and came on the Sunday following to demand his Wages, upon which Wilkinson took him up on Suspicion, and he directly confessed the Robbery, and that he bought himself a fine Suit of Cloaths with the Money, which was deliver'd to Wilkinson in Court, two Guineas he gave to his Landlady, one to his Brother, and the rest he could give no Account of. He would not confess that he had been guilty of any other Robberies, but own'd that he had neglected both his Learning and Church, and was a disobedient, foolish Boy, and was thievishly disposed, minding nothing that was good or virtuous, but was very much addicted to Whoring and Drinking, &c. and having forsaken God, God left him to himself to commit this capital Felony, which brought him to condign Punishment. He had no Friends, but was very poor and naked, yet came frequently to Chapel, and behaved well, professing a deep Repentance for his Sins, and believed in Christ as the Son of God, and Saviour of Sinners, repented of a scandalous Life, and died in Peace with all Men. John Davis alias Davy , was indicted for assaulting John Brown on the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, &c. and taking from him a Cloth Great Coat, value 5 s. the Property of the said Brown, and a Sacking Bag, value s. 4 Lambs, value 40 s. a Mare of a Brown Colour, value 5 a Leather Bridle, value 12 d. and a Pannel, value 18 d. the Goods of John Gold , Feb. 6. 19. John Davis alias Davy , 58 Years of Age, born in Reading of mean Parents, who gave him little or no Education, and what he had he did not mind; when of Age he was not put to any Trade, but did Country Work , and for some Years past strolled up and down the Country, in Middlesex , Berkshire and Essex . He married a Wife many Years ago, and had some Children by her, but none of them living, (except his poor Wife) to be a Witness of his Miseries and Misfortunes. Being asked what Business he did? he answered that he travelled the Country with a Gun, with a Design to shoot a Brace of Bucks in a Nobleman's or Gentleman's Park when it suited his Purpose, or to rob on the Highway when an Opportunity offered; for it was a general Opinion, that for many Years past he was a constant Practitioner of Highway Robberies, in Company with a Brother of his, who not long ago was tried for his Life, and cast at Chelmsford in Essex, for a Robbery committed there, but John made his Escape when his Brother was taken up. He supported his Family many Years, and went to Church sometimes, took the Sacrament, and had been in good Services, but of late he was very wicked. We refer our Readers to the rest of this Man's Account in the 2d Part. He believed in Christ, repented of his Sins, and was in Peace with all Men. Hannah Robinson and Dorothy Middleton , of St. Mary, Whitechapel , was indicted for breaking and entering the House of Tho. Reveley , about the Hour of 2 in the Morning, and stealing 10 Pewter Plates, a large Pewter Dish, a pair of Brass Candlesticks, a pair of Tongs, an Iron Poker, a pair of Bellows, a Knife, a Heater, 4 pair of Worsted Stockings, a pair of Pattens, a Table-Cloth, 4 Pewter Spoons, a Pewter Pan, an Apron, a Hat, a Copper Tea Kettle, a Copper Coffeepot, a Stewpan, a Pot Lid, and 2 silver Tea Spoons, the Goods of Thomas Revely , and a Hat, and a Cambrick Cap, the Goods of William Mackneal , Feb. 18. 20. Dorothy Middleton , 29 Years of Age, born (as she said) in Yorkshire , but as I was informed by others, she was from Newcastle upon Tine , of obscure Parents, who bestowed little or no Education on her at School, and what little Share she had it seems she did not improve to any good Purposes. She had been a Servant in several Families, and served honestly as she alledged; till about six Years ago she came to London, and serv'd several Persons about the Town, at Greenwich , and about Wapping , &c. and was not charged with Dishonesty till now; she persuaded her Accomplice Hannah Robinson a young Girl about 19, who was reprieved, to agree to rob with her, and they likewise induced one Ann Reynolds 15 Years old, to engage with them, she being of a small Size, was the more proper for their Purpose to get into the House, to hand them out the Goods; accordingly Dorothy with her two Companions resolved to rob the House of Mr. Reveley, she having been a Lodger in his House about 2 or 3 Years ago, which partly enabled her to know the Way of the House, and about Midnight between 1 and 2 they went thither, and put in the little Girl Ann Reynolds , in order to strip the Shop and Kitchen of what Goods she could find, who as soon as she got in, handed them out all the Goods as mentioned in the Indictment, which Hannah Robinson carried off to Middleton's Room; this being done, Middleton with a Knife in her Hand ran up Stairs, and said she would kill the old Man and his Wife, she knowing that they had Money in a Corner Cupboard; Robinson and the Girl Reynolds pull'd her down by the Coat, which prevented her committing of Murder. She confessed the Burglary, but at the same Time denied her having any Thoughts of doing Murder; she was not willing to own that she had been guilty of any other Thefts or Burglaries either in Town or Country. She was not so wicked as many of them generally are, but sometimes went to Church, and led a pretty regular Life. Mr. Furnis of Greenwich, with two other Gentlemen in Company, desired to ask her a Question, whether she knew who robb'd his House when she lived in the Neighbourhood within a few Doors? To which she made Answer, that she declared she knew nothing of that Burglary directly or indirectly. She denied also her seducing of Hannah Robinson , who was she said, equally willing as herself to break the House of Mr. Reveley. She did not come up to Chapel above once or twice during her Confinement, and that was on the first Day; and when I visited her in her Cell, she always appeared penitent, and blessed me for my Prayers and Instructions, as likewise did all the other sick Persons. She believed in Christ our Saviour, repented of her mispent Life, and died in Peace with all Mankind. Thomas Birch , of Paddington , was indicted for assaulting Peter Butler , in a certain Field and open Place near the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Fowling-Piece, Value 10 s. the Property of William Price ; and a Hat, the Goods of Peter Butler , November the 28th. 21. Thomas Birch , 30 Years of Age, born at Guildford , of mean Parents, who gave him little Education, was not put to any Trade, but served the Butchers , went a higgling , and at other Times did Country Work : In this Way of Business having always something to do, he lived very well in the Country. Six Years ago he lifted as a Soldier in the Coldstream Regiment of Guards, and did his Duty as well as others of his Fraternity. He married a Wife, by whom he has two Children now living. He was neither a Thief nor Robber before this, but lived pretty soberly, and better than many of those unfortunate People, and sometimes would go to Church. He did not plainly acknowledge this Robbery, but alledged some Mistake about the Evidence. He behaved well, being very submissive and resign'd. At first he was sick, but when he recovered he came always to Chapel, though in a very weak Condition. He was very poor and destitute, but made no Complaints. He declared his Faith in Christ our only Saviour, sincerely repented of all his Sins and Follies, and died in Peace with all the World. At the Place of Execution. THE Morning of the Execution, they all (except those attended by Romish Priests) received the Holy Sacrament, and devoutly joined in the Prayers;after which they were put into the several Carts, and in the following Order were convey'd to the fatal Tree, viz. In the first Cart were Quail, Legrose, and Huddle; in the second, Nash, Sheriff, and Elver; in the third, Middleton, Mahon, and Fox; in the fourth, Hunt, Birch, and Davis; in the fifth, Tims and Lipscomb; in the sixth, Parsonson and Cassody; in the seventh Brabant, Catt, and Stracey; and lastly, in a Mourning Coach, attended by the Rev. Mr. Broughton, came Mary Young , alias Jenny Diver ; each Cart being guarded by a File of Musquereers with their Bayonets fixed to their Firelocks, and two of the Light Horse with their Swords drawn. After the Coach came eight more of the Light Horse, and about forty of the Foot, arm'd as before. In this Manner were they convey'd through a vast Multitude of People of Tyburn, some of whom, notwithstanding the Guard of Soldiers, were very rude and noisy, hallooing, throwing Brickbats, Mud, &c. at the unhappy Prisoners, as they passed. One Cart, not being sufficient to hold them, they were put into two, the Rev. Mr. Broughton praying for them in one, and myself in the other. They seemed very devout, and joined heartily in the Prayers and singing of Psalms; though we were interrupted on both Sides by different Persuasions, on the one Side was a Papist, praying loudly to the Saints, whom I was obliged to rebuke, by telling him he acted contrary to the Laws of our Land, and might be complain'd on, upon which he became silent; on the other Side was a Methodist, who by his Behaviour seemed rather crazy than devout, whom we also silenced, and went on with our Prayers. Thomas Nash , being on the opposite Side of the Cart, behind three or four Papists, and not able to hear, earnestly entreated me to pray for him by himself, which I did, at which he seemed greatly affected, and was very devout and penitent. Most of them adhered to their former Confessions, and added no more, than that they died in Peace with all Men, and hop'd for Mercy from God, through the Merits and Intercession of our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. John Catt , (who was greatly affected and very penitent) desired me to clear Mr. Nixon of the Aspersion thrown on him, of having a Hand in the late Attempt of the Smugglers to break Goal, deciaring that Mr. Nixon had no Hand, directly or indirectly, in the Affair, nor knew any Thing of the Design, but that Catt himself was the chief Director thereof. Priscilla Mahon was very serious, and so desirous of Prayers, that she call'd me out of the Coach to pray by her, and behaved very penitent, as did likewise Mary Young and Elizabeth Fox . Stacey declared he had been a very wicked Youth, and was not only guilty of those Robberies for which he was justly condemned, but of many more. He further declared, that Dennison and Lineham were innocent thereof. He had Hopes thro' the infinite Goodness and Mercy of God, and desired that all there would take Example by his fatal End, and shun their evil Ways. Mr. Monk, with the Rev. Mr. Mason, following me to the Cart, John Davis declared with his dying Breath (as he had before done in Newgate to me, and several others) that he was put upon Swearing against the deceased Mr. Calcot, and Mr. Monk his Son-in-Law, and that they were entirely innocent. Our Devotions being concluded by singing a Penitential Psalm, the Carts were drawn away, and they went off the Stage crying out, God be merciful to us! Lord Jesus receive our Spirits! This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate. APPENDIX. The following is an Account of Daniel Jackson , who was capitally Convicted for the barbarous Murder of his Wife; and who after Condemnation died in his Cell, occasion'd by a Stab which he gave himself the Night he was committed to Newgate for the said Murder. NOtwithstanding Daniel Jackson, the unhappy Criminal, who was condemned in October Sessions last, for the barbarous Murther of his Wife, escaped a publick Execution, by putting a Period to his Days before the Time appointed for his Suffering; yet as his Life became a Forfeit to the Law for his heinous Offence, we think it may not be amiss, (and flatter ourselves it will not be unacceptable to our Readers) to give them a succinct Account of what Particulars we have been able to collect, relating to his Birth, his Education, his Course of Life before Marriage, his Behaviour afterwards, and the Crime for which he was to have been made an Example. It seems then, that this unfortunate Malefactor, was not only born of honest and credible Parents, but had a tollerable Education; and this is no small Aggravation of his Barbarity, that he was not guilty thereof through Ignorance of his Duty, wherein he was sufficiently instructed; his Father, who belonged to some Branch of the Iron Trade, having taken abundance of Pains to provide for his Family, and having brought up his Children very decently. His Son Daniel, when he came to the Age of Thirteen, being a Lad of pregnant Parts, was employ'd a Gentleman belonging to some Office, to write for him, and this Gentleman had not only Prayers constantly twice a Day in his Family, but the Scripture also expounded to them; so that Daniel had an Advantage which few are so fortunate as to meet with, and it was not for want of knowing better, that he ran upon this Precipice. This good Gentleman dying, young Jackson was recommended to another, in whose Service he continued two Years, and was approv'd of, and liked by the whole Family. At the Expiration of these two Years, he remov'd into the Service of a Lady at Westminster, where having a pretty deal of leisure Time upon his Hands, and being then of an industrious Disposition, he learnt to make Shoes , and became a tollerable Proficient in that Trade; insomuch that upon quitting this Lady's Service, he work'd as a Journeyman thereat for some Time. Whether he did not then like to follow that Business wholly, or whatever else might be the Reason, we will not pretend to determine, but however that was, one Captain Weaver of St. Mary le Bone, hearing an extraordinary Character of him, was desirous of having him to wait upon him, to which Daniel Jackson agreeing, he not only was particularly kind to him in other Respects, but indulged him so far, as to let him have a Room in his own House to work in, at his leisure Hours. During the Time of his being in this Service, he used to go to the House of the Gentlewoman who was Guardian to his Wife, to acquaint her in what Manner he went on in the World, not forgetting to expatiate on his Industry, to maintain himself in a handsome and genteel Manner: Hereupon the good Gentlewoman highly commended him for his prudent Oeconomy, and accordingly took him for an extraordinary sober, discreet, and thriving young Man. After having pretty often repeated his Visits at the aforesaid Gentlewoman's House, he pretended a very great liking to the poor unhappy Maiden, to whom he was afterwards married, and who lived in her Family; the said Gentlewoman being left her Guardian, by her deceased Parents, who were Persons of good Credit, her Father having been a Coachmaker by Trade, and lived and died in Reputation. It is not improbable, the Opinion of this young Maiden's being worth Money, may have contributed as much as any Thing else, to this his pretended liking; but however that was, he told the Gentlewoman her Guardian, one Day in Conversation, that he wanted but one Thing to compleat his Happiness, and that was, a sober, and discreet Woman, who would make him a good Wife. Having thus broken the Ice, he afterwards insinuated to the Lady, that he should like one who had been educated under her Care, and at last declar'd his Love expresly to her Ward, Miss. Hester Cole ; adding, that he should be always very tender of her, and use her with all the Indulgence imaginable, and asked her Leave to make her Addresses to her. Unhappily for the poor Creature, and indeed as it has proved for himself, the good Gentlewoman believing him an honest industrious young Fellow, and one who would seemingly prove an affectionate and loving Husband, reply'd, that she had no manner of Objection thereto, and gave her Consent to his courting her for a Wife: She told him, however at the same Time, she believed he might expect a Fortune with her, but that if he did so, he would be greatly deceived; for she had not any Money of hers in her Hands, all that belonged to her being incumber'd with Mortgages, except one House in Cold Bath-Street. His Answer was, that he did not want any Money, but only her Person; upon which, as soon as he had gain'd the poor Creature's good Will, the Gentlewoman gave her Consent very readily, imagining her Ward would be very well disposed of, and that they would live together in a comfortable and happy manner. Accordingly they were married at Islington Church , on the 5th of Nov. 1738, after which, her Guardian deliver'd up to Dauiel Jackson , some Plate, Linnen, and other Things of Value; and on the 8th of Jan. following, the said Gentlewoman and he mutually exchanged general Releases. After they had been married some Time, he left his Service, and taking a Shop in Princes-street , followed the Business of a Shoemaker , and might have done very well, had he continued as industrious as he pretended to be before his having a Wife: But to whatever Reason this Alteration in his Conduct was owing, certain it is, that he neglected his Trade, and ran so much in Debt there, before he had been long set up, that he was obliged to leave that Shop, and go off in the Night. He sound Means however, to make up his Matters in a little while; since he came afterwards and settled in the House belonging to his Wife in Cold Bath street, where he might again have done very well, the House being full of good Lodgers, who paid their Rents duly, and he having tollerable Business, till by his own Neglect he lost it Indeed how should it be otherwise, since he not only frequented Ale-Houses, and would be often drunk, but perfectly turn'd the Night into Day, having been found in Bed with his Wife, at 4 o'Clock in the Afternoon, in the midst of Summer, by the Gentlewoman who had been her Guardian. Accordingly the said Gentlewoman took his Wife to Task about it, telling her it was the Highway to Beggary and Ruin; and asking her, why she did not get up, tho' her Husband lay abed so shamefully? To which the poor Creature answered, she would willingly rise, but that he oblig'd her to lie as long as himself, and she was forced to comply for the Sake of Quietness, and to avoid being beat: She likewise complained, that he would continually ply her with Anniseed, Gin, Two penny, and other strong Liquors, on purpose as she believed, to destroy her by Drinking; and that tho' she often refused it, he would swear she should take it, and compel her to swallow it. As the said Gentlewoman, in order to induce him to be a good Husband, used constantly to give him a Sundays Dinner, he never failed of coming there at that Time; and once amongst the rest, finding a proper Opportunity, broke open a Cabinet, and took out the Release he had given her, as also some other Writings: Not long afterwards he made Application to the said Gentlewoman, to join with him in the Mortgage of the House in Cold Bath street , it not being in his Power to do it without her Consent and Concurrence. Accordingly, upon his framing several specious Pretences, that it would not only set him clear in the World, but would also be very advantagious to him in his Way of Business; with divers repeated Protestations of his Amendment, and making one of the best Husbands for the future; the good Lady in Regard to his Wife, agreed thereto, and it was mortgaged for 50 l all of which he squander'd away riotously in a Months Time. It could not reasonably be expected, that any Good should come of so much Extravagance; it is not therefore to be wondered at, that from thenceforth he should make a much worse Husband than ever; frequently bearing and abusing his Wsfe, in a most barbarous and inhuman Manner, so that she was seldom without some Marks about her, occasion'd by his ill Usage; and for some Time before he actually did commit this shocking Murder, she had been apprehensive of his having such an Intention, as she declared more than once, to two or three several People: Once amongst the rest, her Husband having brought Home his Sister Mary to his House, and they all lying together in one Bed, the poor Wife being asked the Reason of it, said, she suffered it out of Policy, being afraid he would be the Death of her, if she was left alone with him. In Effect, if she ever made the least Complaints of his Extravagances, or remonstrated to him what would be the End thereof, he never failed beating her unmercifully; especially if she ever went to call him Home from the Ale house, though she did it in never so mild and respectful a Manner. One Time in particular, when he had been sorting for several Days successively, on her going to him, and telling him, My Dear, you are not unsensible I have sat up three Nights together for you, pray come Home, that I may get some Rest; upon which he immediately rose up and went with her, without shewing any Signs of Anger; but no sooner was he got between the Queen's-Head and his own House, than he fell'd her at his Feet; and on her getting up, knock'd her down again, and after that repeated his Blows a third Time, till he had almost killed her. But he did not confine his ill Usage to beating her only, for on the 9th of November, he obliged her to dress herself, for no other Cause but to receive a Bastard Child of his, together with the Woman by whom he had it, telling her, that he had a very good Reason for so doing: as it happen'd however, she was spared that Mortification, the Woman's not coming, because he had not provided her a Coach; but to make her Amends, he went to her on the Monday following, in order (as is supposed) by supplying her with Money. On the 20th of November, his old Mistress, who was his Wife's Guardian, and had been so good a Friend to him, happening to call at his House, sound the poor young Woman in a perfect Agony, like an Aspen Leaf; on enquiring the Reason was told, Mr. Jackson was at the Queen's-Head , and she was afraid he would murder her when he came Home: Hereupon, the good Lady took her away with her, and kept her concealed at a Friend's, where she continued three or four Days, and happy had it been for them both, had she never removed from thence. But on the Sunday following, he made earnest Application to the Lady, to let his Wife return Home, making the most solemn Protestations never to beat or abuse her again, but to become a good Husband, and mind his Business for the future: Upon his fair Promises therefore, the Gentlewoman sent for her, and as soon as he set Eyes on her, he embraced her, wept over her (tho' they prov'd but Crocodile Tears) and said, he had never been easy all the Time she was absent, and took her Home with her, seemingly with abundance of Joy: Would any one have expected so soon the dismal Catastrophe that follow'd? Or did ever any one carry Dissimulation farther? The very next Day being Monday the 24th, he sent his Servant to his Sister Hetty , to desire her to go to his Mother, and acquaint her that he had got his Wife Home again, and wou'd set her a going on the Morrow; an Expression, which by what follow'd, seems to denote, not only that he had a long premeditated Intention to murther her, but that some other Persons were privy thereto Accordingly, his Sister Hetty went to her Mother, and said, Here is good News, Daniel's Wife is come Home again, and you must go thither, for he will set her a going; to which his Sister Nanny Poole, very Christian like reply'd, Thank God! so that whatever that Expression, set her a going meant, it is plain, it was no Secret to them. On Tuesday the 25th, about Eleven at Night, he bid his Servant take the Key of the Parlour, that he might light the Fire in the Morning; the Boy did so, and went directly to Bed, soon after which a Pistol was heard to go off, which as it appear'd afterwards, his Master had fired at his Mistress, but the Ball went over her Head, and graz'd against the Door of the Room. On Wednesday the 26th, he made her lie a Bed till five in the Afternoon, and the Gentlewoman her Guardian, coming no less than four Times to see her, and asking, why she did so? she answer'd ADVERTISEMENT. There being so many Facts and Particulars given by these unhappy Convicts, as render it impracticable to bring the same within the usual Compass, and yet are so necessary to be known, we are obliged to refer our Readers to the Second Part of this Account, which will be published on Monday next, wherein the Reader will find a full Relation of the several Facts committed by the other Convicts, and particularly an Account of the remarkable Transactions of the Life of the noted Mary Young , alias Jenny Diver ; also a full Relation of the several Robberies committed by George Stracey ; likewise some further Particulars of the Life of Daniel Jackson , condemned for the Murder of his Wife, with the Manner of his committing the said Murder; the Confession of John Davis , alias Davy , for wrongfully swearing against Mr. Calcot and Mr. Monk for Deer stealing, and of his robbing Mr. and Mrs. Hill, for which his Brother was condemned at Chelmsford Assizes, and afterwards repriev'd for Transportation, a Narrative of the Life of Mr. Brabant, condemn'd for defrauding Messrs Martin and Comp of 60 Guineas, from his Birth to his unhappy Exit at Tyburn; and likewise a very remarkable Account of John Cat , who was Captain of a Gang of Smuglers. 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 March, 1740. BEING THE FIRST EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon . HUMPHRY PARSONS , Esq ; Number I. Part II. LONDON : Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M,DCC,XL. (Price SIX-PENCE.) THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. ANswer'd, Her Husband would not let her rise. It is surprizing however, and seems to have been by a sort of Fatality, as she had such sufficient Reason to believe her Life in immediate Danger, she did not desire the Lady to get her Husband secured, and leave him again a second Time. That very Night the old Woman his Mother, came as she had been desired, and staid there till the Saturday, tho' it appears, the Murder was committed on Friday the 28th in the Evening, without their having had any Quarrel or Words whatever, just after they got out of a Coach together, at the upper End of St. Giles's : What cou'd be the Reason of so much premeditated Malice does not appear, neither shall we pretend to determine; but that it was premeditated, we think is very evident, from all Circumstances, especially his having a pair of Pistols loaded in the Coach with him, and his attempting to shoot her with the other, but that it missed Fire; as also his discharging a Pistol at her at Home, the Tuesday Night before. On his Trial he made little or no Defence, and what he did offer was trifling and absurd; neither did he seem much troubled either in Court, or after Condemnation in Newgate ; on the contrary, he affected to appear quite unconcern'd before Company, though if we will believe a Letter which was found in his Pocket after his Death, he was not so inwardly. We would willingly give as much Credit to the Words of a ing Man, as Christianity requires, but cannot help saying, by his Behaviour in Newgate, and long premeditated Self-Murder, (as it appears to us) he seems to have been an obdurate and harden'd Malefactor. How shall we otherwise be able to account for the following Circumstances. On Sunday the 14th of December, while he was at Chaple, Charles, one of the Men who looks after the condemn'd Criminals, going into his Cell, found some Bloody-Rags, which gave him a strong Suspicion that Jackson had done himself some Mischief, whereupon he acquainted a Gentleman who was a Prisoner in the Press Yard therewith, and desired him to examine him about it, as he came down, Chapel. Accordingly he did so, and put it very Home to him, remonstrating to him, how dreadful it would be to add the Sin of Suicide, to that of the heinous Murder which he had already perpetrated. Jackson at first denied it very obstinately, and on the Gentleman's telling him of the bloody Rags found in his Cell by Charles, said the Reason thereof was, he was troubled with the bloody Flux. However the Gentleman still pressing him yet more earnestly, to acknowledge the Truth, he condescended at last, tho' with great Difficulty, to confess that he had stabb'd himself in the Belly, and pulling up his Shirt, shew'd them the Place. Hereupon a Surgeon was immediately sent for, who having prob'd and dressed his Wound, enquired when, in what Manner, and with what Instrument he had made such a large Gash? His Answer was, that he did it the very Night he was committed to Newgate , being on Friday the 28th of November, be wee Eight and Nine in the Evening, with a Shoomaker's Knife, which he afterwards threw over the Hatch belonging to the Old Condemn'd-Hold. As to the Manner of doing it, he said it was as follows; whilst he sat on the Stairs of the Condemn'd-Hold, he took the Knife with both his Hands extended, and thrust it aslant, with all his Strength, which divided the Umbilical Vessels. Accordingly on searching his Cell, the second Time, a large Lump of proud Flesh was found, which he had extirpated from the Navel, being a Sort of Fungous or Excressency, proceeding from the aforesaid Cut, and occasioned by the Wound's not having proper Care taken thereof, immediately after its being given. Hereupon the Surgeon ask'd, how he came to cut off that Part? To which he answered, it was so weighty and troublesome, he could not bear it any longer; adding, that it stunk to that Degree, and was so very offensive, it was intollerable. He was then ask'd, if he expected to have saved his Life, by cutting it off; or, whether he thought it would have put him out of Pain: He reply'd, No, but that he did it to case himself, and not to destroy himself; as also, that, if it pleased God to spare his Life, he never would attempt the like again; being willing to be made a public Example, that it might deter others for the future, from committing Murder, a Crime too frequently perpetrated in this City, and for which he was very justly condemn'd. He did not live long after making this Discovery, for on Monday the 15th of December, Abraham Mendez (a very faithful and trusty old Servant belonging to the Goal) going about Eight in the Morning, being the usual Hour to unlock the Cells of the Condemn'd Criminals, and see whether they wanted any Thing, when he came to that of Daniel Jackson , he desired him to fetch him a Glass of warm Wine, for he was very faint, and prodigiously indisposed; adding, that if he did not make a great deal of Haste with it, he should certainly die; wherein he proved a true Prophet, for before Abraham return'd with it, he gave up the Ghost. A little before his Decease, he confessed, that he took his Wise out with him with Design to kill her first, and himself afterwards, and had accordingly provided himself with a Pair of Pistols for that Purpose; and that he had failed of his Design, only through the first Pistol's missing Fire; for, after his having shot his Wife dead upon the Spot, the Coachman, who had just set them down, seized him, before he could charge that again, of put fresh Priming to the other, in order to kill himself. This, together with his long Concealment of having stabbed himself, shews that he had long harbour'd a premeditated Intention, not only to murder his Wife, but to commit Suicide (which he at last effected in the Manner before reated) renders it not a little surprizing, what Motives could induce the Jury who sat upon him, to bring in their Verdict Non Compos Mentis, in Consequence of which he was admitted to Christian Burial, and interr'd in the Church Yard belonging to Christ Church , being about Twenty eight Years of Age at the Time of his Decease. We think it evident, by the foregoing Circumstances (as has been already observed) that Jackson committed a premeditated Self Murder; but, if this is not sufficient, the following Letter, which was found in his Pocket, after his Decease, puts it in a Manner out of Dispute, east our Opinion. It was For Mrs Jackson, near the Sign of the Red Cross, in Charges street, near Hyde-Park Corner. DEAR MOTHER, THERE is one Thing I beg and crave of you, that is, you make all the Interest you possibly can, leave no Stone unturn'd to grant me the Happiness of being buried with my dear Wife, though in ever so mean a Manner, the meaner the better to my Satisfaction, if it is without a Coffin I am content. If it had pleased God I had got off at my Trial, it was my full Intent to have buried myself with her, as soon as I could find out her Grave, otherwise I had pleaded Guilty, and not have given the Trouble of Trying me. I shall die this Night with as much Pleasure as I went to be married, being satisfied within myself God. Almighty will forgive me my great and manifold Sins, through the Merits of Jesus Christ. I hope none will reflect on my Behaviour on seeming unconcerned before Company, my Heart was not so, I could cry at others Misfortunes, but hated myself for such an inhuman Crime. Dear Mother and Sisters, make yourselves easy, I doubt not, through God's Mercy, I am happier than this World could make me. The World will blame me for Self Murder; but after reasoning with myself, that I had forfeited my Life, that Blood cries for Blood, I could not think it any Offence to Almighty God, to pay the Debt myself I ow'd my dear Wife; I having more Time than when in a Crowd, to prepare myself for Eternity. Pray let the Ordinary of Newgate have a Copy of this Letter; I have left him the Particulars, relating to this unhappy Scene, in another Paper. Adieu! dear MOTHER, and SISTERS; DANIEL JACKSON . This other Letter was sent to him after Condemnation, and as it appears with a very Christian Intent, to induce him to prepare for his approaching End; but what little Effect it had upon him, may be seen by what has been already premised, we shall give it our Readers just as it is written, not knowing, either by the Hand, the Spelling, or the Subscribing of the Name, whether it came from a Man or a Woman. Friend JACKSON, I Sent a Letter to you the thurd of this Instant, but not heareing from you, I cannot tell wither you Reed it or no, so I have Rit to you a gaine, to put you in miend of your greet and of all chang wich you know must be very soon, and therefore I desire you will improve that little Time you have left, in praying to God that he would give you a Harte to repent truely of all your Sins, and that he wold be pleased to parden that haines and bloody Sin of Murder, wich you have been giltey of. Consider what the Rth off an angery God is, and that the Torments off Hell Fiere will be your Punishment for ever World without End; but thiere is Marcey still with God in and by Christ Jesus, who has made a full Satisfaction for all that truely repent and belive in him, for his Blood can wash away all Sin, and as greet Sinners as you are, have found Marcey; but remember you must have a broken and a contrite Hartc or else your Hopes will be vaine. And know, that none can give you that Hart but that God that made you, thierefore pray to him for it, for he has said, who so ever comes unto him, he will in no wise cast out. And now I wish what I have rit may be made of use to you, and if you desire to see me, if you will let me know, I will come to you at any Time, and as often as you would have me. However wither you will see me or no, I will pray for you as long as you are alive, who am your faithful Friend, J. EVANS. Dec. 14, 1740. At Mr. Blackwell's, Halborn. We have nothing farther to add concerning this unfortunate Criminal, who seems, by his Concealment of his Wound for near three Weeks, and not discovering it to the very last, but unwillingly, and by a Sort of Compulsion, to have been a most resolute, harden'd, and obdurate Reprobate; but that, he had one Child by his Wife, which liv'd but eight Months, and was buried in Clerkenwell Parish, near her Father, a CoachMaker; that she was herself interr'd in St. Giles's, where the Murder was committed; and that there seems to have been a Sort of Fatality attending the House where he liv'd; one Man having hang'd himself, and another having drown'd himself out of it, before he compleated the Tragedy, by murdering both. his unhappy Wife and himself. The following is a particular Ac of the Transactions of the of Mary Young , alias Jenny Diver , &c, &c, &c. AS I am in a few Days to suffer for what I most justly deserved, and am to give an Account to the righteous Judge of all Things for my past wicked Transactions, I thought it a Duty incumbent on me, as I could no other Way make Restitution, to publish an Account of my past mispent miserable Life; I know in doing this, I shall give much Offence to those Persons who have been Partners in my Crimes, and Partakers of ill got Goods; but let them consider 'ere 'tis too late, that the Course they are now pursuing, will one Day or other bring them into my sad State! I know if it was possible to speak with the Tongue of Men and Angels, without they beg of God, and have a sincere Desire to reform my unhappy Exit, as that of many Others before me, will be rather an Encouragement to pursue their wicked Practices, than work in them a Desire of reforming, as I must confess with all the Agonies of Horror, Remorse and anguish of Mind, it was formerly with me! But Oh! that they felt the Racks and Tortures I now do! how would they wish! what would they give! had they reformed by timely Advice. I do sincerely hope that my untimely Exit may be a Warning to all unhappy Persons, and that they would take Example by me, and shun the fatal Rock on which I split. I hope those I have any Ways offended or injured, will forgive my past Transactions, for which I am very sorry, and do heartily repent of; as the following Account contains a sincere and faithful Narrative of my Facts; and the various Methods taken in the Performance of 'em, I hope as I have made a true Discovery, that my Companions will forgive me for so doing; and I beg that God would grant them his Grace and enable them for the future to take to some honest, though ever so mean, an Employ. The Hopes of which has engag'd me to say thus much. Mary Young , alias Murphew , alias Webb , alias Jenny Diver , (whose true Name was Mary Young ) was so great a Proficient in her Art, that she got the Name amongst her Companions of Jenny Diver , alias Diving Jenny from her great Dexterity in picking Pockets; she followed this Profession between 14 and 15 Years; was born in the North of Ireland , but was entirely ignorant of her Family. When she was about 10 Years of Age, she was put to School by an old Woman whom she used to call by the Name of Nurse, who bestowed some small Matter of Learning upon her, as Reading, Writing, and Plain-Work, which latter she was dextrous at, being reckon'd an extraordinary Workwoman with her Needle. When she was about 15 Years of Age, having an itching Desire to see London , and Quarrelling with the old Woman who kept her, she made Enquiry for any Vessel bound for England, and soon finding one for her Purpose, she made an Agreement with the Captain who was to sail in three Days: Now her next Scheme was, how to leave the old Woman, and to get her Cloaths handsomely away, and Money to bear her Expences in her Passage, and when she came to England , to live on, 'till she could get into some Business, for as yet, she had not imbib'd any Principle to wrong or defraud any body, as she herself confess'd. There was a young Fellow who had paid his Addresses to her in the Quality of a for the Space of a Month, now this Person being very sollicitous to persuade her to become his Wise, she told him there was but one Way to make them both happy, and that was to go to England, telling him the old Woman her Nurse, would never consent for her to marry him, and if he really loved her, as he pretended, he would soon comply with her Request; the young Fellow being overjoy'd at this Proposal, promised her he would, when she had so done, she told him how she had already made an Agreement with the Captain, who was to sail in about three Days, and directed him where he lived, desiring him to get Things in Readiness by that Time, he promised her he would, and accordingly took his Leave; as soon as the appointed Time came, the Morning when they were to sail, the youg Fellow who was a Servant to a Gentleman of Fortune, and being willing to bring his new Bride a handsome Sum to support Expences, robb'd his Master of upwards of 80 l. and his Gold Watch; and both getting secretly Aboard, she for fear of her Nurse, and he for fear of being discovered, the Ship hoisted Sail, and arrived two Days after at the City of Liverpoole , in Lancashire . Assoon as they came Ashore, Jenny being Sea-sick, her Spark proposed to stay two or three Days, in order to refresh themselves before they proceeded for London; so he, for fear of being known, got a Lodging at a private House in that City now the Day being ome in which they designed to depart, he pack'd up her Cloaths, and his own, and put them in the Hands of the Waggoner in order to be carried to London, proposing themselves to follow, and so walk easy Day's Journeys, till such Time they should get safe to Town. As soon as they had so done, they went to a publick House in order to get some Refreshment before they set out; and as soon as they came in, who should be there but a Person who was sent in Quest of him by his Master; the young Spark was extremely surprized, and would have retreated faster than he came in, but it was too late, for the the Person seized him, and told him he was his Prisoner, and immediately upon this hurry'd him with a great Mob before the Mayor. As soon as they came there (Jenny following him at some Distance, for in the Hurry and Confusion no Body took Notice of her) she heard him confess the Robbery of his Master, but never mention'd one Syllable about her; now just before this Accident, he had given her 10 Guineas, in order to put in a little Purse which she had, the rest of the Money and the Watch being found on him, he was committed to Prison; as soon as Jenny heard this, she went aside to a Publick House and wrote him a Letter, expressing a great Concern for this Misfortune, and promised to return his Things that were pack'd up for London, and likewise the Money which she had of him when it was in her Power; so done, she made the best of her Way to Town, never as she confessed, being the least dismayed at this Accident. After the Hurry was a little over, she was as good as her Word; for as soon as she arriv'd at London she sent his Things, and some Time after that his Money. He was cast (which was after she had been in London some Time) for his Life, but was transported afterwards. As soon as she arrived at London, she got acquainted with one A. M - p, who was her Country-woman, who took a Lodging for her near Long-Acre , where she proposed to take in Plain Work ; but Business not coming in according to Expectation, M - y takes her aside one Day, and thus expostulates the Case with her, says she, (Jenny) Trading being dead, suppose we was to take a new Method of Life, which at present you are a Stranger to; but what I am acquainted with; Jenny being mighty desirous to know what it was, why reply'd the other, if you'll go along with me this Evening, you shall be instructed in this new Art; but I must first swear you to Secrecy, for Fear if you shou'd not like it, you should discover; upon which Jenny promised she would obey her Directions in all Particulars, and swearing Secrecy, she was admitted into the Society that Evening, which consisted of four Persons, two Men and a Woman with herself; their Business that Evening was to go upon Cheving the Froe, (that is, Cutting off Womens Pockets;) in order to do this, they attended the Theatres after the Play was over; she was appointed (as being a young Novice in the Art) to stand Miss Slang all upon the Safe, (that is, to stand safe at a Distance as if not one of the Gang, in order to receive the Things stollen.) They got that Night 2 Diamond Girdle Buckles, and a Gold Watch, which they fenced at a Lock for 70 l.now Jenny had but 10 l. for her Share, by Reason that she did the least Execution, and was in least Danger. Jenny finding Money coming in pretty fast this Way, applied her Time very diligent in this new Study; and in order that she might be well vers'd in this new Employ, and learn the Cant Language, one of her Companions used to come every Day to instruct her in the Theory of her new Calling, as well as the practical Part in order to which, she used to set aside two Hours every Day for this Purpose, and soon became a good Scholar, and well versed in the aforesaid Tongue; Jenny's Master coming often to instruct his new Pupil, they contracted such a Respect for each other, that they agreed to live together. By this Time Jenny was grown a compleat Artist; and got great Reputation amongst her Companions. One Day when they were all out together upon Business, at a noted Meeting-house in the Old Jewry , where abundance of People were crowding, in order to get in, Jenny being very genteely dressed, she observ'd a Gentleman who was a very Rum Muns, (that is, a great Beau) who had a very handsome Glim Star, (that is, a Ring) upon his Feme, (that is, Hand) which she longed to make, so giving the Hint to her Companions to Bulk the Muns forward, (that is, Push) they pushed him quite in; whereupon the Meeting being pretty full, as soon as he was in, Jenny held up her Hand to the young Spark, that he might help her forward, which he perceiving, very complaisantly gave her his Hand, in order to assist her, which she readily accepting of, she griped his Hand very fast, and while she had hold of his Hand, the People who were on the outside striving for Entrance, and Jenny's Companions pushing forward, in the Scuffle she squeez'd his Hand so hard, that he was glad to get it away, and did not perceive her take off his Diamond Ring, which as soon as she had effected, she slip'd behind her Companions, saying at the same Time, it is in vain to get in, I'll come another Time, when there's less Crowd; her Companions convey'd her clean off, before the Gentleman had Time to miss his Ring, who called out to stop the Woman, but 'twas too late, for she had brush'd off with the Booty, this gain'd her great Applause amongst her Companions, who now appointed her an equal Share of every Thing they got. The next Exploit that Jenny went on was, Slanging the Gentry Mort rumly with a sham Kinchin, that is, (Cutting well the Women big with Child) which was thus perform'd, Jenny had got 2 false Arms made, and Hands, by an ingenious Artist, and dressing herself very genteely, like a Citizen's Wife big with Child, with a Pillow artfully fixed under her Coats for that Purpose, and her Arms fix'd on, she by the Contrivance of the Pillow hid her real ones under her Petticoat, and the artificial ones came across her Belly; Dressed in this Condition, with one of the Gang in the Habit of a Footman, she takes a Chair and goes, (it being on a Sunday Evening) to the Meetinghouse already mention'd it was so contriv'd by the rest of the Gang, that one should go before as a Scout, and bring Word to the supposed Footman in what Part of the Meeting set the rummest Froes; and likewise to Saweer clearly, (that is, to keep a good look out) that they should have Vid Loges, (repeating Watches) by their Side, that Jenny's Footman might place his Mistress accordingly.Now it was so ordered, that our big-belly'd Ladywas be plac'd in a Pew between 2 elderly Ladies who had both repeating Watches by their Side; she sat very quietly all the Time of the Service, but at the Conclusion of the last Prayer, the Adience being standing, she took both the Ladies Watches off, unperceiv'd by them, and tip'd 'em to one of her Companions, who was was ready planted for the Purpose (and who went and tip'd them to Slang upon the Safe; and then went back to be ready for Business) Now the Congregation breaking up, every body was in a Hurry to get out, and the Gang surrounding the Ladies in order to make a greater Croud, and help Jenny off if she should be smoak'd. The two Ladies had no sooner got out of the Pew to the Door, but they missed their Watches, and made a terrible Outcry, which alarmed that Part of the Audience, who enquiring what was the Matter, was answered that the Ladies had lost their Watches, and being asked again who took them, answered, nobody, without the D - l and the big-belly'd Woman had, who was now got far enough off. Nay, says one of the Ladies, that's impossible, for she never moved her Hands from off her Lap, all the Time of the Service. This Accident gathered a great Mob round the Ladies, some enquiring, others confounded at the Strangeness of the Robbery: In the mean while Jenny was slipp'd out to a House hard by, and had alter'd her Dress, and delivered herself of her great Belly, and returned with the utmost Precipitation to her Companions, in order to be assisting in the helping of with more Moveables,who was very busy with the rest of the Crowd, and while they were astonished at the Accident, they took Opportunity to make the Gentleman's Loges and Tales, (or Men's repeating Watches) and to Chive the Froes of their Bungs, (or cut off the Women's Pockets.) They were very successful that Day, for no sooner was they got to the Biding (or Place where they divide the Booty) but they examined the Contents of their Booties, which was three Bungs, with Lowers (Purses) in each Lower there were Ridges (or Guineas) and two Vid Loges. These, with the Money they had got, and 2 Tales (or Swords) amounted to 30 Ridges a Piece, after they had fenced the Loges, &c. which was all carried abroad, and disposed of by R – J - n, since dead. After this Robbery, the Gang consulted together, and thought it proper not to steer that Way for some Time, for Fear of being discover'd. Jenny got so great a Name by this last Affair, that they all swore to act for the future according to her Directions in every Thing, which she thanked them for, and then made the following Speech. "It is now 2 Years since I entered into this honourable Society, and I think it is a Duty incumbent upon me to advise for our general Preservation, that the following Articles ought to be made for the Use of our Gang. I. That no one else be admitted without the Consent of the whole Gang. II. That no one presume to go upon any thing by him or herself upon Pain of being entirely turn'd off, and left to shift. III. That if any new Member be propos'd by any of the Gang, that he or she shall be a Month upon Trial, and all that Time shall be instructed at convenient Seasons in the Cant Tongue, so that they may speak intelligibly to nobody but the Gang. IV. That if any of the Gang should happen to be taken upon any one Action, that the rest shall stand by him, or her, and swear any thing in order to get such releas'd; and if convicted, a sufficient Allowance to be given him or her in Prison out of the Common Stock, that they may live in a Gentleman or Gentlewoman-like Manner. These Articles were agreed to and fign'd by 'em all" Their next Adventure was in St. James's-Park upon a fine Day, when abundance of People of Fashion were walking. In that Place, Jenny being well dressed, and her sham great Belly, with one of the Gang in the Habit of a Servant attending her,they took the Opportunity coming out at Spring Garden Gate, when a great Concourse of People were crouding, for the sham Lady to make a false Step and Stumble presently abundance of good-natur'd Gentlemen and Ladies seeing big belly'd Woman ready to fall, was very busy striving who should first lend their Assistance, notwithstanding which, the Lady fairly contriv'd to fall down, and when they went to help her up, she made Signs, and gave 'em to understand that she had so hurt herself by the Fright, that she could not presently recover so as to be able to stand upon her Legs; by this Time more People came up to see what was the Matter, and she had soorder'd it as to fall just in the Middle of the Passage; and while the Croud was gazing on, and commisserating the Case of the poor supposed distressed Lady, the rest of the Gang were very busy in speaking with their Pockets, Diamond Girdle Buckles, &c. They manag'd their Business so dextrously, that they got by this Adventure, two Diamond Girdle Buckles, a Gold Watch, a Gold Snuff Box and two Purses which contain'd upward of twenty Guineas; the next Day the Buckles, Watch, &c. were advertized, and a large Reward offer'd for them; which M - y proposed to restore for the Reward,when Jenny started up and ask'd who would venture Home with them? I, says M - y, would you? do you not consider the Consequence of returning them? why reply'd the other, there is no Questions to be ask'd, What then,replied Jenny; suppose there is not, apprehend you no farther Consequence than that; no, replied the other; why then resumed Jenny; my Reason is this; suppose you go Home with them and get the Reward offered; here lies the Case, the Parties injured, will, though they ask you no Question, take particular Notice of your Person, and some time or other when you are out upon Business, you may be smoak'd, and then perhaps all may be blown; so my Advice is, that whatever Things may be got, though we can Fence em but for two Thirds of the Value offer'd, yet it is much the safer Way, and less dangerous. This Reason the Gang applauded much, and presently consented to send them to their usual Fence, (who was one who used to trip over to Holland very often upon the Smuggling Business, and who gave most Money for Goods got in that Manner) and the Gang for the future very seldom made Restitution, but generally dealt with this Fence. Some small Time after this last Adventure, 2 of the Gang fell Sick, and were rendered uncapable of turning out upon Business for some Time; now Jenny and her Quondam Spouse were obliged to turn out by themselves upon the Slang mort Lay, (described in the following Adventures Jenny being dressed as a big-belly'd Woman already-mention'd, and her Spouse as a Footman in a Livery, used to take the Opportunity of the Master of the House's Absence in a genteel Street, when the Lady's pretended Footman knocking at the Door, asking if the Lady of the House was at Home, and being answer'd yes,usedto say, my Lady here is taken ill and desires to speak with your Mistress; and so when she had introduced herself and Servant, they was not idle upon the Occasion, but generally made what they could that lay in the Way. One Day Jenny and her Servant being upon Business of this Nature in Burr Street , near Wapping , Jenny's Servant knocked at the Door, and a Person coming and enquiring his Business, my Lady, says he there, pointing to Jenny, is a little out of Order, and being some Distance from Home, desires to speak with your Mistress; the Servant desired the Lady to Walk in, aud said, she would fetch her Mistress presently, who was above Stairs. So directly in goes Jenny grunting and groaning as if she was half dead. Down comes the Mistress, and sends the Maid in a hurry up Stairs for the Champer-pot; while she went to fetch the Smelling Bottle. While they were gone, Jenny took the Opportunity of opening the Drawer, and taking out a fine dress'd suit, worth 60 Guineas, which she presently put in a Place made on purpose on the Inside of her large Hoop, and was got sitting in her Chair by the Time the Lady return'd) in a very moving melancholy Posture, pretending to be almost dead. As soon as the Lady came, and her Servant with the Pot, the pretended Footman was ordered into the Kitchen, who had till then attended his Mistress; but out of Decency, was desired to walk down till his Mistress wanted him; while he was in the Kitchen, he took the Opportunity to convey half a dozen Silver Spoons, a Salt, and a Pepper-Box in his Pocket; and as the Lady and her Maid above Stairs were very busy in applying her Smelling-Bottle to Madam's Nose, she took the Opportunity to convey the Lady's Purse out of her Pocket, when she had so done, pretending to be a little Better, ask'd the Lady's Pardon for the extraordinary Trouble she had given her, and returning many Thanks for her great Care and Kindness, desired her Man might be call'd to get a Coach, which he did in a Trice,and order'd the Coachman to drive to Mr. - naming an eminent Merchant near Tower-Street, at the same Time taking Leave of the Lady, and inviting her to the aforesaid Merchant's; but as soon as the Coachman had drove out of Sight, he was order'd to stop, and Madam Jenny pretending, she could not ride easy in a Coach: Here John, says she, give the Coachman a Shilling, and let about his Business. As soon as this was done, John and his Mistress retreated another Way; and went clean off with the Boory; two or three Facts of this Nature put a Stop to their farther Proceedings; the Circumstances which attended the committing of, being put into the public Papers, so that they thought it safest to desist from any more Tricks of this Nature. Some few Days after, Jenny's Companion's recovering, they pursued their old Adventures with great Success; for in less than; Years they acquir'd above 300 Pounds a piece, besides Expences by these illegal Practices. About this Time the Gang agreed to go in the Country upon Business there; so they took a Progress down to Bristol , in the Time of the Fair, kept there in the Summer Season. Here they thought it necessary to admit a new Member. Whom they found at that Place; who was esteemed a good Hand upon The Twang Adam ; that is (could draw him in by a fine Tongue, or Way of talking those, whom they had a Design to impose upon) they admitted after reading the foremention'd Articles, and swearing him to Secrecy; here it was thought proper to metamo one of them into the Habit of a Servant in The 2 Women pass'd for Gentlewomen. Merchants Wives in London, and who had come down to see the Fair, and the 2 Men for Persons who came down as Dealers and in order that they might more safely accomplish their intended Designs, they lodg'd at seperate Places, their Reason for so doing was, that if any of the Gang was detected, the others might appear for their Characters, as Acquaintance accidentally meeting there; they had their Lessons so perfect, that each knew one another's meaning almost by a No One Day the whole Gang being in the Fair, they espyed a West Country Clothier who had just received a Parcel of Money, to the amount of 100 Pounds, which he had given to a Servant, and order'd him to carry it to his Lodgings, and lock it up in his Bureau,and likewise gave him a Key, and bad him return in about an Hour to the Sign of the Fountain, a Tavern in the High-Street. The whole Whole Gang upon this, follows the Fellow and jostles him in the Croud, he falls down but he was so careful of his Bag that they could not get it from him by this Means; so they were obliged to have recourse to the following Stratagem. One of the Gang steps after him out of the Fair, and giving him a Tap of the Shoulder: Friend, says he, did not you part from your Master just now, and did not he order you to go Home with a Bag of Money. Yea, replied the Countryman, and what then? oh! says he, your Master has alter'd his Mind, and is upon the Point of Agreement for some Goods with my Mistress, and desires you will bring it, in order to pay for 'em, at the - naming a House where Jenny and the rest of the Gang were gone to. Oh! moighte weell, moighte weell! says the poor credulous Fellow. I' se go wi you; so Cheek by Jole they go along together. ,nl>In the mean Time, I -, who was dressed as the supposed Lady's Servant, amused the Countryman with what a handsome rich Lady his Mistress was, and how gloriously he lived with her; and how free she always used him.By this Time they drew towards the House where the rest of the Gang was waiting. When they came there, Jenny's supposed Servant introduced the Countryman (who artfully as they pass'd along, got his Master's Name, unknown to the poor ignorant Fellow.) When they entered the Room, who is this honest Mansays Jenny, Oh! Madam, it is Mr. S - 's Servant, come according to his Master's Orders. Oh! honest Friend says she, sit down, you Master is just gone a little Way, and will return presently, but you must stay till he comes back; Yea, Yea, Madeam, says the Countryman, I shall weat on your Lediship. Come honest Friend says she, will you drink a Glass of Wine; No Ise thank you Madum, Come, Come, don't be bashfull, you shall drink, so pouring out a Glass of Wine, he drank it off; come now you must drink another towards your Master's Health. S'Bleed Madaum, says the Countryman, Ise drink that, thof 'twas a whole Mile to the Bottom; so taking the Glass in his Hand, drank it off; now says Jenny, you must drink my Health, the Countryman with the two first Glasses being pretty much spiritted, chatter'd, ads Waudds, Madam, that Ise do thof it was as deep as the Sea; an I codd - and so off it goes; well done, honest Friend, says Jenny. Now every Glass the poor Countryman drank, was mix'd with a certain Quantity of liquid Laudanum. As soon as she had done this, Here John, says she, take this honest Fellow, and treat him handsomely till his Master comes, and then I'll send for him in again; so the poor Countryman making twenty aukward Scringes and Scrapes, goes out, and was convey'd to a more close Room convenient for the Purpose, along with his new Acquaintance. When they had been there about half an Hour, and drank three or four Glasses of more Wine, the Countryman began to yawn, and in some small Time after, fell fast asleep. As soon ashe perceived this, the Signal was given, and the Gang came in, and took the poor Fellows Bag of Money, paid the Reckoning, and ordered the Servant not to disturb the poor Man, who was weary, but let him have his Nap out. They went away, and going seperately to their Lodgings, they got their Things in Readiness, and then made the best of their Way for London , leaving the poor Country Fellow to curse his new Acquaintance. They made so many Things at this Fair, that when they came to Town, and Fenced them, they shared Thirty Pounds a piece, besides Expences. By these Means, the Gang supported themselves in the most splendid Manner, sometimes living very profusely, like People of Quality; only they kept up what they term'd a common Stock, to support themselves in Case of any Disaster, which was thus raised. When any Booty was got and sold, a Tenth, Part was put by, to relieve the Gang in Time of Need, and the remaining Part, was equally divided amongst them. The usual Places of Jenny and the Gang's Resort in London, when there was no extraordinary Crowd in other Places, was the Change, the Bridge, &c. One Day being upon Business at the last mentioned Place about 5 o'Clock in the Evening, the Gang espy'd a Lady very well dressed, on Foot, walking over, and when she had got about half Way, a sudden Hurry of Carts and Coaches coming over at the same Instant, she stood up at a Door in order to avoid them. One of the Gang, being genteely dressed, steps up at the same Time, and says, Have a Care, Madam; and so standing before her, catches hold of both her Arms, that she should not be at Liberty to Tout the rest, and holds them up: In the mean Time Jenny, and the rest of the Gang, were very busy with her, and they was so dexterous, that before the Coaches got by, they made her Pocket, and walked off with it. As soon as the Hurry was over, the Lady dropp'd the supposed Gentleman a fine Curtsey, and humbly thank'd him for his great Care, and so took her Leave, little dreaming of her Loss; for they found in the Pocket upwards of 30 Guineas, a gold Snuff box worth 6 Guineas, and a Case of silver Instruments. The next Day being upon Business, the Corner of Change-Alley , they got a Pocket-Book, in which was two hundred Pound Bank-Notes, which they sold to their old Friend the Jew J - n, for 130 l. ready Cash. Jenny now took genteel Lodgings not far from Covent Garden ; and living in a very gay Manner, kept a Servant to wait on her and her supposed Spouse. They lodged in this Place, that they might be the readier to attend the Theatre, and convey their Booties soonest off. One Night when his Majesty was at the Play-House, the Gang dressed Jenny up very gay, like a Person of Quality, and going in a Chair with her Footman before her, she got a Place in the Middle of the front Boxes but having no Opportunity to do any Thing while the Play was performing, she came our before the Entertainment was over, handed by a young Beau, whom she had pick'd up. She sounding him, found him a Country young Gentleman, lately come from York. The Spark being very much enamour'd with his new Mistress, desired the Honour of conducting her Home to her Lodgings. Laird, Sir, says she, that's impossible, for, I am married, and if I should let a strange Gentleman wait upon me Home, what do you think my Spose would say? Then, Madam, quoth the Youngster, permit me the Pleasure of waiting on you to drink a Glass of Wine. Sir, says she, it is what I don't care to do, but added with a Sigh, if I thought you was Man of Honour, I durst venture to drink a Glass of Wine, for sure there is no Harm in that, but am told that there is so few Men of Honour, it hard trusting. Madam, reply'd the enamoured ark eagerly, I would sooner kill myself than your Reputation. With this last Expression any seemed to be overcome, and went with the ark to the Rose, the Corner, of the Theatre, calling for a Room, he said a hundred fine Things to his new Acquaintance. After Jenny had drank a Glass, and sat a Quarter of an Hour, she seemed uneasy, and wanted to be gone Our Spark used many Intreaties for her Stay, but in vain , for she positively insisted upon going (for as yet she had not given the Gang necessary Directions upon this new Affair, so to be sure she could not stay) then the young Spark insisted upon going with her, but she begged he would not trouble himself, yet with much Intreaty on his Side, this last Requst was, with some seeming Difficulty, granted. Then he called the Drawer, and ordered a Hackney Coach to be got ready, and handed the Lady in with much Complisance. Jenny order'd the Coachman to drive slowly to her Lodgings, naming the Place where she lived, and as they were going Home, he pressed hard for the Pleasure of seeing her again. She told him, she expected her Husband would be out of Town in two or three Days, and in that Time he might call upon her. By this Time the Coach came to the Door, so Jenny requesting the Favour, that the Spark would sit still till she got out, and get himself out at some other Place for fear of her Husband, she would be glad to see him in two or three Days, and in that Time prepare for his Reception. The young Gallant, so overjoy'd, took his Leave; so Jenny got out of the Coach, and going up Stairs, found the Gang come there before, for it seems the Signal was for her to stay till the Play was done, an she coming out before, they had missed her. As soon as she entered the Room they began to upbraid her, for being out of the Way, for it seems by wanting her they lost then Right Hand,for they made but one Gold Snuff-Box that Night; but the soon pacified them, by telling them her Adventure, and what she intended to do, the appointed Evening being come, in which Jenny's Spark was to appear, he came dressed very gay with a gold Watch in his Pocket, a gold hilted Sword by his Side, a Diamond Ring upon his Finger, and a Gold headed Cane dangling in his Hand. Jenny being ready to receive him, had dressed up two of the Gang in rich Liveries, and M - and her waiting Woman very gay, and the Lodgings being genteel, all Things seemed to look very grand. The young Suark seeing this Grandeur, seemed quite amazed, and to be sure thought er some Person of Quality, as he afterwards privately told her by and by up comes a Bottle of Wine, and some rich Sweetmeats, then the Footman was ordered to withdraw. Now Sir, says Jenny, you must think I have a great Respect for you, to be with you in this manner, I hope you are a Gentleman of more Honour than to tattle of a Lady's Favours. The young Gentleman reply'd, by would sooner cut his Tongue out; after some small Discourse, Jenny gave him to understand, that she did not expect her Husband till very late Evening, so the Spark begged hard, that that Time, she would make him happy in her Arms; in short, she so contriv'd Matters that made him believe none of her Servants knew any Thing of the Affair of his Stay, except her; Chambermaid and Confident; so conducting him into her Bedchamber, the young Spark to enjoy his Mistress, soon slipped off his Cloaths and got into Bed, she pulled hers off slowly pretending to be very bashful, upon which he jump'd out of Bed in order to assist her, unbuckling her Shoes, she pretending , catched hold of his Hand, and to admire his Ring, took it off his Finger and put it upon hers; as soon as she had got the Signal was given from the supposed Maid, who knock'd at the Door, and told her that her Master was come Home: Jenny immediately out of Bed, Lord!says what shall I do, I am inevitably ruin'd! Madam, says her Lover, what shall I do? On Sir! says she, I have into Bed and cover yourself all over Head Ears, and I'll take your Cloaths and hide 'em, least perchance he should take it into his Head to come into this Room, and in the mean Time I'll go and persuade him that I'm not well, and perhaps I can make him lie by himself to Night, which if I do than I can have the Pleasure of being with your this Evening. The Spark immediately did as he was ordered, and Jenny slipp'd on her Night Gown, &c. and went out of the Room, and lock'd the Door after her when she came into the Place where the rest of the Gang was, they held a Consultation; the result of which was, immediately to quit the lodgings and leave poor Pill Garlick in the Lurch, which was immediately put in Execution, and the poor unfortunate Enamoretta left locked up by himself,who no Doubt cursed his new Acquaintance, which for the future 'tis thought gave him a Caution how he enter'd into Intreagues of this Nature; they examined the Contents of this Booty, which amounted when the Moveables was Fenced to 250 l. Now Jenny had the greatest Share of this Booty, because she did the most Execution; her Share coming to upwards of 50 l. After this Robbery the Gang retired into the Country, where they carried on their Adventures very successfully for the Space of half a Year, when coming to Town they pursued their old Courses as Occasion offered. She lay in Newgate almost 4 Months, and then was Transported; during the Time of her Confinement she turned Fence, and bought such Things as came in her Way, she having a quantity of Money by her, and knowing this Business could no ways affect her, she being Cast already; and when she went away she had as many Goods of one Sort or other, as would almost have loaded a Waggon. When she came on Board she was treated in a quite different Manner from the rest of the Transports, and was put ashore at the first Port they came to in Virginia . Jenny staid no longer there than to see the Country, for Business in her Way could not be transacted there; so after she had diverted herself as long as she thought proper, she agreed with a Gentleman for her Passage who was bound for England , who brought her over. When she came back, she did not chuse immediately to come to Town, but went and took a Progress round the Countries; and after she had sufficiently tired herself, and the Country People with her Exploits, shecame to London, where she with some others used to resort about London Bridge, the Royal-Exchange, the Play-Houses, and St. Paul's. In April 1738, in the Mayor lty of Sir John Barnard , she was try'd by the Name of Jane Web , for picking the Pocket of Mrs. Rowley, who had been at St. Paul's to hear the Rehearsal; one Mr. Addy who detected her was offered 50 l. not to appear against her on her Trial: but he like an honest Man refused it. At the very Time Mr. Addy seized her for picking the Pocket of Mrs. Rowley, she was going to pick the Pocket of Dr. Best's Lady. Another Person who appeared against her on her Trial, said he saw her pick 20 Pockets that Day, and had known her to have been a Pick-pocket these five Years; she was found guilty, and was ordered for Transportation, and accordingly was Transported, but returned again, and followed her old Practices, till she was detected for robbing Mrs Gardener near the Mansion-House , on the 17th of Jan. last, for which Robbery she was capitally convicted, and suffered. All the while she was under Sentence of Death, she never omitted coming to Chapel, behaving herself very devout, and seemingly very penitent for her past, wicked Life The Day before she died she sent for the Nurse that nursed her Child, (who lives in Little-Britain) which is about three Years of Age, and begged that she would now and then see it, and telling her the Child would be taken Care of; desiring her to give it good Advice, and instill good Notions into it, when she came capable to receive her Admonitions; which the Nurse faithfully promised to perform while she lived; on which Jenny reply'd, I don't doubt of your Love for my poor Child, and so God bless and protect you; Pray for my poor Soul while I am living, for I have greatly offended my good God. The Morning she went to Execution she seem'd very composed; but when the Officer came to halter her in the Press Yard, she was very much shocked. She was conveyed to the Place of Execution in a Mourning Coach, attended by the Revd. Mr. Broughton, who went and prayed to her in the Cart, after some Time allowed her for her Devotions, she went off the Stage, crying to God to have Mercy on her, Christ have Mercy on me, Lord receive my Spirit, Sweet Jesus receive my Spirit, &c. After she had hung the usual Time, she was cut down, and convey'd to Pancrass, in order to be interr'd in the Church-yard. She confessed the Fact for which she died for. This ended the The following is an Account which GEORGE STACEY gave of himself a few Days before his Execution. I AM now between 30 and 40 Years of Age, and was born in Low Germany , of creditable Parents, who gave me a good Education, and at a proper Age put me Apprentice to a Shoe-maker . In the Peace in the latter End of Queen Anne's Reign, I came to England , and work'd for Mr. Hartwell, and Mr. Bradford, in Blowbladder Street , and several others of the same Trade, and was likewise admitted an Officer of the Marshall's Court . In these Employments I might have done very well, had not Gaming and bad Company (which are the sole Ruin of Youth) drawn off my Attention from Business, and plunged me into such Extravagance, that I soon acquired the Name of Mr. EPICURE. When my Wife was living I used to frequent the Play-house every Night, and have often given a Guinea for a Quart of Pease, 7 s. for a Gill of Strawberries, and 5 s. a piece for Cucumbers; in short, nothing would suit my voluptuous Taste, except in its greatest Bloom and Glory, and when it bore the highest Price. I own that I robb'd Mr. Dalbey on Saturday the 29th of Nov. of two Shop Books and a Leidger, and on his advertising 2 Shop Books only, I sent a Buckle-Chafe-Maker, who lives in Water-Lane, with the two Shop Books, expecting to get the Reward which was offered, and kept the Leidger myself, intending to receive the Debts which it contained; but on examining it, I found nothing in it for my Purpose; so on the Monday Night following, I committed it to the Flames, in the House of a Person who was concerned with one in the Commission of the Robbery. For this I was apprehended when I was at Supper with some Friends on Fowls and Bacon at the Boar's-Head Alehouse in Fleet-street , and had then in my Pocket a pair of screw Barrel'd Pistols which were worth six Guineas, (for what Use I carry'd them about me the Reader may easily judge) I had tike a large Snick or Snee Knife, and a Whistle, with which we use to call our Companions when in Distress. When I was seized I did not apprehend that I should be committed for this Fact, but imagining that I should be searched for Arms, I privately pulled them out of my Pocket, likewise some Powder and Ball out of my Breeches, and concealed them under a Bench in the House; but recollecting that if I was carryed before Col. Deveil, I should certainly be detain'd on Parish's Account, and that these Pistols might be of Service to me in Prison, I dropp'd my Hat, and on Pretence of stooping for that, I conveyed them into it, and brought them away with me. When we had staid drinking some Time, seemingly very friendly, I was put into a Coach, in order to be carry'd before the sitting Alderman at Guild Hall, and as we came through St. Paul's-Church-Yard , I threw my Pistols, Knife and Whistle out of the Coach Window. In Dec. Sessions following I was tried for this Fact, by the Name of George Lacey , and order'd to be Whipp'd; but before I was discharged, I was detained by Mr. Deveil, (that worthy Magistrate so zealous for the public Good) for the Robbery on Mr. Benjamin Parish of Oxfordshire . As for the Robberies on Mr. Parish, for which I die, I must confess, that I was so unhappy as to be concern'd both in the House Robbery, and that which was committed in the Street; but the Prosecutor in some Particulars of his Evidence was mistaken, for I never gave him any Liquor till after he was robb'd, and then we did make him drink Cherry-Brandy out of a Pint Pot to keep him quiet. I likewise own, that I put his Watch into his Coat Pocket, after the Woman had robb'd him of it, imagining that the Loss of his Watch might, when he went Home, create some Uneasiness between him and his Wife, and might sooner be miss'd than a large Sum of Money. After this he went away, and I being a little disorder'd with Liquor, follow'd him into Long-Acre , and robbed him of his Watch, I Shilling and 6 Pence in Silver, and a Pair of silver Knee Buckles, but as to a Coat and a Shirt, I never saw them. When I had rifled Parish this second Time, I left him, and return'd to Keogh's House, where I had lodged about three Weeks, and gave Keogh all the Money, in order for Distribution among the Persons who were concerned with me, thinking it was sweet, and that we should never hear more of Parish; but he was taken up by the Watchmen, and by them brought into Drury-Lane , and opposite to Keogh's Door he fell down. I was looking out of the Window at the same Time, and saw the Watchmen carry him off, in Order to go with him to his Inn; but for drinking with him in any House afterwards, I deny that I ever did. Before I was confined for Mr. Dalbey's Affair, Keogh sent for me, and gave me a Guinea of Parish's Money, which is all that I ever had of it, for Keogh and his Wife, on hearing of the Warrant of Detainer against me, ran away to Ireland with the rest of the Money. I return Thanks to those Gentlemen who have been so kind as to furnish me with Books, in order to assist me in my Preparation for a future State. Likewise to the two worthy Divines, together with Mr. Guthrie, for their kind and often Attendance on me, and for their being so ready to resolve any Questions which I have proposed to them, in these my melancholly Circumstances. I hope nobody will be so void of Humanity as to reflect on my aged Mother, and my dear Child; and pray, that by my untimely End, all my former bad Companions may take Warning, and forsake their evil Courses before it be too late. I die in perfect Charity with all Mankind, and heartily forgive all those who have done me any Injuries, as I myself expect Fogiveness at the Last Day. GEO. STACEY . Cells of Newgate, March 14. The following LETTER was wrote by the above unhappy Person to his Mother. DEAR MOTHER, IT is not difficult to conceive the great Trouble you consequently must be in, on Account of my unhappy Condition; but we ought in all Things to submit the Will of that Being, who is, and ever will be our Portion and Hope, when all earthly Vanities fail and forsake us. Is it not from his Divine Hand, that we receive our Life, and all that is valuable and dear to us? It is then absolutely necessary, that we should be entirely at his Disposal, and not murmur at any Thing he is pleased to lay on us, for St. Paul teacheth us, That the Afflictions of this World are in themselves light, and purchase for us a far more exceeding and eternal Weight of Glory. With the utmost Regret and Sorrow, I now look back on my past mispent Life, and that I have made so bad a Use of that Education, which you, out of your extream Tenderness, bestowed on me; and must own, that it is through my own Folly and Rashness, that I have plunged both myself and you into this Sea of Affliction. But I trust thar the Divine Being will extricate me out of all Trouble, and sorrly Receive my Soul into Everlasting Happiness. That you may continually be under the Divine Care and Protection; that he may be your Comforter in all your Afflictions; and when you shall be called hence and no more seen, you may be hapyy in that World, where here shall be no Weeping, Sorrow nor Pain, and whose Joys knows no End, is the hearty Prayer of Your Dying Son, George Stacey . Cells of Newgate , March 16, 1741. P. S. As I must shortly resign my Breath, I beg as my last Request, that you wou'd have a particular Regard, in the Education of my Dear Child. The ACCOUNT of Mr. BRABANT, who was Executed for Forgery. I Was born in the Year 1720, in the Parish of Mellsum , near Sandy Lane , in the County of Wilts . My Father was a Grasier and Farmer in the same Place, who as a proper Age put me to School to Mr. Jones, who keeps a Boarding-School in the City of Bristol , with whom I remain'd two Years and upwards, in which Time I became a good Proficient in Writing and Accompts, and acquired some small Knowledge in the Latin Tongue. My Father being no longer able to maintain me there, and it being out of his Power to advance any Money to put me to a Trade or Calling, ordered me Home, when, though young, I perceived my Father's Circumstances were at a very low Eb; (but he being supported by my Mother's Brother, my Uncle John Lewies , who lives near Eversham in Worcestershire , in good Credit and Repute) a Servant Boy was turned away, and I ordered to supply his Place, which was to drive Plough, look after Cattle , &c. In this Capacity I continued with my Father some Time; but my Brother being jealous of my obtaining more Favour with my Mother than himself, frequently used to beat and ill treat me in such a Manner, that I could no longer bear with it. I acquainted my Father therewith, who severely reprimanded him, but to no Purpose, he continuing his usual Behaviour towards me: Whereupon I acquainted my Father with my Intention of leaving him; which accordingly I did in a few Days Time. My Mother finding I was determined to go and leave them, gave me two Guineas in my Pocket. My first Journey was to Salisbury , where an old School fellow of mine then lived at the King's-Arms Inn , to whom I apply'd for Business: He at first seemed glad to see me, but finding I was in pursuit of Business, and none to be found for me in that Town, soon grew cold; on which I took my Leave, and set out for Great Marlborough , in hopes of finding Business: But when I came there, I could get none to do, except to draw Beer at the Angel Inn, which I refused, and proceeded forward to the Devizes ; where, upon Enquiry, a Gentleman who keeps a Boarding-School, employ-me as an Assistant two Days; but finding I was not qualified for him, he dismissed me. My next Journey was to Bristol , where on my Arrival in Town, I waited on my old Master Jones, who was very glad to see me, and upon my relating to him my Story, he employ'd me in his School, where I had an Opportunity of improving my Hand. Here I lived half a Year, to the Satisfaction of my Master and myself. Not being contented in this happy Station, I gave my Master Notice of leaving him and going to London ; he endeavoured to dissuade me from going, but I being determined, left him, and away I came. On the 17th of January, 1739, I arrived at the Three-Cups Inn , in Bread Street , where I soon became Acquainted with one J – F -, an Irishman, who lived not far from the said Inn, and goes under the Denomination of a Distiller, keeping a little Ginn Shop; he proposed to me as I was a Stranger in London, and out of Business, to come and live with him, which I accepted, and accordingly went to his House, where I continued from my Arrival in London, until within a few 8 Months before this fatal Fact was committed. During the Time I was with F - l, he pretending to be a Sollicitor, I used to do what Writing there was to do; his chief Business was to Bail, and procure Bail for any one who wanted, and would pay him for the same, and once in particular, he persuaded me to justify in the Court of King's-Bench, for 16000 l. when at the same Time I was not worth one Shilling; for this I was handsomely rewarded, with which I bought fine Cloaths, and put up for a Man of Fortune, when it was agreed betwixt me and Mr. F - l, I should turn Fortune-hunter, whereupon he recommended me as a Man of Fortune, and one Night a grand Ball was made, when my intended Spouse was there, and upon Enquiry, I found it was Bite the Biter, I took her for a Lady of Fortune, and she took me for a Man of Fortune; but upon Enquiry, I found my fine Lady to be the noted B - y J - s, who kept a Coffee-House in Drury-Lane, which I am credibly informed, is a Habitation for Thieves and Pick-pockets, her Brother being a noted one, commonly call'd or known by the Name of Little R - d J - s. Being thus impos'd upon by my Friend, as I thought him (who if it had been real, and I succeeded, was to have a Share of her Fortune.) I left him, and never after saw him until I was committed to Newgate , where he came to visit a poor Woman Prisoner, whom he had defrauded of 14 Guineas, under Pretence of solliciting her Cause, when at the same Time it was not in his Power to do her any real Service, since which, I understand she perish'd for want. Upon my leaving Mr. F - l, I went to lodge at Mr. Price's, the Sign of the Crown , in Dragger's-Court , Lothbury , where a Countryman of mine lodged, aud who recommended me; here I staid till my Money and Cloaths were gone, and not knowing what Course to take, I offer'd my Service to draw Beer for Mr. Price, who not wanting one himself, out of Compassion (knowing I wrote a good Hand) recommended me to Mr. Tipper, where I continued 4 Months, during which Time I was ready and willing to do any Thing, such as run on Errands , black Shoes, &c. and when he had any Writing to be done, I was glad and willing to do it, and at other Opportunities instructed his Clerk , Joseph Arrd , in Accompts. Mr. Tipper was so well satisfied with this my Behaviour, that he had recommended me to go as a Writer to Capt. Westcoate, who was bound for China. But he going into the Country, left Directions and a Letter with his Clerk, to get an Order for the Remittance of 2 l. 10 s. to a Relation he then had on Board one of his Majesty's Ships at Plymouth. His Clerk being busy, desired me to take the Letter, and get the Order, which I did from a Gentleman in Bride-Lane. When I had got the Order, instead of going to Mr. Tipper's with it and the Letter, I took it Home to my Room where I lodged, and kept it all Night, when I had an Opportunity of trying to counterfeit his Hand, which by Morning I had compleated, and received the Money the same Day. There being a Man at Mr. Tipper's who was but half-witted, I told him I was going away, and asked him to go with me, which he consented to; that Night we went to the Angel-Inn in Piccadilly , and the next Day I drew the other Draught and received the Money. At Night I returned to the Inn aforesaid; the next Day I provided myself in Monmouth street , with what Cloaths I wanted, and bought some Necessaries for my Man John. The next Day I took Lodgings at one Paul D - s, a Haberdasher, there my Stay was but three Days, he and I no Ways agreeing in our Tempers. The next Lodging I took was at one Ottaman's a Sweed, in Gerrard street , St. Ann's ; whilst I was here, I daily used to dine at one De La Rant's, at the Turk's Head-Tavern , in Grig-street , Soho , where I often met, and renewed my Acquaintance with him. He judging by my Appearance, keeping a Servant, and spending of Money, I was a Man of Fortune; he proposed to recommend a young Lady of his Acquaintance to me for a Wife. I was glad of the Proposal, and desired to see her there the next Day at Dinner. After Dinner, and drinking plentifully, I was very sweet upon my new Lady, when it was agreed that she should stay with me that Night, upon Condi tion, of my marrying her the next Morning, D - e not caring to take my Word, obliged me to enter into an Agreement of 500 l. to perform my Promise; the next Morning reflecting on what had pass, I grew cool and refused to marry her; on which Mr. D - e threaten'd me with the Agreement. I then began to enquire what Fortune she had, and who were her Relations, D - e informed me her Name was Miss H - e, and that she was descended of a good Family, in whose Power it was to give her a plentiful Fortune, and that after the Death of her Grandmother, she would have a Fortune that nobody could hinder her off: (who I hear is dead since my Confinement, bot not Farthing of Money for my Wife) Upon this, I consented to be married, and accordingly after Dinner to the Fleet we went, where we were married at the Expence of D - e, who was present; after a Day or 2 I enquired for her Relations, but all the Relations or Friends I could find she then had, was only Mr. D - e, by whom she has had 2 Children both now living and at Nurse. By this Time I began to be in some Concern about what I had done in defrauding that worthy Gentleman. Mr. Tipper, and was afraid of being discover'd by my Man John, whereupon I took him to East Smithfield , where I had an Acquaintance lived; I applied to him, and told him, if he could get my Man John pressed, I would give him 5 Guineas: John having some Thought of my Intentions, immediately left me, and went to One in Carnaby-Market, a Relation of his, who directly secured him, and acquainted Mr. Tipper therewith. Mr. Tipper's Clerk being at Home, went directly to him. John gave Intelligence where I lived, and was to be found, the Clerk came to my Lodging at Mr. O'Hammon's, to ask for me, I was then gone out, as Mrs. O Hammon informed him, D - e and my fine Wife were then in the Parlour, and desired him to walk in, which he did, he had no sooner been in, than one came to the Door and knocked hard, D - e thinking it was me, desired him to conceal himself in a Closet in the Room, which he refused Mrs. O Hammon suspecting something was the Matter, told Mr. Tipper's Clerk I was gone out, but was to return very soon, and if he would wait at the King's Head, Ale-House in Gerrard-Street, he would see me come past, he not regarding this, left a Woman at the Alehouse, and went himself to Colonel De Veil's for a Warrant, but before he return'd, as I came past the Alehouse, the Woman cryed out Stop Thief! on which I was secured and brought into the Alehouse; I had not been there 5 Minutes, before Mr. Tipper and his Clerk came in, when Mr. Tipper call'd me by my Name, and asked me if I knew him, which I deny'd, and said my Name was Jones, but being carried directly before Clonel-D was and in my Pocket was , the Agreement between and my Wife, Bills of Parcels and Receipts, and notwithstanding this, I still deny'd either knowing Mr. Tipper, on that my Name was Brabart though there were present a Milliner who lived the Neighbourhood, of whom I had be spoke for me and my Wife 200 l. worth of Linnen, and also a Gentleman of whom I bought a Diamond Ring for 5 Guineas, and of whom I had be spoken a Gold repeating Watch, both of whom confronted me, so that I was committed to Newgate , The above Ring, with another, I gave to my Wife, which I have often since repented, she never sending or bringing me any Relief since my Confinement. The four Guineas brought into Newgate with me, being soon gone, I made the Case known to my Brother in the Country, and desired he would come up to Town and advance the Money for me, in order to mittigate my Prosecution. He came to London and to see me Newgate , but never came near me afterwards. I gave over all Hopes, and expected nothing but a Tryal, unless I could by any means make my Escape, which was my last Hopes Being out the Master Side, I constantly kept up Stairs, the Turnkey had no Opportunity of seeing me so often as the other Prisoners, I thought Practicable to go out in a Disguise at the amongst Strangers, for this End, I a Waistcoat and Breeches for 2 l. 5 s. part of which Money I was to have given to a Fellow one John Collins , to let me have his Clothes, and to assist in cutting off my which he did , but in the Morning of the Day my Design was to have been put in Execution, my Escape was by some other Prisoner who was informed thereof discovered to the Turnkey, who immediately double ironed me, and put me on the Common-Side, where to my Shame I met with a just Fate, and earnestly entreat all young Men to take Warning by me, RICHARD BRABANT . An Account of John Davis alias David . MR. Monck of Stratford, and some other Gentlemen, being with this Criminal on Monday last, to desire he would speak the Truth concerning an Accusation of Deer-stealing, severely, prosecuted in Essex against that Gentleman and another, on his single Evidence. He deferr'd the giving any such Account till Wednesday Morning, when he desired Mr. Bayes, of the Green-Man at Epping-Forest, to attend him, and promised to make a full and free Confession. But doubting that so near his End he might not be in a proper Temper or Condition to do it, he sent on Tuesday for the Printer of this Paper, and frankly made the following Confession. That on the 21st of Sept. 1738, the Prisoner, with his Brother William David , went out to rob in Essex ; one on Horseback, the other on Foot, in order to command the Path as well as the publick Road; and meeting one Mr. Hill and his Wife, near Gray's, they robbed them of a pack of Goods. Some Horsemen coming up, and Mr. Hill telling them his Cafe, they readily agreed to go in quest of the Robbers. Mr. Hill sat down his Wife at an Alehouse, and went with them thither; in about two Hours after William came to ask his Way; John who was on Foot, and more readily knowing the Country made his Escape. As soon as Mrs. Hill had Sight of the Man, old some Persons who were drinking in the House, that this was one of the Rogues. They run out immediately, seized his Bridle, and before he could hindle his Pistol, (which, with the Horse were his Brothers) they got the better of him, Carried him to a Justice, and he was committed to Chemsford Goal ; and at the next Assizes tried and capitally convicted, but repriev'd Transportation before the Judges left the after this, the Prisoner went to Mr. and desired to have a little Talk with him so going into a Field, adjoining, Sir, says threatened to be taken up for a High- Robbery, I had the Fortune to find some Things between Grave and Orser, and some People say I did not come by them honestly. What must I do John, says the Gentleman, if you did find them, you came by them honestly enough no can hurt you, you need fear nothing. Upon this they parted, within a Day or two from this, Mr. Monck being at London, the Town Farrier who shoes his coming to him one Morning, asked it he had heard of this Robbery between Gray's and Orset? he answered, No; but the Farrier's Question alarmed him, and he began to suspect that David was the Man; so he resolv'd to send an Account of this Conversation, and a Description of his Person Mr. Hill, who back Wrd, that he was certainly the Man, and prayed he might be seized. Mr. Monck had him secur'd, and Mr. Hill swore to him, upon which he was committed to the Compter; where he contrived the Information against Mr. Collcut and Monck, partly out of Revenge, and partly to destroy any Evidence that Mr. Monck might give against him. On Tuesday Evening, the Night before his Execution, he desired to speak with the Printer of the Dying-Speeches, who being come Sir, says he, I have something to tell you which gives me great Uneasiness, and I beg you would insert it in your Paper, to do Justice to those injured Persons, whom (as I am a dying Man, and am shortly to appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ, to answer for my wicked Actions) I have basely wronged. Sometime since, at the Instigation of a Noble Lord's Bailiff (whom he named) I swore falsly against that worthy Gentleman Mr. Collcut of Hounsditch, late deceased, and his Son-in-law Mr. Monck, for Deer Stealing; for which I heartily ask Pardon and Forgiveness of Mr. Monck, and I hope God of his infinite Mercy will forgive me, as I do all the World. March 17, 1740. Witness to the above Confession. Stephen John Torbuck , Thomas Joliffe . An Account of JOHN CATT , Written by himself. AS I am sensible the World will reflect of a poor Wretch who makes his Exit in the unhappy Manner I shall in a few Days do, I thought it necessary to say something of myself, in order that Persons may not think me guilty of Crimes I did not actually commit; these Reflections joined with those of making Restitution for past Offences, as the latter's entirely out of my Power, I hope the World will forgive me for publishing this of myself; for I can only at present discover the various Methods I took to defraud his Majesty and his Subjects, which I heartily repent of, and hope God will forgive me; as on the other Hand I forgive all the World, and die in Peace with Mankind. To begin it will be unnecessary to give no Account of my Parents, by Reason they are not answerable for my Transactions, therefore nothing very material happening till I came to the Age of Man, I shall recount my Adventures from that Time. The first Acquaintance I had was with one R - who let me into the Method of Smuggling Goods from Holland, and in order that we might the more safely carry on our concerted Schemes, 3 more of the same Inclination as myself, after we had taken an Oath of Secrecy, subscrib'd to the following Articles. Imprimis, That we should stand by one another till Death, not fearing to spill the last Drop of Blood in Defence of our Companions. II. That no one of the Gang, should hazard any Thing by himself on Pain of being discarded by the rest. III. That we should know where to find each other at an Hours Warning. IV. That if any of the Gang should happen, to be taken, that the rest should rescue him if possible, if not to allow him a sufficient Maintenance to support him during the Time of his Confinement. These Articles we all swore to very solemnly, and then we consulted in what manner to proceed, and arm'd ourselves with Pistols and Cutlasses, that we might be able to make a resolute Defence in Case of an Attack. Our first Contrivance to bilk the Officers was perform'd in the following Manner; we had a Quantity of Tea, and knowing the Officers would be in Pursuit of us, we loaded several Horses, and concealed them in a Field near the Road Side, about 3 Miles from Lewis in Sussex, five of us being ready likewise concealed along with them; we had order'd two of our Companions to go forward, who had two Horses lightly loaded with Tea, as judging whereabouts the Officers would lay in wait for us. It happen'd according to our Expectation, for our Companions had not got above half a Mile from us, before they espyed the Officers coming to give them a Salute, which they being aware of, pretended to fly; and while they were in pursuit of them, we took our Opportunity to convey our Goods into the Town, and planted them safe before they could have any Intelligence of us. But to return to our Companions, they had led the Officers in Chase a long Time, 'till being afraid of giving them too great an Opportunity, they threw their Loads of their Horses, and giving them a Spur, soon got clear, by Reason the Pursuers staid to take the Prize, which was about an Ct. and a half of Tea, whilst we made sure of upwards of 1800 lb. We by such Methods as these, we carry'd on our fraudulent Practices very successfully for some Time, till at last they had better Intelligence of us, and came up to us when we had got a Waggon Load of Goods; but finding us ver, resolute, they thought it adviseable to desist, and let us carry off our Booty, tho we had a skirmish, and in this Action I lost my Horse; they sent a Spy after us unperceived, who brought them Intelligence where we went, and we had like to have lost our Booty, but one of our People being vigilant, brought us Intelligence of our being smoaked, and about that Time we had admitted 10 more into our Number, so thought ourselves able to make a vigorous Defence; and accordingly taking our Goods into the middle of a Field, they came up to us, but finding our Number increased, only a slight Encounter happen'd, in which Action the rest of our Gang happening to approve of my Courage, honoured me with the Name of Captain, a very glorious Title I thought at that Time, but since find to my fatal Cost a very unhappy Title it proved to me. We now begun to grow so daring, that it was thought necessary to reinforce the Officers with more Men, in order to put a Stop to our Proceedings; but we having Intelligence, had recourse to Fraud, and so still managed our Matters very well. I cannot help taking Notice here, that we thought ourselves in no unjustifiable Actions, tho' unlawful ones, and I was so unhappy as to imagine, that our Crimes we were committing every Day, was not contrary to the Laws of Reason and Nature, tho' to those of Man; (though if he had a right Sense of Things, he would have known, that it was as much Injustice, as to rob on the Highway, or do any other Action which might justly incense the Civil Government to cut him off as an ill Weed.) There happen'd during the Course of our illegal Actions, to come a Person into the Country who kept his Coach, him some of our Gang having a Knowledge of he bought 400 wt. of Tea of us, which he concealed in the Seats, and other Parts of the Coach very artfully, as judging no Person would suspect him; but he was for 3 or 4 of our Gang, and myself agreed to go and make Information against him, which we accordingly did, and after he had paid us our Money twice, I thought this a very bad Action to serve him in this manner, and heartily ask his Pardon for so doing. One Time we had a Quantity of Tea lodg'd at a certain Place near Lewis, and fearing who was then pretty much about, it out, we call'd a Consultation, and agreed in order to divert their pursuit, to use the following Stratagem. We got a Quantity of Bags, which we iffed with Hay. Straw, and ty'd, them hard down, and when we had so done; we convey'd them to a certain empty House. As soon as we had done this, two of my Companions and I went to the Officers, and pretending we had a Quarrel with the rest, we would Discover where they might seize a very large Quantity of Tea; now they being before apprehend of our real Booty, thought sure, so sent one of their Friends along with to see the Place, and So ten of our Companions being for the Purpose, pretended to give sent with us his Cue, whom was told introduced as our Friends, the poor Fellow obey'd us exactly we came to the appointed Place, he was introdu ced accordingly. When he came to the Room, mark'd 100 wt. wt. and a half, so that it seem'd when he had thought 4 back to the Person they sent, continued so they preparing being about twenty in Number, we be absent, left our Companions suspects, readily agreed to, so here gone more of our Company, went and con the real having ten Company imaginary one, who for they soon opened they for the Time, upward this of whole Black the of we but and sent to I was and William Thompson , carry'd over by Capt. I sincerely wish that my untimely Exit and that reform; for they will find that a honest manner, will being more Satisfaction, than a Pound acquired N. B. A horrid and villainous Design was on to rescue the late Criminals out of Goa, in the Dead-Warrant, by a Body of Smugglers and Irish, and tended to be in Execution on Tuesday, being St. Patrick's Day, which was, the Day before the Malefactors were to die. Some few Days before they were to luster, Quail, one, of the condemn'd Persons, gave an Information, to the Head Keeper, That Catt, the noted Smuggler, said he could for his Part, raise a Posse; and likewise Hunt and Cassody said, they could raise among the Irish to the Number of 40, or more, in order to rescue them out of the abovesaid Goal, which was to be done in the following Manner, by killing the Person who kept the outward Door of the Press Yard, by which they would be Master of the Key; and then to Murder the Head Keeper (and any Gentleman that might be with him) and the Runner who are to the Place This information was confirm'd to the Head Keeper Jenny Diver , alias Young , within an Hour after Quail's information, and also by Jenny Diver Companion, which is repriev'd for ready to confirm the same. Head-Keeper, as well as his Servants, who do their Duty, and too merciful Way; the horrid Contrivance was discover'd and prevented by the aforesaid Quail and to render those more out the reach of Behalf, Hunt and Cassody, two of the most desperate of the Irish Gag were search'd as they came down from Chapel, and in searching them, they found a large clasp'd Knife in Pocket, and another of much the same Demensions conceal'd Cassody's Armpit; upon which both of them were immediately stappled down to their respective Cells, in which Condition they continued till put into the Cart for Execution. These Knives answer'd exactly to the Description that had been given of them by the above Quail, and confirm'd by Others to the Head-Keeper and therefore 'twas judg'd adviseable to secure those, they were found upon in the Manner above mention'd. P. S. the above Escape was propos'd by Hunt, to George Stacey , as they went to Chappel; whereupon Stacey made Answer, That he would be no Ways concern'd; for he had committed a great many enormous Crimes, and GOD forbid he should be guilty of Murder. FINIS

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THE Ordinary of NEWGATE HIS ACCOUNT OF THE Behaviour and last dying Words OF Edward Bird , Gent . Who was Executed at TYBURN on Monday the 23d of February,1719, for the MURDER OF SAMUEL LOXTON , At the Bagnio in Silver-street , Westminster . LONDON Printed for J. Jefferies, and sold by S. Briscoe near Mr. Mist’s in Great Carter-lane. THE Ordinary of NEWGATE His Account, &c. EDward Bird , Gent. condemn’d for the Murder by him committed on the Person of Samuel Loxton , a Servant in Mr. Seedwell’s Bagnio Silver-street , in the Parish of St. James Westminstert on the 25th of September last. This Mr. Bird, aged about 27 years, said to be born of wealthy Parents at Old Windsor , was well brought up by them, who gave him a Christian and Gentlemen-like Education. They put him early to the Care and Instruction of the late Reverend Dr. Busby, Master of Westminster School; and thence, when pretty well advanc’d in his Learning, remov’d him to Eaton College . After some stay there, they finding his Inclination was to see the World abroad, fitted him out for his Travels; and then he made a Tour in France , and went also into Italy , &c. When he had spent some time abroad in foreign Countries, and seen variety of Things (which, whether he improve’d and made good use of, or no, I shall leave to the Judgment of others) he return’d into England, and not long after had a Lieutenant ’s Commission in the Regiment of Horse commanded by the Lord Marquess of Winchester. Before this, he had in a great measure, given himself up to a vicious Course of Life; and his evil Inclinations growing stronger in him, he at last abandon’d himself to all manner of Lewdness and Debauchery; the Consideration whereof I put close to him, endeavouring to bring him to a due Sense and true Repentance of his past Follies. And here I put him in mind likewise of his ill Usage to a Virtuous Gentlewoman he formerly married, defiling the Marriage Bed, &c. While, I was laying these things, and many more of a heinous nature, before him, and telling him, that the World abroad rung of them, he deny’d them not; but said, he was not guilty of Murder, the Crime he stood condemn’d for; and that, as to other Sins, he had begg’d Pardon of GOD for them, and did not doubt of his Mercy. Many private Admoniions and Directions I gave him, and offer’d to pray by him in his Chamber, which I did when he gave me leave; but very often he defin’d me to spare that Part of my Service, because be was very busy, was to write Letters, expected Company, and suchlike frivolous Excuses. All the time he was under Confinement in Newgate, I could not perswade him to come to Prayer, and hear the Word of GOD in the Chapel, which he might have had an Opportunity to do twice every day for the most part of that time; which was between the 26th of September last and this Day of his Execution. And the Reason of his so long Consinement before he was brought to his Trial, is this. When he should have been try’d at the Sessions held in the Old-bailey in October last, he pleaded he was not ready for his Defence, and so his Trial was put off to the next Sessions, to be held in the Month of December then following: But before that time came, he falling sick, and the Physicians, who visited him, making Affidavit, that he was not in a fit Condition to be remov’d out of his Chamber, the Court did again defer his Trial to the Sessions beginning on Thursday the 15th, and ending on Monday the 19th of January last. Then he was arraign’d, try’d, and convicted of Murder, and accordingly receiv’d Sentence of Death. After this I repeated my Visits to him, and desir’d to have been more frequent than before in them; but I found him always so busie, sometimes in Writing, and at other times with Company, that I could hardly have any Opportunity to speak to him of his Future State. Nevertheless I endeavour’d to prepare him for his great Change, and for a better Life, by perswading him sincerely to repent of all the Sins he had committed in this, and earnestly to pray for GOD’s Pardon and Mercy, through the nfinite Merits of CHRIST: Which if he did not now he had time; for it, I desir’d him seriously to consider what might become of him to all Eternity. To this he seem’d to give a little Attention; but something coming into his Mind which he said he must do presently, he desir’d me to leave him; saying, he would send for me another time, when he was at leisure. Accordingly he did, but when I came to him, I found he had not sent for me to pray by him, or discourse him about Divine Matters, but only to shew me the Draught of a Paper which he said he had prepar’d by the help of a Friend, and which he intended to publish. Upon this, after I had (as he desir’d I should) read it, I told him plainly, that the Drist of that Paper, being to insinuate he had not Justice done him at his Trial, he must not think that the World would believe him to be (as he endeavour’d to appear) innocent of the Murder he Was condemn’d for. Having freely declar’d my Mind to him in this Matter, and that according to my Judgment (who was at his Tryal, from the beginning to the end) I thought him justly convicted of that Murder; and that I would advise him to reflect upon one but himself; who would certainly (if he did Impartially consider the thing) acknowledge his Guilt, and repent of it. At this he seem’d to be uneasie; but I told him, That though I was very unwilling to offer any thing to a Gentleman that might grate upon his Spirit, or be unacceptable to him; yet it was my Duty to make his Sins as odious to him as I could, in order to bring him to a just Abhorrence and Detestation of them; adding, That if he would please to consider the vicious Steps that had led him to this barbarous Crime, he would find abundance of Sins (besides this) to repent of; which he must do before he y’d, or else be eternally undone. To this he said but little, and so I left him for that time. When I came to him afterwards, sometimes (if it was in the Morning) he desir’d me to come in the Afternoon: And if in the Afternoon, to come the next Morning; so he did industriously endeavour to trifle away his Time, and set aside all Thoughts of his approaching Dissolution. On Saturday last I exhorted him to come the next day to the Chapel, and apply himself entirely to holy Meditation, Prayer, and hearing the Word of GOD with due Attention and sincere Devotion; but I could not perswade him to come, nor indeed at this time to let me pray by him; he alledging, his Head was so full of other Matters, that he could not mind any thing else, and those other Matters (Which related to his Tryal) were contain’d in a printed Proof of a Paper (not that before mention’d) which he shew’d me, and which he said he was now correcting, in order to be put to the Press. Yesterday being the Lord’s Day, I visited him in his Chamber, and did the like this Morning; when understanding that he had the Night before took a Dose of Poison, and after that stabb’d himself in several places, I told him, that I was sorry to hear he had added Sin to Sin, by attempting to commit a fresh Murder, and that too upon himself: To which he reply’d That be did not think it a Sin, because he was in die. Whereupon I endeavour’d to make him sensible he had no Power over his own Life; and, that by this he put himself in danger of carrying his Guilt unrepented of into another World. As there was all along great Endeavours us’d to save his Life. So I observed to him, that neither the Solicitations of his Friends, nor his own Attempts upon himself, were able to prevent GOD’s just Judgments against Murder, &c. At the Place of Execution, whither he was this Day carry’d in a Mourning-Coach, I attended him for the last time; and when he was remov’d out of that Coach, (wherein he had stay’d about an Hour with his Mother after his Arrival there) I pray’d with him in the Cart, gave him some Exhortations, sung a Penitential Psalm, made him rehearse the Apostles Creed; and then wishing him that Life he had made Profession to believe, I retir’d from him. One of the 3 Clergymen that went with me to see the Execution did step into the Cart when I was come away but could, work no Good on him; who, instead of applying himself to his Devotion, and desiring the Spectators to pray for him, and take Warning by him, turn'd himsell st one way, then another, and, call’d for a Glass of Wine; but being told it could not be got there for him, he defin’d, Pinch of Snuff; and taking it, he bow’d to the Gentlemen near the Cart, and said Gentlemen, I wish your Health. After this he was ty’d up turn’d off, and bled very much at the Mouth or Nose, or both. Monday, Feb. 23, 1718. This is the melcholy Account here to be given of this Dying Person, by me PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Advertisements. ROBERT WHITLEDGE , at the Bible and Ball in Ave-Maria-lane , Selleth all sorts of Bibles and Common Prayers, viz. The Three new large Folio Bibles printed at Oxford: The English and French Common Prayer: All orts of Common Prayer-books, illustrated with Sture’s Cuts, Vnder acht’s best Cuts or painted Cuts (rul’d or unrul’d) or without; bound in Shagrine, with Silver Work or without, or in any other manner of Binding: Near Pocket Bible, with the Cambridge Concordance: Books of Devotion, the Sacrament, History, &c. And all sorts of Bibles, Common Prayers, and other Books for the Use of Charity (and other) Schools. Likewise the Statutes at large, Books of Homilies, Duty of Man, &c. and Letter-Cases of all sorts, by, Wholesale and Retail. Note, Also Welsh Bibles and Common Prayers. In the Press, and will speedlily be Published, the 5th Edition of THE Works of Mr. Tho Brown , Serious, Mortal, and Comical, in Prose and Verse with his Ausement; adapted to the Meri of London; at the present Time: And Letter from the Dead to the Living, corrected from the Errors of the former impression, adorn’d wit beautiful Cuts, newly design’d and engrav'd by the best Master To which is added, The Life and Characiter of Mr. Browns, and his Writings: Now recommended to the Publick by Sir Richard Steel . In 4 neat Pocket Volumes, on a new Elzevir Letter. In a few Days will be Publish'd. THE Purchaser’s Pattern, in 2 parts; I, Shewing the true Value of Land or Houses, by Lease, or otherwise. Whereunto is added many Rules for the valuing of the ruin’d Foundations in the City of London, and for the composing of Differences etween Landlord and Tenant about rebuilding them, also Rules and Tables for the valuing of all Party-walls; with Tables of Interest and Rebate at 6 per Cent. 2. The measuring of Land, Board, Timber, c. correcting the false ways us’d by many therein; also the Art of Gauging much enlarg’d, shewing not only the measuring of Wine, Beer, and Ale-Vessels, but also the gauging of all manner of Brewers Tuns: with Tables of the Excise of Beer and Ale. Also many other Rules and Tables of Weights and Measures, Foreign and Domestick. Tables of Accompts, Expences, c. The 6th Edition: By H. Phillips. Philomath. Printed for E. Sy, the Corner of Popes bead-alley in Cornbill.

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THE TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE CONFESSION AND EXECUTION Of Francis Nicholson Who was Executed this present Wednesday, being the 27th of this instant October,1680. And Hang'd up in Chains. AT Hownslow-Heath ,For Murthering of one John Dimbleby AT HAMPTON-COURT This being his own true Confession both to the Ordinary of Newgate, and several other Ministers and others who came to him whilst he continued in Prison, and have hereunto subscribed their Names to attest the Truth of this Relation. MY Father was a Malster in Lancashire who lived in good reputation, my Mother is now a Widow, that liveth in credit and is well beloved, and they gave me good Education, but I was a disobedient and unruly Son to a loving and tender Mother. I never heard of any of my Kindred that was guilty of Theft Murder, or any such horrid Crimes before my self, for which I have justly brought this death upon me, nor did I ever hear of any of my Relations that were ever cast into any Goal or Prison before. My neglect of duty to my Mother, caused me to fall into the acquaintance of ill company of other lude fellows in whom I took too much delight, and the more sleighted the care and counsel of my Mother. By frequenting such bad company I fell with them to drinking, and to spend my time and money vainly at the Alehouse; though my Mother and Friends sought to draw me from it, for the bad acquaintance I had prevailed more with me. And then we fell breaking the Sabbath day, by our meeting at the Alehouse, and other bad places, when we should have been at Church serving God, to the grief of my tender Mother. And by these evil doings I got so bad an habit, that I grew careless how to put my self into any way to live in any good course of Life. And being thus unsetled in my mind I did consent to a young man of my unhappy acquaintance to joyn with him in stealing of an Horse, for us to ride to London and seek for some imployment there. I had very little money to carry me up, and was too stubborn to seek to my Mother: but helping a Drover whom I overtook with Beasts, I had Diet and Lodging in my journey till I came to London with him. But I had money and necessaries sent after me, by my Mother to London, of which I was very glad for I knew not what course to take And then I put my self Apprentice to a Carpenter a very honest good man, who was a loving Master tome; and gave me good education, and was a loving Master to me and to whom I was much obliged for his care, of me, and well pleased with his Service. And though he had divers pieces of Plate about the house, and other good Goods yet I did never wrong him of any thing by any Theft or Pilfering. But I robbed both God and my Master of too much time with naughty company that I found out, in drinking, and merry meeting, and lewdness, and sin. And I did greatly profane the Sabbath day by neglecting the Church, and meeting with my acquaintance, walking about and sitting in an Alehouse, and a very bad life, so that I have some times thus spent the whole Sabbath day, from nine a clock in the morning until midnight, and then have come home drunk. And in all this I was not sensible of my miserable condition, by thus provoking God by my Sins, in which it was Gods mercy to spare me, and give me time repent had I grace .to have improved it. But that which is most dreadful upon my Conscience is, this bloody Fact for which I am to die, which eth as a very sore and heavy burden upon my soul; and for which I can give no reason why I did it, but the instigation of the Devil tempting to it when I was drunk, and not having the fear of gold before mine Eyes, and my senses gone with drink, I was thus overcome of Satan, and took up my Hatchet, and (oh my Soul bleeds to think of it) I murdered that man that never did me injury. I was there at work for my Master, and had opportunity (being from home) to spend my time more ill, and not having God in my thoughts, I lived profane and lewdly. But this I can say (I thank God) I never did commit Whoredom with any Woman; but ill company, Sabbath-breaking, drunkenness, disobedience to Parents, profaness, and other Sins I have been deeply guilty of. The Lord be merciful to me, and pardon and forgive me for the sake of my dear Saviour Jesus Christ. When I had committed this horrid Murder for which I am to die, there was another young man that was suspected to have done it, and was apprehended upon that suspition. But when upon further inquiry I was found out (by a Watch I took out of his Pocket) to be the man that did it I was apprehended, and confessed that it was I that murdered him. Then I was asked if the other young man in custody upon suspition, did not joyn with me, or hire me, or set me on do it, and whether he had not some hand with me in it. To which I (like a wicked Wretch) affirmed that he hired me, and promised to give me forty shillings, and a better thing; and so he came to be indicted with me, and put in danger or his Life. But this wrong that I did to him hath much troubled me, and I thank God that the Jury did acquit him: And though he was acquitted, yet I could not be quiet in my mind till I sent for him, and I thank him that he came to me, and when he came to me, I heartily asked him forgiveness, and he hath as freely forgiven me. Since I have been condemned to die, I have been much troubled in Conscience for all my sinful and naughty Life, especially for this bloody and wicked murder, which is a very great terror to me, fearing left God will not pardon so vile a Sin, yet not despairing, so that I have been greatly dejected; and my Soul dead, stupified, under the terror and wrath of God, not knowing what to do. But since the help I have had from the Ordinary, and other godly Ministers, who have conferred with me, and prayed with me, and for me. and instructed me out of Gods word, both together with other condemned Prisoners, and privately with my self, (the Lord requite them for their great pains) I lave found some hopes of mercy from God through Christ Jesus my Saviour, who died for me, which 1 prize more than my life. I am very sensible of Gods mercies to me, a wicked wretch that deserve not what I have already received, though like a wicked unthankful creature I have not improved but abused them heretofore, but do now in deep sense of them, magnifie Gods goodness therein. I confess it is a great mercy from God to me (praised be his holy Name) that my life hath not been cut off in the midst of the very act of Sins, and been cast into Hell torments for ever, but that God spared me and gave me time to repent; and offered me the blessed means and helps that I have found here in Prison. I confess it is Gods great mercy to me (by means of those worthy Ministers that have visited me) to assist, teach, counsel, and comfort me in the way of peace, and reconciliation with God through Christ; in which I have found a great change in me and hope of mercy. I confess that it is a great mercy and favour to me to move the heart of the Recorder and others that have given me so long time of repentance, after the sentence of Death passed upom me, before my Execution too, methinks I find my heart dayly more and more humbled, my sorrow for my Sins to encrease, and my hopes of mercy and pardon of my sins, and of the salvation of my Soul move more lively in me. And I thank the Lord that by his providence and grace, he hath under this sad dispensation of Death, brought my mind into a willing and hearty submission to his Will. I am not troubled that I must die in submission to Gods providence, I do not much desire to live any longer, only settle my peace with God, hoping when I die, through Gods mercy to enjoy Life Eternal through Jesus Christ my Saviour. It is not Life in this World, nor any thing of this Life that I wrastle with God for; I thank God I hang loose to all Worldly things. But it is the mercy of God to my Soul, and the blood of Christ to wash away my sins, and to save my Soul that I labour for, peace of Conscience and Eternal Life that I earnestly seek for. Oh my fins, my Sins, these are my sorrows, therefore I beg unto God day and night in the dark Dungeon where I lie in Fetters of Iron, what ever the Lord doth with me in this Life and what ever I suffer, that my sins may be pardoned and that my poor sinful soul may be saved, and I do hope to find mercy from God, who hath promised mercy to those that confess their sins and repent and call upon him, and though my sins are very great, yet my comfort is that his mercies abound more and are greater than my sins, and the mercies of God towards meaad his great working; upon me since I have been condemned; makes toe also to hope that the Lord intends in mercy to save me though I have been so great a sinner. I do spend my time in my dismal Dungeon I thank God in much prayer in which I find great Comfort from God to my Soul, and sequestering my thoughts from the things of this world that I may more comfortably injoy God. I desire all young men to take warning by me, that you may not bring the wrath of God upon you in the like Judgment that I am under, or some other as dreadful cr more bitter. Had I been Dutiful to my Parents I had not needed to have taken such desperate Courses as I have done. Had I kept the Sabbath holy I had not fallen in such lewd profane company as have brought me to this miserable end. Had I not been drunk I had not committed this horrid Murder. And had I refrained ill company I had not lain under so great temptations to Sin. Had I had grace and wisdom I might have lived as comfortably and as happily as others of my degree. Had I been dutiful to a careful Mother, or obedient to a good Master, I had not come to this sad end, but might have lived to have seen happy days. I pray God I may be a warning to all Children to teach them duty to their Parents, to all Apprentices to teach them to mind first their duty to God, and then the Business they are intrusted by their Masters. And to all young Men to take heed of ill Company, such as delight to Sin: To all Sabbath-breakers to amend and turn to God, left he leave them to Satan and they fall into some dreadful Sin. And to all Drunkards, whose sin therein maketh them Slaves to Satan to commit any desperate wickedness that he tempts them to. This is truly my Confession, witness my Hand Francsi Nichollson. Witness H. Walker, Minister. Richard Paxton , Richard Hawker , Officers . The Confession of Francis Nicholson to Mr. Samuel Smith , Ordinary of Newgate , in relation to his Murthering of John Dimbleby . Francis Nicholson declared voluntarily, and at several times to me Mr. Samuel Smith Ordinary of Newgate , and to vers other persons then present, that he the said Nicholson was not hired by the person Arraigned with him, to commit the said Murther, as he persisted to affirm at his Trial, but the said Asseveration was his meer contrivance, to lessen his own Crime, And farther did Relate, that he had never thought of the Coachman, had not the man at the Toy at Hampton-Court asked him the question when he was before the Justice, whether or no the Coachman was not concerned with him. saying surely some body must set him on to do it, and thinking thereby to clear himself, was the only reason of his charging of the Coachman with that bloody Act. Whereupon I Samuel Smith told him that he ought to send for the Person he had so wronged and to beg his Pardon, which since he hath done. After the Discovery of such a false Aspersion, I ask’d the said Nicholson, what moved him to murther the person, he said that having drank hard one Night in Company, he wisht that God would damn him if he did not try to kill a Man, and affirmed from that very time, for a fortnight together, the Devil did so haunt him, that he had no rest in his mind, by the Tempters urging him to make good his Vow, for otherwise he would be certainly Damned. He said that it was indifferent to him whom he killed, Io fee killed some Body to ease his mind. That he watcht an opportunity to kill the person at Himpton-Court but his heart failed him several times, yet being left to himself, by God for his wicked imprecation or wish, he was so hurried on by the Devil to effect that Murther, that he could not withstand it for he declared to me several times that it neither proceeded from any Grudg or Malice, nor hope of Gain, yet after he had killed the Man, he searcht his Pockets and took out a Watch; also he said tome that this troubles his Conscience very much, that he killed the Man on a sudden, and so dying without prepatation, he knows not in what state or Condition his Soul is in. Ita Testor, Samuel Smith LONDON Printed by D. Mallet,1680.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, OF FOUR MALEFACTORS, VIZ. Matthew James , Edward Williams , John Rouson , and John Ward , Who were executed at Tyburn , on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 1765. BEING THE Third Execution in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Hon. Sir William Stevenson , Knt. LORD-MAYOR of the City of LONDON . NUMBER II. for the said Year. 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. 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 Stephenson , Knt. 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 ; George Perrott , Esq. one of the barons of the Exchequer ; Jame 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 16th, Thursday the 17th, Friday the 18th, and Saturday the 19th of January, in the fifth year of his majesty's reign, seven persons were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death for their several crimes in their indictments, viz. Matthew James , Edward Williams , John Rouson , John Robinson , John Ward , Richard Deale , and John Sullivan . On Wednesday the 6th of February, 1765, the report of the said malefactors was made to his majesty by Mr. Recorder. Four of them were ordered for execution on Wednesday, February the 13th, viz. Matthew James , Edward Williams , John Rouson , and John Ward . - John Robinson for house-breaking, John Sullivan for stealing two guineas, the property of John-Charles Teircher , and Richard Deale for stealing a black gelding, were respited. 1. Matthew James was indicted for feloniously forging a bill of exchange, purporting to bear date at Hull, September the 15th, 1764, and to have been drawn by Robert Thorley , Christopher Thorley , and William King , merchants and partners , directed to Mess. Rumbolt and Walker, merchants, in Liverpool , for the payment of 40l. 12s. to the order of James Holmes ; and for publishing the same, knowing it to have been forged and counterfeited, with intent to defraud William Taylor , and also to defraud Mess. Thorleys and King, October 17. He was indicted at the sessions in December last, for forging a counterfeit bill of exchange for the Payment of 30l. in words and figures following: " Liverpool , August 16, 1764. "At one month pay this first bill of exchange, to the order of " John Hall , the sum of 30l. value received in cash, which place "to account, as per advice, " Richard Scott . "To mess. Thomas and William Croft , " merchants in London . "Accepted Sept. 3. William Croft . On the back " John Hall and Robert Sconswer ." And for publishing the same knowing it to be forged, with intention to defraud Ralph Fenwicks , Sept. 11. Of this indictment he was acquitted. Matthew James , commonly called Captain James, was born of very reputable and religious parents, who constantly attended their church, and brought him up in the same manner, teaching him that to fear God and to depart from evil, was the only way to be happy in time and in eternity. As he afterwards found, by woful experience, that the neglect of the good instructions given him by his parents, had brought him into great trouble in this world, and likewise to a shameful and ignominious death. He had a very liberal education: As he grew up he seemed inclined to go to sea, and therefore was taught every thing necessary to fit him for an able seaman . When he was of proper age he went to sea and behaved very well. He was sometime mate of a merchant-ship, and had a very good character. He married a wife, by whom he had several children. After some time his brother and he bought two ships between them, one of which he commanded, and went through many hardships. He was near 25 years of age. He was of a very lively disposition, which made many that saw him, while under sentence of death, conclude, by his behaviour, that he had no thoughts of a future state; but when I spoke to him in private, and laboured to impress upon his conscience, the certainty of a judgment to come, and the punishment that would be inflicted upon those that died impenitent, he wept bitterly, and said, Though he was of a chearful disposition, yet when he was alone he seriously reflected upon that unalterable state he was so soon to enter upon, and that this made him earnestly cry to God to have mercy upon his immortal soul. He said he had no earthly concern but the disgrace he had brought upon his family, and the distress his dear wife, and children, and mother, were in on his account. He declared the first cause of his ruin was, a disregard of the good instructions given him, and particularly the neglect of prayer, both public and private. "O sir! said he, if men did but fear God and worship him, they would be happy in this world and in that which is to come: by neglecting of this I have been led from one sin to another, till at last I married a second wife, though I had a modest one at that time living. My second wife, together with her mother, was the cause of my ruin; for not having money to supply their extravagancies, they first put me upon forging. I forged several bills of exchange upon merchants that I knew, and at last that for which I am to suffer." He owned himself to be guilty of forging the bill that he was tried for the sessions before last. The Sunday before he suffered he received the holy sacrament, and behaved in a very decent manner. He desired all young men to take warning by him, and not keep bad company, but to fear God and walk in the ways of his commandments, if they would escape misery in time and eternity. He constantly flattered himself with the hopes of a reprieve, and said, his interest was so great, that if he was not reprieved he believed no one ever would. May God grant he may be a warning to all others, to deter them from that vile practice for which he suffered, and for which many have suffered within these few years last past! 2. Edward Williams was indicted for that he on the 17th of of December, about the hour of two in the night, the dwelling-house of Ralph Verney , Esq. commonly called earl Verney, of the kingdom of Ireland , did break and enter, and stealing one silver cup, val. 20s. one silver spoon, val. 20s. six silver plates, val. 12l. three silver chocolate-stands, val. 30s. six silver teaspoons, val. 12s. three silver table-spoons, three silver saucepans, one silver cream-jug, and a silver boat, the property of the said earl. There were five other indictments against him this sessions. Edward Williams was born of very poor parents, who gave him no education. He was not brought up to any business, and declared, he was a thief from his youth. He afterwards became so expert in house-breaking, that he said, There was no house but he could get into it, either at the top or the bottom. While he was under sentence of death he behaved very penitent, and day and night cried earnestly to God to have mercy upon his soul, and pardon his sins. He said, he believed he had more sins to answer for than all the men in the world. He made a free and open confession of all the robberies that he had committed which he could remember. The following he desired might be made public, after his decease, for the clearing the innocent, and the satisfaction of those he had robbed. He declared he never was tried upon any indictment but he was guilty of the robberies. He particularly desired me to mention that of Sir John Dykes , in Kent ; which was done in the following manner: The house being moted round, and the boat at the farther side of the mote, he did not know how to get over; but at last, finding two ladders at a hay-rick and some ropes, which he carried to the side of the mote, he fastened a rope to the top of the longest ladder, and then with the assistance of the rope he let the end of the ladder gently down upon the side of the boat, and then went with the other ladder into the boat, and set it in the boat to get over the wall into the garden, and from thence he got into the house. The things that he got out of this house he sold to Abraham Levi . He declared he had no accomplices in this robbery. He, in company with one Morgan, (brother to the noted Morgan who lately broke out of Newgate) and Gregory Wilkinson , since transported, did break open the duke of Devonshire's house. Morgan and Williams went over the wall, and Wilkinson watched at the outside. When they were got over the wall, there was a tame deer came running to them. Morgan wounded it. They then got down into the area, and afterwards into the kitchen, where they saw a man sitting asleep by the fire; but this did not deter them from proceeding. They could not find any thing of value, but shirts and linen, a large quantity of which they carried off and sold to Seamphy a Jew, who has been since transported. Stephenson, Morgan and Williams, also robbed a silversmith's shop, near Cripplegate . They went across the churchyard, and Stephenson danced over his father's grave. They then got into the back part of the house, and let themselves out at the door. Williams could not remember whether they sold the things they took from the shop to Seamphy or Levi. They afterwards broke open a house in New Bridge-street -buildings, from which they took a considerable quantity of linen, which they disposed of to Seamphy the Jew.. Williams and Stephenson robbed a gentleman's house at Eltham , in Kent ; from thence they took several things, which they sold to Seamphy the Jew; they also took a fowling-piece, which Stevenson cut into two, to make it more portable. This piece Williams afterwards left under a bridge, with a hanger, when he was pursued, either near Enfield or Hounslow, I cannot particularly tell which. Williams, in company with another person, robbed another house at Eltham , of a quantity of plate, which they disposed of to one of the Jews. As for the robbery of the house in Doctors-Commons and Crag's-Court , he said, he could not remember whether he did rob them or not; for having broke open so many houses, he could not particularly remember half of them. Williams and Stephenson robbed a pawn-broker's shop in Nightingal-Lane ; they took away a quantity of silver watches, buckles, and other goods. Williams, together with Morgan, robbed a pawn-broker's shop in Barbican ; they cut one of the pannels out of the window-shutter: when the watchman was going his rounds, they daubed the place they had begun to cut with mud, that he might not see it. At last they got in; but what goods they took away Williams could not certainly tell; they were sold to Levi the Jew. Williams and Stephenson broke into a linen-draper's shop at Greenwich , and took a large quantity of things, which they sold to the Jew. Most of Williams's accomplices being hanged or transported, he determined to rob by himself. He robbed a silver-smith's shop at Gun-Dock , Wapping , and would have taken away the show-glass, but was prevented by some people going by. About July last he broke into the house of Mr. Courant, in Bedford-Row . He declared he had no acquaintance with any of Mr. Courant's servants, nor with any of the gentlemen's servants whose houses he had robbed. He also robbed several of the houses in that neighbourhood. He could not be positive what way he got into Mr. Courant's house, but he believed he got in at the garret-window, by the assistance of a ladder, whith he got from the new buildings, next the fields; the plate, and other things which he took from thence, he sold to Levi the Jew. In the month of September he broke into the house of governor Holwell, in Harley-Street , Cavendish-Square . He got into the back part of the house by the assistance of a ladder he got from the new buildings; he, by the means of some instrument that he had, wrenched off the hinges of the window-shutter, and got in and took away all the plate and things of value that he found in the house; all which he sold to Abraham Levi the Jew. In the month of October he broke into the house of Thomas Brown , Esq. king at arms , in Bedford-Row . He got into the yard by the assistance of a ladder, and broke into the window of the servant's hall, and took away Mr. Brown's herald's robe, and the other things mentioned in the indictment; all which he sold to Levi the Jew. In November he broke into the house of his grace the duke of Norfolk. He first got upon the leds, and then looked down into a window, where he saw a man's hat lying, and was afraid that there was somebody in the room; but at last he ventured down and got in. He found the silk, mentioned in the indictment, laying in a chair. He said, there was some silk twisted up, which looked like scains of sewing silk. He desired me to insert this particular for the satisfaction of the family, that they might be assured he was the person that was guilty of the robbery. All the things he took he sold to Levi the Jew. In the month of December he broke into the house of the Rt. Hon. the earl of Verney, (which was the last robbery he committed, and that for which he suffered) on the 17th of December, about the hour of one or two in the morning. He got in at the window of the house-keeper's room; the window-shutter was shut, but not barred: he said, if it had, he should soon have got it it open; for he never saw a house in his life but he could break it open. He took away all the plate he could get at, which he sold to Levi the Jew for 4s. an ounce. He said, if it had not been for Levi, and such who receive stolen goods, he never should have continued a thief. It were to be wished that such would consider the heinousness of their crime, and turn to God; for though they may, by turning king's evidence, escape the sword of justice in this world, yet they cannot escape the just judgment of God at the great day. 3. John Rouson was indicted, together with John Robinson , for that they on the 12th of January, about the hour of two in the morning, the dwelling-house of Ann Bennett widow , did break and enter, and stealing six linen shirts, val. 6l. thirty shifts, val. 3l. seventy yards of linen cloth, val. 3l. forty yards of camblet, twenty pair of stays, thirty-seven linen handkerchiefs, and six linen aprons, the property of the said Ann Bennett . Rouson upon this indictment was found guilty Death, and Robinson of felony. Robinson and Rouson were a second time indicted, for that they on the first of January, about the hour of three in the morning, the dwelling house of Jane Victiore widow , and Richard Day , did break and enter, and stealing forty-eight pieces of leather cut for soles, and twenty pieces of leather cut for heels of shoes, val. 5s. the property of the said Jane and Richard, in their dwelling-house. Upon this indictment they were both found guilty Death. John Rouson was born of poor parents, whose circumstances would not admit of their giving him a good education. He was put apprentice to a shoe-maker , and after he was out of his time behaved well for awhile. He married a wife, by whom he had one child; but being of an idle disposition, and living at too high a rate for his income, he at last thought of using unlawful means to support his extravagancies, and got acquainted with John Robinson , who was an old offender and had been tried at the Old-Bailey by another name. Robinson being very expert in theiving, gave such instructions to Rouson, that he also soon became his equal. At last they determined upon house-breaking. About two in the morning, on the 12th of January, they both together broke into the shop of Jane Victiore and Richard Day , and stole a large quantity of leather, which they carried to Rouson's lodgings. Then finding that the watchmen and constables were busy with some men they had taken, they determined to take this opportunity to break into some other house in the neighbourhood. About three o'clock they fixed upon Mrs. Bennett's house, and first broke open the outward door and afterwards the door of the store-celler, where they knew she had a good stock of goods. They took a quantity of shirts and shifts, and many other things that are not mentioned in the indictment, which they carried to the house of Mrs. Clark, in Butcher-Row , who bought them at a very low price. Mary Clark was tried for receiving these goods, knowing them to be stolen, but was acquitted for want of proper evidence. Rouson while under sentence of death behaved very penitent, and constantly attended chapel till he was taken very ill, then I visited him in his cell. He expressed a hope of finding mercy, and said he constantly prayed for it. He said, he freely forgave all his enemies and his prosecutors, for they had not done any thing to him but what in justice they ought, and that he was resigned to suffer the just reward of his deeds. 4. John Ward was indicted, together with Francis Atway not taken, for that they on the king's high-way did make an assault on Edward Williams , putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and violently taking from his person one metal watch, val. 40s. and one hat, val. 5s. the property of the said Edward Williams , January 16. John Ward was born of reputable parents, who gave him a tolerable education. His father being a gause-weaver , he taught him the same business. His parents were Roman Catholics, and brought him up in that religion; he was very strict in it for some time, but getting acquainted with bad company he departed from the fear of God, and lived an abandoned course of life. He went afterwards on board one of his Majesty's ships , where he continued for some time, and then deserted her. He likewise deserted other ships he was aboard of. He was at the taking of Senegal , and many other places in the East-Indies , and in several very desperate engagements with the French fleet, but never was wounded. Three times he was cast away, once he was ship-wrecked, and many other dangers he went through at sea. He married a wife, by whom he had one child. His wife's father being very rich, he expected a fortune with her; but he being displeased with her, on account of her marriage, never gave them any thing, which was a great disappointment to Ward. They at that time were in great want, and he not being able to provide for his wife and child, the child was obliged to go to the workhouse, which grieved him in such a manner, that he said, from that time he did not regard what became of him; and to drown his sorrows, as is the case with too many, he took to drinking, and likewise to defrauding. Atway and Ward being at a public-house, the White-Hart , the corner of Bunhill-Row . About eleven o'clock at night, a lusty gentleman came in genteelly dressed and called for a pint of beer. Atway and Ward consulted to rob him if they could. Accordingly, in order to detain him as long as they possibly could, Ward entertained him with spinning a pewter dish till near twelve o'clock. The gentleman then left the public-house to go home. Ward and Atway desired to acompany him, pretending they lived that way, and persuaded him to go a-cross Moorfields , telling him they would protect him. When they got into the fields they tripped up his heels, then robbed him of the things mentioned in the indictment, and made off with them. What became of Atway, Ward knew not. While under sentence of death he behaved penitently, but being a Roman Catholic, a priest of that church was permitted to visit him. On the Morning of Execution. ABout seven o'clock they were all brought into the Press-yard to be got ready for chapel. Edward Williams brought some part of his irons down in his hand, and said, That he had sawn them in two with a knife which John Robinson , who was respited, had furnished him with. He told me that he did it with a design to make his escape, which he attempted the night before his execution. His design was to have got to the top of Newgate , and to have leaped down the back part, but being weak and faint, and the keeper coming, he was obliged to desist from his attempt. I asked him how he could venture to leap such a height? He said, he believed he could do it without hurting himself; for when prusued, he had leaped out of a two pair of stairs window, and once out of a three pair of stairs into the street without much hurt: but he said he must now receive that reward of his deeds, which he for many years dreaded and deserved, but he was resigned to his fate, and hoped that God would have mercy on his soul. Mr. James told me, that he did not yet believe that he should die. So confident he was of a reprieve, that he gave orders for his breakfast to be got ready for him against he came back to Newgate. John Rouson behaved well, and said he was only going to receive the just reward of his deeds, but said they had saved the greatest rogue of the two, for if it had not been for Robinson, he never should have committed the crime for which he was to suffer. He said he freely forgave all his enemies, and hoped that God would forgive him all his sins. The Romish priest came to administer to John Ward , while Mr. James, and Williams, and Rouson went up to chapel, where they received the holy sacrament and behaved in a decent manner, and prayed near two hours that God would have mercy on their souls. After which they were brought down into the Press-yard and had their irons knocked off. About nine o'clock they were put into two carts to be conveyed to the place of execution. In the way Captain James wept bitterly, and earnestly prayed for mercy, and that God would comfort his poor disconsolate mother and wife. Edward Williams , regardless of the multitude of spectators, with lifted-up hands and eyes to heaven, fervently prayed that God would, for the sake of Jesus Christ, have mercy on him and save his soul. Rouson and Ward behaved in a decent manner. At the place of execution I spent half an hour with them in prayer. John Ward , being a Roman Catholic, turned his back to me. While I was praying with the others he desired to speak to the croud, and addressed them in the following manner: "Look on me, who am going to suffer for my crimes, young "men, and take warning by me, and beware of bad company, especially that of lewd women, for they lead many "to destruction. O remember your Creator in the days of your "youth, before the evil days come! The neglect of my church "and the commandments of my God hath brought me to this. "I hope that my unhappy fate will be a warning to all that "this day see me. I earnestly desire your prayers." Edward Williams afterwards spoke in the following manner: "O I "have been one of the vilest men that ever lived! I have "continued in a long course of thieving, and have often had "great remorse of conscience for it, and a desire to forsake it, but "I still continued in the same way. I was evidence against "one that was executed, and others that are transported, but now "justice hath overtaken me also. Young men, if you find any "inclination to thieving, for God's sake turn from it, lest you "should come to the same untimely end with me. You may "learn from the objects before you, that the wages of sin is "death." At a quarter after eleven they were turned off, calling upon God to receive their souls. N. B. This is the only true account that hath been pulished, neither will there be any authentic one, but by me, JOSEPH MOORE , 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 at TYBURN, ON MONDAY the 24th of DECEMBER, 1744. BEING THE First EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honourable Henry Marshal, Esq; LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON. Number I. For the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M,DCC,XLIV. (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. HENRY MARSHAL , Esq ; Lord Mayor of the City of London , the Right Hon. Lord Chief Justice WILES, the Hon. Mr. Justice ABNEY, the Hon. Sir SIMON URLIN , Knt. Recorder of the City of London , and others his Majesty's Justices for the City of London, and County of Middlesex, and Justices for the City of London and Jail-delivery of Newgate, at Justice-hall, in the Old-Baily, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 10th of this Instant December, 1744. Twenty Men, viz. John Hill , John Potbury , David Shadow , James Ruggles , Sulpice Duclot , Samuel Goodman , Benjamin David Woolfe , William Billingsley , otherwise Gugg , William Brister , otherwise Dillsey , James Roberts , Henry Gadd , otherwise Scampey , Theophilus Watson , Robert Carter , Patrick Bourck , otherwise John Bourks , George Ellis , James Leekey , William Robinson , William Norwill , otherwise Long Will, Joseph Field , otherwise Nobby , and Thomas Wells , and one Woman, viz. Hannah Moses , were by the Jury convicted of capital Crimes, and sentenced to die. WHILE under Sentence, they had constant and suitable Exhortations given them in respect to their several unhappy Cases, and in the stated Course of my Ministrations, were earnestly invited to accept of the purchased Salvation of the Son of God, from an Improvement of those Words of the Prophet, Ho! every one that thirsteth, come ye to the Waters, and he that hath no Money, come ye buy and eat, yea, come buy Wine and Milk without Money and without Price. Isaiah lv. I. From hence, occasion was taken to set forth the Fulness and Freeness of that Salvation we have by Christ, and Encouragement given to all of applying to Christ for the Waters of Eternal Life. They seemed in some Measure affected, whilst I thus opened and illustrated this Passage of Scripture, and I hope were enabled to make a particular Application of it to themselves. ON Wednesday the 19th of December, Report was made to his Majesty in Council, of the Twenty-one Malefactors under Sentence, lying in the Cells of Newgate, when David Saddow and James Ruggles , two Soldiers in the first Regiment of Guards, for a Robbery in St. James's-Park , behind Buckingbam-House , and Robert Carter , for robbing Mr. Welldy of 4 Shillings and some Half-pence, received his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve for Transportation for fourteen Years. The remaining Eighteen, viz. John Hill , John Potbury , Sulpice Duclot , Samuel Goodman , Benjamin David Woolfe , Hannah Moses , otherwise Samuel , William Billingsley , otherwise Gugg , William Brister , otherwise Dillsey , James Roberts , Henry Gadd , otherwise Scampey , Theophilus Watson , Patrick Bourk , otherwise John Bourks , George Ellis , James Leekey , William Robinson , William Norwill , otherwise Long Will, Joseph Field , and Thomas Wells , were appointed for Execution. William Billingsley , otherwise Gugg , was indicted for a Street-Robbery. 1. William Billingsley , otherwise Gugg , 21 Years of Age, born of honest Parents, in the Parish of St. Sepulchre's , where his Father now lives, and by Trade a Shoe-maker, who put him to the Free-School of the said Parish, to learn him to read, write, and cast Accompts for Business, and instructed him in Christianity. When of Age, he was not put to any Trade, but undertook to be a Lamp-Lighter , which Employment he follow'd about Newgate-Street , and other Places without the Gate. He at last became a common Thief and Robber, and guilty of all Vices common to vile Reprobates. Since a Child at School, he has been quite negligent of all Religion, never went to Church, and kept the worst of Company both of Men and Women, who led him in all their mischievous and wicked Ways. He behaved quietly and always came to Chapel, and when there was very attentive to the Prayers and Exhortations. There is a Custom among them to give foolish, insignificant Nick Names to one another, Billingsley's By-Name was Gugg. HE was convicted for a Robbery in Devonshire-Square , with Field, Gadd the Boy, and four or five more. Nine of them were convicted this Sessions upon the Evidence of Harper, and all of them were of the Black-Boy-Alley Gang, of which Society the Three Women executed in November last were Members also. HE made Confession, that he believed in Christ, professed Repentance for his Sins, and acknowledged that he was in Peace with all Men. 2. Thomas Wells , indicted for the same Street-Robbery with the abovesaid Billingsley, was about Twenty-Three Years of Age, born of honest Parents in St. Sepulchre's Parish . His Father got him into the Charity-School belonging to the said Parish, together with his unlucky Companion Billingsley, and there he learned to Read, Write, and Cast Accompts, and was carefully instructed in the Principles of our most Holy Christian Religion. WHEN he was able to get his Bread, he took to the Business of being one of the Lamp-Lighters in the same Precincts with Billingsley. He associated with, and joined himself to a Company of the most wicked and abandoned Wretches about Town, who hurried him apace to utter Destruction, he not having either Prudence or Resolution to resist their ensnaring Sollicitations. He was altogether corrupt in his Morals, and in Disposition utterly averse to whatever was good or commendable. HE past for the Husband of Ann Barefoot , who was executed in November last with Ann Duck , and assumed his Name, although they were never married. He owned he had committed many Robberies, which may be seen in the Appendix to this Account. While his pretended Wife was under Sentence, in the the Time of Prayers and Sermon she commonly went to Wells, within the Chequer-Work by the Pulpit, and Wells said to her, That he wish'd her a good Journey, for he should not be long before he followed her. This was on the very Morning of her Execution. In their Discourse together they were sometimes very noisy, for which I was obliged often to reprove them, and then they were silent. Wells had been a very wicked, profligate Youth; much addicted to vile Women, and Drinking, Swearing, Gaming, and every other destructive Vice. He seemed to be a young Fellow of tollerable Parts, and might have been capable of good Business, but was wholly void of the Grace and Fear of God, and this hastened him to the fatal Tree, the common and deserved End of such abandoned Wretches. HE constantly came to Chapel, behaved there decently and quietly, and it is to be hop'd was a Penitent. James Leekey , and William Robinson , were indicted for several Felonies and Robberies, particularly for a Burglary in breaking the dwelling House of Mr. Francis Wellard , and stealing from thence a large Quantity of Linnen. 3. James Leekey , 24 Years of Age, his Father was a Justice of the Peace's Clerk, in Rope-maker's-Alley, Moorfields, now in the Parish of St. Luke, Middlesex, but formerly of St. Giles's Cripplegate , in which Parish he was born. He was educated at School to read, write, and cast Accompts, and instructed in the Christian Faith, according to the Principles of the Anna-Baptists, of which Profession his Father and Mother both were, and because he was no Christian, he earnestly desired to be initiated into the Holy Church by Baptism, which accordingly I administred to him, he declaring his Faith in God and Christ, and having a competent Knowledge of Religion, he was earnestly desirous to die in the Communion of our most Holy Catholick Church. He was by Trade a Jeweller , but an idle, profligate Fellow, knowing not what it was to lead a sober Life, and to apply himself to any thing that was good, but chose to keep the worst of Company, both Women and Men, who never give good Advice, but hasten their Followers to the Chambers of Death. He was a notorious Thief and Robber, coveting all he cast his Eyes upon, and unwilling to work or do any Thing that's good or Praise-worthy. He owned himself a vile Thief and House-breaker; he was convicted for a Burglary committed in Moorfields, which he did not deny, and for which he suffer'd. He was a very irregular, wicked young Man; he came always to Chapel, and apparently devout and serious in Prayers, and attentive to Instructions. He died in the Faith of Christ, and in Charity with all Men. William Robinson , was indicted for the same Crimes with James Leekey . 4. William Robinson , about 26 Years of Age, of mean Parents in Town, who could not give him much Education; he had almost forgot his reading, but that was what he least minded. He was a very profligate Youth, never thinking upon Religion, nor going to Church, where the Knowledge of God may be had, but he liv'd as a practical Atheist. He seemed to be a vile, harden'd Wretch, refusing to make Confession, and leaving me in a hurry, seeming to despise the Fear of God, and bore no regard to Men; yet he came to own the Burglary and Thefts for which he suffered, and before he died profess'd penitence, which in Charity we may judge he had. William Brister , otherwise Dillsey , was indicted for two Street-Robberies, one in Smithfield , and another in Wood-street , upon the Evidence of William Harper . 5. William Brister , otherwise Dillsey , which was the Nick-Name his Gang assign'd him, was Twenty-four Years of Age, born in Deptford of honest poor Parents, who put him to School to Read, Write, and Cast Accompts, and had him carefully instructed in Religious Principles. When he was of Age, he was put Apprentice to a Waterman , and served his Time out honestly. After which he lived handsomely by his Business, but having Occasion to come often to Town, he at length contracted an Acquaintance with some notorious Street-Robbers and Women of the Town, who soon seduced him into the like wicked Way which they were accustomed to. HE confessed the two Robberies he was indicted for, and owned besides that he had committed many more Offences of the like Nature. HE was a very vicious young Man, much addicted to Drinking, and other Debaucheries, negligent of all Religion, so that he never of late went to Church, and had almost quite forgot what little good Education his Parents had bestowed upon him. He was very poor and naked, and a miserable Object to look upon. He behaved quietly, came constantly to Chapel, and seemed more serious than many in those Circumstances. He was also one of the Black-Boy-Alley Crew, and therefore no Objection can be made against the Justice of his Sentence. He was very attentive to the Word of God and Prayers, and it is to be hoped died penitent of all his Sins. Samuel Goodman was indicted for assaulting, putting in Fear of Life, and robbing Mrs. Mary Footman , on the Highway, of her Pocket, a Gold Ring, and several other Things of Value. 6. * Samuel Goodman , 31 Years of Age, of honest Parents in Town, who gave him an indifferent Education at School to fit him for Business, and had him instructed in the Principles of Religion, which he very much neglected. He was of no particular Trade, for being of a loose indolent Disposition, he would not engage himself to any constant Employment. He was unhappily acquainted with divers Gangs of Thieves and Street-Robbers, and equally industrious with the vilest of them in prosecuting their wicked and desperate Practices. HE was one of the first that was convicted and carried into the Cells in the Beginning of the Sessions, which continuing five or six Days, they had little Opportunity of serving him in the regular Way as usual, and this gave him a violent Cold, which fell into his Legs and Feet, of which Indisposition he never recovered. He reflected on the Evidence as not strictly just in their Information, but no Credit can be given to Assertions of this Nature, as being the common Method with such unhappy Wretches of extenuating their own Offences. He never came to Chapel but twice or thrice when first convicted, but died penitent for all his Sins. Henry Gadd , otherwise Scampey , was indicted for picking a Gentleman's Pocket near St. Lawrence, Guildhall . 7. Henry Gadd , about 14 Years of Age, of honest, mean, Parents, in Hedge-Lane , had no Education, and was grosly ignorant of Religion; was a wicked perverse Boy, and quite a Stranger to that that was good: He was bred to no Trade, but acquainted and con * The said Goodman was an Evidence against John Sutton , who was Executed at Tyburn on Wednesday the 4th of June, 1735. cerned with all the Gangs of Street-Robbers, for three Years past, and being of so diminutive a Stature, they had particular Offices to impose upon him, which none but those of so small a Size would do. He was of a very surly Temper, not willing to confess his Sins, but in a Manner denying every Thing, tho' it was well known he was acquainted with most of the Thieves about Town, and equally wicked with the most profligate of them. He was so ignorant in point of Religion, that he understood nothing of it, though bred in a Christian Country. He was ask'd, Who made him? and he could not tell. I inform'd him, that the great God created him, and all the World. A second Question was, Who redeem'd him? he hesitated a while, and at last he said, The D - l; astonish'd and grieved at such an improper and wicked Answer, I sharply reprimanded him, but I fear to little Purpose, for he was the most obstinate inconsiderate little Villain that I ever saw, since I have had the Honour to serve the City. He was instructed according to the Brevity of Time, and I heartily pitied, and recommended him to the infinite Mercy of God, as a very obdurate Sinner, upon whom we can hardly give any Opinion. Thomas Wells , John Field , and William Norwell , otherwise Long Will, were indicted for robbing a Man in Bishopsgate-street , with the aforesaid Scampey, and two or three more, for a Robbery in Devonshire-Square ; upon which they were all found guilty. These were all of the Black-Boy-Alley Gang; so that by this Time, a great Part of that pestiferous Crew, will, I hope be quite Demolish'd. 8. Joseph Field , 22 Years of Age, of honest Parents in Hertfordshire ; was educated at School, to read, write, and cast Accounts, and instructed in Christian Principles: He was put Apprentice to a Carpenter near Hicks's-Hall , and near out of his Time, but a most disobedient young Man, unmindful of his Master's Business; but always eager in following after Gangs of Thieves and Street Robbers, and lewd Women, who hurried him apace to his disgraceful End. He confessed the Robbery in Devonshire-Square, that they were barbarous and rude to the Prosecutor; and that he was very wicked, and wholly addicted to bad Company. He behaved well, and sung Psalms, was more civil than many such unfortunate Persons, pretending he was not so wicked as the rest, but advised them for God's Sake not to knock down and Murder People in the Streets. He had his Education from the Minister of the Parish where he was born; and said, his Parents are People of Credit at Hitchen , in Hertfordshire , where he was born, his Father being a Farmer there. He died Penitent, and in Peace with all Men. 9. William Norwell was indicted and convicted with the above Person. He said he was 30 Years of Age, born in Devonshire of honest Parents, who gave him an Education at School to Read, Write, and Cast Accompts, as might qualify him for Business, and had him instructed in the Christian Faith. When of Age he served his Time to a Brick-maker in the Country, and some years after made a Journey to London , where too many such come, as often prove a common Nusance to it. WHILST he continued in his own Country, he lived very well by his Business, as he did some little Time after his first coming to Town; but not being contented with the Condition he was in, he attempted a Way of Life that prov'd his Ruin. Tho' he wanted for nothing while he continued to Regard his Business, yet at last he wholly neglected it, and corresponded with the vilest of Company, which drew after it the worst of Calamities. He was concerned with the Black-Boy-Alley Crew, and in most of the Robberies and Villanies they committed. He confessed the Truth of the Indictment he was arraigned upon, and owned that he had been a Street-Robber for these seven Years past. He said he deservedly suffered, and acknowledged that it was by keeping wicked Company he was plunged into his present dreadful Misfortunes. IN the Country he behaved well, but when he came to Town his Behaviour here was the reverse. The Nick-Name he was commonly distinguished by was Long-Will, because he was a little Taller than most of his Companions, and Field, his Companion, used to be called Nobby. He believed in Christ, repented of his Sins, and died in Peace with all Mankind. Sulspice du Clot , a French Valet, was indicted for robbing his Master, the Honourable Mr. Masham, of a Diamond Buckle, a Fifty Pound Note, and several other Things of Value, the Property of his Master, the Hon. Mr. Masham. 10. Sulspice du Clot , 26 Years of Age, of honest respected Parents in France , not far from the City of Paris . He was put out to School, and had a very genteel Education bestowed upon him, in order to fit him for Business. His Parents had him carefully instructed in the Persuasion of the Church of Rome. When of Age, he was not put to any Trade, but served Noblemen and Gentlemen in the Character of a Valet , and, as he alledged, was always honest, and having continued some considerable Time in this Way of Business, he was desirous of improving himself by travelling into Foreign Parts. Accordingly, about a Year ago, he formed an Intention of visiting England , and in Consequence thereof came hither about 9 Months ago, and having been here some Time, he at last happened into the Service of the Honourable Samuel Masham , Esq ; whom he served faithfully for some Time; but then being of a covetous Disposition, and seeing several valuable Things of his Master's, he thought he might them without being discovered. But his Master missing the Things mentioned in the Indictment, and Du Clot absenting himself, he caused an Order to be procured, upon which he was taken with the Goods upon him, and tried and convicted for this Robbery. He said, Gaming was the sole Cause which brought him to this ignominious Death. HE came frequently to Chapel, but being of the Romish Religion, a Priest of that Perfusion used to visit him. When the Dead-Warrant came down, he seem'd much dejected. He said he believed in Christ, and died in Peace with all Mankind. Patrick Bourke , alias John Burk , and George Ellis , were indicted for killing fifteen Sheep, in the Grounds of John Messenger , near Kensington , and stealing the Fat near the Kidneys. 11. George Ellis , 50 Years of Age, born of honest Parents at Croydon in Surry , who educated him at School to read, write and Accompts, to fit him for Business, and taught him the Christian Faith, according to the Tenets of the Church of England. When of Age he served his Time to a Blacksmith , and lived well by his Business, having a House and a Work-shop at the Seven-Dials . He married a Wife by whom he had several Children, one of whom is now living, and Wife to Patrick Bourk his Fellow-Sufferer and Companion in killing the Sheep. HE had a Weakness in his Eyes, contracted by cold or hard-working, so that he could neither read nor write; his Wife died about 13 Years ago, and since that George liv'd by himself. Bourke coming to England some Years ago, Ellis married his only Daughter to him, by whom he has several Children now living in a miserable Condition. Ellis said, that his Son-in-law Bourke was a most cruel barbarous Fellow, and that he beat and mortified him in a very strange manner, so that when he was carried before Sir Thomas De Veil , his Eyes were almost closed up, and his Face all over with black and blue Marks, as was a great Part of his Body, by the barbarous Treatment of his Son-in-law, whom he said was a great Villain. He denied his stealing the Sheep, alledging, that Bourk did it without his Consent; yet he could not say, that it was without his Knowledge. He said, his Son-in-law, with others of his Irish Companions, often persuaded him, and in a manner forced him to the Popish Chapel, though he knew nothing of the Matter, and begg'd God and Man Pardon for his Ignorance in any kind of Religion whatsoever. He confess'd, that he had been a very wicked Liver, and died in the Christian Faith. Patrick Bourk , indicted and convicted upon the same Indictment with the preceeding George Ellis . 12. Patrick Bourk , otherwise John Burk , 30 Years of Age, of honest, poor Parents, in the Kingdom of Ireland , not far from Dublin ; had little Education at School, and could neither read nor write; he followed the Business of a Labourer to Masons and Bricklayers; and at home in Ireland, to Farmers in Country-work, by which means he earn'd his Bread in an honest way, and was troublesome to none. He married George Ellis's Daughter, who has now living a Girl about 11 Months old. Ellis complain'd much of Bourk his Son-in-law, as did Bourk of Ellis. Bourk got a Warrant against Ellis, but they were both taken up for the same Crime, and while under Sentence, they reflected much upon each other, and Bourk acknowledg'd his beating his Father-in-law often, and in a cruel manner. He was of the Romish Communion, and died therein, acknowledging the Justice of his Sentence, according to Law. Benjamin David Woolfe , and Hannah Moses , otherwise Samuel , were indicted for stealing a Watch. 13. Benjamin David Woolfe , 40 Years of Age, born at Prague , the Metropolitan City of Bohemia, of Jewish Parents, who gave him good Education in their way. When of Age, as his Country-men generally do, he followed merchandizing in Germany , Poland , Holland , and other Places, having travelled over many Countries, according to their Custom, and spoke several Languages, and the Hebrew pretty well. He was concerned with that set of Jewish Thieves and Robbers, some of whom were lately executed. He was very obstinate, and would hear nothing of Christianity, but when any Argument was proposed from their own Bible, proving Christ to be the Messias, he wav'd the Discourse, unwilling and uncapable of giving any Answer, but persisting in Infidelity. When I spoke to him about Religion, he would make no Answer, but was mumbling and speaking upon some Hebrew Prayers and Formalities taken from the Hebrew Bible. After this, he turn'd stupid, sullen and morose, looking as if out of his Senses, having the Fears and Terrors of Death upon him. He died a perverse infidel Jew. 14. Hannah Moses , alias Samuel , Thirty-seven Years of Age, born at Frankfort in Germany , of creditable Jewish Parents, who educated her in their own Principles. She was Wife to Samuel Moses the Jew, who was executed the 17th of February last, for robbing Mr. Young, a Silversmith in Bloomsbury . When Moses was under Sentence, she came daily to visit him, and was always standing at the Door of the Press-yard as I went in and out, reflecting in general upon her Husband's Prosecutor; but it may be presumed, that both he and she were equally guilty of the Crimes for which they were indicted. She was very obstinate in her Way of Thinking, and regardless of the Instructions that were given. She could not deny the Robbery she was convicted of, but only in general alledged, that the Evidence was not altogether true, as did also her Fellow-Sufferer Benjamin David Woolfe . She has left two miserable Children which she had by Moses, and died a very rigid Jew. John Hill was indicted for assaulting Mr. Turner on the King's Highway, putting him in Fear of his Life, and robbing him of his Hat and Wig, Oct. 9. 15. John Hill , 23 Years of Age, was born of honest Parents in Town, he had but little Education bestowed upon him, or at least had forgot what had been taught him, for he could neither Read nor Write. He was of no Trade, and being a wicked young Fellow, us'd to loiter about the Streets, stealing and carrying off whatever he could lay Hands on. He pretended that he was at first put in Bridewell for some Crime of which he was acquitted by the Justices at Hicks's-Hall, and thereupon discharged out of Bridewell; but as he was coming out of the Door, some Persons who knew him accused him of a Street-Robbery, on which he was committed to Newgate, and afterwards tried and convicted upon it. There was another concerned with him in this Fact, but he made his Escape and was heard of no more. Hill would not own the Robbery as sworn against him, which is very common with these unhappy People. He was a wicked debauched young Fellow, and link'd to an infamous Gang of Thieves and Pick-pockets. He was at first somewhat obstinate and rude in his Behaviour, but upon being sharply reprov'd, he behaved better. He professed his Penitence, and died in the Faith of Christ. James Roberts was indicted for several Street-Robberies. 16. James Roberts , 30 Years of Age, was born of poor Parents, who with some Difficulty put him to School to learn Reading, &c. and taught him the Christian Religion, of which he was wholly regardless. He was not willing to follow any Business, but loiter'd about the Streets to watch an Opportunity of Picking Pockets, and committing other such Villainies. HE was concerned in most of those Outrages that have been lately committed in this great Metropolis, and was convicted upon the Evidence of Harper, being one of the Black-Boy-Alley Crew. Harper gave an exact Account of the several Robberies, and what Share of the Plunder was allotted to Roberts, so that there was no Objection but the Infamy of the Evidence; and if such Evidence was not allowed, such Offenders would seldom or never be convicted, since in many Cases there are none acquainted with their Ways but themselves. HE confessed himself a very vile Sinner, and that he deservedly suffered. He behaved well in Chapel, and died penitently, and in Charity with the World. Theophilus Watson was indicted for a Robbery on the King's Highway, and taking Money and Goods of Value. 17. Theophilus Watson , 25 Years of Age, born of honest Parents in Town, who put him to School to read, &c. When of Age he was put out to Business, which he never regarded, but kept such Company, and followed such Courses, as in the End proved his Ruin. He was one also of the aforesaid Gang, and acknowledged himself to have been a very wicked young Man, but being of the Romish Persuasion, he was not inclined to confess much to me. He died in Peace, he said, with all Mankind, and in Communion with the Church of Rome. John Potbury was indicted for the same Felonies and Robberies with Wells, Billingsley, Gadd, and the other Street-Robbers. 18. John Potbury , about 19 Years of Age, of honest Parents. He was put to School, where he learnt to read, write, and cast Accompts, and was instructed in the Articles of the Christian Religion. When of Age he was not put to any Trade, but his Father being a Seaman in the Royal Navy , he went on Board one of his Majesty's Ships of War. He served in three or four Men of War, and sometime in Company with his Father. He was born in Somersetshire , but his Parents liv'd mostly in Town, for the Conveniency of his Father's Business. He had the Misfortune some Time ago, to contract an Acquaintance with the Street-Robbers above-mentioned, and together with them committed many Felonies and Robberies, and that for which he was appointed to suffer Death. He seemed to have a Sense of his Misery, and behaved very well under his unhappy Circumstances. He was sick for some Days, and not able to come out of his Cell, but when he became better, he constantly attended Chapel, and was apparently very devout and serious. He owned himself a very wicked Youth, and that he was led away by wicked Company. He professed his Faith in Christ, and hoped for Salvation thro' Him. At the Place of EXECUTION. ON Sunday the Day before they died, all those that were of the Communion of our Church, received the Holy Sacrament, and that in a very devout Manner. On Monday the Day of their Execution, they went up to Chapel betwixt six and seven in the Morning, and was very serious at Prayers, (except John Hill .) After Prayers was over Hill, as he was going out of Chapel, ask'd a Gentleman why he look'd at him, do you know me? No Friend, replied the Gentleman. I suppose, says Hill, you are some Surgeon, and if I had a Knife in my Hand, I would slit you down the Nose; which shews how stupid these unhappy Wretches , to have such Expressions, when he was just going to Execution. When they came down from Chapel, they were again put into their Cells and were call'd out one by one to be halter'd, and were afterwards put into six Carts, viz. In the first Cart were Patrick Bourk , Theophilus Watson , and Sulpice Du Clot . In the second, Benjamin Woolfe , Hannah Moses , and George Ellis . In the third, Samuel Goodman , James Leekey , and William Robinson . In the fourth, William Billingsley , William Brister , and John Potbury . In the fifth, James Rober's, William Norwell , and Joseph Field . In the 6th, Thomas Wells , John Hill , and Henry Gadd , the little Boy. When they came to the Place of Execution, James Leekey acknowledg'd, that he with some others, took a Portmanteou from behind the Gloucester Stage-Coach, in , while the Coachman got off the Box to deliver a Message for Mr. Lockman and his Spuse, Passengers in the same Coach, and just arriv'd from Gloucestershire. There was contain'd in the said Porteau a great deal of valuable Linnen, Mr. Lockman's Wearing Apparel laced with silver and gold and several valuable Manuscripts, almost ready for the Press, which they burnt; but the Cloaths and Linnen they sold the next Day. The rest had nothing more to add to their former Confessions, Woolfe and Hannah Moses , made a great Noise, but upon being reproved, they were somewhat more silent, and softly said to themselves, God have Mercy upon us. They all went off, crying out, God be merciful to us, and Lord Jesus receive our Spirits. This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate . APPENDIX. The following Account of the Soldiers (although Repriev'd) we hope will be acceptable to our Readers. THE Account we are now about to give respects a Sett of Malefactors, who not content with the Crime of Robbery, have thought add thereto the most heinous Offence of Sodomy, which brought down Fire from Heaven; and, as if this had not been enough, they made that very monstrous Crime a Handle and Snare to draw Gentlemen in, who were inclined to that unnatural Sin. Every one will acknowledge this was no more than they deserved, and indeed, had it been yet more severe, provided it had made them take Warning, no Mortal living would have pitied them, but on the contrary, would have thereat; but, as there are little Hopes, they who have gone so far, will stop there, we must wish, for our common Safety, and avert the visible impending Judgments of Heaven, that every one of them, of what Rank were brought to condign Punishment: in the mean while, all we can do, is to expose villainous Practices, that in case the of God does not deter them for the the fear of the Gallows, at least may, and bring them to Repentance. OF this abominable Sett, the better Sort, (if indeed any better can be of such a Crew) have found the way to escape both Shame and Chasment, very probably, by commuting with their Purses for the safety of their Persons; and as for the latter, who were all Soldiers, they escaped what was due to their Deserts, by being concerned with their Superiors; so true this our righteous Age, that Wickedness in high Places is sure to go unpunished. Not to enlarge any farther upon this Head, we shall proceed to lay open to the World, this black Scene of Iniquity, not knowing which most to be astonished at, the Wickedness and Infatuation of the Gentlemen so drawn in, on one side, or the consummate Impudence and Villainy of those Decoy Ducks the Soldiers on the other. Proceed we then, to give the best Account we have been able to obtain, of the several Enormities whereof they have been guilty, and of which they must have received their due Reward, had they not been so effectually skreen'd by their Accomplices of the better Sort. But, though they have hitherto escaped corporal Punishment, at least, in this World, we will do out Endeavour they shall not go wholly Scot-free, but expose both them and their vile Practices to the Public, to deter all others, who are not so thoroughly case-harden'd, from pursuing the like Courses. And this, we hope, will be admitted as a sufficient Reason for giving the following Account of them, though they had Interest enough with those in Power to obtain a Reprieve, which may possibly be followed by a Pardon. IT is a certain Truth, the longer we go on in evil Ways, the worse we grow; and that, if we begin pilfering with a Penny, we shall undoubtedly end with Pounds, unless the Hempen Neckcloth prevents us; and this is very apparent from the Confession of one of these abandoned Wretches, who gave the following Account of himself, namely, That the first Fact he committed was on the 7th of June, 1743, together with D - l D - , belonging to the same Company. One of them it seems being a Taylor by Trade, was employed to make Waistcoats for the rest, and having just finished one Parcel, got Thomas Meakins (another Soldier) to assist in carrying them home to the House of the before-mentioned D - . Being come thither, poor Meakins, little suspecting any Danger, and being in Liquor, and tired into the Bargain, flung them down, and laid himself upon them to take a Nap. As he thus lay, buried in Sleep, his Companion observing the String of his Watch hang out, cry'd to D - l D - , It is a fine Opportunity, shall we take his Watch? No, answered D - , he will know he lost it here, and then we shall come into Trouble. D - n him, said the other, he is dead drunk, and will not know any Thing of the Matter. Upon which he called out to Meakins, in a loud Voice, What are you asleep? and receiving no Answer, he took hold of the String, and drew the Watch out of his Pocket, which he afterwards pawned for 20 s. ten whereof he kept himself, and gave the Remainder to D - D - . WHETHER his Success on this Occasion was an Inducement to him to continue the Practice, we cannot say, but we find him afterwards going on in the same wicked Course, without any Scruple or Remorse, and this with the heinous Aggravation of making the detestable Sin of Sodomy a Handle for the Accomplishment of his profligate Designs. Accordingly the next Robbery wherein he appears to have been concerned, was in Company with James Ruggles , J – S - , and T – C - , at the Beginning of last April, about the Hour of Ten at Night. THESE four Brethren in Iniquity, as well as Brothers in Calling, (being all Soldiers) were then sauntring about the Park, in quest of somebody fit for their abandon'd Purpose, when C - fixed his Eye upon a Gentleman whom he judg'd, and, as it prov'd, rightly, to be inclined to that horrid and unnatural Vice. Upon this, he went up to him, and accosted him in a Dialect, it is to be supposed, peculiar to that Sett of Monsters, which, it seems was so agreeable to the Gentleman, that not considering the Hazard he ran in this World, by putting his Life in the Power of such a Miscreant, nor yet the Enormity of the Crime he was about to perpetrate, he soon agreed to withdraw with him to the Side of Buckingham Wall, in the Green Park, as a Place proper for their abominable Practices, little suspecting the Snare that was laid for him. IN effect, not long after the Gentleman and his new Acquaintance had arrived at the Spot designed for the perpetration of their Villainy, Ruggles and S - , with the third Soldier, who had observed all their Motions, and followed them at a Distance, made up to them, just as they seem'd to be so busily engaged, that there was no Room to deny their Wickedness, and sternly demanded, What they were about, and what Business they had there. The Gentleman, who it may easily be imagined, was greatly confounded at the Danger wherein he had involv'd himself, by being surpriz'd in such a Fact, could think of no better Excuse, than that the young Man, meaning C - , had brought him thither; as if that would have been in his Power, had not he been himself so detestably inclined: Be that as it will, C - , who acted his Part to the Life, retorted the Charge upon the Gentleman, and accused him of seducing him thither, adding, he believed it was with Intent to him. Hereupon, the three Soldiers began to abuse the Gentleman excessively, d - ing him, and calling him a hundred Mollying Rascals, and swearing he ought to have his Brains dashed out, with abundance of more scurrilous Language to the same Purpose, which they likewise accompanied with great Rudeness and ill Usage. THE Gentleman finding he was got into bad Hands, desired them to be civil, and not treat him ill, and he would give them all the Money he had about him, as he accordingly did, but it amounted only to Five-pence Half-penny. It will easily be believed, so small a Sum was far from satisfying these abandoned Villains, whose sole Design was to make a Property of him. They told him therefore, he should not come off so, for unless he produced more, they would carry him directly to the Guard-room, and give an Account of his vile Actions; accordingly, they proceeded forthwith to search him, without any farther Ceremony, but found he had indeed produced his all, for he had no more. On searching him, however, narrowly, they found a Gold Repeating Watch, upon which they laid Hands, D - ning his Blood, and telling him, they supposed he designed to have kept that from them, but they should make Bold with it; ading, he might be glad he escaped so easily, for he deserved to have his Brains dash'd out against the Wall. In Effect, the Gentleman finding all Resistance would be in vain, was forced to submit with a little struggling, and suffer them to go off with their Prey, which they did accordingly. BUT tho' they had easily got such a Booty, they were not much the better for it, for sometime not knowing what to do therewith, and not daring to offer it to pawn or Sale, for fear of being stopt, wherefore it was agreed, that one of them should keep it in his Custody, till it could be some Way disposed of. He rejoyced therefore greatly, when some Days after, he found it was advertised, with a Reward of Twenty Guineas, and no Questions to be asked, upon carrying it to a Watch-Maker's in Fleet-street. Accordingly, not knowing better what to do with it, he sent his Wife therewith, whilst he staid himself behind at a little Distance. IT seems in struggling to get the Watch from the Gentleman, one of the Seals was broken off, which the Soldier before-mentioned intended to have kept to himself, imagining the Reward would have been paid without it; but when the Woman carried the Watch to Mr. * * *, he told her, he knew that to be the Watch, and could swear to it, for he had made it, and he set it a Repeating immediately; but he added, there was a Seal wanting, for which the Gentleman had a great Value, and he durst not pay the whole Reward unless that was produced likewise, but would give her Ten Guineas, if that would satisfy her. The Woman answered, there was all she found with the Watch, and she expected the full Reward; adding, that her Husband was near at Hand, and she would fetch him, and if he was willing to take that, she should not object against it. HEREUPON she stept to him, and acquainted him with what the Gentleman said, wherefore he went himself, desiring to know why he would not pay the Reward, since it was the same Watch that had been advertised, and there was every Thing that was found with it. Mr. * * * answered, he did not refuse paying the whole Reward, provided the other Seal was brought, but durst not do it otherwise, till he had seen the Owner, who valued that particular Seal very much, and whom he expected to see next Day; that he would then acquaint him with this Circumstance, and if he agreed to it, he would pay the Remainder, and in the mean while he would given him ten Guineas directly. THE Soldier expostulated with the Gentleman sometime longer, telling him, he insisted upon the whole, or the Watch again; but finding he would not part with any more, till he had seen the Proprietor of the Watch, at last he pulled the other Seal out of his Pocket, and asked if that was it; being answered it was, he said he hoped then he should have the full Reward, to which Mr. * * * * * immediately agreed without farther Words, offering him a Bank Note for that Sum, which he declined taking, and desired to have it in Gold, which was comply'd with directly. AFTER receiving the Money, he expressed a great Desire to see the Gentleman himself, even tho' he were to have had no Reward, and gave Mr. * * * * * * * three small Keys, which he said belonged to the same Person, and begging he would acquaint him with his wanting to speak with him, (which was promised) and he would call again to know his Answer: But he said this only for a Blind, that so Mr. * * * * * * * might not suspect the villainous Method by which he had acquired it, for he never intended to trouble him any more. AS soon as he had got Possession of his Booty, and was arrived at home, he consulted with his Wife, whether he had not better sink some of it upon his Companions, since they could neither Write nor Read, and might, therefore, very probably, never know what he received. The Result of this Consultation was, that he should keep eight Guineas to himself, and share only the remaining twelve with his Comrades; accordingly he carried it to James Ruggles and John S - , telling them the Watch had been advertised, and he had received that Sum for it: Whereupon they honestly agreed between them, as C - was then in the Savoy, to share 3 Guineas and a half a Man, give half a Guinea to the Soldier's Wife, and the remaining Guinea to C - , with which, however, he was very well contented, as he was then just going Abroad. ANOTHER Night Thomas C - being alone in the Park, and having singled out a Person whom he thought fit for his Purpose, according to his wonted Custom in the Evening, accosted him in the usual Dialect, and soon struck up a Bargain with him, to which he was but too readily inclin'd. They agreed then to withdraw to a Place convenient for their wicked Purpose, which was in the Middle-Park, where being arrived, and C - observing a proper Opportunity, snatched his Silver Watch out of his Pocket, and scowr'd off therewith immediately; the Gentleman calling after him to stop, but in vain. With this Booty he came directly to the House of his old Comrade, the Taylor before-mentioned, who made the Company Waistcoats, and desired him to pawn it. THE other answered, it was a large old-fashioned Watch, and would not fetch much. Upon which C - said, D - n it, what can I do with it, I don't know; nor I neither, reply'd the other. At last C - cried, you may as well buy it, you can tell better how to dispose of it than I. Whereupon the Taylor asked, what he would have for it? C - answered, a Guinea. His Comrade answered, with a Smile, that is more than I can pledge it for to any one: Besides, suppose I could pawn it for so much, what should I get by that? He told him, however, if he approved of it, he would give him 15 s. for it, at a venture. To which C - agreeing, he paid the Money, and keeping it afterwards for some time till he could meet with a Purchaser to his Mind, sold it for 2 l. 2 s. 6 d. AFTER this hopeful Prank, T – C - and James Ruggles , being out together in the Park, (the usual Place of Rendezvous, it seems, for such Gentry) and looking out sharp for their Prey, C - , who was generally the Decoy-Duck on these Occasions, having fixed upon a Gentleman for his Purpose, went up to him, and accosted him in the usual Terms. His Company, as it appeared, was not disagreeable to his new Acquaintance; for they soon agreed to take a Walk together to the Back-Side of the Library in the Middle-Park, where they immediately proceeded to the detestable Business for which they had retir'd thither. IN the mean while James Ruggles , who had followed them at a Distance, and waited only till he saw them closely engaged, came up to them, and seizing upon the Gentleman, cry'd, D - n your Blood you Dog, what are you a Mollying one another? Give me what you have this Minute, or I will carry your directly to the Guard-Room. The Gentleman, confounded and frightened almost out of his Wits, made answer, he did not come along with the young Man for any Harm, and desired Ruggles not to use him ill; but C - soon silenced him, by crying out, indeed he seduced me hither to Molly me. Hereupon Ruggles immediately said, D - n you, you Dog, let me have what you have got this Instant; and running his Hand directly into his Fob and Pockets, took out his Watch therewith and made off. HAVING thus possessed themselves of these unrighteous Gains, they next consulted how to dispose of the Watch, and C - offer'd Ruggles to let him have it for 16 s. Ruggles agreeing to give him 15 s. 6 d. the Bargain was soon struck, though when he had got Possession of it, he was forced to keep it for sometime not knowing well what to do with it. At last, bethinking himself that his Fellow-Soldier and old Comrade, R – B - the Taylor, used sometimes to buy such Things, he carried it to him, and asked if he would purchase it; he consented thereto readily, provided they could agree, and asked what he demanded for it? He answered, Two Guineas and a Half. Two Guineas and a Half! crys the Taylor, that is more than I could fell it for, if it was my own, and I would not give above half the Money; whereupon Ruggles asked what was the most he would offer, and B - answered a Guinea and a Half; he replied, he would keep it for ever first; upon which they parted for that Time. A little while after, however, he came again to B - , and repeated the Question, what was the most he would give for the Watch? To which the other answered, he could not afford to bid much more, if he proposed to get any Thing by it; Ruggles replied, he would not take that, but if he would give Two Guineas, it should be a Bargain. B - then bid a Crown more, but Ruggles would not take it, upon which he advanced to Two Pounds, which Sum the other likewise refused; at last he told him, unless he would give him Six-pence out of the two Guineas, he would have nothing to do with it. To this Ruggles readily agreed, and the Money was paid down; whereupon B - kept the Watch about two Months, and then disposed of it to one Serjeant F - , of the First Regiment of Foot-Guards, for Four Pounds. NOT long after this, Tom C - , James Ruggles , John S - , and R – B - , being altogether at their accustomed Rendezvous, the Park, and about the usual Hour, namely, between nine and ten at Night, C - having fixed his Eyes upon one S - n, a Glover, as they found afterwards, addressed him in his wonted Manner, and having soon struck up a Bargain, decoyed him to the Back Side of Buckingham Wall, near the Ice-House, whither his villainous Companions followed them at a Distance. THEY had not been long there, before they began to be very busy together; upon which the others immediately ran up to them, and seizing the Glover by the Collar, demanded what they were about, swearing bitterly at the same Time, unless he would give 'em all he had about him, they would carry him directly to the Guard-Room. He was not, however, so easily frightened out of his Money as their former Bubbles, for he refused to comply with their Demands, and told them, he would sooner choose to go to the Guard, for he had done no Harm, having only come thither innocently with that young Man, meaning C - . When they found him so willing to go to the Guard, they refused to give him that Liberty, and insisted upon taking what he had about him; accordingly, running their Hands into his Pockets, they pulled out a Purse, wherein C - pretended there was but 14 s. though they afterwards heard there was more, but they could never find how much; and this done, they went to B - 's House, where they divided the Spoil. SOME Time after this, S - , Ruggles, and B - , happened to meet the same Person in their usual Walks in the Park, and S - accosted him in the ordinary Dialect of those Gentry. One would have thought the ill Treatment he had met with not long before, should have made him take Warning, and be very cautious what new Acquaintance he engaged with; but so strongly was he addicted to this abominable and unnatural Vice, that, not knowing S - was one of those who had robbed him before, he readily agreed to go along with him to the same Place, where he had been with C - . We believe, therefore, but few will pity him, when they see him fall, a second Time, into the same Snare, as he accordingly did in a few Minutes: For James Ruggles and R – B - , who were upon the Watch, and had followed them at a Distance, as usual, no sooner perceived them very busy together, than they rushed upon them, (S - , who saw them coming, seizing at the same Time on the Glover with one Hand) and asked them, with two or three D - ns, Whether they were Mollying of each other. HEREUPON S - , who knew his Cue, and had his Lesson very perfect, cry'd out, Pray, Gentlemen, be civil; I confess, he wanted indeed to ruin me, but I would not comply with his wicked Desires, and therefore I caught him fast by the Arm, and held him so, that he could not escape. Aye, aye, hold the Dog, said his hopeful Associates, and bring him to the Guard-Room, unless he will give you all he has about him. Whether in so doing, S - might have hurt him terribly or not, which is far from unlikely, we can't say, but he called out, Murder! Murder! as loud as he could several times, though to little Purpose, nobody coming to his Rescue. The lawless Villains not regarding his Outcries, or troubling themselves whether they hurt him or not, told him, D - n you, you Dog, we don't value your bawling out, had you twenty of your Mollying Rascals about you, they should not save you; which said, they immediately proceeded to lay him under Contribution, running their Hands into his Breeches, and taking all the Money he had. NEITHER did this satisfy them, for they examined likewise the Contents of his Coat and Waistcoat, wherein, however, they met with no great Booty, finding only a Pocket-Book, in which were divers Notes and Bills, giving an Account of his Name, Habitation, and Business, which was of no manner of Service to them. Not knowing, therefore, what to do with it, R – B - , after keeping it some Time, sent his Wife therewith to the Glover's House, believing it might be of Use to him, and, perhaps, expecting some small Reward for restoring it: But the Man happening not to be at home, she brought it back again, though the Servant who answered her, and had asked her Business, which she told him, desired her to leave it; so he received no Benefit from B - 's good Intentions, which was the more the Pity, because, we are afraid, he was not often troubled with them; for, telling his Wife, he would run no further Hazards about it, he immediately threw the Notes into the Fire, and kept the Book for his own Use. SOME Time after this Exploit, B - and C - being at their wonted Rendezvous, the Park, about ten at Night, and, as was before observed, like their old Master the D - l, seeking whom they might devour, the latter accosted a Gentleman, whom he judged fit for his Purpose, (wherein, as has been seen, by whatever Marks he knew them, he was never deceived) and after some other customary Discourse upon that Head, asked whether they should take a Walk together; the usual Phrase, it seems, among such Gentry, for entering into close Conversation. The Gentleman, who undoubtedly had received Intimation of the many Robberies committed by this audacious and abandoned Gang, in that Neighbourhood, asked, whither they should go? and upon C - 's answering, the best Place he knew for their Purpose, was the back Side of Buckingham Wall, in the Green Park. He answered, No, I will not go thither, for there are always a Knot of Villains upon the Watch, to make a Property of such as we. HEREUPON C - h (being resolved his Prey should not escape him, if he could possibly prevent it) said, Whither will you go, do you think we can be safer any where else? The Gentleman answer'd, Yes, come along with me. This said, they went out at the Stable-yard, till they arrived at a long unfrequented Passage that leads into St. James's-street, whither B - n followed them as usual. They stopt just under an Arch-Way in this Passage, and being willing to loose no Time, were very busily engaged before B - n could get up to them: C - h, who was upon the Watch expecting him, no sooner saw him approach, than he seized his new Acquaintance fast by the Collar, and there held him. B - n then came up, and said with a stern Voice, D - n you, you Dogs, have I caught you at last? Give me what you have directly, or I will take you to the Watch. The Gentleman being unwilling to go to the Watch, and equally unwilling to part with his Money, struggled hard to prevent B - n putting his Hands into his Pockets: In doing which, he was over-power'd, and they took from him about 5 l. NOT long after this Complication of Villainy, C - h went by himself into the Park to look for Prey, and fixing his Eye upon a Gentleman whom he judg'd suitable for his Purpose, and whom he believes to have been a Foreigner, accosted him in the ordinary Dialect, and soon prevailed on him to withdraw into the Middle Park. Being arrived at one of the most private Places, the Gentleman offered to proceed to such a Sort of Conversation as had induced him to retire thither; but C - h, who had other Designs in his Head, not only refused to comply, but violently seized hold of him, and with a stern Voice said, D - n your Blood, you Dog, now I have you, and unless you immediately deliver your Watch, and what Money you have about you, I will drag you to the Guard-Room directly. THE other refused complying with this Demand, but to little Purpose; for C - having him at a great Disadvantage, held him fast with one Hand, whilst he searched all his Pockets with the other, and took out from thence 18 s. in Money, a silver Watch, and a Snuff-box of the same; this done, he left the poor Foreigner to bemoan his ragged Fortune, and went directly with the Spoil to R - d B - , whom he acquainted with the way he got it, and consulted how he should dispose thereof. B - answered, it was nothing to him, they were his, and he might do as he pleased with them. C - reply'd, he knew not how to dispose of them, wherefore if he (B - n) had a mind for them, he would sell them to him, for he believed he knew best what to do with them. He then ask'd him what he demanded for them; if you like the Snuff-box says the other, at 10 s. it is yours; he offer'd 9 s. and the other taking him at his word deliver'd the Box, which he fold after keeping it sometime to a Silver-smith in the Strand for 14 s. THE very Night that C - committed the Robbery beforementioned, one Corporal S - , who belonged to the same Company, but was upon Windsor Party, came to Town on purpose to send some Money down to his Wife by another Corporal, who was going to St. Edmund's-Bury, where she lives: Just after he was gone from B - 's, in comes C - h, with his Booty, and being told, that Corporal S - had been there, ask'd where he was gone, and was answer'd, they did not know, but expected him to return soon, as accordingly he did. C - express'd himself that he was glad to see him, and ask'd, if he would go and take part of a Pot, to which he readily agreed. In their way to the Alehouse, they pass'd by an Oyster-stall, whereupon, C - ask'd S - , If he would have any Oysters? The latter agreeing to this also, he treated him with Four-penny worth; and while they were eating them, the Foreigner, whom C - had robb'd, came by and saw him; but not thinking it safe to apprehend him without Help, went on to a Watchman, and desired his Assistance to take him. Accordingly the Watchman came with him; but when they came to the Oyster-stall, he was just gone; upon which, the Gentleman ask'd which Way he went, and they answer'd towards Hyde-Park-Corner. THEY made haste therefore after him, and had not gone many Doors further, before the Gentleman saw C - h in a Publick House, drinking with his Companion; and as he could discern every Thing that passed, by the Light of the Candles thro' the Window, he observ'd him winding up the very Watch, and pulling out the very Box he had taken from him. Hereupon he told the Watchman they were the same Things he had been robbed of, and desired he would go in and apprehend him; but the Fellow answered, There were two of them, wherefore he durst not venture in alone. Upon which they went to get another to assist them, and when they returned back, the Birds were flown. THAT same Night, after this Disappointment, the poor Foreigner going along Piccadilly, saw another Soldier, whom he mistook for the Person that had robbed him, and accordingly charged him with the Fact; upon which he was taken up and carried to St. James's Watch-house, where he was kept all Night. Next Morning the Soldier sent for his Landlady, who gave him the Character of a very innocent inoffensive Man; adding, that he had not been out of her House at the Time the Gentleman said he was robbed. HE sent therefore to the Place where he had seen C - h drinking the Night before, to ask the Mistress of the House, If she should know the Soldier that was there last Night, in Company with a Corporal? And upon her answering, She believed she should, were she to see him again, she was desired to step and view him who was in Custody, which she did, and as soon as she set Eyes on him, declared, He was not the Person; for the Man who was at her House, was a tall, clean-looking Fellow, with a Blue Grey Coat, a Red Waistcoat, and a Pair of Buckskin Breeches; besides which he had Reddish Hair, so that she should know him from a Thousand. Upon this her Evidence, and the Character given of him by his own Landlady, the poor Fellow was discharged, and the Foreigner was forced to fit down contentedly with his Loss. SOME Time after this, Ruggles and S - being in the Park, they met a Gentleman agreeable to their Mind, whom they accosted as usual, and proposed a Walk to him, to which he readily agreed; whereupon they withdrew to the Side of the Reservoir, in the Green Park, whither Ruggles dogg'd them, and when they were close engaged, ran up. S - h seeing Ruggles at Hand, fastens directly upon him, and crys out, I have got a Molly; and Ruggles coming to his Assistance said, Aha, you Mollying Dog, have I caught you, you shall pay for your Pastime. The Gentleman begged they would not use him Ill; upon which they answered, D - n your Blood, you Dog, what have you got about you? And without further Ceremony rifled him of all his Money, a Gold Watch, and 2 Seals set in Gold, as also an enamel'd Ring with the Name of Richard Perkins thereon. SOME short Time after, they all went out again upon the old Lay, and pick'd up another Bubble in the Park, whom one of them asked to take a Walk, whilst the rest followed at a Distance, and coming up at a Time they judged convenient, they furiously catch'd the Man by the Collar, and cry'd, D - n your Blood, what are you Mollying each other? Whereupon he said, For God's Sake, Gentlemen, don't use me ill, for I am but a poor Man. Whereto they answered, D - n you Blood, don't think to come upon this Lay without Money in your Pocket; and immediately fell to searching him, and took from him an old Bag, with 4 l. 10 s. in Silver, and one Guinea therein, as also 3 Gold Rings, and then left him, C - h, S - w, and S - h, going one Way, and Ruggles and B - , with the Bag, another. THE two last being thus by themselves, and in the Possession of the Booty, says B - n to Ruggles, Let us open the Bag, and see what we have got. This he readily agreed to, and on so doing the last told 15 s. (as he thought) under a Lamp: Whereupon B - n, who had observed one Piece, which he took for a Guinea (as it really was) cry'd to him, I will take this Shilling, (laying hold thereon) and do you keep another. No, says Ruggles, give me that Shilling, and here is half a Crown, which we will sink between us, and that is better. Upon which B - , slipping his Hand into his Pocket, took out another Shilling and gave him, by which Means he got the Guinea to himself. They proceeded then to a Publick House near St. James's, where they all met by Appointment, and divided the rest of the Money. AFTER this, James Ruggles , D - d S - w, and R - d B - n, went out together into the Park, as usual, and there picks up one William Church , a Joyner, and after some short Discourse retired with him to the Place where they commonly went on such Occasions, and were soon close engaged. Hereupon Ruggles and S - w ran up, and cry'd out, with an Oath or two, You Mollying Dogs, what are you about? To which the Joyner, as if mighty Innocent, made Answer, Nothing, Gentlemen; only this Villain, (meaning B - n) brought me hither, and I thought no Harm: With that, D - n your Blood, you Dog, reply'd they, had you not been that Way given, you had not come with him; which indeed was true. They proceeded then to rummage him of his Money and a Silver Watch, which they sold some Time after to one Solomon Moses , a Jew, (as they did that they had so taken before) for 9 l. 11 s. 6 d. and for this Fact S - w and Ruggles were apprehended, try'd, and condemn'd, but afterwards Repriev'd. THEY were taken in the following Manner, viz. James Ruggles , J - n S - h, T - s C - h, and R - t P - r, being out one Night upon the same detestable Lay, and getting in Liquor, picked a Quarrel with some Chairmen, near St. James's, and broke their Chair Glasses, whereupon the Chairmen charged them with the Guard then upon Duty, and they were all sent to the Savoy. WE come now to another Sett of heinous Criminals, though, in our Opinion, much more Excusable than the former, amongst the Chief of which was Joseph Walters , who since made himself an Evidence. This Malefactor, it seems, using about 2 Years ago, to frequent the Prince of Orange Alehouse , on Saffron-Hill , and happening to be in Liquor there, one Evening, by the Instigation as he pretends, of William Gascoign , John Neale , and William Bolton , since dead on Board the Royal Sovereign, who proposed to him to go a Thieving; he consented to accompany them upon that Lay; and the first Fact wherein he was concerned with them, was in taking a Spring of Pork out of a Pork-Shop in Theobald's Row , near Gray's-Inn-Lane , about seven one Winter Evening. AFTER this, they frequently walk'd out towards Night, from St. Paul's to Temple-Bar , where their Business was to pick Gentlemen's Pockets of their Handkerchiefs; and as he was then what they called a Green-Horn, and not so dextrous as they, who were old Practioners, they used to top it, which is, just to take it out a little, after which, he put the finishing Hand to it, and at last, became as perfect at it as they. In this Manner, they made 18 or 20 of a Night, and sometimes more; especially if it was on any particular Day, as the Lord-Mayor's, or the Feast of the Son's of the Clergy, &c. WITH these, on a Sunday Morning, they used to go to Sir John Oldcastle's, just by the Booth, where they used to toss up a Handkerchief against so much Money, whereby they frequently used to get more for them than they could at the Fences: SOME Time after they took into their Company one Thomas Inkle , a Boy, when being five in Number, they divided, and went some one Way, and some another; but not meeting with that Success as formerly, ( Tom Inkle not being a good Hand, and besides the Gentlemen using to fasten their Handkerchiefs, they left it off, and betook themselves to a new Course. THIS was, for Tom Inkle , who was very small, to get of an Evening behind Hackney-Coaches, and draw out the Nails with an old Knife, whilst the others followed after, and if he was detected, by any one's telling the Coachman of it, they would say, he was only riding behind to ease his Legs a little, and hold the Man in Talk till the Boy made his Escape. After this Manner they used to get 3 or 4 Pounds of a Night, which they sold to a Founder in Shoe-Lane, till at last the Man having some Suspicion of them, they would not venture to sell him any more, for Fear he should down with them. FINDING this would not do, as they reaped but small Advantage from thence, they bethought themselves of stealing the Lamps from Gentlemen's Doors, of which they used to get frequently about a Dozen and a half of a Night, mostly by Bloomsbury and Red-Lion-Squares , or thereabouts, and some from Coleman-street ; and when they had broke them, for the Sake of the Glass, they generally used to sell three of them for a Shilling; wherefore they thought these of so little Value, they were not worth running the Risque of Transportation. THE next Trade then, to which Gascoign, Neal, and Walters resolved to betake themselves, was to go a Street-Robbing, and as Tom Inkle was too little for this, they turned him off; after which, setting out upon that Lay, one Evening about a Year and a half ago, and meeting a Woman by the new Pond between Islington and Black-Mary's-Hole, they knocked her down with a Bludgeon, and then searching her, took her Pocket, but found therein no more than one Shilling. From thence they proceed to Mount-Pleasant, where meeting with another Woman, they knocked her down likewise, without saying a Word to her, and took from her a Gloucestershire Cheese; after which being closely pursued, Walters intermingling with the Mob, and crying out, Stop Thief! as loud as the rest, fortunately got off, tho' he had the Cheese at the same Time under his Coat. ABOUT an Hour after the Commission of this Robbery, one Burroughs said, he heard some People tell the Woman, they knew the Man that knock'd her down, it was young Walters: Whereupon Gascoign and he entered themselves on board the Chester Man of War, a Fifty Gun Ship, then lying at Deptford ; However, as neither of them loved Work, or cared to be confined, Walters staid aboard but four Days, before he ran away, and was followed by his Comrade Gascoign in about two Days after. GASCOIGN There being so many Facts and Particulars given by these Eighteen unhappy Convicts, as render it impracticable to bring the sa within the usual Compass, and yet are so necessary to be known, we are obliged to refer our Readers to the Second Part of this Account, which will be published on Monday next; wherein the Readers will find a full Relation of all the Robberies committed by those vile abandon'd Wretches belonging to the Black-Boy-Alley Gang. Likewise a particular Account of three Mrders that were committed, two by them, and the other by Anne Duck , who was Executed in November last, and one Elizabeth Nash , now a Prisoner in Clerkenwell-Bridewell : with several other remarkable Accounts; particularly four Letters of Surplice Du Clot , the Valet ; to a Lady, and the other three to Gentlemen of Distinction, faithfully translated from the Original French. THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, OF THE MALEFACTORS Who were Executed at TYBURN, ON MONDAY the 24th of DECEMBER, 1744. BEING THE First EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honourable Henry Marshal, Esq; LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON. Number I. Part II. For the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M,DCC,XLIV. (Price SIX-PENCE.) THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. GASCOIGN had not staid long in Town, before he entered himself on Board the Barfleur, then lying at Portsmouth, where he staid almost nine Months; in which Time Walters alone committed the following Robberies. One Evening meeting a Welchman, who had brought Cattle to Town to sell, between the New River Head and Islington, he stopt him, and demanded his Money. The Man, either not understanding him, or pretending so, answered him in Welch; upon which Walters told him he must be expeditious, for his Business required it, and was going to put his Hand into his Pockets, but the Man resisted, wherefore he struck him on the Head with his Stick, but did not knock him down. The poor Fellow still continuing to struggle, he gave him a second Blow, which effectually fell'd him to the Ground; after which he took from him his Whip, and 9 s. in Money, and then stroll'd to the Prince of Orange's Head , his old House of Call, where he staid some Time, and afterwards went Home. Gascoign returning Home again, and Walters acquainting him what he had done in his Absence, he made Answer, he had done the same both at Portsmouth and Gosport , but it turned to a poor Account; upon which they both agreed to go a Street-Robbing again. Accordingly, setting out one Evening with that Design, they met a Woman who was going to Islington , between that which was Stokes's and the Turnpike, and bid her stand, and deliver what she had about her, otherwise they would kill her. The poor Woman, terrify'd greatly, reply'd, Indeed I have nothing, and if you will not believe search me, but pray don't use me ill: Whereup they did so, and could find but 5 d. which the gave her again, but took her Cloak; after they impudently ordered her to go to the Ale-house, and spend her 3 d. and tell how she been served; adding, if they came, they should be served the same Sauce. AFTER this Robbery, they got acquaited with one John Hill , and rightly judging himself their Purpose, asked if he would go out with them upon the same Lay? To which he reply'd, with all his Heart, for he had followed hat Course already some Years. He then told them he wanted a Couple of good Hands to move off some Hay, for he had a Customer ready for it: Whereupon they all went, about Ten at Night, to one Mr. Harris's, a Brickmaker in Gray's-Inn-Lane , and stole five Trusses out of the Hay-loft, and carried them to one Mrs. R - 's in Hog-Island who, tho' they were so sharp, was still too sharp for them; for, on its being brought thither, one of the Servants bid them set it down in the Stable, and as soon as his Mistress came in, she would pay them for it; but, if they are to be believed, they never had a Farthing. THE next Robbery, or rather Robbing, Gascoign, Hill, and Walters were concerned in, jointly, were as follows: Meeting a Man in the King's Road , near Gray's-Inn-Lane , they stopp'd him, and took from him a Shilling, and a Tobacco-Box; he proved to be a Smith in Cold-Bath Fields. The same Night, meeting another in the same Place, they stopp'd him likewise, and as he had no Money, stript him of his Coat. That very Night also, meeting a Third in Hatton-Garden , they robbed him of his Hat and Wig, and seven Shillings and Six-pence in Money; after which, he crying out Stop Thief! Gascoign turn'd back and knock'd him down, which done they all made off. BUT not being yet contented, they went directly into High Holborn , where stopping a Fourth, and taking him up a Court, strip'd him of his Coat, Waistcoat, Breeches and Shirt, after which, Gascoign and Walters brush'd off. Having gone a little way, and missing Hill, who they thought had followed them, they judg'd the Person whom they had robb'd, had secured him; upon which, Gascoign said, let us go back, as they accordingly did; but a Man coming up to Walters, with a Design to seize him, and crying out, Here he is; Walters having the Cloaths, threw them in his Face, and during the Surprize this put him in, he made off, and ran directly Home to Bed. HE had not been long there, however, before Hill and Gascoign came under the Window, and whistled; upon which, Walters knowing their Voices, got up, and went down Stairs to them. Hill's Father was then with them, and he began to tell him, what Danger they had been in, and what a narrow Escape they had; which, however, was not sufficient to make them take warning; for they continued afterwards about an Hour together, with Intent to rob any one they could meet conveniently, wherein, nevertheless, they were disappointed for that Bout; upon which, Walters again returned Home to Bed. THE next Evening, they went into the King's-Road , where they attacked a Woman; whilst they were so doing, five Men came up, one of them catching Hold of Walters, cried out, I have got him; To which Walters answering, D - n you, you lie, knock'd him down directly, and made his Escape: Hearing, however, that Jack Hill was in Custody, and being afraid of being impeach'd, he went voluntarily, and surrendered, and in order to be accepted as an Evidence, went with the Officers, and assisted in securing John Hill (the Father, who was tried and acquited, but the Son was condemned) which they did accordingly, took him out of his Bed, in Baldwin's Gardens ; but Gascoign escaped, and, as is believed, went to Sea. As the following Malefactors, Joseph Uptebake , John Jeffs , William Lawrence , otherwise Lemmox , James Leekey , William Robinson , Samuel South , and Robert Grane , otherwise Graham , have been some of the most active Villains that have for a long time infested the Town, we believe the ensuing Account of the many Robberies they have committed, will not be unacceptable to the Publick. ABOUT fifteen Months ago, Joseph Uptebake , the first of this notorious Gang, meeting John Jeffs accidentally in West-Smithfield, they express'd great Joy at seeing each other, and after some other mutual Discourse, and enquiring how each of them liv'd, since they were last together, Jeffs asked Uptebake whether he went still on the Old Lay †, to which the other answering, that he did, whenever he had an Opportunity; then said Jeffs, I have now a dead Set, if you will go along with me. To this Uptebake very readily consented, and away they went together, to an Oil-Shop, at the Corner of Maddox Street , over-against St. George's Church , where they found the Sash of one of the Parlour Windows up, and saw, near it, a new Stuff Poplin Gown, hanging upon the Back of a Chair; whereupon, Jeffs reaching as far as he could over the Rails, caught hold thereof, and pull'd it out; after which, not finding any thing else for their Purpose, they went immediately therewith to * Elizabeth Cane , † That is, a Thieving. * She was tried last Sessions, and is to be transported for buying Stolen Goods, knowing them to be so; and is an old Offender this Way, having followed the Trade above twenty Years. otherwise Lawrence , otherwise Lemmox , in Cross-Lane , St. Giles's in the Fields , who gave them six Shillings for it, which they shared between them. NOT long after this, these two sworn Brothers in Iniquity, being at one Grimes's, in Church-Lane , St. Giles's , agreed to lye there together that Night, and set out early in the Morning in quest of fresh Booty. Accordingly they took their Way down Long-Acre , and at the Corner of Langley-street, under the Archway , they found a Back-door only upon the Latch, which Jeffs made bold to lift up, and go in; and in a Back Parlour, the Door of which was open, saw a Woman in Bed fast asleep; whereupon, Uptebake cautioned him to do his Business softly, both for fear of disturbing her Repose, and of being likewise disturbed themselves; accordingly Jeffs, without much Noise, stript the Room of a great many valuable Things, which he handed to his Companion, and with which they both got clear off, without waking the Woman, and carrying them to their old Receiver Bess Cane , sold them for what she was pleas'd to give them, which probably was not above a quarter of what they were really worth. THE next Exploit, wherein we find Uptebake concerned, was about the 22d of September, 1743, at 7 in the Evening, when, in Conjunction with William Lawrence , otherwise Lemmox , which last was the Name by which he most commonly went; he broke into a House in Carnaby-Market , and, as all was Fish with them that came to the Net, took from thence an old Crape Gown, a Work-basket, some Dutch Tiles, several Pieces of Linnen, a small Wainscot Box, containing divers Caps, Handkerchiefs and Head-cloaths; a Net Purse with two Half Guineas therein, an old broken Brass Seal, wrapt up in Cotton-wool, and a Canvas-Bag, wherein were eighteen Guineas, two Half-Guineas, two Moidores, and one Piece of thirty six Shillings; with all which they got clear off, to Lawrence's House in Cross-Lane, where they divided the Money equally between them, and gave the Gown to Elizabeth Cane , their trusty Sister in Iniquity, who was the pretended Wife of the said Lawrence. THE February following, one Evening about seven, the before-mentioned hopeful Gentry, Uptebake and Lemmox, together with one Samuel South , by Trade a Watchmaker , set out from the old Place of Rendezvous, Lemmox's in Cross-Lane , upon the Old Lay, and steering their Course towards the Court-End of the Town, went to the Green-Door in Wardour Street , where they determined to try their Fortune. In order to this, Lemmox, by the help of a false Key, given him by South, who had provided himself with several for that Purpose, open'd the Door, and South going in first, ventur'd directly up one Pair of Stairs, from whence he soon after brought down a Hair Trunk, which he handed to Uptebake, who conveyed it some Distance from the House, and waited there for his Companions; not content therewith, however, Lemmox went in afterwards, whilst South walk'd to and fro before the Door, to be upon the Watch; and in a little time, Lemmox, who likewise ventured up Stairs, came out with a Cedar Box under his Arm; which done, they made the best of their Way to Cross-Lane, where they examined into the Contents of their Booty. UPON rummaging the Trunk, they found therein a Velvet Pilgrim, a Hood of the same, with several laced Caps, and Handkerchiefs; as also a small Basket of Nuns Work, covered with Silk, and made to draw up with Ribbons at the Top like a Purse. They proceeded then to open the Cedar-Box, and found therein another of Tunbridge Ware, consisting of four Partitions, made to screw and unscrew. In the first of these Partitions they found a Woman's Girdle-Buckle of white Pebble Stones, set in Silver, with a Steel Chape: In the second, were a Pair of Diamond Ear-Rings, a Ring of the same, another of plain Gold, and a Man's Head in Miniature set in the same precious Metal. In the third Partition, were several Stone Drops for Ladies Ears, with divers Head-cloths, and Handkerchiefs; and in the fourth and last were several French Necklaces; all of which they disposed of to Bess Cane , for seven Pounds, which they shared equally between them. NOT satisfied with this Purchase, however, the very next Day being Sunday, the same honest Triumvirate, agreed to go out again in Quest of fresh Prey; and accordingly, Night being come, they steer'd to Compton-street , Soho , where they broke open the House of a Bricklayer, from whence they carried of several Parcels of Linnen of all Sorts, as Shirts, Shifts, Aprons, Frocks, Sheets, Napkins and Table-Cloths, for which, they received of their before mentioned hopeful Receiver, the Sum of 5 Pounds. HAVING perform'd this Exploit, whatever was the Reason of their being so long idle, we don't hear of their being engag'd in any other of the like Nature, till about two Months after, when Uptebake and Lawrence went from their old Rendezvous in Cross-Lane , to St. James's Market , between the Hours of 7 and 8 in the Evening, where, having fixed upon a Cheesemongers, at the Corner of the pav'd Court that goes into Charles-Street, St. James's-Square , as the Place where they would begin their Operations; they carried of from thence a Silver Pint Mug, five large Spoons of the same, four or five Tea-spoons ditto, with a small Pair of Buckles, of the same Metal, which they immediately disposed of to honest Bess Cane , at the Rate of 3 s. 6 d. an Ounce, at which Price they amounted to five Pounds twelve Shillings; which done, they divided the Spoil, receiving each of them 2 l. 15 s. a Man. THE next notable Exploit perform'd by them, whereof we have had Information, was one Sunday Evening last February, about six o'Clock, when Uptebake and Lemmox going to Castle street near the Meuse, broke open a Back-House, behind a Turner's-Shop, facing Cranbourn-Alley , from whence they took a Silver Cream-Boat, a small Shagreen Case, with half a dozen Teaspoons a Strainer and a Pair of Tongs, as also an old Bob Peruke; which last they burnt at one Bradbury's, at the Black-Horse in Church-Lane , St. Giles's , and for the rest, they disposed of them, as usual, to their old Friend Elizabeth Cane . NOT long after this Robbery, the same industrious Couple Uptebake and Lemmox going to King street , St. Giles's , next Door to the Sign of the Two Spies, Lemmox unlatch'd the Street-door, leading into the Passage, and push'd through into the Yard, and whilst he so did, as there was another Door with a Sash, between the Passage and the Shop, he desired Uptebake to keep upon the Watch there, that, if a Woman, who was in the Shop should rise, he might give timely Notice. AS if it happened, however, this Caution, no more than was prudent, prov'd unnecessary; for, notwithstanding, Uptebake, whilst he stood Centinel, plainly heard Lemmox shove the Sash of the Back Parlour-Window, after which, he came out of the Yard, with a Wai-Box under his Arm, the Woman very fortunately for them, and unluckily for herself, was so intent on what she was about, that she never minded it; but they both got off, without any Disturbance or Intermission, and went as far as Nottingham-Court , where Lemmox gave it to Uptebake to carry the rest of the Way to their old Rendezvous, his House. BEING come thither, they proceeded to examine their Booty, when they found it had three Locks thereon; whereupon, Lemmox said, This is a Club-Box; to which Uptebake answered with an Oath, if it was the D - ls, they would open it, and accordingly they took out the Bottom. This done, found therein a Book, with the Names and Orders of the Members of the Society; about four or five Shillings in Half-pence loose in the Box; and some Gold and Silver, to the Value of about 8 Pounds, in a Leathern Purse, all of which they shared equally between them. A Night or two after this, about 7 in the Evening, these faithful Servants of the Prince of Darkness, went into Porter street , near Newport-Market , when Lemmox lifting up the Latch of a Street-door, 3 or 4 Houses below the Sign of the City of Hereford, went directly in, and forcing open the Parlour-door, with his Knee, sent Uptebake in, whilst he staid behind upon the Watch. Uptebake knowing Time to be precious, took Care not to be idle, but soon after, brought out, a new Camblet Gown; a plain Cambrick Handkercheif; a pair of white Tabby Stays; a Straw Hat, and some other Women's Apparel. With all which they got off clear, to their usual Haunt, where their never failing Friend Bess Cane , received them into her Custody, in return for a Guinea and a Half, which they shared between them. ABOUT a Month after this Exploit, the same two sworn Brothers in Iniquity, being reinforced by their old Acquaintance and Companion, Samuel South , the Watch-maker , steer'd their Course again to Porter-Street , and within two Doors of the House they had robb'd before, broke into the Habitation of Mr. Nicholas, a Jeweller, if only lifting up a Latch can properly be called breaking in: As it happened, a Woman was then in the Fore-Parlour, rocking a Child in its Cradle, which prevented Lemmox from going in thither; whereupon, he proceeded on to the Back Parlour, the Lock of which he ventur'd to turn, notwithstanding the Woman's being in the next Room, and went in. HE had not been long there, before he came out with a Bundle, and a Curtain fasten'd to a piece of Deal; which Curtain and bit of Deal he threw down an Area in Litchfield Street , but deliver'd the Bundle to Uptebake, who gave it to South. Not satisfied with this, however, and harden'd by his good Luck, Lemmox ventured back again to the same House, with Uptebake, who stood upon the Watch at the Door, and going into the same Room, soon came out again with another Bundle; after which, both made off, as fast as they could; to their old Place of Rendezvous, where they met their Fellow-man, South, with the rest of their Booty. THEY proceeded then to open their Purchase, wherein they found several Shirts and Shifts, with some Sheets and Table-Linnen, as also divers Caps, Aprons, and Handkerchiefs, together with a Pair of black Velvet Breeches, which they immediately examined: To their Sorrow, however, they found nothing therein, but the Copy of a Letter which a Gentleman had sent to a Lady, requesting her to meet him at the Cross-Keys-Tavern, the Corner of St. Martin's-Lane, and enquire for No. 2. These they sold all to their Old Fence, Bess Cane , for Two Pounds, Twelve Shillings, and Six-Pence. NOT above a Week after this, about Eight in the Evening, the same honest Triumvirate, Lemmox, South, and Uptebake, directed their Course to King-street , St. Ann's , where they saw an old French Gentlewoman open the Door of a House, facing the Bull Head Alehouse , and calling an Oyster Woman out of the Street, bid her come with her into the Parlour, and open some of them. In the mean Time the old Gentlewoman left the Street Door upon the Jar, which South observing, ventured in, and went directly up one Pair of Stairs, during which Uptebake and Lemmox stood upon the Watch before the Door. As it happened, however, whilst their Comrade South, who did not go up to be idle, was very busily employed above Stairs, the Oyster Woman, having served her Customer, came out, and not only shut the Door of the Parlour, but that of the Street after her. THIS put them into no small Consternation, and they were some Time at their Wits End, how to get South off with his Booty, which, now the Door was shut, they knew must be attended with some Difficulty. Being willing, therefore, to facilitate his Escape as much as they could, both for Fear his being taken should involve themselves in some Danger, and because, knowing him to be a good Hand, and one who would not let any Opportunity slip, they were loth to loose him, they resolved at last to rap boldly at the Door, which Lemmox accordingly did, not doubting, but on that Occasion, to push out. IN Effect, just as they had foreseen, every Thing fell out; for, whether South judging who knock'd, and for what Purpose, we know not, but he stood ready at the Turn of the Stairs, and on the old Frenchwoman's going to the Door, and opening it, down Stairs he ran, with what he had laid Hands on, and rushing against her before she could shut it again, pushed her down, and got clear off with them. By this lucky and bold Contrivance, they became Masters of three Mens Coats, a Man's brocaded Night Gown, lin'd with green Shagreen, some Linnen, and a Man's Velvet Cap; all of which they sold to Old true and trusty Bess Cane , for 1 l. 11 s. 6 d. which they equally divided between them. ABOUT a Week after this fortunate Escape, and near the Hour of Eight in the Evening, these Three hitherto lucky Rogues, who would take no Warning, steered their Course to Grosvenor's-Meuse , where finding a Sash up, at a House that stands in a dark Corner, and a great Quantity of wet Linnen hanging up to dry, South getting over the Rails, and in at the Window, took from off the Lines several fulltrimm'd shirts, three of which he handed thro' the Window to Uptebake, who carried them across the Way to Lemmox, after which he returned to his Post near South, who was still in the Room, and having lost no Time, gave him 8 or 9 Shirts more, all likewise fulltrimm'd. THEIR Devil was very near failing them this Bout; for a little Girl coming by at that Instant, and observing their Motions, cried out, Thieves! Thieves! upon which South leaping hastily out at the Window, and over the Rails, ran one Way, whilst Uptebake scowr'd off the other, with the Shirts; but two Chairmen pursuing the latter closely, he threw the Linnen (last given him by South) under a Gentleman's Coach, which was standing in Grosvenor-street ; and whilst the Chairmen were employed in taking them up, he got clear off, as did likewise South and Lemmox, to their old Sanctuary, where they sold the three Shirts, first given by Uptebake to Lemmox, to Bess Cane for 12 s. which they shar'd equally. ONE would have thought, these two narrow Escapes, and especially the latter, should have kept them in some Awe, and deterr'd them, at least for some Time, from pursuing their former evil Courses; but they were incorrigible, and seemed resolved to verify the old Proverb, He that is born to be hang'd, will never be drowned. ACCORDINGLY, about a Fortnight after this, between Seven and Eight in the Evening, Lemmox and Uptebake went into Long Ditch , Westminster , and in a Court there, Lemmox unlatching the Door of House, pushed through a Passage into a small Yard behind it, where, shoving up the Sash of the back Parlour Window, he took out a handsome Dressing Glass, with a Drawer under it, which they brought away safely to Bess Cane 's, their old Receiver. On opening the Drawer, tey found therein five large Cambrick Handkerchiefs, with two Half Handkerchiefs, with very broad Lace, and a Woman's Laced Mob, for all which honest Bess gave them 40 s. AGAIN, about four or five Nights after this, and at the usual Hour of Eight in the Evening, Lemmox and Uptebake, having pick'd up a new Associate, one James Leekey , steer'd their Course to Long-Ditch , Westminster , and going to the back Door of a large House at the Corner of a Court, just through Story's-Gate , they found it open. Hereupon Lemmox ventured in, and opened one of the Parlour Doors; but, whether it was that he changed his Mind, or that he had a Mind to try his new Companion, he came out again directly, and bid Leekey go in, which he readily did. SOON after, he brought out a long Cambrick Frock, a Woman's lac'd Cap, and two or three Boys Shirts, which he gave to Lemmox: This done, he went in again, and staying about eight Minutes, came out with a large Pier-Glass, which he carried to St. Margaret's Church-yard , Lemmox and Uptebake following him. Having landed it safe there, and finding the Glass rather too big to carry, they all agreed to hire a Coach; and accordingly having called one, and put the Glass therein, they went in themselves, and ordered the Coachman to drive to Duke-street , Lincoln's Inn Fields , where they alighted; then paying off the Man, they went directly, with their Booty, to their old Rendezvous, where they disposed of it to Bess Cane , for 40 s. which they parted between them, tho' probably the Glass alone was worth above thrice that Sum. ABOUT a Week after this, the same honest Three went into Vine street , Piccadilly , one Saturday Night, and at a Bricklayer's the lower Corner of the Street, they found a Door which opened into a long Passage, and which Leekey undid; then going into the Passage, he saw another Door, which led into the House, and which he undid likewise; and pushing in, and finding the two Parlour Doors open, he went in, and after a short Stay (Lemmox and Uptebake being in the mean while upon the Watch) brought out two silver Castors, the one for Pepper and the other for Mustard, with a third larger than the others for Sugar, and six Silver Tea Spoons: Nor had he been satisfied with these, had he not been disturbed by the Maid's coming down Stairs, which obliged him to make the best of his Way out, otherwise he had brought off many more Things of Value. FROM thence they proceeded in Search of farther Adventures, as far as Spring Garden near Charing-Cross , where they observed a Woman sitting at the Foot of a Stair Case, fast asleep, with a Mop and Pail standing by her, and the Street and Parlour Doors all open. Hereupon Leekey stept into the Parlour, and immediately brought out a Child-bed Basket, with a Pair of Sheets, a Bed Gown, a Shift, and several other Things of small Value. The Basket they threw against the Dead Wall near the Plantation Coffee-House ; after which they made the best of their Way with the rest to their old and sure Card, Bess Cane , to whom they disposed of them for Four Pounds, which they divided equally as usual. ABOUT three Weeks after this, between 8 and 9 at Night, Joseph Uptebake and James Leekey , being at John Bradbury 's, in Church-Lane , St. Giles's , and meeting there with William Robinson , one of the same Stamp, they all agreed to go out upon the Old Lay. Accordingly steer ing their Course to Queen-street , near the Seven Dials , they all went to a House on the Right Side of the Way from the Dials, where Leekey lifting up the Latch of the Street Door, ventured in, and opening the Parlour Door likewise he went in thither also; from whence, in about eight Minutes, he brought out a Bundle, with which they all got clear off to their Old Fence, Bess Cane 's, where they proceeded to examine into the Contents. These they found to be a Woman's Silk Gown, a Silk quilted Petticoat, a Pair of White Tabby Stays, a Pair of Silver Lac'd Shoes, an old Shirt, and an old White Waistcoat, all of which they sold to their Trusty Receiver, for Two Pounds Ten Shillings. ABOUT the Middle of September, 1743, one Saturday, between 6 and 7 in the Evening, Lemmox and Uptebake, not loving to be idle, set out from their old Rendezvous in Cross-Lane , like true Knight Errants, in Search of Adventures, and steering into Porters street near Newport Market , as having been a Place pretty lucky to them, found the Street Door of a House, a little above the Hand and Tipstaff, upon the Latch: Whereupon Lemmox pushed in directly to the fore Parlour Door, and finding it shut, forced it open with his Knee, and went in. He had not been there above five Minutes, before he came out with two full trimm'd Shirts, and a small Parcel wrapt up in Paper, which prov'd to be a Child's Doll, to their great Mortification as well as the Child's, and all of which they disposed of to Lemmox's Friend, Bess Cane , for half a Guinea. THE next Exploit in which we find them concerned together, was very near costing them, or at least one of them, very dear: This was on the 17th of March last, being St. Patrick's Day, when Lemmox and Uptebake went to Broad-street near Carnaby Market , and pitching upon a Stocking Shop, the Corner of Berwick street , for the Scene of Action, where they would exercise their Talents for that Night, the Entry Door being a Jar, Lemmox desired Uptebake to go into the Shop, and keep the Woman in Talk, on Pretence of buying some Stockings; which he accordingly did. IN the mean Time Lemmox went thro' the Entry, and turning the Lock of the Parlour Door, went in; but had not been there above three or four Minutes, before the Gentlewoman, who was behind the Compter, discovered it; for, whether he made more Noise than usual, being in the Dark, or whether her Ears were better than ordinary, she thought she heard somebody walk across the Parlour, and accordingly starting up from behind the Compter, she to the Shop Door, and secured it, shutting Uptebake into the Shop, after which she cried out; Thieves! Thieves! HEREUPON Lemmox ran out of the Parlour towards the Street, in order to make his Escape, but the Maid coming in at that Instant, met him in the Passage, and did her Endeavour to seize him; in this, however, she was disappointed, for he being too strong for her, threw her down, and so got clear off: He had the Mortification, nevertheless, in the Scuffle, to be obliged to drop all the Things he had taken out of the Parlour, which consisted of a Gold Watch in an Enamell'd Case, a Two-Handle Silver Cup, and some Wearing Apparel. NOR was this all, for though he got off himself, his Comrade Uptebake was secured, and would probably have come off but scurvily, wherefore Lemmox resolved to strike a bold Stroke for his Deliverance, and accordingly flying with the utmost Expedition, to a House of Call for Persons of his Stamp, he gathered there a strong Posse, armed with Cutlasses and Hangers, with which he returned, just as the Constable was about to put him into a Coach, in order to carry him before a Magistrate, and taking him away Vi & Armis, conveyed him in Triumph to their old Rendezvous in Cross-Lane , in open Defiance of Justice. THIS narrow Escape, one would have thought, should have induced them to take Warning, und brought them to a better and more serious Way of Thinking, but, alas! they were so hardened in Villainy, as no other Means but putting an End to their Lives, could be supposed effectual for suppressing what further Destruction might but too certainly be apprehended from them. ABOUT three Months ago, Joseph Uptebake , with his faithful Associates in Iniquity, James Leekey and William Robinson , going out one Evening upon the old-Lay, steered their Course to Porter street , where having fixed their Eye upon a House near Litchfield street, Leekey pushing up the Sash, got into the fore Parlour, and finding there a Basket with wet Linnen therein, he took it out, and handed it to Wm. Robinson, who was waiting near for that Purpose. This done, not seeing any Thing else he could conveniently carry off, he got out himself, and all three made the best of their Way to their Old Fence, Bess Cane 's, to whom they disposed thereof for a Guinea and a half which they shar'd between them. ABOUT four or five Weeks after this, one Sunday Night, towards the Hour of Eight, the same hopeful Triumvirate being upon the Tramp, and finding a House in Glassenbury-Court , the Door of which was upon the Latch, Leekey laid hold of that Opportunity to go into the Passage, with Intent to get, if possible, into one of the Parlours, but he found both the Doors fast. BEING resolved, however, not to be disappointed, he went from thence into the Yard, and taking out a Pane of Glass, opened the Casement of the back Parlour Window, and by the Means of a Ladder that was in the Yard, got into the Room, from whence, in about 7 or 8 Minutes, he made up a Bundle, which he tied up in a Woman's Under-Petticoat, and handed it to Robinson, who waiting in the Yard, and conveyed it to Uptebake, who stood Centinel in the Court: This done, he returned to his Post in the Yard, and in about 4 or 5 Minutes more, both he and Leekey came out together, the latter having another Bundle under his Arm, with which they all three went off undiscovered (and left the Door open) to one Susannah Clarke 's in Drury-Lane , where they opened their Purchase, and found 7 or 8 Shirts, with as many Shifts, Two Men's Coats, a Woman's Coat, some Napkins and Towels, with many other Things of small Value, all of which they sold to Susannah Clarke for 3 l. 13 s. 6 d. ABOUT three Months before this, the same industrious Three having pick'd up another Companion of the same Stamp, one Robert Grane , otherwise Graham , being all met at John Bradbury 's, in Church Lane , St. Giles's , (one of their old Places of Rendezvous) with Intent to go out together in quest of Booty, steered their Course to Balsover street , near Oxford Market , where observing a Woman come out of a House, about 5 or 6 Doors from the Market, and go into a Chandler's Shop hard by; Leekey went in, she having carelessly left the Door open, and going to the back Parlour, burst open the Door with his Knee; from whence, in less than 7 Minutes, he brought out some Shirts and Shifts, wherewith they made off unperceived to Susannah Clarke 's, to whom they disposed of them for no more that 12 s. ABOUT a Fortnight after this, the same Four being met at the House of one Mary Lucas 's, where the abovementioned Clarke lodges, went from thence to a Court behind Oxford Chapel ; where finding the Door of the House, about the Middle of the Court, but half shut, Leekey stole in, and forcing open the Door of the back Parlour, proceeded to Rummage about for Booty. Accordingly, in about 3 Minutes, he handed a Box to Robinson, who had followed him into the House, and came out therewith: Soon after which, Leekey having made up a Bundle likewise, crept out undiscovered, and all Four hastened away to Susannah Clarke 's Lodgings, but she was not at Home. FROM thence, therefore, they made the best of their Way to their old and trusty Friend Bess Cane , who was then removed from her Habitation in Cross-Lane to St. Thomas's-street , St. Giles's , where they found Susannah Clarke also. Now, says Robinson, let us examine into the Fruits of our Labour: Accordingly, he broke open the Box, and found therein a large Silver Spoon, a Tortoiseshell Snuff Box, with a Silver Rim and Hinge, a Coral, and a Necklace; as also about 4 l. in Gold and Silver, mostly half Guineas, with some odd Things of little Value. Having thus examined into the Contents of the Box, Leekey opened his Bundle, and found therein several Sorts of Mens and Womens Cloaths, with some Child-bed Linnen, all of which they sold to Bess Cane for Four Guineas, and then divided the whole Spoil equally amongst them. THIS ill got Prey, however, was very near causing a Rupture between their hopeful Confederates; for soon after the Commission of this Robbery, the Things were advertised, which occasioned a Discovery, that a Pair of Men's Silver Shoe and Knee Buckles had been fraudulently sunk upon the Co-Partners, and not brought to Account; which heinous and dishonourable Breach of Trust was so highly resented by that Man of strict Honour, William Robinson , that upon the first Notice of it he flew to Leekey's Lodgings, and in a furious Rage, d - n'd him, and swore he was a Villain and a Rogue to offer to sink upon him. In Effect, nobody knows what might have been the Consequence of this Resentment, had not Leekey prudently pacify'd him, and compounded the Felony, by telling him calmly, Prithee, Will. don't be in such a Passion, for if you will be easy, and not Whiddle, I will give you 6 s. which is half the Money I sold them for. This seasonable Compromise so effectually appeased Robinson, that he immediately answered with an Oath, Aye! now thou art an honest Fellow, and if any one dares say the contrary, d - n my Eyes, I'll blow their Brains out; and accordingly they parted very good Friends. ABOUT six Weeks after this, Leekey, Grane, and Uptebake, having agreed to go into the Country, set out all Three together on their Journey, and a little beyond Kensington they overtook a Chariot and four Horses, with a Gentleman and a Lady therein, whose Coachman was so very much in Liquor, that instead of being capable of driving, he fell off the Box. Hereupon Grane, with great Presence of Mind, ran and stopt the Horses; upon which the Gentleman asked, if any one of them could undertake to drive him Home to his House on Turnham-Green? Uptebake immediately said, if he pleased he would get into the Box, and would be sure to drive him home very safe. THE Gentleman agreeing thereto, and as there was a Foot Boy belonging to the Chariot on Horseback, who had dismounted on Purpose to take off the Coachman, and convey him to a Publick House till he had slept himself sober, Leekey rode his Beast, and when he came back, he got up together with Grane behind the Chariot. Upon Uptebake's getting into the Box, the Gentleman ordered him to stop at an Alehouse upon the Road; whither being come, and the Landlord stepping out to see what was wanted, he called him by his Name, and desired he would drive him the rest of the Way, with which he readily comply'd. HEREUPON Uptebake got down, as did also Grane, from behind the Chariot, and Leekey from the Horse, when the Gentleman gave Uptebake and Grane a Shilling each, but nothing to Leekey. Wherefore, resolving not to be served so, he ran after the Chariot, and being come to the House, saw the Foot Boy take a Bundle out of the Chariot, and carry it into the Hall, and shut the Door after him. Upon this, Leekey knock'd, and a Maid Servant coming to the Gate, demanded what he wanted? He answered, he was one of the young Men who took Care of her Master when his Horses were running away. The Maid immediately went up Stairs with the Message, and acquainting him therewith, he sent down by her a Shilling to him also, but, as she happened not to shut the Door after having delivered it, but went immediately up Stairs again, Leekey, who observed it, thought this too good an Opportunity to be lost, and accordingly stept back into the Hall, and brought away the Bundle, wherewith he returned to his Companions. They highly applauded his Dexterity, and forthwith, they all made the best of their Way to Brentford , where Leekey had an Acquaintance, at whose House they opened the Bundle. They found therein the Bodies of two Holland Shifts, not made up, a Pair of Sleeves not sew'd in; a Pair of Sheets, a Pair of Leather Clogs, Three Napkins, two Play Books, and some other odd Things, all of which Leekey disposed of for One Guinea, to a Person in that Town; and this was the last Robbery, as far as we can find, wherein they were concerned together. HAVING thus given a succinct Account of the principal Robberies, whereof the beforementioned Arch Villains have been pleased to acknowledge themselves Guilty, we cannot help observing, that, upon the Face of the Whole, it appears evidently, that the Persons injured, may chiefly thank themselves, or their Servants, for the Losses they suffered; since it is very plain, they were owing either to Carelessness, in leaving their Doors upon the Latch, in not pinning their Sash Windows, or, in not shutting their Doors after them, when they went out on an Errand, to any Neighbouring Place: We hope, however, this particular Detail will be a sufficient Warning to them to be upon their Guard for the future. The following is an Account of the Sheep that were killed by Patrick Bourke , and his Father-in-law George Ellis , Patrick Baite , and Fellomy Connelly . ABOUT Wednesday and Thursday in November last in the Night, George Ellis , Patrick Bourke , and Fellomy Connelly , went into a Field adjoining to Kensington Gravel Pits , and there they kill'd about Twenty-one Sheep, which belonged to one Mr. John Messenger , and Mr. Benjamin Banks , Senior; and when they had thus done, they took out the Fat and sold it to one * Samuel Chattle , a Tallow-Chandler in the Borough of Southwark , for about forty Shillings; but there being an Account between Patrick Bourke and him, therefore he paid him but one Pound ten Shillings and ten Pence Half-penny, which Money was equally divided between Patrick Bourke , George Ellis , and Felomy Connelly . AFTER this, on Saturday the 3d, and Sunday the 4th of November last the same Persons went into a Field near Dulwich in Kent , and there they killed about Twenty-two Sheep, and took the Fat out of them, and amongst the Fat which they sold to the aforesaid Tallow-Chandler, there was several Flesh Kidneys, which he took Notice of, and made a Deduction in the Price. SOMETIME after, which was in the Month of September last, George Ellis and Patrick Bourke went in the Night time, into a Field near Kensington Gravel Pits , and kill'd twenty Weather Sheep, and they took the Kidney's and Cawl Fat out of them, and they sold the same to the said Tallow-Chandler, but did not strip the Fat from of the said Sheep. AFTER this, sometime in October last, they all Three went into a Field, in, or near the Parish of Frayant, Barnet , in the County of Middlesex , and there they killed twenty-two Ewes, after they had thus done, they took out their Fat, and sold it to the aforesaid Tallow-Chandler. ABOUT four Months ago, George Ellis , Patrick Bourke , Patrick Baite , with Fellomy Connelly, went into a Field near Dulwich , in the Night, and there they killed about eleven Sheep, took out their Fat, and brought it to Town, and sold it to their former Friend. ABOUT the Month of January last, in the Night time, Patrick Bourke , George Ellis , Fellomy Connelly , and Patrick Baite , went into a Field near Paddington : but what was very remarkable, as they were all four going along, they saw Tyburn before them; upon which, George Ellis said to his Son-in-law Patrick Bourke , There is the fatal Place where you and I shall end our Days, if we go on in this manner of Life. Bourke reply'd, No, D - n me if I do, for by Jesu if I am hang'd, I'll be hang'd in mine own Country by St. Patrick. There they killed eleven Weather Sheep, and took the Fat of them, and sold it to the aforesaid Tallow-Chandler; two of the Sheep had Bells about their Necks, which they took off, and threw away. AFTER this, about the Month of May last, in the Night Time, the same Persons went into a Field near the White Horse , in the Parish of Stepney , and there they killed nine Sheep and two Lambs, and took out their Fat, which they brought to Town, and sold to their Old Customer. ABOUT nine Weeks ago, Bourke and Ellis went into a Field near Hurlsdon Green , in the Parish of Willsden, in the County of Middlesex , and there killed Ten Ewe Sheep, took out their Fat, and brought it to Town, and sold it to the said Tallow-Chandler. This was the last Fact they committed before they were brought to Justice, which was after this Manner, viz. Bourke having some Words with his Wife, (the same Day that Ann Barefoot and Ann Duck were executed) he beat her in a cruel Manner, which so enraged Ellis her Father, that he went to a Constable, and desired he would take Charge of him, but the Constable would not concern himself with the Matter: Then said Ellis, if you will not take him up for that, I can prove him a great Rogue upon another Account. Bourke happening to hear of his Father-in-Law's Intentions, went immediately before Sir Thomas De Veil , Knt . and gave an Information against him and two others, which Patrick Bait and Fellomy Connelly hearing of, made their Escapes; but Bourke and his Father-in-Law were both committed, and met with their deserved Fate. THE said Bourke was condemned for the same Crime about Three Years ago at Ely in Huntingtonshire , but the Day before he and two others were to be executed, he made a Breach in the Condemn'd-Hole, whereby he not only escaped himself, but let the other two out; one of whom was for Horse-stealing, and the other an Irishman for Robbing his Master. When he had thus obtained his Liberty, the next Difficulty was how to get his Fetters off, being double iron'd; as he was going along, he spy'd a Miller's Horse, which he mounted, and rode side ways, on Account of his Fetters, to a little Village about 3 * Who is in the New-Goal, and is to be tried the next Assizes, that is to be held for the County of Surrey, for buying the said Fat of Patrick Bourke , George Ellis , and the rest of them. Miles from Ely, and quitting his Horse got into a Field, where he saw a Man a Harrowing. Here he concealed himself till the Man had left off: When the Man was gone, he got one of the Iron Teeth out of the Harrow, and with that got off his Fetters. Upon this he proceeded directly for London, to his Father-in-Law's George Ellis 's, at the Seven Dials , where his Wife and her Father were both greatly surprized to see him. HE for some Time after this lived very honest in the Employment of a Labourer ; but afterwards growing weary of his Business, and renewing his Acquaintance with his old Companions, he was led by them to the Commission of those very Crimes, for which he was once before Condemn'd, and now Executed. HE acknowledged, that he and his Companions have killed One Hundred and Twenty-six Sheep, since the last Time they followed those Courses. SUCH a profligate Sett of audacious Bloodthirsty, desperate, and harden'd Villains, have of late started up to infest this great City, as make it quite unsafe to walk even in the most public Streets; every one surely will allow, that the apprehending and bringing such Villains to their deserved Punishment, is an Undertaking worthy of the greatest Encouragement, and more especially, when such an Undertaking is attended with the greatest Danger and Hazard. NO Body has taken more Pains, or run greater Hazards on this Account, than an Officer of this City, (by the Encouragement of the Civil Magistrates) who has twice very near ran the Risque of his Life, once by being shot at in open Day-light, in Drury-Lane , by some of these Ruffians; but escaping that Attempt, and persisting still in his laudable Endeavours to bring them to Justice, seventeen of the most audacious of them, going with their Pistols and Hangers, to a House he was known to frequent, fully determined to Sacrifice him, which has been confessed by Harper the Evidence, now a Prisoner in Woodstreet Compter; but the said Officer fortunately happening not to be there, their Design prov'd abortive. Since therefore, it is evident, from these desperate Attempts, that this vigilant Officer goes hourly in danger of his Life, it is, surely, but fit he should be rewarded according to his Merit, not only in common Justice to him, but as an Encouragement to Others, to follow so laudable an Example; the only likely means to put an End to the wicked Practices of such abandon'd Wretches, and restore Peace and Safety to the Inhabitants of London and Westminster, who are at present deterr'd by the daily numerous Instances of their unprecedented Barbarity, from pursuing their lawful Occasions, even at Hours, that used formerly to be counted very seasonable. Richard Harper , othewise Daddy, was taken on the last Lord-Mayor's Day in Cheapside , and that Night committed to the Compter, next Day being carried before the sitting Alderman, he was committed to Newgate , where he was put into one of the Cells, and in the Evening, two worthy Magistrates of this City, came to the Press-Yard, and there took his Confession of several Robberies committed by him and his Companions, knowing what Villainies he had been concerned, and sensible his Life was too justly forfeited, unless he could serve his Country, by detecting his wicked Companions, he chose to turn Evidence, and open such a Scene of Villiany committed by him and his Companions, as is scarcely to be parallell'd, and which is as follows, viz. The following is an Account of the Robberies committed by Thomas Wells , Joseph Field , John Potbury , William Billingsley , and the rest of their Gang. JOHN Potbury , otherwise Jack the Sailor, James Cole , (not yet taken) and William Harper , having robbed a Gentleman in a Street near Temple-Bar , of a Silver Watch, were pursued very closely, but in the Pursuit fell down, by which Means they escap'd. AFTER this, Billingsley, otherwise Gugg, John Potbury , Henry Gadd , (the little Boy) otherwise Scampey, William Bristow , otherwise Dilsey, James Roberts , Theophilus Watson , William Harper , with some others (not yet taken) robbed a Gentleman in Bartholomew Fair , Billingsley and Watson held him by the Arms, whilst Potbury pick'd his Pocket of his Watch. The Gentleman making some Resistance, they fell on him with their Bludgeons, and beat him in a cruel Manner. In the Scuffle the Gentleman lost his Stick with an Ivory crooked Head, and his Hat, both of which James Roberts picked up, and brought to the rest of his Companions. They sold the Hat to Billingsley for 4 s. and the Watch to a Fence, (a Jew in Duke's-Place.) The Money was divided between Ten of them, but there were Eleven in Company when they committed this Robbery, so they sunk upon one of them his Share. THE next Day William Harper , John Potbury , otherwise Jack the Sailor, William Billingsley , Henry Gadd , (the little Boy) and one more (not yet taken) being afraid to go into the Fair, were apprehensive the Disturbance they made the Night before, would be a Means of some of them being apprehended, therefore by Consent they steer'd their Course up and down the Strand. In their Walks Henry Gadd (the Boy) seeing a Gentleman walking along very pensively, told the rest of the Gang, he had got a Loage, (i. e. a Watch) for he heard the Chain jingle; upon which they followed him, thinking he would soon stop somewhere; as he did not, a Coach happening to come up Essex-street , they intended to have stopped him there; but the Gentleman having some Suspicion of their Intention, ran by the Horses Heads, and they followed him till he came to George's Coffee-House , and there four of them held him, whilst the little Boy Gadd took from him his Gold Watch and Chain. When they had robbed him, he cry'd, That little Boy has got my Watch. On hearing which they all took to their Heels, and got off with their Prey. SOMETIME after this, William Billingsley , Henry Gadd , (the Boy) John Potbury , James Roberts , William Brister , Theophilus Watson , William Harper , and one more, (not yet taken) were all Drinking at a Publick House in Cross-Lane , from whence they were fetched to rescue one Edward Young , who they were informed was taken up in the City. They all agreed to go immediately into Black Boy Alley , in Chick Lane , to fetch some more of their Accomplices to assist them: And as they were going down Holborn they met some more of their Gang, and acquainted them with their Intentions; but some of them said, They would not hazard their Lives at the Expence of so much Folly. Hereupon Billingsley, Gadd, (the Boy) Potbury, Roberts, Brister, Watson, Harper, and some others who are not yet taken, went into Cheapside , but could not learn any Information where to find their Companion Young; upon which, after many Debates, they all agreed to go the Horns Alehouse in Gutter Lane , and Billingsley swore, that he was the Man that would go in at all Events, which he accordingly did, and called for a Glass of Brandy. At the same Time seeing a Silver Spoon lying upon the Bar, he immediately laid hold of it, and came away with it undiscovered. But not finding Young, they went to Woodstreet Compter , to enquire if he was there, and when they came thither were inform'd he was. Thereupon Potbury went in and spoke to him, and came out to acquaint his Companions that Young was indeed there, and they consulted among themselves, what was the best Method they could take to rescue him. On a long Debate, they at last agreed, that one of them having got the Gate open, six should assist to keep it so, and being provided with Pistols, Cutlasses, and Hangers, the rest of them should fetch him out by Force of Arms; and if any Resistance should be made, they resolved (one and all) to shoot the first Man that opposed 'em. However, after some Contest, it was agreed to postpone this till the next Day, and then attempt the Rescue as he was going to be examined before the sitting Alderman at Guildhall; but differing again in their Opinions, they never executed their Design. THE same Night they stopt two Gentlemen at the Upper End of Woodstreet ; Jack the Sailor and Billingsley laid hold of one of them, and Wells and Harper seized the other, and while they held them, the little Boy Gadd picked both their Pockets of their Watches, and then made their Escapes The Boy having the 2 Watches, Brister and another (not yet taken) attempted to take them from him, and made such a Noise as brought the whole Gang together, that were separated before, whereupon they all agreed to sell them, which they did, and divided the Money. THE following Night, ten of them attacked a Servant in Livery at the End of Charter-House-Lane , and took from him a Handkerchief with some Linnen in it, and at the same Time the little Boy pick'd his Pocket of his Watch so dextrously, that the Footman never missed it, and then they made off. AFTER this Robbery they steered next into Aldersgate street , where they attacked a Gentleman opposite Half Moon Tavern , and robb'd him of his Watch, but he making some Resistance, Potbury knock'd him down, and so got off. FROM thence they went towards Guildhall, and in Cheapside they attempted to rob several Persons, some of whom escaped by running away, and others by running into Shops; and near the Bottom of King-street meeting a Gentleman, Potbury and Billingsley laid hold of him, whilst little Gadd took his Gold Watch. After this, at the End of Catherine street , they stopt another Person, and took also his Gold Watch, but as they were rifling him, his Hat fell off, which they were for once so honest as to return, wish'd him a good Night, and thereupon they all sheer'd off. AFTER this they went to Fenchurch street , and there stopped a Gentleman, whilst Potbury robbed him of his Silver Watch; which done, they turned down the first Street they came to, the Gentleman at the same Time following them, crying out, Thieves! Thieves! upon which another came to his Assistance, and laid hold of Field; but his Companions rescued him, and fell on the two Gentlemen with their Bludgeons and Cutlasses; and so they brought him safely off. FROM thence they went to Bishopsgate street , and there stopped a Gentleman, and while some of them held him, Potbury took from him his Gold Watch: The Gentleman attempting to lay hold of Potbury, and they seeing it, one of them run in between the Gentleman and Potbury, and jostled him that his Hat fell off, upon which one of them took it up, and said, Sir, I am afraid you have got into bad Company, take your Hat, and I would advise you to get off as fast as you can, for Fear of further Mischief. On which the Gentleman made Answer, I am afraid you are a Parcel of Rogues and Thieves; and so he marched off. THE same Night, in a Street by Bloomsbury-Square , they stopped another Gentleman, and Potbury took his Silver Watch; after which the Gentleman cry'd out, My Wash, my Wash, Murder, Murder! Upon this Potbury, Billingsley, Wells, Harper, and others, fell on him, and cut him with their Hangers, that it was well the Gentleman came off with his Life. ANOTHER Evening they all agreed to go to Covent-Garden . When they came there they separated themselves under the Piazza, waiting till the Play was done, in order to Pick Pockets. Billingsley being nigh the Playhouse Door, a Soldier, who stood Centry, bid him go about his Business. On which he swore, D - n him, he would not. With that the Soldier said, if he would not, he would Fire at him. He said, Do if you dare, for by G - d if you miss me I'll cut your Head off with my Hanger. With that the Soldier levell'd his Musket and Fired at him, but the Ball missed Billingsley, and unfortunately killed a Chairman, who was waiting there. This was the Chairman who was killed some Months ago, and laid in the Bonehouse belonging to Covent Garden Church. SOME few Nights after this Murder, James Cole , William Harper , and one more, (not yet taken) went to pick Pockets up and down in the Strand , where they met with several of their Companions upon the same Lay. Two Gentlemen coming along, they attempted to pick their Pockets; upon which the Gentlemen made some Resistance. Whereon some of them drew their Hangers and Cutlasses, and the Gentlemen retired for some Time, but advanced again after with drawn Swords in their Hands: Cole and Harper standing together, the Gentlemen laid hold on Cole, and carried him into a Tavern behind the New Church in the Strand. Several of the Gang hearing of this Event, went with a Design to rescue him; but before they came, the Gentlemen, with some Assistance, had carried him to the Watch House in Strand-Lane, near the Strand , and then they thought it impracticable to get him off. ABOUT Eleven o'Clock at Night, Field, Billingsley, Wells, Potbury, Gadd, (the little Boy) and several more of the Gang, being drinking at a Publick House, a Council was held concerning the Rescue of Cole, and it was agreed they should put on their Hangers; besides which they took with them likewise Choppers and Pokers, and a Dark Lanthorn, and away they went to the Watch House, and then they fell to breaking it open. In the Interim, some of the Neighbours put their Heads out of their Windows, crying out, Murder! Murder! With that one of them pulled a Pistol out of his Pocket, and fired it amongst them, which made them draw their Heads in: Then they fell to Work again, till they broke the Watch House open, and carried Cole off. THEY all went one Evening to the Cloysters, and there Billingsley being in Liquor, ran up to a Man to feel if he had a Watch: The Man pushed him from him; with that Billingsley gave him a Punch in the Face, and afterwards drew his Cutlass and almost cut his Fingers off, upon which the Man cried out, Murder! Thieves! and then they all took to their Heels and made their Escapes. THE next Evening they went to a Street facing Leicester Fields , facing the Prince's House, where they stopped a Gentleman, and while Billingsley and Field held him, Potbury pick'd his Pocket of a Silver Watch. Hereupon the Gentleman seized Field, on which Potbury, Billingsley, Harper, and several more of the Gang, fell upon the Gentleman with their Bludgeons and Fists, so that if the Gentleman had not released Field, in all Probability they would have murdered him. FROM thence they went to the Bottom of Long-Acre , where they stopped a Gentleman, and while Billingsley and Wells held him, Potbury pick'd his Pocket of his Gold Watch; on which the Gentleman, and several more, pursued them so closely, crying out Stop Thieves! stop Thieves! that they called out Coach! Coach! to drown the Noise of the Pursuers, and being surprized, some run one Way, and some another, till they were all dispersed, but they all met again at their old Place of Rendezvous in Black Boy Alley , in Chick-Lane . THE next Day they heard that Country Dick, (who was executed in November last with Ann Duck ) was taken and carried before Sir Thomas De Veil , Knt. and many of them being tossing up for Money in the said Alley, they heard that a Number of Soldiers were coming thither to search; whereupon they made off, some into the Fields, and some elsewhere, but all met again at the same Place at Night. But Field, Potbury, Gadd, (the little Boy) and Harper, (apprehending yet further Danger) went down to Queenhithe , and lay there at a Publick House till the Tide served. From thence they went to Brentford , and continued there two Days, and on the Third returned to their wonted Haunt again, where they were informed that further Search had been made after them, and that they had taken away one Turbet, Thomas Wells , and Henry Gray , which last was sent for a Soldier, but afterwards made his Escape, and Turbet was tried last Sessions, and ordered for Transportation. WHEN they came into the Neighbourhood of their old Rendezvous, their Friends there entreated them to make off, or they would most certainly be taken: Whereupon they all went away again towards Hackney , and from thence to Old Ford , where they sat drinking at a Publick House till quite Dark. Then they returned to Town, and went to a House in Rosemary Lane , to find out some of their Companions; but not meeting with any of them, they went into Spittlefields , and there lodged till the next Night. From thence they went over Logerhead Fields up Old street , and came down Goswell street , at the End of which Potbury, and the little Boy Gadd, ran away, and left Field and Harper. Field and Harper went to a House in Drury Lane , and lay there about three Nights, and on the Monday Morning hearing there was another Search to be made, Field and Harper dressed themselves immediately, and then ran and hid themselves in the Cock Loft; but not thinking that Place safe enough, they crept through a Hole to hide themselves more securely, and as it happened the Soldiers did not come so high. THE Morning following, about five o'Clock, Harper having spent all his Money, pawned his Cloaths, and Field seeing his Companions Poverty, left him, and then he was destitute of both Friends and Money, and every House he went into to enquire after his Companions, was afraid of being taken up. About five Days after, as he was drinking at a House in Rosemary-Lane , who should come in but Billingsley, Potbury, and William Norwood , (a Person not yet taken.) Harper was very glad to see them, and after some Discourse, they asked him if he would turn out with them, to which he consented. Accordingly the next Morning, about five o'Clock, they all got up, and the Reason of this was for Fear any one should see them. From Rosemary-lane they made the best of their Way for Brentford again, where they met with several more of their Companions, but not Field. There being so many of them together, People began to have some Suspicion they were a Parcel of Thieves; whereupon, they observ'd it, and thought it most proper, to make the best of their Way to London , and when they came there they dispersed themselves. THEY had not been in Town long before Billingsley, Potbury, Wells, Field, and Harper, broke open a House in a Street near Red-Lion sqaure square, and took away fifty-two Yards of Linnen, Three Silver Spoons, a Punch Ladle, and two Silver Salts. In the Commission of this Robbery they were disturbed (and very narrowly escaped being all taken) by six Soldiers, who pursued and fired at them, but they had the good Fortune to Escape. WHEN they came to Black Boy Alley , they began to share their Booty; but Billingsley had secreted the Plate, for it is common amongst themselves to play at Rob Thief; however, Field and Potbury detected him in it, and said he was a Rogue to wrong them. He told them he had no such Design, it was done only to try them, whether they knew he had it, for no Man could say, that ever went with him, that he ever sunk upon them. AFTER this, Field and Billingsley one Evening stopt a Gentleman just by George's Coffee-House , near Temple Bar ; Field pick'd his Pocket, and was taken in the very Fact by the Gentleman. Billingsley followed Field and the Gentleman, to see what he did with him; the Gentleman getting some Persons to his Assistance, carried him to the Watch-House, and afterwards to Sir Thomas De Veil 's, Knt. where he waited to see what would become of him; he had not waited long, before he came out, with six Persons besides himself, with Links, to Guard him to Newgate in a Coach. Billingsley seeing that, immediately makes the best of his Way to Black-Boy-Alley , in Chick Lane , to raise a Posse to rescue him; he got six of his own Gang, and all had got large Broomsticks; just at Holborn Bars they met the Coach, and one of them went to the Coachman and ordered him to stop his Horses, or else he would knock his Brains out, whilst the others got to the Coach-door, and let out their Companion, and carried him off in Triumph to Black-Boy-Alley, in Defiance of Justice. This was about two Years ago, and they always afterwards went with Pistols, Hangers, and Cutlasses, for fear any of the Thief-takers should offer to take them; they generally went in Numbers, sometimes six, and sometimes ten. SOME few Nights after, being six of them in Company, they attack'd a Man and his Wife betwixt the New-Exchange in the Strand, and Charing-Cross, and bid them Stand; Potbury jstled the Man against the Wall, in the mean Time Field did his Endeavour to pick his Pocket of his Watch; the Man made some Resistance, although he had his Child in his Arms, and for fear the Child should be hurt, he said to his Wife, my Dear take the Child, and was handing it to her, with a Design to give them his Money; when Billingsley imagining by his giving the Child away, that he intended to make his Defence, made a fierce Blow at him with a Bludgeon, which unfortunately fell on the Child and killed it; on which the Woman screaming out, they all took to their Heels, and ran away. ON Sunday Evening, the Night before their Execution, a Gentleman went to the Press-Yard on Purpose to ask Gadd (the little Boy) some particular Questions, and one of them was, Whether he was one of the Seventeen that went to Copenhagen House on Pretence of getting Mushrooms? He answered, He was, and moreover said, that their real Intentions was to have kill'd Mr. Blewmier, (a Constable belonging to St. James's, Clerkenwell) and one Mr. Foot, (a Headborough belonging to the same Parish, and keeps the Blue Coat-Alehouse just by Clerkenwell Church.) And he further said, that being disappointed, they all came to Town, and went to the Wind-Mill Alehouse in Cow-Cross, arm'd with Pistols, Cutlasses, and Hangers, with a Design to sacrifice Mr. Jones, (the City Marshal) Mr. Boomer, and one Lloyd, (that attends Mr. Jones) which House they knew Mr. Jones was accustomed to frequent. The Gentleman reply'd, suppose Mr. Jones and the two other Persons, had been there, What could you have done. Done, Sir, I could have cut and slash'd away as well as the best of them. The Gentleman was astonished for some Time to hear such an Expression come from the Mouth of a meer Child. He gently reprimanded him, but it had no Effect on him. He seemed entirely ignorant of his unhappy Circumstances, not considering that he was to suffer the next Day. When the Gentleman had done discoursing with him, he was ordered into his Cell again. THUS we are at length come to the Close of this dismal Scene, more so indeed on many Accounts, than the Details of former Executions. For, whether we consider the Number of the Malefactors, the Nature of their Crimes, the Age of some of the Offenders, (one particularly, which was a perfect Child) or the Apprehensions into which the Inhabitants of this great City were for some Time thrown, by their Excessive Boldness in committing their Robberies, all wears the Face of Horror and Confusion. BUT let not the Terror it spreads be Momentary, or as it were Instantaneous, and as short as the Pain these Criminals suffer: No, let it be rather lasting as their Shame: Let it set their Errors in a true Light: Let it mark the Road, and point out the Stages that lead to the Gallows; that poor, easy, illiterate young Fellows, may take Warning from their Fate, and fly from the first Seducements of the Devil; as knowing well, (under his Guidance) they must meet here and hereafter with a melancholly Lodging at their Journey's End. WE see plainly, that such Practices, how seemingly lucky soever in the first Instances, lead to Penury and Sorrow, instead of Mirth and Plenty: And we as plainly discern, that tho' sometimes Art prevails, and Fraud delivers, yet in the End Ruin certainly attends such Courses, and a just Punishment surely reaches them soon or late. BUT the Application of the City of London to His Majesty, has brought a new Vigour to the Laws, and set a keener Edge on the Sword of Justice; so that those fatal Amusements of Friends Assistance, and powerful Interpositions for Pardons, are in a Manner quite removed: It is therefore high Time for every Lover of Idleness and Pleasure, to remember, That the only Way now to be safe, is to be honest, as the only Way to remain honest is to shun bad Company, and live in the Fear of GOD. To which, may he grant, these Reflections may contribute! The following LETTERS were wrote originally in French, by Mr. du Clot, the Valet, who was Executed for robbing his Master, the Hon. Mr. Masham, of a Bank Note of 50 l. and many other Things of considerable Value; we have Translated them into English, for the Satisfaction of our Readers. SIR, I HAVE flatter'd myself, till this last Moment, that a Man, who had had the Honour of being your Servant, would not be suffered to be destroyed. Woeful Expectation, for one who has nothing less to hope for, than a most ignominious Death! How is it possible, that your generous Soul, and your charitable Principles, should be deaf to the Entreaties of an unfortunate Man, who had rather have spill'd the last drop of his Blood, than to have betrayed you? and whose only Guilt is, to have given Way to a cursed Inclination for Gaming, which has made him swerve out his Duty. You can do a great deal in my Behalf, Sir, in God's Name, save my unhappy Days. I confess, I am Guilty, but I have not sinn'd by Inclination; have some Compassion for my poor Family, and for me; we shall all pray for ever for your Prosperity and Preservation; and I shall never cease to be the very last Breath of my Life, with all possible Submission, and a dutiful Respect, SIR, Your most afflicted Servant, SULPICE DU CLOT . MADAM, YOUR unspeakable Goodness for me hitherto, makes me take the Liberty of imploring the Honour of your Protection. For God's Sake, vouchsafe to grant it, to an unfortunate Servant, who has been drawn to his Ruin, by an Inclination for Gaming; otherwise, he would have always been faithful and honest to his Master. Pray, Madam, let my Tears and my Youth move your Compassion. Shew Mercy to an unhappy Man, and save him from an ignominious Death. Save him a Life which shall be henceforth employed in praying to God for your Prosperity and your Wellfare. Let your Clemency shew the World that no one, who has once had the Honour of being a Servant in your Family, can ever be destroyed, though ever so guilty. But, in whatever Manner you may be pleased to decide of my Fate, which is partly in your Hands, still I shall not cease to be, to the last Breath of my Life, with all possible Gratitude, and the most profound Respect, MADAM, Your most humble, Most submissive, and Most afflicted Servant, SULPICE DU CLOT London, Dec. 3, 1744. SIR, TIS with a Heart penetrated with Grief, and the Image of Death on my Face, that I dare take the Liberty to trouble you for the last time, in order to implore your Clemency in Behalf of an unhappy Servant, who has so greatly offended you, not so much by Inclination, as by his ill Luck, since since I would have always been the most faithful of all Servants, to the best and the most generous of all Masters, if the cursed love of Gaming had not drawn me away. Forgive me, Sir, in the Name of the God of Mercy, as you hope to be forgiven; I humbly ask your Pardon, Sir, with a Heart so full of Grief and Sorrow, that you could not but forgive me, if I could but have the happiness to throw my self at your Feet. The deceitful Hopes, of recovering every Day what I had taken from you, has deluded me, multiplied my Faults, and has ruined me at last. For God's Sake, do not forsake me in my Misfortune. Let my Youth and my Tears excite your Compassion. Save me from an ignominious Death, after having had the Honour of being your Servant, that the Remainder of my Days may be employed in weeping for the Sins I detest, and that I may for ever pray for your Prosperity and Preservation, and publish every where your Goodness to me. Pray, Sir, favour me with your Protection in these my deplorable Circumstances. 'Tis your Protection alone, that can draw me out of the Abyss, wherein my irregular Conduct has precipitated me: vouchsafe to obtain my Reprieve from his Majesty. 'Tis in your Power, Sir, have some Compassion on a poor Servant, whose life is in your Disposal, grant it him out of Charity; your Generosity cannot but do you Honour in the World; the Lord will Reward you for it, and I shall always have as long as I breathe, the deepest Sentiments of the most sincere Gratitude, and of a most profound Respect, being, SIR, Your most humble, Most afflicted, and Most submissive Servant, SULPLICE DU CLOT . SIR, TIS with the greatest Grief, that I take the Liberty to implore your Mercy for the last time, beseeching you to cast an Eye of Compassion on my sad and deplorable Condition. The whole Course of my Life shall for the future be employed in praying to God for your own and my Lady's Prosperity. If your Clemency and your Compassion produce a merciful Judgement, all my Relations, (whom I am very sorry to have dishonour'd by my Faults) as well as myself, shall for ever entertain the deepest Sense of Gratitude for the same. I beseech you, Sir, for God's Sake, to cast an Eye of Pity on my most sad Condition; I never would have been guilty of such a Crime to deprive another Person of his Property, in order to enrich myself, and 'twas only the cursed Inclination for Gaming, which has been the Cause of my Ruin and which deluded me with the hopes of being to recover what was lost, and to return it again: how happy should I be, if my Tears could prevail upon you, my Chains, and the Thoughts of an approaching ignominious Death, have already destroyed my Health, and I am half dead in this dark Dungeon. Pray, Sir, have some Consideration for my Youth, and so kind to represent my Case to his Majesty. May Heaven preserve your Health, and pour his Blessings on you, and my Lady. I am with a profound Respect and Submission, Your most humble, Most obedient, and Most afflicted Servant, SULPICE DU CLOT . Newgate , December 17, 1744, POSTSCRIPT. HAVING thus finish'd our Account of the notorious Offenders of the last Sessions, we shall next give our Readers the following Narrative of a barbarous Murder perpetrated by Ann Duck , (who was Executed last November) togegether with Elizabeth Nash , otherwise Smith , otherwise Sykes , and Elizabeth Dawney , who used to keep Company with the Evidence Harper, and was Transported about a Year ago. ONE Evening, about two Years ago, Ann Duck , Elizabeth Nash , and Elizabeth Dawney , being as usual upon the Scout, seeking (in Imitation of their Infernal Master) whom they might devour, and taking their customary Walk down Cow-Cross , happened to meet a Man coming along the Lane, whom they judged fit for their wicked Purpose. Hereupon Bess Nash stept up to him, (the other two standing at some Distance) and asked where he was going? With you, my Dear, said the poor unfortunate Wretch; little dreaming how dear indeed this Meeting would cost him. With all my Heart, Sir, answered she; and so without farther Discourse they jogg'd on together. FINDING the Bargain was struck, and being resolved to come in for a Share of the Booty, Ann Duck and Eliz. Dawney followed after and overtook them, and asked Bess Nash which Way she was strolling with that Gentleman. Nash immediately answered, I am very glad I have met you, for we were going to your House. This said, they all joined Company together, and went on till they came to White Lyon Court in Turnmill-street , where they carried the unhappy Victim to an empty House. IN observing this, the poor Creature was somewhat surprized, his Hear isgiving him; and well it had been for him had he taken Warning thereby. Lord bless me (cries he) have you brought me into an empty House? Upon which that Instrument of the Devil, Ann Duck , made Answer directly, That her Sister and she had taken it but the Day before and had not had Time since to bring their Goods in; with which Excuse he seemed to be something better satisfied. IN short, after some little Conversation had passed, this Wretched Man said to them, My Girls, what shall I treat you with? Oh, Sir, cryes Ann Duck , what pleases you will certainly please us, for we Girls can drink almost any Thing. WHY then, Ladies, says he, what think you of a Hot Pot? With all our Hearts (continued she) nothing better. Upon which he gave Nash a Shilling to fetch it, as she did, and it was soon gone. He ordered her then to fetch another, which she accordingly did, and Watching their Opportunity whilst that was drinking, they all Three fell on him, and threw him down upon his Back. Which done, Bess Dawney set her Knee against his Throat; Ann Duck sat with her whole Weight upon his Stomach, and Bess Nash kneeled upon his Legs. She then picked his Pocket of Three Guineas and Twelve Shillings; which done, she said to Ann Duck and Bess Dawney , I have spoke with him, meaning, she had got his Money: Whereupon Ann Duck got immedidiately off his Stomach, as did likewise Dawney from his Throat, and at the same Time gave him a Kick on the Head. Ann Duck then cry'd, D - n the Blood of a Bitch, he is not dead. To which Bess Dawney answered, D - n him but he is, as dead as a Door Nail. God forbid, said Bess Nash , (who it seems by her own Account, was not quite so bloody minded as her Sisters in Iniquity) wherefore did you kill the Man? You should not have done so. To which Ann Duck answered, without any Concern - d d - n you, what else did you bring for, but first to rob, and then murder him. WHEREUPON Bess Nash replyed, By G - d, we shall all be jamm'd *: Which making Bess Dawney apprehensive she might blab out something of it, she cryed, D - n your E - s, don't Whiddle †, for if you do we certainly shall. AFTER having thus perpetrated this cruel and inhuman Murder, in cold Blood, and without any Provocation, on a Man whose Good Nature would have moved any but Fiends, they all adjourned to the House of Ann Collier , who was tried last Sessions but acquitted, and called for half a Pint of Gin. Having drank this they went up Stairs to Snack the Cole, and shar'd equally One Pounds Five Shillings each; which done, they came down again, and Ann Collier asked them where they had been. Ann Duck , who was never at a Loss for a Lie, answered, They had been at a House in Whitelyon court with a Man whom Bess Nash had pick'd up, for they could not prevail on him to come to hers. For how much have you flung him, says Collier. About Fifteen Shillings, answered Duck, which made Collier very angry they did not bring him to her House. D - n your E - s, said she, you might have brought him to me, for I go under the Scandal of being a Lock and a Fence, and keeping a House of ill Fame, through such Whores and B - s as you, and all to no Purpose; so pray turn our (continues she) and fetch in some Culls, for I cannot afford to harbour you, unless you bring me in the Pece. SO they all went from thence into Chick-lane , where they consulted how they should dispose of the murdered Carcase. If you will both go with me (says Duck to her Companions) as it is now quite dark, (it being then between Ten and Eleven o'Clock) we will move it ou of the empty House to the next Door, and lay it under the Window. THIS Proposal was immediately agreed to, and put in Execution; and accordingly the Body was there found, and no body appearing to own it, was buried at the Parish of St. Sepulchre's, Middlesex, nor was it ever known to this Day who the murder'd Person was. In Effect, it is a Question whether even thus much had ever come to Light, had not Bess Nash , who is now in Clerkenwell Bridewell , made this Confession. * That is, Hang'd. † That is, Impeach. 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 WEDNESDAY the 25th of this Instant APRIL, 1733. BEING THE THIRD EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon The Lord Mayor for the Time Being. Number III. 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 Goal Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of the City of London, for the Time Being; the Honourable Mr. Baron Comyns, the Honourable Mr. Baron Thompson; 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 the Goal-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex) at JusticeHall in the Old-Bailey, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, being the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th of April, 1733, in the Sixth year of his Majesty's Reign. Six Men, viz. William Gordon , William Ward , William Keys , William Harper , William Norman and Samuel Elmes ; and one Woman, viz. Elizabeth Austin were capitally Convicted by the Jury, and received Sentence of Death. N. B. A Jury of Matrons being impannell'd, found this Elizabeth Austin with quick Child. While under Sentence, they were exhorted seriously to prepare for Death, since upon the right employing their few remaining Moments, allow'd them by the lenity of their lawful Superiors, no less depended, then their everlasting Felicity or Misery in another World. I instructed them from these Words, And I heard a Voice from Heaven, saying unto me, blessed are the Dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth: you, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their Labours, and their Works do follow them. Rev. xiv. 13. I show'd them, that in this corruptible and sinful State, we are all liable to mortality, which proposition needs no proof, since we daily find it verify'd in our own experience, high and low, rich and poor, noble and ignoble, from the King sitting upon the Throne, to the Beggar upon the Dunghill, all of us, without Distinction of Persons, or Quality, descending to the Pit or Corruption, and this in Consequence of the first Denunciation of God's Wrath against Sin, But of the Tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the Day thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. Gen. ii. 17. This was a Prohibition to eat of the Tree of knowledge of good and evil; our first Parents Adam and Eve transgressing this Covenant, they and consequently all their Posterity, by eating this forbidden Fruit, became liable to the Wrath and Vengeance of God, both in this Life and that which is to come, to Death, Temporal, Spiritual and Eternal; Temporal, by having the Body separated from the Soul, which was their case, to be expos'd to a shameful, ignominious Death, for the notorious Wickedness of their Lives; Spiritual, by being dead in trespasses and sins, and by being depriv'd of the divine Spirit, who is the essential form of a Christian, enlightning and enlivening and informing us, in all vertuous and laudable Actions; eternal, by being for ever shut out from the Presence of God, wherein consists the happiness of the Creature, and by being for ever expos'd to the Wrath and Vengeance of God, and eternally subjected to the Miseries of Hell Fire, for the wretchedly wicked Life, one has led in this World. Notwithstanding this severity in denouncing the Wrath of God against impenitent Sinners, I show'd them that the divine Mercy interpos'd, and God so lov'd the World, that he gave his only beloved Son that whosoever believeth in him, might not perish, but have eternal Life. This is the Foundation of all our hope, of all our expectations, of all our desires; this is the Ground of our Faith in God and Salvation from him, that though we have sinned, yet we have an Advocate with the Father, even Jesus Christ the Righteous; and that he is the Propitiation for our Sins, and not for ours only, but also for the Sins of the whole World: That God hath laid help upon one who is mighty and willing to save unto the uttermost, all who come unto God through him, even up Christ Jesus, the Son of God, and Saviour of Mankind, that Rock of Ages, in whom whosoever trusteth, he shall never return asham'd, and who will prove a sure stay and support, to all wearied and distress'd Souls, under a deep Sight and Sense of the weighty Load of Sin. Having thus inform'd them of their fall from God, and the Remedy provided by free grace, for recovering us from our lapsed State: I seriously exhorted them to a hearty Faith in Christ, even that Faith which purifyeth the Conscience from dead Works, and enableth us to serve God in Righteousness and true Holiness. Then I advis'd them to a sincere Repentance for all their Sins, especially those notorious Crimes, for which they suffer'd, and which had brought upon them so much shame and sorrow: And in order to do this effectually, I exhorted them to try and search their own Hearts, if they were willing to renounce all Sin and to cleave unto the Lord, with full purpose of Heart and Resolution after new obedience; and to resign themselves wholly to God, as an holy, living and acceptable Sacrifice, which is their most reasonable Service: And whereas they had formerly devouted themselves to the Service of Sin and Satan, and to the Love of the Pleasures and Vanities of this Life, I admonish'd them, to center their Affections upon God, and to love him with their whole Heart, Soul, Strength and Mind. And in order to prepare them for the Sacrament of our Lord's last Supper, they were instructed to examine themselves, with respect to the reality of their Faith, the Sincerity of their Repentance, and the ardency of their Love to God; and then if they found their Minds in a right Disposition, I let them see, as they had egregiously broken their solemn Vows, wherein they were early dedicated to God in Baptism, that it was now a necessary duty incumbent upon them, to renew themselves by Repentance, and to confirm their baptismal Vows, by partaking in the blessed Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, in which all the Benefits of the new Covenant are ensured, sealed and made over to us. While these and many like Exhortations were advanc'd, they all behav'd decently and gravely in Chapel. Mr. Gordon, Ward and Elms made regular Responces; Norman had forgot all his reading, but was very attentive, often wept and profest deep Penitence: Keys was much afflicted with Sickness, but mostly came to the publick Worship, tho' not able to walk, but supported by others, Harper also attended: These two last were of another communion, yet were attentive both to Prayers and Exhortations; only Keys too often was taken up in looking and reading upon a little Manuel, in the Time of Worship, and sometimes Harper look'd on with him. They were all very quiet, but not so much affected, to outward appearance, as might have been desired. Upon Monday the 23d of April, Report was made to his Majesty in Council, of these six Malefactors under Sentence of Death, in the Cells of Newgate : when Samuel Elms , for assaulting Richard Stevens , Doctor of Physick , on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a half Guinea, and a silver Spanish Dollar, on the 25th of January last; and for assaulting Eleanor Stevens , Spinster , on the Highway, putting her in Fear, and taking from her 20 s. on the 20th of January last: and William Harper , of St. Mary at Still , for privately stealing a Bag, and six Guineas, and Thirty-nine Shillings from the Person of Matthew Monger , March the 9th, receiv'd his Majesty's most Gracious Reprieve. The other Four, viz. William Gordon , William Ward , William Keys , and William Norman were ordered for Execution. William Gordon of St. Margaret's Westminster , was indicted for assaulting Francis Peters , Gentleman , on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Hat with a Crape Hatband, value 5 s. a Wig, value 40 s. a Silver Watch, value 4 l. a gold Ring, value 15 s. and 12 s. in Money, February the 26th. INTRODUCTION. THE Curiosity which the Publick generally expresses on Account of any Malefactors Actions, and the too common Practise of imposing fictitious and absurd Relations on the Town, to satisfy that Greediness of hearing their Exploits, has chiefly excited the Publisher of this Paper to procure the most authentick Notices, Hints, and Memorandums, which he possibly could, in order to gratify the Expectation of his Readers, with a tolerable Detail of the most extraordinary Passages in the Life of the late Mr. Gordon. In doing this, we shall not go back to his juvenal Years, concerning which, we ingeniously confess, that nothing very remarkable has come to our Knowledge. The first Thing we are able to deliver concerning him being this: That an extravagant Vivacity of Temper, a Love for Company, drew him to a Narrowness of Circumstances, which left him but two Things out of which to chuse, viz. the abandoning his Pleasures (as he called them) that is, his Riots and Excesses, or hazarding his Life, and his Salvation, in following evil Courses to maintain them. And as too many do, he chose the Latter. The Papers in our Custody do not enable us to give an exact Date of the beginning of his Expeditions; all therefore that is consistent with Truth that we can say about them is, that no Person was ever better qualified to make a Figure in that wretched Character of a Highwayman than the Deceased. He was a Man strong in his Person, and well limbed; and as to inward Accomplishments, he was bold to a prodigious Degree, had a large Share of personal Courage, and would fight resolutely on any Occasion. Mr. Gordon's Temper had in it a great deal of Frankness, and it was occasioned thereby, that his Adventures on the Road were often attended with odd Circumstances. For he affected Generosity in robbing, and fancying that there was something very grand in behaving handsomly as well as intrepidly on all Occasions, in fighting fairly, and robbing without shedding of Blood. 1. William Gordon , about Forty six Years of Age, of honest Parents, in the Bishoprick of Durham , had good Education at School, in Reading, Writing and Arithmetick, and other Things proper to fit him for Business. When of Age, he was put Apprentice to a Butcher , and serv'd out his Time honestly and with approbation, afterwards he followed the Business he was bred to, and married a Wife by whom he had some Children. He came to London , and set up his Business for several Years in Leaden HallMarket , and he also kept an Alehouse . In this Way of Life, he maintained himself and Family tolerably well, and for some time his Character was very good in the Neighbourhood: but he at last growing weary of close Confinement to Business, he took himself to the Highway, and while he kept on this Business, he never fail'd to raise Contributions on the Road, till at last he lost his good Name, and with all honest People, bore nothing but the Character of a Highwayman, so that every Body was affraid of him, and looked upon him as a common Enemy; at last he was taken up upon Suspicion, and admitted an Evidence against some others, some of whom he convicted. Upon this he got his Freedom, and went to Ireland sometime after, there he contracted with one, who was famous in his Way, with whom he past his Time a good while in that Kingdom, but what there manner of Life was there, we cannot be positive, only it is to be fear'd, that it was none of the best, but agreeable to their former Course. With this Person he came over to England , and they two in Company were the most noted Persons, in their Way of raising publick Contributions of any in the Kingdom. His Companion being taken up, he commenc'd Evidence against another Man, who was executed. This Person was then set at Liberty, and Mr. Gordon and he inquiring about a Stage Coach by Times in the Morning, they were both taken up upon Suspicion of being Highwaymen, and the one met with Punishment for his Crimes; but no Evidence appearing against Mr. Gordon in Middlesex , he was carried down by a Habeas Corpus, to Chelmsford in Essex , where he was indicted for robbing upon the Highway, some Gentlemen, and the Clerk of the Fish-mongers Company; several of these Gentlemen swore to him, that they believ'd him to be one of the Men who rob'd them; yet two or three Coaches full of Evidences going down from London to Chelmsford , gave such Tokens of his being at Dublin , at the Time the said Robbery was committed, by producing of Letters, and shewing of Seals, which none there present could contradict, that the Jury thought themselves oblig'd to acquit him, because, whatever they might believe of him, yet these Evidences created such a Confusion and Perplexity in the Affair, that they judged it best to let him pass. After this, he still prosecuted his unlawful and wicked Practice of going on the Highway; only, as he told, since that Time, being about three Years ago, he went to Ireland, and liv'd in or about Dublin for eight Months. There a certain Friend offer'd him a large Sum of Money, to set up Farming or Grazing in the North of England; but he likeing his old Trade best, came to his own Country, and despised such a generous Offer; so that it was a most deserved. Judgment upon him, after so many Deliverances, and so great a Mercy presented to him, to meet with his due Fate. As to the robbing Mr. Peters, he did not deny it, only in Alleviation he said, that he was extremely in Liquor, which was all his Excuse. It was alledg'd that he never male-treated any Body, yet he and his Companion meeting with a Gentleman not inclining to be rob'd, gave his Companion a furious blow with his Whip, so that he was almost knock'd down; Gordon in vindication of his Partner, shot at the Gentleman, who holding up his Arm to avoid the blow from his Head, was shot thro' the Arm: By this Time the other Man recovering from the Confusion he was in, held out a Pistol and swore that he would shoot the Gentleman through the Head; which he had certainly done, had not Gordon held out an other cock'd Pistol, and swore to him again, that if he shot, he would shoot him through the Head, since the Gentleman had suffer'd too much already, having been shot through the Arm. The said Gentleman would not appear against Mr. Gordon, because, although he had done him a great Injury, yet in another Respect he certainly sav'd his Life. They took from the said Gentleman and his Sister about five Pounds, and Gordon said to him, Sir, I am very sorry that I shot you, but it was your own Fault, and so wish'd him well to London. Once he offer'd to go to some publick Market with a certain Friend or Acquaintance, who said he should be glad of his Company, if he could pass any Coach or Gentleman on the Road without attacking them, Mr. Gordon gave fair Promises, as having neither Sword nor Pistol, or any other Weapon; yet as they were riding on their way, Mr. Gordon espying a Gentleman's Coach, said, what a pity! There's a Coach, where I may have plenty of Money; he would not be hindred by his Fellow Traveller, but rode up to the Coath single as he was, where he found about or upon the back of the Coach, three or four Footmen with Blunderbusses; he call'd to one of the Footmen, pray, good Friend, deliver this Letter to a Friend of mine at London, and with that he gave him a Letter with the Price of a Pot of Drink: In the mean Time his Eye was fixt upon the Coach, and the horse, as he used to do, went to the Coach-door, where Gordon observeing the Muzzle of a Blunderbuss standing up, he laid hold upon it, and presented to the Gentlemen in the Coach, and desired them to call out to all their Servants not to shoot at him, otherwise they were all instantly dead Men: Accordingly the Gentlemen cried aloud to their Servants no to shoot; then Mr. Gordon bid them deliver; they gave him a Purse of thirty five Guineas; upon which he rode off apace, and at a little Distance shot the Blunderbuss in the Air, and threw it away: Then he came up to his Companion, and said, see what a Prize (shewing him the Purse of Gold) I have got, by stopping but a few Minutes in the Road. It happened at an Inn in the City of Exeter , that a mixed Company, in which Mr. Gordon made one, were got into an ordinary Strain of Country Conversation, viz. Robberies, Setts on the Road, and such like many Stories were related by the several Parties present; and among the rest, a jolly Farmer observed that it was rather Cowardice in those who were attacked, than any Courage in Highway-men, that made such Multitudes lose their Money. " I " was never (says he) attacked but " once in my Life, and then I got " the better of the Highway-man, " and forced him to sheer off without his Booty, and could do so " again, if a like Chance should " happen: I warrant my Money " safe enough with only this oaken " Cudgel in my Hand, in spite of " the briskest Highway-man in " England". The Company were diverted, the Farmer persisted in his Rodomantade, till he had talk'd himself into such a Hero, as Hercules might have been afraid of. This Language, however, piqued Mr. Gordon, and therefore could not help putting in a Word. " Sir (quoth he to the Farmer) notwithstanding all you have been saying, many brave Men have been " robb'd". Not one (replied the Farmer) I defy the stoutest of them, and would be glad to meet the best of them in a proper Place. Would ye so, says Mr. Gordon, well, I protest you're a Man of Mettle, yet I wish you get safe home without meeting a Collector. By this time it grew late, and the Farmer called for his Horse; as soon as he was got a little Way, Mr. Gordon mounted his, and jogging on slowly in sight of the Farmer, at last perceiving a proper Place, he clapped Spurs to his Mare, and came up with him, putting the usual Question at once, Deliver! The Farmer up with his Stick and had like to have knocked him off; then they alighted, and went cooly to Cudgels, till the Farmer being soundly buffetted, gave out, and parted with his Money: However, he would not let Mr. Gordon mount, till he, by jirking his Horse round, threw him dowm; when Mr. Gordon was up, at last, Farmer, (says he) When you see your Friends at Exeter next, tell them you have not only been robb'd, but well drubb'd into the Bargain. As this Story proves Mr. Gordon was not deficient in point of Bravery, so another, which I have heard of him, and that too well asserted, is sufficient to prove he was not cruel or delighting in Blood, which it too often happens Men of his infamous Profession are. The Thing happen'd thus: On the Essex Road , Mr. Gordon stopped a Coach full of Passengers, and while he was examining some of them, a Gentleman, who sat near the Window, clapt a Pistol to his Breast, which mist Fire: Whereupon Gordon addressing himself to the Gentleman, said, Sir, now your Person, and whatever you have about you is in my Power. It is true (answered the Passenger) but you'll have no great Booty, for I have but six Shillings, and neither Watch or Ring. Well Sir (quoth Gordon) you shall see how much Honour there is in a Highway-man, give me that Pistol which mist me, and that other which lies by you in the Coach-seat; which being done, come (says he) you shall see what they will do in my Hands; upon which he fired them, one after another, in the Air; then turning to the Gentleman, who, under a good deal of Consternation, waited his Fate. As to your six Shillings, says he, that Sir would do me little good, and may serve to bear your Expences in the Road; and as to killing or wounding a brave Man, that I despise. So at present I have nothing more to say, than wishing you a good Journey. What odd Sentiments these unfortunate Persons entertain of Honour? which yet are strong enough within to prevent their doing many Mischiefs, and to ingage them in the doing some Acts, which if done by others would merit Applause. Certainly, next to Honour and Virtue, Civility has the greatest Charm. How many by using those they robbed well, have avoided Death? And how sure and how unpitied does an untimely End befall those, who, to the Crime of Rapine, add also the Folly of treating those ill who fall into their Hands. One would imagine that the Reflection of this should be sufficient to extinguish Cruelty even among Thieves; but we see in all Cases such Considerations are not minded, the Villains, who t'other Day shot a Gentleman on the Hampstead Road , are pregnant Instances of Cowardice, and a Blood-thirsty Spirit, which doing him Justice, could be never ascribed to the Deceased Mr. Gordon. Among the other Adventures of Mr. Gordon, which have come to my Knowledge, I think there are two only, which are worthy of mention. A Farrier who once liv'd in Long-Acre, going down into the Country, was on Hounslow-Heath robb'd by Mr. Gordon of Seven and forty Shillings, and that he might not pursue him, Mr. Gordon turned loose his Horse. A considerable Time after Mr. Gordon brought his Mare to be shoed and rowelled to the same Farrier's Shop in Long-Acre ; and while that was doing, away went the Horse Doctor and Gordon to the Tavern, where having drank half a Pint, Mr. Gordon paid for it, and at the same Time for what was done to the Mare; adding, now Doctor you and I are even. No we a'n't, says the Farrier, by seven and forty Shillings you borrowed of me, borrowed of you, says Gordon, where? Why, says the Farrier, call for a Pint, if I prove it you shall pay, if not I will. The Pint being brought: I'll tell you (says the Farrier) a Circumstance that will bring it back to your Memory presently: you borrowed it a little on this Side Hounslow, and my Horse got loose a little after, and I had much ado to catch it. Gordon then recollected the Robbery, but with a Smile answered: Ay, ay, if it was so, there is your seven and forty Shillings Doctor, and many Thanks to you. So they parted both very well satisfied. Sometime ago Mr. Gordon kept a Publick-House , and 'tis said, a Grazier lodging there one Night, and drinking very plentifully was Fool enough to let his Landlord know he had received three hundred Pound. Early in the Morning the Grazier set out, but just as he got on Epping-Forrest Mr. Gordon got up with him, and eased him with few Words of the full Sum, supposing that the Man had no Knowledge of him being drunk the Night before, and spurring his Horse pretty tightly, got back in a Trice, and went to Bed in an Hour's Time. In comes the Gra zier, and calls for his Landlord, Sir, says the Tapster, he's asleep, wake him then, says the Grazier, for I must speak with him. When he come down, and was got into a private Room, Mr. Gordon (quoth the Grazier) I must beg you to let me have that three hundred Pounds again, for really I can't spare it. Can't you Sir, says Gordon, well then there it is, but I can tell you 'tis well my Brewer's Clerk did not come before you, if he had, I don't know how you'd scaped. The same Spirit attended him after his Confinement and after Condemnation, but he flattered himself too much with vain Hopes, considering the Noise these and some other Affairs had made, were certainly ill founded. Many more Tales will probably be fastened on him, but we can assure the Publick these are genuine, and we hope such as will afford some Satisfaction to the Curious. The following Paper was given to the Printer. IT is not the smallest among those sufferings which Men under Sentence of the Law endure, that a censorious World are continually propagating evil Reports, and spreading from one to another, Rumours without Foundation. The Miseries which real Breaches of the Laws: draw on unhappy Criminals are heavy enough in themselves to excite Compassion, and it is either Cruelty of Disposition, or a barbarous Levity of Mind from whence Men are led to scatter such Detractions. Whatever Crime brings an unfortunate Person unto Judgment, the World may canvas as they please, the Verdict has set it beyond denial, and they may either magnify its guilt, or extenuate it as appears more or less Henious to their Apprehension. But neither Conviction, nor Sentence, nor any Law, Humane or Divine, puts a Power into their Hands of adding to the Affliction of the Sufferer by their Surmizes, much less of turning their Conjectures into formal Stories, meerly to blacken one already overthrown. These Observations I am constrained to make from Circumstances attending me, since I have been under my Misfortunes. Many Things which I have done amiss, have been aggravated; many that I have not done, invented, and laid to my Charge, in order to impede the Course of Mercy, and represent me Worse than I am; Usage which neither I, nor any Man can be wicked enough to deserve; Usage inhumane towards a Fellow Creature; and Usage which those who give must repent off, as being imporal, and unchristian, But to quit these Reflections and proceed to the Design of this Paper. My Life being justly forfeited for my Offences, it becomes me to do all that is in the Power of such an unhappy Wretch as I am, to render my Punishment ser viceable to my Country, by exhorting those who have already set their Feet in these Paths to turn back in time, before the Judgment of the Law hath overtaken them, and to inform such young Creatures as may be misled into a Belief, that there is something pleasant and engaging in a Life of plunder, because those who once engage in such Ways are seldom if ever reclaimed. Such licentious Delights as Men who abandon themselves to robbing and stealing continually wallow in, are of all things the farthest from giving any Satisfaction, Judge then what Miseries are felt by those who are wretched, awake and restless in their Sleep who are constantly in Terror, and affrighted at the Shaking of a Leaf. O! how miserable a Road is that which leadeth to Destruction: What Agonies do the Wicked Feel in their Journey thro' the Paths of Death. May all Shun them who read this Paper. Those whom in the Course of a very wicked Life I have wronged, will I hope accept of that 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 them to any who survive me, and who ought not to suffer in their Character for my Crimes as well as in their Fortune from my Extravagance and Folly; for whatever the Publick may have been told of my Riches, few have died poorer than I do. There Charity in forgiving me will redound to themselves, and as to all who have injured me in my Life time I sincerely and unfeignedly forgive them. The Mercy of God thro' Christ light on my departing Soul, and cleanse it from all Spots of Sin before I appear in the Presence of my Creator, Amen. The Copy of Mr. Gordon's Letter to his Son. Dear Child, As my Misfortunes, which my own Follies and incorrigible Vices have drawn upon me, will tho' contrary to all Reason, reflect on you in all probability, so it is but just that I should make this unfortunate Death of some Use to you, by making it inforce my Directions. Remember therefore what I advise you to as a Father, and Remember that your Father died shamefully for not keeping to the Practise of them himself. Keep constantly to your Duty as a Christian apply your self earnestly to God for Grace, who is ever ready to hear those who call unfeignedly on his Holy Name; slip no Opportunity of public Prayer, but be ever ready to hear Sermons; and wherever you can be sure of hearing your Duty explained and recommended; so shall you be out of the Road of Temptation, and a voiding the Paths of Sin, remain unacquainted with Shame. Piety will not only Reward thee with an eternal Crown hereafter, but will also preserve thee from all Danger here. Serve God therefore, and Love thy Neighbour, nor doubt that he will raise thee in his appointed Season, and that they shall Honour and Respect thee. Honesty is a Rule from which you must not part, either for the sake of attaining Riches or avoiding little Inconveniences, check yourself in the smallest Trangression of this Kind, and think how Fatal this Neglect has been in me. If you are careful and industrious, Providence will provide means for your Subsistance; therefore live in a manner suitable to your Circumstances, and avoid such idle Pleasures as bring on Necessity, and force Men on ill Ways of getting Money to obtain them. Avoid of all Things evil Company, as the certain Path to Ruin and the inevitable Cause of Sorrow and Misfortune, what Satisfaction can you think to find in Drinking among a crowd of Wretches who make themselves Beasts for want of Consideration, or what Happiness can you have in conversing with lewd People? Fly then from such Debaucheries, leave no room for the Enemy of Souls to enter; Nature is too corrupt to be trusted, and as you would shun my Fate, follow not my Example. You see in me to what Vice and a sinful Course of Life bring Men. If therefore the Advices of Christian Ministers and your own Reason should be too weak to retain you your Duty, and to keep, you from breaking the Ordinances of God and the Laws of the Land, let the Memory of my Calamity Affright you, you cannot but pitty and commiserate my sad Condition though your Compassion be vain and fruitless. Continue however to cherish the same Tenderness for yourself, and let Fear supply all other Defects, and hinder you from Falling. Tremble at the Thoughts of Punishment, and then you will never do, what may make you feel it. Nature a few Months ago took away your Mother, the Law will this Day deprive you of a Father, you have now no Parent, but the Parent of all Things, on whom you ought to rely with Confidence, that his Favour may never forsake you. Unto his gracious Protection I commend you, in these my last Moments, and I pray that he may give you Power, to live according as he hath taught and commanded. Having fulfilled this my last Act of Duty towards you, I bid you an everlasting Adieu. From Your Affectionate, Though Disconsolate Father WILLIAM GORDON . While under Sentence he behav'd always very decently and gravely, and with an appearance of a real Repentance, only that he lov'd Company a little too much, when any Freedom was given him, and in Evidence of his Sincerity, he receiv'd the Blessed Sacrament twice, once when he was at first under Sentence, and again that Morning he was executed, in Company with two other of his Fellow Sufferers; but no sooner had he receiv'd this Blessed Viaticum in Pledge of Eternal Life; but going down Stairs, and being convey'd into his own Gell, he immediately cut his Throat with a Penknife, which had been privately given him: In two Minutes one of the Keepers going in after him, found him all over bloody, then he took him out to a Room in the Pressyard, and there being by Accident two Surgeons within the Jail, one of them sow'd up his Throat, and put him in a Condition of Recovery, and living to have the Sentence of Death executed upon him, according to Law. He denied to another Reverend Clergyman and me, that he had any Design of murdering himself, but that he only by Accident cut his Throat a little as he was cutting away his Stock which was too fast tied. This does not seem a releant Excuse; and I leave it to every Man to judge upon the Penitence of one guilty of such a horid Crime as his Judgment of Discreation and Charity directs him. 2. William Ward , of Stepney , was indicted for assaulting John Wightman , on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him one Guinea, and 6 s. 6 d. Feb. 27. He was a second Time indicted for Assaulting John Lloyd on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him Seven Shillings, Feb. 27. 2. William Ward , 36 Years of Age, born of Honest Parents, not far from the City of Exeter, who gave him good Education at School in Reading, Writing, Arithmetick, and what was necessary to fit him for Business; and got him instruct ed in our Holy Christian Faith. When of Age, he was put Apprentice to a Painter in Exon , and serv'd his Time honestly, and with Approbation, and afterwards liv'd by his Business sometime, married a Wife, and had several Children, one of whom was in the Cart with him when he died. His Father having been a Dealer in Horses, he took much delight in Riding, and passing his Time in the Country, after an idle manner, neglecting his Business he was bred too, and living upon what triffling shifts his Wit suggested to him: One of which was, to travel the Highways in the West Country, and to cheat any Body he met with upon the Road, or in little Towns and Villages, out of their Money, by playing at Cups and Balls, at which Game, it seems, he had a peculiar Dexterity; till at length he was taken up for a common Cheat, and idle Vagrant, and for Quarrelling and Assaults upon the Road, about their gaming, and such Differences as happen'd in cursing, swearing, and blaspheming at one another. At one of such Scuffles there was a Man murdered, and it was suspected that Ward was the Murtherer, since about that Time he left that Country, and has never been seen at Exeter since. There came a Letter to a Gentleman in Town from Exeter , desiring him before his Death, and to clear his Conscience of such a horid Guilt, to confess, if he was the Person who murder'd that poor Man upon the Road; since some People have been suspected of this Murther, and he among others, but the same could never be found out, so as to convict any Man for it. The Gentleman I took into the Cells with me on Tuesday 24th Instant, the Day before they died and had the Letter read to Mr. Ward: He said, that Story was no new Thing to him, for they blam'd him for Hundreds of Things he never did, and among the rest for that Murther, as he very well knew long before. But as to his Guilt in that Particular, he said, he was not nigh the Place, but at a very great distance when that Murther was committed; and that he knew nothing thereof directly nor indirectly, and that the Man who did that Fact was taken up some Years ago, put in Winchester Jail, and tried and convicted, and executed for some other Crime, but that he own'd himself to have been the Man who committed that Murther not far from Exon. I had also a Letter from the Chief Keeper of the Castle of the City of Worcester , giving me an Account, that he was order'd by the Justices of Peace for the County of Worcester , desiring me to oblige them so far, as to inquire of William Ward under Sentence of Condemnation in Newgate at London , in Relation to a Gang of House-breakers, he used to receive stolen Goods from, at the Rose and Crown on the Lick-Hill near Bromsgrove in Worcestershire ; since they have a Man now in their Castle, who sometime since made a Confession of this Ward, who (he said) used to come to the abovemention'd House, once in about two Months, to receive all the stolen Goods the Gang brought in. In Compliance with this Desire of the Bench of Justices, upon Receipt of the said Letter, I call'd William Ward a-part to the Closet, and shewed him my Information, and desired him, after I had read the Letter, as a dying Man, who was in two or three Days to appear before the great Tribunal of Heaven, and in common Justice to Mankind to declare the Truth, if he knew any Thing in Reference to that Affair; and also, if he knew any Thing of one Manly, who was the Person that kept the House upon the Lick-Hill, or what, other Things relate to the County of Worcester. He replied, as a dying Man, in a few Moments to appear before God, that he never did any Criminal or Capital Action in Worcester in his Life, and that he knew nothing of such a Gang of Thieves in that County less or more; and as to Manly he had seen, but knew very little of him, only that he had heard some People speak but indifferently of him; and as to any other Things relating to Thieves and Robbers in that County, he knew nothing about them. Mr. Ward at length chang'd his way of Life, and understanding Horses, his Father having liv'd in that way of Traffick, he turn'd a dealer in Horses , and came to London with his Wife and Children, and kept Smithfield Market , and other Markets about the Town and in the Country, and liv'd creditably that way, getting a good Maintenance for himself and Family, for some Years past; he told me also, that while he was in the Gatehouse , Westminster , he receiv'd Letters and repeated Messages about these Affairs in Worcestershire , and gave Answers much to the same Purpose as above. And further as to the Murthers which were alledg'd upon him, he was taken up in the West Country , and kept a long time in Shrewsbury Gaol , and that he was twice tried and acquit ted of Murther, which he was never guilty of, as he said. And as to his Name, he said, that there were two other Men of his Name, who were lately executed for Crimes in the Country, who might possibly be tho Persons, if any of that Name did any of these Crimes, who were concern'd in villainous Enter-prizes in Worcestershire , or other Places in the Country. As to the Robbery he died for, he did not deny it, only he said, that he was very much in Liquor, (which was the Excuse he makes in a Letter which he sent to one of his Prosecutors,) and knew nothing of what he did; neither did he know any thing of his having Pistols, or that he took Money from the Gentlemen or any thing else, as was sworn against him, but that he did not in the least doubt of the truth, of what was given in Evidence against him; and that he heartily begg'd Pardon of God and Man, for the great Offence he had committed. He behav'd always very well, showing abundance of devotion and seriousness, and shedding plenty of Tears upon all occasions; so that in Charity were bound to believe, that he died a true Penitent. He own'd, that his idling away his time, and Gaming upon the Highway in the Country, and biting People out of their Money, had acquir'd him a very ill Character, which was the first occasion of his Ruin; and that his Sentence was just according to Law; but otherways, that excepting the single Robbing Mr. Wightman and Mr. Lloyd, he was never guilty of any other Highway Robbery, and that he was never Thief or Robber before, but that his being apprehended upon the first Fact, probably prevented his doing any more mischief. He receiv'd the blessed Sacrament twice, with very much apparent Devotion. He was really Penitent; believ'd in Christ his only Saviour, and died in Peace with all Mankind. N. B. It was reported to me, that he had another Wife at Exeter , beside her who waited upon him in Town, with one or two Children, and that his Wife in Exon was blind and in very great Misery. I ask'd him about the Truth of this, he told me, that he was a very unfortunate Man, and that none of the least of his Misfortunes was, to be defam'd and call'd twenty times worse than he really was; and that he never had any other Wife but her who was the Mother of his Children, and who, while he was under Sentence, attended on him every Day in Chap pel, having sometimes with her a Son of his, about five or six Years old. Mr. Ward's Letter to one of his Prosecutors before he was Try'd. Worthy Sir, A Man under my Confinement, and for a Crime which is Death by the wholesome Laws of this Kingdom, which I do not pretend to deny, makes me with the utmost Submission and Contrition beg your tender Mercy to a poor Wretch, who by having drank too much Liquor committed so foul a Crime, which was the first of the Kind, having never had any other Thoughts than getting an honest Livelihood wherewith to maintian my poor Wife and small Children, who must (if I am prosecuted by you Good Sir) inevitably Perish. I therefore most humbly Implore, Good Sir, that you will out of your wonted Goodness; shew Mercy to a poor Wretch, who with his Family will always think it a Duty Incumbent on them to acknowledge it, and pray for your Prosperity. Yours, &c. William Ward . The following Paper was design'd to have been Spoken by Ward the Highway-Man at the Place of Execution. Good People, YOU see me before you, who have been a notorious Sinner, now a miserable Object of Shame, ready to die by the just Sentence of Human Law, and on the brink of another World, where I am to appear before a great Judge, unto whom all Hearts are open, all Offences known, and from whom nothing can be concealed, pity my Condition, pray for my Pardon, and let the sight of my Death work serious Thoughts and unfeigned Repentance in yourselves. It were needless to trouble you, and to perplex myself with Repetitions of those Crimes which in the Course of a very wicked Life I have committed, it is sufficient that I own the Commission of that Fact for which I die, Acknowledge the Justice of that Doom which sent me hither, and die in perfect Peace and Charity with all Men. In the Course of my Follies, as other Men have done, I have proceeded from one Vice to another, from Iniquity unto Iniquity, until the Justice of Providence brought this Heavy, this Mortal Evil upon me. Many who are Spectators of my Death may be Practisers of the same Sins which have stained my Soul, and they would do well to reform by my Example for this Purpose I am brought hither, and that my Death may answer this Purpose. I pray with my last Breath, and therefore I trust the Wisdom and Goodness of God will Sanctify to me this dismal End, by making it a Warning to others. Particularly I wish the ignominy of my Fate may make proper Impressions on him who was the Partner of my Crime, tho' he has been fortunate enough to escape being the Partner of my Punishment; let this be perpetually a Memorial unto him of God's Mercy towards him, and may he improve the remaining Part of his Days in the Service of his Creator, and grateful Acknowledgements of his Favour towards him, otherwise the making an ill Use of this Blessing will Augment his Offences, as preservering in that Course will finally bring on Ruin, which the Lord of Mercy avert; There is nothing now remains but that trusting in the infinite Mercy of God, and in the Merits of my Saviour, I submit to what my own evil Deeds have subjected me to. Once more I humbly and earnestly entreat the Prayers of all good Christians for my departing Soul, and that when I am dead they will suffer the Memory of my Crimes to die with me, and not impute them to an Innocent Family, otherwise sufficiently Unfortunate thro' my Faults. Lord receive my Spirit. William Keys , of Finchly, was indicted for assaulting Richard Richardson , on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him two Guineas, January 27. 3. William Keys , 23 Years of Age, born in the South-West of Ireland , of honest Parents, who gave him good Education at School, in Reading, Writing, and Cyphering, to prepare him for Business, and had him taught the essential Particles of Christianity: When of Age he was put Apprentice to a Barber and Perriwig-maker , and serv'd honestly his Servitude with Approbation of his Master. He afterwards went to Spain , and serv'd in a King's Ship there, as Barber to the Captain , and had the Love of his Master. At other times he serv'd as a Journey-man Perriwig-maker at Cadiz in Spain ; he also travelled in France and Italy , and other Countries of the Romish Communion, and (as he said) always bore a good Character, and by close following his Business never wanted a sufficient Maintenance. Last Year a Gentleman at Cadiz hir'd him for a Servant , with whom he stayed for some Time there, and who afterwards brought him over to England, and kept him for some Time in his Service at London : When he left him, he followed journey-work in Town, till such Time as he was taken up for the Robbery, upon Account of which he died. He also declared, if he had not been taken up, he intended in the Month of May next to return to Spain, as loving to serve on board of a Spanish Man of War. The Gentleman whom he robb'd, his Footman and Coachman, haveing all three sworn directly to his Face, his Cloaths and other Things about him, since he had no Disguise either about his Face or Person, and it being at two in the Afternoon, when the Chariot was stopt and Mr. Richardson robb'd; notwithstanding of all which, he persisted in a positive Denial of the Fact: I asked him if he was really the Person or not, upon the Faith of a dying Man, and as he was to answer to God, who robb'd Mr. Richardson upon Finchley-Common , he made solemn Asseverations and Protestations, that there must be a Mistake, for he was not the Person. I endeavour'd what I could, by all possible Arguments, to move him to a plain Confession; but say what I could, he still continued and adhered to his former Confessions, and would alter in no Point. He was of the Romish Communion, declared his Faith in Christ, as the Saviour of the World; that he repented of all his Sins, and forgave all Injuries done him, as he expected Forgiveness from Almighty God. William Norman , was indicted for breaking and entring the House of Paul Rankin , and stealing a Camblet Gown, Value 9 s. a Silk Gown, Value 20 s. a Crape Gown, Value 12 s. a Camblet Cloak, Value 9 s. a Banyan, a Waistcoat, a Rug Coat, and two Aprons, the Goods of Thomas Thornhill , Jan. 3. about ten at Night. 4. William Norman , about 19 Years of Age, Born towards Stepney , of honest Parents, who gave him good Education at School, if he would have apply'd to his Book, but he was of such an untractable perverse Nature from his Infancy, that he would learn nothing, and when he came to be of Age he had forgot all, and could neither read nor write. He past best part of his time about the Streets, in a very idle way, and got into the Acquaintance of such grosly wicked young People, who afterwards prov'd his utter Ruin, and brought him to his fatal End. His Parents being in mean Circumstances, could not well put him out Apprentice; so a Gentleman in Fetter-Lane, taking a liking to young Norman who was a very likely Boy to look on, he took him into his House, and was to instruct him to his own Business of a Leather-dresser . The Gentleman did what he could, to get Norman into a vertuous way of thinking and acting; but all his Endeavours that way, were in vain and to no purpose; for he getting plenty of Money, by one Means or other, gave his Master the Slip upon Sundays, Holydays and at other times, and went to Alehouses, Skittle Grounds, Gaming-Houses, and such like Places, where he employ'd his time with the worst of idle Company; and this (he said) was the first Step to destruction, for staying out whole Nights and being of no service to his Master, who intended, if the Boy had been good for any thing, to put him into his own way of Business, and to set him up in the World; but observing him altogether irreclaimable, and that he could be of no use to him, but rather ready to do him an injury, he threw up his Business and went to the Country, and discharg'd himout of his Service. After this he went home to his Father, and in a short time, went a Voyage to Ireland and Jamaica : Coming home about a Year after, he did not incline to go any more abroad, but associated himself with a Gang of the most notorious Thieves and Whores in or about the Town, and from this he dated his total Ruin and final Overthrow: For afterwards they got Norman engag'd in all manner of Thefts and Robberies, picking Pockets, House-breaking, Shop-lifting, Street-robberies, and going upon the Highway, &c. Some Months ago, he being taken up, and very young, was admitted an Evidence against several others, and convicted five or six of them, who were Executed, and one Hundred Pound was given him for his Share of the Reward, which was enough to have put him into some good way of Business, if he had been of any virtuous Dispositions; but to his Sorrow he own'd, that he spent the most of it in a very short time, with the worst of Company, before he got out of Prison; and when at Freedom, in a few Days or Weeks, all was gone; and he having no Company, but the most desperate of Men and Women, who had no good Advice to give him, but to go out upon unlawful Purchase, when his Money run short; otherwise he said, if he could have got rid of that mischievous Crew, he design'd to go to Sea, and live honestly the rest of his Days, but he had not so much goodness, as to seek the Grace of God for this purpose. He confest, that for some Years past, he was a most wicked, vicious and abandon'd Boy, in drinking, whoring, swearing, gaming, stealing, robbing and all kind of Vice, that he was irreclaimable in wickedness, and suffer'd most deservedly for his irregular and vicious Life. As to the Burglary for which he died, he owned he was in Company with the rest of them who committed the Fact, but that he knew nothing of their Intention that Night, and did not go into the House with a dark Lanthorn, but as he was standing in the Street, one of them handed to him a Bundle of Goods, which they disposed of to the best Advantage they could; and his being there, and partaking in the Plunder, made him equally guilty with the rest. William Norman was very ignorant of Religion; but the time being short, and he unacquainted with spiritual Things, could not profit very much, by all the Instructions that were given him. He declared himself very penitent, wept often and bitterly, was very attentive to Prayers and Exhortations, and most thankful to me, and blest me for giving him private Instructions, in a familiar Way, in the most necessary Points of Religion. He desired me to take Notice, that his Mother knew nothing of his Rogueries, and that the World ought not to blame her; for that both his Father and Mother gave him always the best of Advice, which if he had had the Grace to follow, he would not have come to such a fatal End. He hoped for Salvation, through the Faith of Christ; repented of all his Sins, and died in Peace with all the World. POSTSCRIPT. Mr. Gordon's Letter of Thanks to his Brothers for endeavouring to save his Life. Dear Brothers, WHILE there is Life there is Hopes, and I am not the only Person who in my Melancholy State, have entertained them longer than I ought. Death is dreadful to Nature, wherefore it is no wonder we avoid it, and this may serve to excuse the Trouble I have given you, since it is in vain, the Will of God be done. I should not have lived any where without Sins, and dying now I have fewer to Repent of, may the Mercy of my Redeemer render my imperfect and constrained Repentance effectual. I most humbly and heartily return you my Thanks for the unwearied Diligence you have shewn to save an unworthy Brother, my Follies have plunged me into Wretchedness, from whence if your Goodness and Kindness could not fetch me out, I am not less sensible of the Tenderness of your Inclinations. Though it be no Way in my Power to return it, but by this Expression of my Gratitude and hearty Wishes that Happiness and the Blessing of God may ever attend you. I hope the World will not be so unjust as to reflect on you for my Sake, but if they should, what harm can it do you, my Misdeeds will not prejudice you in the Opinion of reasonable Men, and the Voice of Fools ought not to be regarded. What I have done I am to suffer for with the loss of my Life, and with a greater Loss, but for the Merits of Christ and the Mercy of the Almighty, therefore this ought to stifle Rage, and shut the Mouth of Defamers. Pity me while living, and pray for me to the Hour of Death, who am your Disconsolate Brother, &c. William Gordon . At the Place of EXECUTION. THEY all appeared to be in a devout Manner, and Posture. I reproved Mr. Gordon gently for cutting his Throat in the Cells, immediately after Chappel was over. He said, he designed not to make away with himself, but only being in a great Confusion, as he was cutting his Stock, which was too fast bound, he happened to make a little Incision upon his Throat. I did not look upon this as a good Excuse, but cared not to disturb him in his last Moment. Just before he was turn'd off, he call'd out for Mr. Deacon several Times, which Gentleman was the Person he shot in the Arm about three Years agone, and it was thought on Purpose to ask his Pardon and Forgiveness. He said he had no more to add to his former Confessions, and to the People, that he inclined not to make Speeches. Ward said, That he was unjustly blamed for one or two Murthers which he knew nothing of. Keys stood by his former Confessions. Norman said, That a Robbery one swore against him at a former Sessions, he did not commit; but that he had been pro foundly wicked, and wish'd others might take Example. They were all very attentive to Prayers, and devout in singing Psalms. They left this Stage, crying out, That God would have Mercy upon them, and Lord Jesus receive my Spirit. This all the Account, given By Me, James Guthrie , Ordinary of Newgate. FINIS. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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, Deobstruent 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 ho' never so secretly lodg'd in the Body; wherefore et none of those unfortunate People dispair, but try t, 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, aud 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, Bioles, 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. 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Where may be had of the Printer of this Paper, The Life and Actions of JOSEPH POWIS , who was Executed on Monday the 16th of October last at Tyburn Written by himself, during his Confinement in the Cells. Price 1 s. ELectuarium Mirabile; or the Admirable Electuary, which infallibly cures all Degrees and Symptoms of the Secret Disease, with more Ease, Speed, and Safty, than any Medicine yet published. Any old Running, &c. tho' of several Years standing, whether occasion'd 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 easie in its Operation, that the nicest Palate, or weakest Constitution may take it with Delight. 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Dr. Middleton, Lecturer of St. Bride's, and Rowland Ingram , Esq; Keeper of his Majesty's Goal of Newgate, who both sealed it with their own Seals; in which manner she delivered it to me, with a desire that it might be published. After the Execution was over, the Paper was opened before the Worshipful the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, Dr. Middleton, Mr. Peters, Mr. Brouncker, and Mr. Ingram; and being read, was again sealed up, and produced last Night before the Honourable the Masters of the Bench of the Inner and Middle Temples, who read and returned it to me in the manner in which they received it, and in the manner wherein it now appears to the World. March 9th, 1732-3. WM. PIDDINGTON. March the 6. 1733. SIR, OU cannot be, nor are not unsensible that there is a just God, before whom we must give an exact Account of all our Actions, at the End of our Lives. SO as my Life is at an End, and I must appear before the All-seeing Judge of Heaven and Earth, to give an Account of mine, so I take that great Judge to witness, that what I here declare is true. January the 28, which was Sunday, after my Master was gone to Commons, Mary Tracey came to me, and drank Tea, and then it was, I did give my Consent to that unhappy Act of Robbing Mrs. Duncomb, but I do declare before the Almighty, before whom I shortly shall appear, I did not know of the Murder. AND on Saturday the 3d of February was the Time appointed, and according they came about 10 a Clock at Night, and Mary Tracey came to Mr. Kerrol's Chambers, and I went to Mrs. Duncomb's, and on the Stairs I met the Maid, and she did ask me, whether I was going to the old Maid, and I answered I was, and as soon as I thought she had got down Stairs, I would have gone in myself, but I thought that I should give some Suspicion, and so I asked which would go in, and James Alexander replied, he would, and the Door being left open for the Maid, against her Return, or otherways I was to have knocked at the Door, and after to have let them in, but it being open hindered it, and I gave James Alexander Directions to lie under the Maid's Bed, and desired Mary Tracey and Thomas Alexander to go and stay for me at my Master's Door until my Return, and according they did, and when I came, I desired they would go and stay for me at Mrs. Duncomb's Stairs, until my Return, and I went and lighted a Candle, and stirred the Fire in my Master's. Chamber, and went again to Mary Tracey and Thomas Alexander , who were on Mrs. Duncomb's Stairs, and there we waited until after two a Clock on the Sunday which was the 4th of February, and then I would have gone in, but when Thomas Alexander and Mary Tracey interrupted me, and said, if you go in, and they awake, they will know you, and if you stay on the Stairs, it may be that some one will come up and see you; but I made Answer, that no one lives up so high but Madam Duncomb. AND at length it was concluded that Mary Tracey and the other Alexander should go in, and shut the Door, and accordingly they did, and there I remained until between 4 and 5 a Clock, and then they came out, and said Hip, and I came higher up, and they did ask, which way they should shut the Door, and I told them to run the Bolt back, and it would spring into its Place, and accordingly they did, and came down, and having come down, they asked, where they should divide what they had got, I asked how much that was, they said, about three hundred Pounds in Goods and Money, but said they were forced to gag them all. I DESIRED to know, where they had found it, they said, that fifty Guineas of it was in the old Maid's Pocket in a Leathern Purse, besides Silver, that they said was loose; and above an hundred and fifty Pounds in a Drawer, besides the Mony that they had out of a Box, and the Tankard, and one Silver Spoon, and a Ring which was looped with Thread, and one square Piece of Plate, one Pair of Sheets, and two Pillow-beers, and five Shifts, and we did divide all this, near Fig-Tree-Court; as also near Pump-Court, and they did say unto me, besure that you bury the Cole and Plate under Ground, until the Robbery is all over: For if you be seen flush of Cole, you will be suspected; and on Monday, besure, about 3 or 4 a Clock, you come to the Pewter Platter on Holbourn-Bridge. I BEING apprehended on the Sunday Night, on the Monday Morning, when I was in the Compter, I happened to see one Bridgewater, he said, he was sorry to see me there, I also was sorry to see him a Brother in Affliction; he desired me to give him a Dram, for he was a great while in Prison, and I threw him a Shilling and a Farthing: And I walking about the Room, I was surprised to hear me called by my Name, and looking about, I observ'd at the Head of the Bed something move, and I pulled back the Curtain, and there I saw this Bridgewater, and he asked, whether I had sent for any Friends; I told him I had, and not long after, he called me again, and said, there was a Friend come to me; and I looked thorough the Hole in the Wall, and asked, whether that was Will Gibbs , and he answered me, yes; and I asked him, how the Alexanders were, he said, they were well; he asked me, how I came to be taken, and I told him, my Master having found the Tankard, and some Linnen, and he having seen ninety Pounds and sixteen Shillings on the Sunday the 4th of February, but it might through Surprize be forgot, but I had it all. He said, if I would give him some Mony, he would get People, that would swear that the Tankard was my Mother's according as I would direct; but said I, you must get some one to swear, that I was at their House; he said, it must be a Woman, and he said, she would not go without 4 Guineas, and the four Men must have 2 Guineas a-piece. So I gave him 12 Guineas, and he said, he and his Friends would be at the Bull's-Head in Bread-Street, but when I asked for them, I could not hear of them, and when I came before the Worshipful Alderman Brocas, I was committed to Newgate. AND when I was brought up to the Common Side, I was bid to pull off my Riding-hood, and one Peter Buck a Prisoner observed a Bulk in my Hair to hang down behind, and told one Roger Johnson , that I certainly had Mony in my Hair, and Mr. Johnson brought me down in a Cellar, and told me, that Peter Buck said, I had Mony in my Hair, and he laid his Hand on my Head, and bid me take it out, and so I did, and he counted 36 Moidores and 18 Guineas, and 6 Broad Pieces, and 2 of them were 25 Shillings, and 4 were 23 Shillings Pieces, and half a 23 Shillings, and 5 Crowns, and 2 Half-Crowns and one Shilling, and he said in the Condemned Hole he would be cleared and get out of Goal on that Account. In the Seal'd Cover, wherein the foregoing PAPER was enclos'd, were these Words written also with her own Hand. THE Enclos'd, which contains Six Sides of Paper, which I take Almighty God and my own Conscience to witness, is nothing but the very Truth, as witness my Hand, SARAH MALCOM . 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words OF FIVE MALEFACTORS, VIZ. Capt. JOHN TUNE , who suffered the 8th of December at Execution-dock, for Piracy; JOHN SMITH and JOHN IRWINE , for Robbing on the Highway; AND NICHOLAS CAMPBELL and GEORGE BARBER , for Forgery; Executed at Tyburn on Monday, February 2, 1761. BEING THE First and Second EXECUTIONS in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. Sir MATTHEW BLAKISTON , Knt. 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 M. COOPER, in Pater-noster-Row. [Price SIX-PENCE.] THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, &c. BY virtue of his Majesty's Commission of Oyer and Terminer and Goal Delivery, for the High Court of Admiralty of England, before the Right Worshipful Sir Thomas Salusbury , Knt. L. L. D. Judge of the High Court of Admiralty ; the Rt. Hon. William Lord Mansfield , Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench ; the Hon. Sir Richard Lloyd one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer , held at Justice hall in the Old-Bailey, on Thursday the 30th of October, 1760. JOHN TUNE was convicted for piratically and feloniously boarding a ship called the Guilaume upon the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England, about three leagues distance from Folkestone in the county of Kent , and assaulting and robbing Bartholomew Moy , the master thereof, of 104 pieces of white linen, value 140l. and thirty-four rolls of painted oilcloth, value 8l. on the 5th of August, 1758. It appeared on the trial, that the said ship was bound from Hamburgh to Bilboa and St. Sebastian . It was now two years since the piracy was committed; in which time, several material circumstances had slipt the memory of the principal witnesses; as Moy, Wyland, and others, for the prosecution: they deposed, however, that the privateer, of which John Tune was Captain, had fired a gun to bring to the said ship, and had sent a boat three times, with eight or ten men, t examine their papers and plunder their goods; to which they could not, or would not make resistance, being a free or neutral ship, and having on board only six men and a boy. The Goods so piratically taken, were partly seized by the Custom-house officers at Dover ; and the Guilaume being forced by contrary winds into the same port, discovered the pirates, and brought some of them to Justice; the Lieutenant of the Young Eagle , William Sterrick , and some of the men, were admitted evidence against the Captain, who was also said to be quarter owner of this little sloop, of about twenty tuns, carrying only six guns, of which four were swivels. The Captain, according to the witnesses story, would have sent his men yet oftener with the boat to bring away more goods; but they seem'd to have more honesty and refused to go again. They were assisted in this piracy by a man or two belonging to another small privateer, in company, commanded by one John Johnson , who would not join them, nor be concerned in this affair; while Capt. Tune is proved plainly to have been consenting and active in it, both before and after the fact, by seeing, receiving, and stowing away the goods when thus stolen; and also sharing them as prize among the captors and himself. Five sacks of goods were taken; two of which were made seizure of, and three saved and shared by the Crew. It seems as if none of them were apperehended and confined for this fact till a considerable time after this, tho' quickly known by the discovery of the ship's crew. John Tune having been kept prisoner aboard for several months, it was not till Sept. 19, or thereabouts, that he was brought to Newgate , in order to take his trial; where, on several occasions, the following account of him and his Behaviour was collected from himself and others. When he first attended divine service on Sunday the 21st of Sept. he seemed to behave awkwardly, neither reading the Psalms, nor making any responses, had therefore some proper advice and directions given him, particularly, as he could not read, that he would employ the leisure of his present confinement in learning to read; in which a brother tar, and fellow-prisoner for piracy, readily promised to help and instruct him; but neither of them seemed to regard the performing this promise, being more inclined to other amusements, neither so innocent or useful. He was now in the thirty-third Year of his age, a Maltese by birth, taken prisoner in his childhood by the Turks; and from them he escaped to the French, and again from them he was taken by Capt. (now Admiral) Geary, being then at the age of 13 Years, and has ever since been in the English service in different capacities, and conformed to our Religion. As he said he had served in his Majesty's navy all the last war and part of the present, He was ask'd why he quitted the service? to which he replied, that he was young and foolish, and had a mind to try for himself. He married a wife at Dover about 11 years since, by whom he had several children, two still living, a girl of 10, and a boy of 8 years old. His wife took pains to instruct him in the principles of the Christian Religion; and would fain teach him to read, but he did not apply himself to it; she got him, however, confirmed by the Archbishop of Canterbury at Dover. After he had incurr'd the danger of this prosecution, his wife was taken ill of a nervous fever (thro' grief, as supposed) which affected her head and made her delirious, under which she languished, till death released her on the Wednesday before he was apprehended for this fact, which happened the Sunday following at Dover; where, being put into a tender, he was carried to the Nore, and put aboard the Princess Royal. After some months, he was moved to the Monarque, and then, after five months, removed to the Princess Royal again, and thence to Newgate, as aforesaid. Here a woman, who passed for his wife, often attended and abode with him, till a little time before his exit; and till the sister of his deceased wife, a decent and well-behaved woman, came up from Dover to solicit and manage his business; who, finding he was not married, at last prevailed on him to dismiss this temporary wife, that he might the better prepare for his death. During his confinement on ship-board, Lieutenant R - ts would persuade him to impeach his officers and men, by the proffer of impunity and rewards; but rejecting this proposal, he was ordered into irons because (as the Lieutenant express'd it) he had offended him. Affidavits were made before his trial, that two material witnesses on his part were gone to sea, and that therefore his trial might be put off till the ensuing sessions in March next: notwithstanding which, it is said, he was persuaded to let it come on at present, as being an hopeful time for mercy, on the accession of his Majesty. It must be owned, that during his confinement before trial, he did not seem to think seriously of his situation, as his behaviour was rather negligent, and his regular attendance at the chapel often omitted or interupted; whether to be imputed to his own careless temper, or the insinuations of the company he kept in the prison, whose inmates, unhappily for themselves, and the public, (and to the indelible reproach of what and whom I cannot say) being obliged to no regular duties of industry or piety, are sure to grow worse, in a constant ratio to the time of their confinement therein; so that the oldest prisoners can scarce escape falling into the state and temper of fiends, or what the French term Les Enfants perdues. Little remarkable happen'd from the time of his conviction till the death-warrant, or rather a message for his excution was made known about November 21, and this coming thro' different channels and by some mistake, two different days, at the distance of a week or two, being named, gave occasion for the report of a reprieve being granted him, which had no other foundation, as far as I could learn. But the certain report of his destiny shocked and surprized him at first, as much as the change of the day puzzled him for some time; because he had suffered himself to be buoyed up with hopes of pardon from various quarters and surmises, insomuch, that he had hitherto shewn less thought or care for preparation than he ought. But now he became more attentive; desiring proper books to be lent and read to him, and duly attending prayers and instruction; he had timely notice and proper assistance given, to prepare for receiving the holy communion. In this interval, his halting between two opinions, appeared by a visit which he received some days after his doom was fixt, from a person whom I found with him, and who, under pretence of being his countryman, and that the Prisoner did not understand our language, was admitted to his cell, as if to interpret to him; but whose business in reality, was to seduce him, to the Church of Rome: But, when it was urged to this pretented friend, that he had professed himself a Protestant from the age of thirteen; that he had married into a protestant family at Dover; and under that character, had enjoyed the freedom of that town for several years; that his children, to the number of seven or eight were all baptised in the Church of England; and lastly, that it is against the laws of this realm to seduce a protestant to the Church of Rome; this new intruder into our charge, thought proper to renounce his purpose, and declare that he would give no more umbrage in this respect. The prisoner afterwards made an apology for encouraging this visit; that he had hopes, by his means, to have intercession made for his life. After this, he went on without interruption from that quarter to prepare for his approaching dissolution; in order to which, he received the holy sacrament, with serious devotion on Saturday, December 6, being to die the next Monday; for that there was no intention to respite him appeared pretty strongly, from an assurance I had the Monday before, that his chains were made: a circumstance of horror, which, in tenderness, was carefully concealed from the prisoner. Being asked one day whether he slept well, and how he employed his nights, he answered that he slept very little, but it was no matter, " he should sleep " enough by and by." Dec. 8, 1760. On the morning of execution, when visited, he appeared ready and chearful to do his duty, went up to chapel with alacrity, said he was well in health, and resigned to his punishment, joined in the service, and again received the holy communion with devotion and comfort; he expressed no signs of murmuring or complaint, though his devotion seemed to be sometimes interrupted with messages to hasten him out, which seemed to alarm him with some hopes and fears, whether it might not be a respite; concerning which, some evil minded persons had applied to him the preceding day, for a sum of money to be employed for obtaining such a favour; making no scruple to trifle with this most serious affair at this important period, provided they could, make any little advantage out of it to themselves. One would be almost tempted to wish that such inhuman merciless monsters could be made to change circumstances with the poor criminal, whose love of life (so naturally and wisely implanted in us all) they abuse to such sordid and wicked purposes. This morning having performed his duty, he declared he was greatly supported and comforted. He heartily thanked God for it; and added, with a seeming spirit and resolution, " he was as willing to die as to live." He was put into the cart a little after nine, and when he heard the expressions of pity and compassion from the multitude around, he behaved with intrepidity, and said, " I hope I shall soon " be happy." Two of the runners had sat up with him, read to him, and prayed with him; they both agreed he had behaved so well, that no man could behave better. When brought to the place of execution, and tied up, he still kept his countenance serene and calm; and when asked by me how are you my good friend, he answered, never better in all my life: he was reminded, however, to think of his situation, and humble himself in a manner becoming his present severe chastisement, to make this death a means of true repentance; pardon, peace, and deliverance to himself, and a loud warning to others; for which purpose he desired the surrounding multitude to join in prayer with him; having first intreated them to be warned by his suffering, not to covet or desire any other people's goods, but to learn and labour truly to get an honest living, and to do their duty in their several stations. We then prayed for mercy, charity, and all the graces necessary for a dying person. When applied to by me to acknowledge the justice of his sentence, he uttered a complaint, that his trial had been brought on when he had a fair plea to put it off, on account of his witnesses being at sea; but that he was encouraged, notwithstanding, to hope that it was a time of mercy, and that he should not suffer, though convicted; a matter of which he had frequently before complained. However that be, he was prevailed on now to suppress it, and to declare his forgiving all injuries, whether real, or only apprehended. He was reminded that he had before acknowledged fairly his share in the guilt, by consenting to the fact; and though he denied he was any gainer by the piracy, he was silenced, by being reminded that was not his fault, but owing to the seizure of what had been thus unjustly plundered. He was again reminded, that the honour and justice of the nation required this exemplary punishment to be inflicted, in order to deter others from ever again attempting such piracies, so infamous and dangerous to the nation. He acknowledged the truth of this, and that he had often thought of it before now: he again earnestly joined in prayer, confessed the articles of the Christian Faith, was recommended to the divine mercy and protection; and then having made a thankful acknowledgment of the services done for him, we parted, and he was consigned to eternity. 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 Bailey , before the Right Honourable Sir Matthew Blakiston , Knight, Lord Mayor ; Sir Richard Adams , Knight, one of the Barons of the Exchequer ; Sir Willi&am grave; Moreton , Knight, Recorder ; and others of his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer of the City of London, and Justices of gaol delivery, &c. on Thursday the 4th, Friday the 5th, and Saturday the 6th of December, 1760, in the first year of his Majesty's reign, John Smith was capitally convicted for a robbery on the highway. And by virtue of his Majesty's Commission of the peace, and Oyer and Terminer for the said City and County, holden at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey , before the Right Honourable Sir Matthew Blakiston , Knight, Lord Mayor ; Sir Thomas Parker , Knight, Chief Baron of his Majesty's court of Exchequer ; Sir John Eardley Wilmot , Knight, one of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench ; the Honourable Henry Bathurst , Esq; one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas ; Sir William Moreton , Knight, Recorder ; and others of his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer of the City of London, and Justices of gaol delivery of Newgate, on Friday the 16th, Saturday the 17th, and Monday the 19th of January, 1761, in the first year of his Majesty's reign; John Irwine , for a robbery on the highway; Nicholas Campbell , for a forgery; and George Barber , for a forgery, were capitally convicted. And on Wednesday the 28th of January, 1761, the report of the said four malefactors was made to his Majesty, and they were all ordered for execution on Monday the 2d of February, and then executed according to their sentence. 2. JOHN SMITH was indicted a second time, for that he on the King's highway, on Thomas Sherman did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and taking from his person one shilling, his property, and against his will, September 30. From the trial it appears, that this charge was proved to the satisfaction of the court and jury, and he was found guilty. When brought to the bar to receive sentence, being demanded what he had to say why sentence of death should not pass against him, he only begged that as he had served his Majesty 15 or 16 years, his life might be spared to serve him again, for that he had been but a few months on shore. To this no particular answer was made; but in the solemn admonition, and summing up of his guilt before sentence pronounced, he was reminded by the court that he had added a new crime on his trial to that for which he was to suffer, viz. the suborning a young woman of his acquaintance to swear falsely, that he had been with her from six till eleven o'clock in the evening during the time the robbery was committed; and therefore he had this to examine himself on, and severely repent of, as well as his other crimes; and also that there is sufficient reason to believe he was guilty of the first robbery he was indicted for, though acquitted, as much as of the last for which he was convicted; he was warned therefore not to flatter himself with the least hope of this life, but prepare himself for that eternal state to which he was now devoted, and must speedily be consigned. Though it proved to be near two months before he was executed, and he was by the honourable court expressly recommended to my care, in a manner that might be expected to have made some impression upon him, yet he never could be prevailed on to come near our chapel from that day to the day of his death. Some other person or persons being constantly admitted to visit prisoners there, who seem to have more weight and influence with them, than either courts or clergy of our constitution as by law established. - How justly we may appeal to reason and scripture, and the laws founded thereon to determine. As he had received sentence on Saturday night, I visited him on Sunday morning, when he professed himself to be (what he called) a Catholick, and therefore would not come up to chapel. To this he was answered, that we are of the true catholick church; he said he did not deny it. Why then do you refuse to hear and be instructed by us? You are committed to my special care, and it is intrusion and a transgression of the laws of the land for any other pretended guide to forbid you to hearken to my instruction, and accept of my assistance, which I now make a tender of to you; and you are seriously to consider how you can answer the rejecting of it. He scarce staid to hear so much, and made no farther answer to what he did hear, but withdrew; and henceforth by absence, or in sullen silence, avoided the opportunities of converse with me. In this temper he persisted, till one day having heard of my asking a few questions relating to him of one Clarke, a gardener, from Isleworth, one of his witnesses: he strutted up to me in the Press-yard, with a stern visage, and his hat cock'd, with an air of authority, demanding ” what business I had to enquire any thing about him; “ for that himself was the proper person to be “ applied to, and he was able to answer me.” But I found, by experience, that as he was not willing too, I must go without an answer. It may be collected from his own witnesses brought to his character, that he was but a short time, and little known even to them; given to flit from place to place, as Isleworth , Brentford , Whitechapel , Gravesend , &c. And that though he pretended he was but a short time ashore, he had a lodging near a year ago in Dark's-alley , Whitechapel , and was also known at Brentford as long since. His birth, parentage, and education, are involved in obscurity, or uncertainty at best; some asserting, on his own authority, that he was the son of a linen-draper, born in Cheapside ; others are willing to give the honour of his birth to Ireland , and that Smith was but an assumed name. By his own account he could not be much less than 35 or 36 years of age; he was a robust well-built man, of a temper sturdy and resolute, capable of being much better employed for the benefit and protection of society, had he been equally well inclined, or happy in his applications and attainments. It is said he had served both in the army and navy , at home and abroad, for near 16 years; in the former he was in the dragoons in England, and a Lieutenant in the province of New York: but by what vicissitudes and temptations he became an adventurer on the highway, as he was not communicative enough to explain, must for the present remain a secret. Few or no words passed between us during a month, till the day after the death warrant was come, seeing him walk in the Press-yard, I advised him to make good use of his time, and acknowledge the justice of his sentence. As to the former, he said, he made the best use of his time he could, but did not explain in what manner; and as to the latter he was sensible, he confessed, of the consequence of telling a lie at this time; and he never would own that he had robbed the man of that shilling for which he was cast. “ If “ said he,” “ I had been cast on the former trial “ for the watch, &c. I would not now deny it;" but that he would deny this robbery to his last breath. Mean time, whoever looks into the trial, may see that nothing can be more positively proved, if we believe the evidence; and against which there is no ground of suspicion. 3. GEORGE BARBER was indicted, for that he having in his custody a bill of exchange, with the name John Sharp thereunto subscribed; purporting to bear date the 2d of November, 1760, at Manchester , directed to Mr. Rigby, merchant , in Gracechurch-street , for the payment of 50l. and that he on the 5th of December did make, forge, and counterfeit, and caused to be made, forged, and counterfeited, and readily acted therein, a certain order by the name of John Rigby thereunto subscribed, to Messrs. Honeywood, Fuller and co. for the payment of the said 50 l. contained in the said bill; and for publishing the said order, well knowing it to have been forged. Besides the ignominious death to which this crime of forgery is exposed; and that it is acting counter to every moral and religious principle with which the mind of man is imbued, both in his early education, and progress through life, in a fair trading nation; the malignity and sting of this transgression is strongly touched and described in the matter and form of this indictment, as may be better seen by an attentive review of the parts and clauses of which it consists. The trial gives the rise and progress of the detection of this rash deed, for which the delinquent has paid so dear. When he first appeared at chapel, after commitment, his behaviour was so humble, attentive, and becoming his sad situation, so much better than the common criminals who come there, that he at once excited my compassion and attention, to give him what assistance and consolation my duty, not more than my inclination demanded of me. He was committed to Newgate on Saturday Dec. 6, being the last day of sessions. When asked the next day, after service, what are you charged with? He answered with forgery. As I talked to him in general terms of this crime, without demanding of him particularly whether he was guilty or not; he interrupted me, and said, “ I am guilty to be sure." You would not, I presume, say so now, but that you are aware it can be proved against you; he answered, " I apprehend it can." You have the more need to quicken your pace in your repentance and returning to your duty; and may God assist you. He had a Common Prayer Book, with a Testament and Companion to the Altar bound up with it, in his hand, which he said he now made use of daily. Happy were it for you, applying myself to him, had you made a right use of these good books before you fell into these sad circumstances! his tears gushed out afresh at this, and he earnestly wished it had been so with him. He acknowledged he had been too fond of going to plays, which betrayed him into other irregularities, and debts, which led him into his present crime, of which he wished again and again he had thought better of the sad event; promised, however, to prepare for a change, which he hoped would be for the better: though he seemed to have some glimmering hope to escape death for this crime. Being particularly asked, he said there was a time when he used regularly to attend the service of the church of England, in which he was educated while he lived in the country, but owned he had neglected his duty, in this respect, since he came to London; expressing, at the same time, an hearty sorrow for this omission, and promising his constant attendance on the duties of the chapel for the future, and that he should be always glad to be called on and admitted; the rather, as his fellow prisoners in the same ward generally behaved in a manner very unbecoming their circumstances, rioting, drinking to excess, swearing, card-playing, and promiscuous company; which could not be very favourable to serious purposes. And this, perhaps, is one of the heaviest afflictions of a gaol, that the penitent and well-intentioned are out-numbered and overborne by the hardened wicked ones, who will not suffer them to be well employed if they would. To prevent which, some gentlemen of experience have observed, that, in well-planned prisons abroad, the prisoners are all kept separate, so as to have time for reflection, and redeeming the time; by which means the evil and impenitent cannot corrupt nor disturb those who are not so abandoned as themselves. And thus they actually are kept in general with us, after conviction; but in capital cases only; except by express order from Authority. And perhaps it would be difficult to assign a good reason why they are not kept apart in most, or all cases; as several of them, who can pay for a room, really are. Barber had proper books and instructions given him, which he made good use of, and duly attended divine service: he now began to wish and hope to be admitted to the Holy Communion, on which occasion he was reminded of making Restitution to all injured parties to the utmost of his power. Being asked if he had received the cash on the forged bill, he said no. - That they discovered it to be forged before it was paid; and therefore the contrary report mentioned in the news-papers, was false. It was now added, happy is it for you, that you have not received and mispent a sum which you are in no capacity to make restitution for, tho' your intention is never the less criminal; to this he assented. He was farther reminded to look on himself as a dead man from the hour this fact was known to be designed and attempted, and the interval as a time of patience and forbearance; which the divine mercy, as well as the happy lenity and justice of our laws afforded criminals, in order to sue for peace and reconciliation with Heaven, which I hoped and constantly prayed he might faithfully employ for that purpose: he answered that he was sensible of his great iniquity in this design, but that he had done, and would continue to do his utmost to repent. He had been confirmed, but never was a communicant. In discoursing to him on the design of God in correcting sinners, he was asked, whether he had not reason to believe, that, if he had gone on and prospered in his wickedness, it must have tended to harden him against repentance, and bring him to utter ruin? He answered, he was convinced of it, and truly sensible of the divine good-will and gracious purpose in chastising all sinners, himself in particular, to bring them to repentance and salvation, and should endeavour to fall in with his merciful design, and draw this precious benefit from it. To give one proof of his repentance, as public as his crime is now made, and to prevent the misrepresentations of ignorance or ill design, he was prevailed on, though with some difficulty, to write the following brief account of himself. " I was born at Rotherham in Yorkshire , of very reputable parents, my father was an apothecary, and was possessed of an estate of 300l. per annum, but he died in my infancy; and soon after his death I was sent to an uncle and aunt, with whom I lived for the space of twenty-five years; during which time they brought me up with as much tenderness and compassion as if they had been my father and mother, and gave me a very liberal education, and brought me up in their own business, which was a dry-salter , and at proper times sent me to school till the age of eighteen years, for which care and tenderness over me, I gave them the following recompence, which I pray God may be a warning to all young men, not to be disobedient to their parents, which has brought me to this untimely and ignominious death; had I followed their precious directions, and been obedient to their commands I might have been a great man in the eyes of this world: but instead of that, I gave myself over too much to my own sinful and corrupt ways, in keeping loose, idle, and profane company, and giving ear to their wicked ways, which caused me to yield to all my inclinations in the pleasures of this world, and in staying out by whole nights, in the sinful enjoyments of them; and alas! too often was I the orderer of them, but especially in dancings, and music-meetings, not regarding the cost I was at, nor thinking how I came by the money, as I had liberty to go to it at any time, by having part of the business committed to my care. At the age of 27 years I came to London , and got a very good place, in which I was about three quarters of a year, during which time I might have greatly improved myself had not my evil thoughts had too much power over me, and thereby tempted me to commit those great and heinous crimes which have brought me to this untimely end. I pray that this my miserable and untimely fall may be a warning to all young men, not to follow my unhappy steps, in being disobedient to their parents; in despising their counsels and rejecting their advice; for it is written, they shall not live out half their days; and further, the eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. After the day of his execution was fixt and known, being particularly questioned about his inward state, he said, he found hope and consolation in his prayers more than ever, and was wonderfully supported, even under this heavy and trying stroke of the death-warrant. He spent a great part of his nights in prayer, and in the day-time attended the chapel, which he seldom or never missed, and behaved well. On Saturday January 31, he was admitted to the Holy Communion. 4. JOHN IRWINE , (or Urwin) was indicted, for that he, on the King's highway, on John Jay did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and taking from his person 1s. 6d. his property, Dec. 22. It must be owned this poor old Soldier, by his protestations of innocence, and that he had no design to rob, but to beg, greatly moved my compassion, and had almost induced me to believe he was wronged by the witnesses swearing too hard against him; however, this I did not let him know, but objected to him the concurrence of two witnesses (strangers, who casually met on this occasion) to this fact of his, and endeavoured to persuade him on all occasions and by every motive, to be true and sincere in his confession and repentance, considering the extreme danger of playing the hypocrite in his last stage and scene of life. And yet, alas! there is but too much reason to suspect that he suppressed or disguised some part of the truth even to his last. At his Leisure, he wrote the following account of himself, and gave it me with his own hand; which the reader is desired to accept of and excuse, uncorrected and unfinished, as the sudden issuing of the death-warrant, and a more necessary care obliged him to leave it. Newgate, Jan. 23, 1761. The true life and character of John Irwine , born at Taunton in Somersetshire , of very worthy, honest parents. His father died in the year 1715, and left a plentiful estate behind him to his family, near 200 l. per annum, besides some thousands in book-debts and ready cash: he left me in the full trade of a wholesale linen-draper ; but I bing then but fifteen years old, full young to take such a charge of business in hand; however, I went on too fast as most young men do. I soon married a wife, a gentleman's daughter of 700 l. a year, of the same county, who gave me a tolerable fortune with her. I had by her four children: one is now a serjeant in the Hon. Col. Irwine's Regiment, now abroad; the other three died, and my wife died also. I followed on my business for some time; but people breaking in my debt, at length occasioned me to do the like. Then I went to Boston in New England , after one Blackstock, who owed me 170 l. at which place I met him; who paid me every penny, and gave me what credit I required, and more. I then bought a vessel, about 200 tons, loaded her, and came to London, and sold her and Cargo, which was pitch, tar, rum and rice, and some barrel staves, went over again, and, as a trading gentleman, traded to and fro for some years; and once in my passage, being then from Bristol to Boston, lay to a little, for my own diversion, to catch a few cod, which is usual with most shipping when we cross the banks of Newfoundland. While I was below eating some cod sounds, which is the hard and soft roes, one of my men called down, and said, 'Sir, come up, for here ' is something hard by you won't like? I then went upon deck, and saw two sloops making towards us, and seeing the black flag at their topmast-head flying, took them to be what they really were, Pyrates: one was commanded by Capt. Low, a Westminster man born, as I was informed by one Dr. Kencade, a surgeon, whom they had forced on board them sore against his will. However, he was admitted a king's evidence, and those who he impeach'd as to heinous crimes were condemned to die, to the number of thirty-eight. The other sloop, while we boarded Low, made the best of her way, and got off. He went by the name and title of Capt. Lowther. I then made the best of my way I could to Boston, and made a report of my passage to the then governor, who immediately gave orders to Capt. Peter Soleguard, then commander of the Greyhound man of war, to go with my direction to seek after them. The commanders of most of the vessels then in Boston harbour went as volunteers with us towards the banks, where I left them: we had not been long there before we espied them both, and they the day before took a Bristol vessel, and then having intoxicated themselves with Bristol beer, came headlong without thought up to the Greyhound, and soon found their mistake; for, after two or three broadsides, we boarded them, and bound them secure, carried them into Rhode-island; there they were tried, and 38, as I mentioned before, were executed at Newport. Then I came home again to England in a vessel of my own, and as I lay in Shadwell dock to be cleared, my creditors hearing of it, came and seized her as their property. Then for farther shelter, as I then thought, entered in the foot-guards, and continued in that station until the year 1744, at which time my Colonel gave me Chelsea hospital, the out-pension; but war breaking out with France, my Colonel gave a good recommendation to the Lords of the Admiralty, who gave me a warrant to go master at arms of the Pearl man of war, Capt. F - g then commander, where I staid Capt. F - g's time, about twelve months or something more, without any success, he being a peaceable Captain. Then Capt. H - k had the command of the Pearl, another peaceable captain, who loved Women more than fighting: For once as the Pearl lay at Anchor, and bumboats plying, as is customary in those places, I speaking to the woman that belonged to the boat for half an anchor of brandy, and ordered her to come down to my cabin, and would pay her for it. She complied with my request, and Capt. H - k being on the quarter-deck, took notice of our freedom one with the other; called me on the quarter-deck, and said, ' master at ' arms, you seem to have some influence with ' that woman; conduct her down to my cabbin, ' and I will order a bottle of wine on the table ' for you, and I will fall in by accident.' But my answer was, ' I came not for that purpose; I ' came to fight the enemy.' These words nettled Capt. H - k, he running the day before from a vessel of smaller force, which he took to be French; but when we came into the river Humber in Yorkshire, it proved to be one of our own ships, and the two captains went ashore to drink together, and make up the mistake. However, I sent a letter to the Lords of the Admiralty to acquaint them with his ill conduct. Soon after a letter came from the Lords of the Admiralty, with a severe check to him, with orders for him to go convoy to the East Indies! as soon as he had received his orders, he called me upon deck, and said, 'You have sent to the admiralty, have ' you not, you rascal?' with many other opprobrious words, mixt with some blows, and saying, ' You shall not live much longer,' put me in irons, and we were under sail for the East Indies, and got some way to the eastward, when there was a boat espied coming after us from admiral Vernon, who hoisted a signal at the masthead for us to shorten sail, which Capt. H - k did until they came alongside, with orders for the master at arms from the admiralty immediately to be sent on board the Admiral's ship to be tried by a court-martial; but when I came on board the Admiral, a close examination I went thro', and was very much commended for my behaviour, and gave me a warrant for another 40 gun ship, the Ambuscade, without any trial, saying, ' My captain deserved to be tried more ' than me.' Soon after I was turned over to the Norwich, a 74 gun ship. I tarried - Here his narrative broke off. He mentioned to me, that while he used the New England trade, he was once cast away in Milfordhaven in a hurricane of wind, the day after he sailed from Cork for Bristol, by which he lost the value of 1500 l. in one night, and the greater part of the ship's crew, only 10 out of 25 being saved. His behaviour, for the short time he was under my care, was apparently regular and serious; he often declared to me, that he made the best use he could of the books which I lent him, and the daily exhortations and openings of the scriptures directed to him; that he prayed earnestly day and night for the pardon of all his sins; and about three nights before his death, he felt an unusual joy and comfort, which filled his soul, and gave him a foretaste of final peace and reconciliation. This same remarkable thing he repeated to his friend and townsman, who visited him, and reported it to me after his death. He appeared calm and undismayed at the news of the death-warrant, and so continued to the last. 5. NICHOLAS CAMPBELL , was indicted for feloniously and falsely making, forging and counterfeiting, and causing and procuring, and willingly acting and assisting, in making a certain promissory note, for the payment of 1350 l. with the name of Joseph Pearson thereunto subscribed; purporting to be signed by the said Joseph, Jan. 19, 1758; and for publishing the same, well knowing it to have been forged, with intent to defraud the said Joseph, &c. Several strong outlines of the prisoner's character and behaviour were collected from his trial and otherwise; such as that he was a pensioner at Chelsea seventeen or eighteen years ago; that from keeping a chandler's shop there, he had found means to raise himself by degrees to an usurer of the first rank, in a place lately so infamous for living on the blood of those veterans; by this he had acquired wealth enough to purchase some estates and houses; one or two of which situate near his own dwelling, a public house in Wilderness-row, he set up to sale by auction some time in July last. The prosecutor being at the sale, and inclined to purchase one of the houses, got an acquaintanee to bid for him; but being out-bid, it did not fall to his lot. Some time after the prisoner acquainted the prosecutor that he might have the house at the price he had bid for it; and on this condition got him to lend, or advance, at different times, the sum of 74l. 10s. for which Campbell gave his note of hand, till the writings and house should be made over to the purchaser, and the residue paid. But it appears Campbell meant no such thing, only to defraud Mr. Pearson of the sum advanced; for which purpose, at one of those meetings which these two had on this business, Campbell did fraudulently and feloniously burn the said note of 74l. 10s. and wrote another of only 7l. 10s. in the place of it; while he asserted, before witness, that he owed him no more than 5l. This assertion, (with others of the like kind) implied a confession of his being in Mr. Pearson's debt, and helped to prove, that the forged note in question, of 1350l. did not then exist, about the 16th of December last, tho' dated near two years before, as in the indictment. It appears also, that the prisoner had locked up the prosecutor in a room with him at a publick house in Tufton-street , Westminster , and threatened his life, in order to deter him from doing himself justice against this insidious invader of his property, character, and life. In two days after, Campbell had taken out a writ, and actually arrested Mr. Pearson on this forged note, having made affidavit that it was a real debt, as he often asserted to me after his conviction, and that he had lent Mr. Pearson the whole sum. But in this whole affair he seems bereaved and forsaken of common sense, and given over to the Grand Deceiver to over-reach and deceive himself, the very note in question carrying the marks of a forgery on the face of it; being such, as to the writing of the body of the note with the supposed lender's own hand, and the manner and place of signing on the left side of the paper, as no man so long practised in lending money, and taking securities, could be supposed capable of accepting for so large a sum. It is therefore justly believed that Campbell intended this also as a farther motive to deter Mr. Pearson from a prosecution for destroying his note of 74l. 10s. aforesaid. It farther appeared, that the prosecutor and the prisoner had no mutual intercourse or acquaintance till a year and half after the date of said note in question. After an impartial, candid, and patient trial of five or six hours, from before twelve at noon till after five, he was brought in guilty by the jury without hesitation. Here the plan of his defence, which seems to have been entirely of his own framing, on an imaginary acquaintance between the prosecutor and himself, from the year 1756, and his lending him the several sums of 800l. 400l. and 150l. at different times and places, and the plausible harangue which he pronounced at the bar, not being supported by the witnesses which he had prepared and tutored, but were somewhat disconcerted by a separate examination in court, this plan failed him, and he found himself under the new odium of subornation of perjury, which added greatly to the horror of the charge of forgery and felony, in the minds of others at least, however sear'd and insensible he carried himself. For it must be confessed that throughout his trial, he even overacted the courage of a fixed integrity: he appeared well-dressed in his regimentals of the Middlesex Militia , of which he stied himself Lieutenant and Adjutant, and behaved with a soldierly resolution worthy of a better cause. In speaking his defence he advanced and fell back alternately with a graceful military step (which, when convicted, brought to mind a little simile of Shakespear.) - " like a poor player " that struts and frets his hour upon the stage " and is no more." - together with that more serious observation of a far higher authority. Man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain, he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. But his intermixing some ill-grounded and scandalous aspersions against his prosecutor, and uttering a most dreadful imprecation on himself, that he might never obtain mercy if he did not speak the truth, gave too much cause to fear that he should die under a judicial hardness of heart; and to confirm the report, that he had long practised, the dreadful trade of forging certificates of the lives of pensioners who were actually deceased, supporting such certificates with false affidavits and defrauding the Government. But now it happened that in the net which he hid privily for another, his own foot was taken. On Sunday morning Jan. 18, the day intervening between his trial and sentence, when visited, he demanded of me with sufficient assurance before several prisoners, whether I did not think on the trial that he must be acquitted? to evade giving him a shocking answer, he was told, " I had various thoughts which I could not now recollect or explain." He then added with seeming hopes, that " he must prepare a petition to the King" - on which he was earnestly advised to prefer his petition to the King of Kings; for to speak sincerely to him without reserve or flattery, such was his case, that there must be his only hope. He, with the other convicts, had a proper exhortation applied to them with prayers for persons under Sentence, tending to excite them to lay hold on this precious opportunity of repentance. At the same time the Psalms of the day, Psalm 90, 91, 92. were brieflly opened and applied, together with the lessons, Gen. i.v.26,27. And God said, let us make man in our own image, after our likeness. So God created man in his own image. And St. Matthew xvi. particularly v. 25, - 27. Whosoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it. v. 26. For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and loose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 27. For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. It was pressed on them to consider the vanity and uncertainty of this life, the value and duration of a future state; the immortality of the soul, as being the image of God's eternity; and the alternative necessity of being either transformed to his likeness by renewing their minds to his holy will: or being wretched for ever. Chiefly the necessity of truth and sincerity, in order to be entitled to the least hope of divine mercy and favour. Campbell did not seem to relish these applications at present; and the rather, as he had seldom or never come near the chapel before his trial, but generally made an excuse of company or business for absenting himself. In the like indifference he went on for two or three days after his sentence, saying he was able to instruct himself: however he came up in prayer time on the 23d of January, and in speaking to the prisoners I took an opportunity of laying home to them the danger and absurdity of dissembling with God; lent him also a Compassionate Address to Prisoners, which he promised to read, and make good use of. Next day, the twenty-fourth, he attended divine service more readily than usual, and then told me with seeming seriousness, that he had spent the night before in reading over the book I had lent him which he found very good and seasonable; and hoped it would prove a blessing to him. He continued to come to chapel daily, but not without being sent for by me to his cell, into which he was put since his conviction, instead of a room he was indulged with before that. In each of them he was daily visited and closely attended by a likely young woman whom he and the rest of the prisoners called his wife; but was the same whom his son, and the mother of his children, being his supposed wife mentioned to me under an opprobious name, the former having told me in plain terms she was his father's w - re; and the latter asserting she had been her servant. Soon after this, as I daily exhorted him to acknowledge the justice of his sentence, both openly and privately, it was added that my wish, my duty, and earnest solicitude to endeavour that he should be presented faultless before that last and awful Tribunal, where he and all must appear, obliged me to mention any thing in his conduct, that might be a bar to his happiness, or an offence to others; and therefore I must say, that it would appear more becoming, that his wife should attend him in his present circumstances, than any other woman: he answered short, " that was to himself," adding several expressions of regard and acknowledgment for the kind behaviour of this young woman; and that he had left her something as a reward of her services. Again he was told, that whatever his offences had been, and whatever steps he had taken to cover and conceal them, all these were pardonable, and might be imputed to human frailty, and the fatal blindness which the passions indulged cast over the human mind, if he would even now retract and confess his criminal proceedings. His answer at first appeared ambiguous; that, by what he had learned and could collect from the scriptures by his own observation, to confess his guilt now, would be to make bad worse; - after a pause, he added, supposing he were not guilty. He then persisted to utter the most solemn protestations of his innocence, as he usually did, and that he was wronged; that Mr. Pearson, had all the money for the note of 1350l. that it was defaced in that suspicious manner, in which it appeared to the court, by some other hand, after he had delivered it up to the care of the magistrate; that if he had 40,000 lives at stake, he would persist in this assertion to the last breath, and lay his all upon the truth of it. He was then reminded that an eternal life infinitely more valuable than a million of temporal lives was actually staked on the truth or falsehood of his repentance. January 28th Mr. Campbell being called from his cell, to attend the chapel on the first sad morning after the death-warrant was made known, came down attended by his young son, and his favourite hand-maid, with his usual countenance, rather chearful than otherwise. In both services of the day opportunities were taken to lay before these sons of death, from the proper scriptures chosen for this trying occasion, the necessity of coming duly prepared to the Christian passover, not with the old leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. And from Psalm 32. v. 1, 2, - to v. 6. it was proved to them that the blessing of the forgiveness of sins is plainly limited to the spirit without guile, and the tongue that confesseth its sin, and acknowledgeth the divine justice. Campbell still persisted to give proofs of a close and impenetrable secrecy, not only as to his crimes, but every particular relating to his birth, life, and character, which he could conceal, cautious to evade any questions on these heads; saying he would have no books wrote about him after his death; when it was answered him that he could not avoid it, for his trial was already published in part, he made light of that. And it now appears that all his vigilance and caution was eluded, since he could not prevent a spurious account of Nicholas Campbell : nor the more vociferous last and true dying speeches of the Grubean Heralds from ecchoing his odoriferous same before he was well cold. He little considered that his name must be transmitted to futurity, in more records than those of Justice-hall and Chelsea-college. And if a little folly taints a name that is famous for wisdom; what effect must a great degree of it have on the very different character of craft and subtilty? Tho' he did not confess his injuries against his prosecutor or others, he affected to declare he forgave and prayed for them, though they had unjustly taken his life: he added, his hearty thanks and prayers in return for the pains bestowed on him, and the care taken of him by me, and did me the honour to acknowledge, that tho' he was acquainted with the clergy of all persuasions, in the course of his life both at home and abroad, he knew none capable of doing him more service, &c. The recital of this testimony from him will not I hope be imputed to pride and vain-glory, when it is added, that I am persuaded no clergy or other man could be of any service to him without the superior assistance of divine grace with his own endeavours. My earnest prayers therefore were again and again offered up, that my poor labours might be blessed to him, and be instrumental to his salvation; he in return thanked and prayed for me with a countenance full of acknowledgments; while I assured him that the only authentic and acceptable commendation he could give to my endeavours would be to hearken, obey, and be wise for himself. Tho' he strenuously concealed his parentage, he said he was a native of North Britain, that he was allied to a noble Earl of that country, and to another of Ireland, to whom he said his mother was nearly related, and was half sister to the late Governor Kane of Minorca. His con versation of this kind tended to shew that he highly valued himself on the reputation of family and wealth, and that he was intitled to a personal inheritance at Carrickfergus by his father, who had sold it before he attained the age of 18 years, and therefore the sale was void, and he would attempt to recover it by law, were he to live. When he mentioned Carrickfergus, I said, you are of that country perhaps? he said, no. He spent many words (not very clear and consistent) to explain away his guilt, and assert his innocence to all that saw or visited him; to an officer whom he familiarly saluted by the name of Major, he declared they might as justly prosecute and put him to death. When he came from his cell January 29, with his female favourite, who was going to chapel with him, he took me by the hand with a chearful freedom, saying he had read thro' half the book which I had lent him, viz. (Bishop Wilson's introduction to the Holy Communion) but that he was acquainted with that subject before, having been a communicant on other occasions. From others about the same time I heard a very bad account of him, that he had several women whom he called his wives, that the elderly woman who is the mother of his children, has another husband with whom she lives, having got all she could from Campbell who made what he had, by usury, &c. The runners who tended him, said they never saw him open a book; and on enquiring of his young woman whether she read to him, or assisted him in his preparation for death, as I observed a prayer-book in her hand, she seemed to blush and hang her head, and only answered, " she did nothing to hinder him." In the forenoon of January 30, he was visited by that elderly matron-like woman, whom he acknowledged to be Mrs. Campbell; for when I still doubted of his innocence, he took out a letter, and said, here is a proof of it. How so? this is my last letter to Mrs. Campbell my wife, asserting my innocence as a dying man: and can you believe I would tell a lie on that occasion? I answered I hope not; but let that be your care. When he went on to talk in the same strain as he did in his defence at his trial, adding other circumstances to induce belief, he was advised by me to commit his vindication to writing, his answer was, that his son had waited on his R - H - the D. of Y - k, and the E. of H - ss, with a petition; setting forth these facts. That they were before made known also to Col. C - ke whose interest in his favour had been interrupted by the other M - b - r for the county of M - d - x in regard to the prosecutor. As I still expressed my doubts, adding that it would avail him nothing, though he could persuade me to believe him innocent; he then gave a plain hint of his drift in this scheme of gaining my belief of his innocence, by wishing he had some one that would fairly represent his case to his Majesty, looking wistfully toward me. My answer was, it is impossible for me to be of any use to you in that way, for many reasons. However he went on the next day January 31, in the like way of talking, altho' it was the appointed day for administering the Holy Sacrament to the prisoners; to all which plausible pretences, this plain answer was given him, that I most heartily wished that the evidence which appeared against him on the trial, could permit me to believe him innocent; as it could not, I did not think myself at liberty to admit him to the Holy Communion, till I could find him in a better disposition to confess his guilt, which I prayed God to give him. He asked me again, as he had on several such occasions, would I advise him to tell a lie? no by no means. But your conduct in other respects has been exceptionable and dark. He answered in general terms, that he had lived a moral life, and was a good man, paid every one their due, and had been kind to the clergy of his parish, where he lived in credit, and like a gentleman for 17 or 18 years; but I might do as I pleased. I then assured him it was a very great grief to me, to be obliged to repell him for such a reason, and on this occasion. He went away much chagrined, and continued to say that if he should live a thousand years he would assert his innocence to the last. It seemed best therefore to say little more to him on this subject. He came up to morning and evening service on the next day, being Sunday; sometime after each was begun, was visited by his wife and son, to whom I complained (in hopes they might help to influence him) of the absurdity and danger of of his persisting to assert his innocence, when no one did or could believe him. She answered, he was a man of sense and knowledge, and should best know how to judge for himself, as he only was conscious whether he was guilty or not. One serious observation drawn from this account, will it is hoped, be excused, and kindly accepted by the public, as it follows naturally from the subject, and is of the highest consequence to all mankind. How just, how proper, how necessary is the latter part of that conditional form of Absolution, which is pronounced in the daily morning and evening prayers of our church, to all them that truly repent and unfeignedly believe God's holy gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance and his holy spirit, &c. Since without this divine grant all human means and labours are lost and vain. It was not mentioned in the proper place that two or three days before Mr. Campbell suffered, he came up to me with seeming joy, and said he had agreeable news to tell me. What is that I pray you? Why, that I am as willing to die as to live. I answered, I hope you are on a good foundation. The Morning of EXECUTION. Barber and Irwine came down from their cells soon after I went in to visit them. Barber said he was easy and resigned, had been in bed three or four hours, and spent the rest of the night in prayer, in which he found great comfort and hope. Irwine being asked what was the effect of his petition? answered, he believed, it went too late, but he was resigned to Death; tho' he still asserted his innocence, both now, at the communion, and at the place of execution; where I reminded him, that he was now in Sight of the place where the fact was committed, and bid him recollect whether he had not used threats and violence to the Prosecutor? He declared he had not, nor had no more thoughts of robbing him, than he had of robbing me that moment, his hands and neck being then tied up; and he added, God forbid I should tell a lie now! this was but a few minutes before he was turned off. He and Barber had joined in the prayers, and received the holy Sacrament in the chapel this morning with Devotion; Campbell, also came up to chapel after them, when I again exhorted and besought him in the tenderest terms, and most earnest manner, by all his hopes of mercy to acknowledge his guilt, and not compel me to refuse him the blessed means of pardon, and peace, of grace and consolation. He still withstood all instances and intreaties, continuing to assert his innocence, endeavouring several times to confirm what he said, with the evidence of one Barlow, who appeared for him on his trial, and (as he represented it) proved the sending of 800l. to the prosecutor; this I denied on my best remembrance; because, tho' he might have casually seen a note for that sum in Campbell's hands, he was not present either at paying the cash, signing the note, nor did he seem to know the Prosecutor, or his hand writing. As Mr. Campbell could not be persuaded to give any proofs of a sincere repentance of this crime, of which the evidence appeared to me so strong in many views, I concluded not to admit him. He persisted in the same temper and assertions at the place of execution, answering my Questions with another: what do you think I came here to tell a lie? He had a New Testament in his hand, in which he was then reading, and had read with his head uncovered, in his way from the prison to the place of execution. I told him that book in his hand was full against him, if he did not confess his guilt; sure you will not, you do not deny it to the last! don't I said he, with some emotion, but I do. When I urged him yet more, he put his book up to his mouth and spoke more faintly, as if he would suppress his words from the hearing of others, and desired I would ask him no more, but pray for him. He seemed to attend to, and join in our prayers, and to have some secret reserved opinion in his breast, that he could make his peace with God (as he often declared he had) without acknowledging even this open and notorious guilt, or the justice of his sentence; but on the contrary denying it. This I had often warned him was inconsistent, but he did not seem convinced; he readily owned in general that he was a great sinner, but not in this particular; he resented his rejection from the sacrament this morning by a palpable fals-hood in saying, that had I let him have known it before, he would have provided another clergyman to administer to him; whereas I had not only refused him on Saturday, for the very same impediment which still subsisted, but also warned him that this confession of the justice of his sentence was a requisite condition from him, and in his case, as a proof of his repentance, from my first application to him after his conviction; but which he never complied with to his last breath: concerning which every reader will form his own opinion about the true reasons of his conduct. As to Irwine, his case appeared to me quite different. He did not deny the fact of having received 18d. from the prosecutor; but said he had begged, and received it as an act of charity, because he had lost and spent his pay; this was not improbable, or at worst, was a matter in which there might be a mistake or misrepresentation on either side, of which it was not in my power to arrive at a moral certainty, as in the case of Campbell. Poor Barber, when I said to him, You have acknowledged your guilt, answered, " I have, and guilty I am." He shewed a steady seriousness, attention, and hope. When I spoke to Smith to join in prayer with us, and to acknowledge the justice of his sentence, he kept repeating his own prayers for some time, and at last desired I would ask him no questions. They set out from the prison about nine; Irwin and Barber in the first cart; Campbell and Smith in the second. In an hour after they came to the place of execution; and, having spent half an hour or more in prayer, and recommending their souls to God, we parted about a quarter before Eleven: three of them returned thanks for the good offices done them, and all four were quickly after turned off. They were attended by a vast crowd of foot, horse, and coaches, most of whom behaved with a becoming seriousness. Campbell seemed to cast his eyes around him with too little concern or attention to the moment of his last change. This is all the account given by 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 Friday the 27th of January, 1715/1716. AT the General Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old baily, on Friday the 13th and Saturday the 14th of January, 1715/1716, Seven Persons, viz. Five Men and Two Women, that were then convicted of several Capital Crimes, did accordingly receive Sentence of Death: But One of the Women being brought in to be with Quick Child, and One of the Men having obtain'd a gracious Reprieve (which I wish they may not abuse to their greater Prejudice hereafter) Five of them are now order'd for Execution. While they lay under this Condemnation, I constantly visited them, and had them brought up to the Chapel of Newgate, where I attended them twice every Day, and there read Prayer and the Word of GOD, which I expounded to them, earnestly exhorting them to apply themselves with their whole Heart to the Throne of Grace for Mercy, that they might have Repentance towards GOD, and Faith towards Our Lord JESUS CHRIST. On the Lord's Day the 15th instant, I preach'd to them and others there present, both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon part of the Second Evening-Lesson for that Day, viz. Rom. 13. 8. Owe no Man any thing, but to love one another; for he that loveth another has fulfill'd the Law. Which Words I first explain'd in general, shewing how Christian Love (which the Apostle does here universally recommend) is the Completion of the whole Law, in what concerns our Duty both to GOD and Man; and then I proceeded in particular to discourse upon these several Points arising from the Text. I. The Nature and excellent Properties of Christian Love. II. The Degrees and vast Extent of it. III. The indispensable Obligation we lie under of loving one another. IV. ult. The strong Motives we have to it, and transcendent Advantages which may accrue from it, both to Ourselves and Others. Having enlarg'd upon these, I endeavour'd to make all my Auditory (chiefly the condemn'd Persons) sensible of this Truth, That, the Want of Christian Love is the Cause of most, if not all, the Injustice and Mischiefs committed, and of all the Troubles and Miseries suffer'd by Men, who (thro' their unlawful and wicked Practices) commonly bring Destruction upon them selves in this World, and (which is must to be fear'd) Eternal Ruin both of S Body in the next. On the last Lord's Day, the 22d instant, I preach'd to them again, both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon part of the Epistle appointed for that Day, viz. Rom. the 12th Chapter, the former Clause of the 17th Verse; the Words being these, Recompense to no Man Evil for Evil. - From which Words, first explain'd in general, and illustrated by several parallel Places that enforce not only the Duty of forgiving Injuries, but even that of returning Good for Evil, I then in particular shew'd, I. How we ought carefully to refrain from Revenge, and from doing any Ill thing to those that provoke and wrong us. II. How we should strictly endeavour (so far as we are able) to do Good, even to those that do us Evil. III. How far we may, or may not, be angry when provok'd. IV. ult. How we ought to commit our Cause to GOD, and to the Publick Magistrate, for Redress in the Injuries offer'd to us; that so the Offenders may receive their condign Punishment, and the peaceable and honest Persons may have Right done them, and be protected from the unjust Practices of such wicked Men as seek the Hurt of Others. After I had largely spoken to each of those Points and Particulars, I concluded with suitable Exhortations to the Condemn'd; admonishing them to look back upon their past Lives, and seek and seriously consider, How little Good, and how much Evil, they had done in this World, and so take it to Heart, as to repent in good earnest of all their Evil Deeds, and make the best Amends they could to their injur'd Neighbour. As I thus admonish'd them daily in Publick, so I did often in Private: And then it was they gave me the respective Accounts of themselves, which follow. 1. Mary Knight , condemn'd for privately stealing 9 Guinea's with some Silver, from the Person of William Kane , a Seaman , on the 16th day of December last. She said, she was 31 Years of Age, born at Yarmouth in Norfolk , and brought up with an Uncle of hers, that kept an Inn at Hoddesdon in Hartfordshire ; That about 10 Years since, she came up to London , and serv'd an Apprentiship of 7 Years with a Fish-woman at Billingsgate , and then set up for herself in that Place. That, not long after this, she marrying a Seaman, who prov'd a bad Husband, was thereby brought to great Poverty; and so, being disabled from continuing her lawful Employment, and not knowing which way to turn herself, was driven to follow an ill Course of Life to keep herself from Starving. Hereupon I told her, That the best and safest way for her to have got a Livelihood, and been comfortably reliev'd in her Necessity, was to have kept herself honest, and to have look'd out for some Place in a good Family, or for some other lawful Employment. All this she own'd was very true, being now very sensible that her wicked way of Living deserv'd the Punishment she was now under. Then she freely confest with great Concern, That she had for these 12 Months past been a very loose Woman, a Night-walker, &c. and, That she had deluded as many Young Men, and others, as she met with in her Way, and could perswade to go along with her: That being sometimes taken by the Watch, she was carry'd to the Bridewell in Clerkenwell , from whence (after some slight Correction) being discharg'd, but not reform'd, she return'd to her former vicious Life. She was very ignorant and Stupid; yet understood so much as, That without true Repentance she could not be sav'd; and therefore desir'd me (saying, she did what she could herself) to pray GOD, that He would please to give her Grace so truly to repent, that she might have all her Sins pardon'd, and her Soul sav'd: In which she had the best of my Assistance. 2. John Hope , condemn'd for privately stealing 8 dozen of Candles, value 48 s. (put up in a Box) out of the Shop of Mr. Adam Hunter , on the 27th of December last. He said, he was about 29 Years of Age, born in the Parish of St. James, Westminster : That his Parents gave him good Education, and then put him out Appren tice to One Mr. Ruddock, a Cook in Finch-lane , London ; That, when he had been two Years with his Master, he grew weary of his Service, and to the end he might be remov'd from it, complain'd (tho' without any the least Cause for it, as he now confest) of being hardly us'd by his said Master: That, upon this Complaint, his Parents agreed with Mr. Ruddock for his Discharge, which he accordingly had; and then went to serve as Under-Cook in a Person of Quality's Kitchin: That, when he had been about 10 Months in this Service, he was hir'd by Dr. Hickman, late Bishop of London-Derry, then in London, to be his Cook , and went (to that purpose) with his Lordship into Ireland , where he serv'd him about a Twelve-month, and then was forc'd to come away, by reason of the Bloody-flux, which he got, and could not be cur'd of there, that Country not agreeing with his Constitution: That, being return'd to London , he liv'd a while with his Parents, and then went to Sea , and serv'd above 6 Years alternately on board the Chester, and other Men of War, under the Command of Capt. Matthews; then returning home to his Friends, he was admitted again into the Bishop's Service, in the same Capacity as before: That about 3 Months after that, his Lordship dying at Fulham , he was left without Employment or Service; and before he could find any, he fell into bad Company, which debauch'd him, and entic'd him into those unlawful Practices that brought him to his Ruin. He confest the Fact he was condemn'd for, and withal own'd himself a great Offender in other Respects, which he would not at first (but said, he would before his Death) declare. He complain'd very much of Satan's buffetting him, and disturbing him with the Suggestion of ill Thoughts when at his Devotion; and hereupon earnestly desir'd my Prayers and Advice, both which he had. He now was made sensible of his Guilt; and acknowledg'd, That his Neglect of Prayer, both in Publick and Private, was the original Cause of all this his Misery; and, That he had done much Wrong to several honest People, which he could not now by any manner of way rectify, nor repair, otherwise than by asking their Pardon, and giving them such Information as might be of some Satisfaction to them, which he faithfully promis'd me he would do, and some time after he assur'd me, that he had sent to them, and (according to his Promise) done what I advis'd him to in that Matter. And so I prest him no further (in particular) upon this Point; but (in general) exhorted him to clear his Conscience in every thing, that he might not come short of the Hopes of Heaven, which he (upon his doing what lay in his Power) seem'd comfortably to entertain. 3. James Bullock , Condemn'd for a Burglary by him committed in the House of Mr. Robert Tutt , and stealing thence a Pewter-Dish, a Brass-Porridge-pot, and other Goods. He said, he was about 26 years of age, born in the Parish of St. Leonard Shoreditch ; That he was a Silk-Weaver by Trade, and was bound to a Master that liv'd in Angel-Alley without Bishopsgate : That when he had serv'd out his Time, he set up for himself, and hired a Room in that Parish where he was born, and there work'd at his Trade; but the Times being bad, and he brought to such a degree of Want, as not to be able to provide for himself and Family (having a Wife and two small Children) and his Wife (an honest Woman) not in any Capacity (by reason of the Severity of the Weather) to follow the Business she was formerly occupy'd in, viz. that of selling Fish; he unhappily try'd to make himself more easie (under his hard Circumstances) by using such Means as prov'd the contrary. He confess'd the Fact he was condemn'd for, together with the two Felonies he was at the same time convicted of, being now made fully sensible of this, That it would have been a happy thing for him to have pray'd to GOD, and used lawful Means, trusting on the Divine Providence for Relief in his Necessity. He further acknowledg'd, That about eleven months ago he was convicted of stealing 4 Geese, and order'd to have been whipt for that Fact, but (being then very ill) he was excus'd, and discharg'd without Correction. He seem'd to be very penitent, begging Pardon of GOD and Man. 4. Edward Smith alias Allcock , (which latter was his right Name) condemn'd for stealing 10 Silver-Spoons out of the House of Mr. Dutton, at the Greyhound-Tavern in Fleetstreet , on the 11th of December last. He said, he was 21 years of age, born in the Parish of St. Gregory , London : That he had been well brought up by his Parents, and bound Apprentice to an Apothecary in Porters-street near Newport-Market in Sohoe : That when he had serv'd a little above two years of his Time, his Master failing, he return'd to his Parents: That some time after he went to Sea, and was Servant to a Surgeon on board a Man of War , viz. the Yarmouth, a Third-Rate Ship, of which the Commander (Capt. Lumley) to whom he was known, was very kind to him: That when he had been 4 years on board that Ship (which was a that while employ'd in cruising about the Coast of Great Beitain) he came home again, with Purpose to settle himself in some business at Land, and so he try'd to practise Surgery ; and he writing a good Hand, was sometimes employ'd by some Gentlemen at Doctors-Commons, and others belonging to the Six-Clerks Office (who knew him) to write for them, they paying him by the Sheet: But neither of these two Employments, viz. Surgery and Writing (in which he had no constant business) being sufficient to maintain him and his Wife, he was reduc'd to Poverty, which encreasing daily, he unhappily betook himself (for the getting Relief) to those ill Courses that prov'd his Shame, and Ruin at last. He confess'd, he had been a notorious Offender, and done many Injuries to his Neighbour, which (to his great Grief) he was not able to repair; and he own'd particularly (a thing so palpable, and so well known to the World as not to be conceal'd) That he was once condemn'd for stealing a Silver-Tankard out of the House of Mr. John Egglesfield , on Decemb.23, 1714. Here he mightily bemoan'd his having so much abus'd the Mercy of a Pardon which he obtain'd for that Fact, and which he pleaded at the Old-baily on Saturday the 6th of August last; but withal he said, he had endeavoured to comply with the Condition of that Pardon; which was, That he should within 6 months transport himself out of the Kings Dominions in Europe; and in order thereto had got a Letter of Recommendation from a Gentleman belonging to Doctors-Commons, to a Governor of one of His Majesty's Plantations in the West-Indies, and with that Letter went to Bristol , in hopes of getting a Ship there for his passage; but finding none, he join'd himself to a Company of Strolers, and acted with them, sometimes by the Day, for which he had 3 s. and sometimes by the Week for 20 s. at Bristol , Bath , &c. Then he return'd to London , and likewise to his old way of Thieving; for about 2 months since going to the Castle Tavern in Fleet street , he stole thence a Silver-Porringer, which a certain Person (whom he would not name) dispos'd of. And now he was under this Condemnation, being perswaded that, in order to his Repentance and Salvation, it was necessary he should, so far as possible, make Restitution and Satisfaction to the Persons he had wrong'd, he sent to Mr. Tash, who keeps that Tavern, to acquaint him with it; and tho' he could not restore the Porringer, yet he did other ways make him what Amends he could for it. He also freely acknowledg'd his Guilt of the Fact he now stood condemn'd for, and of the Felony he was convicted of at the same time, which was his stealing 3 Silver-Spoons out of Mr. Edward Rogers 's House, the Nags-head Tavern in Cheapside , on the 13th of December last; and he pray'd GOD and the Persons he had wrong'd to forgive him, who was now truly sensible of, and sorry for, all his past Follies, wishing he had been wiser. He desir'd all young Men and others to take Warning by him, and follow a better Course of Life than he had done, that so they might prevent such a shameful and untimely Death as he was now to suffer. 5. Thomas Helph , condemn'd for breaking open the House of the Reverend Mr. David Duncombe , and stealing thence a Hat, a Common-Prayer-Book, with 3 Pewter Dishes, some Plates, Candlesticks, and other Things, on the 7th instant. He said, he was 19 or 20 Years of Age (he could not be positive which) born at Bridgewater in Somersetshire : That, when he was very Young, his Friends brought him up to London , and left him in the Care of a Kinsman of theirs, a Plaisterer, with whom he liv'd 13 Years, in the Parish of St. Mary, Whitechappel : That this Relation of his sent him to School, and took Care of his Education, and then put him to work at his Trade; which having learnt, he went down into the Country among his Friends, where he found some Employment, working for a whole Twelve-month together with a Plaisterer . Afterwards returning to London , he fell into bad Company, which debauch'd him; particularly one Richard Goulding , who entic'd him into the commission of the Fact he now stood condemn'd for, and said, he heartily repented of; adding, that his stealing at first small Sums of Money and Things from his Mother, and other Friends he liv'd with was the beginning of his Ruin; those little Thefts having dispos'd him for greater. At the Place of Execution (to which they were carry'd from Newgate , viz. Allcock in the Coach with me, and the rest in 2 Carts, this Day) I attended them for the last time, exhorting them more and more to clear their Consciences, stir up themselves in holy Affections to GOD, and pray, that as Sin had abounded, so Grace might much more abound in them. To this end, I pray'd for them, made them rehearse the Apostles Creed, and sung some Penitential Psalms with them, who desir'd the Spectators to pray for their departing Souls, and take Warning by their Shame and untimely Death, that they might avoid their coming to such an End. After this I pray'd again with them; and having recommended them to the Mercy of God in Christ, I withdrew from them, leaving them to their private Devotions, for which they had some Time allotted 'em: And then the Cart drew away, and they were turn'd off, calling on God to be merciful to them, and receive their Souls. NB. Allcock told me, He was in the Bail-dock when James Goodman alias Footman (about whom there is an Advertisement in the Book of the Trials, lately publish'd) made his Escape: He saw not how he did it, but was sure he did not go out at the Door. This is all the Account here to be given of these Dying Persons, by me PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Friday, Jan. 27, 1715-16 And to this I shall add, That as I heartily wish that the Number of Malefactors may not encrease, but diminish; so I pray GOD to convert all those that abandon themselves to wicked and illegal Courses, particularly such as are of that Diabolical Spirit He or They appear to be of, who lately wrote to me an impudent Letter (without either Name or Date) of which a true Copy, with my Cursory Animadversions or Remarks thereon, here follows. The LETTER. IT is strange, as my Lord Wharton said on a remarkable Occasion, that of all Societies of Men, there is none practise so little Common Honesty or Candour as the Clergy. They preach Morals indeed, but never go any further. Whether You have not made good this Character in your Paper relating to the poor Wretches that suffer'd Yesterday, I leave the World to judg. You must certainly be either the most ignorant Person alive, or else the most accomplish'd Sycophant; for surely your Questions to those Wretches are so very impertinent, and so inconsistent, that I can hardly repeat them without surfeiting. You ask them, Whether they thought it lawful to dethrone George; when no Man alive that has the least Insight into the Laws of GOD or Man can doubt of it. For, is there One Syllable in all the Doctrine of the Church of England (of which you now declare yourself to be a Member) that can justify deposing King James, or abjuring his Son on account of Religion? The REMARKS. HEre is a Saying alledg'd as spoken by a Noble Lord, on a Remarkable Occasion; but what that Remarkable Occasion was, this Detractor does not think fit to tell us. However, let those of the Clergy look to it, who do not lead such a Life as becomes the Gospel of Christ. This does not concern me; I am not to answer for them. I refer those Papers of mine, about the Traitors lately executed at Tyburn, to the impartial Consideration of the honest and understanding Reader. This Scurrilous Writer here discovers his furious Passion, not any Reason at all, he having none for his giving me these hard Names. The Questions I put to those Rebels and Traitors he would not find Impertinent and Inconsistent, were he not such a One himself, who most unjustly and blasphemously presumes here to asperse the Best of Kings, with that Spirit of Rebellion, which speaks him either a Papist or an Atheist, or both. Here he sets down his Erroneous Opinion, and would make us believe it to be a Law universally receiv'd, and a Doctrine particularly taught by the Church of England. But more of this and of his uneasiness about King James and his pretended Son, which I shall have occasion to speak to, by and by. I know not what you think now; but turn the Tables, and I dare say you'll be of my Opinion: And so let me ask you, Whether you did not think it a Hardship to be driven out of France for your Principles? And shall not K. J. and his Son have the same regard, when the Monarchy has been declar'd by all the Laws that ever were made till the Revolution, to be hereditary and indefeasible; and this strengthned and confirm'd by the Church of England, and withal, that Passive Obedience is due to the King, not out of any regard to his Religion, but to his Person and Office? And if so, Then can you be alarm'd at the Son's endeavouring to recover what Usurpers and Rebels tore from the Father? And are there any other Means of accomplishing this but by the Sword? And is then the Loyal Subject, that is under a Duty both by the Laws of GOD and Man, to assist his Lawful Prince in destroying Usurpation and Rebellion, to be hang'd, drawn, and quarter'd? Is there any difference between G - and a common Robber? This defends his Acquisition by force, and so does the other. And has either of them any other Plea for their Wrongs but Power? Will any Man pity George when he is dethroned? Give over your Cant, thou vilest of Mankind: Forbear your Flatteries and Lies in prejudice of your Lawful King J. the 3d; or else your Funeral Elegy shall soon be cry'd about the Streets. Directed thus: To the Reverend Mr. Paul Lorrain , At his House near St. Bartholomews-Close West-Smithfield . If he will know my Thoughts, let him be inform'd, That as I was driven out of France by the Cruelty of the Popish Religion, so (by the Grace of GOD) I shall do my utmost to prevent that Bloody Religion's driving me out of England. If he will have Law, and will know the Reasons for the late Revolution, let him look back to the Legal Practices of former Times in such Cases, and let him read the Statutes of Queen Elizabeth, and particularly the Act of Parliament made (upon King James's Abdication) for the Settlement of the Crown as it now is, and I hope will for ever remain in the Royal Family of Our Most gracious Sovereign King George, whom God preserve. What he understands by Hereditary and Indefeasible, and what Laws he means here, he does not plainly tell: Neither does he appear much dispos'd to Passive-Obedience, though he makes such a Noise of it. As for the Doctrine of the Church of England, by which he vainly endeavours to support his weak Arguments, it evidently makes against him; for it condemns all such Rebels as he is, who (contrary to the Precepts of CHRIST and His Apostles) refuse to be Subject to the Powers that are, and do speak Evil of Dignities. And for his better Information herein, let him read St. Matt. 22. 21. Rom. 13. 1, &c. Tit. 3. 1. & 1 Pet. 2. 13, 14; and let him come to Newgate, and hear me upon this Subject next Monday. These Names of Usurpers and Rebels properly belong to the Pretender and his Adherents, and all Forsworn Favourers of that restless and traiterous Party; the very Spirit whereof the Author of this impudent Letter does so lively express therein. The Loyal Subject indeed is to assist, and will assist his Lawful Prince. And pray, Who is this Lawful Prince, but King George; And, who are those here mention'd that have been hang'd, drawn, and quarter'd, but such as were Rebels, and consequently deserv'd that Punishment? This strange Comparison, which none but a most profligate Wretch can make, shews their Religion and Manners, who are the Promoters of Popery and Arbitrary Power. There will be no Cause of Pity, but rather of Praise, chearfully giving Thanks to GOD, and with loud and joyful Acclamations congratuling His Anointed, Our Most Gracious Sovereign Lord King George, when the Almighty shall have given him the Necks of his Enemies, as he has the Hearts of all honest Men and true Protestants. As I do not deserve those reproachful and unjust Appellations of Vilest of Mankind, Flatterer and Lyar, so neither does the Pretender that of my Lawful King J. III. I have heartily abjur'd him, and do in like manner abhor all the base and treacherous Practices of his audacious Party; and am not terrify'd with these their Threats of having my Funeral Elegy soon cry'd about the Streets, tho' at the same time I am sensible enough of such wicked Men's Malice and Ill-will to me. But let me advise them, out of my Goodwill to their Souls, That they would betimes look to themselves and repent, duly considering, that there is a just GOD, who will one Day call them to a very severe Account for all their pernicious Deeds, and particularly for those Tumults they have rais'd, that Blood they have shed, and other Mischiefs they have done in a Nation that liv'd in Peace before. Now for a Conclusion, I shall here observe, That as this whole Letter swells with horrid Absurdities and Eyes; so neither is the very Superscription of it without Mistake; forasmuch as I have no House nor Lodgings in the Place it is directed to: Which (perhaps) might be the Occasion (as I gather from the Tenor of it) that 'twas 30 Days after its being written e're it came to my Hand; which was the 29th of November last. And the Reason why I then did not, and now do, answer it, is because I was in hopes this wicked Party would reform: But finding they do not, I must here give them Warning, praying them to consider the heinous Sins and unspeakable Miseries they are daily involving themselves in, who thus presume to continue provoking God's Indignation and Wrath, by their resisting the Powers that be, which (saith St. Paul) are ordain'd of God; and by their disturbing the whole Nation in general, and abusing me in particular, who am quiet (and I hope not useless) in the Land. P. L. London Printed, and are Sold by J. Morphew, near, Station-hall.

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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 NOVEMBER, 1744. BEING THE Fourth EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honble. Sir Robert Westley , Knt. 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,XLIV. (Price SIX-PENCE.) THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. AT the King's Commission of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Goal Delivery of Newgate, held before the Right Honourable Sir ROBERT WESTLEY , Knt. Lord-Mayor of the City of London, the Right Honourable Lord Chief Justice LEE, the Honourable Mr. Baron REYNOLDS, Sir SIMON URLIN , Knt. Recorder of the City, 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, Thursday, and Friday, the 17th, 18th, and 19th of October, 1744, and in the Eighteenth Year of his Majesty's Reign. FOUR Men, viz. Samuel Ellard , Richard Lee , alias Country Dick, Francis Moulcer , and Peter Velgent ; and Three Women, viz. Ann Gwyn , Ann Wells , alias Barefoot , and Ann Duck , were by the Jury convicted of capital Offences, and received Sentence of Death. WHILE under Sentence, they were instructed in their Duty, from the Words of our Saviour, speaking of the Woman who was a most wicked Sinner, who brought an Alabaster Box of Ointment, and anointed his Feet, and washed them with her Tears, Luke vii. v. 47. Wherefore I say unto you, her Sins which are many are forgiven, for she loved much; but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. A Parallel was made between their Case, and that of this Woman's in the Gospel; and they were informed, that our Blessed Father, thro' the Intercession of his Son Jesus Christ, is ever willing and ready to ex tend his Mercy, and receive into his Favour the greatest Sinner on his sincere Repentance; it not being the Multitude of our Sins, nor the Greatness of them, that will obstruct God's Mercy and Goodness towards us; but it is our unfeigned Repentance, and true Sorrow for our Sins, that will entitle us to that Mercy: As I live, saith the Lord God, I delight not in the Death of a Sinner, but rather that he should repent of his Sin and live: And again, Turn you, turn you, O House of Israel, from the Evil of your Ways, and live, for I delight not in the Death of a Sinner, saith the Lord, but rather that the Wicked turn from the Evil of his Ways, and live. THEY were told, that the more heinous their Sins had been, so much the more ought they to magnify and adore the Grace and Goodness of God for the Pardon thereof. They were strenuously urged to prepare themselves for the Change that was so near; to unlade their Consciences, confess their Guilt, and implore Forgiveness from their too much offended God. They were told how great a Crime it was to rob our Neighbour; how expressly contrary to the Command of God, and the Laws of Man; and that the Robber, sooner or later, will meet his Reward. They were also instructed in the Nature, End, and Design of the Christian Sacraments, and were entreated truly to prepare themselves to receive the blessed Sacrament of our Lord's Last Supper. ON Thursday, November 1, Report was made to his Majesty in Council of the Seven Malefactors convicted last Sessions, then lying under Sentence of Death in the Cells of Newgate; when Peter Velgent, a Foreigner, for breaking open the House of Mr. Christopher Pinchbeck , and stealing from thence Goods of Value, received his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve, and was ordered for Transportation for Life. The remaining Six, viz. Richard Lee , alias Country Dick, Francis Moulcer , Samuel Ellard , Ann Gwyn , Ann Wells , alias Barefoot , and Ann Duck , were ordered for Execution. THEY all, while under Sentence, constantly attended Chapel, and to Appearance behaved devoutly and, seriously, except now and then when the Felons of the Common-Side came up, they shewed too great a Fondness for their Company, and too little a Regard for their own Souls, for which being once or twice reproved, they became more observant, and more intent. 1. Francis Moulcer , of St. John's Hackney, was indicted, for that he, on the 6th of September, in the Eighteenth Year of his Majesty's Reign, upon Ann Bishop , Spinster, under the Age of Ten Years, feloniously did make an Assault, and her the said Ann Bishop did ravish, and carnally know, and wickedly did abuse, against the Form of the Statute. Francis Moulcer was 35 Years of Age, born at Market-Deeping in Lincolnshire , of honest reputable Parents, his Father and Grandfather being both born in the same Place, and lived in much Credit and Reputation. He was the youngest of Nine Children, and his Father was very careful in his Education, and brought him up in Christian Principles: When old enough, he was bound as an Apprentice to his Father, who was a Collar-Maker , and served out his Time with him. Though even while an Apprentice, his too early Fondness for Vice and Wickedness appeared, and his following lewd Women was so apparently barefac'd, that his Father in his Will left his whole Fortune to his Brother, who was the Eldest of Nine Children, as he was the Youngest, all the rest being dead, and left him only one Shilling. AFTER his Father's Death, which happened about Twelve Years since, his Brother, who came into the Business, and had married a Wife with above a Thousand Pounds, would have had him work'd Journey-work with him, but he refused, and came to London , and work'd here and about the Country in many Places, till about seven Years ago he went to Mr. Field, a Collar-Maker, at Stamford-Hill , where he continued till he committed the wicked Crime for which he died. HE cohabited with a Woman whom he brought out of the Country with him for some Years, and had by her five Children, who are all dead, and the Woman returned into the Country again. HE was married last June to one Martha Gr - y, who was a Servant in Cheapside ; but she would never suffer him (whatever might be her Reason for marrying) to Bed with her. His Acquaintance with her was accidental; he happened to see her at a Public House one Sunday Morning at Stamford-Hill, where he fell into Discourse with her, gain'd from her her Name, and Place of Abode, and after a few Visits married her. He owned his committing the Rape upon the Child, and his giving her the Foul Disease, as sworn against him on his Trial. He behaved well while under Sentence, declared himself truly penitent for all his Sins, came constantly to chapel, made regular Responces, and behaved as became his Circumstances. He believ'd in Christ, and died in Peace with all Men. 2. Samuel Ellard , was indicted for being seen at large in Great-Britain , without lawful Cause, before the Expiration of the Term for which he was ordered to be transported, to wit, on the 16th of July last, in the Parish of St. Martin's, Ludgate . THE Record of his Conviction was produced in Court, setting forth, that on the 8th of April, 1741, he was convicted of stealing 18 s. 9 d. the Property of William Shipman ; and the Record of his receiving Sentence of Transportation for seven Years for the same being read, and he being prov'd the identical Person, he was sentenced to die, according to the Act in that case made and provided, which sets forth, that if any Person be found at large within the Kingdom of Great-Britain, within the Time limited for his or her Transportation, he or she shall be executed as guilty of Felony without Benefit of Clergy. Samuel Ellard , about 30 Years of Age, was born of honest Parents in Spittle-Fields ; his Father was a Master Weaver, who put him to School a little while; but dying, he received but very little Learning: when of Age, he was put Apprentice to a Butcher , with whom he serv'd out his Time, and afterwards work'd in Spittle-Fields Market for different People, and generally behaved pretty well, till he committed the Robbery for which he was transported about four Years and a half ago, which Robbery he own'd; but to extenuate it, said he was in Liquor, and did it at the Instigation of a young Fellow a Sailor who was going to Sea; 'twas a Cheesemonger's Shop in Spittle-Fields ; he went behind the Counter, and took out of the Till 18 s. 9 d. but being seen by a Neighbour, who alarmed the Cheesemonger, he was seiz'd, though he struggled very hard to get away, saying he would swear a Robbery against them, if they detained him, and swore and curs'd in a prodigious Manner, and was, with a good deal of Difficulty, held, and carried before a Magistrate, where the Prosecutor described the Marks of a Half Crown, and several small Pieces of Money, which were found upon him; he was sent to Newgate , tried at the Old-Bailey, and received Sentence of Transportation for seven Years, and was accordingly with other Convicts, shipp'd on Board for America , where he was sold * to a Planter, who (he says) used him very cruel; that his Master was a Grecian, of a most Savage Disposition, having (by the Accounts he had heard) whipp'd seven of his Men to Death; and his Master's Wife, who was an Irishwoman, being likewise of a turbulent Spirit: He was determined if possible, to run away; and accordingly, the very first Opportunity he had, he embrac'd; and filling his Pockets with what Victuals he could find, set out in the Evening after he had done work, travelled all that Night, and next Day, and so on till he reach'd Philadelphia , which was above 300 Miles distant from his Master's Plantation. H E frequently travelled thro' Woods 20 or 30 Miles in length, without seeing either Man or House; he was several Times taken up as a † Run-a-way, having no Pass; but no Pursuit being made after him, and he telling a plausible Tale, that he had Served his Time out, but oweing his Master Twenty-Shillings, he wanted to make him Serve 4 Years more for it. The People pittied him, let him lose, and gave him Victuals to support him till he arriv'd at Philadelphia, from whence he went to New York, where he entered himself on Board the Gosport Man of War, where he continued about Half a Year; and then with many others, left that Ship, went to Philadelphia, and enter'd himself on Board a Merchant Man bound for London , and in about two Months, got safe into the River Thames, which is now about two Years and a half ago, * The Manner of these Convicts being sold, is as follows: They are placed in a Row together, like so many Oxen or Cows, and the Planters come and survey them, and if they like 'em, they agree for Price, with the Person entrusted with the selling of 'em; and after they have paid the Money, they ask 'em if they like him for a Master, and is willing to go with him; if they answer in the Affirmative, they are delivered to him as his Property; if on the contrary, as it sometimes happens, they should answer in the Negative, the Planter has his Money again, and another Planter may make Choice of him, whom he may likewise Refuse, but no more, for with the Third it seems, he is oblig'd to go, whether he likes him or not. † As there are frequently People who run away from their Masters, there is a Reward of twenty Shillings paid for the taking of 'em, which makes it very difficult for 'em to escape; when a Master gives them a Discharge, he always gives them a Pass, by the Authority of which, they may safely go any where, and without one they are liable to be put into a Goal, and confin'd for some Days, to see if any Enquiry be made after them. so that he was no more than two Years gone out of the seven. WHEN he came home he went to Work as a Porter to the Market People , carrying Fruit of different kinds for them, chiefly at Fleet-market , and has earned sometimes (as he says) 30 s. a Week, and behav'd himself very honestly and industriously; and tho' several knew of his former Misfortune, yet did he work in this manner for two Years together, and none offer'd to molest him, till July last he was taken up about half an hour past Six o'Clock in the Morning on Ludgate-Hill , with his Knot on his Shoulder going to Work; was sent to Newgate , try'd and Convicted as above. About Seven or Eight Months ago he was Married to his poor Wife who is big with Child, she came frequently to see him while under Sentence and wept bitterly. He came constantly to Chapel, but seemed very ignorant of Religion; behaved quietly, owned the Justice of his Sentence, frequently shed Tears; said he believed in Christ, he repented of all his Sins, and Died in Peace with all Men. Ann Duck and Ann Barefoot , otherwise Wells, of St. Sepulchre's, London , were indicted for assaulting George Cheshire on the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him Four Pence in Monies, the Monies of the said George Cheshire , Sept. 21, and were by the Jury found Guilty, and sentenc'd to die. 3. Ann Duck was about 25 Years of Age, born in Little White's-Alley, Chancery-Lane , the Daughter of one Duck, a Black, well known to many Gentlemen in our Inns of Court, by teaching them the Use of the Small Sword, of which he was a very good Master. Duck sent his Daughter to School, and had proper Education given her to fit her for Business. After his Death, her Mother, who is a White Woman, and now living, took Care of her, and the rest of her Children, for she had several by her Husband the Black. But Ann, impatient of Restraint, soon after the Death of her Father, (which was about Four Years since) launched out into such Excesses, as were beyond her Mother's Power to controul; and became as expert a Mistress in all Manner of Wickedness, as Satan himself could make her. In short, hardly any Thing wicked came amiss to her. She first became a Servant at a Bawdy House ; then walk'd the Streets on her own Account; next commenc'd Pickpocket; at length became so bold, so resolute, and so daring, as to commit Street-Robberies even upon Men too, some of which she has confessed, which are hereunto annex'd. A full Account of her Life and Scenes of Villainy, alone would be sufficient to fill this Paper. She has been try'd several Times at the Old-Bailey, yet had the Fortune to get off, till at Length Justice overtook her, and she was deservedly condemn'd, though but for a Trifle. AFTER Condemnation she appear'd but little Penitent, and when she came to Chapel, would much rather talk with her old Companions thro' the Lattice, than attend to the more serious Affair, the Welfare of her Soul; she nevertheless said, she believ'd in Christ, hop'd that God would save her Soul, and died in Peace with all Men. Ann Barefoot with Ann Gwyn , of St. Andrew's, Holborn , were indicted for assaulting William Hamilton , in the Dwelling House of Henry Gray , putting him in Fear, and taking from him 12 s. 6 d. the Money of the said William, in the said Dwelling House, Oct. 12. 4. Ann Barefoot , alias Wells , was about 25 Years of Age, born in Cambridge , where her Father, some Years since, kept an Inn, and while he liv'd, bestow'd a good Education upon her: When he died she came up to London , and lived some Time with an Aunt in Bishopsgate-street , and afterwards at divers Places as a Servant , and at first behaved pretty well, till she contracted an Acquaintance with a Brewer's Servant, with whom she lived as a Wife, though she never was married, and by him had two Children, which are since dead; but even while she cohabited with this Man, her Mind was roving, and she frequently walk'd the Streets, and pick'd up Men. 'Twas one Night she came out from her Lodgings in Whitechapel , with a View to pick some one up, she was pick'd up herself by the Constables, and carried to the Poultry-Compter : next Day she was carried before the sitting Alderman, and was by him committed to hard Labour to Bishopsgate Workhouse , where she continued about one Month, and in that Time contracted an Intimacy with a Woman who was of the same Stamp with herself, and committed to that Place on the same Score: They happened to be both discharged together, and the Woman asking her to go with her to Chick-Lane , where she used to lodge, Ann consented, went with her, and never went near the Brewer's Servant any more. SHE soon became a noted Thief as well as Street-Walker, and extended her Acquaintance amongst a great Number of Thieves. Whores, Pickpockets, &c. of both Sexes, so that she had Thoughts of keeping a * Bouzing Ken of her own; and accordingly she took a House in Thatch'd-Court in Chick-Lane , which she kept for about a Year; but not finding her Customers come fast enough, and finding too that it was much dearer than Lodging, she laid it down, and went and lodg'd at Mr. Gray's, in Black-Boy-Alley, in Chick-Lane , (from which House she was taken) Twas here she became acquainted with Ann Gwyn , and other infamous People like herself; here too she became acquainted with Tho. Wells, (who is now a Prisoner in Newgate, for assaulting and wounding in a barbarous Manner Alexander Forfar, a Headborough) and passed for his Wife, but she never was married. She was concern'd in many Robberies, and was a most wicked Creature. WHILE under Confinement, she had hardly any Sense of her miserable Condition; chose rather to be chatting with her Companions, than regarding the precious Moments she was so idly losing. After the Dead-Warrant came down, she sometimes shed Tears, but still seemed not sufficiently sensible of her former mispent Life. She said indeed she repented of her Sins, and died in Peace with all Mankind. Ann Gwyn was indicted for the same Robbery with Ann Barefoot , and found Guilty, Death. 5. Ann Gwyn , 27 Years of Age, born in Golden-Lane , in the Parish of St. Luke's, Middlesex . Her Parents were poor, but honest People, who gave her the best Education they could afford, by putting her to School to learn to Read and Write: They also instructed her in the Principles and Duties of the Christian Religion, and brought her up in the best Manner their Circumstances would admit them. After their Death, she lived in different Places as a Servant, till at Length she turned Washerwoman, and washed for several in and about her own Neighbourhood, and behaved with a good deal of Honesty, till falling into bad Company, she became as vile as any Prostitute of 'em all, and lived upon the Spoil and Plunder of Mankind. She has been a Common Street-Walker for some Years, young as she was, and seldom left a Man whom she had pick'd up, without robbing him of something. In short, I believe, Three such vile Women as Duck, Barefoot, and Gwyn, were hardly ever seen together within the Walls of Newgate; and happy perhaps may it be to many Persons now living, that they are in Time cut off, and prevented from doing more Mischief; from one Degree of Wickedness to another they had already gradually arose, and who knows in the End, had they been suffered to live, to what Height their infamous Impudence might have carried them: And did Men but consider what Hazard! what Dangers they run! when they pick up, or suffer themselves to be pick'd up by such vile Women; surely none in their Senses would ever attempt it. PITY it is, that some proper Method is not put in Practice to root out of the Streets of this our grand Metropolis such drove of these Creatures we each Night see, a Place famous for good and wholesome Laws; but sorry I am to say it, infamous for not putting them in execution; why will not every Member of the Community, as a Member, exert himself in so good a Cause, if not for his own Sake, for the Sake of his Friends, his Neighbours, and their Families? How often do we hear of a Son, a Servant, nay sometimes the Master himself, being drawn away by these vile Wretches, to the Prejudice of their Healths, and Constitutions, the Loss of their Substance, and the Ruin of their * A Bouzing-Ken is a Drinking House: Souls, and all for want of a due Regulation and Observance of our wholesome Laws; suppose, instead of Watchmen sleeping away their Time, or spending their Time at some Alehouse, both which Cases are too frequent among them, one from among their Body, or a Supernumary Man, was appointed by each Parish (and 'twould be but a small Expence to each Parish) whose Business should be to walk round (not with a Lanthorn and Staff to distinguish him, but properly arm'd) to observe, not only that the Watchmen themselves do their Duties, but also to take up every Street-Walker he sees, and carry her to the Watch-house, or some Place of Security, and this to be done every Night, and every Hour in the Night, not at settled Times; this would soon rid our Streets, and we might walk in safety and quietness, from and to our Habitations. I do not doubt but there may be Objections started against what I now propose, Improbabilities supposed, and what not; but to me, that matters not, my Heart is warm in the Cause, I mean well! I mean honestly! for the good Safety and Happiness of Mankind; and let some one, whose Head is better, or Heart more warm, improve on my Hint, or propose a better, I have my End. Ann Gwyn behaved much in the same Manner with her two Fellow Sufferers, more fond of her Companions than of her own Soul; however, she forgave, as she hop'd for Forgiveness, and died in Peace with all Men. Richard Lee , commonly called Country Dick, of St. Giles's in the Fields , was indicted for assaulting William Price , in the Dwelling House of Mary John's , putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Hat, Value 7 s. a Perriwig, Value 12 s. a Silver Stock Buckle, Value 6 s. a Pair of Silver Buttons, Value 2 s. and 10 s. in Money, his Property, was found Guilty, and received Sentence of Death. 6. Richard Lee was about 19 Years of Age, born at Mashfield in Gloucestershire , about 5 Miles from Bath , and 10 from Bristol . His Father was formerly Coachman to the Lady Molineux, and afterwards kept an Inn at Bath; but Business failing, he retired to Mashfield , where Dick was born. He had very little Education given him, not going above a Month to School to an Old Woman, so that he could neither Write or Read, and was very ignorant of all Religion, but very expert in all Wickedness. His Father's chief Employment was selling Mashfield Cakes, from Place to Place, wherein our Dick was made Use of as an Assistant , as well as to his Mother; after his Father had left her, and till Dick had got some other Employment, which was that of Riding Postillion, to and from London, for several People . He once got into Service, but there he staid not long. He was intimately acquainted with a young Man, born in the same Parish, very near him, with whom he committed several Robberies, as may be seen in the Appendix, and who taught him the Art of selling Rings; which Art Dick soon became Master of, and has sold some hundred Brass Rings as Gold; in the doing which, he always went in a plain Way, like a Country Fellow, which gave him the Title of Country Dick. HE was the first Person who attempted with Hangers the rescuing Villains out of the Hands of Justice, in which he too well succeeded, and from thence was called their Captain. He was a little Fellow, but of a bold and daring Spirit. He denied his actually Robbing the Prosecutor of the Things mentioned in the Indictment, but owned that he had them in Exchange for Rings. The Fallacy of such a Way of Reasoning was easily exposed, and he became a little more sensible, and owned the Justice of his Sentence, yet he did not behave so well as might be expected for one under his Circumstances, chusing rather to be talking with his Companions, than observing his Duty, till the Dead Warrant came down; then, indeed, he appeared a little more sedate, sometimes shed Tears, said he forgave as he expected Forgiveness, and died in Peace with all Men. At the Place of EXECUTION. TUESDAY, November 6, the Day before their Execution, they all of them received the Sacrament of our blessed Lord, and wept each of them most bitterly: being ask'd, as soon as they had done, if they were not guilty for which they were to suffer, Tears so stopt their Utterance, that hey made no Answer. THE Morning they died, they all came up to Chappel, were very devout at Prayers and Singing of Psalms; they were then carried down and put into two Carts, about 9 o'Clock. The three Men in one Cart, and the three Women in the other. When they came to the Place of Execution, they had not much to add to their former Confessions: Francis Moulcer for ravishing Ann Bishop , acknowledg'd is Guilt, and that he deservedly suffer'd: Samuel Ellard own'd likewise the Justice of his Sentence, and that he had been a very wicked Youth: Richard Lee , otherwise Country Dick, own'd he had been a notorious Thief and Cheat, et was not willing downright to own the present Fact: Ann Duck was in the same To, in regard to the Fact for which she died; but own'd she had been a most wicked Creature, and had done many Robberies: Ann Barefoot , otherwise Wells, and Ann Gwyn , both own'd the Robbery for which they died. THEY were all very serious and devout at Prayers, wept plentifully, and went off the Stage crying out, Lord have Mercy upon us, Lord Jesus receive our Spirits. This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate. APPENDIX. The following is an Account of the Robberies committed by ANN DUCK , taken from her own Mouth in Newgate. IT is a melancholly Observation, that notwithstanding frequent Examples are made of , and altho', to man fall by the ick Justice, and are punish'd for in the Loss of their Lives; yet such revalence 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 inur'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 persuade the World, that they are Innocent, or not so shamefully wicked as has been imagined. IT being apprehended, that the Public would be desirous of knowing the Causes which drew on the Misfortunes of the Malefactures executed on Wednesday last, some extraordinary Pains has been taken to get such Transactions as are most remarkable in the Lives of these unhappy Persons, which are as follows, viz. ON the 28th of December, 1741, I and my Fellow-Sufferer Ann Barefoot , being out on our Walks, as we generally were 3 or 4 Times a Week in the Evenings, we met with one Wm. Cooper , in Eagle and Child Alley, between Shoe-Lane, and the Fleet-Market : I directly laid hold of him, and cried out to Ann Barefoot to come to m Assistance, which she accordingly did; when she came, we both seiz'd him, I with my Right Hand, and she with her Left; I had my other Arm round him, whilst Barefoot endeavoured to dive into the left Pocket of his Breeches, but with the Struggling, pulled out his Shirt, before she could get to his Pocket; at length she got out of his Pocket a Money-bag which contain'd 35 s. and gave it me. After we had got the Money, we cried out George! George! which we did on purpose to frighten the old Man, that we might have an Opportunity of making our Escapes. It was with some Difficulty that we kept the Money, even after we had got it out of his Pocket, for he pull'd at the Bag one Way, and I pull'd another, till at last I was too strong for him, got it from him, and gave it to Bearfoot, and she run away with it. He then seiz'd on me, and I was carried to the Compter that Night, and the next Day brought before the sitting Alderman at Guildhall, who committed me to Newgate; and when Sessions came on, I was tried and acquitted. My Companion Ann Barefoot , escaped by running away, and she was so ungrateful that she sunk all the Cole. June 2d, 1743, Elizabeth Yates being out on her Walks, pick'd up one John A - s, and brought him into the House of one Mary Ballat , otherwise Ballard , between Twelve and One in Thatch'd-Alley, Chick Lane , where Yates ask'd him to give her a Dram. I at that Time acted as Mistress of the House, and a hopeful Mistress I thought my self. I shewed Yates and John A - s up one Pair of Stairs, and brought them a Dram. He had not been there above a Quarter of an Hour, before I took an Opportunity of throwing him down by force on the Bed, and put my Hand in his Pocket, and took out 11 Shillings; after I had done, I turn'd his Pocket inside out, and he endeavoured to get the Money from me; upon which I immediately gave a Knock with my Foot, and up came Wm. P - ce, and swore D - n his Eyes, if he made any Disturbance there, he would throw him out of Window; upon which, he went down Stairs, and went to the Watch-house, and brought the Constable of the Night, and a Watchman, and charg'd me with the Robbery; and I was carried to the Watch-house, and from thence to the Compter; and the next Day to the sitting Alderman at Guildhall, who committed me to Newgate , and took my Trial at the Old-Bailey, and was so fortunate once more to be acquitted. THESE Things gave me no great Conern, for as soon as I was discharged, I went to the old Trade again; and one Evening as I and Alice Norman was on our usual Walks, coming along the Ditch-Side, we met with one Mr. Thomas G - m, who ask'd us to go and drink a Glass with him; I told him I would, if he could persuade the Gentlewoman who was with me to go; on which he ask'd her if she would please to go too; she seem'd very unwilling, but at length says she to him, to oblige you, Sir, I don't care if I do: But I hope, Sir, you mean no Harm; you look like a civil Gentlemen, and I don't doubt but you' act like one. Accordingly we went with him to our old Place, Mary Ballat 's, in Thatch'd Alley , and when we came there, we ask'd him, if he would please to go up Stairs, which he readily comply'd with, call'd for several Quarters of Brandy, began to be very merry, and seem'd to be very well pleas'd in our Company, little thinking what Company he was got with; at last I began to be a little busy about his Pockets, whilst Alice supplied him with Liquor, and though he was a little in Liquor, he did not like that my Hands should be so near his Pockets; for says he, I desire you would keep your Hands to yourself, for I don't want them to be so near. O Lord, Sir says I, What de you mean? I don't understand you, I ope Sir, you do not take us for Women of the Town. I don't know, says he, but I cannot say that I approve of your Behaviour. Then I and Norman began to pull off our Masks, and we swore 'D - n our Eyes, (God forgive us!) you shall soon see what we are, and we directly threw him by force on the Bed, and pick'd his Pocket of his Watch, and five Guineas; after we had robb'd him, he swore he would take us up, and prosecute us, if we did not return the Money and Watch. Regardless of his Threats, I took my old Method, that is, I gave a Knock with my Foot, and up came John W - ; when the Gentleman saw a Man, he was a little surpriz'd; but recovering himself, he says, I have been robb'd by these two Women; upon which W - began to bully, and said D - n you Sir, I don't know what Business you have here with my Wife, and Sister; upon which the Gentleman immediately went down Stairs, and made the best of his Way. But three Days after, he took us both up, and we were committed to Newgate; but he not appearing at the Sessions, we were discharged. I and Anne Barefoot was another Night about 8 in the Evening, I think it was in January last, just by Sheer-Lane , near Temple-Bar , where we saw a Gentleman very well dress'd; Ann Barefoot ask'd him, if he would please to give her a Glass of Wine, and while he and Barefoot were talking together, I came up, and spoke to the Gentleman likewise, at which he seem'd displeas'd, and bid me go about my Business, and said, don't you see I am talking with another Woman; at which Barefoot said, Sir, don't be angry, 'tis only my Cousin, and if you like of it, Sir, we may all go to her Lodging in Green's Rents , which is not far off. He agreed, and we all went together to her pretended Lodging. There being no Wine in the House, which the Gentleman chose, we told him he might have a Tiff of Punch, which he agreed to; it was brought, and we had five or six more; and between Twelve and One o'Clock, he Reckoning, which to the best of my Remembrance was Shillings, and was going, Sir, says Barefoot, it being so late, you had better stay here Night, for fear you should meet People, and be knock'd down and robb'd. You ce Sir, you are got est House, and likewise in very modest Girls Company, will you please to lie down on the Bed, if you don't care to go into it, we both will sit up in the Room that no Body may hurt you, or rob you of your Money and Watch, for I see you have got one. I don't care if I do, said the Gentleman, but I'll have the other Tiff of Punch first, which was accordingly brought; it was drank up, but we took care that he should drink most of it. After it was out, he laid himself down to sleep (having drank pretty freely) it was between 2 and 3 o'Clock in the Morning, and in about half an Hour, he was fast; upon which Barefoot said to me, Duck, now is the Time to do our Business; accordingly I put my Hands into his Breeches, took out his Watch and six Guineas, and out of his Waistcoat Pocket a Silver Snuff-Box; after we had robb'd him, we went down Stairs, and made the best of our Way to our old Habitation in Chick Lane , where the next Day we sold the Watch and Snuff box to a Fence *, who is since dead, or else I would mention her Name; for if there were no Receivers, there would be no Thieves. ABOUT a Week after this Robbery, I went to the House to see how Matters stood, and the young Woman told me, that we had not been gone a Quarter of an Hour, before the Gentleman wak'd, and miss'd his Things; upon which he knocked with his Shoe upon the Floor, and the young Woman went up: When she came into the Room, he asked her what was become of the two Women who had been in his Company, and lodged there? She told him, they had been gone some Hours, for they did not lodge there; they had no Women Lodgers, nor were there any Women in the House besides herself and her Mother; on which he fell into a violent Passion, and went away, swearing he would prosecute the House; but I was told he never did. I and my Fellow-Sufferer Anne Barefoot , going up Snow Hill one Evening, I think it was in the Month of December, where we met a Man between the Hours of eight and nine o'Clock, it being a dismal cold Night, and very Snowy, he having a Great Coat on. I accosted him after my usual Manner; my Dear it is a very cold Night, suppose you, this young Woman and I, were to go to a House, I know you will be so good as to give us a Dram this cold Evening; I dont care if I do, says the Man, if you can carry me to a civil House; a civil House! replied I, that I can; with that, Barefoot and I carried him to our old House in Thatch'd Alley , in Chick-Lane , where the Landlady of the House shew'd us all three up Stairs, where we ask'd him what he would treat us withal; he said, my Dears whatever the House affords, Wine, Punch or Brandy; accordingly a Bowl of Punch was call'd for, and we drank it up, and call'd for another; while the Punch was making, he began to be very rude and troublesome; particularly to Ann Barefoot ; (for he seem'd to have no liking to me, he swore he did not like my Face, being of a tawny Complexion) upon which Barefoot severely reprimanded him, and ask'd him what he meant by it? What, did he take them to be Women of the Town? If you do, you are much mistaken, for we are both married Women, and have two very * Who is one that buys stolen Goods at half their Value. good Husbands (and God knows neither of us were ever married, but we have had many that we call'd Husbands, God forgive us!) Whereupon he began to be a little more civil, and we told him at the same time, it was a Thing they never did in their Lives, go into a House with a strange Man, and that he may take it as a particular Favour; it being a very cold Night, we said, a Dram would warm us, or a Bowl of Punch, which was the very Reason we came with you. While we was talking, up comes the Landlady with the other Bowl of Punch; the Man ask'd our Landlady to drink a Glass, which she did, and drank to his good Health; and at the same time told him, he need not be any way uneasy in the Company he was in, for she could pass her Word they were as modest Girls as any in London, so Sir, I am your humble Servant. When the second Bowl of Punch was just out, we perceiv'd he began to be very merry, and now we thought it was the most properest Time for our purpose; so I took my usual Method, with the Assistance of Anne Barefoot , and threw him by force on the Bed, and while I laid on him with all the Strength I had, she pick'd his Pocket of his Watch, and about two and twenty Shillings in Silver; when we had so done, I gave my usual Signal with a Knock with my Foot, and up came one of our Bullies, (or Husbands as we call-them) Thomas H - s, who swore at the Person we had robb'd, and ask'd him, what Business he had there, in Company with his Wife; the Man being frightned, ran down Stairs, crying out Thieves! Murder! I am robb'd of my Watch and Money! He went immediately to one Mr. R - son, to know what he must do in this Affair; he advised him to go to Justice Wroth, for a Warrant, which was granted him, and he came the same Night with a Constable, and took me in the same House, Ann Barefoot being gone. As soon as he saw the Landlady of the House, he fell abusing of her, and saying, is these your modest Girls as any in London , with a Pox to you I was carried that Night to St. Sepulchre's Watch house , and there was examined by the Constable of the Night, and he swore positively to me, that I was the Person who threw him on the Bed, whilst the other robb'd him; upon which I was committed to the Compter, and the next Day carried before the sitting Alderman, who committed me to Newgate , and was tried the next Sessions, but was so fortunate as again to be acquitted. I and Ann Barefoot one Evening were going down Holborn, between the Hours of 7 and 8 o'Clock, I think it was in the Month of February last, wen we met one * * * * *, a Gentleman, belonging to one of the Inns of Court, (as I have been informed since) Ann Barefoot went up to him, she being more agreeable than myself, and ask'd him, if he would not give her and her Cousin, (meaning me) a Glass of Wine. The Gentleman reply'd, I don't care if I do, you seem to be agreeable, and likewise a good natur'd Girl; but where shall we go to drink a Glass? Oh! Sir, says she, to my Cousin's Lodgings, which is just by. With all my Heart, says the Gentleman. Accordingly we took him to our old Lodging in Chick-Lane, and conducted him up Stairs: When he came there, he seem'd surpriz'd to see what a Room we brought him to; but giving him good Words, he seem'd at last pretty well satisfied, and began to be very jocular, and asked us what we would drink. Oh, good Sir, it is not Manners for us to choose, it shall be whatever you please. Well then, says the Gentleman, what think you of a Glass of Wine, or a Bowl of Punch for I can drink either. Then if you please, Sir, a Tiff of Punch. Thereupon a Half Crown Bowl was order'd, and as soon as that was out, we had another, which was soon drank, and a Third also was called for. We both took Care to supply him, but were cautious ourselves of drinking, in Regard to the Business that lay before us. After the Third Bowl was out, he began to be a little uneasy; whether he had any Mistrust of us or no, I cannot tell, upon which I went down Stairs, and left Barefoot, and him alone, knowing that she had a Tongue well hung, and, if possible, would prevail on him to stay. I had not been down Stairs a Quarter of an Hour, but he called for another Tiff, which was immediately carried up by our Landlady, and I follow'd. When I came up, I said to him, Sir, I hope you are in a better Humour than you was when I went down Stairs; I was afraid that either I, or my Friend, had disoblig'd you No! no! I do assure you, you have not; and to convince you of it, when this Bowl is out, I will have another, if you both will be so obliging as to give me your Companies. Oh! Sir, if our Companies will be agreeable, we are very willing to oblige you in any Thing that lies in our Power, for you look so much like a Gentleman, that I am well assur'd you would offer nothing indecent; for the Gentlewoman of the House knows us to be very modest, sober Girls, and (if you please) we will call her up, that she may justify the Truth of what we say. He reply'd, he did not in the least doubt the Truth of it. When the Tiff was out, he called up the Landlady to see what was to pay, which was between 11 and 12 o'Clock at Night. Says Barefoot, come, Sir, don't let us part with dry Lips; my Dear, 'tis not so late. He then began to be pretty merry, upon which we thought the other Tiff would make him quite so: Accordingly the other was called for, and we took Care to supply him very freely, till at last he began to be sleepy. With some Persuasions he laid himself down on the Bed, and soon fell fast asleep, agreeable to our Desire. Then we both consulted what was best to be done; we soon came to our wicked Resolution (God forgive us!) to rob him, when Barefoot took out of his Fob 8 Guineas, 15 s. in Silver, and his Watch, while I held the Candle. When we had done, we went away directly, giving the Landlady two Guineas not to discover us. We went to a House just by, and shared the Money: The next Day we went to J - T -, and sold the Watch for 3 Guineas, which we also equally divided betwixt us; what became of the Gentleman we never heard since, nor was it our Desire. N. B. I acknowledge I have been in almost all the Gaols in London , viz. Wood-street and the Poultry Compters ; New-Prison , Clerkenwell Bridewell , three Times in the London Work-House , once in Bridewell Hospital , and several Times in Newgate . I hope none will reflect on my poor Mother, for if I had taken her Advice, I had not brought myself to such an unhappy End. I hope my Sister will take Warning by me, and take Care what Company she keeps, for ill Company has been the Ruin of me. So the Lord have Mercy on my poor Soul. Ann Duck . From my Cell in Newgate, Nov. 1st, 1744. A Copy of a LETTER sent by ANN DUCK to her Mother, a few Days before her Execution. Honoured Mother, ' MY Trust being in the Divine Mercies ' of God Almighty, through the Merits ' of my Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ. whose precious Blood was shed on the Cross for lost, ' and undone Sinners - Glory be to the Holy ' Name, - Seeing there were no other Means ' better to bring me to himself, than by this ' Sort of Death. - O Lord, I thank and ' praise thy Holy Name, for all thy Mercies. ' - O Lord, if I had lived on in my former Course, I might have died as a Brute ' Beast, having neither Sense of thy Mercies, ' nor my having a Soul, which is thy Property: ' Thou gave it, and to Thee, O Lord, I resign it. ' My dear Mother, for Christ's Sake be ' Comforted. Rejoyce in the Lord, for his ' Mercies are infinite, and my Hope is, for the ' Merits of my Precious Saviour, to obtain ' Mercy. ' I conclude with my Prayers to the Almighty, that you may not go with Sorrow to ' the Grave. The Lord bless you, and keep ' you, and my poor Sister, which is the Desire ' of your Daughter, whose Hope it is in a short ' Time to be in Heaven, Amen, Amen! Ann Duck . November 3, 1744. From my Cell. For Mrs. ANN DUCK . A Copy of a LETTER sent by ANN DUCK to her Cousin, a few Days before her Execution. Dear Cousin, ' IT is the Pleasure of God to call me out ' of the World, Glory be to his Holy ' Name for all his Mercies. I hope it is the ' Means of the Salvation of my Soul, - For ' his Divine Will is not the Death of a Sinner, ' I mean Spiritual Death, but rather that they ' should turn from their Wickedness and live ' MY Divine Lord, I sue to Thee for Mercy, for the Merits of thy Blessed Son my ' Saviour Jesus Christ, in whom I put my ' Trust. ' DEAR Cousin, I return my Thanks, Prayers, and Blessing, to you, for your charitable ' Care in the saving of my Body. I pray God ' bless you in this World and in the next. For ' God's Sake comfort my poor aged Mother and ' my poor Sister, in doing which I hope God ' will shower down Blessings innumerable on you ' and yours, which is the Desire of your dying ' Cousin, who hopes in a short Time to be with ' the Creator. Amen, Amen! Ann Duck . November 3, 1744. From my Cell. For Mr. BRIDGET. To FRANCIS MOULCER , under Sentence of Death. Francis! 'I DO not choose to put my Name to this ' Letter, lest some groundless Prejudices, you ' may have taken up, against the Writer of it, ' should prevent its having that due Weight ' with, and good Effect upon you, as is heartily ' wish'd and intended by it. Let it suffice you, ' that it comes from one, who has a Respect for ' you - from one, who for many Years has been ' acquainted with you, - from one, who has observ'd with Concern, that your Life and Behaviour, as a Christian, has in many Instances, ' been very unbecoming the Religion you profess, and unworthy that sacred Name you are ' call'd by. ' I hope, you will readily give Credit to me, ' when I assure you, that I heartily commiserate ' your present unhappy Situation, and could wish ' from the bottom of my Heart, you had done ' nothing to deserve it. But though you should ' be innocent of the Fact, for which you stand ' committed, do not immediately exult from an ' Opinion, that you suffer wrongfully; nor charge ' God foolishly, as if he had laid upon you, what ' you deserv'd not. Depend upon it, the Judge ' of all the Earth must, and will do right. He ' is just in all that is brought upon us; and as ' he cannot but do right, so, if we examine into ' our own Consciences, we must needs confess, ' that we have done wickedly. Neh. ix. 33. ' IN your present Circumstances, you would ' therefore do well to consider, for which of the ' many Sins, you have been guilty of, it has ' pleas'd the divine Wisdom to punish and ' chastise you in so signal a Manner. Is it for ' the prophane Cursing and Swearing, which ' from your Youth up, you have been addicted ' to? Is for unfaithfulness to you Uncle, undutifulness to your Aunt? for shameless and barefac'd Lying, or for repeated Acts of Drunkenness and Uncleanness? whether it be for these, ' or any other heinous Sins, whereof you may ' be guilty, that God is pleas'd to inflict this ' Judgement upon you. - Be assur'd, that he ' intends it for your Good. - And that your ' Punishment therein is not so much aimed at by ' Him, as the bringing you to Reflection, to put ' you upon considering your Ways, and to make ' you the more zealous and earnest in your Addresses to Him. ' THE young Prodigal, in the Gospel (Luke ' xv. 18) never thought of returning to his Father, till the Hunger he felt, and the extreme ' Want he was reduc'd to, put him upon comparing the State he had formerly liv'd in, with ' that, which now he was fallen into. But being ' once so far awaken'd and come to himself, as ' to be sensible of the miserable Condition he ' had brought himself into by his Folly and ' Wickedness. He soon came to a Resolution ' of going Home to his Father, - here to throw ' himself at his Feet, ingeniously and freely to ' confess his Fault, and humbly to implore his ' Pardon and Forgiveness. ' I have that Charity for you, as to hope, ' that the Prison you are in, and the Hardships ' you have undergone during your Confinement, ' must have wrought some such good Effects ' upon you. It would be a Pleasure to me to ' hear of your earnest Desire to be reconcil'd ' to God, of your mourning for your Sins, and ' your Resolution to forsake them: And then, 'though I make you sorry with a Letter, I ' should not repent; may, I should rather rejoice, ' not that you was made sorry, but that you ' sorrowed to Repentance. 2 Cor. vii. 8, 9. If ' you find any good Motions in you, suffer ' them not to cool, but cherish and encourage ' them to the utmost of your Power, by frequently representing to your Mind, the Goodness and Severity of God: on the harden'd ' and impenitent, Severity; but towards Thee, ' Goodness, if by Repentance thou continue in, ' or worthy of, his Goodness: otherwise thou ' also shall be out off. Rom. xi. 25. ' THE Crime you are convicted of, was plainly prov'd upon you, I hope you will take ' shame to yourself, and frankly and ingenuosly ' confess what you know of the Matter. For ' believe me, Confession of Sin, is so necessary a ' Part of Repentance, that we have no Promise of being pardoned without it. If we confess our Sins, says St. John, 1 Epist i 9. He, 'viz. God is faithful and just to forgive us our ' Sins: Which Words seem plainly to imply; that ' if we do not confess our Sins to God, the ' Guilt of them will still remain, and rise up in ' Judgement against us at the last Day. ' NAY, in case our Sins have been public ' and scandalous, it is not only reasonable that ' we should confess them to God, but to Man ' also. We may have offended and injured our ' Neighbour, (and can there be a greater Crime ' except Murder) and upon that Account may ' need to obtain his Pardon, as well as God's: ' And therefore in such Instances, we ought to ' confess our Sins to him, as well as to God. ' DO not give Ear to those who would perswade you, that Confession will bring a Slur or ' Blemish upon your Character and Reputation. ' It is not your denying the Fact, that will induce the World to believe you Innocent: for ' Mankind are too inclinable to judge of the ' uncharitable Side. But though by insisting upon ' your Innocence, you should secure to yourself ' some poor pittance of a good Name. Yet, ' what will it avail you to be spoken well of by ' Men, if at the same Time you are thought ' ill of by God? However we may impose upon ' our Fellow Creature, it is impossible we should ' put any Cheat upon him. For God's Sake ' then, for the Sake of your precious and immortal Soul, if you know yourself Guilty, do ' not go about to deny it. I tremble to think of ' your going out of the World with a Lie in ' your Mouth; for this, believe me, will be ' adding to your former Guilt, and like a Millstone about your Neck, but sink you the Deeper in the Bottomless Pit. 'I do not endeavour to persuade you to accuse yourself: But only, that in case before ' you leave the World, you would publickly ' own and declare your Guilt, and earnestly ' pray to God, through the Merits and Intercession of his Son our Saviour, for Pardon and ' Forgiveness. ' I ear that you sent for your Prayer-book, ' and am in hopes, that since it came, it has ' not lain useless by you. There are many good ' Prayers in it, pertinent to your Case: But I ' particularly recommend to your use the Collect ' for Ash-Wednesday, and the Commination, with ' the Prayers to be used on the first Day of Lent, ' which you will find in your Prayer Book immediately before the Psalms. ' The 51st, Psalm, which contains David's ' Confession and Acknowledgement of those two ' shocking Sins of Murder and Adultery, he had ' been Guilty of; you wou'd do well to read so ' often, ' till you have gotten it by Heart. ' AND now I commend you to the Grace of ' God, begging and conjuring you, that with the ' deepest Sorrow you would lament the many ' daring and presumptuous Sins you have been ' guilty of, and resolve by God's Assistance immediately to forsake them, and never to return ' any more to the Commission of them. These ' are the hearty and sincere Wishes, as well as ' earnest Request of, Your assured Friend, And Servant in Christ, ANONYMUS Oct. 28, 1744. The following LETTER was sent by a Methodist to Richard Lee , otherwise Country Dick. Richard, ' AS many Things will undoubtedly be offered to the Public relating to your unhappy Affair, and which in all Likelihood may ' be mere Invention. I give this Caution, as ' one that wishes your Soul well, let no one ' have any Thing from you, except the Person ' who prints the Dying-Speeches, or myself, then ' I am sure you will have Justice done you, as ' well as the Public. If you have any Thing ' to publish for the Satisfaction of the World, it ' is your Duty to confess your Crimes both to ' God and Man; because some innocent Persons ' may be suspected as guilty of those Robberies ' and Cheats which you have committed; therefore it is your Duty whilst living, to do all the ' Good you can; to take the Guilt on yourself, ' and clear the Innocent. And as God has in ' a great Measure awakened your Soul, it will ' be but just in the Sight of God, and likewise ' in the Sight of Man, that you make an ample ' Confession of all your Sins for the Good of all ' Mankind; and I would also persuade Samuel ' Ellard to do the same. It will be best for you ' to get somebody to write to me in due Time, ' what you have to publish, that your Peace may ' not be interrupted in your last Moments; if ' you cannot conveniently send it by any Person, ' I intend, God willing, to come to you on Saturday Evening, you being to die on Wednesday ' Morning next. I must press you to let nobody ' have any Thing from you, but the Person whose ' Property it is, or myself; because I know the ' ill Usage of some particular Persons to Men in ' your unhappy Misfortunes. I have nothing ' more to add, but to acquaint you, that Prayers ' are constantly made to God for you in our public and private Societies; and that God may ' have Mercy on your Soul, is the Prayer of, Your Friend, John Simmott . London, Nov. 1, 1744. Some Account of the Life of Richard Lee , alias Country Dick, taken from his Mouth while he lay under Condemnation in one of the Cells in Newgate. IT must be some Satisfaction to the Public, when a Villain has made such a remarkable Figure in the World, as our Country Dick has, to know from what Race he sprung, the Methods he took to rise to such a Height, as well as the Manner how he performed his Exploits; all which Dick has pretty freely given. I was born (says he) at a Place call'd Marshfield , in Gloucestershire , and in the younger Part of my Life, was employ'd b my Mother in selling what we call Mashfield Cakes from Place to Place, and from Fair to Fair. I frequently went backwards and forwards to Bristol with my Cakes, and was sometimes accompanied with a Young Man, born in the same Neighbourhood with myself, from whom I learned enough to qualify myself for the Gollows, to which it has at last brought me. WHEN the Business of selling Cakes was dull, I sometimes rid as Postillion to any Person who would Employ me, for I was very fond of Riding. I rid up to London as Postillion to Mr. Woolley, in the Old Bailey, and down again to Bristol . I lived about a Month as a Foot-Boy with 'Squire Frewer of Exeter , but came away on Account of his Black and I disagreeing. I carried out Bread for some Time for one Hawkins, a Baker; and lived in several Places up and down; but long no where. My Companion (whom I mentioned above) and I committed several Robberies in and about Bristol , the first that I remember was the following. HE comes to me one Day, Dick, says he, I was drinking last Night with such a one, the Apothecary, at a House where I saw a fine Silver Tankard; we might easily * Nail it, for there is Nobody in the House but a Woman. Accordingly, next Morning, he and I goes together, and calls for a Tankard of Beer, in Hopes to have it in the Tankard my Companion had mentioned. But the Woman disappointed us, by bringing it in a Quart Pot. While we were drinking the Beer, we peep'd and pry'd about all we could, in Hopes to find the Tankard; but to no Purpose, it was not visible. VEXT at the Disappointment, I was determined to go back again; and notwithstanding my being almost fuddled, I was resolved to have it. My Companion waited at a little Distance, and away I went, and called for a Pint of Beer, which the Woman went down to draw. While she was gone, I slipped into a little back Room, and after searching about, found it in a Corner Cupboard. I immediately put it in my Lap, and just got down the Threshold of the Door, when the Woman came up with the Beer, who seeing me going away, says, Young Man, here's your Beer. I'll come for it presently, says I, I will but just step and speak to a Friend. And away I went to my Companion, and told him I had Napp'd it. MY Companion was so overjoyed, that he took me in his Arms, and threw me over the Wall, as one should throw a Stone, and came over after me, and we went directly to my Mother's, which was about Ten Miles, and showed the Tankard, which was a very handsome one, and held about Three Pints, to my Mother and Sister, who shook their Heads, and said, they were very sorry for me; they were sure my Companion would in the End bring me to the Gallows, (and they have prov'd too true Prophets.) The Tankard we kept by us some Time, till we came to London, where we sold it to one Bess Cane , for only Four Pounds. ANOTHER Exploit of ours was as follows. Being at an Inn about Ten Miles of Bristol, we observed a Man receive 60 Guineas; having learned the Way he was to go, we took Care to be before hand with him, and in order to disguise ourselves, we stripped to our Shirts, and laid our Coats and Waistcoats in a Hedge. As soon as we perceived him coming, I went up to him, seized on his Horse's Bridle, and my Companion demanded his Money. The Man giving him some Silver and Half-pence, saying 'twas all he had, he rapp'd out a great Oath, D - n you, you Rascal, deliver your Bit, (meaning his Purse) or I'll shoot you through the Head, and producing a Brass Barrel'd Pistol, though without any Lock, the Man was so surprized, that he suffered him to put his Hand into his Pocket, and take out his Purse. As soon as he had got it, he ordered the Man to ride on directly, or he'd blow his Brains out. * That is, Take it. THE Man rode on, and we went and put on our Cloaths, divided the Money, my Part of which I sew'd in the Waisthand of my Breeches, and proceeded towards Bristol , and coming to the Tholsel, we happened to see there the very Man we robb'd, though he did not see us. This however a good deal surprized us, and we immediately got away, came and took our Tankard, and then proceeded onwards to London . BEING on the Road, and it drawing towards Night, we came to a Lone House, by the Side of a Wood, and asked if we could have a Lodging there. The Woman of the House, without answering our Question, desired to know what Countrymen we were. Surprized at this Demand, we begg'd to know the Reason of her asking it: Because, says she, I take you to be Irishmen. We are so, says we. Why then, says she, ask me in Irish for a Lodging, and you shall have it. Then says I, * Hyke up to the Gigger and undubb it, and whittle to the Cove of the Ken, and ask him for a Doss. When I had done, she says, now English it; which I did, by saying, Pray, Madam, can we have a Lodging here? She said, it seemed to her English and Irish too. However, she shewed us an Apartment, where we lay all Night. The next Morning early we set forward for London, only going round about, for Fear of being pursued. We consulted on the Road, how we should behave when we came to Town; and nothing appeared more plausible to us, than our old Trade of Plunder. ACCORDINGLY, after our Arrival at London , we followed the old Practice: And one Sunday Afternoon, I and my Companion being out together, we perceived in Crown-Court, Soho , a Man coming along in Liquor, we directly went up to him, and Jostling him between us, I drew his Watch out of his Pocket, which we pawned the next Day for 35 Shillings. SOMETIME after this, a new Method of Life presented itself to me, which was that of selling Brass Rings so gilt, as to look like Gold, and which to the Eye appeared as real Gold. THE first Exploit of this Sort I did, was in Tyburn Road , where I saw Two Women coming along, who appeared to me as if they had not been long in Town. I made up to them; and speaking to one of them with an innocent, demure Look, and a Country Tone, Pray ye, Forsooth, do ye know of any Place for a poor Servant; I am just come out of the Country and am a Stranger, and don't know where to apply. No, indeed, says she, I do not, and still kept walking on. I walked on by her Side talking, and asked her, what Countrywoman she was; she said Herefordshire. I told her I was the same, and having been there, described and named several Persons and Places, which pleasing her, we entered into a close Conversation, till at last, I said, producing my Ring, I found this just now, I believe it is Gold, and I'll go and sell it, for I have no Money left, being out of Place. She very eagerly took it out of my Hand, and looking on it, says, Aye, 'tis Gold, and here is a Posie in it too; why, what will it fetch you? I dont know, says I, mayhap a Guinea. No, says she, nothing like it; I will give you Eleven Shillings for it. Well, says I, Mistress, I don't know where to sell it, and you shall have it. Accordingly she paid me the Money, and we thereupon parted, and I was exceedingly well pleased at my First Performance. MANY Times after this, I went out with two Companions on the same Lay, of selling Rings, or exchanging Rings, for Hats, Wigs, Buckles, Great-Coats, nothing came amiss, and so proud were the People when they had got the Ring, that I have many times laugh'd to * That is, Go up to the Door, and unlock it, and ask the Landlord for a Bed. see with what Expedition they have made off for fear I should want 'em again. MY Companions generally stood a-loof; if I wanted 'em to come nearer, I put my Hand to my Cheek, when they would come up, and say, Young Man, will you take the Money; and if I wanted 'em to bid one Shilling more, I put my Finger to my Nose; then they would say, well young Man, we will give you a Shilling more; all which Time I show'd myself shy of them, and seem'd not to like 'em, uneasy at their Company, and drew farther from them, with the Chap I was endeavouring to take in. HAVING sold such a Quantity, as I believe in my Time I have received five or six hundred Pounds for 'em, and have sometimes sold five, six, or eight to one Person. IT began at last to be a little blown, and I went down with two or three Companions to Bristol , where we went on the Sneak ‡, and got a good deal of Chequed Linnen, and divers other Things. AFTER coming to Town, one Robinson, a Campanion of mine, was taken up for going upon the Sneak: I directly went and bought a Hanger, and getting some more together, in a Body, we went and rescued him out of the Hands of the Constables and other Officers, and crried him off in Triumph. AFTER this, I frequently rescued others, under the like Circumstances, and was generally the first who attacked, and the last who retreated, on which Account I gained the Name of Captain of the Gang, and was often sent for out of my Bed on that Account. THE next Part of my Conduct was, that after I had got some Money in this unlawful Way, (for now, too late I find it is unlawful) I hardly ever kept it, losing all at Gaming, sometimes I have lost thirty Pounds of a Night; 'twas not above a Fortnight before I was taken up, that I sold six Rings together for five Guineas, and lost every Shilling before I slept. WHENEVER I went out on Business, as I call'd it, I wore my Hat flapp'd, sometimes Boots on, and a Whip: But on other Occasions I generally went genteely drest, with good Cloaths, Ruffles, and a Watch in my Pocket, &c. 'Twas when I was thus genteely dress'd, and with several more of my old Companions, at Tottenham-Court, the last Fair Time, we met three young Girls genteely dressed, with whom we engaged; and after some Time treating them, making them warm with Liquor, we all went to the Fleet and were married, (though I had several Wives before) and lay together that Night. NEXT Morning we all left them, mine telling me who she was, the Daughter of an eminent Tradesman in Bond street . I went a few Days after to demand her Fortune, but the Affair having been revealed by the Girl before, and she being sent out of the Way, and the Father having learned my Character, he threatned to carry me before Sir Thomas Deveil , and I never went near them more. I was never in Newgate but once, which was about two Years since. I had sold a Man a Ring in Gracechurch street , on the Wednesday, and he happened to meet me again on the Sunday following, had me secured, sent to the Poultry-Compter, and from thence to Newgate; but he being a Dublin Trader, happened not to be in Town when my Trial was to be, and I was discharged for want of a Prosecutor. THE next Day, 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 ‡ The Sneak, is going into a House with a dark Lanthorn, and holding it up just to see where the Things lie, then darken it, and sweep away all we can. pick'd his Pocket of it, which he sold for 12 s. 6 d. at the best Hand. AFTER they had been at Greenwich , they came to Deptford , and took Lodgings at an Inn, where they staid two or three Days; but the Ladies thinking the Lodgings too mean for them, 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. They had not been there above a Night, 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, and then ordered them to send in a Kilderkin of Beer, three Bushels of Coals, and a Peck of Small-Coal, 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 searched, for though they went for Gentlefolks, he was sure they were Whores and Thieves: Upon which they thought proper to pack up their Implements, and went off the next Morning early, without taking Leave of their Landlord, or paying any Rent; and coming to London , not having Money, their Ladies were obliged to shift for themselves. HE had not been long in Town before he went to his Old Trade, that is, putting off gilt Rings for Gold ones, till he was detected, and for which he was very justly brought to condign Punishment. WHEN he came to the Lodge in Newgate , and Mr. Wilcox, the Turnkey, was going to double-iron him, he said, Tommy, you know I am an old Customer, use me well, for I'm just come out of a Sallivation. AS to the Fact for which he died, he own'd it to be true as related in the Sessions Book, and hoped all Men would take Warning by him. THE Night before his Execution, he said to Samuel Ellard , he could be glad of something for Supper, for he was very hungry. Upon which Ellard reply'd, What a Noise you make about your Supper, To morrow Night you must go to Bed Supperless. POSTSCRIPT. PETER VELGENT, who is to be transported for Life, for breaking open the Shop of Mr. Christopher Pinchbeck , in Pall-Mall , formerly lodged at one Mr. Mego's, a Jeweller, in Porter's-street , by Newport Market The said Mr. Mego was found dead in his own Yard this Summer, all his Family at that Time being out of Town, (except his Maid) who, 'tis said, the above Peter Velgent was very intimate with. The said Mr. Mego lay up Two Pair of Stairs, and the Cause of his Death, as it was reported, was occasioned by his Easing himself out at the Window, and so was supposed to fall backwards; which Practice, as it was said, he had accustomed himself to. After the unhappy Death of Mr. Mego, he was seen frequently in Company with the said Maid; and likewise this Peter Velgent was at great Enmity with Mr. Mego, and there were several Effects of the Deceased's missing; and likewise there was a Note for 200l. drawn by the said Mego (as pretended) payable to Peter Velgent , found in his Custody: Though it is well known, Mr. Mego was a Man in good Circumstances; so it is to be feared, that this poor Gentleman had not fare Play for his Life. 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 3d of August, 1715. AT the general Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Wednesday the 13th, Thursday the 14th, Friday the 15th, and Saturday the 16th of July last, Seven Persons, viz. Five Men, and Two Women, who were Try'd for, and Convicted of several Capital Crimes, receiv'd Sentence of Death; which was accordingly executed on Three of them; the other Four having obtain'd a most gracious Reprieve, the intent of which, I hope, they will take care (as it much concerns them) duly to answer, by obeying those Divine Precepts, and living that Holy Life, they have heard, and may further hear, it is their great Duty, and no less their own chief Interest to follow. While they were under this Condemnation, I visited them constantly; 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, who appear'd to give great attention to, and be much affected with it. On the Lord's Day the 17th of July last, I preach'd to them, and others there present, both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon part of the Epistle appointed for that Day, viz. 1 Pet. chap. iii. the former Clause of the 11th verse; Let him eschew Evil, and do Good. Which Words having in general explain'd, illustrated, and enforc'd by several Proofs from Scripture-Texts relating thereto, I then in particular proceeded to shew from them principally these three Things. I. That we ought to eschew Evil in Thoughts, Words, and Deeds; and not only so, but even to abstain from all appearance of Evil, as the Apostle exhorts, 1 Thess. 5. 22. II. That it is our indispensable Duty to do Good, which consists in a constant sincere Obedience to GOD's Commands, and in applying ourselves hereto with all the Faculties of our Souls, through the whole Course of our Lives. III. and lastly, That our faithful Discharge both of this Negative and Positive Duty enjoyn'd in the Text, viz. our abstaining from Evil, and doing Good, will mightily conduce to our present and future Happiness, which by our Sins we have justly forfeited, but may (through Mercy) upon true Repentance and CHRIST's Merits, comfortably regain. On the Lord's Day, the 24th of July last, I again preach'd to the Condemn'd, and others there present, who were many, both in the Forenoon and Afternoon, taking my Text out of the First Lesson for that Morning-Service, viz. 2 Sam. chap. xii. verse xiii. And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also has put away thy Sin: Thou shalt not die. In which Words are contain'd these two principal Things most worthy of our Observation, and laid before us for our Encouragement to, and Improvement in the great Duty of REPENTANCE. I. David's ingenuous Confession, who cry'd out here, I have sinned against the Lord. II. The comfortable Absolution given him by the Prophet in the Name of GOD, immediately upon that Confession, imply'd in these Words. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also has put away thy Sin: Thou shalt not die. Now what was this Sin of David, I shew'd to be the complicate Crime of Adultery and Murder, the former of which, viz. Adultery, he endeavouring to hide, was (as most Criminals in this Case commonly are) driven to the Commission of the latter, i. e. Murder. The heinousness of which irreparable Injury I represented to my Auditory; and then laid before them the just Character of a true Penitent, both in the Person and Actions of David, after he was brought to a sense and abhorrence of his Crimes; proposing him as a fit Pattern for them to imitate in their Repentance, who had imitated him in his Sins, or committed any other whatsoever. Again, on the last Lord's Day the 31st of July, and on Monday the 1st of this instant August, the Day of Publick Thanksgiving to GOD for His Majesty, Our most Gracious Sovereign KING GEORGE's Happy Accession to the Throne, I preach'd to them, and took my Text out of the Second Morning-Lesson for that joyful Solemnity; the Place and Words of which Text being these, Rom. 13. 5. Wherefore Ye must needs be subject, not only for Wrath, but also for Conscience sake. From this Text (which afforded me Matter for four Sermons on these two Days) after I had explain'd both it and the Context in general, I shew'd in particular, I. The Duty of Subjection to the King as Supream, and unto Those appointed by Him to extcute Justice, in punishing and restraining the Evil-doers, and protecting and encouraging them that do well, according to the Apostle's Precept, 1 Pet. 2. 13. II. Wherein we are to submit and he obedient to the Powers establish'd over us; and that is, not only, 1. In Things which GOD has plainly commanded: But, 2. In Things which GOD has not positively forbidden. III. The Reasons laid down by St. Paul in the Text for this our Subjection and Obedience, viz. 1st, For Wrath, i. e. Not meerly for fear of the Punishment which the Magistrate may inflict upon the Offender: But chiefly, 2dly, For Conscience-sake; which implies, That tho' the Magistrate should lay-by his Sword; tho' he should suspend or remit the Punishment; yet, out of a sense of their indispensable Duty and religious Obligation, upon the Account of the Divine Command, Men ought to be subject and obedient to their Superiours; for to offend herein is a Sin against GOD Himself. Having enlarg'd upon these Heads and Particulars, I exhorted both the Prisoners, and other Persons there present, " To praise our Great and Good GOD for that, of His infinite Mercy " both to this Church and Nation (which we ought ever to be most thankful for) He has, by a special Providence, safely plac'd and stedfastly establish'd HIS MAJESTY upon the Throne of His Royal Ancestors; by " which we may have hope to see all the mischievous Designs and Practices " of those wicked People, brought to nought, who have an evil Will at our " Sion. And here we should fervently pray Him, the uncontroulable " MONARCH of Heaven and Earth, That He will please, more and " more, to protect, defend, and prosper our Just, Wise, Gracious, and " Religious Protestant KING GEORGE: That His Sacred Person, His " Royal Son, and all His Illustrious Family may always be preserv'd and " bless'd with the most exquisite Blessings both in Time and to Eternity: " That all HIS MAJESTY's Subjects may sincerely be Loyal and Obedient to Him, and (under His Happy Government) lead quiet and peaceable Lives in all Godliness and Honesty: And finally, That there may never be wanting a Prince descended from Him to sit upon the British " Throne so long as the Sun and Moon shall endure. And let all that Fear " GOD and Honour the KING, say AMEN. After I had spoke to the whole Congregation in general, I then concluded all my publick, as well as I did my private Discourses, with proper Exhortations in particular to the condemn'd Persons, whom I endeavour'd to perswade to a speedy Return to GOD, praying that they might obtain Grace, by which their hard Hearts might be mollify'd and melted into true Repentance and Amendment of Life, to the blessed Comfort of their Souls both here and hereafter. When I had them under private Examination by themselves, they did (each of them) give me the following Account of their past Life and present Disposition. 1. Edward Dalton , condemn'd for assaulting Mr. Andrew Shields , and robbing him of 12 Guinea's, a Broad-piece, and 18 s. in Silver, on the 30th of May last. He said, he was 38 Years of Age, born in Ireland , and brought up at Dublin ; That there he was in a Gentleman's Service for a time, and then came to London , where he liv'd a while with another in the Capacity of a Servant also; That afterwards he went to Flanders , serv'd in the English Troops there, and was a private Centinel 5 years in the Lord Barrimore's Regiment. He acknowledg'd he had been a very ill Liver, and particularly when out of Employment, which was some considerable time: That he had done many things against the Laws of GOD and Man; and, That what he now found to be the great Cause of his Misery, was, his immoderate Desire and Inclination to Gaming, wherein he generally made it his Practice to cheat them he play'd with, as not sticking at any thing to make good his Game. As he was thus addicted to cheat, so he likewise gave himself the Liberty to commit divers Misdemeanours, some of which he was whipt, and some others he stood in the Pillory for, and yet he never reform'd, nor refrain'd himself from those wicked Practises, till by the Hand of Justice he was thus taken off from doing any further Mischief to the World. He seem'd to be very much griev'd, and lamented his past sinful Life, praying GOD to forgive him. A little before his Death he made this Declaration (by the Perswasion, I suppose, of some Persons who privately came to him) That as he was born, so he would die in the Romish Religion ; of which I found he knew little or nothing. 2. Sarah Glass , condemn'd for Shoplifting, i. e. for privately stealing 16 Yards of Muslin, Value 7 l. out of the Shop of Mr. William Hide , and Mr. Francis Cree , on the 18th of June last. She said, she was about 44 Years of Age, born at a small Village near the Devizes in Wiltshire ; That she had liv'd 28 Years in London , and had serv'd an Apprenticeship with one that sold Physick-herbs in Stocks-Market ; That finding she could not set up for her self, and get a Livelihood in that Employment and Place, she went to White-Chapel ; and there kept a Stall where she sold Meat ; but for want of Trade, being reduc'd to great Poverty, she, for these 12 Years past, took to very ill Courses. She own'd, she had been burnt in the Cheek, and in the Hand, for several Felonies of which she was convicted, and had been once condemn'd to die, but obtain'd a Pardon. She would not freely tell me the Name she formerly went by (which was her first Husband's Name) lest the exposing of it might disgrace his near Relations, who are very laborious People, and honest too, as himself was. She further acknowledg'd, That above 2 Years and a half since, she was order'd to the Bridewell of London , but there being no Room to receive her in at that time, she remain'd a Prisoner in Newgate till Christmas last, when she was discharg'd. She own'd the Crime she was condemn'd for, and mightily bemoan'd the sad Condition which her presumptuous Continuance in a wicked Course of Life had now brought her to, and heartily pray'd that others might be wiser than she had been, and that GOD would please to forgive her many and great Sins. 3. Margaret Jones , condemn'd for stealing a Silver Cup, Value 45 s. and a Silver Watch, Value 20 s. the Goods of Mr. Jonathan Chaloner , out of the House of Mr. Robert Legg , on the 16th of June last. She said, she was something above 40 Years of Age, born in the Parish of St. Mary White-Chapel ; That she had work'd hard in washing of Cloaths, Scowring, &c . for getting an honest Livelihood to her self and Children; but not being able to subsist by that her Labour, and Poverty growing upon her, she was easily tempted to use the wicked Trade of Stealing, which she had follow'd for several Years past, without getting much by it besides the Punishment she had deserv'd, which was the being (at times) burnt in both Face and Hand, and order'd to Bridewel for two Years. I found her very ignorant in any thing of Religion, yet I hope she was truly sensible of, and heartily sorry for, all her past Sins, and particularly this she was (as she acknowledg'd) justly condemn'd for. She cry'd to GOD for Mercy, and begg'd Pardon of them she had offended. At the Place of Execution, whither they were carry'd, all Three, in a Cart this Day, I attended them for the last time; and after my usual Exhortations and Prayers, singing of Penitential Psalms, and rehearsing of the Apostles Creed, I left them to their private Devotions, for which they had some time allotted them. Then the Cart drew away, and so, were turn'd off; they all the while calling on GOD to have Mercy upon them; to pardon their Sins, and save their Souls. This is all the Account here to be given of these Dying Malefactors, by me, PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Wednesd. Aug. 3d, 1715. 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. Vandegcht. Likewise Mr. Sturt's Cuts. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, & Dying Words Of the THREE MALEFACTORS Who were executed at TYBURN On Monday the 21st, and Wednesday the 23d of DECEMBER, 1747 BEING THE Second EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honble Sir Robert Ladbroke , Knt. 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 C. CORBETT, over-against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleet-street, the only authorised Printers of the Dying Speeches. M.DCC.XLVII. [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 , Knt. Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Honourable Sir THOMAS ABNEY , Knt. the Honourable Sir THOMAS DENNISON , Knt . the Honourable Baron CLIVE, JOHN STRACEY , Esq ; Recorder , and other 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 Wednesday the 9th, Thursday the 10th, and Friday the "11th of December, in the 21st Year of his Majesty's Reign; SAMUEL AUSTIN , JAMES WALKER , and WILLIAM WARDLOW , were capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. The Behaviour of Samuel Austin somewhat insolent and audacious before; but since receiving Sentence, he thought proper to change the Scene. And tho' the Apprehensions of his approaching Fate persuaded him to be ready to attend at Chapel, and willing with attentive Ears to hearken to the Prayer, that was made in that Place; yet this his natural Temper wou'd sometimes appear in sullen and morose Terms. However, he, together with James Walker , and William Wardlow , constantly attended divine Service, and seem'd to give what Marks of Sincerity in Repentance was in their Power, or cou'd be expected, from People in their unhappy Situation. On Thursday the 17th Instant, the Report of the Four Malefactors was made by Mr. Recorder to his Majesty; when he was pleased to order the Three following for Execution, viz. Samuel Austin on Monday the 21st Instant; James Walker , and William Wardlow , on Wednesday the 23d. 1. SAMUEL AUSTIN , was indicted for unlawfully, and feloniously assembling himself with a number of other Persons upon the 5th Day of August last, in the Parish of Lid in the County of Kent , with Fire-Arms, and other offensive Weapons, in running, and carrying off Goods, that are liable to pay Duty, that has not been paid, and secured against the Statute, and against his Majesty's Crown and Dignity. 2. JAMES WALKER , was indicted feloniously assaulting, and robbing, on the 30th of October, James Figgins in the publick Street on the King's Highway, and taking from him a Gold Watch, with a Cornelian Seal set in Gold, and a Steel Chain, the Property of the said James Figgins 3. WILLIAM WARDLOW , was indicted for assaulting on the King's Highway, and putting in bodily Fear Josiah Rogerson , and robbing him of a Silver Watch, Value three Pounds, the Goods of Thomas Walker , and nineteen Shillings in Money, the Property of Josiah Rogerson , the 22d of July, 1746. 1. SAMUEL AUSTIN , aged 26, was born at Hawkhurst in the County of Kent , of Parents who lived in some Repute upon a Farm , yearly rented; but meeting with Misfortunes, his Father, he says, was reduced, and obliged to go to Day-Labour to maintain his Family, which was not small. So that this unhappy young Man received no farther benefit, than the Nourishment and Support of his tender Years of Infancy; having the Advantage of no manner of Education, being taught neither to read nor write. This unhappiness he lamented very much, and said, he was afraid, that therefore it was not in his Power ever to atone for or properly repent him of the evil Courses of his past Years. Upon this, I thought proper to advise him, not to give himself over to Despair, but still to seek the favour of God, and to put his trust in him, who is able, and willing to do more for us than we can desire, or deserve. I observed to him, that 'twas not the Language of the Lips, so much as the Sincerity of the Heart, which God had respect to; and that true Repentance, and Faith in the Merits of the Sufferings and Death of Christ might avail him much. For to these terms of reconciling an offending God, he has declared; "Tho' "your Sins be as red as Scarlet, "they shall be made white as "Snow; tho' your Wickednesses "have gone over your Head, yet "shall they not be your Destruction. "And, at the same Time, I endeavoured to make him sensible, that as he had not only neglected all Duty to God, and his own Soul for many Years, but had conspired together with those who had acted in direct opposition to the Laws of God, and his Country, the more free and open Confession of his Offences was necessary; and the more frequent this Application to the Throne of Grace were in private, as well as in public, the more his hopes of God's being reconciled, and inclined to pardon his Offences might grow upon him. To assist him in this grand Concern of Life, he has had the Indulgence of one to read, and pray with him in his Cell, who was furnished with Prayers suited to the Condition of such as are under Sentence of Death. After he had receiv'd some gentle Admonitions, and seasonable Advice, and had Time seriously to consider his Case in his solitary Hours of close Confinement after Conviction; he seem'd resolved to do his best Endeavour to make God his Friend, being persuaded that all other Assistance had failed him. He began to make an advance towards Repentance, by frankly confessing he had been a very wicked Man. He says, he began very young, and even before he cou'd mount a Horse, he inlisted among Smuggler s, and seldom was used to any other way of Life, or Business. As he grew older, he became more versed in that pernicious, and now intolerable Practice, of which he has made a Trade, and Gain for several Years past. He has been an Associate, he owns with the Hawkhurst Gang a long time, who have been to the amount of three or four hundred Persons ready to flock together upon any Notice given, or Alarum; that a deal of uncustomed Goods has been landed, and secured in his Time, and Presence, for the use of those now lawless Men, armed generally some with one offen five Weapon, some with another. Insomuch that they were a Terror wherever they came in Bodies, being known to be resolved to cut down all Opposition. He told me, that he had many times thought, as he lay upon his Bed since Conviction, that being grown so intolerably wicked and troublesome, not only to their near Neighbours, but to others that were distant. He believed, God was so provoked at them, as to deliver up a part to the Punishment of the Law, for a Terror to others, that the whole Country might not be involved in one common Calamity and Ruin. In Words to this Purpose he one Day declared himself to me. He was apprehended about three or four Months ago, he says, by a Party of Soldiers commonly known by the Name of the Young Buffs. They surprized him alone, having no manner of offensive Weapon about him; tho', he owns, he had not long before put a pair of Pistols out of his Pocket, which he generally used to carry with him. He seem'd to express some Satisfaction, when he told me this Circumstance, that he had so luckily put it out of his own Power to do any Mischief, which might otherwise have been added to the load of his otherSins; for which being great and many, he daily expressed a hearty Sorrow, and begged Pardon of God and his Country. While he talked to me about this, a Circumstance occurred to his Mind, viz. that there was a report current, and so well credited, as to obtain a Place in the public Papers, that he had shot a Man in the Head at the Time he was apprehended: Which he declared to be false, as those who apprehended him could bear him Witness, and protested never to have had a Hand in shedding of Blood; however wicked and profligate he had been. This he earnestly desired me to give in my Account of him, and repeated his request the very Morning before he was executed. The Night before he was to be had down to the Old Baily, in order to his Tryal, he found Means to saw the Rivet of his Fetters very ingeniously with a Watch-Spring; but it was found out in the Morning by the People that attended him, and the other Prisoners, before he had an Opportunity of attempting to put his Design in Execution. When first found out, he wou'd have excused it, and covered his Intention, by saying 'twas done, that he might take 'em off o'Nights for conveniency of lying easier, and since he cou'd not be contented with what he had, some not quite so easy were provided for him. When I asked him one Day about it, how he could be so foolish as to think of a Project that promised so little Success? He said, he never troubled his Head about the Consequence of being discovered. For, having given over all Hopes of saying Life any other Way, he had meditated an Escape, and he thought no one could blame him for making use of a Method, which he flattered himself tended much to facilitate it. However, he was persuaded, and not without Reason, that 'twas an ill-judged Thing; and that instead of being of Advantage to him, it turn'd out quite the Reverse, as it rather gave the World a stronger Evidence of a guilty Conscience. And indeed, he owns himself to have been very much guilty with respect to that Law, which makes Offences of such a Nature, as he has been accustomed to, punishable by Death. The Apprehensions of his approaching Fate prompting to it as a dying Man, willing to catch at a Twig to save him from falling into eternal Perdition, and having heard many excellent Things said of Charity, he was willing to be informed, whether or no, saving poor neighbouring Children from starving, by administring frequently to their Necessities (as, he said, had been his custom to do) might not be of Service, and Help towards his Hopes in the World to come. I told him, that indeed such good Deeds were strongly recommended to us; but that was not Matter for our Boasting, but that all the Honour was due to God, who alone enables every Man to do that little Good he does do, and affords the Means. The practise of this Virtue, I gave him to know, was no warrant for daily Transgression of God's Laws, or those of his Country founded thereupon; that, no doubt, God would have a proper Respect to what is done in conformity to his Will and Pleasure, provided the best use in a Man's Power was made of those Means appointed by the Christian Religion to regain the Favour of God, viz. Repentance for whatever he had done forbidden, and for whatever he had left undone commanded thereby, as far as he could recollect. For, though Christ was born, and died to take away the Guilt of Sin, 'twas only the Guilt of those Sins, that were repented of, and forsaken. The particular Fact, for which he was convicted, he would by no means be persuaded to own, but insisted on his being at another Placeat that Time charged against him; tho' he owned, he had been at that Place several other Times, and carrying Arms. When I observed to him, that his own Evidence gave such an Account of Things, and of himself particularly, as rendered all he had to say invalid, and to no purpose, in the general Opinion of the Court, and of all, who heard his Examination. He still said, that himself, and that Evidence were at the Fair together (as is particularly recited in the Sessions Paper) but as to his so possitively denying all Relationship, and persisting so audaciously in it, he did not expect to have heard it. The Evidence, he confesses was directed to conceal, and not immediately to declare himself to be Son-in-law to him, left that Relationship might destroy the Force of what he should have to say, and bespeak Partiality; little thinking that Matter would have been so narrowly look'd into, though in the Event it proved so material. But, better had his Case been, had nothing but the Truth been spoken in his Behalf, as that must have borne the Light. For, when what was thus artfully intended to turn out for his Good, was searched to the Bottom, it became unto him an Occasion of Falling. This Affair being represented to him, he expressed a good deal of Sorrow, not only upon his own Account, but that of the poor Youth, whom he had suffered so to abuse his Conscience in this first Appearance, as it were, in the World; as by wilfull and corrupt Perjury to incur the Penalty of the Law, besides highly offending against God, whose Denunciations against False Swearing both the Law of Moses, and the Gospel of Christ declare. He has confessed himself to be a great Offender. His Words and Behaviour make some shew of his having been sensibly affected for the Consequence of his evil Deeds. He repeated it to me, every time I talked to him, that he truly and heartily repented of all his many, and grievous Offences against God, and his Country, and died in Charity, forgiving all Men, as he hoped Forgiveness at the Hands of God for Christ's Sake. JAMES WALKER , aged about 30, was born at Brentford in the County of Middlesex . His Parents he says no more of, but that they bound him an Apprentice to a Butcher near Aldgate, with whom he lived, and served about four Years and half. But not liking that Service, and rather inclined to Idleness, he left his Master, and would needs fix upon an Employ for himself. His Character even at that Time not being such, as would recommend him to any body else, he found little Business or Encouragement in that way of Life, which those who wish'd well to him, wou'd have had him to continue in. However, he found an Invention to get support; but in such a way, as scarce one in many who follow such Courses, as he is reported to have done by those who had some knowledge of him; but comes to pay dear for it at the last. He owned himself, that he had no settled Business in his Trade, either to assist others, or for himself, but was ferreted from Place to Place, if ever he pretended Business; for which he wou'd give no other Reason, but that People had an ill Thought of him, which he never deserved, that he never wronged Man, Woman, nor Child, and several other such idle Excuses not worth relating; nor shou'd I relate them; would they gain Credit with the honest Part of the World. For having gone on undiscovered so long, he was so foolish as to think his evil Practices were a profound Secret: What Education he had before he was bound an Apprentice, he did not choose to own. I have reason to believe, 'twas but little, if any; but whatever it was, he made very little use of it. Fortune or Business he pretended to none; yet after leaving his Service, he is reported always to have appeared well drest; tho' no body could tell how he contrivedit: Sometimes he was accoutred with Boots, and Silver Spurs, which he pretended was occasioned by his being a dealer in Horses. How these things cou'd be without having any visible means of a Livelihood, he wou'd give no Account, but waved all Discourse of that kind. To all Interrogatories, that might tend to discover, how or by what means he had gone on, and made his way thro' Life; he kept himself very close, and wou'd make no manner of answer. And, tho' he wou'd not, or cou'd not perhaps give such Account of himself, as wou'd tend to make the World believe him an Innocent Man; yet frequently wou'd he express himself in these Terms; That he had always lived very reputably. Tho' it does not appear, that he had lived among any Neighbours that wou'd say a word in his Behalf; and one of them, who was perhaps inclined to it, cou'd not but own, he had heard, that Walker kept a House of ill Fame, but he had never been in it. Some who had been Neighbours to him, might perhaps have been rather too severe upon him. But, be that as it will, all cou'd not be supposed to be mistaken in lookingupon him, as a suspected Person; as there's seldom a deal of Smoke, without some Fire. He told me, the Gentleman, that was robbed, had sent to him to desire that he wou'd give him Information, what was become of the Watch; and to provoke him to speak, had said, that he might yet find Means to be of Service to him, and save his Life, if he wou'd declare the Truth: The Watch being what he had a particular Value for, and if he might, wou'd recover it again cost what it wou'd. Walker replied only, that 'twas in vain for the Gentleman to expect any Information from him; for he neither took the Watch, nor knew, who did; he neither saw it, nor cou'd give any account of it. Nay, obstinately did he deny it to the last, that he was present at the Robbery, as one, who had any Design, or a party concern'd. As to the Fact for which he was convicted, he wou'd not declare otherwise to his last Moment; tho' that he was so very innocent of it, I am apt to think, will not pass for Truth. His outward Behaviour, as before observ'd, was however every way agreeable to the Circumstance of a Person in his melancholy Case. As to the inward Conscience, that is, what none knoweth but God alone. So let us leave him here to his unfortunate End, and the Mercies of God, who is infinite in Goodness, only adding these few words. By his own Confession, he made himself out to have been a vile and profligate Sinner from his Youth up, having followed the evil and destructive Ways of Wickedness; but in what particular Circumstances was silent, though never so much intreated to declare: And though some Company, which came about him, was not without Reason suspected to be bad, I do not draw Inferences from thence, but leave that to every one's own Way of thinking; because every one knows the old Maxim, Noscitur ex Socio, vel Socia. And St. Paul says, Evil Communication corrupt good Manners, and I dare believe make bad worse. There scarce passed a Day since his Conviction, but we had some Discourse, and I always found him in the same Way, ready to express himself in Words to this Effect: I find I am to lose my Life, and am resigned, and content to do it; and added, that he repented heartily, and was sorry for his mispent Life, and would continue to seek Forgiveness from God so long as Breath lasted. The Morning he was executed, before I gave him the Sacrament,I would have had a few Words with him, but he prevented, by saying he had already said what he had to say, and desired I would ask him no more Questions, and that he might receive the Sacrament. He said he forfeited his Life willingly, and hoped that God would have Mercy on his Soul. 3. WILLIAM WARDLOW , aged about 28, was born in St. Martin's, Westminster , of honest and reputable Parents, and bred up in St. Giles's Parish . He was bound Apprentice to a Salesman in Monmouth-Street , where he served his Time out. Afterwards he set up in a Shop for himself in the same Way of Business, and in the same Parish; but not being over and above careful, but rather too much inclining to Idleness, or youthful Pleasures, he continued not a long while his own Master, but hired himself out to a Person in Chick-Lane as a Cryer or Hawker of Goods . During this Time, it is supposed, it was that he began to deal, and became acquainted with that infamous Crew in Black-Boy-Alley , that antient Sink of Pickpockets and Thieves. From this Time, it is probable, he might date the AEra of his evil Practices, which have at last worked his Ruin as to temporal Things: For though as his own Friends, who came to see him, could not but allow he had some Tricks before, yet by their good Advice, and importunate Endeavours to reclaim him, which were frequent, he might have been brought into the right Way: But as he was inlisted in that devilish Service, no Admonitions could be long of any avail. If they one Day dissuaded him from evil and wicked Company, the next Day perhaps he fell into it again some how or other, and all they had done was presently knocked on the Head, and Temptations so strong were laid in his Way, as his weak Resolutions could not but yield to. Such was the Case of this poor unhappy young Man; and such is the Case of too many, who mind not their own Business and Duty either to God or Man, who break the Sabbath, and blaspheme the Name and Ordinances of God. That he has been a loose, idle young Man , straggling up and down the Town, he was so ingenuous as to own: And though I heard his own Friends to tell him, how often he had refused their Counsel, which designed only his own Good, and was intended to save him from Ruin, and to upbraid him for it, yet was he so tenacious of his own Secrets, as if he had been sworn to it, nor would heconfess any one Offence he had in his Life-time been guilty of; no, not so much as whether the Fact, for which he was convicted, was the first or not. However, it seems, it was the first Time he was taken, and that he might think much too soon, though no Body else should concur in Opinion with him; for the Hand of Justice now overtaking him, hath perhaps prevented further Mischiefs he might have been guilty of. After much Entreaty to be ingenuous, and being told it was the only Satisfaction he could make the World, for the Evils and Mischiefs he had been the Cause of in it: He confessed indeed that Fact with all its Circumstance, and owned every particular to be just that was alledged against him at his Trial; that he and another Man met the Prosecutor, and robbed him of a Silver Watch, and nineteen Shillings in Silver. But finding a Stir made about the Watch, and that it was advertised in the publick Papers, they were not a little alarmed, and thought proper to march off the Ground awhile, till the Scent was worn off, for they narrowly escaped being taken immediately, which raised their Fears, and set them a contriving how to get out of Harm's Way. At last they agreed both to go to Sea, and the other Man, he says, has been abroad ever since; but as to himself, he has been backward and forward several times in Town, and might have been taken before. And, he had hopes, as the Robbery had been committed so long ago, as July 22d, 1746, and he had heard no more of it, that the Storm had been blown over, and he had been pretty safe. But, since God had been pleased to order it otherwise, he declares himself content therewith, and resigned to his Will. He acknowledges the righteousness of his Judgments, and had he escaped this, he says, he had resolved within himself to do no more thus wickedly. As he expected nothing but Death, so he frequently prayed to God to fit him for it; asked Pardon for his Offences, and hoped that God wou'd have Mercy upon him thro' Jesus Christ. These are not the first, who have gone on their Crimes for Years, and at last met with their deserved Fate. And there are Numbers yet of the same Stamp, that Justice awaits, and must one Day meet with. For, scarce any warning can recall such, as have given themselves up to work all Uncleanness and Wickedness with Greediness. The frequent Examples, which are made of these Nusances to all Society and Laws, scarce lessens their Numbers.For now-a-days since Youth are trained up to Thievery as if it were permitted by us, as it was by the Spartan Law; whenever an old Offender, tho' perhaps a young Man, goes off the Stage, there's no want of another to succeed him. Uno avulso non defuit alter malus. And how infrequent is an Example of one, who is brought to condign Punishment, who will do any thing towards discovering Combinations in Wickedness, tho' never so well acquainted with them, or towards preventing evil Practices, tho' never so frequently or strenuously urged, and admonished to it. To such a Pitch is the Wickedness of these Men grown, so much do they suffer it to have the Dominion over them. But yet Vice and Injustice to our Neighbours, or Injury done to any Man, Profaneness and Debauchery, and such like, are Things so absolutely odious in their own Nature, that however they insinuate themselves into the Practice, yet they can never gain to themselves the Judgment and Approbation of Mankind. They who do evil, yet cannot but see, and approve what is good; and condemn in others what they blindly allow in themselves. For tho' Men rob and plunder others, or in any Shape injure a Man, they wou'd not choose to be so served themselves: Nay, frequent Instances occur, where they cannot choose but condemn themselves also, and that not without great Disorder and Uneasiness of Mind, in those very Things wherein they were wont to allow themselves. But when Men are so hardened, that they have no Stings of Conscience, no Remorse and Anguish of Mind, by reflecting afterwards on the Sins they have committed, this is the last and saddest Token of entire Subjection to Sin, which is absolute Enmity with God. And this makes the Sinner's Cafe very near desperate. This is that dreadful Hardness of Heart, in which a long Custom of finning does sometimes end, the conquering of which the Prophet Jeremiah resembles to a natural impossible; for Sin is in itself so base and dishonourable, is also attended with so many temporal Inconveniences, and will certainly be followed with so dreadful a Destruction hereafter, that he with whom these Things have no Weight, no not so far as to make him start at his Danger, or question his Security, or reproach himself for the doing what the Laws and Reasoning of all Mankind in all Ages have marked as infamous, such an one whose Conscience is thus feared as it were with a hot Iron, is above all othersthat can be named in the very Gall of Bitterness, and Bonds of Iniquity. When he is thus forsaken of God, and suffered to pursue his Follies with Blindness and Fury without Remorse, and without Reflection; if his Care is not quite desperate, yet is it a very forlorn one; and if the Power of Sin has not wholly destroyed the Man, it has certainly so endangered him, that he of all others must be looked upon as under the Dominion of Sin, against which David prayed heartily, and so would every Man that gives himself Time to think of these Things; for no Pleasure in Sin can countervail even those Stings and Remorses of Conscience, which must attend every acceptable Repentance. At the PLACE of EXECUTION. ABOUT Nine o'Clock, on Monday Morning last, Samuel Austin went in a Cart from Newgate to the Place of Execution, attended by a Draught of about forty Men of the Second Regiment of Foot Guards, to that Place; and afterwards to a Place called Shepherd's Bush , where his Body was hanged up in Chains. And between Nine and Ten o'Clock on Wednesday Morning, James Walker and William Wardlow went, the former in a Mourning Coach, and the latter in a Cart, to the Place of Execution, They behaved decently, and having joined in Prayer with me for some Time, were turned off, to the last Calling on God to have Mercy on them. 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 Tyburn, on Friday the 29th of January, 1713/1714. AT the General Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-baily, on Friday the 15th, Saturday the 16th, Monday the 18th, and Tuesday the 19th instant, Nine Men that were convicted of several Capital Crimes, receiv'd Sentence of Death accordingly. Of these 2 being Repriev'd, 7 are now order'd for Execution: which I wish may prove an effectual Warning to other Offenders. On the Lord's Day the 17th instant I preach'd to them, both in the Morning and Afternoon, being a Continuation of my Sermons preach'd the Sunday before, and the Text taken out of the Epistle appointed for that Day, viz. Rom. 12. 1. 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. Which Words having first explain'd in general, I then proceeded to consider in particular, I. The Force of the Preface, couch'd in these words, I beseech you, Brethren, by the Mercies of God; the very Name, Brethren, being a Term most pathetick and most winning, and the Mercies of God, most proper to perswade; forasmuch as they are so excellent, that if the Angels themselves were to preach to us, and invite us to the Belief of the Gospel, and the Practice of the Holy Precepts therein, they could not (in their Perswasives) fly higher than those transcendent Mercies. II. The Meaning and Import of this Exhortation of the Apostle, That Men should present their Bodies a Living Sacrifice, Holy, Acceptable to God. III. and lastly, The strong Motive or Argument by him urg'd herein, viz. That this is a Reasonable (or Rational) Service. On these Heads I enlarg'd; shewing both the great Duty here requir'd of us Christians, and the blessed Reward attending the faithful Performance of it; our Defects wherein should therefore be carefully made up by Faith, Repentance, and Amendment of Life, which are Graces we ought earnestly to pray for, if ever we desire, or can expect, to have our Sins pardon'd here, and our Souls eternally sav'd hereafter. On the last Lord's Day, the 24th instant, I preach'd again to them, viz. in the Forenoon, upon part of the first Lesson for that Morning-Service, Gen. 1. 27. So God created Man in his own Image; in the Image of God created He him: Male and Female created He them. After a general Explanation of these words, I did (in a particular and distinct manner) discourse upon the following Points, arising from them, viz. I. The Power And, II. The Goodness of GOD, manifested, 1. In his Wonderful Creation and Formation of Man's Body. 2. In his Breathing into it a Spiritual Substance, even an Immortal Soul, capable of conversing with GOD, and contemplating the Life to come. Having spoken to each of those Heads and Particulars, I drew from the Whole some few practical Inferences, such as these; which I shall here set down, without being too curious in the Order of them. 1st, That as God has thus manifested his great Power, Wisdom, and Goodness to us, so we ought to admire, love, adore, and serve Him with all the Faculties and Powers of our Bodies, and of our Souls; which He has made for that very End and Purpose. 2dly, That as our Bodies are curiously fram'd, and have visible Marks of God's Infinite Power and Goodness stampt upon them, so we should take a mighty care not to defile, abuse, and debase them to the vile Drudgery of Sin, as Intemperance, Uncleanness, and the like. 3dly, That as our Bodies are indued with a Rational Soul (an Immortal Spirit) which is no less than the Breath of God, and is properly his own Image; so we should let these Souls of ours ascend up unto Heaven, and fix upon the Contemplation of those Divine Objects there, suitable to their Spiritual Nature; and never suffer them to stoop to the sinful Enjoyments of Sense, and the feculent and paultry Pleasures of this Mortal Life. 4thly, That our Souls and Bodies being such Monuments of the Divine Power, Wisdom, and Goodness; we should therefore frequently view and consider them, and seriously reflect upon the wonderful Work of God in our Frame and Composition, and not be such Strangers to our selves, as we generally are; but think our selves worthy of our own Thoughts, always remembring what we were made for, and endeavouring to attain the highest Improvements of our Nature, and take such Observation of our own Failings, as to amend and rectifie (with all speed) whatever is amiss in us, and do better for the future. 5thly, That from the Consideration of God's Power and Goodness in the Creation of Mankind, we may learn, How much we are bound to love every Man, and look upon him as our Brother, having the same Heavenly Father; and therefore should deal justly and kindly with him at all times; and when we have been so unhappy, as to injure any one, either in his Body, Goods, or Name, make him all possible Amends and Reparation. But some Injuries there may be that are irreparable, as in the Case of Murder; which, because no proportionable Reparation can be made for it, is certainly the greatest and most heinous of all Injuries that can be offer'd to Human Nature. 6thly, and lastly, That upon the whole, we should impartially consider now what our Condition will be hereafter, and what Account we must, in the other Life, render to God of the Talent He has imparted to us in this: What due Improvement we have made of our Time: How we have answer'd the great End of our Creation, Preservation, and Redemption, and all other the Spiritual and Temporal Favours by Him continually confer'd upon us, whose Nature (with exception of all other visible Creatures) He has enobled with Reason and Understanding, by which we are capacitated to comprehend Things of Religion, and rightly know and adore Him, in whom, and by whom, and from whom alone we live, and move, and have a Being here, and may obtain an Eternal Well-being hereafter. On these I enlarg'd; and in the Afternoon preach'd again to the Condemn'd, and others then present, and then took my Text out of the Epistle appointed for the Day, viz. 1 Cor. 9. the latter part of the 24th Verse - So run that ye may obtain. Which Words I first explain'd in general, with their Context; shewing the Relation or Allusion they have to those publick Games of Racing and Wrestling so much in use among the Greeks and Romans of old, and so well known to the Corinthians, to whom the Apostle writes this Precept. Then I proceeded to consider in particular, That the Christian Life is properly compar'd to a Race, wherein we are not to stand still, nor turn aside, neither walk only, but run, and strive, be quick and active in our Motion, while we are on our Journey here below, till we arrive at the Place of our Everlasting Rest above, and there receive the Prize, viz. an Immortal Crown of Bliss and Glory, propounded to us, as a gracious Reward for our sincere Endeavours, and constant Labours in running the Race that is set before us, and making full Speed in the Way of GOD, and in the Path of his holy Commandments, as the Scripture teaches us. To illustrate this Proposition, and set the Text still in a clearer Light, I shew'd distinctly, I. Who they are that are here commanded to Run; viz. All Men; for all are Viatores, or Travellers in this Vale of Tears. II. The Duty; which is, That we must Run our Race. And this implies both the Labour and Shortness of our Life here. 1st, The Labour; in that we are not to rest, nor go softly, but Run; yea, run apace. 2dly, The Shortness; in that it is but a Race: A Place not very long, but of a measur'd Extent, the Beginning and End whereof may both be seen at once. III. The Manner to be observ'd, and Means to be us'd, in this our Christian Race, thro' the whole Course of our Life; which consist chiefly in these two; viz. 1. A Due Preparation before 2. A Right Disposition in this Race. IV. and lastly, The Mark set in our View for our Encouragement and Support, which is, an immarcescible and incorruptible Crown, that fadeth not away, reserved in Heaven for us; as the Apostle speaks, 1 Pet. 5. 4. Having largely and particularly spoken to those Points, I concluded both this and other my Sermons (preach'd before these Condemn'd Persons) with suitable Exhortations to them; whom I then constantly visited, 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, which they seem'd to be very attentive to: And in my private Examinations of them severally, they gave me the respective Accounts of their former Lives and present Dispositions, which follow. 1. Francis Gosling , condemn'd for the Murder of John Hutton , a Seaman . He said, he was 21 years of age, born at Greenwich in Kent : That he had serv'd his Apprentiship with his own Father, a Waterman of that Place; and after that went to Sea , and serv'd sometimes in Her Majesty's Royal Navy, and at other times on board Merchant-men, for these 8 years past. He confess'd, That he had liv'd a vicious Life, and committed some small Robberies heretofore, as stealing Oars, Sails, &c. out of Watermen's Boats, Barges, Lighters, &c. but could give no account of them. And as to this barbarous and bloody Fact, for which he stood condemn'd, I perceiv'd he endeavour'd to extenuate and lessen his Guilt of it, saying, He did not commit it himself, nor laid violent hands upon the Deceased; yet acknowledg'd, that he so far assisted in it, that while John Shaw was knocking him down, and Peter Furlow cutting his Throat, himself was in the Boat with them, rowing along and seeing what they did; but knew not whether it was a premeditated thing in them; or, that finding an Opportunity to do that wicked Deed, it came on the sudden into their Mind to do it. As for himself, he said, he knew nothing before of the Man, nor of any Design they had either to murder or rob him, till he saw them kill him and search him, and take what they found about him. But he own'd, That himself took the Coat of that poor Man, as being better than that he had on, which he left in the room of it; and then they all went away, and left the Boat, and the dead Man in it; Shaw and Furlow giving him 40 or 50 Shillings of the Money; he was not positive how much, for he did not exactly tell it. This is the Substance of what he confess'd to me, who found him a stupify'd, harden'd, and obstinate Sinner. While he lay under Condem nation he was taken so ill, that one could hardly speak to him, or receive any Answer from him: And this his Illness (as I suppose) did arise, not so much from the Closeness and Loathsomness of the Condemn'd Hold or Dungeon he was kept in, as from the dismal Fears and Horrors he felt in his Guilty Conscience: Which may be a Warning, as to all other Offenders in general, so to Murderers in particular, who (I am afraid) do often out-sin Mercy, in rejecting the Means of Grace, and dying without Repentance. Whether this was altogether the miserable Case of this unhappy Wretch, I will not here determine; but am sorry I must say, that from his whole Behaviour I could not observe he griev'd and repented as he should have done. N B. Peter Furlow being apprehended and committed to Newgate last Wednesday Night, I had him brought up (with the Condemn'd Prisoners) to the Chapel the next Morning: After Divine Service was over there, I took him with Gosling into my Closet, and there the said Gosling charg'd him home with the Murder of John Hutton ; telling him to his face, That he cut the said Hutton's Throat, after John Shaw had knock'd him down, and broke his Scull. Which having said, I ask'd Furlow, What he said to that? He answer'd, He never saw John Hutton , nor John Shaw in his Life, nor was then in the Boat with Gosling. But Gosling persisted in this his Declaration; and upon my Admonishing him to speak the Truth, whatever it was, he protested (upon his Eternal Salvation, and as he was a Dying Man) That this Furlow was the very Person that cut Hutton's Throat, as he had said before. 2. William Whitmore , condemn'd for Breaking and Entring the House of Mr. John Nott , at midnight, and taking from thence two Brass-Slays or Reeds, and one Wooden Shuttle, on the 13th of December last. He said, he was about 30 years of age, born at a Place call'd Blywith in Mansfield Parish in Nottinghamshire : That he had serv'd his Apprentiship with a Weaver at Nottingham , and when out of his Time, listed himself a Souldier , and serv'd several Years in the Regiment of Dragoons under the Command of Colonel Howard and Major Lawrence, and was in the Battel of Almaza, where he receiv'd several Wounds, and was taken Prisoner by the French: That being afterwards set at liberty, and come again into England , he return'd to his Regiment (then in Scotland ) from which he was discharg'd about two Years ago: That when he had his Discharge he came up to London , and then work'd at his Trade (as a Journey-man) with a Weaver in that Place. He confess'd he was Guilty of the Fact for which he now lay under Condemnation; and likewise of the two single Felonies he was convicted of; but protested his Innocence of the other Felony he was try'd for, and acquitted of, at the same time; which was, the Stealing of a Cloth Coat from Mr. John Mason . And he further declar'd to me, That tho' he had been an ill Liver many other ways, yet was not a Thief, till he became acquainted (in August last) with the Person that made himself an Evidence against him. Whether it was so or no, I can't tell; but this I know, That I found it very hard to work any good upon him, so perverse and so obstinate he was. 3. Joseph Baily was indicted and condemn'd for three Robberies which he committed; First, in Breaking the House of Mr. John Hall , and stealing thence 8 Shirts, and other Linnen, &c. on the 17th of October last: Secondly, in Breaking and Entring the Shop of Mrs. Katherine Hopley , and taking from thence several pair of Shoes, on the 12th of December last, in the Night-time: And thirdly, in stealing a great quantity of Thread-Stockings out of the Shop of Mr. Thomas Allen , on the 6th instant. The two former of these Facts he readily confess'd, but the latter he at first deny'd, yet afterwards own'd his being Guilty of it. He said, he was about 20 years of age, born in Barbican , in the Parish of St. Botolph Aldersgate , London : That he was bound Apprentice to a Weaver , but did not serve out his time: That he went to Sea , and soon after return'd to London , where he exercis'd the wicked Art of picking of Pockets, and so proceeded to House-breaking; yet he said, he never broke any other House but those which the Evidence that cast him, prompted him to, and he is now to die for. He confess'd he had liv'd a loose Life; breaking and prophaning the Lord's Day; Swearing, Cursing, Drinking, and the like; and that by these, and all other his Sins, he had so provok'd GOD, that he greatly fear'd the Punishment he deserv'd to undergo in the other World. And thus it generally proves with wicked Men, who having greatly abus'd God's Mercy, find great cause to dread the Severity of his Justice; the thought of which must needs be most terrible, when Death is making its gastly Approach to them. 4. Thomas Blank , condemn'd for being concern'd with the above-mention'd Joseph Baily , in Robbing Mrs. Hopley's Shop; of which Fact he confess'd himself Guilty, but at the same time protested it was the first of that nature he ever committed. He said, he was 22 Years of age, born in Aldersgate-street , London ; That he serv'd almost 5 Years of his Apprentiship with a Waterman at Greenwich , to whom he was bound for seven; and then ran away from his Master, having got the Foul Disease (the Fruit of his lewd Life) which he was not willing should come to his said Master's Ear; and so went to Sea , serving on board several Men of War; and at his Return made it his Business (as he had done before) to pick Pockets and pilfer. He was very ignorant, yet sensible he had greatly offended GOD. 5. John Bear , alias Dabis , condemn'd for taking a Silver-hilted Sword, value 3 l. from James Mercer Esq ; in High-Holborn , on the 14th instant, which he confess'd. He said, he was but 19 years of age, born in the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields ; That he served his Apprentiship with his Father, a Glover in that Parish: That afterwards he work'd Journey-work , but that was a very little time; for he grew idle, and gave himself to Pilfering, Pocket-picking, &c. owning particularly that he had stoln small Sums of Money, several times, both from his Mother and Aunt. He confess'd also, that some Years ago he committed a Felony (viz. the Stealing 10 Sword-blades out of Mr. Thomas Jackson 's Shop, on the 26th of March 1712.) and was whipp'd for it; and after that proceeded to the commission of a bolder and worse Fact, which was, his Assaulting Mr. Robert Hodson on the Queen's Highway, and taking from him a Silver-hilted Sword, value 50 s. on the 25th of February, 1712/1713 for which Fact he receiv'd Sentence of Death at the Old-baily, on the 27th of the same Month; and some time after obtain'd the QUEEN's gracious Pardon, which he pleaded there on the 12th of August last; and (according to the Condition of that Pardon) was to transport himself within six months after, out of HER MAJESTY's Dominions in Europe. But it seems he was not like to have comply'd with that Condition; for tho' the time was near expir'd, yet he could not positively say that he had, as yet, lookt or made any Provision for his Passage. He was very ignorant, and could not read; nevertheless he seem'd to have some good Desires, and begg'd of me to pray to GOD for him. 6. Thomas Jay , condemn'd for Breaking the House, not of Mr. John Chamberlain , (as he said) but of Mr. Chamberlain's Mother, on the 1st instant, and taking from thence some Linnen, three Cloth-Coats, and other Wearing Apparel, belonging partly to her, and partly to the said Mr. Chamberlain her Son. He said, he was something above 23 years of age, born at Fawnham in Herefordshire : That he never learnt any Trade, but serv'd several Gentlemen as their Footman , alternately, first in the Country, and then here in London and Westminster , and last at Greenwich ; and never stole any thing from them, or any relating to them, except Mrs. Chamberlain, whose Daughter, (Mrs. Overton) that then lodg'd at her House, he had formerly been a Servant to. Which Robbery he committed when in Drink, and out of meer Spight and Revenge; as thinking he had been too hardly us'd in that Family, tho' not by his Mistress, who (he said) was a very good Mistress, and very kind to him. And this he protested was the very first Fact of this nature he ever did, and was now heartily sorry he had done it, and humbly begg'd Pardon for it. 7. Francis Collings , alias Howell , condemn'd for Stealing a Horse of Mr. William Jarvis . He said, he was about 21 years of age, born at Lemster in the County of Meath in Ireland : That he was born, brought up, and resolv'd to die in the Romish Religion ; and so desir'd me to force nothing upon his Belief, but only pray for his Soul. I told him, That I was earnestly concern'd for his Eternal Salvation, and therefore would offer nothing to him but what was purely tending to it. And here I ask'd him, Whether he could Pray? Whether he could say the Lord's Prayer, or any Prayer? He said, He could say his Credo, and that was the only Prayer (as he call'd it) he knew by heart. I desir'd he would rehearse it before me; which he did in broken Latin. Then I further desir'd, That he would let me hear him say the same in English; but he answer'd, He could not: Which having a mind to try, I pitch'd upon (and propos'd to him) these two or three first Words of the Creed, Credo in Deum Patrem -, and asked him, Whether he understood what they signified? To which he replied, That he did not, for he was no Scholar. No more was he indeed, for he could not so much as read. Yet this I must needs say of him, that he appear'd to be serious and devout, and to give attention to the excellent Prayers of our Church, and to my ghostly Admonitions. He also readily confess'd, that he was Guilty of the Fact for which he stood condemn'd; but said, it was his first; and, that he had served several Gentlemen, both in Ireland and in England, and never wrong'd them of any thing, nor any other Person before. At the usual Place of Execution, to which these seven Criminals were this day carried from Newgate , in three Carts, I attended and assisted them for the last time, exhorting them more and more to stir up their Hearts to GOD in Faith and Repentance: I pray'd, and sung some Penitential Psalms with them, and made them repeat the Apostles Creed, and then wishing they might obtain that Forgiveness of Sins, and that Eternal Life which they had now made a Profession of believing; and further recommending their departing Souls to the All-sufficient Grace and Boundless Mercy of GOD, I left them to their private Devotions, for which they had some small time allow'd 'em. Then the Cart drew away, and they were all turn'd off, while calling upon GOD to have Mercy upon their Souls. After Francis Gosling was ty'd up, he declar'd again, That John Shaw knockt down John Hutton and broke his Scull, and Peter Furlow cut his Throat. This is all the Account which the present Time will permit me to give of these Malefactors; other Religious Services I am to perform (both To morrow and the next Day) coming so close upon me, PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Friday, Jan. 29. 1713/1714. 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. 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Just Publish'd the 9th Edition of THE WHIGS Unmask'd; or, The Calves-head-Club farther expos'd; in a full Account of the Rise and Progress of that impious Society, since their horrid Rebellion in Forty-One. With all the Treasonable Ballads, sung by the villanous Whigs, as Anthems, on the 30 of January. Much enlarg'd by an impartial Account of all the Plots and Conspiracies form'd by the Low-Church-Faction, against the Queen and present Ministry. With Animadversions in Prose and Verse. Adorn'd with curious Cuts, by the best Hands. To which are added, several Characters by that most ingenious Poet, Sir John Denham . And the Hellish Mysteries of the Old Republicans, set forth in Vindication of King Charles the first, by Mr. Samuel Butler , Author of Hudibras. London printed, and are to be sold by J. Morphew near Stationers-hall.

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The Whole LIFE and Conversation, Birth, Parentage, and Educations. OF Thomas Browning , and Jeremiah Clark . Who was Executed on Tuesday the 27th of May, at TYBURN Two notorious House Brakers, with their Tryals, at the Old Bayly , Behavour under Sentence of Death, and Last Dying Speeches at the Place of Execution, together with the Substance of the Condemn'd Sermon Preacht to them the Sunday before. By Paul Larrain , Ordinaray of Newgate . To which is added the Coppy of Verses Spoken by the Bell-Man under Newgate the Night before they Dyed, as also the Coppy of Verses Spoken to the Dying Criminals over St. Sepulkers Church Wall when going to the place of Execution. Licensed and Entered according to Act of Parliament. London: Printed by J. Smith, near Fleet-street. 1712. THE Whole Lives, and Conversation, Birth, Parentage and Educations of Jeremiah Clark , and Thomas Browning , who was Executed at Tyburn , on Tuesday the 27th. O May, 1712. AT the Sessions held at the Old Baily , on Wednesday April 30 th, and Thursday and Fryday being the 1 and 2d Days of May, their was Seven Person Condemn'd, five whereof was Repriv'd, and two was ordered to be Executed, viz Thomas Rawson , alis Browning , and Jeremiah Clark . Thomas Rowson alis Browning , Aged 24 Years born at Cambridg , his Father was a Butcher, who afterwards came to sel meat in Spittlefields Market, and bound this his Son Aprentice to one Mr. Will on an eminent Tripe Man living at the corner of old Street over against the Charter-house Garding wall where he served six years of his time without committing any crime, other ways then what is incedent to youth not wronging his said Master and Mistris b Behaved himself indiferently to them and to all his fellow Servants, at length he grew something head strong and Proegal, and his Master indureing to admonish him, he instead of imbraceing his Honest Perswasions in observing his duty and business better, he resented his seasonable advice so ill that he went away from his said Master, who got a Warrant to retake him, upon which he was sent to New Prison, afterwards he got aquainted with ill company and was in the Commitment of everal Robberys wholly declining working any good advice, but prefissed in all manner of prophane Living, being often in Prison, sometimes makeing himself an evidence get off, and sometimes was sent for a Soler, yet returning again his old course of ing, at length Richard Gratrix and Thomas owning, of the Parish of St. John Hacky , were indicted for Braking the house of Mr. Hunt, on the 7 of April last in the Day e, and stealing a Silver Watch, and Plate a Considerable Value, the goods of the Mr. Hunt. The Evidence was a Servant id, who being in the Wash house near the window, the Prisoner came and fell into with her, asking her divers frivolous questions; and after a while went away. After which they came again, and only Gratrix talked with her, Browning being out of Sight, and soon after both went away: Maid beginning to mistrust some Robbery, cry'd out, and and they were pursu'd taken, with the goods upon Browning. it was found open'd a Casement and in. They were at some Distance when n, and Gratrix fir'd a Pistol at the Man who took him, and had Tinder, Match Candle, Powder and Ball found upon hi Browning own'd he went into the house, a took the Goods but deny'd the Burglary the other said he was seeking for desert Soldiers for the Marshal at the Savoy, a they pretended not to know each other; b being both known to be old Offende Browning was found guilty of the indiment, and the other left Special. Jeremiah Clark was aged 17 Years, born of honest Parents, his Father is a Butcher Living in Newgate Market and hath been wild and Extravagant Youth, to the Gr of his Parents and hath been in Newgate several times before yet would not ta warning by it. Jeremiah Clark was indicted for Breaking the house of Henry Godwin in the day time, on the 6th of April last, and taking thence a Silver Monteth, and several other Goods to a considerable Value. The Evidence was very positive that he open'd Sash; and he having nothing to the purpose to say for himself, was found guilty of Burglary. On Sunday Morning was a Sermon Precht to them n these Words. The Lord is known to execute Judg the ungodly is Trapped in the work of his own ds. Psalm the 9. verse the 10. N which words he shewed them, that tho God often Mitigated his severity and averted his Justice with merey yet the hardened and wicked finer commonly Trapt or betrayed in the midst of his secret Crimes, when he thinks himself most sere, and can expect in any unjust or unlawfull Method, nothing but shame attends him here and without a hearty Contrition eternal Punishment hereafter laying before them the Necessity of a sincere returning to God by faïth and Repentance to which ey give great attention; in the afternoon was precht them this Text. Psalm 62. verse the 10. Trust then in wrong and Robbery, give not your selves unanity and Riches set not your hearts upon them. From which words he plainly laid open to them great danger of invollving themselves as they had willfully done against the light of Common knowledge and moral honesty, and their own reason in wicked ways as wrong and Robbery, for which must whilst here seek forgiveness first of God, also of those they had injured, and if not Cale of making Restituation they might in some sure do it by Revealing where some of their ds was, he also exhorted them to Repentance which was the only atonement for their Sins. The Coppy of Verses Spoken by the Bell-man under Newgate the Night before they dyed. ALL you that in the condemned Hole do lye. Prepare' your selves to Morow you must Dye Senceariy pray for now the time draws near That you before Gods Judgments must appear Therefore whilst you have Life your Sins repent To scape the wrath of future Punishmenr And when St. Sepulchers great Bell doth Tole, Sweet Jesus Christ Receive your precious Soul. The Verses Spoken by the Bell-man o St. Sepulchers Church Wall. UN happy Mortals going now to Death Pray for your Souls whilst you have breath Tis but some moments space and you must dye, Go pray to live with Eternity. Tis for your sins, this wicked world you leave Then pray that Jesus Christ will you receive, Who dyed to save each sinner from endless wo Then pray, O pray when to the gates you go, Of boundless mercy Christ may let you in And save and heal you from all deadly Sin. The Last Dying Speech that they made at the Place of Excecution On the 27. of May. They were both convayed to Tyburn , rk in a Coach and Browning in a Cart who lemented much desired the Spectaters to pray for him being come to place of Excecution the Ordinary asisted them with his yers, and prayed with, and for them, where Browning beled himself with Tears and desired the Spectaters to pray him over and over weeping and wringing his Hands say, he prayed them all to be warned by this his untimely , which he Rightly deserved ading he was but 24 Years of Age yet had he been a great Sinner and own'd himself ty of the Fact he was to Dye for, and many others say have slighted the Mercy of God and the Bench, and I e forgiveness of all the World, as I hope to be forgiven God so I Dye in Charity with all people, and if my Life been spared at this I had Resolved with Gods assistance have abounded all my Evil Copmany and wicked ways trust in my Saviour Jesus Christ, by his Death for the ision of my Sins that I shall be lenched from hence to a essed eternity by the pious asistance of this good Man Mr. rrain, who hath been the Cheif instremnet of my Endless God be his Reward I have Transposed and offended st Gods Laws, and the Laws of Men by drinking swearing Lewdness, Sabeth breaking and all Sins, Murder except, and I trust I Dye with a Heart taught with true and und Repentance and I am Certain tho my Sins was as Red Scarlet my Saviour will make them as White as Snow did he again desire their prayers. Jeremiah Clark , desired people not to Reflect on his par for his fatal Death but did not appear so very penetent e other did, who often prayed the young Men to avoyed Sins which had cut him off in the Prime of his Dayes desired the Spectaters to pray for him over and over, much that the poor penetent Browning occasioned Tears to fall from many People Eyes for him, then was a penetent Psalm sung and Time alowed them for there private devotion in which Lawson was very fervenr, 'tis hoped Clark was also. In fine they was Penitent and wept bitterly, and after a penitential Psalm was sung and some time allowed them for their private Devotion, as they was calling upon God Hymns and such like Ejaculations, as Lord have Mercy on me a Sinner. Lord Jesus suffer me not to perish Eternaly; Lord open thy Gates of Mercy to me a Sinner, so Lord Jesus I come I come. And so the Cart dr away, and they lancht into Eternity. A 'tis hope'd are happy. This is all the Account that can be giv of these Dying Criminals. By Paul Larrain Ordinary of Newgate . FINIS.

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The ORDINARY of NEWGATE his Account of the Behaviour, Confession, and Last Speech of George Skelthorp , that was Executed at Tyburn , on Wednesday the 23d of March, 1708/1709. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Wednesday the 2d, and Thursday the 3d, and then adjourn'd to Thursday the 10th day of March 1708-9, Seven Persons being found Guilty of Death, received Sentence accordingly. Of these 7, One only is order'd for Execution, and the other Six have obtain'd a gracious Reprieve; which I hope they will take care to improve into further Mercy. As soon as they were cast for their Lives, I constantly attended them every day: And upon each of the following Solemn Days, viz. 1. Sunday the 6th. 2. Tuesday, the Anniversary of Her Majesty's Accession to the Throne, being the 8th. 3. Ashwednesday the 9th. 4. Sunday the 13th. 5. Sunday the 20th.of this instant March, I preach'd to them and others then present, both in the Mornings and Afternoons, upon these several Texts. 1. Upon Job 14. 14. If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change come. 2. Upon Psal. 40.16. Let all those that seek Thee, rejoyce and be glad in Thee: Let such as love Thy Salvation, say continually, The Lord be magnify'd. 3. Upon Isai. 55. 6 & 7. 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 thoughts, and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. 4. Upon Luke 24. 46 & 47. (Part of the 2d Morning-Lesson). 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 amongst all Nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 5. Upon Prov. 28. 13. He that covers his Sins shall not prosper: But whoso confesses and forsakes them, shall have Mercy. I shall not here (as I usually do in the like Cases) set down the Heads of those Sermons: That would make this Paper of a larger Extent then I intend it. This only I shall observe, That I concluded every one of those ten Set Discourses with such an Extempore Exhortation and Application, as I thought most suitable to the Condemned; whom I visited and pray'd with in the Chapel twice every day, and had sometimes under private Examination. And then it was that I received from George Skelthorp his Confession, as hereafter follows. This George Skelthorp , the only Person that is now to suffer, was try'd upon two Indictments, and found guilty of both. The first was for assaulting William Hills , upon the QUEEN's High-way (that is in the Streets from the Strand through the New Buildings to Covent-garden ) and taking from him 4 s. 6 d. on the 18th of February last. The other Indictment was for his assaulting James Booker on the 27th of the said Month of February, and taking from him a Gold-Ring, a Muslin Neck-Cloth, and 10 s. in Money, in or about the same place, where he had committed the former Robbery. The Account that he gave me, First, of himself; and then of what has a relation to those Facts of which he was accus'd, and for which he was condemn'd, was this: First, As to himself; He said, he was about 25 years of age, born at St. Edmunds Bury , in the County of Suffolk ; That he had been for a time a Domestick Servant in the Families of some Gentlemen, both in the Country and here in Town, and for above these Seven years last past, in the QUEEN's Service , first in Ireland , in the Regiment of Colonel Granfield, in Captain North's Company; and then in Flanders in the same Regiment, and afterwards here in HER MAJESTY's First Regiment of Foot-Guards, in Brigadier Totton's Company: That as he had not had much Education in Matters of Religion, and knew very little of that which is a great Help thereto (viz. Reading) but what he had of himself pickt up of late; so he was easily induced to a Loose Life of Drinking, Whoring, and Breaking the Sabbath-day, and totally neglecting the Service of God. All which heinous and crying Sins were now very grievous to him, and lay very heavy upon his Conscience. Secondly, As to what concern'd the Facts for which he was to die; he deny'd his being guilty of them, or of any Crime that should have brought him before any Justice; but this only, That he knowing the time when, and the places where some Sodomites were resorting about Covent-Garden , he went to stand in their Way, and when any of them would (as they often did) carry him to a By-place thereabouts to commit their foul Acts with him, he went with them; and then he taking hold of them, threaten'd them, that he would presently bring them before a Justice, unless they gave him Satisfaction. By which means (he said) he got a great deal of Money at several times, of such Persons; who rather than suffer themselves to be exposed (some of them being Men of good appearance) gave him either Money, Rings, or Watches, or what else they had then about them. Which he would fain perswade me was the only thing that had brought this Prosecution upon him; acknowledging at the same time, that it was just with God thus to punish him, for having concealed and conniv'd at those foul Acts, which he easily might have discover'd and brought to Justice, as he ought to have done. But the Love of filthy Lucre had kept him from it; though it had not as yet (but he could not tell whether if he had gone on in that Trade, it would not at last have) brought him to yield to their lewd and foul Practices. This is the Substance of what he said; adding only as to this Matter, That there was a certain publick House about Covent-Garden, where he knew those Sodomites us'd frequently to meet, and had seen some of them there several times. And it now repented him, that he had not made a Discovery of them, as he often had fair opportunities for it. He seem'd all along, from the time of his Trial to that of his Death, to be very willing both to learn and practice those Religious Duties, which (by his own Confession) he he had too much neglected before. He desired both my Instructions and Prayers, which he had, and I hope were not bestow'd in vain. But God knows the Heart of Man. He was very attentive to the Word of God, when read and expounded to him; and I could not observe any thing in his Behaviour, but what was becoming a Man under his sad Circumstances. He pray'd very earnestly to God for the Pardon of his Sins; and declar'd, that he forgave all his Enemies, and dy'd in Charity with all Men. When he was carry'd this Day from Newgate in a Cart to the Place of Execution, I met him there, and discharged, for the last time, my Ministerial Office to him. I exhorted him more and more to repent and clear his Conscience before he dy'd. To which he return'd this answer, That he repented with all his heart of all the Sins that he ever had committed, and trusted in God for Mercy, through the Merits of Jesus Christ. And here he further declar'd, That what he had told me before was true; and, That his Guilt was no other than he had then confess'd to me. After this I pray'd and sung some Penitential Psalms with him: I made him rehearse the Articles of our Christian Faith: And then he said, That by the Grace of God he would die in that Faith, and hop'd for Eternal Life and Salvation. Then he spoke to the People to this effect, That he had serv'd the QUEEN seven Years, and been in five Campaigns; That he had been a wild Young-man, and would be rambling abroad instead of going to Church: That tho' he was not guilty of those Robberies for which he was now to suffer, (that is to say, just in the manner as they were sworn against him) yet as he had greatly offended God, so God had justly brought him to this his Shameful and Untimely End. This he acknowledg'd. Now there being (it seems) one of the Witnesses that had sworn against him, close by the Cart, he was entring upon a Discourse with him in his own Justification of the Facts he was charg'd withal; but upon my telling him, That this was not a proper Time and Place to reflect upon any body but himself; and, That he should consider the few minutes he had now to live in this World, and think on that Great GOD, before whose Tribunal he was just going to appear, &c. he presently return'd to his Prayers, That God would be pleas'd to forgive him a great Sinner. He desir'd all Young Men, and others, to take Warning by him, and avoid his Sins, that they might not come to the like Condemnation. Sometimes he would express some uneasiness for his not having had the same Mercy shewn him as the other six Persons that receiv'd Sentence with him: But being made sensible, that his Crimes appear'd greater than theirs, he seem'd to be more satisfied, and acquiesce in the Justice of his Condemnation. He solemnly (and that more than twice) declar'd here, That he died in Charity with all the World, and freely forgave all those that had done him any Injury, as he desir'd to have Forgiveness at God's Hand. This being done, I retired; and after some further time allow'd him for his private Devotions, the Cart drew away, and he was turn'd off; all the while calling upon God in these and the like Ejaculations, Lord JESUS have mercy upon me! Lord receive my Soul, &c. This is all the Account here to be given of this Dying Person, by PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary of Newgate . March 23. 1708/1709. ADVERTISEMENT. ROBERT WHITLEDGE , who formerly lived at the Bible in Creed-Lane , is removed to the Bible and Ball in Ave-Mary-Lane , near Ludgate , where all Booksellers and others may be furnisht with Bibles and Common-Prayers of all Sorts, with Cuts or without, Ruled or Unruled, Bound in Turky Leather or Plai. 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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 Mouths 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 heatty 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. 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 April, 1742. BEING THE SECOND EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honble . Sir Robert Godschall , Knt . Number II. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M,DCC,XLII. (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 . Sir ROBERT GODSCHALL , Kt . Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Hon. Mr. Justice PARKER, the Hon. Mr. Justice WRIGHT, the Hon. Mr. Baron ABNEY, the Hon. Sir JOHN STRANGE , Knt . Recorder, the Right 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 Friday, the 15th, Saturday the 16th, Monday the 18th, and Tuesday the 19th, of January, 1741-2, in the 15th Year of his Majesty's Reign. Five Men, viz. Thomas Pinks , Stephen Jenkins , Joseph Pig , Jesse Welden , and Christopher Jordan ; also two Women, viz. Eleanor Brown and Margaret Lumley were by the Jury convicted of capital Crimes, and received Sentence of Death. 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. Baron CARTER, the Hon. Mr. Baron ABNEY; the Hon. Mr. Justice BURNET; 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 Wednesday the 24th, Thursday the 25th, Friday the 26th, and Saturday the 27th of February 1741-2, in the 15th Year of his Majesty's Reign. Five Men, viz. Alexander Afflack , John Lowden , Robert Lloyd , William Plummer , and Morgan or Martin Newland , were by the Jury convicted of capital Crimes, and received Sentence of Death. While under Sentence, they were instructed from these Words, Whoso offereth Praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his Conversation aright will I shew the Salvation of God, Psalm l. 23. From whence I took Occasion to show, that in all our Actions, and through all the Events of Life, it was our indispensable Duty to acknowledge the Goodness of Almighty God, to magnify and adore him for his inestimable Love vouchsafed to us, in sending his only begotten Son into the World to die for our Sins, and to offer up himself a Sacrifice, as an Attonement to reconcile incensed Divine Justice, and miserable lost Man. As they were all convicted for Theft and Robbery, I thought it not improper to lay before them in the strongest Terms, the unlawfulness of the Sin of Coveteousness, and to shew them how directly contrary the Commission of that Sin was to the express Commands of God, and the Duties taught by Scripture, thro' every Stage of Life. Even in our early Days we are taught in our Catechism not to covet or desire other Men's Goods, but to learn and labour truly to get our own Livings, and to do our Duty in that State of Life unto which it shall please God to call us; the coveting after the perishing Riches and fading Enjoyments of this World can afford us no real Satisfaction, but on the contrary load us with Cares, Troubles, and Anxieties of Soul and Conscience, they are such Acts of Injustice as make Men odious to God, and unfit for human Society; and besides the dreadful Punishment of an hereafter, they are here subject to Pains and Penalties, even Death itself. As they had but a short Time to live in this World, they were seriously and fervently desired to prepare for their Reception in the next, and to think seriously of that great Change which in a very few Moments they must of Necessity make. In order to which they should not only reflect with Horror on the Wickedness and Sinfulness of their Lives, of the innumerable Instances of their having broken the Commands of Almighty God, and thereby rendered themselves liable to Divine Wrath and Vengeance, both in this Life and that which is to come: But that they should also on Reflection turn unto God with their whole Hearts, humbly implore the Divine Goodness to have Mercy on their lost Souls, and to receive them once more into his Favour. They were likewise carefully instructed in the Nature of the Holy Sacrament, and taught that by their being made Partakers thereof, they renewed their Baptismal Vows, and prepared themselves for a more joyful Reception in the World to come. While these and such like Instructions were given, they came to Chapel, and behaved decently as People under their most unhappy Circumstances. Eleanor Brown , Margaret Lumley and Jesse Walden , came always to Chapel, and were in their Carriage quiet and attentive, but not so deeply affected as might be wished. Christopher Jordan was for a good while sick, but when recovered attended, he could not read, and was very ignorant. Stephen Jenkins was sick some Days, but on his Recovery he came constantly up, and was apparently devout. Thomas Pinks and Joseph Pig , while in Health behaved in a becoming manner. Afflack constantly attended, and behaved well, so did his Companion Lowden, but was quite ignorant. Lloyd behav'd decently and seriously, but growing very sick could not attend. William Plummer was often sick, but recover'd and behav'd well. Morgan or Martin Nowland was a Papist , would not come to Chapel, confest little, and was very ignorant. Thomas Pinks convicted with Stephen Jenkins of a Robbery on the Highway, 32 Years of Age, was born at Birmingham of honest Parents, who gave him good Education at School, and instructed him in Christian Principles; his Father (a House-Carpenter) bound him Apprentice to himself, and he served out his Time honestly, lived in the Country afterwards, and behaved well. Some Years ago he came to London , was in constant Business, and wanted for nothing; he married a Wife, and by her had three Children now living. As he was in a good Way of Busi ness to support himself and Family, he had no Occasion as he owned to take such Courses; but taking too much to that Vice which has been the Means of destroying thousands, i. e. Drinking, he was when in his Cups easily persuaded, and too ready to comply with any wicked Proposals, and as it is a pretty just Remark, that one Extreme generally follows another; so in the Case of Pinks 'twas made plain, for when he was in the Country he did his Duty both to God and Man, went constantly to Church, regularly received the Sacrament, and behaved like a Christian. But on the contrary when he became bad nobody could be more abandoned. He owned the committing several Robberies about 3 or 4, as he said, in Company with Jenkins (whom he drew to the Highway) but the Evidence against him before the Justice made Information of above 27. Thursday March 25, about 7 in the Morning, the Runners of Newgate opened the Doors of the Cells to give the Prisoners some Necessaries. Pinks while their Backs were towards him, observing the outer strong Door open, slipt out, and went up the Stairs leading to the Chapel, nobody seeing him, the Doors of which were left open for the Plummers who work'd on the Leads, he got nigh the Top of the uppermost little Stair at the Chapel Door, and there he took out the Glass of a Window by the Closet, which is close to the Closet-Window, only the Partition Wall dividing them, there were two small Iron Bars which were half rotten with Age, one of which he pushed out, which made it large enough for him to get through, then he tied a Piece of an old Belt to the other Bar, got out of the Window, and slipt down about 9 foot and a half or 10 foot, and dropt into the Gutter going along the Top of the Wall, if he had slipt an Inch aside he must have fallen down 3 or 4 Stories into the Press-yard upon the Stones, and broken all his Bones. From this he got up to the Roof of the Press-yard, and from thence to the large House contiguous, and then scrambled along the Houses in Pha nix-Court , and got in at a Garret Window of one of the Houses in the said Court facing Warwick-Lane , went through that House, where there was only an old Woman, who was mightily surprized and stupified, suffering him to pass without making any Noise; and got out into Warwick-Lane , his Escape was the more surprizing, because he had been very ill for some Time: The Keepers did all they could to retake him, and were several Days in Pursuit of him, but to no Purpose, notwithstanding their offering a Reward of 20 Guineas to any Person or Persons, who would discover and bring him to Justice. Thursday the 1st of April, Report was made to his Majesty in Council, of the Eleven Malefactors lying under Sentence of Death, in the Cells of Newgate , when Joseph Pig of Harmonsworth , for stealing 2 Weather Sheep, value 30 s. the Property of Isaac Singer , Jan. 9, Eleanor Brown , of St. Mildred in the Poultry , for assaulting Susannah Nichols in a certain Street, putting her in Fear, &c. and taking from her a Green silk Purse, value 1d. a Steel Seal, value 4d: and 16 s. in Money, Jan. 4, and Margaret Lumley alias Burgess , of St. George Bloomsbury , for stealing a silver Mug, a silver Tankard, a silver Salver, a silver Cup, two silver Pepper Castors, a silver Punch Ladle, a silver saucepan, a silver Salt, 6 silver Tea Spoons, a pair of silver tea tongs, a pair of silk Shoes, a pair of Clogs, 4 cloth Coats, 2 cloth Waistcoats, a pair of cloth Breeches, a Gold Ring set with 6 Diamonds, a silk Gown, a silk Petticoat, 2 Shirts, 3 Sheets, a Gold Ring, a Gold Ring set with a Garnet, and 4 Diamonds, the Goods of John Simmonds , a Gold Ring with a Cypher, and a pair of Gold Ear-rings set with Garnets, the Goods of Katherine Simmonds , in the Dwelling House of John Simmonds , Dec. 23, the other eight, viz. Stephen Jenkins , Jesse Wal den, Christopher Jordan , Alexander Afflack , John Lowden , Robert Lloyd , William Plummer , and Morgan Nowland were ordered for Execution. Thomas Pinks and Stephen Jenkins , were indicted for assaulting Francis Simmonds on the King's Highway, in the Parish of St. Leonard Shoreditch , putting him in Fear, &c. and taking from him 36 Fowls, value 2 l. 10 s. a Sack, value 1 s. a Pair of Hawking Bags, value 9 d. a Knife, value 2 d. and 1 s. 3 d. the Goods and Money of the said Simmonds, and a Guinea and 3 l. the Money of Persons unknown, Dec. 1. The Account of Pinks who made his Escape, is given as above. 1. Stephen Jenkins , 26 Years of Age, born in Wiltshire of honest Parents, who educated him at School in Reading, Writing, and Accompts, and instructed him in his Christian Duty; his Father when he was young came to London , and put his Son when of Age to a Blacksmith , with whom Stephen served his Time honestly, and work'd Journeywork , he married a Wife by whom he had four Children, all dead, though she is now with Child of a 5th, he as well as his Companion Pinks might have lived honest by his own Industry, having always Employment, till Idleness, Drink and bad Company, hastened his Destruction. He confessed the Robbery for which he died, that they took from Simmonds the Money and Fowls mentioned in the Indictment, and that he cruelly beat the old Man with his Fists and Pistol, and used him very barbarous; he also own'd the committing one other Robbery, but would confess no more, tho' he said he had done some small Thefts, and alledged that Pinks advised him to the Highway. He behaved well and penitent, attending constantly and carefully in Chapel, said he believed in Christ, repented of his Sins, and died in Peace with all Men. Jesse Walden , of St. Mary Whitechaple , was indicted for breaking and entering the Dwelling House of Thomas Law about 2 in the Night, and stealing a Brass Stewpan, value 2 s. 2 Brass Saucepans, value 2 s, a pair of Leather Shoes, value 4 s. a Camblet Cloak, value 6 d. the Goods of the said Thomas Law , Dec. 13. 2. Jesse Walden , 27 Years of Age, came of honest Parents in London , who gave him good Education at School, in Reading, Writing and Accompts, and instructed him in our Holy Faith. When of Age he was put Apprentice to a Butcher in Houndsditch , where he served his Time, and when out of his Time was much employed about Leaden-hall Market , got a pretty living, and might have done very well, had not his associating himself with vile Company brought him to commit such Acts as totally destroyed his former good Character, and forced him to go to Sea , to seek that Living he had by his Folly and Roguery lost at Land; he served on Board several Merchant Men, as well as Men of War, in the Capacity of a Butcher , was with Sir John Norris's Fleet 4 or 5 Years ago all the Time they lay at Lisbon , and had on Board in the general a good Character, tho' his Misfortune was, whenever he came Home he always sought out his old Companions, and by their Persuasions practiced over again his old Roguery. He came but lately Home in a Man of War from Carolina , left the Ship and his Wages, which amounts to a pretty large Sum, for the Sake of his darling Companions and Thieving. He did not deny the Robbery, but said it was only a Shed he broke into and not a Dwelling-House. Sometime ago he turned Evidence in Essex , and hanged two of his own Companions with whom he had committed divers Robberies, for which they reflected on him, and called him Murtherer, alledging that he had sworn falsely against them. He declared as a dying Man, that tho' they were executed on his Oath, yet every Thing he swore against them was entire ly true without any Malice, and only to save his own Life. He was a good while under Sentence, always behaved well, and came constantly to Chapel, and to Appearance was penitent. Before the last Sessions he and all of them except Brown, devoutly received the blessed Sacrament at their own Desire, to remind and keep them as they said in their Duty, and prepare them for Eternity. He hoped for Salvation through the Mercy of God in Christ, repented of his Sins, and died in Peace with all the World. Christopher Jordan , of St. Luke, Middlesex , was indicted for assaulting Thomas Colt in a certain Court called Hartshorn-Court , near the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Hat, value 7 s. a Wig, value 8 s. a Guinea and 4 s. in Money. 3. Christopher Jordan , 19 Years of Age, came of honest mean Parents, who gave him hardly any Education; his Father a Shoemaker opposite St. Luke's Church , died when Christopher was very young, and left him to the Care of his Mother, who could do but very little for him. Kit's chief Employment while young was running of Errands till he grew stronger, and then he sold Fish or Fruit, and such like Things about the Streets ; he had a Wife, by whom he had no Children, who as she did then, still follows the same Business. He was a vicious young Man, too much guilty of Whoring, Swearing and Drinking, as well as Thieving; 'tis not much above a Twelvemonth ago since he was tried at the Old-Bailey for a Robbery and acquitted, though he was guilty of that as well as several others; however, it had such an Effect on him at that Time, that he determined to lead a new Life. But these Resolutions, like most others made by such People when in Danger and Confinement, vanished when he had had his full Swing of Liberty. He wept plentifully, and though he could not evade the positive Evidence of three Witnesses, who swore when he was taken up, as soon as he saw Colt he fell upon his Knees, and begged him not to prosecute him, for if he did he should be hanged, which an innocent Man would hardly have done. I say, notwithstanding this he denied the Fact. The 13th of March about 9 at Night, Jordan (while Jenkins his Companion was standing on a Table to speak to somebody in the Press-Yard from the Cell Window) endeavoured to strangle himself, by drawing a Selvidge of Cloth strait around his Neck, which he so near affected, that he was out of his Senses, and very nigh gone, if Jenkins had not that Instant discovered it, he would certainly have been dead, for 'twas with much Difficulty he was brought to himself. Being asked the Reason of such on Attempt, he said 'twas on Account of his great Want, and his Wives unkindness in marrying or co-habiting with another Man before he was dead; however he was very sharply reproved by all the rest of his Fellow Sufferers, particularly by Mrs. Brown. I also endeavoured to convince him how great a Sin that of Self-Murther was, that he had already been but too great a Sinner, and that this was heaping Crime upon Crime, just at a Time too when he was or should be endeavouring to make his Peace with an offended tho' merciful God; he wept bitterly, promised not to attempt the like any more, (though this was his 2d Attempt) and said he hoped in God's Mercy for Forgiveness through Christ, that he repented of all his Sins, and heartily forgave all Men. Alexander Afflack , and John Lowden , of St. James's, Westminster , were indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling House of Andrew Stock , about 8 at Night, and stealing 12 Pair of silver Shoe-Buckles, 3 Pair of silver Knee-Buckles, 60 Pair of Pinchbeck Metal Buckles, 4 Gold Rings set with Doublets, 5 silver Stay Hooks set with Bristol Stones, one Gold Ring, 5 Gold Rings set with Garnets, 50 Pinchbeck Metal Rings, two Pair of Chris tal Buttons set in Gold, 36 Silver Thimbles, 20 Pinchbeck Metal Thimbles, a Pocket-book, an Ivory Pocket-book, a Tortoiseshel Pocket-book, an Egyptian Peble Snuff-box, a silver Coral, with 8 Bells, one silver Stock-buckle sett with Bristol Stones, and 5 Glass Smelling-Bottles, with Pinckbeck Metal Collars and Stoppers, the Goods of the said Andrew Stock , January 15, Afflack guilty, Lowden acquited, but found guilty of another Indictment upon his own Account. 4. Alexander Afflack was 29 Years of Age, born of honest, respected Parents at Leith , his Father, as he said, come to London when he was not above 5 or 6 Years old, and kept a Tavern in St. Martin's-Lane , where they put him to School, and gave him good Education; but his Father dying, and his Mother marrying again, Alexander was put Apprentice to Mr. Lee, a Barber and Peruke-maker near Doctors-Commons to whom he served out his Time honestly, and worked for sometime as a Journeyman : But falling into vile Company, he soon became as vile, or more so, than they, and was guilty of almost all Manner of Vices; his Companion John Lowden , turn'd Evidence against him sometime ago, and he was tried at the Old-Bailey , and acquitted; 'twas on this Occasion, that Afflack and Lowden afterwards became so intimate, for Afflack soon forgave him, and they became Partners in Thieving; he had been twice before in Newgate , and has been in several other Goals, and always had the good Fortune 'till now, to come off. He was in short, a most irregular, wicked Fellow, guilty of all manner of Vices. He has three Wives now living, by all of whom he has had Children, though they are dead; neither of his Wives, except his first, came to visit him. While he was under Condemnation, he got a Watch restored to a Watchmaker near Bloomsbury , from whose Shew-Glass he had sometime before stole it. He attended constantly in Chapel, appeared very regular, penitent and serious in his Devotions; he, Walden, and the other, were frequently heard praying and singing Psalms all Night, so that it may reasonably be supposed, they were true penitents. The Sunday before he died, he desired to receive the Holy Sacrament, which he did very devoutly, with the rest, except Lloyd, who was sick, and Nowland of another Persuasion. He believed in Christ our only Saviour, sincerely repented of all his most notorious Sins, and forgave all Men as he expected forgiveness from God. N. B. About 5 Months ago, Afflack was taken up on Suspicion of a Robbery (for which two Boys were executed and denied the Fact) being sent to St. James's Round-House , a young Woman was brought in there, charged with a Robbery done in York-Buildings , which Robbery he himself had committed, and tho' he said nothing at that Time, the Woman being an absolute Stranger to him, yet he could not be easy, not knowing what might become of the poor innocent Woman, 'till he had sent Word to the Person robb'd, which he did last Sunday. John Lowden , of St. Paul's, Covent-Garden , was indicted for privately stealing a Silver Watch, value 40 s. from the Person of William Payne , Jan. 13. 5. John Lowden , was 22 Years of Age, born of honest Parents near Covent-Garden , who gave him Education at School, in reading, writing, &c. to fit him for Business, which he so little minded, that he had really forgot his Reading; when of Age, he was bound Apprentice to his own Father, a Watch and Clock-maker , to whom he served, (or rather neglected to serve) five Years; he was a wicked Youth, far from minding any Business at all, ever neglectful, never constant, all Advice or Reproof was thrown away upon him, and if his Father offered to beat him, he would immediately run away and be gone for Weeks, in which Time he frequented the Company of profligate Whores and Thieves, to support whom, he went Thieving himself; he owned his turning Evidence against Afflack, and that it was the Occasion of their becoming inseperable Companions, that he had been a most wicked and abandoned Youth, and that he deservedly suffered. He believed in Christ, repented of his many and great Sins, and died in Peace with all Men. William Plummer , alias Chrichlowm , was indicted for that he, on the 21st of January, feloniously made, and forged a certain Counterfeit Order in Writing, directed to Mr. Alexander, in Wood-street , &c. with Intent to defraud William Alexander , and Comp. 6. William Plummer , 24 Years of Age, came of honest Parents, in this Town, who gave him good Education at School, and taught him the Duties of the Christian Religion; when of Age, he was put Apprentice to a Cabinet-maker , whom he served faithfully; after which, he lived by working as a Journeyman , and did very well; he married a Wife, and by her had several Children; he was generally in constant Business, and got sufficient for the Maintenance of himself and Family; he was often employed by the Undertakers , and was that very Day he forged the Note, to have gone to Hertford with a Funeral. He was a sober young Man, and had the general Esteem of his Masters, for his Honesty and Integrity. Having Occasion to raise some Money, he called a Porter from Gray's-Inn-Gate , and going to the Elephant and Castle , forged the following Order. To Mr. Alexander, over-against St. Alban's-Church , in Woodstreet . " Send by the Porter, one Sett of Brass-Work for Drawers, fifteen Handles, nine " Locks, six Escutcheons, two Keys, one " Tenants Saw, two Setts of three Shilling " Leather Castors, and a Sett of Ditto Brass " for the Use of me, William Gough . and sent the Porter directly to Mr. Alexanders with it, Mr. Coking, Mr. Alexander's Servant, doubting the Veracity of the Note, carried it to Mr. Combs, who asked the Porter if he came from Mr. Gough, the Porter told him he did not know Mr. Gough, but that the Person who wrote that Paper was at the Elephant and Castle in Holborn , waiting for his Return, whither they went along with him and found Plummer waiting, whom they immediately apprehended, and he confessed the Fact. He was sick some Part of the Time of his Confinement, and could not come out of his Cell, but after his Recovery he gave constant Attendance at Chapel, appeared very serious and devout, tho' very pale, disheartned and terrified at the Apprehensions of Death; few or none came after him but his disconsolate Wife. He believed in Christ our only Saviour, repented of his Sins, and died in Peace with all the World. Robert Lloyd of St. Dunstans in the West , was indicted for stealing 3 Linnen Money Bags, value 3 d. 50 3 l. 12 s. Pieces, 100 Moidores, 400 Guineas, and 40 l. in Money, of John Simpson and Thomas Ward , in their Dwelling House, Jan. 9. 7. Robert Lloyd 27 Years of Age, was born in Denbighshire in North Wales , of honest reputable Parents, who gave him good Education at School to fit him for Business, and taught him Religious Principles, not being put to any Trade, he did Country-work while in the Country, coming to Town he served as a Footman to several Gentlemen, and behaved very honest, in one of his Services he married a Wife, who was his Fellow Servant, and by her has three Children now living, who will be taken Care of he says by the Kindness of some Gentlemen of Distinction. He owned that he had been very wicked in Drinking, Gaming, and breaking the Sabbath, for which he sincerely intreated Pardon and Forgiveness from Almighty God. He confessed the robbing, at least the Design of robbing Messrs Simpson and Ward, Bankers in Fleet-street , and that he was put upon it by his own Brother Edward Lloyd and Robert Lucas , he said his Brother Edward and Lucas had been for some Time contriving how to attempt this most daring Enterprize before they said any Thing to him about it, but that they continually haunted and teized him to associate himself with them, not discovering to him their real Design, but that they should get a great deal of Money by smuggling, running Tea, &c. much more than he could get by living in Service, and accordingly took him from several Places, and keeping his Head always confused with Gin and other Liquors, they at last they opened to him their villainous Design, which he had so little Grace as to be easily drawn into. And accordingly being all three provided with Pistols on the 9th of Jan. last, they in a desperate and audacious Manner, in the open broad Day light, about 3 in the Afternoon, attempted to rob the Shop of Messrs Ward and Simpson, as follows: Edward Lloyd and Robert Lucas went into the Shop first, and Robert Lloyd followed, and they asked the young Man Mr. Wethersden for Mr. Frankland, he telling them he knew no such one, they replied, D - n you, you are the Man, and immediately clapp'd a Pistol to his Breast, threatning to shoot him thro' the Head if he offered to stir, then Robert Lloyd fetched the 3 Bags from behind the Counter, and immediately Wethersden cryed out, Thieves! Murder! &c. which making a great Bustle and Noise, and in the Confusion Robert Lloyd 's Pistol going off, Edward Lloyd and Lucas opened the Door, and ran directly out of the Shop cross the Way up Chancery-Lane , and got quite off, the Door falling too again of itself after Edward Lloyd and Lucas got out, Robert Lloyd was shut in, but he directly opened it again, and made his Way up Chancery-Lane into a Place called Crown-Court , which is no thorough fare, and being immediately pursued he was taken, and carried before a Magistrate, where he confessed the whole, and desired to be admitted an Evidence, but as there was no Probability of finding the other two, and there being sufficient Evidence against him, 'twas determined to make him an Example for such a daring Piece of Villainy. He owned himself privy to his Brother Edward's stealing a Silver Spoon at Maidenhead , and that it was sold when they came to Town, but he received no Part of the Money; this and the above Fact was all he was guilty of, as he expected nothing but Death. He behaved very penitently, believed in Christ the Son of God, repented of all his Sins, and died in Peace with all Men. Martin alias Morgan Nowland , of St. Clements Danes , was indicted for unlawfully, and feloniously procuring Thomas Meredith a Subject of our Sovereign Lord the King, to serve the King of France as a Soldier , (he being a foreign Prince) without the Consent of our Lord the King, under his Sign Manual first had and obtained, in Contempt of our said Lord the King and his Laws, &c. &c. 8. Morgan or Martin Nowland , about 36 Years of Age, was born of mean Parents in Ireland , who gave him but little Education, and brought him up to no Trade, he chiefly followed Country Business , and in Harvest or Hay Time used to come over to England , he has a Wife and Children in Ireland . Sometime ago he went from London to Calais , on Pretence of visiting his Brother, a Soldier there, from whence he returned to London , intending to go for Ireland , but meeting with some Soldiers at Work on the Keys, he tamper'd with them about listing in the French King's Service, promising them 5 d. Halfpenny a Day, and four Loaves a Week each, as big as a Threepenny Loaf, and when they came over to the Regiment to have 4 Guineas advance each Man. From the Keys they went into the Borough, and drank Beer, and then Nowland took 'em to his own Quarters in Kent-street , where he treated them with Gin, from whence they found means to decoy him to the Savoy , where they likewise drank together, and then he gave Meredith 6 d. Earnest to list in the French Service, and upon proper Advice they took him up, carried him before a Justice, and he was committed to Newgate . He was very obstinate, and denied that he belonged to the French Service, notwithstanding a Furloe was taken from him by one of the Soldiers, which he endeavouring to take again tore a Bit off, which Furloe was produced in Court, and being translated from the French runs thus: " Foot, Regiment of Dillon. " We who have undersign'd this, do certifie " all concern'd, that we have given Leave for " six Months, to one named Martin Nowland , a " Soldier in the Company of Capt. Morris, in the " Regiment of Dillon, in the Jurisdiction of " (Blank) aged 35 Years, Height 5 Feet one " Inch and a half; Chesnut colour'd Hair, blue " Eyes, and pretty much sunk in his Face, " and very meagre Countenance. Given at Bethune , Dec. 25. 1741. Sign'd Morris. " Counter sign'd by us Lieutenant Colonel " Gavon; commanding the Regiment of Dillon. " Certified by us Captain Adjutant of the Regiment of Dillon. O'Hara." He was very much bigotted to the Romish Faith , would confess nothing, but denied every Thing. Died in the Faith of Christ, and forgave all Men. At the Place of EXECUTION. THE Day before they suffered in the Afternoon, all of them (except Nowland th Irishman) received the Holy Communion very devoutly. Christopher Jordan wept much, praying earnestly to God to pardon his Sins, and to receive him into his Mercy. There was a Man happen'd to be in Chapel who had done him a very great Injury, whom (upon the Desire of a Reverend Clergyman) he freely forgave. They were convey'd to the Place of Execution in three Carts, and a Mourning Coach. In the first Cart were, Alexander Afflack , Jesse Walden the Butcher , and Christopher Jordan . In the second Cart were, Stephen Jenkins and William Plummer . In the third Cart were, Robert Lloyd (concerned with his own Brother, and one Lucas, in attempting to rob Messrs Ward and Simpson, Bankers in Fleet-street , of a large Sum of Money) and Morgan Nowland the Irishman. And in the Mourning Coach, John Lowden . When they came to the Place of Execution, they were composed and serious in Prayers, sung Psalms to the Glory of God, and to all outward Appearance, seem'd very much affected with their dismal and unhappy Circumstances. The Day before they died, two Gentlemen came to William Plummer , to ask him where he had disposed of some Goods they had entrusted him with? and he directed them to two Houses not far from Moorfields , where he had pawn'd them. He wept very much, and told them at the same Time, that he had written to several whom he had injured, and endeavour'd all in his Power to do Justice to every Body he had any Ways wrong'd. Jesse Walden owned the Justice of his Sentence, and that he deserved Death. Christopher Jordan and Alexander Afflack reflected on their Prosecutors. John Lowden confessed his taking Mr. Payne's silver Watch, and that he was justly prosecuted. Stephen Jenkins own'd the Robbery he died for and one more, but no other capital Crimes. Robert Lloyd own'd the Justice of his Sentence, and to his former Confessions added, that he was concerned in robbing his late Master of Hackney to the Value of 7 or 8 l. And likewise that he and his Brother and Lucas, had a Design to rob Lucas's Master who lived in Cheapside , of the Church Plate, he being at that Time Church-Warden. Morgan Nowland would say nothing, but continued reading in a printed Manual, being a Roman Catholick . They went off the Stage crying to God to have Mercy, and Lord Jesus receive my Spirit. Ts is all the Account given by me JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate . APPENDIX: The following Account Jesse Walden gave of himself a few Days before he died. I AM now about 27 Years of Age, and was born in the Parish of St. Leonard Shoreditch , of reputable Parents, who gave me a good Education, and put me to School to one Mr. Child, in Shoreditch , and afterwards to Mr. Pattison in Grubstreet . I continued at School till I was nine Years old; then I served Mr. Willan a Hosier, in Cornhill , as an Erraand Boy ; but upon his failing, I quitted that Service with a very good Character, and was put Apprentice to William Thompson , a Butcher in Shoreditch, with whom I serv'd 5 Years very honestly, and then I absented from him, and entered on board the Mountague Man of War , where I staid about 8 Months, from thence I transferred myself on board the Rippon, in which Ship I went to Lisbon , and was there with the Fleet under Sir John Norris . From thence I came to England , and served the Remainder of my Apprenticeship, and my Master was so generous as to allow me all the Pay which was due to me on board the above Ships. When my Time was expired, I work'd Journey-work with several Masters, and the first Acquintance I ever had in ill Practices was, with one Tom Easter , who lived in Shoreditch , and with whom, (after having drank pretty freely together) I agreed to go upon the Highway. Accordingly Easter, another Person, and I, robbed Mr. Evans, and Mr. Smalt, in a Chaise near Newington Green Turnpike , on the 19th of June, about the Close of the Evening. We took from them a silver Watch, and about ten Shillings in Money. After this, Easter and I went into Goodman's-Fields , and after we had lain there all Night, I got one Jack Rigby to pawn the Watch for us, and he accordingly did pawn it for us in his Father's Name, at a House in Angel-Alley , for 2 Guineas. Rigby was afterwards, through his own Folly, taken up for this Robbery, and put one Tom Brown into his Information, who was entirely Innocent, and I don't know that he ever committed any Robbery at all. However, Rigby not being able to prove his Information clearly, the Justice committed him and Brown, and they afterwards received their Trial at the Old-Bailey , when Brown was acquited, and Rigby capitally Convicted; but afterwards was reprieved for Transportation. After this, Tom Easter and I committed another Robbery near Sir George Whitmore 's at Hoxton , on a Gentleman, from whom we took a silver Watch, which I pawn'd for 2 Guineas and eight Shillings in Money. The next Robbery I committed, was with Easter's Assistance, on a Gentleman near the Pindar of Wakefield , whom we robbed of 15 Guineas and 30 s. in Silver. Easter and I then parted: he went down into Norfolk , and I into Kent , where I might have lived very well, and maintained myself by following my own Trade; but having a great Inclination to be near the Place of my Birth, I could not make myself easy, so I came to London again. I, after this, went to Harwich in Essex , and shipp'd myself on board a Collier, John Longdon , Commander , who was then confined in Harwich Goal for running down a fishing Sloop, belonging to one Moore, and for which he was afterwards tried and honourably acquitted. In this Ship I made two Voyages to Sunderland ; but not being contented there, I left her at Whitby in Yorkshire , and went to North-Shields , where I shipped myself on board the Mermaid, of Yarmouth, Thomas Cushion , Master , for a Guinea and half to come to London . I staid in London 'till I had spent the greatest Part of my Money, and then went down into Kent , where I met with Anthony Bowers , John Wibourne , and Thomas Leggit , and we jointly agreed to go out upon our former ill Practices; pursuant to which Agreement we went out, and did several trivial Things, contrary to my Inclinations, and to prove my Fidelity to them, that I was not afraid, I made them stand still while I committed divers Robberies. Upon my Informing them of my dislike of this low Way of Thieving, and telling them it was much better to do a Thing which would turn out advantagious to us, than daily run such Hazards as we did for such Trifles, we at last fixed upon the House of Robert Willis , of Stroud , and jointly agreed to break it open, and we accomplish'd our Design by cutting the Grove of the Window, by which means the Shutter fell to the Ground. We then broke a large Pane of Glass, after which, we disputed who should go in; at last I agreed to enter the House, and accordingly did, and brought out Linnen, Lace, Lawn, &c. to the Value of two hundred Pounds and upwards, according to the Prosecutor's own Account. I thinking myself to have had the greatest Share of the Danger in this Affair, thought I might reasonably demand more than my Share of the Plunder; and on my first getting into the House, before I looked for any Thing, I opened the Street-door to let my Companions in; but they not being conformable to my Directions, I left them, taking a large Quantity of Lace for myself, it being the lightest Carriage, and I having the farthest to travel, for they went to Chatham , and I to London . On my coming to London , I sold some of the Goods to divers Persons, and after I had put myself in a genteel Sort of a Garb, I purchased a Horse, and rode into Norfolk , where I sold the remaining Part of my ill-gotten Treasure. Having spent some Time at Norfolk , I went to Eltham , with a View of finding out my old Friend Tom Easter , whom I had left some Time before; but I was disappointed of seeing him, he being gone for London 4 Days before. From Norwich I came to London , and committed several Robberies by myself as I came along, to the Amount of 14 or 15 Pounds. When I arrived at London , I lay still some Time without doing any Thing, 'till one Day I went out with a Design to go to Beconsfield , in Buckinghamshire , to rob the Lace People; and after I had got a little Way out of Acton , I unexpectedly met with Tom Easter , and not knowing him at a Distance, I was preparing to give him the usual Salute, of Stand and Deliver, and he the same to me; but when we came nearer, all our Animosities were turned into our former Friendship. Upon enquiring into each other's Affairs, we agreed to go upon our old Practices, and accordingly we went to Tottenham High-Cross , the same Night, with a View of exchanging our Horses, which we thought was no great Robbery, and after we had so done, we came to London , and went directly for Rumford , and between Rumford and Chelmsford we stopped a Coach and four, from which we got Money, Watches and Rings, to the Value of 20 l. We then went to Wyndham , and Easter disliking his Horse, turned him loose, and took another out of an enclosed Ground, which proved very good for our Purposes. From Wyndham , we went to Colchester , where we staid some Time, and crossed the Country to Bury in Suffolk , and my Horse falling Sick there, Easter and I went out one Evening upon the Heath, both on one Horse. We had not been there long, before a Gentleman came riding towards us, pretty fast, which I believe he repented, not thinking that Highwaymen rode double; for upon his coming up, I dismounted, and made the Gentleman do the same; and I took from him a Silver Watch, 2 Guineas, his Horse, Bridle and Sadle, and rode directly to Thetford in Norfolk , ten Miles distant from Bury , where we lay all Night. The next Morning we got up, designing to go to Downham , but upon meeting a Gentleman on the Common some Distance from Thetford , he desired us to direct him in his Way thither: I very civilly asked him to give us his Money, and I would tell him; upon which, he gave us about 3 Pounds in Money; but he hoping we would give him something to bear his Expences, we return'd him 5 s. of his Money again. After this, we went to Lynn , where we staid 'till we had spent our Money, and then went towards Houghton , and in our Way thither, met one of the Earl of Orford's Servants, whom we stopped and robbed of 6 s. 6 d. and a Silver Pocket Piece, worth about half a Crown, and upon his pleading Poverty, we returned it to him again. He had no sooner left us, but three Men came over the Hedge, whom he told, how he had been serv'd, and because he could not fare well but must cry Roast Meat, I went back and took all the Money from him, and rode directly for Houghton , and from thence we went to Holt , where we played several Pranks, by stealing Geese, and inviting the Owners of them to Sup off them. From Holt , we went to Croner , where in the Dusk of an Evening, we met a Man on Horseback: We asked, who came there? and he not answering in a handsome Manner, we took his Money from him, which amounted to 4 Shillings, and which (he said) he bad been to receive for shoeing Horses. He told us, he was a poor Man, and had a large Family; upon which, we returned him the Money again, with the Addition of another Shilling to drink our Healths, at the same Time charging him for the future to give better Manners to Gentlemen on the Road, and not tell any body how he had been robb'd. He promised he would not even tell his Wife, for he knew (he said) a Woman could not keep a Secret. From Croner we went to Eltham in Norfolk , where we stole a Horse belonging to the Parson of the Town, but not liking him, we turn'd him adrift again, and rode to Norwich , where we put up at the Bell , and diverted ourselves for some Time in what the Town afforded. From thence we came to London , and between Elden and Barton Mills , about eight in the Morning we saw a Gentleman coming along at a Distance, upon which (there being several Tracks in the Road) I ordered Easter to go into one to stop the Gentleman, if he came in his Way, and I determined to do the same if he came into mine. It happened, he met with me, upon which, I rode up to him, with the usual Word, desiring him not to be 'frighted, but I must have his Money. He rode from me, but People of our Business, seldom having bad Horses, I overtook him, and swore I would shoot him. He not stopping, I cross'd the Road upon him, thinking he could not jump over me, but he turned back and rode up to Easter, who was in the Road at a Distance, and said, Sir, I am likely to be robbed, for that Man is a Highwayman! Sir, (said Easter) I am afraid you are, and taking hold of his Horse's Reins, pulled out a Pistol, and demanded his Money. Why (said the Gentleman) I took you for an honest Man! So I am (said Easter) because I rob the Rich to give to the Poor. I then jump'd off my Horse and made the Gentleman alight, and took from him a Gold Watch, a Diamond Ring, a Mourning Ring, a Guinea, one Shilling, and a Halfpenny; after which, we turned his Horse loose at a great Distance from him. After this, we rode about three Miles 'cross the Country, and then my Horse tiring, I put him into a Barn, and got up behind Easter, and rode with him two Miles, and then made him dismount; upon which, we had a few Words: but I threaten'd to shoot the Horse, and so made him easy. I then turned the Horse a-drift, and each of us threw away our Whips and Spurs, and walked about 8 Hours, and then Night coming on, we put up at the House of one Wall, a Butcher, at a Town in Norfolk , who informed us, that the Gentleman whom we last robb'd, as above, was the Surgeon of Brigadier Churchill's Regiment. I told him, he must repair his Loss, by enlarging his Bills upon his Patients; but he found another Way, for it being between Sun and Sun, he sued the County, and swore he lost 40 Guineas; and other Things, and I don't doubt but he recovered it. Some Time after this, we came to London , and after staying a while, and getting fresh Horses, we went to Brentford , and from thence to Maidenhead , where we robbed the Reading Stage-Coach; but this not answering our Expectations, we went to Marlborough , and upon the Downs there, we met with the Bristol Stage-Coach, but not getting above ten Pounds out of it, we came to London again, and went to Stratford, by Bow , where Easter and I stopped three Coaches all at once: I stopped the first, and Easter the last, so that the middlemost could not get out of the way; we got but a Trifle there, so we went to Brentford again, and cross'd the Water into Surrey , intending to go that Way to London ; but upon Putney-Heath , I alighted to go into the Ditch, and a Man rode up to Easter, and demanded his Money. I seeing him disputing with the Gentleman, made what Haste I could to his Assistance, when he told me he was in Danger of being robb'd; I said to the Man, I believe you are but a * Scamp Cull, or else you would not go to stop old Collectors. However, he admitting his Errors, and acknowledging his Fault, we consented to make it up with him, on Condition of his giving us a Treat: and he thereupon proposed a Supper at Wandsworth , which we accepted of, and afterwards parted from him. We then came to London , to our Misfortune as I then thought, for putting up at the White-Bear , in Old-Street , we were both apprehended by Long Charles , Dick Wornell , and John Boyte , and committed to New-Prison . I was admitted an Evidence against Easter, by Justice Poulson, but I never appeared against him, for he was capitally Convicted for a Robbery, in which I was not concerned, upon Mr. Mills, and Mr. Hill, by Devil's-Lane , near Hornsey . The February Sessions following, I was brought to the Old-Bailey , to be tried for Mr. Evans's Robbery as above, but he dying before I could be tried, I was acquitted of that, but remanded back to Newgate , in order to be carried down to the Assizes held for Kent, to be an Evidence against Bowers and Wibourne, for robbing Mr. Willis of Stroud . Accordingly the Assizes drawing near, I was carried to Kent , and when I came there, Wibourn had been admitted an Evidence above a Month before by Mr. Waters of Stroud; but I being moved down by a Habeas Conpusad Justificandum, my Evidence was accepted, and Bowers and Wibourn were capitally convicted, Leggit not being then taken. From hence I was again carried to Newgate , in order to be discharged by Order of Court, and was brought to the Old-Bailey , but the Lord Mayor not being then present, I was referred to him as a proper Person to serve his Majesty, and on my Petitioning his Lordship, he sent my Discharge, and one of his Officers to see me safe on board a Tender. Accordingly I went on board the Dunkirk Man of War, as Ship's Butcher , and might have lived very well; but being sent on board contrary to my own Inclinations, I was always meditating which way I should escape, and after we had been out two Months cruising on the Privateers, without meeting with any Thing according to our Admirals Expectation, we went towards Plymouth , to refit and clean, and in our way, we met a large Spanish Privateer, call'd, the St. Sebastian, of St. Sebastian's, who had taken the most Prizes of any Vessel belonging to Spain, to the great Disadvantage of the English Merchants. In short we took her, and 2 Prizes which she had got in Tow, and they were all brought safe by the Thetford, and other Ships into Plymouth , and we not being a Quarter of a Mile from Shore, I thought I might then escape. Accordingly, stripping myself and tying my Cloaths up in a Handkerchief, about my Head, I swam ashore, and came to London , where I had not been forty-eight Hours, before I robb'd Mr. Humphries of Mile end, of Goods of small Value, for which I was apprehended, and being tried at the Old-Bailey , was convicted, and received Sentence of Transportation. Pursuant to this Sentence, on the 19th of November last, was 12 Months, I was put on board the Harponier Transport, John Wilson Commander , to be sent to Virginia , and after a long and dangerous Passage, we arriv'd in Hampton River , the 10th of March following; and when we had lain in that River sometime, we went higher up to Rapahanock River , to a Place called Brays-Church , were I was sold the 1st of April, to one George Underwood , who paid for me 1600 weight of Tobacco, and 2 Casks, and he then sent me to one Jeremiah Struther , with whom I lived 5 Weeks, but not agreeing, he sold me to one Samuel Kennelly , at a Place called the Picked * A Highwayman. Mountain, very far to the Northward in Virginia. After I had been with him about a Month, I was very much discontented, that I should work 7 Years for nothing, and therefore my Thoughts were always taken up in meditating my Escape, which I accomplished by taking his Horse, a Peck of Meal, and what other Necessaries I wanted, and steered my Course away one Night in very bad Weather, in thundering and raining all the Night, which I thought was very advantageous to my Purpose; for I imagined, and not without Reason, that my Master would hardly chuse to go far after me in such bad Weather. I made the best of my Way 'till I came to a Place called Hern's Ordinary , within 7 Miles of Fredericksburgh , and then a Man, who was sent with a Hue and Cry after me, met me in the Road. Upon his meeting me, he asked me, if I had not seen a stray Horse, I told him, I had not, upon which, he rode past me about 50 Yards, and then turned back upon me. I having a guilty Conscience, presently knew him to be one Hunt, my Master's Smith, and when we came to a House, he told me, he must speak with me, and I should stop: I answered him, that I was upon hasty Business, and he, nor no Man should stop me; upon which, he drew a Ctlass, and aim'd a Blow at my Head, which I made him repent, for having a Hedging Bill in my Hand, I was obliged to fight to vindicate myself, chusing rather to suffer Death than to go back to be used in such a barbarous Manner as I should have been. I therefore endeavoured to do him as much Mischief as he did me, but, to my great Joy, I did not kill him, for I only struck him on the Arm, and knocked him off his Horse: After this, I was obliged to ride into the Woods, through which I travelled 'till I had got 8 Miles beyond Fredericksburgh , and then Night coming on, I ventured into the open Road, and kept on my Journey 'till Day-light, when I turned my Horse a-drift, and lay all Day in the Woods, mixing up my Meal in my Hat into Dough, which I bak'd for my Subsistance by a Fire in the Woods, having what they call Punk to get a light with. I then travelled down to a Place called West-Point , on the Edge of York-River , where I arrived about eleven at Night: Here I thought my Journey was stopped, for the River was at least 3 Miles wide, so that it was impossible for me to swim over; but I providentially heard a Boat approaching towards me. I waited very quietly in Hopes of making myself Master of it, and it answered my Expectation, for the Men came on Shore, and left the Boat; upon which I jump'd into it, having first cut down a Pine Bush, which being fixed in the Boat, served me for Mast and Sail. I then shov'd my Boat off, and before I had got half Way over the River, my Boat was almost full of Water; I thought I must have perished inevitably; but taking good Heart, I applyed myself to throwing out the Water with my Hat, and with some Difficulty, I reached the Shore. I was now 17 Miles from Williamsburgh , and made the best of my Way to Colonel Worrel's Ferry, on the Edge of James River , which was 5 Miles over, were I thought to hide myself 'till Night, but the Man of the Ferry happened to see me, upon which I went up to him, and he accosted me with, Sir, are you going over? I told him, I had no Money to pay my Ferryage, which made him scruple me. He said, he believed I was a Runaway: I told him, I was sorry for his Folly, and that he should have no more Sense, for I could with Ease, know a Runaway by his Looks. He asked me, whence I came? I told him I came from York , in a Sloop belonging to Boston in New-England , laden with Rum: Aye! said the Ferryman, I am very glad of that, for now we shall have Rum in the Country again. I told him the Ship was called the Page, Capt. Johnson, (that being what first came in my Head) and on his asking me my Reason for leaving the Ship, I told him, the Commander starved me in the Passage, and that I had rather go to my Native Place than be used in such a Manner. The Ferryman's Wife and Sister happened to be sitting by the River-side, and thinking to move their Compassion towards me, I told them a doplorable Story, that I had left my Wife and 2 Children in England, and that I expected another when I came Home, having left my Wife big, although I never was married. I offered to give the Ferryman my Coat for my Passage; but his Wife and Sister believing what I had told them to be true, desired him not to take it, and he then consented to carry me over. When I came on Shore, I went on to a Place called Hog Island , 95 Miles from Eden-Town , from whence I went to one Colonel Shelly's, where I got Passage to Perquinam River , where I got Ferryage over by the means of one Macquire, a Scotchman, and from thence I came to Eden-Town , having gone an hundred Miles out of my Way. When I came there, I met with one Captain Gale, who gave me Information of a Voyage I might have at a Place call'd Bath-Town , 50 Miles farther. He gave me a Letter of Directions to the Merchant, which I thought as good as a Pass, and travelled with a good Assurance, not being afraid of calling at any Gentleman's House as I went along. I got Passage over Marlborough Sound , and went directly to the Merchant's House at Bath Town , and was very well entertained. The Sloop then lay laden with Tar, bound to Bristol , only wanting Hands; upon which I agreed to go on board her for 10 Guineas, but the Captain deprived me of half of it. We brought the Ship safe to Bristol , where I was discharged, and then came to London. I now lived in a very mean Way, being unwilling to go upon any irregular Courses, and coming into Company with one L - g C - es, he swore if ever he knew of my doing any Thing, he would never hurt me, but would screen me as much as lay in his Power. After this, one Joe Davis and I coming along Bishopsgate-street , one Night, we went into a Sort of a Gin Shop, where I quarrelled with a Man, and knock'd him down. His Hat flying off, Davis ran away with it, and afterwards being in Company with Ben. Lane , he told him, he had been concerned with me in a Street-Robbery. However, Davis afterwards declared to me, that he had rather suffer any Thing than be an Evidence against me. He came to me 2 or 3 Days afterwards without any Money, upon which I gave him a Supper, at the Red-Cross in Barbican , and he seduced me to go to the House of Ben. Lane , at the Shepherd and Flock , in Whitecross-street , where Long Charles and Dick Warner were drinking. They were not willing to apprehend me in the House, but let me stay 'till I had paid my Reckoning, when they followed me into Old street , and there laid hold of me, and told me, I must not go, because I had been concerned with Davis in divers Robberies, especiall Street-robberies, and I am sure I never committed one in my Life. They did not accomplish their Designs, for I was cast for getting into the Shed of Thomas Law , in Whitechapple , who made it a Burglary, for he swore, that I broke his dwelling House; but as his Evidence is very particularly stated in the printed Account of my Trial, I shall not dwell any longer upon it, only must own myself guilty of that Crime, as well as many others for which I have deserved, and must suffer an ignominious Death. Jesse Walden . Newgate, April 3, 1742. The following is an exact Copy of a Paper which the aforesaid Jesse Walden delivered to the Printer of this Account, with a Desire that it might be made public. THESE are to certifie all whom it may concern, That, whereas one Henry G - le, near Gravesend, in the County of Kent, endeavoured to persuade me to Swear, and put into my Information, That one GEORGE WHARTON , Pilot , had been concerned with me in divers Robberies on the Highway, in Order to take his Life away. I do hereby solemnly declare, That I never saw the said GEORGE WHARTON but once in my Life, and that was, since I have been condemned, when he came to enquire of me, whether I was not persuaded to put him in my Information, through the Instigation of the abovesaid Henry G - le. This I thought my Duty, as a dying Man, to publish to the World, in order to clear the in nocent Gentleman, and to expose that vile Man who would have had me swear an innocent Life away. Witness my Hand, Jesse Walden . Newgate , My Cell, Ap. 3, 1742: The above Declaration was acknowledged by the said Walden, in the Presence of, Samuel Nichols , Turnkey of the Press-yard . An Account of the Robberies committed by Alexander Afflack , who was convicted for stealing a Shew-glass with divers Goods of great Value of Andrew Stock . I WAS born in Duke's-Court in the Parish of St. Martin in the Fields , of reputable Parents, who put me to School to one Mr. Tottidge's, where I staid about 11 Years, after which I was put Apprentice to one Mr. Lee a Peruke-maker in the same Court where I was born. I served about 5 Years of my Time, and then went over to Guernsey with Capt. Strahan as his Valet de Chambre . I staid in his Service about two Years, and then came over to London , and unhappily got into ill Company. The beginning of my entering into this Way was with one Will Deacon , who had one of his Eyes knocked out in attempting to pick a Gentleman's Pocket in St. Martin's-Lane . One Evening Deacon and I were standing at Spring-Garden-Gate , near Charing-Cross , watching for our Prey, and a Gentleman came past in a Chaise, and his Servant on Horseback behind. He seeing me, and taking me to be a Porter, asked me if I could drive his Chaise? I told him I could, and according to his Directions I went with it into Hedge-Lane , to the Sign of the Black-Boy . It happen'd that the Gentleman had left a Great Coat and a Sword in the Chaise, and some how or other, when I got out to feed the Horses, Deacon took them away without my Knowledge. The Coachman asked me where they were, and notwithstanding all I could say in my own Defence, he would not be persuaded but I had conveyed them away, and therefore detained me that Night in St. James's Roundhouse . The next Morning I was carried before a Justice, who committed me to Tothilfields-Bridewell for farther Examination, and afterwards to Newgate , but obtained my Discharge on the following Account. When Deacon had taken the Coat and Sword out of the Chaise, he hid them that Night in an empty House, designing to fetch them again next Morning, but happily for me some Bunters who made that House their Residence, were before Hand with him, for they found the Coat and Sword where Deacon had hid them, and gave me Information of it, upon which the Gentleman did not prefer any Bill against me, so that I was discharged of course. Having thus fortunately escaped, I left off my former bad Courses very near 3 Years, during which Time I worked for Mr. Walker a Tinman , who used to light the King's Lamps, but not minding my Business as I ought to have done, my Master who had bore with me several Times, was now tired with my Neglect, and not without Reason turned me away. I was now out of all Business, and had no Prospect of any Subsistence; I had now Leisure to reflect on my past Conduct and Mismanagement, and in this Distress I used to go to the Bedford-Arms Tavern in Covent-Garden , where I used to assist the Porter of the House for any Trifle I could get, being glad of any Thing that might remove the Prospect of Poverty, which presented itself before me in the most glaring Colours. But I soon began again to satisfy the old Maxim, that Necessity is the Mother of Invention, for I got acquainted with a Heap of loose Fellows who haunted Covent-Garden , of Dispositions suitable to mine, and who were willing to run any Hazard to get a Living by their clandestine Practices, rather by an honest an laborious Employment. In short, with them I agreed to go upon the Day Sneak; we used to watch our Opportuni ties when People's Doors were open to slip in, and bring off any Thing we could meet with. In this manner we went on for about 2 Years, till George Coates and one Jack Robinson , two of my Companions were transported for it. After this I got acquainted with John Lowden , who is one of my Fellow Sufferers, and with him I used to break open Houses, and make Use of all Opportunities Night and Day to execute our Designs. After which we used to go to the Gaming-Table in Vinegar-Yard , which is a Receptacle for Persons of the like Character and Profession as ourselves, and there generally came away Loosers, so that we were obliged to go to the old Trade again for a fresh Supply. In * August Sessions last, I was tried on the Information of the above John Lowden , for several Felonies, and though I was so fortunate as to be acquitted, yet I must acknowledge, that I was guilty of all the Particulars as they were then sworn against me at my Trial. As to what George Gumley swore in my Behalf at my Trial, I declare I never saw him before I came to Newgate , but a Woman happened to be there whom I knew, and who went for Gumley's Maid, she told me of him, upon which he swore he would save my Life, and that he could do it without hurting or forswearing himself, and Mrs. Davis another of my Witnesses, hearing him say that, told me that she was determined to back his Evidence, by affirming what he said to be true, and that she would likewise inform the Court that she went to Clerkenwell-Bridewell to see a Friend, and that she heard John Lowden say, he would hang me right or wrong, for the Sake of the Reward. One Day I happened to go out with one Nose and Chin Ned, towards Chelsea , and as we went along we saw a Gentleman's Door open by the Back of Sir Robert Walpole 's House. I thinking this a very proper House for my Purpose slipt in, and made bold to walk up Stairs into a Chamber, where I had not been long before the Footman, little thinking I was in the Room, came and lock'd me in. I was then in the utmost Dilemma, nor knowing which Way to escape out of the Trap which I had so eagerly run into, upon which I hid myself in a Closer in the Room, very near 3 quarters of an Hour, and then got the Door open. After which I ventured down Stairs a little Way to see if the Street Door was shut; there was a Lady drinking Tea at the same Time in the Parlour with the Door open, which made me think it best to go up Stairs again, and wait for a more favourable Opportunity of escaping. I then examined the Chamber, and found 2 very fine Gold Rings in a little Drawer, which I tied up in my Apron, and then went up another Pair of Stairs with a Design of jumping out of the Window into the Garden, but being afraid of breaking my Neck, I last determined to take Courage and run out, and as I came down, the Stairs creaked all the Way, which terrified me a little, but however, when I got to the middle, I jumped quite down facing the Parlour Door, which surprizing the Lady, she dropt her Tea, and fell a screaming as if she had been murder'd, but notwithstanding that, I open'd the Street-Door and ran off. After this Adventure, I used to go to Brumpton , Islington , and other bye Places, and knock at the People's Doors: if any body came, I would amuse them by asking them the Way to some Place or other, and if nobody opened the Door, I took it for granted that the People were all from Home, and then used to break open the House, and take any Thing out of it that came to hand. Warner and Newman who were lately executed, used to go with me upon these Things, and once in particular we broke open a House by the Yorkshire Stingo at Paddington . We knew there was only an old Woman in the House, and it being Dinner-time, we expected her to go out for something into the Town, and accordingly we watched her out, and then opened the House and took out a Pair of Shoes, and Silver Buckles, some Cloaths and 4 s. in Money. One Night Lowden and I coming along Covent-Garden , I told him there was a Chance, that is, a * See Sessions Book for August 1741, No. 7. Place to get something at, for there were some Silver Tankards in a Window, at the Sign of the Golden Horseshoe , in Covent Garden , I shoved up the Window, and gave it to Lowden, designing to have some more, but he being 'frighted, attempted to run off with it, and fell over some Benches. Some People being alarmed by the Ratling of the Tankard as it fell, came out upon us, and secured us. We were carried before Justice Poulson, but the Man of the House would not prosecute us. In Hampstead Fair Time, we happened to go by Tom King 's Country House, and seeing the Table Cloth laid, I ordered Coates to go in, and get what he could. He accordingly went in and brought some French-Plate Tankard, which I at first took to be Silver, and 2 or 3 Silver Spoons, which we sold to a Butcher, and had a very handsome Supper with the Money, at the Nag's-head in James Street , Covent Garden. After Supper, I and one Purvis went to Cards, and he losing all his Money, we gave him the Drop, but he went somewhere by himself towards Norfolk-Street, and brought away a Suit of Clothes, in one of the Pockets of which was a Purse and some Money, and other Things. He found out where I was drinking, and brought these Clothes to me, and desired me to lend him Money upon them, that he might go to Play, accordingly I did, and I put the Clothes under the Bench where I was sitting, thinking they would be safe there; but I was mistaken, for when Purvis had lost all his Money, and I went to look for the Clothes, they were gone. Purvis being enraged at this, went before a Justice, with a View of being admitted an Evidence, and Coates and myself were taken up, but the Justice admitted Coates to be an Evidence, so that Purvis and I were tried; but we had the good Fortune to be acquitted of the Fact we were charged with, which was, breaking a House in Chandois-street . Another Time we went with one Frank Flack , into a House in Jermin-Street , and took out a large Silver Box, in which were several Pieces of Money, but how much they amounted to, I can't recollect. Lowden and I likewise, one Evening, went into Salisbury-Court , and took a Trunk out of a House there; but we were obliged to leave our dark Lanthorn burning in the House, and make off as fast as we could. We carried the Trunk into a Coach-yard near White-Fryars , and there left it, after having taken all that was valuable out of it. We then went to Jervis Trueman 's, and I being apprehensive of losing my Money, put it into my Stocking, but they made shift to get it all from me; however, I had it all again, except a 3 l. 13 s- Piece. After this, Lowden and I went to a Lawyer's House in Clifford's-Inn , and got two or three Gowns and some other trifling Things. We likewise one Sunday Evening robb'd a Shop in Russel-Street Bloomsbury , of as much chequ'd Linnen, Stockings, and Handkerchiefs, as would load a Coach, which we carried to Rag-Fair , and sold for about 5 Pound. We afterwards watched a Woman in the Strand , and saw her go out of her House with some Company, and then got in, and took down 4 or 5 Boxes of Lace, which were worth 70 or 80 l. and had we carried off the next Box, we should certainly have ruined the poor Woman, for according to her Account, she had put all the Money that she had in the World, in that very Box, which we providentially did not examine. We were taken up for this Fact, but she would not prosecute us, for she said, her Loss was too great to be loaded with additional unnecessary Expences. One Day I was walking at Hampstead , and happen'd to over-hear a Gentleman of a House there, tell another, that he would go to London that Night, but he had nobody in the House, therefore must not go 'till it was pretty late. I thought I might then have an Opportunity of getting something, so I concealed myself in the Stable Yard till I saw him and his Man set out, and then I robbed the Stable of a fine Bridle, adorned with Silver Bosses, and some other Things, together with the Servants Great Coat, under which I concealed what I had taken. I have for some Time before my Conviction committed these and many other Facts of the like Nature, and can only say, that the Punishment I am to suffer is what I have deserved, and that every one who follows the same Courses as I have done, must expect that they will sooner or later terminate in an untimely and ignominious Death. A. Afflack. April 5. FINIS.

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The ORDINARY of NEWGATE his Account of the Behaviour, Confession, and Last Speech of Thomas Sharp , who was Executed in Drury-Lane on Friday the 22d. of September, 1704. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily , on Wednesday the 6th, Friday the 8th, and Saturday the 9th Instant, four Persons were found guilty of Death, viz. Two Women for Burglary, a Boy for stealing of a Horse, and the above-named Thomas Sharp for a Murther proved to have been by him committed in Drury-Lane , on the 10th of August last past, upon the Body of Thomas Thompkins , a Watchman in the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields . The first Three are repriev'd. (And God grant they may ever remember this Mercy, and make a right use of it.) As for the other ( Thomas Sharp ) he is order'd for Execution, as a due Punishment for his Sins, and for a Warning to other notorious Sinners, who will do well to take it, and reform by it. On Thursday the 8th Instant, being appointed for a Day of Publick Thanksgiving, I had an Opportunity to preach to them, which I did on these Words of the Royal Prophet, Psal. 34. 3. O magnifie the Lord with me, and let us exalt his Name together. From which Words I took occasion to shew my Auditory, 1st, That it is our most indispensable Duty to praise God, and be thankful to him for all his Mercies, and for all his Dispensations towards us, whether they be gentle or severe, because they are all of them Tokens of his Paternal Care and Love, which in the Issue will prove blessed Effects to his dutiful Children, and returning Sons and Daughters. 2dly, That the Disposition requisite for our serving and praising God acceptably, is to depart from Sin, resign our Will to God's Will, and stedfastly purpose to obey him. 3dly, and lastly, That the Benefits and Advantages accruing to us from the religious Performance of this Duty, are the diverting God's terrible Judgments from us, and obtaining an Encrease of Mercies and Favours, which he often bestows on us in this World; but to be sure, he will do it in the World to come: Where from our praising God here, we shall be advanced to the praising of Him more perfectly and more joyfully hereafter with the blessed Saints and Angels to all Eternity. On the Lord's-Day, the 10th Instant, I preach'd again to the Condemned Persons and others, viz. In the Morning upon these Words, which are found in the 27th Verse of the 10th Chapter of St. Luke, and were part of the Gospel for the Day, viz. Thou shalt love - thy Neighbour as thy self. From which Words, I shew'd, 1st, That this Love to our Neighbour, which is commanded in the Text, is to be understood both Negatively and Positively, and is a Duty which every Man is bound and able to perform. 1. The Negative Part of it, consists in not doing or not wishing Harm and Injury to any Man, even our greatest Enemy, upon any Occasion or Account whatever. 2. The Positive Part of it consists in doing all the Good we can to all Men, and wishing and praying for the Temporal and Eternal Welfare both of their Bodies and Souls, as heartily and sincerely as our own. 2dly, That our Obligation to this Duty is, 1st, From Nature; We are all of the same Kind and Frame, and therefore should be kindly disposed one to another; and do that to others which we would have them do to us. 2. From God's Command, who has strictly enjoyned it. And 3. From the Example of Christ, who is a most perfect Pattern of Love to us. 3dly, That the Want of this Christian Love in Men, is the Cause of most, if not all, the Murthers, Robberies, Injuries, and other Mischiefs committed in the World. 4thly, and Lastly, That the Benefits arising from our sincere Love to our Neighbour, are innumerable and unspeakable; not only in that such a Love makes all things easie and happy to us in this World, but fits and prepares us for that place where eternal Love does reign, that is Heaven; in which blesssed Place we shall be perfectly united to God; in whose Presence is the Fulness of Joy, and at whose Right-Hand there are Pleasures for evermore. In the Afternoon I preach'd upon Rom. 13. 13. The Words being these. For whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved. Which Words having paraphrastically explain'd with their Context, I shew'd from them, 1st, Our Duty of calling upon, and praying to God. 2dly, The manner of doing this, as it ought to be done. 3dly, The Motives thereto; taken from the mighty Consideration of our receiving Help in our Troubles here, and perfect Salvation hereafter. On the last Lord's-Day, the 17th I did (according to my wonted manner) preach at Newgate, both in the Morning and Afternoon; and my Text was in Psal. 32. 5. I acknowledged my Sins unto thee, and mine Iniquity have I not hid. I said I will confess my Transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the Iniquity of my Sin. Having first given a Paraphrastical Account of these Words, I then proceeded to shew, 1st, That the Confession of our Sins is a most necessary part of Repentance, which being followed by the forsaking of them, and Amendment of our Lives, is a most evident Proof, both to our selves and the World, that our Repentance is sincere; and being such, will find Acceptance with that good and gracious God, who desireth not the Death of a Sinner, but rather that he would turn from his Wickedness, and live. 2dly, That it suits well this Confession of our Sins, to be accompanied with outward Weeping, Lamentation, and Humiliation, to the greatest degree, for our having been such miserable Wretches, such prodigal and disobedient Children, as to displease, and grieve, and run away from our heavenly Father, in whose House and Favour alone we can live happy. 3dly, and lastly, That the Effects and Benefits of true and sincere Repentance, are indeed very great and comfortable Things to a poor Sinner; he being thereby taken out of the Slavery of Sin and Satan, and admitted into the glorious Liberty of the Children of God. Which speaks his happy Rescue from unspeakable and unconceivable endless Misery in Hell, and his obtaining the blessed Enjoyment of unutterable and incomprehensible everlasting Rest and Felicity in Heaven. All which Discourses I concluded with such Inferences drawn from them, and such pressing Exhortations to Repentance and Faith, as were proper for the Occasion, and applicable (in a particular manner) to the condemned Persons, whom I visited twice every Day, and of whom there is now (as I said before) one only order'd for Execution, viz. Thomas Sharp ; who is the melancholy Occasion of this Paper's appearing abroad again, after that it had received a happy Interruption the Session before this, by reason that no Body was then executed. This Thomas Sharp , in the Account that he gave me of himself (wherein he seem'd, in some Circumstances, to be somewhat sparing, for the sake of his Parents, that are yet living, and know nothing of his Miscarriages and Troubles) told me only (and I did not think fit to press him to a more particular Discovery in things indifferent) that he was about 29 Years of Age, born in the West of England , and was at first a Glover by Trade, but left that Calling to serve the Crown; in whose Service he had spent, both at Sea and Land, about 11 Years; and that the last Sea-Service he was in was on board a Dutch Man of War: and his last Service at Land was in Colonel Hamilton's Regiment , under the Command of Capt. Welsh, in which he had been a Year and a half, and actually was, at the time of his being apprehended. He confess'd, that he had been a very ill Liver, and too too mnch addicted to the common and reigning Vices of the Age, viz. Swearing, Cursing, Drunkenness, Lasciviousness, Sabbath-breaking, Gaming, Neglect of God's Service, and the like; besides those Facts which the Law takes a particular Cognizance of; he having before now been under Sentence of Death, which he receiv'd at the Old-Baily the 27th of February, 1701. for breaking the House of Mrs. Mary Brown , a Widow , then living in St. Giles in the Fields , and taking from thence a pair of Holland-sheets and other Goods; adding, that he was very sorry he had no better improv'd the Mercy shewn him in the Reprieve then given him, and the Pardon that ensued. Whereupon I asking him whether in his former Troubles, he never had any serious Thoughts of reforming and amending his Life; he answer'd, That he had several times taken up Resolutions to that purpose, but for want of one thing, which (as he is now sensible of) ought to have been in his Resolutions, he could never bring them to any Effect; but broke them as soon as he had made them, or at least, upon the next Opportunity and Temptation. Now, what this thing was, which render'd his good Resolutions thus ineffectual, he declared to be this, viz. That in those his Resolutions of forsaking his Evil way, he did not seriously think of parting entirely with, and leaving for good and all, the Company of those wicked Persons who had, some of them, brought him at first into, and all of them encouraged him in his former vicious Course of Life. But now he said, he hop'd, if he were to live again in the World, he would never give way to the Temptation, and it griev'd him very much he had done it so long, of which (he said) he repented with all his Heart; praying God, for Christ's sake, to forgive him all his Sins, as he freely forgave those that had injured him; and desired also the Pardon of them that he had any ways injured, to whom he was not able to make any other Amends, than by begging of God (as he did) to bless them. He could neither Read nor Write; but being brought up by his Parents in the Church of England, he was not altogether unacquainted with our Common-Prayers (some of which he could say by heart;) neither was he absolutely ignorant of the Principles of that Church, though he had for several years past lived so disagreeably thereto. He declared, he rely'd for Salvation upon the alone Merits of JESUS CHRIST. While he was under this Condemnation he behaved himself very decently, and (in outward Appearance) with Devotion, all the time I was with him praying and admonishing him. But yet he would not be perswaded to confess the Fact for which he was condemned to die, though I used many pressing Arguments with him to that purpose; shewing him how his persisting in this his Denial, put him into the greatest Danger of Damnation, turned his Prayers into Sin, tainted his Soul more and more, and removed him still further from God's Mercy; and would certainly bring, instead of a Blessing, an eternal Curse upon him; and that if he thought otherwise, and fancied himself (as he said he was) in a good State, this did not proceed from Reason or Religion, but from a Mind deluded by Satan; who being the great Enemy of his Soul, suggested such things to his Imagination, as might keep him from doing all that he was able to do, and God therefore strictly required he should now do, in order to his obtaining a saving Interest in Christ, whose Merits would never be apply'd to him, nor his precious Blood cleanse him from his Iniquities, unless he own'd himself (if, as it was plainly proved, he was) guilty of that horrid Murther, and, in a due Sence of the Heinousness of such a Crime, beg earnestly Pardon both of God and Man for it. After I had laid this often to him, he at last (when the Dead-Warrant was brought in, and not before) confess'd it was true, (as they swore it against him) that he was endeavouring to break open a House at the End of Great Queenstreet in Drury-lane , & that he shot the Watchman who came to prevent him in it. Which having declared, I gave him such Reproof and Admonition as was fitting; shewing him both the Heinousness of that horrid Crime of Murther which he actually had, with that of Burglary, which he intended to have committed, and the Aggravation of his Guilt by his long obstinate Denial of both. Upon which he acknowledged, he was very guilty indeed, and that his Sentence was just; that he was the worst and the vilest of all Sinners, not worthy to lift up his Hands or his Eyes to Heaven, and receive the least Mercy; praying God not to deal with him in the Severity of his Justice, but deliver him from that eternal Condemnation he had deserved; and desiring my Prayers for him to that end. This being the Day appointed for his Execution, which (that it might be so much the more Exemplary) was perform'd at the End of LONGACRE in DRURY-LANE , near the Place where he had committed the Murther, and where a Gibbet was erected to that purpose, I attended him there for the last time; and having exhorted him still to stir up his Heart to God, and clear his Conscience before he departed this World, I pray'd and sung a Penitential Psalm with him. Then, upon my Motion, he warned young Men and all others, from living loose and irreligious Lives, and keeping ill Company; and desired them to learn by his sad and shameful End to avoid the Sins that he had done, and practise the Virtues he had left undone; owning that he was justly brought to suffer a shameful Death at the Place where he had committed a most bloody Fact; which he heartily lamented, and pray'd God to forgive. After this I pray'd again with him and for him, and made him rehearse the Articles of the Christian Faith, in which he declared he died; and having sung another Psalm, I pray'd a third time, and commended his Soul to God, and so left him to his private Devotions, for which he had some time allow'd him. When I was retired, he turned his Face towards me, and thanked me aloud, and desired me, and all Spectators, to pray for God's Mercy to him, till he was dead. 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It is to be had at Mr. Rogers's a Bookseller at the Sun against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street, at Mr. Round's a Bookseller in Exchange-Alley in Cornhill, at Mr. Baker's Bookseller at Mercers-Chappel in Cheap side, at Mr. Fleetwood's at the Parliament Stairs Westminster-Hall, at Mr. Rowe's-Coffee-House at the Bridge-Foot in Southwark, and at Mr. Watson's Coffee-house the Corner of Denmark-street in Ratcliff High-Way. Price 5 s. the Box, containing seven Doses. Allowance will be made to those who take any Quantity. RObert Whitledge , Bookbinder , now living at the Bible in Creed Lane , within Ludgate , where all Booksellers, and others, may be furnished with all sorts of Bibles and Common-Prayers, large and small, with Cuts or without, Rul'd or Unrul'd, Bound in Turkey Leather, extraordinary or plain, or unbound. Also the Statutes at large, and Articles and Canons of the Church of England; Tate and Brady's new Version of the Singing Psalms, the Common-Prayer in French, the new Book of Rates compleat; and also all Books neatly Bound. WHEREAS some Persons take the Liberty of putting out Sham-Papers, pretending to give an Account of the Malefactors that are Executed; in which Papers they are so defective & unjust, as sometimes to mistake even their Names and Crimes, and often quite misrepresent the State they plainly appear to be in under their Condemnation, and at the time of their Death: To prevent which great Abuses, These are to give Notice, That the only true Account of the Dying Criminals, is that which comes out the next Day after their Execucion, about 8 in the Morning, the Title whereof constantly begins with these Words, The ORDINARY of NEWGATE his Account of the Behaviour, &c. In which Paper (the better to distinguish it from Counterfeits) are set down the Heads of the several Sermons preach'd before the Condemned; and after their Confessions and Prayers, an Attestation thereto under the Ordinary's Hand, that is, his Name at length; and at the bottom the Printer's Name. J. Downing in Bartholomew-Close near West-Smithfield, 1704.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, & Dying Words Of the THIRTEEN MALEFACTORS Who were executed at TYBURN On Wednesday the 16th of MAY, 1750. BEING THE Third EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honble Sir Samuel Pennant , 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.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 Goal-Delivery of Newgate, held before the Right Honourable Sir SAMUEL PENNANT , Knight , Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Lord Chief-Justice LEE, Mr. Justice ABNEY, Mr. Baron CLARKE, RICHARD ADAMS , Esq ; Recorder , and others of his Majesty's Justices of OYER, and TERMINER, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City of London, and County of Middlesex, at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey , on Wednesday the 25th, Thursday the 26th, Friday the 27th, Saturday the 28th, and Monday the 30th of April, in the 23d Year of his Majesty's Reign, the 18 following Persons were capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death accordingly, viz. EDWARD CLARKE , ANDREW CAREY , JOB SAVAGE , THOMAS LEWIS , THOMAS MAY , BENJAMIN CAMPBEL HAMILTON , WILLIAM ARCHER , JOHN ANDREWS , JOHN THRIFT , JOHN GIDDIS , HENRY SMITH , JOHN GROVES , JAMES SHERMAN , otherwise NICHOLSON , MICHAEL NUNNAN , WALTER VAUGHAN , THOMAS REDHEAD , THOMAS PERRY , and JOHN CLARKE . There never was a Set of such wicked, ignorant young Fellows under these unhappy Circumstances since my Knowledge of the Place. Most of them indeed attended Prayers when Sickness did not hinder, but seem'd to give little Heed or Attention, as appear'd by their Behaviour, till within a few Days of their Execution, when it pleased God that they might see into the Evil of their Ways, and Reflections on their former Provocations of the Almighty to suffer the Vengeance of his Laws to fall upon their Heads, produced a different and better Behaviour in most of them, and they began to seek God'sFavour and Pardon, by meer earnest Prayer, and calling upon him. On Thursday the 10th Instant, Mr. Recorder made the Report to their Excellencies the Lords Justices assembled, when they were pleased to order the 14 following for Execution, viz. Andrew Carey , Job Savage , Thomas Lewis , Thomas May , Benjamin Campbel Hamilton , William Archer , John Giddis , Henry Smith , John Groves , James Nicholson , Michael Nunnan , Walter Vaughan , Thomas Perry , and John Clarke . Edward Clarke , John Andrews , and Thomas Redhead , were respited by their Excellencies, till their Pleasure concerning them be further made known . And John Thrift , their Excellencies were pleased to respite for fourteen Days . 1, 2. Andrew Carey , and Job Savage , were indicted, for that they, on the King's Highway, on Richard Goldington , did make an Assault, putting him in bodily Fear, and Danger of his Life, seven Guineas and seven Shillings in Money numbered, against the Will of the said Richard, did steal, take, and carry away, April 16 . 3, 4. Thomas Lewis , and Thomas May , were indicted, for that they, on the King's Highway, on John Matthews did make an Assault, putting him in corporal Fear and Danger of his Life, two Gold Rings, Value 12 s. one Penknife, Value 6 d. and 2 s. 3 d. in Money numbered, from his Person did steal, take, and carry away, March 22 . 5. Thomas Lewis , and Thomas May , were a second Time indicted, with Benjamin Campbel Hamilton , for that they, in a certain Field, or open Place, near the King's Highway, upon William Blacketer did make an Assault, putting him in bodily Fear, and Danger of his Life, and taking from him one Handkerchief, Value 11 d. and 5 d. in Halfpence, March 22 . Lewis a second Time, and Hamilton, were acquitted ; May found guilty a second Time. Thomas Lewis , and Thomas May , were a third Time indicted, with Benjamin Campbel Hamilton a second Time, for that they, on the King's Highway, on John Mason did make an Assault, putting him in bodily Fear, and Danger of his Life, and taking one Gold Watch, Value 40 s. from the Person of the said John, March 21 . All three found guilty. Thomas Lewis , and Thomas May , a fourth Time, with Benjamin Campel Hamilton , a third Time, were indicted, for that they, in a certain Field and open Place near the King's Highway, on John Matevae did make an Assault, putting him in corporal Fear, and Danger of his Life, one Guinea, and 10 s. in Money number'd, from his Person did steal, take, and carry away , March 21. Lewis a fourth, and Hamilton a third Time, found guilty; May acquitted . 6. Thomas Perry , was indicted for forging a Seaman's Ticket, dated March 29, 1749 . 7. William Archer , was indicted for that he, with a certain Gun loaded with Powder and Shot, feloniously, and of Malice and Forethought, did shoot at Anthony Higgins , with Intent the said Anthony to kill or murder, March 3 . 8, 9. John Giddis , and Henry Smith , were indicted, for that they, in a certain Field or open Place, near the King's Highway, on William Huddy did make an Assault, putting him in Fear, and Danger of his Life, Two-pence Halfpenny, in Money numbered, from his Person did steal, take, and carry away, April the 11th . 10. James Nicholson , was indicted, for that he, on the King's Highway, upon Elizabeth Brady , Spinster , did make a felonious Assault, one Velvet Cloak, Value 10 s. from her Person did steal, take, and carry away, March 28 . 11. Michael Nunnan , was indicted, for counterfeiting the Silver Coin of this Kingdom, Feb. 23 . 12. Walter Vaughan was indicted, for that he, on the King's Highway, upon Thomas Pain did make an Assault, putting him in corporal Fear, and Danger of his Life, 14 s. in Money numbered, from his Person did steal, take, and carry away, April 17 . 13. John Groves , was indicted, for robbing Hannah , Wife of Thomas Jones , in St. James's Park , of one Cloth Cloak, Value 5 s. one Holland Apron, Value 5 s. one Silk Handkerchief, Value 2 s. the Goods of the said Thomas, against the Will of the said Hannah, from her Person , &c. March 22. 14. John Clarke , was indicted for assaulting on the King's Highway Barbara , the Wife of John Harrison , and taking from her one Gold Ring, Value 5 s. the Property of the said John, against the Will of the said Barbara, from her Person, April 11 . 1. WALTER VAUGHAN , who had been ill ever since he was convicted, died on the Evening of the same Day as the Report was made . 2. JOB SAVAGE , aged 24, was born at Reading in Berkshire , of Parents whose Circumstances were very slender, and could afford him no Education. When he was about thirteen Years of Age, they made a Cabin-Boy of him, and afterwards he was Apprentice to a Master of a West-India Trader ; and he says, he served seven Years faithfully, and to the Satisfaction of his Master. The Sea he has followed ever since, being scarce ever Ashore, from the Time of his being bound out Apprentice, above a Fortnight together, but constantly kept himself in Employ. About a Twelvemonth ago, he says, he received Prize-Money, which having thrown away, as Sailor s generally do, in drinking, and Company with lewd Women, he got a Voyage to the West-Indies again, and was out about eight Months. Since his Return, it seems, he has worked as a Labourer , near Shadwell , with Ropemakers and Coopers, where he fell in Company with Carey, and one Mulliner, not yet taken. These two, he says, he understood since had been old Thieves; and one Day as they were idling away their Time, and drinking from House to House, they proposed to Savage to go along with them, in order to break open a certain House they then told him of, but he has now forgot whose and where particularly. He says, he returned for Answer, that he would have nothing to do with them, nor their wicked Designs, but as long as he could work to earn a Penny, to buy a Bit of Bread, he was determined to get an honest Livelihood. However, it so fell out about a Fortnight after, being all three again got out upon the Loose, they kept themselves warm with Gin for two or three Days together, having always a Quart Bottle along with them, which they did not suffer to be long empty nor full. Then Savage was as ripe for Mischief a the worst of them; and on Sunday, the 15th of April, they rambled all Day towards Whetstone and Barnet , with Intent to rob, or do any Mischief that fell in their Way; but no Opportunity presented, and they lay down at Night in the Hedges: But on Monday Morning early, the 16th, they were up, and looking out sharp, met with Richard Goldington , for robbing whom they were convicted. He protested, as a dying Man, that he was never out upon such wicked Practices before this Time, when they robbed one Man of 4 s. and another of 1 s. before they met Goldington, and this was all he ever was concerned in. 3. ANDREW CAREY , aged 32, was born in the Kingdom of Ireland , and bred a Papist ; he was a Seaman for several Years, and when Ashore, worked by Day in Ropewalks , and at Night, idle, loose, and disorderly Houses were his Resort, either with his wonted Companions in Wickedness, or seeking young, ignorant, idle Lads, to lead astray, and draw in to his wicked Purposes. This is said to be too well known of him in the Neighbourhood of Stepney , Whitechapel , and Shadwell , which are infested with too many idle vagabond Fellows. He once said indeed that he had been a very wicked Man, and had committed divers Robberies with different People, and at different Places; but farther added not, only with Respect to this particular Robbery, for which he was convicted with Savage, which he could not but own, that he took two Guineas, and Savage five Guineas. As soon as they had committed the Robbery, they took to the Woods, but soon came out again into the high Road, and ask'd the Way to London. People coming along, and being told by the Prosecutor that he had been robb'd, went after them, and presently took them. When they were brought to the Prosecutor's House at Hendon , Savage's Pistol and five Guineas were discovered, three in his Pocket, and two in a Chew of Tobacco in his Mouth; and, being put into a Coach and four, they were genteely escorted to Justice Fielding's, who committed them to Newgate . Savage said, he never should have thought of such Things, but for his two Accomplices; was verry sorry, and seemed heartily to repent, that he suffered himself to be concerned with them in their wicked Purposes,to the Dishonour of God, and his own Ruin. He was a young Fellow, very ignorant, and therefore the more easily led aside, and deserving Christian Pity. Carey died a Papist . 4. WILLIAM GIDDIS , aged 26, was born in St. Martin's Lane , Westminster , and was left to the wide World very young, without Education or Trade. His Mother died, he says, when about seven, and his Father left him, or turn'd him out of Doors, when about nine Years old. The first Business he got into, was to tend Horses , and ride Postilion , and passed his Time a Year or two in this Employ. Then he was Servant to a Gentleman, with whom he went and liv'd in Scotland six Months; and when that Time was expired, he left that Service, not meeting such Treatment as he hoped, and was promised; and having made a previous Bargain with his Master to return him again to London in case he did not approve of the Service after six Months Trial, he was sent back to Berwick , and there was half a Guinea paid for his Passage by Sea to London , where he shortly arrived. The Business he entered into upon his Return was a Coach-driver , having hired himself out to be a yearly Servant with a Person that keeps Hackney Coaches near St. James's Church , Westminster , with whom he lived honestly three or four Years, and drove some worthy Gentlemen, from whom he received then good Encouragement, and Assistance now under his unhappy Confinement: Then he removed to Chick-Lane , so to Cold-Bath-Fields , and Hatton-Garden-Wall , in which three last Services, he says, he began to learn naughty Tricks, those Places being too well known to be common Haunts of Thieves and Pick-pockets. At last he went to live with one in Marlborough-Street , with whom he lived some Time, and among his Companions, and Brethren of the Whip, got the Nickname of Marlborough Jack. He might have lived very well and comfortable by his Business, but his natural Disposition being changed, and corrupted by the evil Company he had lately been too conversant with, he run himself headlong into the Acquaintance of young Thieves and Gamblers, and became as bad as any, and from one Wickedness to another, has work'd his own Ruin. He says, 'twas about five or six Weeks ago since he took to these Ways, or committed any Robbery, and no longer, and in that Space of Time he has had a Share in about eight or ten different Robberies, all done at or near the Long Field behind Montague-House . Lewis, May and Hamilton were his Companions most of the Time, and Gin, he says, was the Liquor that gave them Spirits and Courage to be so audacious. Scarce any of them, one would think, were sit to rob a Hen-roost, and yet such little Urchins as these were a Terror to honest Men following their lawful Callings. He was a young Fellow naturally of a gentle and good Disposition, behaved becoming his unhappy Circumstances, and died penitent, and sorry for what he had done, and prayed to be forgiven by God for Christ's Sake, in whom he trusted, and had Hope. 5. HENRY SMITH , aged 27, was born in Northamptonshire , and his Parents dying when he was very young, he came up to London when about nine Years of Age. Being come to Town, he lived with an Uncle who let out Coaches, and kept an Alehouse, who brought him up to what Business he had for him to do, viz. to draw Beer , and drive a Coach. With him, he says, he constantly lived for about twelve Years, having his Board for his Labour, Meat, Drink, Washing, and Lodging, but no Wages; and being a loose, unlucky Youth, his Uncle wanted to get rid of him the first Opportunity that presented. He had the good Luck to hear of a Lady at West Drayton in Middlesex that wanted a Coachman, and the Uncle got Smith recommended to her. He was taken into her Service in Capacity of Coachman , and lived with her about two Years, till she thought fit to lay down the Equipage, and then he returned to London . Upon his Return, he followed the Business of a Hackney Coachman again, and served different Masters. He says he kept close to Business, and got an honest Livelihood, till April the 9th last past; that Evening Giddis came to him in the Stable where he lived, and when he came, Smith says he was lying upon a Bundle of Hay, to sleep off the Effects of the Day's Drinking, having been that Day hard at it. Giddis, he says, told him what he was going about, and asked him, why he would be idle, when so much Money was to be got? And so they presently agreed to go together; and they continued together from Monday Evening, the 9th of April, till Wednesday Night, the 11th, when they were both taken, having in that Time committed only three Robberies, in and about the Long Field behind Montague House . The Fact for which they were convicted both Giddis and Smith did own, but said, the Prosecutor did not do right in being so favourable to Beesley, who was tried with them for the same Fact, and so severe against them; for that Beesley both stopt him first, and took away what was taken from him, which was but three Halfpence, and he swore to Two-pence Halfpenny. Being advised that the Matter was not what they took, but the Design they were upon, they were content to own their Sentence and Fate were deservedly due, and their own seeking. Smith behaved very well, appeared very penitent, and hoped that God would be merciful unto him for Christ's Sake. 6. JAMES NICHOLSON , aged 25, was born in the Parish of St. Martin's in the Fields , of very honest and creditable Parents, who died when he was young. His real Name was Sherman , but he called himself Nicholson, after the Name of the Person that married his Mother, who dying, left him to his Care, a Person not inferior in Honesty and Credit to his own Parents; and who, with a Heart full of Love and Tenderness to him, endeavoured to bring him up in all Godliness and Honesty. He put him to School, and at proper Years bound him Apprentice to a Periwig-Maker , with whom he served five Years; but having committed some Misdemeanor, his Master was resolved to put him away, and did so. He was afterwards with a Baker , and then with a Brewer , and none of these Things quite hit his Temper. This Friend of his gave him the best Advice in his Power, and was willing to try every Thing to fix him to an honest Way of getting his Bread, but all in vain; in order to which, he had procured the Favour of a Gentleman to take him for his Servant, and a Day was appointed for the Gentleman to have a Sight of the young Man, and to talk with him; but before the Day came he eloped, and his Friend never saw him after, till he received a Message from him in the Cells in Newgate . He was so unhappy as never to conform to the Advice of his real and true Friends, he would give them the Hearing, but never shew any Willingness to comply with their Directions for his Good. Being out of all Business, he fell into bad Company, and since Christmas last has followed such wicked Ways, as have brought him to this unhappy End. He has committed about five Robberies, and for that he was convicted for, he acknowledges he deserves to die. He was quite resigned to the Will of God, and the Law; and some Endeavours of saving his Life having been made, though too late, of which when he was informed, he answered, he was glad to die now, least he might in Time to come do the same, or worse. He professed to die in Peace with his Prosecutrix, and with all the World, and desired to commit his Soul into the Hands of his Saviour Jesus Christ. 7. JOHN GROVES , aged 35, was born in Dorsetshire , where he lived with his Parents till he was about twenty Years of Age, at which Time he listed in the second Regiment of Guards, and has been a common Soldier ever since. His Behaviour was always well, and he was Abroad some Years during the late War. He much lamented his Case that he had not rather died in the Bed of Honour, having survived all those Dangers, to come to such an ignominious Fate. He was very weak after Conviction, and desired to die rather than live, but said the Prosecutrix had sworn very hard against him, as well as the other Evidences, for that he neither did, nor intended a Robbery. The Case as he set forth, and he always said the same to me to the last, was as follows, viz. That he had been that Day abroad with the Prosecutrix and some others, Men and Women, that they had drank pretty freely, and that he had gone so far towards treating the Women, as to pawn his Shirt, which he wanted the next Day to go upon Guard with. When he considered this, he would fain have redeemed his Shirt, but as none of the Company had any Money, he made free and took her Cloak, and said he would pledge that to get his Shirt, and leave it in Pawn till he could redeem it. However, he went to his Quarters that Night, with the Cloak in his Possession, and thought no more about it, till the Evidences had cooked up the Affair, and made a Robbery of it. He said also, that what he confessed to the Justice, was only the taking the Cloak, but he had no Thoughts of doing it in the Way of Robbery, but that the Woman should have her Cloak, and no Harm he thought had been done. As it had pleased God to suffer him to fall under this Calamity, he was very well content and resigned, andbegged of God to forgive him, as he did all the World. He knew not but it might be an Affliction from the Lord, for the Offences of his past Life, as he had been a wicked young Man; and said, he hop'd to make such Use of his Punishment now, as that his Soul might be happy hereafter. 8. THOMAS PERRY , aged 30, was born in Flintshire in Wales , and was bound Apprentice to a Shoemaker , with whom he served seven Years, he says, duly and truly; but when his Time was out, not liking that Business, he went to Sea, and has been in the King's and Privateers Service during the late Wars, having both Wages and Prize-Money due, but forfeited by his Conviction. He says, he has not been in Wales since he first left that Country, nor in England above twice or three Times, for this ten Years past, and that but for a short Space at a Time. The greatest Offence he could charge himself with, and had to answer for, he said, was Drunkenness, to which he had been much addicted both at Sea and Ashore; but that he never wronged Man, Woman, or Child, to his Remembrance, of any Thing. As to the Ticket, for forging of which he was convicted, as he said at first, so he continued to declare to the last; that if it was a forged Ticket, it was none of his doing, but that it was the very same he had of the Captain's Clerk. He wanted to go from the Ship, but was refus'd, unless he could get another Man, which he said he contrived to do; and then being about to be discharged, he applied for a Ticket, which was given him by the Captain's Clerk, who asked him to sell it, and told him he must loose 3 s. and 6 d. in the Pound for prompt Payment. Perry said, he refused to sell it, and purposed to take a Voyage to the Banks of Newfoundland, thinking that by the Time he returned, the Ticket might be payable, and then he should receive the Whole, and he pretended to choose to stay till his Return; upon which, says he, the Captain's Clerk bid me take it, and go about my Business, and be d - n'd. The Account he gave of himself was, that he could neither write, nor read Writing, and knew not but that it was a good Ticket, till he heard it was refused at the Office. When I told him, that the Captain's Clerk swore in his Evidence, that he neither gave him, nor any one else that Ticket, he was accused for, he said, he had no other from him, nor could he be imposed upon by any one else, for it was never out of his Hand, till he sent it to Elizabeth Stockwell , in order to pay her Debt. This is all the Account he wou'd give of himself, and this Affair, nor would he by any Means or Persuasions own that Fact in any other Light. He appeared very Penitent, and professed himself very willing to die, hoping that Jesus Christ would receive him to Mercy. 9. WILLIAM ARCHER , aged 42, was born in Hertfordshire , and bred a Butcher , which Trade he followed in White-Cross-Street for many Years, till the Time of his being taken up for the Fact he was afterwards convicted for. He was a Man of a most surly and morose Temper, and of a malicious Heart and Intention; and by his whole Behaviour in Life, before this wicked Act was done by him, (as his Neighbours can testify) and all along to his Death, as appeared to every one that saw him under Confinement. He valued not what Mischief he did to revenge himself on any one that should do any Thing he did not like with respect to him, tho' never so lawful. And the Cause of this barbarous Treatment of his Neighbour appears to be a Resentment he had taken up at him, for that he being a Man of more Conscience, and greater Regard to the Laws, than Archer was, had laid an Information against him, which was followed by an Indictment for vending his Goods on the Sabbath, as was his constant Practice, to the Nusance of the whole Neighbourhood. Upon this Account Archer vow'd Revenge, and was heard by several the Day the Fact was done to say, that he would be revenged on Higgins before Night. Accordingly what does he do, but watched an Opportunity, and from his one Pair of Stairs Window maliciously levelled a Gun at him, as he was sitting in his own Shop minding his Business, and little suspecting the Mischief intended him; as the poor Man sat with his Back towards him, he fired his Gun and shot him in the Back of the Head, and in his Neck, and in a most dangerous and desperate Manner, insomuch that a 100 Shot were taken out of those Parts. When he had done, he rejoiced at his Wickedness, bragg'd of being a good Marksman, and with bitter Curses said, he seldom miss'd his Mark, nor was he sorry for what he had done. He would never say any Thing as to the Fact himself, nor scarce tell his Name, but said, he was to lose his Life for what he had done, and what had any one to do with what he had done. His Behaviour at the Time of Conviction, and since to his Death, was very insolent and daring, and surprized every one that saw him. A Night or two before Execution, there was a great outcry of Murder in his Cell, occasioned by his drawing a Knife at one of his Fellow Sufferers, that lay with him, and swearing bitterly that he would kill him, only because he would not leave off Reading, and listen to his Nonsence, and wicked Conversation. And the Night immediately before his Execution, being left in the Cell by himself, it not being safe to leave any Body with him, his Bed was set on Fire, as was greatly believed, with Design, having been heard to say, he would not be hanged; but the Smoke discovered it, and Assistance coming, it was put out, and he was left without Candle. He continued obstinate to the End, and could scarce be prevailed on to do any Thing towards making an Atonement for the Sins of his past Life, tho' they were many and great, this not being the first Time he has seen the inside Walls of Newgate. A more obstinate, hardened Wretch I never saw, and every one that beheld him, was surprized to see that a Man could, by his brutish Behaviour, so near degrade himself to the Beast. 10. MICHAEL NUNNAN , about 40 Years of Age, was born in Ireland of very honest Parents, who brought him up in the Roman Catholick Persuasion, and took Care of his Education, by sending him to proper Schools, to be educated in Reading, Writing, and Accounts, till he was of Age to be put Apprentice , when they bound him to a sort of Ivory Turner and Inlayer , whom he served some Years; but getting acquainted with a Set of young Men in his own Neighbourhood, who lov'd Drinking, Whoring, and other Vices, much better than Work, he frequently left his Master's Business to associate with them, which occasioning a Quarrel between him and his Master, as well as his Parents, he abruptly left them, and came for London; how he has behaveed, or in what Manner he has lived since he came to this City, he will not declare, is altogether silent on that Head, only says he sometimes work'd for the Jewellers ; but being questioned how and in what Manner, his Answer was, 'twas no Matter to any Body, he only was to give an Account for his good or bad Deeds, and would not therefore acquaint any Body about his Circumstances. In Regard to the Fact for which he suffered, it was so plainly proved, that he could not even make any Evasion relating thereto, it being suggested to him, that as it did not appear he had any regular Occupation to pursue, and that he must have followed that Trade a long Time. He again replied, as before, it was no Matter to any Body, he should not give any Account of it. So that, upon the Whole, it appears natural to conclude, that he must for many Years past have followed that, or some other wicked Business, for a Support, rather than by honest Industry gain a Livelihood. However, he seemed to behave penitent for one under his Circumstances, own'd the Justness of his Sentence, and said, he died in Peace with all Mankind. 11. JOHN CLARKE , aged 29, said at first he was born in Lancashire , but at length confessed he was born in the Kingdom of Ireland , of reputable Parents, but as they knew nothing of his Misfortunes, he was determined to conceal their particular Place of Abode, in order still to keep it a Secret from them. He says, they gave him a pretty good Education, and would have put him to any Trade he would have made Choice of; but being a wild Youth, and of a roving Mind, nothing would serve him but the Sea, and accordingly he ran away from his Parents, about 16. Years ago, and served on Board several Merchant-Ships , as well as King's Ships, and after the Commencement of the War, served at different Times on Board several Privateers, from some of which, he said, he was entitled to Prize-Money. After the War was over, he went to Liverpool , where had a Wife, with whom he lived till all his ready Cash was spent, and he then determined to come to London , in Hopes to receive more, on Account of Prizes taken by the Privateers he had been on Board of. But being disappointed when he came here, Necessity drove him to the wicked Practice of robbing, in which he was at last overtaken, and justly brought to his End. It was very remarkable, that he several Times mentioned his having done some wicked Thing about five Years ago, which he said was not a Robbery, nor a Murder, but something that he had been ever since sorry for, and that he believed all his Misfortunes were owing to that; for though he had at all Times strove hard to get an honest Livelihood, he never could, nothing having prospered with him ever since. His Breast laboured with the Secret, which he sometimes seemed inclineable to reveal; but notwithstanding I several Times urged him to it, he never would, but carried it with him to his Grave. 12. THOMAS MAY , aged 24, was born in the Parish of St. Giles's , and lived with his Father, who was in good Credit and Reputation, and kept a Timber-Yard in Great Wild-Street . He was a very indulgent Parent to him, though he was always a wild and unlucky Youth, and scarce to be kept under any Restraint. About nine Years ago he left his Father, who is since dead, and went to live with a Gentleman, whose Stables were in the Neighbourhood. The Gentleman took a Fancy to him, seeing him a brisk, active Youth, and he liking the Terms of the Service, lived with him in Capacity of a Coachman , and to look after the Horses. For four Years past, he said, he had been an Hackney Coachman , but always had an Itch to loose and disorderly Company, and has been acquainted with Lewis for some Time, had committed Robberies and other Disorders with him before he was first apprehended, and went to see him for old Acquaintance Sake when in Clerkenwell New-Prison , and there agreed to return to their old Works as soon as he got his Discharge. They met accordingly, and left not one another's Company till they fled to Cover to hide themselves from their Pursuers, but were in a short Time overtaken. Lewis being taken in Newtoner's Lane , they went after May, and took him too in St Giles's , at a House of ill Fame, the Crown and Anchor , with the Prosecutor's Rings about him. He was a young Fellow of an undaunted, surly Disposition, and not to be prevailed on by any Means, gentle or rough, to do any Thing but what he thought proper. He said, if he had lived longer, he was sure he should be much worse, and sink deeper in the Gulf of Wickedness; so that he was not very sorry for being overtaken now by Justice; what he had done he was to suffer for, and no one had any Thing to do with it further in this World. He denied not being guilty of the four several Robberies he was indicted for last Sessions, hoped to be forgiven of God, and professed to die in Charity with all the World. 13. THOMAS LEWIS , aged 22, was born in the Parish of St. Martin's in the Fields , of Parents in a very bad Station of Life, who died when he was young, and he had nobody to assist him in bringing him into the World to get an honest Livelihood. When very young he committed some Wickedness, for Fear of Punishment for which he was glad to get off the Ground, and went to Sea. He says, he has been 7 Years at Sea in the King's and Merchant's Service , and came Home last March was Twelvemonth; when not having any Friends nor Parents to go to, and being out of all Business, he was at a Loss what to do with his Time. With little Money to spend, which burnt in his Pocket, he fell into bad Company, and has been himself a bad and dangerous Man for a long Time. A great Number of Robberies he had been concerned in, of some of which we have an Account, but not near the Number he has had a Hand in committing. He was in Custody before February Sessions, and admitted then an Evidence against several others of his Accomplices, viz. Stanton, who had his Sentence changed to Transportation, and Oldfield, Bushy, and Russel, who were executed in March last. Having been the Means of convicting them, he was by Law entituled to it, and accordingly set at Liberty. Also In February Sessions there was one Pendergrass indicted for a Highway Robbery, and the Prosecutor swore very positively to him. When he was put upon his Defence, he desired Lewis might be called, who came into the Court, and swore that himself, Stanton, and others, committed the same Robbery, and that Pendergrast was not in the Company, upon which he was acquitted. The World not being very well satisfied as to this Matter, I was desired to enquire particularly of Lewis before his Death about it, which I did several Times by myself, and in the Hearing of others, and he always declared, as he was a dying Man, that the Case was as above. He was no sooner set at Liberty, but he returned to the old Trade, as the Sow to her Wallowing in the Mire, and committed Robberies that very Night, and so continued to do till in a short Time after he was taken again, and committed to Newgate . He was a young Fellow of an undaunted Spirit, though when some of his old Acquaintance came to take Leave of him, when he got into the Cart at Newgate , he wept heartily, seemed penitent, and died resigned. 14. BENJAMIN CAMPBEL HAMILTON , aged 17, was born, as he said, in the Parish of St. Andrew's, Holbourn ; by this Name he was called, and indicted, but it is generally said, and believed, that he was the Son of Jones , alias Harpur , who was executed in March for picking the Pocket of General St. Clair of a Gold Watch. He never said any Thing particular of his Parents, not so much as whether dead or alive; but if it was as generally believed, he was, we are sure, thorough bred; Jones, alias Harpur, having been a noted Pickpocket and Gambler before he was born or begotten. Neither did he deny being concerned in the four several Robberies for which there were Indictments found last Sessions against him, and his Accomplices, but was silent as to any Thing else. After Conviction he pretended to be ill, and confined himself to his Cell till the Warrant came down; since which he came to Chapel, and seemed to have Regard to Prayer; and whether it was owing to the Levity of his youthful Blood, or what else, I will not pretend to determine, at all other Times, even to his Death, he shewed most remarkable Signs of Hardiness and Unconcern; nor did it seem at all to be forc'd, but he talked to the Mob, and to his Fellow-Sufferers in the Cart, with as much Ease and Unconcern as a Man would do that was going to a Jubilee, and continued so till within a few Minutes of his Death. An exact Account of the Robberies committed by Thomas Lewis and the rest of his Companions; particularly the Manner of their committing the Robberies on the Lord Bury, and the Countess of Albemarle; that on Mr. Beard; on the Dean of Peterborough, and many others. LEWIS began very early to accustom himself to picking Pockets, in which he was very expert, though about four Months ago he was caught by a Gentleman whose Pocket he had picked in Fleet-street ; who directly seized him, and forced him into a Shop, but notwithstanding all the Care possible was taken by sending for proper Officers, &c. he was rescued by his Companions, and carried off triumphantly. Though this narrow Escape gave him a Disgust for the present, against the Trade of picking Pockets, yet it did not eradicate from his Heart the Spirit of Thieving; for a very few Nights after, he and three more of his Companions set out on their villainous Expeditions, and the first Object that presented to their View, was a Man at the Bottom of Featherstone's Buildings in Holbourn , whom they commanded to stand and deliver; he appeared a little in Liquor, notwithstanding which he endeavoured to act on the defensive, and drew a Knife; but they tripped up his Heels, and presenting a Pistol to his Head, he remained peacable, and they took from him a Silver Watch, Eighteen-pence, and some Halfpence. They proceeded from thence up Holbourn , and turning down Drury-lane , they perceived a Chair, which they determined to attack; accordingly one of them stopt the foremost Man, and presenting a Pistol, commanded him to set down, to put out his Lanthorn, and hold his Hat before his Eyes, which he did; another went to the Man behind, ordering him to hold his Hat before his Face, while the other two commanded the Gentleman in the Chair (who proved to be Mr. Beard, belonging to the Theatre Royal in Drury-lane) to deliver his Watch and Money; accordingly Mr. Beard gave them about four Shillings and his Silver Watch, and they ordered the Chairmen to go on: This was between one and two in the Morning. After they had robbed Mr. Beard they proceeded up Drury-lane again, and so on to Great-Russel-street in Bloomsbury , till they came over against Montagu House , where they stopt two Women, whom they robbed of about four Shillings each, and some Halfpence, and a Handkerchief with a Mince Pye tied in it, which they directly eat; they then turned down a Street facing Montagu House , where they stopt two Men, and presenting their Pistols, commanded them to stand and deliver; from one they took Eighteen-pence, and his Hat and Wig; the other, who appeared like a Journeyman Carpenter, pulled out a Gimblet, and swore that was all he had in the World; on which they let them pass, and they proceeded on, and stopt a Coach near Bloomsbury Church , in which was only a Lady; on their presenting a Pistol to her she screamed out violently, on which one of them immediately stopt her Mouth with a Handkerchief, threatening instantly to blow out her Brains, if she did not quietly deliver; she immediately put her Hand into her Pocket, and gave them about four or five Shillings, saying 'twas all she had, and they bid the Coachman drive on. This was the last Robbery they committed that Night. The next Night they met again, and going down the Fleet-Market , they attacked two Men, to whom they presented their Pistols, and with a Volley of Oaths commanded them to stand and deliver; from one of'em they took 5 Guineasand an Half in Gold, some Silver, and two Silver Groats; from the other they took a middle-siz'd Silver Watch, with a scollop'd Dial-plate, and about 30 s. in Silver; as they were taking his Money they perceived the Watchman coming, on which they tore out Pocket and all; while they were committing this Robbery, a Fellow came up and asked what they were about, on which one of them presenting his Pistol, bid him walk off, or he was a dead Man, which he very prudently did. The same Night they stopt a Chair in Knaves-Acre , wherein was a Gentleman whom they supposed was a Foreigner; they took from him a Purse with about twenty Guineas, and a Gold Watch, finely chased, with the Story of Mars and Venus, and a China Dial Plate, and then ordered the Chairmen to go on. From thence they went to Monmouth-street , at the Top of which they stopt another Chair, and from a Gentleman therein took four Guineas, while four Watchmen stood at the same Time staring at them; three of them went up to the Watchmen, with their Pistols in their Hands, threatning to blow out their Brains if they did not immediately go about their Business, which they very quietly did. The same Night they stopped a Coach near the End of Great-Russel-street , Bloomsbury , in which was Lord Bury, the Countess of Albemarle, and another Lady. There were still five of them in Company, two of them went into the Coach, while the others guarded the Coachman and Footman; they presented their Pistols, and demanded their Watches and Money, when Lord Bury desired they would take away their Pistols and not frighten the Lady, and they would give them what they had; and accordingly they did, and they gave them a Gold chased dumb repeating Watch, two Rings, some Gold and Silver, and they suffered the Coach to pass on. A little while after they stopt a Chair in Kingsgate-street , near Red-lyon-Square , in which was the Dean of Peterborough; they demanded his Watch, Money, Rings, &c. he gave them some Silver, and his plain Gold Watch, with a Gold Chain and three Gold Seals to it, one of which had lost the Stone; in the Robbery one of their Pistols loaden with a Ball, went off by Accident, so near the Gentleman's Head as to set fire to his Wig: This terribly alarmed them, and they immediately made off, believing they had absolutely killed him. They were so much affrighted at this Accident that they attempted no more robbing that Night, but came directly to Cheapside , where they took Coach to Houndsditch , and went from thence to the House of a Jew of their Acquaintance, where they staid till Seven in the Morning, drinking Gin, Chocolate, &c. when they agreed to sell to the Jew the three Gold Watches, the Pinchbeck Watch, and all their Appurtenances, for 21 Guineas; he not having Money himself, was obliged to go to his Brother, whom he brought with him in about an Hour, who paid the Money, which they divided, as well as the Money they had got besides, and parted. The Sunday Evening after, the same five went out again, all armed with Pistols, and coming into the Long Fields they ranged themselves a-breast in a most daring audacious Manner, with their Pistols in their Hands, determining to let none escape that came that Way whom they could manage: Their first Prey was four Gentlemen, to whom they gave the Word of Command, and took from one of them a Silver single chased Watch, and from them all some Silver, and let them pass. They next stopt a Gentleman and two Ladies, from the Gentleman and one of the Ladies they took some Silver, and from the other Lady a green Purse with 18 d. in it. A little farther they met three more Gentlemen, from one they took a Silver Watch, and from them all some Silver and some Halfpence. A little farther they stopt three more Men, one of whom cried very much, and beg'd for God's Sake to take away their Pistols; after searching him, they found no more than three Halfpence, which they flung at him again, and one of them in a Passion seiz'd hold of him, andswore bitterly, if he did not immediately cease his sniveling, he would sling him into a Ditch. N.B. For this Robbery one Pendergrast was tried, and justly acquitted, as he was not present when the Robbery was done. Sometime after Lewis and three more of his Companions stopt 'Squire Harvey in a Chair, in St. Anne's Court near Berwick-street , Soho , from whom they took a fine Gold repeating Watch, the outside Case Egyptian Pebble, set in Gold. One Evening about five o'Clock, five of them in Company met a Person in Tottenham-Court Road (who, as appeared afterward, was one Mr. B - y a Fishmonger) whom they commanded to stand and deliver; they took from him a small Pinchbeck Watch, with a white Dial-plate, a Case of Instruments, Half a Guinea, some Silver, a Pair of loaded Pistols, and about a dozen Bullets; on taking the Pistols and Bullets they were surprized, thinking they had been robbing a Brother Trade (tho' Mr. B - y carried them about him only by Way of Security, having been attacked before) they therefore told him their Thoughts, and said, if he was a Brother Scamp * he might as well own it, and they would give him his Things again; but he shook his Head at them, did not understand them, and they parted, and wished him a good Night. * Scamp is the Cant Word for a Thief or Robber. Neither Lewis, May, nor Hamilton would particularize any Robbery except what is here set down; but in the following they were all concerned, and Sharers, as themselves did own, And these and several others were committed by these three unhappy Wretches. March 21, they met John Mason near Pancras , treated him ill, threatened to blow out his Brains, with other very hard Language, and robbed him of a Gold Watch. At the same Time they robbed John Matevae of one Guinea and ten Shillings; and each of them having Pistols, they were very daring and insolent. The next Day, between the Half-way House and Pancras- Church , Lewis and May met with John Matthews , whom they used in the same wicked Manner; one clapt a Pistol to his Mouth, and hit him with it in his Teeth, while the other held his Pistol to his Ear, and swore they would blow his Brains out if he did not keep his Hat over his Eyes, that he might not take particular Notice of them. They robbed him of two Gold Rings, a Penknife, and 2 s. and 3 d. in Money. Hamilton was in Sight at a Distance, and shared Part of the Booty: And, The same Day, the three met with William Blacketer , betwen the Half-way House and Pancras- Church , and with their usual Insolence robbed him of a Handkerchief, and Five-pence in Halfpence. At the PLACE of EXECUTION. ON Wednesday the 16th Instant, between 8 and 9 o'Clock in the Morning, Wm. Archer , Job Savage , and Wm. Carey in one; Thomas Lewis , Benjamin Campbel Hamilton , and Thomas May in another; Michael Nunnan , in a Sledge or Hurdle; Wm. Giddis , Henry Smith , and Thomas Perry in a third; and James Nicholson , John Clarke , and John Groves in a 4th Cart, went to the Place of Execution. Hamilton's Behaviour was intolerably indecent there, talking and laughing almost all the while the Executioner was tying them up, and using such Expressions as are better stifled than reported. May called aloud to a Fellow to take his Hat and Wig. Of the rest, not one of them said any Thing; but after Prayers, when the Caps were pulled down over their Faces, the Cart drew from under them, and most of them seem'd to have hard Conflicts with Death. Being cut down, their Bodies were chiefly taken care of by their Friends; but one or two having no Friends, were left under the Gallows, and are said to have been carried away for the Purpose and Use of Anatomy. 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 Dying Words, OF THE MALEFACTORS, Who were EXECUTED at TYBURN, On WEDNESDAY the 16th of this Instant June, 1731. BEING THE Fourth EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. HUMPHREY PARSONS , Esq; Number IV. 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. Justice Page; the Hon. Mr. Baron Carter; the Hon. Mr. Baron Thompson; Recorder of the City of London; Mr. Serjeant Ulin, Deputy 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 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, being the 2d, 3d, and 4th, of June, 1731, in the Fourth Year of his Majesty's Reign. Five Men, viz. William Burrows , Robert Cooper , Samuel Curlis , Thomas Martin , and Charles Oglesbay , and one Woman, viz. Elizabeth Corner , were by the Jury Convicted of capital Crimes, and received Sentence of Death. When under Sentence they were instructed from Col. ii. 6. " As " ye have therefore received Christ " Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in " him. " From which Text I took Occasion to explain to 'em the Necessity of Faith in Christ, which must not be a dead Faith, but attended with good Works, bringing forth manifold Fruits unto new Obedience, Holiness and Virtue, not consisting in empty speculative Notions, as some are too apt to explain it, but affecting the Heart with heavenly divine Thoughts, truly becoming God and Religion, and working a thorough Reformation upon the whole Man; so that he becomes wholly a new Creature, holy in Heart and Life, Dedicating himself, without Reserve, Soul and Body, unto the Service of God. From Acts, iii. 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. " They were taught the Native of true Repentance, which consisteth partly in an hearty, unfeigned Sorrow for Sin, not because of the Inconveniencies and Calamities it brings upon us; but because of the Offence thereby given to Almighty God in whom it is we live, move and from whom we have all our Being, who is daily loading us with his Benefits, and preventing us with his Blessings; and therefore we should be grieved because we have offended so good and gracious a God, such a tender, loving and indulgent a Father: Then I show'd them that true Repentance mainly consists in forsaking all Sin without any exception, especially those Sins which are more henious in the Sight of God then others, and for which Men void of Virtue and Goodness commonly come to Shame and Disgrace: And as by Repentance they must forsake Sin, so as to loath, detest and abhor themselves in Dust and Ashes because of it; so I inform'd them, that they must turn unto God with all their Hearts, they must be Holy as God is Holy, and Blameless in all Manner of Life and Conversation; whereas formerly they had been the Servants of Sin unto Unrighteousness, henceforth they must become the obedient Servants of Righteousness unto Holiness, approving themselves with Consciences void of Offence, towards God, and towards Man; and resolving by the Grace of God, if they had been to continue any longer in this World, to become New-Creatures, having their Conversation in Heaven, looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our Faith, &c. I taught them some Things relating to Justice and Equity between Man and Man, and that the Laws enacted against Thieves and Robbers were most necessary for the Conservation of humane Society, without which no Order or Regularity in the World could subsist, and that therefore it was their Duty, to submit to the Execution of the Sentence past upon them, since by such villainous Practices they had declar'd themselves Enemies to all Mankind, and render'd themselves obnoxious to undergo the Penalty of Law, which is no less than Capital in all Nations; and more particularly, since House-breaking, Attacking of People on the Highways and Street, and most of the different Kinds of Thefts were (in a Manner) Sins equal to Murder, as is frequently seen by the fatal Consequences of those Attempts; for how many have been left Dead upon the Spot, cruelly and barbarously Murder'd by such vile Assassins, common and avow'd Enemies to God and all Mankind? I exhorted 'em not to despair of the divine Mercy, which is infinite, but to Repent sincerely of all his Sins, particularly those of which they were Convicted, as having not only been an unjust Invasion upon the Goods and Properties of other Men, but likewise an intended Murder upon their Persons, in Case of the least Opposition being made to them in their villainous Attempts; to place their whole Confidence in the Goodness of God thro' Christ, who has declar'd, yea proclam'd himself, " The Lord, the Lord God, Merciful and Gracious, Long-suffering, and Abundant in Goodness " and Truth, keeping Mercy for " Thousands, forgiving Iniquity and " Transgression, and Sin, and that " will by no Means clear the " Guilty; visiting the Iniquity of " the Fathers upon the Children, " and upon the Childrens Children, " unto the Third and Fourth Generation. " Exod. xxxiv. 6, 7. They were also instructed in the Nature of the Christian Sacraments; and how greatly they had been Guilty of Breaking their Baptismal Vows, particularly, in committing those henious Sins, of violently Robbing other Men of their Goods, to which they could lay no Tittle or Claim whatsoever, which sinful Course of Life had brought them to Shame and Disgrace, and loaded them with manifold Sorrows and Anguish of Mind. From these Words, " This do in Remembrance of me. St. Luke, 22. 19. I exhorted them to prepare for receiving the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, as an assured pledge of their obtaining everlasting Life, if they sincerely Repented of all their Sins, and believ'd in out Lord Jesus Christ their only Saviour, with an unfeigned Faith, exerting it self in the peaceable Fruits of Righteousness, which are to the glory and praise of God. When these, and many other Exortations were given, they attended in Chapel, and behav'd gravely, and to appearance devoutly. Charles Oglesbay Martin and Curlis, made regular Responces; the other three could not read, but were very attentive. Cooper was very Sick, and excepting two Days, confin'd to his Bed in the Cell all the Time; when I visited him, he always declar'd that he was very Penitent. The Dead Warrant coming out a little sooner than they expected, they were mightily surprized, and appeared to be much more affected than formerly, and they shed abundance of Tears; only Mr. Oglesbay did not seem to be much moved, He, by a continual habit of Religious exercise and Meditations, having brought himself into a Conformity and Submission to the divine Will. On Saturday the 12th Instant, the Report was made to his Majesty in Council, of the six Malefactors under Sentence of Death in Newgate , when Thomas Martin , and Elizabeth Corner , for assaulting William Catesby , in a certain Field, and open Place near the King's Highway, putting him in fear of his Life, and taking from him 40 Guineas and 24 Shillings in Money, the 8th of May last, received his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve. The remaining four, viz. William Burroughs , Robert Cooper , Sam. Curlis and Charles Oglesbay were ordered for Execution. Charles Oglesbay (and another Man who was acquitted) of the Parish of Belfond , was Indicted for assaulting Priscilla Scott , Wife of Edward Scott , on the Highway, putting her in fear of her Life, and taking from her a Snuff box, value 10 s. a Silk House wife, and six Shillings in Money, the 11th of May last. I. Charles Oglesbay , 26 Years of Age, descended of honest respected Parents in Brentford , who gave him good education at School, in reading, writing, Accompts, and what other accomplishments were necessary to fit him for business. He was bred to the Trade of making Heels for Shoes , and (as he said) got sufficiently, whereby to Maintain himself, if he had not been extravagant, and could not confine himself to any honest, industrious and sober way. He married a Wife, by whom he had Children, and whom he commended for a virtuous Woman. By living a little above his Rank, or spending more than what was Needful, he contracted a Debt of forty or fifty Pounds, he knew that Writs were issu'd out against him for these Debts, and was afraid of Imprisonment, for which Cause he went beyond Sea, and liv'd in New-York above a Year, where he got very good Business in his Employment, and wanted for nothing, so that he could have settl'd in that Country, which he commended for a pleasant, plentiful and fine Place, had he not been Married to a Wife whom he lov'd and long'd to see; and then he hearing that there was an Act of Grace for the Discharge of small Debts, he came home intending to take the Benefit of the said Act. When he came home, no Person offer'd to molest him about his Debts, but all his Creditors suffer'd him to live in Peace, and to follow his Employment. Although he was abundantly Happy for a Man of his Circumstances, in living comfortable with his Wife, and of his own, and her Relations, yet he could not be satisfy'd; but being too much addicted to Idleness, he associated himself with bad Company, who prov'd his Ruin, and brought him to a shameful End. He own'd the Fact he was convicted of, in Robbing Mrs. Scott on the Highway, as was sworn against him, according to the Indictment: but said that he never was guilty of any Theft or Highway Robberies whatsoever, excepting that for which he died, and that he was advised by his Partner (who had the good Luck to get off for want of Proof) to set about such desperately wicked Attempts. Some People gave it out, that he was taken up at Exeter, upon Suspicion of being concern'd in Highway Robberies, but that he got off that Scrape by some means; and likewise it was said he was Transported upon another Account. He said, all this was wholly False, and that he was never guilty of, nor taken up for any Crime in his Life, save the one he died for; and that he had never been Thief nor Robber, excepting that single Instance for which he suffer'd; and that he went Abroad to New-York of his own Accord, to save himself from being imprison'd for Debt, and return'd again when he thought the Danger ever. He had Relations capable and willing to do for him, but having been a cross disobedient young Man, and not willing to comply with any of their good Advices, they disown'd, and would at last do nothing for him. He attended constantly in Chappel, made regular Responses, appeared very devout and often shed Tears. He had many devotional Books, and gave Money to buy some, which was done as he desir'd. When the Cell Door was open'd, he was always found upon his Knees praying very devoutly and seriously. He seem'd to be a young Man of good Sense and capable of his Business; but Covetousness, Bad Company, and Idleness ruin'd him, and brought him to an Exit full of Shame and Disgrace. A Gentleman desired me to ask him, If between Whimble-Green and Two Mile stone , he robb'd a Gentleman and Gentlewoman in a Chaise, and a Servant on Horse-back? He declared, as he was to answer to God, he did not do it, and that he knew nothing of it. On Sunday the 13th Instant, his Wife, Sister, and two young Brothers came to visit him as he was in Chappel. At first Meeting they all wept bitterly, and he sympathized with 'em, but was no ways disturb'd in his Devotion. On Tuesday, being the Day before he died, when he saw his Father and Mother, he fell on his Knees to them; and altho' they with his Father-in-law, his Sister, and some others who came to visit him, cried, and shed Tears for him, yet he was not much moved, but look'd indifferent, and spoke but little to them. He was devout, penitent, and resign'd to the Will of God; and declar'd, if he had been spar'd, that he was fully resolved to lead a new Life. I have not seen any Person in his distress'd Circumstances behave more christianly and devoutly than he did: He believ'd in Christ his only Saviour, was a sincere Penitent for all his Sins, and died in Peace with all Mankind. Robert Cooper , of the Hamlet of Mile-end Old-town , in the Parish of Stepney , Victualler , was Indicted for that he did falsely and feloniously make, or cause to be made, a Bond for the Sum of 25 l. under the Hand of William Holme , of Hanover-Square , Grocer , and the same did utter contrary to the Statute in that case made and provided. 2. Robert Cooper , 50 years of Age, born in Hampshire of honest, but mean Parents, who were not in a capacity to give him Learning, was of no particular Trade, but did Country-work , and serv'd Gentlemen , having been seven Years in one Family, and five in another, as he said, where he had always the character of an honest Man, and was respected as such by his Masters. He married a Wife and had Children, who are all dead but one poor Girl of 12 years Old, who visited him sometimes in his greatest distress. He said he Rented a House of forty pounds a year in HanoverSquare eighteen Years, and that he liv'd very well there, by keeping a Publick-house and letting of Lodgings . But two or three Years ago his Wife dying, He was obliged to give over that Business, and betake himself to a more private way of Life, by applying himself to work in Gardens about Deptford and Greenwich , and at other times by working by the River-side ; and by this means he said he provided very well for himself and his Daughter. He liv'd always regularly and soberly, and kept his Credit, by paying every Man his own. He went to Church sometimes, but was too negligent in that respect, by being more anxious about the affairs of this World, than what was needful. He was not given to Drinking, Swearing, nor addicted to Women, as most of these unhappy People commonly are. As to the unlucky affair for which he died, he said, he could neither read nor write, and that he lent nine Guineas to a Man who gave him the Bond in the Indictment for his Security, which he out of Ignorance accepted of, and afterwards by the same Advice, he seeking to have his Money advanc'd upon the Credit of that Bond, and Mr. Holme knowing he had never given any such Obligation, Cooper was taken up, and they prov'd the Forgery plainly upon him, as being done by his Direction and Advice, though he was altogether Illiterate. He said, when he gave up Housekeeping, he had a handsome Sum of Money by him, and that it was not for Poverty, but want of a Wife to look after his Affairs, that he gave over publick Business; and that since that time, he had left him above forty Guineas by the Death of a Brother, and when he was taken up, he had twenty-six Pounds at Sea, but all this Money he could give no Account of, and knew not if his Friends might recover any of it. He was so afflicted with Sickness all the Time he was under Sentence, that he could not speak much, and at last he turn'd quite crazy and light-headed, and lay in the Cell in a most miserable Condition, stark-naked, after he had thrown off and torn his Cloaths; till within a day or two of his Death he recover'd a little, and was capable to give some Account of himself. He always declar'd himself very Penitent for all the Sins of his Life; that he believ'd in Christ his only Saviour, through whose Merits he hop'd for Salvation; and that he forgave all the injuries done him, as he expected forgiveness from God. William Burroughs , of St. Giles's in the Fields , was indicted for assaulting Edward Allen , on the King's Highway, putting him in fear, and taking from him Eighteen-Pence in Silver, Three-pence in Half-pence, and his Hat, the 26th of May last. 3. William Burroughs , 22 years of Age, born in the Parish of St. Giles's , of mean Parents, who gave him no education at School, but brought him up to a pitiful idle Life, and let him run about the Streets as he pleased; as soon as he was able to do it; his great delight was in riding and watering of Horses, and in being about Stables, where (it seems) he learn'd but a few good Lessons, though he was very ready to take up abundance of bad, which hurried him apace to his destruction. When he was six or seven years of Age he was a Postilion , and rode as a Post-Boy with Letters, and when a little more advanc'd in Years, he was Postilion to Baron Swasso for some Years. When he was out of that business, he drove hackney Coaches , and by that means fell into that dreadful Society of Gin-drinkers, Whores, Thieves, House-breakers, Street-robbers, Pick-pockets, and the whole train of the most notable Black guards in and about London , and what advances he made in Virtue and good Manners in such a famous School, the World may easily judge. He own'd that he had been guilty of many outrageous Crimes, in Whoring, Drinking to excess, Cursing, Swearing and Blaspheming, Picking of Pockets, Pilfering and Thieving, Robbing in the Streets, House-breaking, and the other as commendable Arts, which are commonly taught and practis'd by such Masters as he applied himself to. He own'd in General, that he was a Stranger scarce to any Vice, but that he was acquainted with no Virtue, and that few Sins, save Murder, could be Nam'd, which he had not been partaker of in some Degree; but he could not be persuaded to descend to particular Confessions. He had scarce ever gone to Church, and was very ignorant in religious Matters, yet he knew a little of the first Principles, and I endeavour'd to instruct him so far as the Shortness of Time will allow. He profest Penitence, and behav'd as well as could be expected from a Man of his Education, but not with that Seriousness as became one in his pitiful Condition. After the Dead Warrant came down, he fell into the most lamentable Agitations, but he constantly Praying to God in his Cell, crying out for Mercy in short extempore Petitions, as he could, without Book. As to the Fact he was Convicted of, he own'd that he was in Company with the Street-Robbers, but knew nothing of their Intentions that Night, and that he did not Attack the Coach, but that he stood at a Distance while the rest robb'd the Man; and in confidence of his being innocent in Part, he stood still till they apprehended him, while the rest of them made their Escape; and when he was in Custody, he would not inform against his Associates, although they say, that now two of them are taken, and one of them has undertaken to give Evidence against the other. He declar'd his Faith in Christ his Saviour, that he was Penitent for the Offences of his Life and died in Peace with all the World. Samuel Curlis , of St. Sepulchres , was Indicted for feloniously stealing a Mare, Value 3 l. the Property of a Person unknown, the 21st of April last. 4. Samuel Curlis , 31 Years of Age, Born at Malden in Sussex , of Honest Parents, who gave him good Education at School in Reading, Writing, and Accompts to fit him for Business, and instructed him in Christian Principles; and when of Age he learn'd his Father's Trade of a Taylor , in which when he had acquir'd some Experience, he came to Town and applied himself to Journey-work, and (as he said) liv'd honestly; and some Years ago he Married a Widow on the other side of the Water, to whom he was a good Husband; and they liv'd peaceably together and wanted nothing, till about a Year and a half, or two Years ago, both of them turn'd Valetudinary, and then they fell into some Distress. Three or four Years ago he listed himself a Soldier in the first Regiment of Guards, in which Station (as he said) he serv'd to the Satisfaction of his Officers. He was not inclin'd to the common Vices of Drinking, Whoring, Blaspheming, &c. which are usually the Bane of those who fall into those fatal Misfortunes. He went to Church, and took the Sacrament once, when he was Young and before he left the Country. He kept a regular Family, and provided carefully for his Wife and Children. Lately he went to the Country to visit his Father and Relations, and when he was upon his return homewards, he begg'd a Horse from his father, and his Brother said, Sam. You may take my Mare on the Common, and dispose of it as you Please and Welcome. He told him the Height, the Colour, the Spots and Marks of the Mare: Curlis saw a Mare upon the Common of the same dimensions, &c. as his Brother describ'd his, and carried her away for his Brother's, and sold her at Croyden ; but before the Payment was compleated, the fraud was found out that the Beast was stolen This is the Account he constantly gave, although when he was first taken up, he made silly excuses, and said he found the Mare in a Lane, which was acknowledging that he stole the Mare. The Monday Morning before he died, having sate up all Night, he falling a sleep a Minute or two, and when he awak'd suddenly, he saw one of the side Walls of the Cell, all written in Roman Letters; he ask'd if it was an ill Sign? I thought it was a warning like the Hand-writing upon a Wall. He cry'd much after all hopes of Life were over. He believ'd in Christ his Saviour, repented carefully of his Sins, and died in Peace with all Mankind. The following Letter was sent by Samuel Curlis to his Father at Malding in Sussex , the Night before his Execution; which is as follows, viz. Newgate June the 15, 1731. Honoured Father, I Beg for Jesus Christ's Sake, it being the last request of a dying Man; I am to dye To-morrow, and I cannot have the satisfaction of seeing you my Self, before I leave this sinful World; let me beg of you to do a Fatherley action to a poor unfortunate young Man, who is cut off just in his Prime. And dear Father, Commiserate the loss my unhappy Wife will have, and my poor Daughter, which makes my Heart bleed within me, that I am oblidg'd to leave them so Miserable and the want of Bread, Friends or Money. Consider dear Father, that there is a just God above, that will Reward you for what you assist my poor distressed Wife and Child withal when I am gone; but permit me to request the last favour that I can ask, which is, that you would forgive whatever you have seen amiss in me; I likewise request it of my dear Mother, that you would see me Buyed; for as my poor Wife has not where, withall to Bury me; I beg that the ever blessed Jesus will inspire in you such a charitable Act to him, who is Flesh of your Flesh, and Bone of your Bone; I hope my dear Mother will consider that she bore me, and gave me Milk for my Sustenance, when I was not capable of helping my Self let the bitter Cries of our crucyfied Saviour move you to some compassion in my behalf, and consider that had you a Heart of Stone it would bleed, to se the cruel Usage I have had, but God alone knows that, and that I forgive all those that have sought to do me Evil, I bless them also; that have done me good; permit me, dear Father, to tell you that my Body will be sent down to you, which I hope you will take care of at the request of a dying Man, and accept of the Prayers of him, who always has done his endeavours to be Dutiful to you; and dear Mother, may the great God of his infinite Goodness and Mercy through Jesus Christ; Sanctifie and prosper your Endeavours, and grant you length of Days in Prosperity; and my dear Brother and Sisters, hoping that we shall meet again in Heavenly Glory, which is the hearty and sincere Prayer of Your Dutiful Son, at the point of Death, SAMUEL CURLIS . At the Place of EXECUTION. FEW Persons upon this dreadful Occasion, have given greater Testimonies of being sincere Penitents, than those Poor Creatures, whom we have been speaking of. They went in two Carts, and before Curlis went out of that, in which he came, into that, in which he was to Die, he kneel'd down and Pray'd with great fervency. Mr. Oglebay, after he was tyed up, he embrac'd his Father-in-Law with the most tender Affection, and declared that being heartily weary of so sinful and deprav'd a World; He had no reluctance in leaving it, or any thing in it, except his Loving and every way deserving Wife. Indeed, as far as we can decide from Circumstances and Appearance; His behaviour under his Sentence, and the steadiness of his Countenance, which never changed to the last, he did in no ways fear Death, for which, as well the shortness of Time would allow, he with great diligence had Prepar'd. Mr. Oglebay, call'd for the Brentford-men to come up and Speak to him. The Officers made way, and some Men rode up, to whom he addressed himself to this purpose: " That they should not reflect upon his Father's or " his Father in Law's Family, " or his Wife on his Account, since none of them " knew any thing of his " Crimes. He said also, " that his Comrade advis'd " and press'd upon him to " go on the High-way; He " said further, that he had " never followed those wicked courses before, and " hoped they would entertain charitable thoughts of " him. " They promis'd not to reflect any ways upon his Relations upon his Account. " He likewise said, he " heartily forgave all his " Enemies, and doubted not " but God would receive " him into everlasting rest, " having sincerely repented " of all his Sins. " Burroughs had no more to add to his Confessions, only he wept bitterly, and earnestly cryed to God for Mercy. Cooper made some tart reflections, and said, he was impos'd upon in the matter of the Bond, but that he heartily forgave all Men, &c. Curlis would not say that his Fact about the Mare was true, so its to be doubted of. They were all very devout at Prayers, and desired the Lamentation of a Sinner to be Sung, which was done accordingly. Just before they went off, Mr. Oglebay cry'd out, come Lord Jesus, I come to thee; O my sweet heavenly Saviour, I come to thee, Lord Jesus my sweet Saviour, receive my Soul. He spoke aloud to this purpose, as if he had been in a Rapture. In all appearance he died a true sincere Penitent. They all went out of this World, crying to God to have Mercy upon their Souls, and the Lord Jesus receive our Spirits. This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate. ADVERTISEMENTS. Dr. Richard Rock 's never failing TINCTURE for curing the TEETH. Which by once or twice using, cleanses the blackest or foulest Teeth, beyond Expression, by eradicating those scorbutick scurvy Humours, which are the Occasion thereof; and gives immediate Ease to those who are afflicted with the Tooth ach, and prevents the Return of that most violent Pain; by preserving those Teeth that are growing rotten, and fastening others that are loose. It is prevailing in those Persons that are nauseated with an ill-scented Breath, by reason it is such an Enemy to the Scurvy, that it eradicates the whole, by cleansing the Teeth and Gums, so immediately as if by Inchantment. To be had only at the Hand and Face , near Bluck-Friers Stairs , and at the Rainbow Coffee-House , near Fleet-Bridge . Price one Shilling, with Directions. At the same Places is to be had, his most excellent Chymical Liquor for curing the ITCH and such other Breaking, out of the Skin, which are Symptoms of that most filthy, nauseous, and infective Distemper. Price 1s. 6 d. per Bottle, with Directions. N. B. It is so cleanly a Composition, that it does not Stain the finest Linnen. The wonderful Cures in the TEETH, perform'd by the said Dr. Rock, will be attested by a Clergyman living near Fleet-Bridge, who was so violently afflicted with the TOOTH ACH, that it occasion'd a great swelling in his Face, and having made Use of several Medicines to no Purpose; had a Tooth displaced by a noted Operator; but the Pain still increasing, occasion'd an Uneasiness in his Head, and a violent Pain in his Ears: A Gentleman living at the Rainbow Coffeehouse, near Fleet-Bridge, advised him to make Use of this excellent TINCTURE of Dr. Rock's, he having had a Child cured of sore Gums and Pain of the Teeth, by the said Medicines. It gave him ease in a Moment, and in 6 Hours the Swelling abated, and the Pain of his Head and Ears ceased, and he is now in perfect Health. Those that are not willing to Use the TINCTURE, may have their TEETH or STUMPS taken out with a Touch, or Scal'd to the greatest Perfection, and at a reasonable Expence, by the aforesaid Dr. Rock, who daily attends at his House in Black-Friers. Where also may be had, Dr. PITCAIRN's universal purging ELIXIR, which cleanses the Body from all gross Humours, casion'd by hard Drinking: It is a sovereign Remedy for the Scurvy, Dropsy, Rheumatism, Black or Yellow Jaundies. Gripes, &c. and Removes all Obstructions in the Lungs; and never fails bringing away all Sorts of Worms from the Body of Men, Women, and Children, and cures Agues or intermitting Fevers, in less than 12 Hours after taking. Price 1 s. each Bottle, with Directions. No Family ought to be without this Medicine, it is proper to be taken Spring and Fall. It gives Relief in the Cholick or Pain of the Stomach, in less than a Minute, tho' of over so long standing and violent. Any Person is wellcome to take the Medicine in my Shop, and if they say that they find no ease, in the Cholick or Pain of the Stomach they shall not pay for the Medicine. Advice for all Distempers, gratis, and cast your Water for six Pence. The ELIXIR is so safe, that Women with Child may take it. At the aforesaid Place is to be had, Dr. Rock's WormPlaster, which being applied to the Pit of the Stomach, speedily destroys all Sorts of Worms, from the Body of Men, Women, and Children. Price 3d. with Directions. 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 Gonorrhoea, Gleets, and other Weaknesses, whether from Venereal Embraces, Self-pollution, improperly called 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, Symptoms, Prognosticks, and Cures in all Cases, their Beginnings, Progress and fatal Periods, when neglected or unskilfully managed; and how their absolute Cure, without Violence or Injury, is compleated. With proper and effectual Remedies, in their several Stages, prescrib'd and recommended therein. With some Remarks on that proposterous Way of Venery with Machines, &c. and a plain Discovery, of the Damages (though 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. London, Printed for the Author; and Sold at his House, in Bow-Church Yard ; also by G. Scranhan in Cornhill ; E. Midwinter, in St. Paul's Church-Yard ; C. King, in WestminsterHall ; J. Hodges on London-Bridge ; and J. Nurse, at the Lamb without Temple-Bar . Price stitch d 2 s, bound 2 s, 6 d 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 Upine, or upon Stool, whether from an Acrimony, or Deravity of the Juices, or by over straining the Spematick 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 proceed with, the printed Directions, wrap'd up with the Pills, do so plainly shew, that no Persons, even the meanest Capacities, can be any Loss to understand them; but will, by their observing the easy Rules thee in laid down, have their Blood, and whole Body, we cleans'd and purified, the debilated Parts strengthened and by Degrees, compleatly, and lastingly invigorate and restored, so as to be enabled quickly, and safely Marry, without the least Need of any further, or othe Advice or Medicine. They are to be had, Price 7 s. 6 d. the Box, ready to be deliver'd to any Messenger, upon only for, A Box of Pills, at Mr. Payne's, a Booketter, at Crown, facing the Chapter Coffee-house, in Paternoter Row. Note, The said Two Electuaries, viz, Numb, 1, Gleets, and Numb. 2, for Seminal and Genital Weaknesses, are to be had there also, Price 7 s. 6 d. each and are likewise sealed up: and to be asked for by Electuary Number 1, or Electuary Number 2, BOOKS Printed and Sold by John Applebee , in Bolt Court, near the Leg Tavern in Fleet-Street . I. The Life of Catherine Hayes (who was Executed at Tyburn on the 9th of May, 1726, for the barbarous Murder of her Husband) giving a true and perfect Account of her Parentage, Birth, Education, &c. from the Time of her Birth, to the Hour of her Death: Together with every minute Circumstance relating to that horrid Affair. To which is added, the Lives of Thomas Wood and Thomas Blings, the two Persons concern'd with her in committing the said Murder: the Whole taken from the Mouths of the several Criminals themselves, during their Confinement in Newgate. Price Six-pence. II. An Account of all the Robberies, Escapes, &c. of John Sheppard , giving an exact Description of the manner of his wonderful Escape from the Castle in Newgate , and of the Methods he took afterwards for his Security. Written by himself during his Confinement in the middle Stone-Room, after his being re-taken in Drury-Lane . To which is prefix'd, a true Representation of his Escape from the Condemn'd Hold, curiously engraven on a Copper Plate. Price Six-pence. III. A true and exact Account of the Lives of Edward Burnworth , alias Frasier , William Blewit , Thomas Berry , and Emanuel Dickenson , who were Executed at Kingston on the 6th of April 1726, for the barbarous Murder of Thomas Ball in St. George's Fields . Price Six-pence. IV. A genuine Narative of the memorable Life and Actions of John Dyer , a notorious Highwayman and House breaker , who was Executed at Tyburn on Fryday the 21st of November 1729, Price Six-pence. Dr. Nelson's most wonderful PANACEA, for the CONFIRM'D POX, (And, all the Relicks or Remains of it in the Blood) which it infallibly eradicates, tho' of ever so long standing, it having been long 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 any Disorder it gives, Confinement it requires, or Suspicion it occasions, that it is admir'd and recommended all that have taken it, for it neither purges, vomits, nor salivates, but cures by its Alterative, Deobstruent, Antivenerea Qualities, insomuch 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 or 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 of Scabe Blotches, Boils, 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 weakned and worn-out Constitutions. Price 5 s. the Tin-pot, prepar'd only by the Doctor above said, and left by him, at Mr. sted'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 5 s. Pot of the Panacea. THE ROYAL COSMETICK; To beautify and cleanse the Face, Neck, and Hands, and to preserve the Complection of Ladies and Others: Devised by several learned Physicians, and used by Queens, Princesses, and other Ladies of Quality, in Italy, Germany, France, and England. WHich, for its excellent Virtues, exceeds all others, and beautifies the Face, Neck, and Hands, to the utmost Perfection, giving a charming Lustre and fine Air to the Features, rendering the Face delicately fair, plump, and smooth, though before ever so ordinary; instantly causing a youthful Fairness, to Admiration, making a Person look young though old; it makes rough and red Hands exceeding white and smooth, infallibly taking away Redness, Wrinkles, Pimples, Spots, Worms, Morphews, Sun-Burns, Heats, or any other Discolourings of the Skin. It nourishes, plumps, smooths, clears and softens the Skin to the last Degree. It likewise heals Chops of the Lips, Hands, and Arms to Admiration. The Use of it is so clean, and it hath so pleasant a Flavour, that nothing can exceed it; and is therefore a most excellent Thing to preserve or regain a fine Skin and Complection. Prepared and Sold by the Author, a Chymist, at his House; the second Door on the Right Hand in Bride-lane, near Fleetstreet; 'tis also Sold at Robotham's Toy-shop without Whitechappel Bars; at Mr. Neal's Toy-shop opposite the Whiteheart Inn in the Borough of South-wark; and at Mr. Grg's, Bookseller, next Northumber-land-house, Charing-cross. Price 3 s. 6 d. a Bottle. Where is also Sold, FOR a certain CURE of the SCURVEY, and all SCORBUTICK HUMOURS, is recommended the Tincture Magnum, Anti-Scorbuticum: Or, The Grand Anti-Scorbutick Purging-Tincture of Scurvy Grass prepared after a new compendious Method, whereby is, made much more beneficial in purging the Blood of all salt brinish, and watery Humours, than any Preparation heretofore prepared of that Sovereign Herb; to be taken any Time of the Year, but more especially Spring and Fall. At One Shilling a Battle.

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A True ACCOUNT of the BEHAVIOUR, CONFESSION, AND Last Dying SPEECHES Of the Criminals that were Executed at TYBURN, On Monday the 23d of October, 1693. ON the Lords day in the forenoon, a Sermon was preacht from the 6th Verse of the 5th Chapter of St. Paul to the Ephesians, viz. Let no men deceive you with vain words, for because of these things, the Wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience. The whole discourse was suited to the condemned Criminals for caution, not to deceive themselves with false principles of reliance on Gods mercy, and a Death-bed Repentance, which is seldom sincere. The Nature of Sin demeriting Gods wrath was stated in its aggravations, and directions given how to avoid it. In the Afternoon a Sermon was preacht on the 21st Verse of the 1st Chapter of St. Pauls Epistle to the Colossians, from these words, And you who were sometimes alienated, and Enemies in your minds by wicked works, yet, Now hath he reconciled. Herein is set forth mans deplorable and desperate estate by his wilful Apostacy from God, the Fountain of Holiness and Blessedness. He is not only alienated and set at a distance from him, as having utterly lost all Friendship and Communion with him, but also is degenerated into a state of enmity against him. The chief faculty of mans soul corrupted by sin, is the Mind as filled with groundless, yet strong prejudices, against Gods holy nature: Hence it is always plotting of Rebellion against him. The strong holds whereon sinners fortify their enmity are Carnal Reasonings, in inventing subtile excuses to palliate and defend their malignity. Sinners put on the whole Armor of the Devil, that they may be able to stand against the encounters of the divine Law, and the checks of their own Conscience. Yea, they grow more abounding in provocation because God is gracious and merciful. Some are close subtile enemies, keeping secret correspondency with their Lust. Others are open profest enemies, who send defiance to Heaven; this is an ancient and inveterate enmity, as early as mans Apostacy, immediately after his Creation. It is persisted in by contumacions Resolutions, to carry the venom of malignity into the other world, unless the heart be mollified and chang'd by converting Grace. What are the Causes of this Enmity. 1st. Low and slight apprehensions of Gods lovely and infinite Excellencies, joyn'd with a proud conceit of the creatures Self-sufficiency. 2dly. The creature attempts to make its Will of Sensuality, a law to it self, and the guide of its conversation. 3dly. Sinners encourage themselves in rebelling against their Creator, upon presumptuous hopes of escaping Gods Justice, wherein having deceived themselves, they entertain despairing thoughts, as if God were inexorable. These harden the heart against submitting to him. 4thly. Under judgments they veil their enmity, whereby it becomes more deeply rooted. 5thly. Evangelical Unbelief contemn the Willingness of God, to be reconcil'd in Christ; hence Sinners strengthen their enmity. Thus they dash themselves against the Rock of Salvation, and form out their own Shame, tho they cannot in the least disturb the Lords essential felicity. EXHORTATION. O stand no longer out in your enmity against God, as if it were in braveries of Spirit; consider that no man was ever so stout-hearted, as to stand before the Tribunal of God in the guilt of the least sin, unappal'd. Will ye spend upon the stock of Gods long-suffering, and take no thought of making peace with him? wilt thou dve in thine impudency and impenitency? Take heed also of presuming that thy peace is made with God, when thou didst never yet subscribe sincerely to any single leading Article of Reconciliation. Inquire whither thou didst throw down thy rebellious arms out of duty, before thou wert forc'd upon it? Didst thou submit to Gods mercy at discretion, that he should use thee, and rule thee as himself pleases? Dost thou chuse rather to dye by the hand of divine Justice, than to continue fighting against Meecy in hopes of impunity? Again, is thy desire of rceonciliation to get a discharge from going to Hell, rather than to have the love and strength of sin subdu'd, without which, there cannot be any suitableness to God, nor any friendship with him? A silent Conscience which upbraids not for sin, is not true peace with God, but rather a treacherous fore-runner of greater revolting from him. Do not think that a civil life, is the change of thine enmity with God. There may be a cessation of open hostility, and yet no true lasting Reconciliation ratify'd, and mutually exchang'd. If thou repinest at the strictness of any divine Law, or upon the advancement of thy worldly interest, canst soon retake a casheir'd lust into thy bosom, thy peace with God is only a dissembled friendship. Abstinence from sinning for a season without a gracious abhorrence, will reingratiate a Lust with greater strength of familiarity and a more close adherence. The Conclusion was thus directed to the Condemned. Consider that divine wrath is the certain portion of Gods enemies. This is too hot a climate for any who have a sense of sin, or love to their own peace and safey, to dwell in for a moment. The Avenger of Sin is at your back; therefore quicken your flight to Christ, as your City of Refuge: Let the fear of the divine wrath abate the esteem and rellish of all sensual pleasures. Stir up Shame, Sorrow and Indignation against your selves, for standing out against the offers of life and salvation by Christ. Neither presume by your Prayers, Tears, or any Severities of external Mortification only, to salve up all your defiances of God. There is no standing out against the Lords fiery indignation, nor any atonement of it, but only by Christs satisfaction and intercession. Fly to him therefore, as Joah to the Horns of the Altar; but then the Lord expects, that you shou'd demonstrate the loyalty of your life in universal obedience to his sacred Laws. God delights in mercy, and therefore waits your coming in, so accept the equitable and advantageous terms of peace. Think that you hear Christ pleading thus; Will you persist in your cruelty to your own Souls to crueifie me afresh, by indulging of your Lusts. Is Grace, which is so amiable for its freeness, the more despised because it is free? I have purchased more than a bare pardon for your Treason; lay down your enmity, so shall the Image of God be restored to you. Take God the Father, Son, and Holy Spiis, to be your only Lord, to rule and sanctifie you, equally as to save you. Sign and ratifie cheerfully the Articles of Faith, Love, and obedient Selfdeal. Yield to the Spirit of Christ in forming these qualifications, in order to reconciliation. Would you haye God reconciled to you, in pardoning mercy, be you as willing to be at peace with him, by the conformity of renewing Grace. Accept of the punishment of your Iniquities, and beg the sanctified improvement of them. When you are reconciled to a good opinion of Gods fatherly corrections, to prevent, or cure sin in you, this will recommend you to God, as fit objects of his love and delight Christ will present such who live up to the duties of a reconciled state, as the favourites of his Father, under the sharpest agonies of death; so that the very justice of God shall acquit them, against all the challenges of the Law; yea, Christ will in the dreadnl conflagration of the world, fill their hearts with joy unspeakable, and full of glory, as admitted to reign with him, in heavenly mansions o Blessedness to Eternity. I proceed to give you an Account of the Behaviour and Confessions of the Condemned Criminals. 1. Thomas Percival , condemned for Clipping the current Coyn of this Nation, but Reprieved by her Majesty's Clemency. When he was first committed, he desired me to come to his Chamber, and that I would pray with him. Which I did se veral times. He promis'd me that he would repair to the Chappel every Lords day, and other Prayer days; on which he constantly appear'd with reverence and attention. Before his arraignment he acknowledged with tears, that his Life had been remiss, and that he had many ways sinned against God. After his condemnation, he seriously prepared for his death; expecting no Reprieve. He exprest great sorrow for his not living up to the duties of the Christian Religion; he bewailed the loss of precious time, also his omission of duties, to which he was oblig'd according to Vows of Reformation, yet said, that he rely'd on the merits of his Saviour, for the Remission of his Sins and eterdal Life. Upon observation of his whole depertment, I do hope that he is a true penitent, and will lead a new Life. 2. Mary Compton , Condemned for murthering 4 Children put out to her to nurse , which she wilfully starv'd, that she might take more in their room. I visited her, when she first was committed to Newgate; I spent a considerable time with her, after the publick duties of the Sabbath were ended, she then being sick in her Bed. I counsell'd her to call to mind the evil course of her Life. She reply'd, that she had been a great Sinner, but would not confess any particular sin, and denied the starving of any Child. She came not to tht Chappel, till convicted of murthering four Children. I endeavoured to make her sensible of that horrid and barbarous crime, but she still denied it, saying only, that she had been a great sinner, and many ways had provokt God, and that he had justly laid her under his heavy wrath. She yet remained secure that she should neither becondemned, nor dye for the said murtherous practices. Being askt before her execution, in what condition her soul stood before God, she still was insensible of her crimes, proved evidently against her. She said, that her peace was made with God, which words she utter'd in a most trembling manner, to the amazement of those who heard her presume of Gods mercy upon so slight grounds. 3. Ralph Mathews , Condemned for Clipping the current Money of this Kingdom. He was born in Darbyshire , and was a Clockmaker by Trade. He neglected to come to the Chappel, was not obedient to his Parents, and had several ways continued in a vicious life. Some time before his death he confest, that he had been a notorious offender both against the Laws of God and the Nation. That upon his being committed to Newgate, he had a violent fit of sickness, which almost distracted him. Since his restoration to health, he hath had great horror in his Conscience, being sensible of the approach of his death; he appeared penitent. 4. John Aldgood , condemned for Felony, being an old Offeuder, was obstinate, and would not give any account of his evil life. 5. William Noble , condemned for killing one Edward Randal . He is aged 26 years; was born in Debtford . He was a Souldier under the late King James. He confest that he had broke the Sabbath, been often drunk, that he did swear and blaspheme the name of God, and had been loose with wanton women; yet now he desires to bewail his sins, and to turn to God by Repentance. 6. Mary Baker , condemned for the wilful murther of her male infant Bastard Child. Aged 24 years; born in Shropshire . She acknowledged that she had neglected her duty to God, and had a wanton carriage; so not preserving a modest care over herself, she was prevailed with to an act of uncleanness. And that, for to cover the shame of her sin, and out of fear that she could not nurse up and maintain her Child, she did neglect to feed it, or tenderly use it, so it dyed. She was ignorant In Soul-concernments, and exprest only a general sorrow for her ill life. 7. James Gardyner , condemned for Clipping. Aged 28 years; born in Cheshire . He confest that he had been guilty of prophaning the Lords day, of excessive drinking, and swearing, being passionate. It repents him that he did not follow the rules of Gods word; which brought him to this untimely death. 8. Elizabeth Ridgeway , condemned for Felony and Burglary. She was born in Buckinghamshire . She said that she had been an evil person, and kept bad company, neglected Prayer, and broke the Sabbath. Catherine Davis , condemned for the same crime, was very obstinate, and would not give any account of her evil life. 9. Margaret Sherwood , condemned for Clipping. She was born in Staffordshire . She said she had so many sins to repent of, that she knew not where to begin nor end the account of them. 10. Cornelius Slayman , was born in Ireland ; and lately was a Souldier under King William He, with three Souldiers more, all born in Ireland, were condemned for Felony, in breaking open a Door and a Lock, and taking goods out of the publick house where they were drinking. Their usage of the master of the house and his wife was very gross. Cornelius Slayman said, that he would excessively drink, and swear, and had been wanton with lewd women. 11. Arthur Denzy , Condemned for the aforesaid Felony, was born in Dublin , and in military service . He lamented that he kept not the Sabbath, that he had been intemperate and committed acts of Uncleanness. 12. Philip Macdonnel , Condemned for the said Felony, was born in Ireland , served in the War there, and now was a listed Soldier . He sad that he had led a vicious life, that he did not pray to God, that he was disobedien to his Pareuts, and kept bad women company. 13. Nicholas Henderson , Condemned for the said Felony. He was born in the North of Ireland . In present service as a Soldier . He confest that he had been guilty of Swearing, disobedient to his Parents; and had used the Company of bad women. 14. J - C - Condemned for Clipping, he was a Silversmith. He acknowledged that he had not served God as he ought, otherwise he had not been lest to himself, in committing this crime, and many other sins. I hope he was penitent. 15. Edward Beere , alias Heare , born in Leicestershire , was condemned for Clipping, he kept a Victualling house , was guilty of Sabbath breaking and intemperance. 16. Mary Wilder , Condemned for Felony and Burglary. She once wrought Plain-work which she sold at the Exchange, but growing idle, and omitting Prayei, she fell into bad Company. 17. Anne Clements , Condemned for Clipping, born in Hartfordshire . She once got a Livelyhood by her hard labour, but not fearing God, she grew loose in her life, and committed many sins, of which her Conscience now accuses her. 18. Elizabeth Tomlins , Condemned for Clipping, was Maid Servant to Ann Clements . I askt her whither her Mistriss tempted her to the crime, she said no, her own covetuous heart betraid her into it. On Monday, the 23d of Octocer, these persons were executed; first, Mary Compton , the most cruel and bloody Midwife , who was drawn in a Cart alone to Chancery-lane-end in Holbourn, where a Gibbet was erected on purpose, on which she was hang'd. She told the Ordinary this morning in Newgate, that she was assured of her Salvation, and that she had made her peace with God, and that the Night before, an Angel appeared to her and told her she should be saved; the Ordinary told her he should be glad if it were the true heavenly Augel, and not Satan the great enemy of Mankind, who oftentimes does transform himself into an Angel of light; she was confident of being happy, tho she did not acknowlodge her guilt, and all the way she went she declared her innocency; and likewise at the place of Execution, she demeaned herself very stubbornly, and did not hearken to Exhortation as it was hoped she would; she said she did not fear death, and at her last breath denied the fact; the Ordinary prayed with her, but she seemed to be but little affected; so she was immediately turned off and left to the mercy of Almighty God. The rest were drawn to Tyburn, viz. James Garduner , J - C - Mary Sherwood , Ann Clements , Elizabeth Tomlins and Ralph Matthews , all for Clipping Money, in Sledges; Clements and Tomlins were burnt, but Sherwood got a Reprieve that her body should be delivered to her Friends after death, James Grynston , Arthur Denzy , Nicholas Henderson , Mary Wilder , Katherine Davis , Mary Salter , for Burglary; William Noble , and Mary Baker for Murther, the latter for killing her Bastard Child; when they came to Tyburn they were all put into one Cart and tied to the Gallowes; except Clements and Tomlins, who stood by and were (with the rest) exhorted by the Ordinary and another Minister, to be serious and to consummate their Repentance, being so near the brink of Eternity: Wilder was extream penitent, so was Gryrston who said weeping, Lord forgive mine iniquities, I do freely confess that I broke the House on a Sunday in Sermon time, whilst the Family was at Church, and I have been guilty of all manner of sins whatsoever, except Murther, which he exprest with abundance of servency, praying very zealously for himself as for the rest: they all acknowledged that they have offended Almighty God and that their Sentence was very just; William Noble in particular, directed himself to the people thus: Gentlemen, have a care of Quarrelling and sudden Passion, for that is the thing that hath brought me to this unfortunate end. I have been a Souldier in three Kings Reigns, and was always a true man; but in my wrath I have slain two men. Lord! Look upon me, and pardon the bloodshed, and grant that all men may take warning by me. After the Ministers had successively prayed with them all, a Psalm of Penitency was sung, in which they all joyned, as also in the Prayer, except Denzy and Henderson, who declared themselves to be Roman Catholicks altho in Newgate they acknawledged to be Protestants, and that they had fought for its Religion in Ireland and elsewhere, &c. They had a convenient time given them to pray for themselves; then the Cart drew away, and they were all committed to the Mercy of Almighty God; the two Women, viz. Clements and Tomlins, were tied to a Stake, and first strangled, then burnt to Ashes. Octob. 23. 1693. Samuel Smith , Ordinary. LONDON, Printed for E. Mallet, at Sir Edmundbury Godfrey's Head, near Fleet-Bridge, 1693.

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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 Monday the 27th of June, 1720. SOME time before the Execution of the Malefactors, the Sermon, commonly called the Condemnation Sermon, was preach'd by Me from the following Words, Woe unto Us that We have Sinned! Lament. 5. 16. We took Occasion from the Words to illustrate the following Things. First, We considered the Woe in General that Man is by Nature born to. Secondly, The Woe of Sinners in particular. Thirdly and Lastly, I advised All to make this Exclamation in time: But those in particular who had so particularly Sinn'd. First, The Woe in General that Man is by Nature born to. How great a Misfortune is Original Sin! We are Heirs of an Eternal Death, even before we enter on a Temporal Life: Condemned before we are Born. Adam entail'd Misfortunes upon Us; Nor can we accuse him for it, since any of us wou'd have acted the same: If he in a nobler Condition did it, much more we in a depraved Estate; If he who conversed with God so fell, then much more We, who are Conversant with a World of Vanity. WHAT then is Man! In our Infancy, the Time of Innocence, We nothing differ, but in Shape, from the Brutes; And as we enter the World, give a Presage, by Tears, of our ensuing Miseries. When at Youth we arrive, We are overwhelmed with headstrong Passions, one rowling on the Neck of Another. We are untamed Beasts, that go not but as driven by Rods and Scourges. When we have got over this turbulent State of Youth, We launch out into all the Cares of Life. The Care of our Families wasts Us within, Ill-Neighbours and Suits of Law distract Us without; The World entices Us to Voluptuousness; The Flesh torments Us with wild Desires; The Devil urges Us to every Sin alike; till we cry out in this tormenting Conflict, with the Psalmist, Woe is me, that I am constrain'd to dwell in Mesech, and to have my Habitation in the Tents of Kedar. To what Refuge should Man fly in this weary World of Woes. For where is the City that is void of Faction? Where is the Village that is free from Calumny? What Court or Palace is there without Envy? What Church without its Sects and Divisions? Is this the Condition we so court? and are we so much in Love with Life. The Religious and Devout are suspected of Hyprocrisy; The Free and Open are censured as Loose and Vain. If we are Wealthy, we are envy'd; If Poor, we are despised. Vain Life of Man! Ill worth the Care and Concern we bestow upon it! And well said Solomon, Man is born to Trouble as the Sparks fly up; that is, Naturally. Was there but one part in Man's Body liable to be wounded; and was there but one Distemper to lay Siege to that tender Part; yet I am perswaded, busy Fate would find some Way to strike that Part, and thereby bring the Body to Destruction: What shall we say then! If every single Attom about Us is Mortal, and ten Thousand Distempers lye waiting around to assault those Mortal Parts; with truth may we All say, That it is less strange that we have not escaped Misfortunes and Pains, than that we have so long escaped Death. The Use we are to make of this Doctrine, is, First, To have an humble Thought of our Selves to whom Misery is thus Natural. St. Peter indeed says of Christians, that, They are a chosen Generation, a Royal Priesthood, an Holy Nation; 1 Pet. 2. 9. But this Honour Christ has procured Us, and the Glory he'll raise us to, should make Us the more humble; if 'twas only because our Benefactor has commanded it. 2d Use is, To prevent our being, too much in Love with Life and the World; and to make us in God's good time with St. Paul desire, rather to be dissolv'd and to be with CHRIST. Hereby we shall be led to set our Affections on things Above and not on things in the Earth. Therefore, pass the time of your sojourning here, in fear. Forasmuch as ye know that ye are not redeemed with corruptible things, as Silver and Gold; But with the precious Blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without Blemish and without Spot, 1 Pet. 1. 18, 19. 3d Use; and not to repine at Afflictions while we are in the World; which are the Natural Portion of All Men. Consider Him who endured such Contradiction of Sinners against himself, lest you be weary'd and faint in your Minds, ye have not yet resisted unto Blood. Heb. 12. 3, 4. Second General Head, The Woe of Sinners in particular. The better to illustrate this, We need only take a View of the Sinner at the Day of Judgment. Will not our Redeemer then ask the impenitent Sinner; Did you so closely pursue your Wickedness, because I dyed to free You from it? Did I suffer so much pain upon Earth, That you might indulge yourself in every voluptuous Pleasure? Certainly, the Sinner will not only have the Abhorrance of the Angels, but the Sport and Hiss of Evil Spirits. Beneath him will be the Lake of Hell; and over his Head the Hand of Justice. If this will be the Case, Then Woe unto Us that ever we have Sinned. The Sinner will find it difficult to stand the Shock; yet more difficult to fly. Not unfitly may his Exclamation be represented, by the Howls of Corah, Dathan, and Abiram, when the Earth open'd to swallow them alive. The Glutton will find the more pain in Hunger, for his former epicurean Feasts and Banquets. Misers will be the more Uneasy at Want and Necessity, for the Riches they will remember they left upon Earth. In short, The Scourges of Satan will wound the deepest in the Man of Ease and Sloath, for his former tender Indulgence. We should therefore with St. Paul, rather covet Afflictions; 2 Cor. 11. 25. Thrice was I beaten with Rods, once was I Stoned, thrice I suffer'd Shipwrack; a Night and a Day I have been in the Deep. Indeed, we think, that to be out of the Gaieties of Life, is to be dead to the World; The Apostle's Opinion was the Reverse; and he tells the Widows, She that liveth in Pleasure is dead while she liveth. 1 Tim. 5. 6. THIRDLY, We advised all to make this Exclamation in time; to prevent their having Cause to make it at the Last Day. And those especially who had so particularly sinned. - There is no cheating or over-reaching God. He sees the Sinner in his darkest Recess; and tho' Providence may permit ye to proceed for a while, 'tis like the Master, who corrects not his Scholar till he has exaggerated his Faults; For so God would have the Sinner retrieve and buy off the Punishment hanging over his Head. So contradictory is the Nature of Man, that tho' we Contrive for Wealth and Pleasure by Ill Courses, we own at the very same time, that neither Pleasure nor Wealth can come but from God. 'Tis agreeable to Reason to think, that the Being who first turn'd Men's Hearts to the Love of Society, continues to preserve that Regularity it first introduced into the World. Wherefore did God give us Reason, if we are to live the Life of Savage Beasts? If we are to inhabit the Woods, to spoil, ravage, and prey upon one another, why were we not form'd agreeable to that? Let us discard that useless thing, Reason, that will only tell us we disgrace the Name of Man, While we make that Being hunt the sordid Earth, that was design'd by the Creator to gaze at the Heavens. 1. John Kein , was condemned for the Murder of his Wife, by giving her a Wound in her Throat of 6 Inches, with a Knife. In the Account he gave me of his Life; he said, He was of his Father's Trade a Weaver . But tho' he had the tenderest of Fathers, and was the only Child, yet he left his Father when very Young, and went into the Army, where he was a Serjeant ; All ways of Living were insipid to him but that; he said, he was at the taking Doway in Flanders ; But her Late Majesty ending the War, (among other Regiments) his was broke: Immagining he should be Heir to his Father's Effects, he left the Queen's Service, and at his Father's Death was worth 500 l. A very great Sum to him, as nothing is little but by Comparison. But being a great Company-keeper, and no great OEconomist, he soon diminished his Fortune, was arrested, and made a Prisoner in Wood-street-Compter . He said, he had always kept Company with Leud Women, but of all, he never was downright in Love with any, but her he had Married, and unhappily Murdered. He said he should not have Married her (having a Wife living) but that he thought, there was not, nor cou'd not be in the World, another Person like her, with all Excellencies and Perfections; For which reason he openly wedded her at St. Andrews- Church , Holborn , after the Banns had been there thrice Publish'd; and he said, very willingly took his Tryal for it afterwards at the Old Baily ; Thinking nothing too much to undergo or sustain for her Sake. He also told me, he was very well satisfied and contented to dye; and Life he never expected; well knowing His Majesty would not pardon a Crime of the Nature of his: Therefore (he said) he had, to the utmost of his Power, endea voured to fit himself for another Life; and had great Hopes and ever Assurances (he said) that he had made his Peace with God. He added, That a little Book (which he shewed Me) called Lama Sabachthani, or, The Cryes of the Son of God, had been of most singular Use and Benefit to him; together with a little Book I lent him, and which he desired he might give to his Child; for that, he said) to his greatest Sorrow, was the only Legacy he should be able to leave her. 2. Lewis Dane of Paddington , was condemned for stealing out of Tyburn-Fields the Mare of Joseph Baker . He behaved himself, during his Confinement in the Prison, in a very uncommon Manner; being generally half Naked, nor could he be prevail'd upon to put on any Clothes: The other Prisoners complained that he was a Nusance to them all, on account that he would not endeavour to keep himself free from Vermin; which, they said, they found difficult to do tho' they shifted 3 or 4 times a-Week upon his Account. Yet before his Execution, he had left off his common way of Swearing, if any of them endeavour'd to perswade him to behave himself a little like a Man, and a Christian. 3. Lawrence Flower , of Chelsea , was try'd and condemn'd for stealing Mr. Simms's Gelding out of Old-Field-Common , nigh Maidenhead , which he sold to Thomas Watts in Smithfield . He was about 25 Years of Age. He freely confess'd he had committed the Fact he was convicted of, and begg'd Pardon for the Injury done. He said he had not long been come out of Norfolk , his Native Place, to Chelsea , where he was hired to a Service , and might have got a comfortable Subsistance, had not the Devil been over-busy, in perswading him, That he wanted new Cloths, &c. And that Thieving was the easiest and most ready Way of supplying his Wants. 4. John Ridge , of St. Sepulchres , was convicted of stealing a Mare from Mr. Gatford, at Boney in Sussex , which was found at Mr. Upton's in Smithfield . He was about 26 Years of Age. He did not apprehend by any means that he should Dye, till the very Last; Tho' I endeavoured to apprise him of the Infinite Hazard he run, if he neglected his Soul in expectation of a longer Life. He told me, he had Friends, and Friends that he believ'd would not forget him in his Extremity. I told him, that there was nothing that I knew of in Life, so valuable as to deserve such a Solicitous and anxious Concern; if he extended his Life, he would only encrease his Care; but if he should be mistaken, it was his Soul that must pay for his Error. Yet I must do him the Justice to say, That he was attentive to the Prayers, which he attended as constantly as any amongst them. As he protested to me, that he had not been an Ill-Liver, and that this was the only great Crime he had been guilty of, I ask'd him, what led him into this Ill-Action, and whither any particular Person had solicited and urged him to it? He answer'd; No; He could blame no One but Himself, and the suggestions and incitements of Satan, the Watchful Enemy of Mankind. 5. John Lewis , alias Lawrence , of the Liberty of the Old Artillery-Ground , was condemn'd for robbing Mary Baldwin of her Pocket, about 9 o'Clock at Night; At which time he wounded three Men who endeavour'd to apprehend Him. He was about 40 Years of Age. The Account he gave me of his Life, was as followeth. He was put ' Prentice to a Butcher ; Took his Freedom; Work'd as a Journey-Man . But during his 'Prenticeship, when he was about fourteen Years old, He took great delight in Profligate Company; and soon himself improv'd both in Drunkenness and in Debauchery. He said he never corrupted any Maiden, for that he the more liked a Woman, the greater Strumpet she was; (or to the same purpose.) These Mistresses, he said, he generally associated with about a Month, and then sought out for a new One; which was the Cause of his being so finish'd in Vice, that he could never keep the Resolutions he had sometimes made of Reforming. At length, he said, he took to the Highway. The last Robbery that he committed (and wherein he was Apprehended) was near Gravesend ; where a foot, without a Pistol, but with a Knife, he assaulted a Gentleman on Horseback: The Gentleman being about to deliver his Money, he (in order to take his Watch) put his Knife into his Mouth to hold: The Gentleman seeing that, wrenched it out of his Mouth; but the Back of the Knife being next him, it did not cut open his Jaw; but the Gentleman cutting him cross the Wrist that held the Bridle, got loose, then cutting him slightly over the Arm, rode and rais'd the next Town: About 12 Men coming forth, took him by the Waterside, where he intended to have gotten a Boat, it being near Gravesend . But as he took nothing from the Person attack'd, he had the Fortune to be then Acquitted. He afterwards broke open a House (he said) by Ratcliff Highway , where he got very little, and was not taken. Not long after, he committed a Robbery in the Streets of London , by snatching a Pocket from a Woman's Side: Being taken, he was try'd, condemn'd and transported to South Carolina ; but he immediately return'd from thence, he said, with the Consent of the Captain and the Person he should have been Sold to: He added, that he took his Wife with him (as she was suppos'd to be, but was not so till after his return to England) The Captain told him, during the whole Voyage, that if he would be easy and quiet, he would procure him his Liberty, when they arrived at Carolina; which he accordingly perform'd. So that in the next Ship that was bound for England he return'd; together with his supposed Wife; whom, upon his going a-shore, he marry'd. But she being, he said, but an indifferent Woman, he liv'd with her Wedded, but about two Months: He then went to Sea , and pass'd the Straights of Gibralter; but was set on Shore at Genoa sick; and soon after his Ship was taken to transport the Emperor's Forces to Sicily . As soon as he could, he return'd home; where he soon found all his former Companions. He said, he could remember but one Robbery he had committed, since his Transportation (beside the Fact condemned for.) In that Robbery he was accompanied with one more; Who together broke open an Ale-House, at the Corner of Fore-street , near Bunhill-Fields , I think he said the sign of the King or Queen of Hearts: He there got, he said, 12 Tankards, thinking 'em Silver; but finding 'em to be Pewter, they melted them and threw them away. He appear'd to be sufficiently harden'd and obdurate: To my Advise, he only said, that he wished he had staid in Carolina ; he might have got a handsome Maintenance by his Trade; and added, That there would have been nothing to make him dislike the Place, if he had not been compell'd by force to go to it. 6. Charles Cammel , alias, William Jones , of St. Mary White-Chappel , was convicted of Assaulting Hester Pepper in Goodman's-Fields , and taking from her a Pocket with what was contained therein. He was about 27 Years of Age; and said, he had been before in Newgate , for 2 Years together: for being condemned to be burnt in the Hand, and kept to hard Labour for 2 Years, he was not removed to Bridewel, but detained in Newgate ; This, he said, was for taking a pair of silver Buckles out of a Silver-smith's Shop, as he was cheapning of another Pair He said, he found how little he was Master of his Resolutions; for after this, he had entirely determin'd to lead an honest Course of Life. He said he was never put 'Prentice to any Trade, but being about 16 Years old when his Father dyed, he from that Time lived as he could. He had once engaged himself to go to Sea with another young Man, but was by Accident prevented. He said, he had gever been Marry'd, nor had many Relations; yet an aged Mo ther he had, whose Heart, he said, he believed would be broke by his untimely Death. 7. William Page , was condemned for Horse-Stealing. As he gave me no Account of his Life, the Publick will not expect that I should give any of him. 8. George Davis , was condemned for Robbing the Sword-Blade-Company. He said, This Misfortune came by taking more Business upon him, than his Capacity was able to discharge; by this means he made frequent Mistakes in the Hurry of Writing, and became very much behind-hand in his Accounts. Being unable, out of his own private Fortune, to rectify the Sums deficient, his Affairs became more and more embrangled; In fine, his Accounts were gone so far, that he found it impossible to give any Account at all; for which reason, the Devil put it into his Mind to fly from those he could not justify himself before: The Sum he took with him, he told me was only four Hundred Pounds. But of the Truth of this we are to doubt. He told me (which was remarkable) that he had not felt so much Ease and Composure in his Mind, during the three last Years he was employ'd in Business, as he had enjoyed for that little space of Time that he had been confined in Newgate . Particularly, he said, the Day he went off with the Money for Dover , he was so extreamly confused in his Head, That even when he was told what he had done, and what Places he had been at, he could by no means recollect it. When he was at the Place of Execution; He told me, That he little expected that Fate, from the Opinion he had always entertain'd of the Honour and Generosity of his Masters. He then delivered into my Hands a Paper, which he said was written by a Friend, because his Eye-sight was almost entirely decayed by his long Confinement in Newgate before his Execution, but that he had himself Subscribed his Name to it. This Paper contain'd little else besides an Assertion that he did not rob the Company of so great a Sum as the Governors and Directors had been pleased to imagine; but that it was really lost by his ill-management of their Accounts. He added, That some Person (I have forgot who) buoy'd up his Relation with promises of his being pardon'd; which, he said, he had rather They had never mention'd to his Mother or to Himself. These Particulars were mention'd at large, with some Particulars which I thought proceeded from some Heat and Passion, and which were the Cause of my not publishing the Copy. THO. PURNEY , Ordinary and Chaplain . LONDON : Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , a little below Bridewel-Bridge , Black-Fryers .

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and last dying Words of the Malefactor, that was Executed at Tyburn, on Monday the 8th of April, 1723. AT the KING'S Commission of the Peace, and Oyer, and Terminer, which began at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bayly, on Wednesday, the 27th of February last; before the Right Honourable Sir Gerard Conyers , Knt. Lord Mayor of the City of London, the Hon. Mr. Justice Powis, Mr. Justice Denton, Mr. Baron Gilbert; John Raby , Esq; Deputy-Recorder, and several of his MAJESTY'S Justices of the Peace for the City of London and County of Middlesex; Three Men receiv'd Sentence Death, of viz. William Burks , William Summersfield and Thomas Frost : The two Last of these receiving His MAJESTY'S Reprieve, in order to their be Transported to some of the Plantations beyond the Sas, the First of them was left for Execution. DURING the time that William Burks lay under Condemnation, he never once absented from the Prayers in the Chapel, being well assured, that he should suffer Death; which put him seriously upon preparing for his Departure into another World; without delaying the time and flattering himself with absurd Notions of a Pardon or Reprieve as is always the Manner of Persons under Sentce of Death, till the Warrant for Execution is sent to the Prison, ar they are acquainted with the certainty of their Fate: And then t is that they begin to be serious, and to consider that they are enter in into the Presence of the eternal Soveraign and Creator of the Unierse; so difficult is it for them to entertain Thoughts of another Life, till the Magistrates are so kind to them as to satisfy them there i no possibility of their continuing in this, BUT this Malefactor, as he appear'd to Read the best of those under Condemnation, frequently affirm'd to me that he excited 'em constantly to rise and worship God; sometimes reading the Scriptures, at other times the Prayers of the Church, or those contained in other Religious Books; taking only so much sleep, as Nature required, and then rising again, to pursue their Devotions, that they might not be accounted slack in the sight of God, or negligent in a Matter of the greatest Moment to them. A SHORT time before the Execution of this Prisoner, I endeavoured to instruct him from the following Words, Ho! every One that thirsteth, Come ye to the Waters; and he that hath no Money, come ye, buy and eat, yea come, buy Wine and Milk, without Money and without Price. Isa. 55. Chap. Ver. 1st. FROM the Words, we endeavoured in the first Place, to consider, the Invitation, That it was made by no less that the Soveraign Monarch of Heaven and Earth, by the Mouth of his Holy Prophet, the God of Heaven vouchsafing so much to regard frail Mankind, as to stoop down from his Mansions of Happiness, to request and call upon the Sons of Men, to accept of Crowns of Glory, and Immortality, eternal Life. So that whosoever slights God and Christ, now inviting them to be Happy, must call themselves Ungrateful now, nor can ask Pity for their Souls hereafter, when placed before the Judgment Seat of Jesus Christ; tho' our Saviour in the Parable, says, that some, being excluded from eternal Happiness, shall knock at the Door, and say Lord, Lord, open to us, adding farther, we have eaten and drank in thy Presence, and thou hast taught in our Streets. Luke 13. 29, &c. SECONDLY, We consider'd the unlimitedness of the Invitation, every One that thinketh, come ye to the Waters, &c. So that he, and every Sinner, how long, or how greatly soever they had offended, were not excluded from the Mercies of God; as the Prophet saith, If their Sins were of Scarlet, they should become white as Snow; if red as Crimson, they should be as Wool. Wherefore, as Presumption must be displeasing to the Creator, whose Justice is infinite as well as his Mercy; so Dispair must be an Affront to God Almighty, who has sworn by himself, as Ilive saith the Lord, I desire not the Death of a Sinner, but that he shoul return from his Sins and be saved. For which it appear'd that we ae not to pretend to open the Door of Heaven to some, and so shut it ainst others, arresting the Almighty Arm of God, and saying (with th Predestinarians) thus far shall his Mercy reach, and here shall his racious Hand be stayed; his Mercy being over all his Works. Wrong therefore do some Persons pretend to blame Providence and the Creator for the badness of their Inclinations, as it is in their deprav'd lispositions, and to refuse the Evil and to chuse the Good. Wherefre, Prisoners especially, and those in Calamity, instead of finding out ain and frivolous Excuses for Ideleness and Sloath, should rather set themselves seriously about their Duty, and as Christ says, strive to enter in at the strait Gate. THIRDLY, we consider'd the subsequent Words, Yea, come, buy Wine and Milk without Money, and without Price. Tho' we cannot pretend to Merit and acquire Heaven, by any Performances of our own, having added to original Sin, many actual Transgressions, yet we must endeavour, as far as in us lies, to perfect Holiness in the fear of God: Since we are sanctify'd by Morality, as by Faith we are Justified: Nor can real Faith be without Virtue; all other Faith being a false and pretended Faith. For which Cause tho' the Person under Condemnation especially, was to be instant and earnest in his Duty, and sedalous in his Devotions, making a kind of Attonement for the badness of his Life, by his good Behaviour at the Time of his Death; yet was he not to relye, or depend upon any such performances as Meritorious, or proper to obtain him Heaven; but at the Hour of Death, must lay them aside, resting and depending of the meritorious Sufferings of his Saviour; that the stains of his Sins may be done away, and the Handwriting of Ordinances that was against him may be blotted out, thro' the Blood of that immaculate Lamb that was slain from the Foundation of the World. FOURTHLY, We endeavour'd to direct the Man under Condemnation, how he was to behave himself, under the greatest Tryal that can happen to any Man, to wit, in the last Moments of Life, when Death and Eternity appear immediately before him, and he is entering into the Presence of God and Christ, and the Holy Angels, together with all the great and good Men that ever lived in this World. To the Instructions that were given him, he seem'd to attend, with a good deal of seriousness; and altho' some times his Relations or Acquaintance would be whispering to him, of their own Concerns, he seem'd to decline and avoid them, as much as possible; pressing the Affairs that related to his Soul, before those Temporal ones which concern'd his Body. And for one thing, he was to be particularly commended; inasmuch as a certain Person put him in Mind, that as he lay so long in the deplorbale condition of Condemnation, he had a fair Opportunity of considering ways and means to make his escape; he declin'd the Offers of his Acquaintance, and declar'd to him, he had us'd to much Violence already, nor intended to use any more; neither would he escape if it was in his Power, at the Expence of shedding the Blood of Innocent Persons, and adding to his fomer Offences the crying Sin of Wilful and deliberate Murther. The Account given me by this Prisoner, during the time that he lay under Sentence of Death. WILLIAM BURK , of St. Dunstan's Stepney , was indicted, for that he, about 7 o'Clock at Night, on the Eleventh of February last did assault William Fitzer in the first Field from Stepney , near the Back Lane; where with a large Hedging Bill cutting him over the Head, he told him he must have his Coat, and took his Jacket, Tobacco Box, Knife and Fork, &c. It farther appear'd upon Evidence, That John Andrews , and Robert his Son, going the same Night over the same Field, were attack'd by the same Man, who chop'd down the Father, but the Son thinking his Father kill'd, leap'd upon the Assaulter, and having catch'd up his Father's Stick, bruiz'd the Robber, and afterward, closing in with him, drove him up against a Bank, till Jeremiah Perkins , hearing the Clamour, went up to his Assistance, and the Robber was apprehended. He was also indicted for Assaulting James Westwood , near the same Place, and taking from him a Coat, value 8 s. a Rule value 1 s. and 10 s. in Silver, about 7 o'Clock at Night, on the 9th of February last. It appear'd, that the Prosecutor returning from his Work, was stop'd by the Prisoner, who caught hold of his Collar, and holding the Chopping-Bill over his Head, took his Money of his Pocket; then bad him pull off his Frock, which he did, and told him he was a poor Man and it was hard to take his Frock; whereupon the Prisoner bid him make hast, that he knew him, and if he look'd but once back he would lose his Life; for it seems this Malefactor told those whom he rob'd, that he had five Companions lurking about the Fields, ready to assist him in case of need; tho' he had no one but himself, as he has since said. The Matter appearing to the Jury very plain and evident against him, he was found Guilty the Indictments, and condemn'd accordingly. BEING frequently examin'd concerning his Former Life, he said, he was above 22 Years old, born of Parents very tender and indulgent towards him, but in mean Circumstances; for which Reason he was put to the Charity School belonging to St. Catharine's Parish , and continu'd there for several Years, learning to read, &c. but being of a rude unlucky Disposition, his Master held a severer Hand over him, he said, than over any other Boy in the School: But that he endured, till he was about Eleven Years of Age, when after some pretty severe Discipline exercis'd towards him, he resolv'd at any rate to fly away; and accordingly, getting up very early in the Morning, he put on his best Apparel, and went to the Water side, but could not for several Hours meet with any that offer'd it self, till at length he met with one who carried him to a Captain who wanted a Boy to wait upon him, and hired him immediately and carry'd him down to the Buoy in the Nore , and put him into his Ship, where he lay a Fortnight. But in the mean time, his Mother being half distracted for the Loss of him, had heard where he was; and travelling to him, by Violence would have borne him home again, had she not been interrupted, and he secur'd there acccording to his own Inclinations. So that setting out from the Buoy in the Nore, they had a good Voyage to Jamaica , in the Salisbury, Captain Hosier Commander of that Man of War: Which Ship he said took two Spanish Galleons, (it being about the latter End of Queen Anne's War with France and Spain ) one Engagement he was in, was of a long Continuance, and very bloody, he himself tho' a Boy, being very much hurt, as oblig'd to bustle about in the warmest and most dangerons Places, during the whole time that the Fight continu'd. But as for the other Encounter, it was of small detriment to them; for the Salisbury carry'd about 60 Guns, and the Spanish Ship had 74 Brass Guns, and 650 Men, yet the Salisbury, took the Galleon, after having slain a great Number of the Men, without the Loss of so much as one Englishman; But only a Woman, (who was the only Woman on Board the Man of War) going to peep at the Engagement and the Nature of it, had her Head and Shoulders shot off. He added, that the Prize-Money that accrued to each common Salior, was fifteen Pounds; but the Officers had such a Booty as made it unaccessary for them to expose themselves any more to the Violence of the Wars and Waters. Remaining three Years about the Coasts of America , he led a bad Life and sometimes the Saliors having made Appointments to play Tricks with the Inhabitants of the Plantations there, would employ him in vile Practices, which first learnt him to look upon Pilfering and Thieving as no more than merry Jokes and Jests. He added, that the Country of Jamaica, being full of Negro-Servants, was almost destitute of White-Servants, so that, a Woman who had been transported from Newgate, and was grown Rich by marrying in Jamaica, desir'd his Master to let him draw Wine for her, and serve in the Tavern , which she then kept; which his Master complying with, he liv'd very happily there, till he play'd a Prank which his Mistress could not forget, altho' as she had promis'd him, she did not inform the Captain of any Circumstances thereof. After this, he was for some time in Mary-Land , and in the Vessels lying upon the Coast, where, if his Master would have parted with him, he had an offer of Twelve Pounds a Year, made him by a Gentleman who had a large Plantation in that Country, and keeping a Store, had Plenty of every thing that England produces. But from thence, he went to Virginia , and other Parts of America ; till at length he return'd into England. He said he had as much as any Man living to turn Thoughts from the Love of this World; and also to make him read a Providence: Relating several Instances of Calamities and the Hardships that happen'd to him; the severest of which was his Voyage to Guinea ; to which Clime they go to carry Negroes to the Islands and Continents upon the South-Seas. For after they had undergone many Dangers and Hardships, from the Inhabitants of Guinea where several that he knew were entrap'd, and cruelly put to Death by the Natives, (he himself narrowly escaping.) they set out, in order to returning to England, but had lost several Sails and other Things belonging to the Ship, which it was impossible to repair in that Country, where they live like Savages upon Trapanning one another, and when they have gotten up a Company, selling them, for Musquets, Pots, Linnen, &c. But tho' in so bad a Condition, they doubted not but they should reach England in at most two Months; having Provision barely for so long a time; but Providence so order'd it, that the Violence of the Storms, and the extream bad Weather, made it Between 4 or 5 Months before they could reach their Native Land and enter into Bristol . Insomuch that they were oblig'd to divide the small Quantity of Victuals which was to last each Man 48 Hours; but so little it was, that they always eat it up at once, thro' extream Hunger, and fasted after it the 48 Hours. But at length all was eaten, except a small Quantity of Flower, which was made into a kind of Liquid Pudding, and divided out to them once in four Days; but he himself, before he enter'd Bristol, fasted twice or thrice no less than five Days together. So that sarce a Man besides himself, but was either Dead, or ready to die; but he continu'd found and well. Another time, he said, he was almost in equal Danger, from the Negroes that they were carrying from Monopotopa to America; For as they are taken by a Prince whose Kingdom reaches over two, or sometimes three Towns, who surprizes them on the Banks of a River, as he goes up in the Canoe or Barge; being sold for Slaves, they oftentimes grow sullen, and refusing to eat or drink, die quickly; but now it happen'd, that they form'd a Conspiracy among themselves, to kill all the Ship's Company; which being discover'd to the English by a Negroe, they appear'd Desperate, and taking for Arms whatever was in their way, endeavour'd to Destroy or Maim as many of their Masters as might be; to the great Detriment of the English, who with Difficulty overcame them, and tyed them down in a convenient Place, and gave them Punishment most severe, to deter others. He also said, he was in the Baltick in the Worcester Man of War; and suffer'd Cold and great Miseries in a Voyage to Archangel in the North of Russia, which Sufferings he wished had arm'd his Thoughts more upon another Life; and that from the many Wonders he saw on the Ocean, he had consider'd that there was a great Soveraign Creator, who could see every Action of his Life, and would take a Cognizance of it. For he now ackcowledged the meanest Life that was regular and orderly, to be preferable to any Debaucheries and vicious Pleasures. Before his Execution, as he had lain so long a Time, and as we had largely and distinctly explain'd to him the Nature and Duty of the Sacrament, six several Times; it was thought best to put him upon receiving it, so, that he might have at least two Days, before his Execution, to put into Practice his good Resolutions inspir'd by the Sacrament; and might not be hurried away directly from Refreshment of the Lord's Supper, to the Place of Execution; Men being always terrify'd and shock'd, more or less, at the instant Sight of a shameful Death. But yet he, at first, seem'd unwilling to receive the Sacrament, unless the Morning he was to be executed; because it had been usual to give it then to the Malefactors: At other times he said he intended not to receive it at all; being wholly unfix'd in his Thoughts. However, being ask'd how he could fancy, that if his Prayers that had been offer'd to God for so many Weeks together, had no efficacy as to the Pardon of his Sins, he could imagine that his Prayers for only two poor Days would have any Effect? And being told that God looks more at the Sincerity of the Heart, than the Numbers of the Prayers; and that not our Performances, but the blood of Christ must attone for our Sins; he readily agreed, that it was best for him then to receive it; nor had he named the Contrary, but that some of his Friends put him upon it. As the time of his Death drew near, he seem'd more and more earnest in his Devotions; but complain'd that certain Persons had endeavour'd to persuade him he should be Repriv'd, which might have proved fatal to his Welfare, had he had given credit to them. Being told of the Cruelty of his Heart, that could induce him to dash out any Man's Brains, and send him into another World unready and unprepared, he several times cryed in a lamentable manner, owning that if there was any Mercy left in store for him, it must proceed from the Merits of Jesus Christ his Saviour and Redeemer. The Speech of the Malefactor at the Place of Execution, was as follows, viz. Good People, I was never concerned in but four Robberies, which chief Inducement was forced from me, for the anxious Concern which I bore to my Wife. I desire all young Men to take Warning by me, and not be concern'd in Womens Company, it being the entire Ruin of me, which had I took the Advice of my Loving Wife I had not relaps'd to this unhappy End: Therefore I desire that my unhappy Misfortunes may be an entire Satisfaction to the World, and not be their Total overthrow. This is all the Account to be given of this MALEFACTOR, By T. PURNEY, Ordinary, and Chaplain. 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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 Monday the 20th of FEBRUARY, 1748-9. BEING THE First EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honble Sir William Calvert , Knt . 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, the only authorised Printers of the Dying Speeches. M.DCC.XLIX. [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 , Knt . Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice WILLES; 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 7th, Thursday the 8th, Friday the 9th, and Saturday the 10th of September, in the 22d Year of his Majesty's Reign, RICHARD GOULSTON , WILL. JEFFERYS , otherwise JEFFERSON , otherwise WILLIAM LUKE , otherwise BILLY LUKE , were capitally convicted; GOULSTON received Sentence accordingly, but JEFFERYS's Case was reserved for the consideration of the twelve Judges. By Virtue of the King's Commission of the Peace, OYER, and TERMINER, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, held before the Right Honourable Sir WILLIAM CALVERT , Knt . Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Honourable Sir THOMAS DENNISON , Knt . the Honourable Sir THOMAS ABNEY , Knt . the Honourable Mr. Baron CLIVE, Sir JOHN STRACEY , Knt . Recorder , and others of his Majesty's Justices of 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 , on Wednesday the 7th, Thursday the 8th, Friday the 9th, Saturday the 10th, and Monday the 12th of December, in the 22d Year of his Majesty's Reign, JOHN FRIMLEY , and THOMAS JONES , were capitally convicted, 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 WILLIAM CALVERT , Knt . Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Right Honourable Lord Chief Baron PARKER, the Honourable Mr. Justice BURNET, RICHARD ADAMS , Esq ; Recorder , and others of his Majesty's Justices of OYER, and TERMINER, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City of London, and County of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall in the Old Bailey , on Friday the 13th, Saturday the 14th, Monday the 16th, Thursday the 19th, and Friday the 20th of January, in the 22d Year of his Majesty's, Reign, USHER GAHAGAN , TERENCE CONNOR , and JOSEPH MAPHAM , were capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. Those of the two first Sessions have behaved very well, and becoming People their unhappy Circumstances, and their Attendance on divine Service has been regular and constant. As to those of last Sessions, GAHAGAN and CONNOR, having been born and bred in the Roman Catholic Persuasion, their Prejudices were not to be removed, and they were permitted to have a proper Person, whom they made choice of to attend them, FORSTER, was constantly at Chapel, and MAPHAM as often as his Infirmities would permit. On Tuesday the 14th Instant, the Report of eight Malefactors was made by Mr. Recorder to his Majesty, when he was pleased to order the seven following for Execution, viz. William Jefferys , Thomas Jones , John Frimley , Usber Gahagan , Terence Connor , Joseph Mapham and John Forster , on Monday the 20th Instant. 1. WILLIAM JEFFERYS , otherwise JEFFERSON , otherwise WILLIAM LUKE , otherwise BILLY LUKE , late of Benacre Labourer , was indicted for that he, with divere other Persons, after the 24th Day of July, in the 19th Year of his Majesty's Reign, to wit, on the 8th of November last, at Benacre , in the County of Suffolk , did with Fire Arms, and other Offensive Weapons, riotously, unlawfully, and feloniously assemble themselves together, and did rescue James Holt out of the Hands of the Officers of his Majesty's Customs; and that they on the 11th Day of March, in the Year 1746, at Horsey , in the County of Norfolk , did, with Fire Arms, &c. riotously, unlawfully, and feloniously assemble themselves together, in order to be aiding and assisting in running, and landing, unacustomed Goods, &c. He was a second Time indicted for being assembled together with others, with Fire Arms, &c. with an intent to rescue the said James Holt , out of the Hands of the Officers of his Majesty's Customs. He was a third Time indicted for not surrendering himself according to the Act of Parliament against the Peace, &c. 2. JOHN FRIMLEY was indicted for robbing Nathaniel Neal , on the Highway, and taking from him 8 s. his Property, November the 19th . 3. THOMAS JONES , was indicted for that he, on the 6th Day of September, having in his Custody a certain Paper writing, purporting to be an Inland Bill of Exchange, and to be signed by one John Edgerton and to bear Date, at Broxton , August the 15th, 1748, and Directed to Charles Cholmondeley , Esq ; in James Street Westminster , near London , for the Payment of 300 l. to Sir Watkins Williams Wynne , Bart . on his Order, at one Month after Date, for value received: At the Bottom of which said Paper, the Words, and Letters following were subscribed, that is to say, accept to Pay when due, C. Cholmondeley, purporting to write Acceptance of Charles Cholmondeley ; he the said Thomas Jones , on the 6th Day of September, with Force of Arms, feloniously forged and counterfeited an Indorsement on the same, purpoting to be a Bill of Exchange as aforesaid, in the Name of Sir Watkins Williams Wynne , Bart . with an Intent to defraud the said Sir Watkins Williams Wynne , against the Form of the Statute, in such Case made and provided, and against his Majesty's Peace, his Crown and Dignity . And he was likewise indicted for knowingly, and feloniously, uttering and publishing a counterfeit Indorsement of a Bill of Exchange, with Intent to defraud Sir Watkins Williams Wynne , and likewise for forging the said Indorsement, and for uttering the same with Intent to defraud Edward Belchier , Esq ; and Company, Banker s in London . 4. USHER GAHAGAN , late of London , was indicted for High Treason, for that he with certain Tools, called Files and Sheers, and other Instruments, did diminish the Current Coin of Great Britain, September 6th . 5. TERENCE CONNER , was indicted for High Treason, for clipping and filing a Guinea, in the Parish of St. Bride's , September the 6th . 6. JOSEPH MAPHAM , late of London , was indicted for filing and diminishing a Guinea, December the 22d . I. William Jefferys , aged 23, was born at Chatterly in the County of Suffolk , and always lived there with his Parents, till sent to Newgate , he never was bound Apprentice, but learnt the Business of his Father, and they worked together in making all Sorts of wooden Hoops for Casks . His Parents kept a public House at Charterly, which was the daily Resort of Smugglers; and this unfortunate Youth living in the House with them, could not but be frequently in such Company. Besides which, the public House requiring to be supplied with some such Goods, as they dealt in, such as Brandy, Tea, &c. occasioned him to have particular Intimacy, and Friendship with divers People, who were reputed Smugglers, and certainly did carry on a Trade, contrary to the Laws, and Interest of the Country in general. Jefferys was generally look'd upon as a good natured young Fellow, so that he might easily be work'd upon to do any Thing almost to serve those who used their House, and from whom the Family reaped much Advantage by means of their Custom. He said, he could not refuse to serve his Friends, when it lay in his Way; 'twas making what Returns he was capable of for their Civilities, as he term'd it to his Family. And I thought, he was in the Way to confess his being in the Plot of rescuing James Holt from the Custom-house Officers, who had brought him from the Walnut-Tree at Benacre , to Charles Welch 's at Kessingland ; where a Number of Smugglers assembled at the Door in a disorderly Manner with Fire-Arms, and by Violence took him away from them. - But, he persisted to the last, and denied that he was present at the Rescue. Thus much he did own, that he drank with the People, that were suspected to have rescued Holt, but still denied being with them either at Benacre , or Kessingland . Recollecting, that one Evidence had sworn at his Tryal, that when he was apprehended, he confessed who was there, and hoped he should be an Evidence for the King; that he own'd he was at the Rescue of Holt, and gave an Account of several Persons, who were present; that 'twas put into Writing, and that Jefferys desired his own Name should be put down first; I thought proper to mention it to him. At first he changed Countenance a little, and to all this replyed only; that he had no regard to what had been sworn, or said against him, he knew his Innocence of what was laid to his Charge. He further said, he was not sensible of having done Injury to any one, that he had always lived in Charity with all Men, and desired to die so. 2. John Frimley , aged 31, was born at Stains , near which Place when he was of proper Age, he was bound Apprentice to a Paper-maker , serv'd 7 Years, and learnt the Art of making Paper. He work'd at his Trade, till within this 10 or 11 Years past. When he went in Admiral Haddock's Fleet to the Mediterranean. The first Ship he was on Board of was the Somerset Man of War , where he continued for 3 Years, and a Half. From her he was turn'd over to the Marlborough , and there he was for 3 Years and a Half more: He was afterwards in the Neptune 3 Months, and in the Devonshire 20 Months. When he return'd from the Mediterranean, he was in the St. George for 8 Months cruising in the Channel, and afterwards in the Invincible till she was paid off at Portsmouth ; and last of all he was in the Tavistock for about 2 Months. Before he and two others, that had been Shipmate s with him, left Portsmouth , they thought proper to commit a Robbery, which was in this Manner. They had one Day passed by a Shop several Times, in the Window of which hung a great Number of gold Rings; these they had their Eyes upon, and thought, they would be very convenient for their Purpose. Accordingly in the Dusk of the Evening, one of them broke the Window, and snatching the Rings, slung as they were on a String, they made off with their Booty for the present undiscovered. But a Rumour of what was done being spread over the Town, their Fears presently seized them, and gave Wings to their Heels. They immediately turn'd their Backs upon Portsmouth , and having spent all their Wages, they had Recourse to the Rings for Support upon their Tramp; so at every House they stopt between Portsmouth and London , they left a Ring to defray their Expences. They staid in London some Time he says,and the other two endeavour'd several Times to persuade him to turn out, as he call'd it; but he withstood all they could say, and was resolved to be concerned in no more such Tricks with them, but to live honestly. They had outstaid their Time of Leave from the Ship, not caring to return, left they might be discovered. But not hearing any thing of the Matter, and thinking 'twas blown over, they were for going down to Portsmouth again in order to go on Board their Ship, and came to a Resolution, he says, so to do. Accordingly the 19th of November they hired Horses from London to Hounslow ; but upon Small-berry Green , between Brentford and Hounslow , about 6 o'Clock in the Evening they met a Man, to whom they presented their Pistols, and robbing him of 8 Shillings, rode off towards Hounslow . Between 7 and 8 o'Clock Frimley was taken by 6 or 7 People, who carried him to the White Bear in Hounslow ; where the Person, that was robbed by them, saw him; and when they went before a Justice of the Peace, swore to him, as one of the 3, and he immediately committed him to Newgate . 3. Thomas Jones , aged 28, was born in Cheshire , and was bound Apprentice to a Master in the Manchester Way , as 'tis call'd, in Manchester. When he had served about 3 Years and a Half, his Master dying, he went home again to his Parents, and continued with them about 1/2 a Year; when his Father thought proper to launch out some more Money, in order to put him into the same Way of Business, that he might serve out the Remainder of 6 Years. But this Master, he says, happening to be one of those unhappy Persons, that suffered at Kennington Common, he was again at a Loss, and returned again to his Parents. Presently after an Uncle of his brought him to London , in Hopes to get him into some Business here; but after a Stay of 12 Months, not meeting with Success, he went back again into the Country. At length he got to be a Captain's Clerk on Board the Jamaica Sloop of War of 14 Guns on the N. Station, where he continued about 9 Months, and was turn'd over to the Squirrel , and staying on Board her 3 Months return'd to England , and went home to his Parents. Again he came to London , and going on Board the Kingston Privateer staid 12 Months in her, and then she was put out of Commission, on the 24th of May last. Lodging afterwards for some Time near the London Infirmary Coffee-house , he had contracted a Debt of 14 l. for which he was arrested, and put into the Marshalsea , where he commited the Fact; an Account of which is as follows, given to me under his own Hand, viz. The chief Reasons, why I forged the Note for which I was tried, and convicted, are, I contracted a Debt of near 14 l. for which I was arrested, and carried into the Prison of the Marshalsea ; and having in a great Measure disobliged my Friends by my former Extravagancies, I was under Confinement for upwards of 3 Months there, without the least Support imaginable, from any Person, I could reasonably expect it of. Not one Friend, or Relation came near me for the Space abovementioned, nor had I one Farthing in my Pocket; so that all the Support I really had for that Time, was given me by those, who were at that Time my fellow Prisoners. I leave it then to any-body's Judgment, whether I was not in terrible Circumstances, especially having no Expectation from my Friends; and no Views of getting clear of my then present Enthralment: Added to this the Thoughts of still labouring under these Misfortunes, (for how long Time I did not know, but had Reason to believe no short Time) made me undertake to cure a desperate Disease by a more desperate Remedy. And so one Day being in a very melancholy and pensive Humour, I sat me down alone, and began to consider of some Methods, how to get over my Troubles: And a sure one indeed (God, and the Gentlemen whom I should greatly have injured, I hope will pardon me for it) I found out; for unhappily I thought of this wicked Scheme, which I immediately set about, and put in Practice. But as God is my Judge, my Intention was not absolutely to wrong Messieurs Belchier and Comp. For, if I had got the Money, my real Design was to have converted it, (as I was brought up some Part of my Time to the Manchester Trade ) to a particular Branch in that Trade, which Ithen did verily think, would in short Time have turned out to such an Advantage, that I might have been enabled to remit them back the Money: Which I actually should have done, tho' in some secret Manner. All that I have more to say is, that I have as near as I can related the real Truth of this Affair. Sign'd, Thomas Jones . However he owns the Scheme, (after putting the best Gloss upon it) to be a very wicked one, and that he had greatly given a very bad Example, and great Scandal to the Public. He declared that no one was in any Shape concerned in the Contrivance, and hoped that his Example would be a Terror to others, and prevent any such Attempt of vile Imposition for the future. 4 Usher Gahagan , about 36 Years of Age, was born of very reputable Parents, in the County of Westmeath , in Ireland , who gave him an extraodinary Education, particularly in classical Learning, in which he made a very great Progress, as may be seen by his Translations of some of Mr. Pope's Pieces, as well as by his Corrections of a late near Edition of the Classicks, printed by Mr. Brindley, Bookseller to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in Bond-street. He was brought up and educated in the Protestant Religion, his Father intending him for the Bar, but by his own Inclination, or by the Persuasion of some of his Companions he forsook the Religion he was educated in, and embraced that of the Church of Rome , whichrendring him unqualified to grace that State of Life his Parents designed him, he was oblidged, as he had not a Fortune to support him, to think of some proper Way of Subsistance; and accordingly on his first coming to England , which was about 4 Years since, he engaged himself as a Corrector of the Press to several Printers in London , to whom he gave entire Satisfaction: But that Employment not bringing in a Sufficiency to support him in the Manner he chose to live, and falling unluckily into the Company of his Countryman, Coffey, he was easily persuaded to follow that Practice, which in the End brought him to his ignominious Death. Being strongly persuaded by his Companion, that diminishing the Coin would soon enrich them all, and put them above the Frowns of the World; he sat heartily to Work, and not considering the Mischief he was doing to the mercantile Part of the World, filed such a Quantity of Gold of different Sorts, as soon rendered them suspicious. Notwithstanding his striving to extenuate, yet he did not deny his Guilt, but lamented greatly the Fate of Connor, whom he frequently declared to be innocent, averring that he was only his Servant , whom he employed in Messages on different Occasions, and that he never filed a Guinea in his Life. 5 Terence Connor , about 40 Years of Age, was born of creditable Parents in the Province of Connaught , in the Kingdom of Ireland , who put him early to School, where he soon made a Progress in the Latin and Greek, and was particularly conversant in the Roman Historians; he was brought up in the Faith of the Church of Rome , which he profess'd to his Death. On the Decease of his Parents, he says he became involved in several expensive Law Suits for the Recovery of his just Rights, but wanting Money to carry them on he was obliged to leave Ireland and seek his Fortune on the English shore; when he came to London , he says, he applied to several of his Countrymen for Recommendation to some Employ, whereby he might be enabled to subsist, but without Success, till Fortune threw him in the Way of Mr. Gahagan, who had just printed a Translation into Latin, of Mr. Pope's Essay on Criticism, who employ'd him to carry them to Noblemen and Gentlemen's Houses, which was to him for the present, some, tho'a very poor Subsistence, especially as he had also a Wife to maintain. During his serving Mr. Gahagan he acknowledged he had seen both him and Coffey file Gold, and had even been to fetch Portugal Pieces for them before they were filed, and had put them off after they were filed, and assisted in blowing the fire when the Gold was melting; but that he himself never did file any, nor attempt to file any, nor did he ever receive any Part of the Profit arising therefrom, but only his board and sometimes a Trifle of Money. He was inform'd that were the whole of his Assertion to be admitted as Fact, yet was he equally an Accomplice, and justly condemned by the Laws of this Land, as he assisted in melting the Gold, fetch'd in the heavy, and put off the light Pieces, he was as much guilty of high Treason as either Gahagan or Coffey. 6. Joseph Mapham , aged 50, says he was born of reputable Parents in the Year 1699. When he came to the Age of 7 Years, he was put to School, where in Process of Time he learnt the Art of Navigation, and continued there till such Time as he was qualified to be put Apprentice to a Captain of a Merchant Man , with whom he served about 3 Years. Afterwards he had a Mind to enter into his Majesty's Service, thinking he might get himself promoted sooner on Board a Man of War, by Means of his Education, and Learning in the Mathematicks, than on Board a Merchant Ship. Accordingly he entered as a foremast Man , and in about 4 or 5 Days Time, was made School-master , (but does not say on Board what Ship) and continued so for some Years to teach the Mathematicks. When he came home to London , his Brother, having very good Business, was desirous he should learn it, and leave the Sea. Accordingly he did, and in about a Month's Time, he says, he was able to get a very good Livelihood at inlaying of Tortoise-shell . Some Years before this, he says, he married a Wife, that got her Livelihood in a very handsome Manner, by keeping an Herb-shop in Newgate-market; and between them they lived very well, keeping a House in Warwick Court , in Warwick Lane . From this Marriage came several Children, and she dying, he thought it necessary to marry a second Wife to take Care of the Children; which he did in a little Time, and she died in Child-bed ten Months after Marriage. A third Wife he married, and by her had 3 Children in about 4 Years Time; and she dying, he thought proper in about 2 Years after her Decease, to take unto him a 4th Wife, by whom he had two Children, one now living, and lately taken from the Breast; having left behind him 4 Children now living, and a Wife in Tears. For some Time he was Book-Keeper to some Country Waggons, that went forth, and back to Town; but afterwards getting into the more lucrative Employ of receiving, and paying Money for the Graziers in Smithfield , he thought proper to stick to that for the ten or eleven last Years of his Life; some thousands a Year went to be sure through his Hands by those Means; and he says, he always did it with Honesty and Justice, and Reason good to be given, why he should do so, 'twas to get his own Bread, and maintain his Family: But in the End the Truth came out, and no doubt, he found it necessary to be honest in this Calling, that he might have the more frequent Opportunities to practise upon the Money received, and make his publick Business too much subservient to his private and clandestine Purposes. Yet as to the Fact for which he dyed, (though proved as positively as Words could declare) he persisted to say, he was innocent as the Child in the Mothers Womb. Ports he would own he had practised upon, but Guineas, he said, he never deminished, or defac'd. However, he had so much Christianity as to say he forgave all that Swore against him to take away his Life, and dyed in Charity with all Men. At the PLACE of EXECUTION. MONDAY Morning February 20th, about Nine o'Clock, John Frimley , and William Jefferys in a Cart, Thomas Jones in a Mourning Coach, Usher Gahagan , Terence Connor , and Joseph Mapham in a Sledge, or Hurdle, went from Newgate to the Place of Execution. Where having stayed with them some time, and recommended their Souls to God, they were turn'd off the Cart, with their last Breath calling on God, and Jesus Christ to have Mercy on them, and pardon their Transgressions. Gahagan and Connor, dying in the Roman Catholick Persuasion, continued in Prayer by themselves during the intermediate Space of their being put up from the Sledge or Hurdle into the Cart, and their being turn'd off. There were 3 Hearses 2 Coaches, that attended to carry off all the Bodies, and accordingly did so. This is all the Account given by me, JOHN TAYLOR , Ordinary of Newgate . John Foster , condemn'd for Robbing his Lodgings, was reprieved, by a Warrant which came to Newgate , on Sunday Night, from the Office of his Grace the Duke of Bedford, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State . THE Following ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF Usher Gahagan , and Terence Connor , WAS WROTE BY GAHAGAN himself, while under Sentence of Death in Newgate, and sign'd by them Both, and deliver'd on Sunday, February 19, 1748-9, the Day before his Execution, in the Presence of several Gentlemen, to the Printers of the Dying Speeches, with a strict Charge, neither to add to it, or diminish from it; and accordingly we here give it exactly in his own Words. AS it is Customary for People under my unhappy Circumstances, for the publick Satisfaction, to give some Account of their Birth, Parentage, and Life, in Conformity to so common, and perhaps, not illaudable a Custom, and to prevent any Counterfeit and ungenuine Details, which probably may be published of my Life and Family, after my departure from this World; and also in regard that I have nothing to disclose in that respect, but what leads more to my Credit and Reputation than otherwise, I therefore make my dying Declaration in Manner following. And first as to my Birth and Family, be it known, that I was born by Father and Mother, of a genteel and reputable Family, in the County of Westmeath , in Ireland , as appears by a Testimonial sent from Ireland in my behalf, and sign'd by my Lord Belfield, and many more of the top Gentlemen of that County, and the King's County adjacent, which Testimonial now lies in the Hands of Edmund Kelly , Attorney at Law in Fetter lane . My Grandfather was one of the six Clerks of the high Court of Chancery in that Kingdom, and so much relyed on the Worth of his own Blood and Family, that he refused being Knighted. My Uncle, his eldest Son, was a very Emiment Attorney in the City of Dublin, and possess'd of a large Fortune of his own Acquisition, besides that which was to devolve to him from my Grandfather, whose youngest Son, my Uncle, is now a Barrister at the Bar of Ireland; and as to my Father, he was bred up a Country Gentleman, and lived in very creditable Circumstances, and great Credit, tell within these few Years, when by vexatious Law suits, and other Misfortunes, he was reduced to the small Fortune of a 100 l. a Year in Leasehold Concerns; my Mother was Daughter to a Gentleman in the King's County, of a very large Estate and Fortune, so much esteem'd, that the Duke of Ormond very commonly resided at his Seat, in the said King's County, and intrusted him with his most important Secrets: but now in my Mothers Family there only remains an Estate of 500 l. per Ann. in the Possession of my second Cousin. As to my Education, my Parents spared no Expences upon it, my Father having intended me for the Bar, and I hope that since my coming to London , and even my Confinement, I have given such publick Proofs of my Education, being genteel and liberal, that it cannot be doubted, but I had retained and imbibed some Part thereof: As to my Principles of Religion, I was educated, having been intended for the Bar, in those of the Church of England by Law Established; but when I had given myself a little to reading polemical Writings, I found by Conviction of Judgement, that I could not with ease to my Conscience, in the Affair of eternal Salvation adhere to the Principles of the Religion I had been Educated in, and therefore declined studying the Law, and became a Roman Catholick , and hereby prosess myself to be an unworthy Member of that Communion, upon which Account I fell into the Disgrace of Relations and Friends, who would else have provided for me; about 16 Years ago I marry'd a Gentlewoman of a slender Fortune; but of as good a Family as any of the anteint Irish, besides a very plentiful Estate, there being in the Memory of People now living, four large Manors, and six antient Castles, in Possession of her Grandfather and Uncle; I do not chuse naming her, because I am too great a Stain to my own Family, and think it improper to draw Ignominy upon her's. As to my own Life, I must owe to my great Sorrow, that I have been guilty of the Frailties of the Children of Men; and that only thro' the Merits of my blessed Redeemer, Jesus Christ, I cannot be justified before the Tribunal of Heaven; but cannot charge myself with Robbery private, or the Highway, nor with Housebreaking, Thievery, Murder, Sodomy, or any such crying and enormous Crimes, praise be to the Almighty God, I always lived in the Esteem of every Rank in my Neighbourhood, and tho' ill Company brings me to this untimely End, kept the best Company till Necessity obliged me to try Fortune in London , where since my coming, I deported myself modestly and decently, untill Hugh Coffey , the only direct Evidence against me, came to my Lodging, telling me he had been arrested and had escaped from the Bailiffs, and requesting to lodge with me, which I readily complied with thro' Affection to my native Country, and by this Means, he found the colourable Grounds of Swearing against me as he did; but submit it to the Publick, what Credit he deserved, when he owned himself an Accomplice, and at the Time of my Tryal, stood under three several Indictments for Forgery and Perjury, which still hang over him; besides on his Examination before Mr. Cook, Sollicitor of the Mint, when he informed against several others, he by several Oaths and Execrations declared me and Conner Innocent, and upon Mr. Cook's saying he had Information against me from other Hands, answer'd, that if any such Information was, it was absolutely false, all which Sworn against him by credible Witnesses. There were indeed some Circumstances sworn by others, that might bring me under a strong Suspicion, as my going to the Bank and the Refiner's, which I did to serve Coffey, he not daring to go abroad much himself for fear of an Arrest; but as Coffey's Oath was manisestly to save his own Life, and that his Character was so infamously impeached, as before mentioned, let Circumstances be ever so pregnant, I do not see how by the Laws of England I could be found guilty, because Circumstances, without a positive unimpeached Witness to support them, can amount at most but to a high Probability, which is a Kind of Evidence, except in the Case of Murder, the Laws of England will not admit sufficient to condemn a Man capitally upon; for it is notorious that none swore to the actual filing of Guineas but Coffey, whose Character was so branded, as dwindled his Evidence at least into a Circumstance only; yet I shall not omit some Observations upon the circumstantial Evidences. - The first, Matthew Fretwell , a Teller in the Bank , who swore that Coffey often made Proposals to him about diminishing the Coin, but that I was not present at any, except the first Proposal, which he said happened at the Cross-keys Tavern near the Change, in which Article I declare to God, before whom I'm shortly to appear, that I never was present, or heard Coffey make any Proposals to him touching diminishing Gold Coin, or any other Coin at the Cross-keys, or elsewhere since I was born; nor can this hang with what he swore in another Article, viz. that Coffey desired him to keep any Proposals between them secret from me, which would have been absurd in Coffey, if I was present at the very first Proposal. Hannah Smart swore she had seen me and Coffey put a Crucible into her Kitchin Fire, in which she said I pretended there was some Stuff for a Salve, but could not tell the Contents. But when I sent to her House to have the Distance between her Walls, and those of Mr. Dell's House measured, she refused permitting the Measure to be taken, saying that if it was to save my Life, she would not suffer it; which Declaration so wickedly, malicious and inhuman, was proved against her by two Witnesses, and would be a sufficient Exception against a Juror, much more against her; yet the Jury made a Circumstance of her Evidence. As to Mr. Dell, whom I had never seen, but when I was at New-Prison , and the Day of my Trial, he swore that without the Help of an Optic Glass, he did often see thro' his own Window, which was all bedusted, and thro' Mrs. Smart's Window, which had Paper gummed on it within side to prevent our being overlooked in our Beds, and which two Windows were above twelve Yards asunder, as I verily believe; he swore, I say, that he often seen three Men at Work filing of Six and thirty and Seven and twenty Shilling Pieces, a penetrating Sight indeed! and which seemed to the Judge so incredible, that he asked him if he had any Glass or Instrument to look thro'; to which he answered no, but that he looked thro' his Hand, closed to contract the Rays of Light, and I submit it to the Publick, if he could not in these Circumstances make his Observations without closing his Fist, whether he could be at such a Distance much enabled to observe by closing it; especially so as to be able to tell the specifick Coin; and after all he swore, that my Side-Face only was towards him; how could he then know me at New-Prison, or the Bar, to be one of those Men he seen at Work? Besides, he swore only as to foreign Coin, which did not affect my Life, yet he got circumstantial Credit with the Jury. Mr. Sandal produced a Piece of File, some Fragments of a Crucible, and a very small Particle of Gold alledged to have been found in my Room. But was this a Circumstance of any Weight, when Coffey, who confessed himself guilty of the Practice, lodged in the same Room, and might have been Owner of these Things unknown to me, he having a Trunk with Lock and Key, whereby to conceal his Instruments from me. Sandal also produced three Guineas, which he got with ten more in my Pocket, one wanting 6 d. the other 11 d. and the third 1 s. 11 d. to the best of my Memory; and might not a Man have thirteen Guineas in his Pocket, and three of them be light unknown to him; besides its plain they came from different Hands, as they were so different in their respective Lightness; for if they were diminished by one Hand, they would have been nearer to each other than half and half in Lightness; and as they were found with ten more in the same Pocket, which were full Weight, is it probable, had I known them to be diminished, but I would have had them apart; besides Sandal swore only that they were light, but would not take upon him to say they were industriously diminished. As to Mr. Disten, the Refiner's Man, he swore nothing but Truth against me, viz. that I several Times sold Gold at his Master's, which in truth I did, but for Coffey's Use, and as to the Entry in the Memorandum Book, I believe I made such an Entry to satisfy Coffey what Money of his came into my Hands from the Refiner's from Time to Time, because Coffey having made me often a Bearer for him to the Refiner's, used to bring me to an Account. Mr. Disten, however, was not quite so honest with respect to Mr. Connor; for in his Information before Justice Green, which was read to me, he swore he see Connor at his Master's once selling Gold, in the Month of March last, but upon Trial, he thinking it improbable that he would be supposed to know a Man at one View for near nine Months, and never seeing him before or after, till in Prison, to mend this Defect, swore he see him at his Master's but once, and that in July last, which Connor hereby declares to be abominably false, as he does Mr. Fretwell's swearing to have given him Money several Times at the Bank, Connor hereby protesting before God, that he never received any Money whatever from the said Fretwell at the Bank, or elswhere, but owns that for Mr. Coffey's Use, and as a Messenger from him he received Money from Mr. Welsh twice only, tho' Welsh swore he frequently received Money from him, in order, as I believe, to have him convicted at any Rate. Conner was born in the Province of Connaught , of a very reputable Family, his Brother having been lately possess'd of a considerable Patrimony, but by Extravagance and Law-suits squander'd it away, without paying him or his Sister their Portions, which obliged him to come to London , chusing to live poorly here rather than in his Native Country, where he once was in genteel Circumstances: Has had liberal Education, as appears by his being a tolerable Latin Scholar, and very conversant in the Roman History, thus I have laid before the Publick, the Severity of our Cases, and hope they will be so charitable as to believe that we do not insert in this Account, any thing which we did not think true to the best of our Knowledge, believe and hear say. Mr. Connor declares he is innocent of the Fact he dyes for, and the great God knows if I be not equally so; we dye unworthy Members of the Roman Catholick Church, forgive Judge, Jury, Witnesses, and all Mankind, hoping through the Merits of our blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ, to find Mercy at, and after the Hour of our Deaths; and we farther declare, that any other Account but what is in this Paper, and which we desire may be published by Mr. THOMAS PARKER , is counterfeit and not genuine. The Lord of infinite Mercy, Wisdom and Goodness, have Mercy upon us; Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, dear Jesus Redeemer of Mankind. Usher Gahagan , Terence Connor . To his Royal Highness, Prince GEORGE, Duke of CORNWALL, And eldest Son of his Royal Highness FREDERICK PRINCE of Wales, on his acting the Part of Cato at Leicester House. - Tuusjam regnat Apollo. VIRG. HAIL! little Cato, taught to tread the Stage. Awful, as Cato of the Roman Age; How vast the Hopes of thy maturer Years, When in the Boy such Manly pow'r appears! Say, what Spectator but did pleas'd admire To hear thee talk with Sage Catonick Fire, A tender Stripling of the Royal Blood Breathing his Country's Liberty and Good; What Rapture warm'd thy Princely Father's breast! What joy thy scepter'd Grandsire then confess'd! Beholding thee, a Tyro from the School, Foreshew the Wisdom of thy future Rule, And Ned, thy little Juba, play his Part, Half form'd by Nature in Bellona's Art. Well may we say, when Royalty thus deigns To grace the Stage, that now Apollo reigns, Whose tuneful Hand maids shou'd exult to see Such regal Honour done to them in thee, Nor less thy Shade, O! Addison rejoice, To find thy Cato made a Cato's Choice. Lo! Britain glories, in thy Years to trace A buskind Hero of the Brunswick Race, Her Stage now trod (tho' Collier, once thy Scorn) By destin'd Monarchs, and high Princes born; Augusta too, some King's allotted Bride, Adorns her Scenes, and gives an equal Pride; But Oh! When thou shalt once thy Scepter wield, And Edward shine dread leader of the Field; When thou a Cate's, he a Juba's Task Perform in real Action, not in Masque; At Home, when thou'lt thy Country's Good enhance, While he Abroad shall stem the Pride of France; When thou'lt establish Europe's wish'd Repose, Returning he the Gates of Janus close; Then, then Britannia may with Reason boast, Nor think her Blood or Treasure fruitless Cost; O! may she hail, (but late) the glorious Day, When exercising thus imperial Sway; Of Sire and Grandsires Vertues thou possess'd Shalt gentle rule, and make thy People bless'd; When harrass'd Europe, rescu'd from Alarms, Shall owe her Rest to George and Edward's Arms. Rous'd with the Thought, and impotently vain I now wou'd launch into a nobler Strain; But see! the Captive Muse forbids the Lays Unfit to sketch the Merit, I wou'd praise; Such, at whose Heels, no galling Shackles ring, May raise their Voice, and boldly touch the String. Cramp'd Hand and Foot while I in Goal must stay, Dreading each Hour the Execution Day. Pent up in Den, opprobious Alms to crave. No Delphick Cell, ye Gods! nor Sybil's Cave; Nor will my Pegasus obey the Rod, With massy Iron barbarously shod; Thrice I essay'd to force him up the Height, And thrice the painful Gives restrain'd his Flight. So when a sickly Snake attempts to creep And climb some slipp'ry Rock, or Ditches steep: Scarce half her Length advanc'd she backward falls. And in slow Volumes languishingly crawls. USHER GAHAGAN . TO RICHARD ADAMS , Esq ; On his being chosen R'ECORDER of the City of London . Qui Consulta patrum, qui leges Juraque Servat. Hor. HAIL! Adam's gen'rous in thy Soul as Blood, Chosen Recorder, and our certain Good; While thousands now, to magnify thy worth, Applaud his Choice, and set thy Merits forth; Still, like thy self, be gentle; nor refuse The lowly Tribute of a Captive Muse, Tho' rude her Strains and impotent her Flight, Accept benign her poor officious Mite;Nor doubt, but what the Poet wants of Art He ransoms with Sincerity of Heart: Say whence I must the Web Pierian spin, Shall I, or with thy private Life begin? Or with thy public, fill my feeble Lays? Either's too great a Theme for me to praise, Then let me paint thee on the Judgment-seat Awful, serene, and modestly elate; No fullen Frown betok'ning Cause of Fear, Meekness and Candour in thy Looks appear, Mercy and Justice, the good Judge's Fame, Embrace in thee, and consecrate thy Name. The Court now open'd, and the Jury sworn, Stands at the Bar some Criminal forlorn, Not worth of little Pelf, a Council's Fee, But sure to find a Council then in thee, However bad his Crime, or mean his State, He meets in thee both Judge and Adocate: For Poor and Rich must equal Justice share. No Favour, nor respect of Persons, there; No partial Byass, tho' 'tis ever thine To Mercy, darling Mercy, to incline. Again: I hear thee scrutinously sift Some perjur'd Witness, now devoid of Shift; While you, conducted by Astraea's Clue With Question, and Cross-question, him pursue, Probe to the Bottom ev'ry Circumstance, And catch the flying Truth with seeming Chance. On a bright Morning, so the od'rous Crew Chace the swift Hare, and thunder o'er the Dew; The cunning Puss avoids them many a Wind, But leaves a hot perfidious Scent behind; Led by the Scent thro' every wily Maze, Close they pursue him, and at last they seize. But still, thy Learning strikes with more surprize When on a Trial Points of Law arise, Year Books, Reports, and Entries, are display'd With the Same Ease, as in thy Presence lay'd, The Volume, Page, and Author's Name you trace, As if thou wer't a Code of Common-place: O Memory immense! O real Son And certain Heir of mighty LITTLETON: Well have the May'r and Aldermen decreed That you, the late RECORDER shou'd succeed. Self-Easers! by thy Wisdom manag'd right, To make their Burden of the City light. The Bard attends thee giving now the Charge, The Evidence before rehears'd at large. Here you disclose the Riches of your Sense In a resistless Tide of Eloquence; This while we think the wretched Criminal Must, to the Laws, a Victim sudden fall; Again we hear him clear'd, by Force of Wit, If Circumstances can at all admit. So far thy nervous Orat'ry prevails, Justice, in Doubt, forbears to lift her Scales; By Evidence alone, the Jurors taught. Declare their Verdict, and escape all Fault: If an Acquittal, Pleasure we may trace, Th' Effect of Mercy in thy very Face. But, O, if Guilty I What a dire Contest Duty and Pity, wage within thy Breast! With what a tender Eye you look on him Thy Heart wou'd pardon, but the Laws condemn; While conscious of thy Fellow-creature's Fears You pass the Sentence, not without some Tears. Thrice happy London! scarce exempt the Grudge of neighb'ring Cities, in so wise a Judge: Late may it be, O! very late be said, Thou need'st a new RECORDER in his stead; But may he long survive of Heav'n, the Care, No less the Poet's than the City's Pray'r. To Mr. Usher Gahagan , on publishing his excellent Translation of Mr. POPE's Essay upon Criticism, his Temple of Fame, and Messiah; the two latter done since his Confinement in Newgate . REgretful, yet thy Lays so much invite A Bard, an artless Bard! presumes to write; Charm'd by thy Muse, mine with unequal Wing, Pursues her Flight, ambitious thee to fing, And fir'd with Beauty of superior Verse, In rude Essay thy Merits wou'd rehearse. So the young Linnet with transported Far. Silent attends some practic'd Warbler near; Eager imbibes each modulated Note, Then tunes in mimic Airs her liquid Throat. Who without Rapture can thy Numbers read? Who hear thy Fate, and Sorrow not succeed, Who not condole thee betwixt Fear and Hope, Who not admire thee thus translating Pope? Translating Pope in never dying Lays, Berest of Books, of Liberty, and Ease; Translating Pope, beneath severest Doom, In Numbers worthy old Augustan Rome; Whose ablest Sons might glory in thy Strains, Tho' sung in massy, dire, incumb'ring Chains. Say, wondrous Bard, how wou'dst thou thus attempt To raise thy Voice, from every Joy exempt, Friends, Kindred, all that's dear excluded quite. A glimm'ring Taper for thy Noon-day Light: In Strains heroic yet to court the Muse, And for thy Task a Theme heroic chuse: Man's final Lot in View, to tune thy Breath, Or dwells there Inspiration thus in Death? O! dauntless Bard, who cou'd thy Soul unlock Amidst such Terrors, and so dread a Shock. The fam'd Pelignian, from his Country rent, Not so could bear the Load of Banishment, A milder Fate! yet exile not revers'd, He pleads Excuse in ev'ry Page rehears'd; And tho' the Bard, in native Latian Tongue, To his great Master, mighty Caesar sung, His Genius levell'd, and exult his Fire With what a feeble Hand he touch'd the Lyre; Bewailing Loss of former Energy. Sunk from the Epic to low Elegy. Were this once boasted Minion of the Nine, A Victim doom'd, for Libitina's Shrine; Did he attempt to sing beneath thy Fate, And from his own, to foreign Lore translate. How fainter wou'd his dying Notes appear, Not like the Swan's, more musically, clear; But to the Cyclic Writers Strain declined, And in an Ovid, we'd a Bavius find. Decree'd to Death severe, a worse Exile, You rise from Flaccus, to the Mantuan Stile: At Ease translating Pope's Horatian Lay, His Epic Song of Fame you now display; And in such Numbers, as may justly claim No vulgar Mansion in the Doom of Fame; The Dome of Fame, where Pope himself might pride To see thee plac'd by his, and Honour's Side; While fast in sad portending Shackles bound You make his Lays in those of Maro sound, In Language far from thy domestick grown, But by thy tow'ring Genius made thy own. None wrote than you, we therefore must confess With greater Spirit, and Advantage less. Nor modestly in this my Candour tax, Because great Rawleigh wrote beneath the Ax; He did, 'tis own'd, but still in his Distress Had Money, Books, and ev'ry Friends Access: Not pent in gloomy Cell, and Gives he lay, Nor was his Food one Penny-loaf a Day; Nor Water was his Drink, nor Boards his Bed, Nor Stone (thy Pillow!) to support his Head; Death's horrid Prospect only cou'd controul The learn'd unlocking of his treasur'd Soul; With ev'ry other full Advantage bless'd By Night at Study, and by Day caress'd; Grim Death himself lowr'd in a distant View Not ev'ry Sun expected, as in you; In you from all these needful Comforts torn From Home, from Country, wretched and forlorn, Insulged, menac'd, taunted and abus'd, Of ought that's gentle and humane refused. Ost fore'd the Fumes of Ordure to inhale, Such is the Treatment of a Newgate Jail, O! wert thou but dimiss'd and render'd free, What Wonders might'st thou work at Liberty; When captive and distract with Death's Alarms, Thy Verse, surprises and with Rapture warms; Perhaps if freed thy bolder first Design Might be some Hero of the Brunswick Line, Taught by thy Muse to stride the sanguine Field, Now face the Cannon, now the Faulcion wield; Now midst the thickest Ranks of Foes engage, While all the Battle thunders in thy Page, While ev'ry Reader kindled by thy Strian, A Chief in Fancy! Vows the next Campaign. But, Sir, thy Fate I shou'd not half regret, Did real Guilt thy Miseries beget, Ev'n I, who'd favour any Son of Rhime, Scarce well could pardon thy imputed Crime, Imputed falsely; half an Eye may see There wert convicted; how? by Perjury; The Implement of which to common Sense, Appears of some too black for Evidence; Himself imprisoned first upon the Charge, Then turning Witness to be set at large; Impeach'd of threesold Forgery beside, In the same Court thy hapless Cause was try'd, Each Forgery within its guilty Womb Brooding the Monster Perjury, thy Doom! The Judge, his Fame so manifestly sad, Stiling him Man indeed, but very bad; These, and as many Circumstances more Demand my Pity; who wou'd not deplore Close to behold thee in a Dungton hemm'd? The learn'd at once, and innocent condemn'd! Yet be consold, for still there is a Place, Reserv'd for Mercy, and for royal Grace; Maugre this Storm, thou may'st survive to sing The wonted Bounty of our gracious King, Eccho repeating to each Hill and Plain, That Peace and Meekness bless a George's Reign. But whither have I, by Concern betray'd Far from my first intended Master stray'd? While my unhallowed Lays were only meant The sacred Beauties of thy Muse to paint; From sadder Numbers scare can I resrain Intending thee to sing, I but complain; Say, Guiltless Bard, what Patron wilt thou chuse, A Stanhope or a Pelham for thy Muse; Or both, or either may thy Pardon sue, Both fond of Learning, and of Mercy too, Ev'n to thy self I shall submit the Choice, And only say, whoever has the Voice, If pardon'd thou, or doom'd, alass! to die, May boast a precious Gift, or Legacy. To her GRACE the DUCHESS of QUEENSBURY, A poetical Address, By Terence Connor , in the Cells of Newgate . Laturam Misero te mihi rebar opem. Ovid. THOU great Protectress of th' Aonian Train' Support in each cotemporary Reign; Brightest Devotress at the Delian Shrine, Oft sung and courted by the sacred Nine; If e'er thy Kindred, of immortal Fame, The Muses lov'd, nor scorn'd a Poet's Name: If e'er thySelf vouchsafe to touch the Lyre, And join'd with equal Voice the tuneful sQuire: If on the Canvass, to describe the Face With animated Bloom, and living Grace, To draw the vernal Flow'r and tinging Shape, The Peach, the Melon, and the ripen'd Grape, To make each Story, holy or profane, Move in the Landskip, and to Vision plain: If these, with courtly Wit and Eloquence, Be Gifts, Apollo did to thee dispense, Which sure they are, in Charity regard; The meanest of his Sons, a Captive Bard; Far, far, alas! from Home, and Native Clime, The first, perhaps, that did in Newgate Rhime: The first, perhaps, beneath his dreadful Doom, That ever mounted the poetick Loom. O! born thyself of high Pierian Blood, Boast of their Times, nor yet more learn'd than good; Display thy Bounty, where a Life's at stake, And save the Wretched for the Poet's Sake; The Poet pent in narrow darkling Cell With Vagrants and Bandities, forc'd to dwell In pond'rous Gives of Iron, rudely bound, A Stone his Pillow, and his Bed the Ground: One Penny Loaf, the Banquet of a Day, And chilling Water to dilute his Clay; Broke ev'ry Morning of his painful Rest, The Scorn of Turnkeys, and the Keeper's Jest. Sternly rebuk'd, if he the least complains, And menac'd with a double Load of Chains. Thus, Day, and Night, disconsolate I spend Unpittied, and debarr'd of ev'ry Friend, Deserted by the Muses, as by Men, Save Elegeia's Visits now and then: Daughter of Grief! an ever-plaintive Muse, Taught only Songs of Sorrow to infuse. Dire Comfort! thankful yet am I, that she Inspires these Lines, O Queensbury! to thee. Thou then, from Infant Years brought up in Courts, Directress of their Houshold, and their Sports; The brilliant Grace of both the George's Age, In Wit facetious, and in Council sage, Allow'd, as heretofore, the same Access, Pity this Bard, and banish his Distress; Maintain the Glory of thy former Days, And iutercede to save a Son of GAY'S; Nor be it ever said, in British Land, That a poor Bard was mercilessly hang'd.

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THE Ordinary of NEWGATE HIS ACCOUNT OF The Behaviour, Confessions, and Last Speeches of the TRAITORS that were for High Treason Executed at TYBURN on Friday the 28th of October, 1715. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th, and adjourn'd to Tuesday the 18th instant, Seventeen Persons, viz. Fourteen Men, and Three Women, being Try'd for, and found Guilty of, several Capital Crimes, did accordingly receive Sentence of Death, i. e. Fourteen (on Saturday the 15th) for Robbing and Stealing; and Three (on Tuesday the 18th instant) for High-Treason. Of these Seventeen Persons, the Three Women being first Repriev'd, because reported to be pregnant, and then Four of the Men by His Majesty's gracious Mercy, which I wish they may duly improve, the others (Ten in number) are order'd for Execution, viz. Three of them on this Day, and Seven on Monday next. While under this Condemnation, I have constantly visited them, sometimes in the Dungeon, the Place where they are kept close confined, and oftener in the Chapel of Newgate, praying with them, and reading and expounding the Word of God to them, in order to make them sensible of the heinousness of their Sins, and raise their Repentance to the degree and height of them, so that it might bear a due Proportion to those grievous Offences which had justly brought them to this their shameful and untimely End. On the Lord's Day the 16th instant I preach'd to them, viz. in the Morning upon these Words of Our Saviour's, St. Mark, chap. 1. the latter part of the 15th Verse, - Repent ye, and believe the Gospel. From these Words (which I explain'd in general with their Context and parallel Places) I shew'd, That they contain'd the whole Tenor of the Gospel, in which is requir'd of us, and propos'd to us as the Terms of our Salvation, viz. I. Faith. II. Repentance. And upon these important Points I largely and distinctly discours'd, after I had first taken notice, That these being the first Words of the first Sermon preach'd by our Great Master JESUS CHRIST, they do well deserve our utmost Regard, Attention, and Obedience. And in the Afternoon I preach'd upon Eccl. 11. 9. Rejoice, O Youngman in thy Youth, and let thy Heart chear thee in the Days of thy Youth, and walk in the Ways of thy Heart, and in the Sight of thine Eyes: But know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into Judgment. This Text I first explain'd in general, and then proceeded to shew from it in particular, I. That there is a Judgment to come, which will be very strict and severe against Obstinate and Impenitent Sinners. II. That every Man shall be brought to that Judgment. III. That He who shall bring them to that Judgment is GOD, the great and uncontrolable Judge of the whole World. IV. That the Matter of that Judgment which Men shall be thus brought to, are the Ways of their own Hearts, and these are their Thoughts, Words, and Deeds. V. ult. That all this is most certain and evident from this Positive Expression in the Text, Know thou, [not Think or Believe, but know] that for all these Things (i. e. for thy Evil Thoughts, Wicked Words, and Sinful Actions) God will bring thee into Judgment. After I had largely discours'd upon these Points, I concluded the Whole with a particular Application to the Condemn'd, whom I exhorted to take such Care of themselves, as (by a lively Faith in Christ, and true Repentance of all their Sins) they might avoid the Severity of that Judgment, and be absolv'd and clear'd from all Guilt, when they shall come and stand before God's Tribunal, there to be judg'd. On the last Lord's Day, the 23d instant, I preach'd again to them (both in the Morning and Afternoon) and took for my Text these Words of the Revelation of St. John, Chap. IX, the former part of the 20th Verse: And the rest of the Men, which were not kill'd by these Plagues, yet repented not of the Works of their Hands. Which Words I first explain'd in general, with their Context, and then laid down and examin'd in particular this Proposition arising from them, viz. That notwithstanding the visible and terrible Judgments of GOD upon some grievous Sinners, others that are spared, and should thereby take Warning and reform, do (instead thereof) often neglect themselves to such a prodigious degree, as not to use the least Endeavour for the prevention of their own Ruin; though at the same time they may be satisfy'd they can no otherwise avoid it, than by their repenting, renouncing, and forsaking of those wicked rebellious Courses and base Practices, for which they have seen (or heard) others have been severely and justly chastis'd. To illustrate this Proposition, I observ'd, I. The Strangeness of such Impenitence, consider'd according to Common Reason. II. The Frequency of it, apparent from daily Experience. III. and lastly, The lamentable Consequence thereof, which they must expect to see and to feel in a dreadful Punishment and final Destruction, who are such obstinate and incorrigible Sinners, as will not be perswaded nor compel'd to reform their Lives, either by the Mercies indulg'd to Themselves, or Judgments inflicted on Others. Having enlarg'd upon these, I appl'yd my self with particular Admonitions to the Condemn'd, whom I earnestly exhorted to clear their Consciences, and purge their Hearts from all Filthiness of Sin, by Faith, Confession, and Repentance; exciting themselves to a perfect Abhorrence of all their Crimes, especially those of the deepest die, as that of Rebellion and high Creason certainly is, which some of them were Guilty of. This I often laid before them, both in my publick and private Discourses to them; endeavouring to inform their Judgments, and bring their Minds into a better Frame and Disposition, so as they might give Glory to GOD, and do Justice to Men, obtain the Pardon of all their Offences, and depart in Peace. What the Persons that are now to suffer declar'd to me, and I said to them in my private Examinations of them, the Reader may see in the following Lines. 1. Joseph Sulivan , alias Silver , condemn'd for High-Treason, viz. for levying War against our most Gracious Sovereign Lord King GEORGE, and his Government, in listing Men into the Service of the Pretender. He said, he was 29 years of age, born in Ireland ; That in the late Reign he serv'd 9 Years in the Royal Marine Regiment , and when that Regiment was broke, he went into France , and there serv'd for the space of 6 Months in Dorrington's Regiment; then quitting that Service, he came into England again. He declar'd himself to be of the Romish Religion ; and, that as he was born, so he resolv'd to die in it. He at first deny'd the whole Fact he stood condemn'd for, but afterwards own'd it in part, acknowledging that he had been somewhat concern'd in those Traiterous Practices which had brought him under this Condemnation. I endeavour'd to make him sensible of the heinousness and baseness of his Crime, who at the same time he had listed himself into the King's Service, and receiv'd His Bounty Money and Pay, he did (underhand) carry on such wicked and hellish Designs against His Majesty's Sacred Person, Royal Family, and whole Government. This indeed he could not deny, yet would not fully confess his Guilt; which I prest him to do for the clearing of his Conscience; but he said, he would confess where it was proper for him to do so, and no where else: For tho' he were (which he disown'd to be) guilty of all that was alledg'd against him, it would now avail him nothing to make a publick Declaration of it; and therefore desir'd me to ask him no more Questions about it, nor offer any further Advice to him, but let him die in his own Way. To which I reply'd, That he must give me Leave to do my Duty, and also to ask him a plain Question, to which I desir'd his positive Answer: And the Question was this; Whether he thought it lawful for any Man to attempt the Dethroning King GEORGE, and thereby involve these Kingdoms in Blood and Ruin? At this he made a Pause, and seem'd to be surpriz'd, as not knowing at first what to answer: But at last he said, He meant no such thing. I told him, That whatever his Meaning was, his Actions naturally tended to that, and if it had not been prevented by the Over-ruling Providence of GOD, the Wisdom and Justice of the King, and the Watchfulness and Loyalty of his Ministers, and other good Subject, Things had (by this time) been much worse than ever we can conceive: How many innocent Persons, both Men, Women, and Children, would have been destroy'd! - Who can think of this without Horrour, that has any thing of Humanity left in him? Pray consider, (said I to him) and let me have a positive Answer to my Question, viz. Whether it be lawful to Dethrone King GEORGE, &c. To which he reply'd, He could not tell whether it was lawful or not. Upon this I endeavour'd to inform him better, offering some Arguments to convince him of his Error, but he would hear nothing of that, and seem'd resolv'd to persist in his Obstinacy to the last. NB. Yesterday, after Evening-Prayer, in the Chapel of Newgate , Joseph Silver read the following Paper, and deliver'd it to me, declaring, that it contain'd nothing but Truth; which he also asserted at the Tree this Day. A COPY of Joseph Silver's Paper, before mention'd. I Joseph Sullivane , alias Silver , being now under the Sentence of Death, and having no other View or Consideration at present, but to discharge my Conscience, do hereby solemnly declare in the Presence of GOD, that Joshua Paul , Colonel of the first Regiment of Foot-Guards, is not in any Respect guilty of Acting for the Pretender's Service, (to my Knowledge) or ever employ'd Me to that End. And I do further declare in the Presence of GOD, and to all Mankind, that the Furlow found on me when I was apprehended in St. Martin's Parish in the Fields , and sign'd Josiva Paul , was not sign'd by the said Colonel Paul, or with his Privity or Consent, directly or indirectly. Given under my Hand at Newgate this 27th of October, 1715. Joseph Silver , alias Sullivane . 2. Felix Hara , condemn'd also for High-Treason, in listing himself into the Pretender's Service. He said, he was about 30 years of age, born near Dublin in Ireland ; That he serv'd his Apprentiship with a Vintner in that City, and afterwards did set up there for himself; but for want of a sufficient Stock to carry on that Employment, being forc'd to quit it and the Place, he came to London , where he liv'd with two or three Vintners alternately. He declar'd himself (as the former had done) to be a Roman-Catholick , and desir'd to have nothing offer'd to him, that might make him doubtful of his being in the right Way; for as he had no time, so had he no mind, to receive any Instructions contrary to his first Principles, and was resolv'd to die in that Religion, he had been brought up in, and always profest. Finding him in that Disposition, I only laid before him, in general, the Doctrine and Duties of Christianity, and also endeavour'd to bring him to a free Confession of the Crime he was condemn'd for; but I found him very hard to be mov'd upon that Point; he plainly declaring, That he would make no Confession to me, as not being of the same Perswasion. However I prest him (as I had done Silver) to tell me, Whether he thought it lawful to levy War against King GEORGE? To which he thus readily answer'd, I cannot determine that: I leave it to better Judgments. I told him, he might (if he would) be clearly inform'd in the Matter. But he reply'd, That he desir'd no such Information. 3. Robert Whitty , condemn'd for being concern'd in the same Fact of High-Treason with the two foregoing Criminals. He said, he was 55 years of age, born within 20 Miles of Dublin in Ireland : That in the late Reign he serv'd in Colonel Harvey's Regiment then in Spain ; and, That having receiv'd many Wounds in that Service, he was admitted one of the Out-Pensioners belonging to Chelsea-College . He said, he was not heartily for the Pretender, but for King GEORGE; and that if he listed himself into the Service of the said Pretender , he did not know what he did, for he had at that time been made so drunk with Geniver, and other strong Liquors, that he was not sensible of what he did or said. He acknowledg'd it to be a great Fault in him to have thus Unmann'd himself, and by that be drawn away; for which and all other his Sins, that were many and great, he declar'd he repented from his Heart, and begg'd Pardon of GOD. Upon my desiring him to recollect himself, and call to mind, and tell me what pass'd between him and the two others condemn'd with him in the Matter that had brought him to this Trouble, he said, He could say no more of his own Knowledge; but Silver could tell a great deal on't if he would. He did, from the first almost to the last, profess himself a Protestant, and a Member of the Church of England [not a Low Churchman, but one of the high-Church] as he express'd himself: But at the Place of Execution he declar'd himself to be o f the Romish Religion ; thinking (I suppose) that to be the best Religion for such a Criminal as he was. At the Place of Execution, to which they were this Day carry'd from Newgate on a Sledge, I attended them for the last time, and exhorted them to clear their Consciences by a free and full Confession, and sincere Repentance of their wicked Deeds. But they would say no more: Only Silver read a Paper, wherein he pretended to justifie his Fact; and Hara said much to the same purpose in his own behalf. I pray'd with them, sung a Penitential Psalm, and would make them rehearse the Apostles Creed, but they gave very little Attention to what was then perform'd by me. When I had done my Ministerial Office to their Souls, I retir'd, and left them to their own private Devotions, for which a pretty considerable time was allotted them. Then the Cart (into which they were put at their arrival there) drew away, and they were turn'd off, all the while calling upon GOD to receive their Souls. This is all the Account here to be given of these Dying Malefactors, by me, PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Friday, Octob. 8. 1715. 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. 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; Commonprayers in Octavo and Twelves. A New Edition of the Book of Homilies in Folio; all neatly bound. The Duty of Man's Works of all sizes. Duty of Man in Latin. Latin and Welsh Commonprayers, Tat 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 Volumes. Bp Beveridge's Sermons and private Thoughts, &c. At the Red Ball in Queen-street, Cheapside, near the Three-Cranes Landing-place, LIveth a Gentlewoman that hath a most incomparable Wash to beautify the Face, which far exceeds all that are extant, as abundance of the greatest Quality have found by Experience, to their great satisfaction. It takes out all manner of Wrinkles, Freckles, Pimples, Redness, Morphew, Sunburn, Yellowness caus'd by Mercurial Poisonous Washes; it also plumps and softens the Skin, making it as smooth and tender as a sucking Child's; the young it keeps always so, and the Old it makes appear fair and young to admiration. It has nothing of Paint in it, neither doth any Person know the Secret; you may have from half a Crown to Five Pounds the Bottle. You may have Pomatums, White-pots, the like not to be compar'd with; also Powder for the Teeth, which makes them as white as Snow. She hath a most excellent Secret to prevent Hair from failing, causing it to grow wherever 'tis wanting. 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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 Twentieth of this Instant May, 1728. BY Virtue of His Majesty's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, at the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily , (before the Right Honourable Sir EDWARD BEECHER , Knt . Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Right Honourable Sir Robert Raymond , Knt . Lord Chief Justice of the Kings-Bench ; the Honourable Mr. Justice Price; the Honourable Mr. Baron Hale; 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 Goal-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,) on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday, the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 6th, and 7th of May, 1728, in the First Year of His Majesty's Reign. Twenty two Men, viz. Christopher-Thomas Rawlins , Isaac Ashly , alias Aslien , John Rowden , alias John Hulks , Edward Benson , George Gale , Thomas Crowder , William Russel , William Holden , Robert Crouch , James Toon , William Septon , John Hornby , Lawrence Clinsmith , Benjamin Johnson , Richard Nichols , Joseph Johnson , Anthony Beadle , Hether Landel , John Cobbs , Joseph Price , James Smith , and James Perre ; and Seven Women, viz. Mary Prince , Susanna Vine , Elizabeth Burden , Elizabeth Lewis , Margaret Pendergrass , Mary Hendron , and Mary Taylor , alias Dennis , were, by the Jury found guilty of Capital Crimes; and received Sentence of Death accordingly. While under Sentence, they were instructed, How, that by Nature, they were Enemies to God: The Scripture representing to us, that the Imagination of Man's Heart is wholly set in him to do Evil; and that from this corrupt Principle, proceeded all the Irregularities of Life, which had entail'd so much Shame and Disgrace upon them: Therefore I endeavoured to convince them, that in order to be freed from their Sins, it was necessary to search into the Wickedness of their Hearts, which was the Cause of the manifold Failings of their Life; for that out of the Heart proceeds all evil Thoughts, Murders, Adulteries, Fornications, Thefts, False Witness, Blasphemies, Matth. 15. 19. Thence I exhorted them to come to God, under a deep Sight and Sense of Sin, Original and Natural: For while we are not sensible of Sin, it cannot be suppos'd, that we will seek a Saviour to save us from Sin, who is our Lord Jesus Christ, the only Mediator betwixt God and Man. Thence I took occasion to press upon them the absolute Necessity of a Saving Faith in Christ, the Son of God, and Saviour of Mankind, ev'n a Lively Faith, attended with Good Works, bringing forth manifold Fruits unto new Obedience, Holiness, and Virtue. Many of them appearing Obstinate, I instructed them, that it was not only Expedient, but Necessary to confess their Sins, especially Those for which they suffer'd, as in the first Place of God, who was chiefly offended, so in the next Place, to Man, whom they had so very much wrong'd, since this was the main Reparation they were capable to make. This Subject I illustrated to them from several weighty Considerations taken from St. James 5. 16. Confess your Faults one to another. I also told them, that there being Two Christian Sacraments, Baptism, wherein we were initiated in the Christian Faith to deny Ourselves to the World, the Flesh, and the Devil; and the Lord's Supper, which is a lively Representation of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus, exhibited to us in a familiar Manner adapted to our Senses. This Sacrament, as from other Texts, so particularly from Rev. 19. 7. - For the Marriage of the Lamb is come, I explain'd to them. While these and many such Instructions were given them, in Chappel all of them comply'd with the Worship, and made regular Responses: But some of them at Times were very undecent in their Carriage, laughing and playing the Fool in a very extravagant manner. Robert Crouch was most guilty this Way, and disturb'd some of his Fellow Prisoners about him. When I reprov'd him sharply for it, he said, that it was out of no ill Design, and that he could not help it: I told him that it was a Temptation of Satan, and that it shew'd the Corruption of his Heart very much. After many Admonitions and Reproofs, he gave it over. Crowder and Rawlins at several Times flew into very violent Passions, and upon trifling Occasions struck Hornby; for which being seriously reprov'd, they promis'd not to do so any more, and declar'd their Grief for the Offence given. Joseph Prince was much afflicted with Sickness, as was Margaret Pendergrass . When I visited them in the Cells, they appeared Devout and Penitent; and when at Chapel, they behav'd themselves Decently. Lawrence Clinsmith , a Dutch Boy, appeared to be Penitent, and sensible of his Offence; but being in a High Fever, never came to Chapel. James Parr came only once to Chapel; and when I visited him in the Cell, he was so Sick that he could scarce speak, and so Deaf that he could hear but little; only by his outward Behaviour, he appeared to be Sorrowful for his Sins, and willingly comply'd with Worship, when I pray'd for him. He died in the Cell on Monday Morning, the 13th Day of May. In the Cells, Crowder, Rawlins, Hulks, alias Rowden, and several of them, sometimes behav'd themselves most Irregularly and Undecently, Singing and Cursing in such a manner, as was very offensive to every good Christian. The Street-Robbers, one with another, were Originals for Wickedness. Mary Taylor , alias Dennis , on Sunday, the 12th of May, being drunk, spoke so much and so loud, that the Keepers were oblig'd to take her out of the Chapel. Upon Wednesday, the 15th of May, the Report of the above-named 28 Malefactors being made to His Majesty in Council: Joseph Prince for feloniously breaking and entring into the House of Edward Hoar , and for stealing Goods and Cloaths to the Value of 4 l., the Property of the said Edward Hoar ; Anthony Beadle for stealing 3 s. 6 d. from the Person of Anne Powel , on the 1st of March last; Mary Jenkins for stealing 4 Guineas, a Gold Ring, and a Bathmetal Box from John Anthony ; Elizabeth Burden for stealing 5 Broad Pieces of Gold, 2 Guineas, and a Silver Two-pence, 10th of April last, the Property, and in the House of Mary Bonner ; Susanna Vine for stealing a Linen Bag, Value 2 d. a Seal, Value 12 d. a French Crown, Five Half Guineas, a pair of Steel Buckles, and some Silver, from the Person of Thomas Dean , on the 1st of March last; Benjamin Johnson , for stealing a Grey Gelding, Value 40 s., on the 15th of January last, the Property of James Crew ; Lawrence Clinsmith , for stealing 9 China Dishes, a Silver Porringer, 4 Silver Forks, 2 Silver Candlesticks, 2 Silver hafted Knives, and several other Valuable Goods, the Property of Bernard Count Welderen ; Joseph Johnson , for privately stealing a Gold Ring, Value 15 s. out of the Shop of George Joyns ; and Elizabeth Lewis , for feloniously stealing 5 Gold Rings set with Diamonds, Value 9 l. 9 Serjeants Rings, Value 2 l. 14 s. 2 Guineas, a Broad Piece, and several other Valuable Things, the Property of John Raby , Esq ; Serjeant at Law , on the 9th of February last, received His Majesty's Most Gracious Reprieve. The remaining Nineteen, viz. Christopher-Thomas Rawlins , John Rowden alias Hulks , Isaac Ashby alias Astien , John Hornby , Edward Benson , George Gale , Thomas Crowder , James Toon , William Russel , William Holden , and Robert Crouch , Street-Robbers; William Septon and John Cobbs , for the Highway; Hether Landell alias Vincent , James Smith , Richard Nichols , Mary Hendron and Margaret Pendergrass , and Mary Taylor alias Davis or Dennis , were order'd for Execution. When all Expectations of Life were past, Those who had been most Audacious and Insolent before, behav'd themselves with greater Decency in the Chapel; but they were so inur'd to Wickedness, that at some Times they could not abstain from flying into the most violent Passions when in the Cells, upon the least Uneasiness. For Information of those who desire to know any thing further about their Confessions and Behaviour, the following Narrative is intended. William Russell , Robert Crouch , and William Holden , of St. Giles's in the Fields , were indicted for assaulting Martha Hyde on the Highway, and taking from her a Broad-Cloth Coat, value 40 s. a Looking-Glass, value 30s. a Gown, Apron, and other Goods, value 30s., on the 8th of December last. Against these 3 Persons, James Dalton was produc'd an Evidence, who depos'd, That on the 8th of March last, about 9 o'Clock at Night, they overtook the Prosecutor, Martha Hyde , in Fleet-street , and seeing her to have a Bundle with her, they resolv'd to snatch it from her; but not having an Opportunity to do it there, they follow'd her into Lincolns-Inn-Fields , were Crouch alias Bob the Butcher, knock'd her down, and then Russell ran away with the Bundle, in which were contain'd several Aprons, a Woman's Morning Gown, 3 Black Hoods, and a Looking-Glass, which last, in opening the Bundle, fell down and was broke in pieces; all the Remainder was sold to Sarah Watts (one who buys stol'n Goods, and in the Cant of the Society is call'd a Lock:) but not having well examined the Things before the Sale, they were mortified afterwards to hear, there was 40 s. in Specie rap'd up in a Rag in the said Bundle. - Martha Hyde the Prosecutor depos'd to the Purpose aforesaid, That she was knock'd down in Lincolns-Inn-Fields , and the Goods before mentioned taken from her. - Russel Lomew Nichols depos'd, That he saw Russell and Crouch at a Brandy Shop soon after the Transactions before-mentioned, who quarrelling betwixt themselves, Russel said to Crouch, if you meddle with Nichols, I'll cut the Coat off your Back, for it is the Woman's Coat which I knock'd down in Lincolns-Inn-Fields , and I have as much Right to it as you; it appear'd that Crouch pawn'd an old Coat to pay for the Alteration of that he had then on, and that at first, it had on a picked Cape of Cloth, which was taken off, and a Velvet one put on in its stead. - Mr. Willis, who took Russell, depos'd, when he apprehended him, That Russell acknowledg'd the Goods before-mentioned, were Stole & sold for about 1 l. 2 s.; but said, he did not value it, because he should die in the Company of such brave Fellows. Upon the Whole, he was found Guilty. 1. William Russell , was, as he said, descended of Honest Parents, who were People of Repute and Substance, who had given him a tolerable Education. His Father was a Man unmindful of his Family, and by his Negligence, lost a considerable Estate in Money, which belong'd to him; and as his Substance decreas'd, he took less Care of his Son's Education, leaving him expos'd to the World, and went to Ireland, where he now resides. He confess'd himself to be guilty of the Robbery of which he was Convicted; and said, that he had not follow'd that way of Life above three Quarters of a Year, before he was apprehended; and that there was no Pretence of Necessity for his betaking himself to such a Course; the only Cause having been his own Wickedness. He was a resolute, audacious Fellow, but of a superior Sense to most, if not all his Unfortunate Companions. Once in the Cell, he said to William Holden confin'd in the same Cell with him, with such an indifferent Air, and yet with no Appearance of Prophaneness, I'll provide a sufficient Coach for carrying off our Bodies from the Place of Execution, and your Fraternity (Holden having been a Hackney Coachman ) will preserve our Bodies from being carried off by Violence; to the Reasonabless of which Proposal Holden assented. This they agreed upon, without the least Alteration of their Countenance, altho' in a Matter of such Consequence, as that of leaving this World, and entering upon an Eternity of Happiness, or Misery. He declar'd, that (in his Opinion) the Street-Robberies would be more frequent than formerly; and that the Robbers were resolv'd to shew, by their Proceedings, that they were not all hang'd; and that Dalton would have had him turn'd Evidence against his Accomplices, but thinking this too Mean and Cowardly, he refus'd it. He further declar'd, That when Black Isaac, alias Isaac Ashley was hang'd, Gentlemen might walk the Streets without danger of losing their Handkerchiefs, for that the said Black Isaac and Ben. Branch , who was lately Executed, were the two greatest Masters in that Profession; and that the said Isaac Ashley would frequently get in an Evening, in two or three Hours, to the Value of 15 or 16 Shillings, and would make Sortments or Allotments of them of all Prices, from 2 d. to 2 s. 6 d. each; as well as any Milliner or Dealer in London. Russell was naturally an Audacious Resolute Fellow, and commonly express'd himself with a deal of Freedom, and without any Offence in my Presence, excepting that once in the Cell being angry at something, he swore to one of the Keepers, for which I reprov'd him, and he beg'd God Pardon. His Education having been better than what most of his Companions had got, he was not so Rude, but more Civil in his Deportment than They. He own'd, that he had been a very great Sinner, and that he was guilty of all Sins, but Murder; and that his Sentence was most just according to Law. He declar'd himself sincerely Penitent for all his Offences; that he died in Peace with all the World, and in the Faith of being Sav'd by the Mercy of God, through the Merits of Jesus Christ. 2. Robert Crouch , as he said, about 20 Years of Age, Born at Dunstable of Honest Parents, who gave him good Education, and when of Age, bound him to one Widow Thompson in Newgate-Market , with whom he serv'd his Time, but not willing to lead a quiet and settled Life, he apply'd himself to Gaming, which brought him into a sett of the worst of Company, and this prov'd his Ruin. He confess'd the particular Fact, of which he was convicted, and that he had not follow'd the business of Thieving long. The Evidence against him had been one of his chief advisers to Wickedness, and that there was not the least Shadow of occasion for his betaking himself to such wicked Courses, since he wanted nothing, and his Father intended very soon to set him up in his own business, which was a Butcher. When His Majesty's Proclamation came out for apprehending Street-Robbers, he foreseeing the danger, agreed to go a four years Voyage to Sea, but upon Dalton's Information he was Apprehended before he could put his design in Execution. He told me, that he had join'd himself to a Society for improvement in religious Principles and Practices; but to this he did not prove an ornament. In the Cell, a Friend desir'd him seriously to prepare for Eternity, and not to entertain any hopes of a Reprieve; he replied, we shall certainly be all Repriev'd on Monday next, about two of the Clock. He behav'd always with abundance of civility, but that he Smil'd too often in the Chapel, which disturb'd some of his Neighbours, this, he said, was a natural Weakness, which he could not help. I represented to him the greatness of his Sin, as committed against much Light and Knowledge. He acknowledged himself among the chief of Sinners, that he was griev'd for betaking himself to such a wicked Life, which had brought him to a shameful Death, that he believ'd in Christ his only Saviour, repenting truly of all his Sins, and dying in Peace with all Mankind. 3. William Holden , about 28 Years of Age, of mean Parents, who gave him but little education, and were not able to put him to any particular Trade, had gone to Sea some time, but the ordinary Business he follow'd was driving of Hackney Coaches . He appear'd to be a Fellow of a civil Temper, but adicting himself to lewd Company, this led him into all his after miseries and misfortunes. At first he denied the Fact of which he was convicted, but afterwards Russel openly owning it, he could not deny his being concern'd in committing that Robbery. He said, that he had not follow'd the trade of Thieving long, but that he always had a coveteous mind, affecting an idle and loose Life most. He was more sober and civil in his carriage than several of the Street-Robbers. He declar'd, that he believ'd to be sav'd only through the merits of Jesus Christ, that he was heartily griev'd for, and repented of all his Sins, and that he died in Peace with all Mankind. Christopher Rawlins , alias Thomas Rawlins , Isaac Ashley , alias Aslebey , and John Rowden , alias Hulks , were Indicted for Assaulting Mr. Francis Williams on the Highway, and taking from him a Silver Watch, value 3 l. two Guineas and a Moidore, on the 24th of Feb. last. It appear'd the Prosecutor going in a Coach in the Night time, between Watling-street and St. Paul's School , he heard the Coachman was order'd to stop, when a Man came up to the side of the Coach, presented a Pistol, and demanded his Money, then four others came in the like manner, and offering their Pistols, one said they had no time to loose, thrust his Hand to his Fob, and took his Watch and Money. The Watch was produc'd in Court by Mr. Jones, who said he had it from Dalton, Dalton was call'd as an Evidence, and depos'd that himself, with the three Prisoners, and another Person not yet taken, attack'd the Coach, that himself went up first, then Rowden took the Watch, and himself took the Money, that Rawlins and himself Secreted one Guinea of it from his Companions, and the Watch was pawn'd for two Guineas more. Mr. Willis depos'd, that having receiv'd Information of several disorderly Persons, he went in search of them, and took Dalton, who making an Ingenious Confession, desir'd to be admitted an Evidence, and inform'd against the Prisoners, and then told him of their having Rob'd Mr. Williams, shew'd him a Pistol, and said Rawlins had the Fellow of it, and told where the Prisoners were, who were apprehended accordingly, Rawlins and Rowden stood upon their Defence Sword in Hand, but Ashley made no resistance, but endeavour'd to hide himself under the Bed, that they found the Pistol Dalton had describ'd, loaded with a Slug, correspondent to that taken from Dalton; his Evidence was confirm'd by Mr. Willis's Brother, and the Prisoners had nothing to say in their Defence, but a downright denial of the Fact, and a pretended Ignorance of Dalton's Person; but Mr. Wyat prov'd they were well acquainted, and all Lodg'd at his House. The Fact was fully prov'd, and the Jury found them all three Guilty. 4. Christopher Rawlins , 22 Years of Age, born of honest Parents in Town, who gave him good Education, and when of Age, put him out Apprentice to a Silversmith in Town, to whom he serv'd his Time; but it seems he (as is customary to them, who fall into these unhappy misfortunes) falling into the basest of Company, who advis'd him to follow their reprobate courses, could not the common fate of a Life so desperately Wicked. He was a young Man of a pretty quick understanding, but whatever his natural Endowments might be, they were certainly over-clouded, if not funk and lost by his most vicious way of Life. Most times at Chapel he behav'd himself gravely and made his responses regularly, but was too ready to Smile as some others of them did; and once in time of Worship fell a beating Hornby upon some discontent, not worth mentioning: For this they were both taken out of Chapel; and when I represented to them the inconsiderate brutishness of such a Sin; He acknowledg'd the same, promising never to do the like for the future. When I spoke to him privately, he always own'd himself Penitent, but (as I was inform'd) he frequently behav'd himself in the Cells with great undecency; particularly, as his fellow Criminal Russel inform'd me, once as he was Swearing and showing the height of Passion and Fury upon the least, or rather no occasion; He and some other of the Prisoners desir'd him to be quiet, and make some suitable preparation for Death. He said, what does it signify to prepare, since they had past such a wicked Life in the World, and now having so short a Time to live, it was needless to Repent; for he despair'd of God's Mercy and knew he should be Damn'd. He could not deny that he said so, and beg'd God's Pardon for it. When I spoke to him, he behav'd with abundance of Civility, and his Education having been pretty good, he understood the necessary fundamental Principles of Christianity indifferently. He appear'd to have been an acute Fellow, but exercis'd his Wit and Invention upon mischief. Rawlins acknowledg'd all the three Robberies of which he was convicted, that he had been one of the chief of Sinners; for his Sins he beg'd Pardon of God and Man, declar'd his Faith in Christ the only Saviour of the World, that he sincerely repented of all his Sins, and died in Peace with all the World. 5. Isaac Ashby alias Aslien , which last (as he told me) was his true Name, 26 Years of Age, of Honest Parents, who gave him Education at School, according to his Station, and put him to a Weaver in Spittle-Fields , which Trade he follow'd, and might have had his Living very well that way, but preferr'd an idle Life to an Honest industrious Course; and falling in with Gamesters, they led him head long to his Destruction. He was one of the most dextrous Pick pockets about Town, but did not thrive long at Robbing on the Street, Dalton's Information putting a slop to that. He was to the last, one of the most obdur'd unconcern'd Malefactors that ever I saw, and appear'd to have been a rude surly Fellow. He confest himself to have been a very wicked Liver, and that he had committed a number of Robberies and innumerable lesser Thefts, (but the particular Fact of which he was convicted he denied, which Rawlins and Benson own'd themselves to have done, and they said, that he knew nothing of it) for which and his most licentious wicked Life, he beg'd Pardon of God and Man; one could scarce discover any outward Signs of repentance in Him, till within a Day of his Death he began to relent a little. He declar'd his Faith in Christ, that he repented of all his Sins, and died in Peace with all Mankind. 6. John Rowden , alias Hulks , which last was his true Name, 24 Years of Age, had good Education from his Parents, but improv'd it to the worst of purposes, giving himself up wholly to wickedness, having been addicted to all manner of Vices, and thus being void of the fear of God, and regard to Man: He associated himself to a Gang of the most notorious Thieves and Robbers about Town, who speedily brought him to his fatal End. He was much of the same Temper with Aslien, but a little more Civil. He own'd himself guilty of the two Robberies, of which he with Rawlins and Aslien were convicted; that he had been guilty of all manner of Sins; that his Sentence was most just; that he believ'd to be Sav'd thro' the merits of Jesus Christ; Repenting of all his Sins, and that he died in Peace with all the World. Edward Benson , alias Brown , alias Boyston , George Gale , alias Kiddy George, and Thomas Crowder , Indicted for assaulting James Colvert , and taking from him a Silver Watch, val. 40 s. and 5 s. in Money, on the 10th of April last. 7. Edward Benson , 24 Years of Age, descended of Honest Parents, who gave him good Education, and afterwards put him out Apprentice to a Silver Wiredrawer , but he did not serve out his Time, being of a wild ungovernable Temper, and inclin'd to follow loose Company; having left his Master, he follow'd his Business at times, and at other times, made unlawful Shifts. He Married a Wife, but soon wearying of her, he took another Wife; and as I visited him in the Cell, asking something about his Crimes and the conduct of his Life, he said that he had not been so very extravagant in his Life, as a great many other Criminals are, but that he had fail'd in one Point, which was Marrying two Wives, for which he pray'd God to forgive him; saying, here they are before you. I ask'd the two Women if it was so? they said, that they were both his lawfully Married Wives, the latter one said, she did not know of the first Marriage, but that he decoy'd her into that Snare, by making a number of impudent Lies. They seem'd to be Friendly, and not to entertain any grudge at one another. I exhorted him to repent of that Sin of deliberate Adultery; he said, he did of all his Sins, and particularly that one. He was the mildest and Civilest of all the Street-Robbers; behav'd himself with great Devotion in Chapel, never using any undecent carriage, as too many of them did, and his natural Temper seem'd so good, that the miscarriages of his Life in probability were rather to be imputed to the bad advice and example of others, than to his own inclination. He appear'd to be a sincere penitent, believing that God would Pardon his Sins for Christ's Sake, and declaring that he died in Peace with all the World. 8. George Gale alias Kiddy George, about 17 Years of Age, born of Honest Parents, who took care of his Education at School, and instructed him in the Christian Religion, and afterwards put him to a House Carpenter or Joyner , which Business he never follow'd; but was one of the most wicked, cross, aud disobedient Boys upon Earth; and married without his Parents Consent: He had committed many Robberies, and was a constant Thief for a considerable Time; only he never own'd the Robbery of which he was convicted, and said, that Neaves swore him falsely into it, knowing the former Proceedings of his Life would make his Testimony against him more easily credited. He wept much, and was grosly ignorant, having forgotten all the good Instructions his Parents or Masters had given him. He declar'd himself Penitent; that he suffer'd most justly for his Naughty Life; that he believ'd in Christ his Redeemer, and was in Peace with all Mankind. 9. Thomas Crowder , 22 Years of Age, of honest Parents, who gave him good Education, and bound him to a Cabinet-maker . Before he was out of his Time he went to Sea , and improv'd himself in Navigation; and being lately come Home from a Voyage, meeting accidentally with Neaves, the Evidence, at Rotherhith , he got him engag'd into his Company for 3 or 4 Days, attending Neaves at his Wedding; and upon Pretence that Neaves, and he should afterwards join in carrying on a small Trade to France and Holland, 'till they were all apprehended at a Publick-House there: But he said, he swore him falsely into the Robbery of which he was convicted, and that he never was a Thief or Robber. He liv'd two Years with a Woman who was reputed his Wife; but they were not married. He acknowledg'd himself a great Sinner; that God had, in Justice, afflicted him. He died in the Faith of Christ, and in Peace with all the World. James Toon , of St. Paul's Shadwell indicted, for that he, together with George Gale , Edward Brown , alias Benson , alias Berson , did assault James Flemming , on the Highway, &c. and taking from him a Silver Watch, value 50 s. and 2 Guineas in Money, on the 3d of April last. James Toon , Twenty-five Years of Age, had good Education for a common Man; when of Age, he went to Sea ; and when at Home he was a Bargeman . He declar'd, that as he was a dying Man, in a few Days or Hours to answer to God, that Neaves swore falsely against him, and this he affirm'd; adding, that he never had been Thief or Robber. He had no Friends to own him; and behav'd himself always with a deal of Decency and outward Signs of Repentance. He understood the first Principles of Christianity better than many of his Rank; appeared to have some good Dispositions in him; declar'd himself sincerely penitent for all his Sins, which he confess'd to have been very great; that he had a confident Hope of being Sav'd, thro' the Merits of Jesus Christ; and that he forgave all the World, as he expected Forgiveness at the Hand of God. John Hornby of St. Gregory , in the Ward of Castle-Baynard , was indicted for assaulting Edward Ellis on the Highway, and taking from him a Silver Watch, val. 4 l. and 2 Guineas in Money, on the 3d of January last. John Hornby , about 21 Years of Age, of honest Parents, who educated him at School, and put him to a Joyner : But he marrying a Woman, and taking himself to wicked Company, went altogether astray, and prov'd a most disobedient and naughty Child. He confess'd, that he had been a notorious Thief and Pick-pocket for a good part of his Life; but as for Street and Highway Robberies, altho' not innocent, yet he had never been much guilty that way. As to the particular Fact for which he suffer'd, he denied, that he was accessary to that Robbery, which indeed, Benson, and another, who assisted in it, affirm'd. He own'd, that he had been guilty of innumerable petty Thefts, such as stealing Handkerchiefs, and the like; but for other more violent Attempts, such as Street-Robberies, he said, that he never committed 'em. He was more Civil than most of them. And as for the Differences which happen'd between him and two others in Chapel, at different Times, he declar'd, that he did not occasion them; and that they were only the effect of their Passion, which instigated them to beat him, for no Fault of his. He frequently wept, and pretended Penitence, declaring, that he hop'd and believ'd to be sav'd, only thro' the Merits of Jesus Christ, and that he died in perfect Peace with all Men. William Sefton of Islington , indicted for assaulting Henry Bunn , on the Highway, and taking from him a Silver Watch, val. 3 l. 2 pieces of Foreign Gold, val. 11 s. and 8 s. in Silver, on the 27th of April last. William Sefton , 26 Years of Age, born near Wigan in Lancashire , of honest Parents, who gave him but indifferent Education; his Mother marrying another Husband, and his other nearest Relations dying, he was not much look'd after. He was bred a Peruke maker and Barber in his own Country; but not succeeding to his Mind in that Business, he serv'd for some time as a Soldier , and not thinking his Pay sufficient, he went out sometimes upon the Highway to take a Purse from others, whom he thought better provided than himself. He said, that he had not follow'd Robbing or Stealing long, nor committed many Robberies; that he had done the Fact of which he was convicted; and that his Sentence was just, according to Law. He always appeared very Devout and Serious both in Private and Publick; declar'd himself truly penitent for all the Sins of his Life; that he believ'd to be Sav'd, only thro' the Merits of Christ, and died in Peace with all the World. John Cobbs indicted for breaking the Dwelling-House of Joseph Brown , and stealing thence, 2 Bushels of Beans, and a Bushel of Barley; but the Evidence being defective, he was acquitted of this Indictment. And again indicted for stealing a Bay Gelding, val. 5 l. on the 26th of December last, the Property of Thomas Aylist . 12. John Cobbs , 42 Years of Age, of poor Parentage, had but mean Education, and follow'd Country-work, living Creditably that way, with his Wife and Family, 'till Christmas last; about, and since which Time, by the Advice of Ward the Evidence against him; he stole a Horse, and committed some Robberies on the Highway, for which be declar'd his Sorrow. Being ask'd about a Deposition or Information he had made against Mr. Charlesworth, he gave a Declaration, to the Effect under-written, only with this Difference, that he was not acquainted with Woolham and Clarke, but that the Affair was transacted by the Mediation of Cobb's Wife. Here follows the Declaration of John Cobbs , with respect to Mr. Charlesworth. The Acknowledgement of John Cobbs . ' WHERE AS the said John Cobb , was prevail'd upon by one Joseph Woolham and Thomas Clarke , ' for to make an Information against Mr. Tho. Charlesworth , being concerned in several Robberies with ' the said John Cobb , where the said Woolham and the ' said Clarke pretended it would save the said Cobb's ' Life, whereupon the said Woolham or Clarke prevail'd upon the Worshipful Justice Midford, (in White-street near Covent-Garden ,) to take the said John ' Cobb's Information at Newgate , where the said John ' Cobbs did swear against the said Mr. Charlesworth ' falsly; and the said John Cobb , the Eighteenth of ' May, did acknowledge he did not know the said ' Charlesworth, altho' the said Charlesworth was in ' the Room till the said Charlesworth discover'd himself ' before the Minister of the Chapel, and the Reverend ' Mr. Russel, Curate of Cripplegate, and divers other ' Persons, when the said Cobbs asked Mr. Charlesworth's ' Pardon, and said to his Knowledge, he never did see ' the said Mr. Charlesworth before in his Life, and desired the same might be made Publick; and said his ' Conscience would not give him to take the Sacrament, ' till he had asked the said Mr. Charlesworth's Pardon, ' and clear'd him to the World, that he was Innocent ' of what was alledged in his false Information. Cobbs behav'd always very Christianly, and declar'd; that excepting of late, he had not been wicked in his Life, but a good and careful Husband, as his Wife testified: As also, that he was truly penitent for all his Offences, dying in the Faith of Jesus, and in Peace with all Mankind. Hether Landell of Alhallows Barkin near the Tower , was Indicted for privately stealing a silver Tankard, val. 6 l. on the 24th Day of April last, the Property of Mr. Cummins. Also a Second Time indicted, for stealing another Silver Tankard, val. 6 l. out of the House of John Yateman , on the 24th of March last. 14. Hether Landell , alias Vincent , about 46 Years of Age, of obscue Parents, had little Education; and what he had, he made no good use of. He had been long and frequently in Prison for Villainous Actions, had undergone Sentence of Death, for which he had his Majesty's most gratious Pardon, and had been Transported. His way of Living was upon the Catch; and was certainly very troublesome to Society, having had no settled Employment or Business. He was very quiet and peaceable in his Carriage, and us'd none of those foolish or brutish Miscarriages, which some of the younger Fellows had done. He had certainly been Guilty of very wicked Practices, and was very ignorant; altho' other ways he seem'd naturally to be of a good Under standing, and too much upon the Cunning or rather Sneaking Lay, as they term it. He was very attentive at Chapel, and at other times in the Cells, declar'd himself sincerely Penitent, that he justly Suffer'd, and died in the Faith of Jesus, and in peace with all the World Richard Nichols , of St. Mary Le Bone , was Indicted for privately and feloniously Stealing 9 Silver Watches, and a Gold Watch, the Property of Mr. Morran, and others, out of the Shop of Mr. Andrew Morran , on the 1st of December last, 15. Richard Nichols , about 40 Years of Age, born of Honest Parents, had good Education at Schools, but did not improve it to that Advantage he might have done. He was a Barber and Perewigmaker by Trade, (as he said) attended his Business, never addicting himself to loose Company, only that sometimes he drunk too much, and spent his Money foolishly. He always behav'd himself with great Seriousness and Devotion, and denied the Fact of which he was convicted, after all the Arguments could be us'd in order, to make an ingenious Confession, adding, that he never was, and never intended to be a Thief or Robber in his Life, and that he had no Faillings but what are common to other Men. He appear'd very Penitent, forgave Neaves, died in the Faith of Jesus, and in Peace with all Men. James Smith , of the Parish of St. Brides , was Indicted for breaking the House of Richard Corbet , on the 28th of January last in the night Time, and Stealing thence a Silver Snuff-box, value 30 s. two Silver Watches, value 8 l. a pair of Buckles, and 5 s. in Money. 16. James Smith , 17 or 18 Years of Age, of mean Parents in the Country, who gave him little or no Education. He went to Sea ; and Robb'd his Master the Captain of the Ship, who recovering his Money, did not Prosecute him. He confess'd the Fact of which he was convicted, and declar'd his Sorrow for that and other Sins of his Life, and that his Sentence was just. He was a poor Ignorant Boy, and being very Sick, confin'd much of the time to the Cell, and troubl'd or confus'd in his mind, it was a hard matter to make him understand or mind any thing of religious Matters. I represented to him the danger of his Condition, and the heinousness of his Sin, and exhorted him to believe the Gospel, to repent sincerely and make vows and resolutions against Sin. He acknowledg'd that he had been a great Sinner, that God in Justice had afflicted him, that he believ'd in Christ his only Saviour, repented sincerely of all his Sins, and died in Peace with all Mankind, Mary Hendon , and Margaret Pendergrass , of the Parish of St. Martin's in the Fields , were Indicted upon a Statute made in the 3d Year of the Reign of King Henry the VIIth, for aiding and abetting Richard Russel , in forcibly and unlawfully Marrying and Defiling Sibble Morris being a Maiden, and having an Estate. 17, 18. Mary Hendron and Margaret Pendergrass , Women of middle Age, had Husbands and Children; and being convicted of the same Crime, of aiding and abetting Richard Russel , in forcibly and unlawfully marrying and defiling Sibil Morris against her Will, on the 5th of March last, the said Sibil Morris being a Maiden, and having an Estate: Both of them own'd, that they had concurr'd in advancing that Marriage, only they differ'd in giving account of the most material, and which prov'd the most dangerous Circumstances to them, alledging, that the young Woman was no way forc'd, but rather much more desirous than either they, or Russel, were to have the Marriage solemniz'd; and that however Unfortunate the Event hath been, they had no ill Intention, and were ignorant of the Strictness of the Law in such Cases. They declar'd, that they had always been sober, industrious Women; and that, excepting this Misfortune, they had never done any Thing which was Criminal. When they came to Chapel, they were very Grave and Modest, as they were in the Cell when I visited them; for Mrs. Pendergrass was much of the Time afflicted with Sickness; and heard Prayers with Attentions. They said, that they died penitent for their Sins, believing that they should be Sav'd thro' the Merits of Jesus; and that they forgave all Injuries done them, as they expected Forgiveness of God. They were of the Romish Communion . 19. Mary Taylor , alias Dennis , 32 Years of Age, born in Worcestershire , of mean Parents, who gave her little Education. She came to Town without acquainting her Mother; and after she had gone to Service for two or three Years, weary of that, she fell to Whoring and Stealing, which brought her to this fatal End. She confess'd, that Jacob Hawthorn was in her Room, but alledg'd, that as she was gone for a Pot of Beer, two other Women robb'd him of his Money and went off, without allowing her any Share of it. She own'd herself to have been of a very leud Conservation, and a notorious Thief, as many of 'em are, expressing much Sorrow and Grief for the same. She was very ignorant of Christianity: I endeavour'd to instruct her, but the Shortness of Time and Confusion of her Thoughts, kept her from making any great Proficiency that way. Once she made some Noise and Disturbance in Chapel, for which she was taken down Stairs; and when I reprov'd her for it, she own'd her Fault, and that she was drunk; for which Offences she beg'd God Pardon. She appeared Grave and Attentive at Prayers and Exhortations; declar'd her self penitent, that she believ'd in Christ, and that she died in Peace with all the World. At the Place of Execution, THEY all appear'd with much Gravity and Strictness; only Astien, or Black Isaac smil'd when he came first there, and as the Rope was tied about his Neck. Gale, alias Kiddy George, wept bitterly, and said, that he was innocent of the Robbery of which he was convicted, which Benson own'd himself to have committed, and that Gale knew nothing of it. Hornby also said, that he never committed any Street-Robbery, tho' he had been guilty of innumerable petty Thefts. Mr. Nichols said, that he never was Robber or Thief, that he knew nothing nor ever heard of the Peruke-maker, who swore against him; and that Dalton inform'd against him, because he assisted in the Escape of Robert Crouch , when Dalton mention'd him in his Information. Robert Crouch said, that altho' he was in the Robbery sworn against him; yet, that it was Dalton, and not he, who knock'd down the Woman; he also blam'd Dalton for some other Things. Mrs. Pender grass said she forgave all the World; and Mrs. Herdron reflected upon Miss Morris, on account (as she thought) of the Severity of the Prosecution. These two died in the Romish Communion Mr. Sefton appeared very penitent, weeping plentifully, and desiring me to pray for him, as did also Mr. Cobbs. All of them seemed very Penitent and Serious in their Devotion. As they were turned off, the Rope in which Sefton hung broke in two, and he fell down to the Ground, after he had hung about half a Minute; but in about 10 or 12 Minutes he was tied up again with the other Criminals. As I was attending at the Place of Execution, I was inform'd, that Isaac Aslien , alias Black Isaac stole 6 or 7 Handkerchiefs, on Sunday se'nnnight, whilst at Chapel, in the midst of Divine Service, which he acknowledg'd, saying, he must have something to subsist on. 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THE Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words OF THOMAS HOMAN , Who was EXECUTED On THURSDAY the 18th of this Instant NOVEMBER, At the End of Fetter-Lane in HOLBORN , For the barbarous MURDER of Mrs. DIX; TOGETHER With a particular ACCOUNT of the said MURDER, after what Manner he committed it, and likewise a very remarkable Account of his Life, from his Birth to his fatal Exit: To which are some Letters sent to him while under Condemnation by some Methodists. Being the First EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honourable George Heathcote , Esq ; LORD-MAYOR of the City of LONDON. LONDON Printed and Sold by J. APPLLEBEE, in Bolt-Court, Fleet-Street. (Price Six-Pence.) N.P. If any Account should be published by any other Person, it will be spurious and an Imposition on the Publick. THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, Etc. AS for Exhortations and Instructions, he had the same with the other Prisoners who were under Sentence with him, excepting with Reference to Murder, in common with him and William Bird , capitally convicted of the same Crime; but who, upon some special Reasons or Circumstances, was most graciously reprieved by his Majesty, and transported for Life. I was Informed by a Reverend Clergyman, who, after he had prayed and exhorted them in Chapel, was desired by Homan to speak with him, and he told him, that he was assaulted with black and furious Temptations, to despair of God's Mercy, and so neglect his Duty; the Gentleman spoke comfortably to him, and put him upon a better way of thinking; next Day, the 12th Instant, I spoke to him privately, and told him of what I was informed; he said he was much easier, and by the Grace of God, these violent Temptations were in a great Measure dispelled, and he hoped he had got the Victory. I likewise seriously advis'd him to be assiduous and important at the Throne of Grace, to deliver him from the Temptations of Satan, and his own wicked Heart; for however great and numerous his Sins were, yet the Blood of Christ was of infinite Value to attone the Justice of God the Father, not only for him, but the Sins of all Mankind. Thomas Homan , of St. Andrew's, Holborn , was indicted for the willful Murder of Susannah Dix , Widow , by striking her with an Iron Bar, of the Value of one Penny, and thereby giving her one Mortal Wound on the Temple, on the last Side of the Head, near the left Eye, of the Length of one Inch, and the Depth of half an Inch, of which Would she instantly died, August 2. Thomas Homan , 22 Years of Age, of honest Parents in Hatton-Garden , who gave him good Education at School, to read, write, and cast Accompts for Business, and instructed him in the Principles of our Holy Christian Faith, to which if he had been obsequious, probably he might have shunned the bloody Crime he died for. When of Age, he was put Apprentice to a Baker in Fetter-lane , next Door where liv'd the unfortunate old Gentlewoman whom he villainously murder'd, and serv'd most of his Time, but not with such honesty and Integrity as was thought, he having tricked and cheated his Master out of a great many small Things; however, this he kept to himself till under Sentence of Death, when having lost all Hopes of Life, he told to me and some others, adding, that it was grievious upon his Conscience to have wronged an honest Man, not in the least suspecting any such treacherous dealing, and he was very desirous of seeing his Master, to beg his Pardon, and warn him to be very careful of unfaithful Servants, who might do him great Prejudice without his knowledge. He privately married his Master's Maid Servant, though at that Time an Apprentice, and has one Child living. He inclined to Sobriety, and was not much guilty of drinking to excess; but being straitned in his Way of Life, as having a Wife and Child, this occasioned bad Thoughts to come into his Mind, not knowing how to supply his Family concealed from the World. An old Widow Gentlewoman 74 Years of Age, lived by herself in a House next Door to his Master's, he imagined she might have Money or valuable Goods, and therefore formed a Resolution to strip the House, and the old Woman of what Money and Effects he could find; he was in a great Doubt and Perplexity how to perpetrate this, thinking to do it in the Night Time, but his Courage oftentimes failed him, and sometimes he over sleeped the Time; but at length the Power of Temptation prevailed upon him, and accordingly on the 2d of. August he fully resolved without Delay to execute the fatal Deed in the Day Time, having the Impudence and Boldness to go to the House to observe which Way he might have Entrance, he found it easy to get from his Master's Yard into hers, and thence into her Cellar; then he look'd about to see how he should contrive to get into the Gentlewoman's Room. and finding the Way after he had first wrench'd the Lock of some Door, he went to the Place, and while this was a doing, the old Woman hearing a Noise suspected it was Thieves, upon which she drew a Chest and a Chair to the Back of the Door, but this proving of little Effect, he came up and pressed the Door open, she took a Poker, and asked him what he wanted, knowing the young Fellow very well? He swore, and commanded her to deliver all her Money, she pretended to strike at him with the Poker, but this he did not mind, it being of no Force to hurt him, then he struck at her with a little Iron Bar of a Window, which he found in some Cellar, and brought it along with him for that Purpose in case he should meet with any Opposition, with this Piece of Iron he gave her a Blow on the Temples, upon the left Side of the Head near the Eye, which was struck out, then he redoubted his Blows untill he left her for dead; notwithstanding the old Gentlewoman scream'd out Murder! Murder! Some People of the Neighbourhood over-hearing the Outcry; particularly one Mary Stainer , who was at Mr. Raven's, next Door to Mrs. Dix, in Petter-Lone , she ran into the Yard and scream'd out, insisting that the House was broke open, and observ'd some Blood come against the Window, and likewise saw a Man in a Woolen Cap peep through the Window, but she could not discern who it was; upon which they broke the House open, went up, and found Mrs. Dix lying in a very deplorable Manner, all of a gore Blood; she did not live above two Hours after, being a Widow Gentlewoman of 74 Years of Age, and no Body living in the House with her. Being depriv'd of her Senses, she could give no Account who did it, only when the Surgeon and some others asked her, she said, O Lord! Lord! and at another Time said, Lord! Lord! Two Boys which was in the Street hearing something of this Noise look'd at the House, and had a Mind to have gone in, but being in Suspence they were for going off, but one of them considering with himself said; No, we'll go and see what's the Matter? Upon which he turn'd about, and went up the Ladder, and in at the Window, when he beheld the dismal Sight above related; they sought for the Murderer, and one of the Company found Thomas Homan , who had conceal'd himself under a Hamper in the Cellar, they asked him what induc'd him to murder the Gentlewoman? he said, he had no Intent to murder her, but only intended a Robbery, being in a horrid Confusion, he murder'd her to prevent a Discovery the Gentlewoman knowing him so well, and calling him by his Name Tom. He intended to have riffled the House after he had committed the Murder, but being in a dreadful Panic, by Reason of People coming upon him from all Quarters, he fled to hide himself. He was carried before a Justice of the Peace by the Constable , and immediately was committed to Newgate. All this and more he confessed to me and many others, with great Grief and Lamentation before he was tried. He likewise confessed the Fact before the Justice, but did not sign it. He turn'd very ill in the Gaol, and it was thought he would have died; a Brother of his, with four or five others, all Methodists, desir'd he might receive the Sacrament, being in eminent Danger of Life. He confessed his Sins, declared his Faith in Christ our only Saviour, his unfeigned Repentance for all the Sins of his Life, particularly that heinous Crime of Murder, upon which they all devoutly receiv'd with him. He recover'd of this Illness, and slipping one Sessions was brought down, indicted and convicted in last October Sessions. This horrid Murder, with the Circumstances thereof he confessed to every Body who spoke to him before his Trial, and said he would plead Guilty; however he pleaded no Guilty, but he did not give the Honourable Court the Trouble of a long Trial, the Thing being of plain that no Person appear'd in his Favour. Most Part of the Time he behav'd as a Penitent, but having been long under Sentence, most of them turn'd too remiss, and often laugh'd and bred Disturbances in Chapel, for which they were very sharply reprov'd, especially Homan, whose Crime was more horrid than the rest; he own'd his great Fault, but that he was violently tempted thereto by his wicked, foolish Companions. A set of People came pretty often to him, and insisted upon his having the Faith of Assurance; an odd and strange Doctrine to so vile a Criminal, it would have been more proper to advise him Incessantly to cry to God for Mercy on so vile a Sinner, only for Christ's Sake. He confessed himself to have been a very wicked Boy, in defrauding his Master of many small Things, and constantly frequently Skittle-Grounds, playing at Cards and Other Games, likewise keeping the basest of Company, following which vile Courses occasion'd him not only to neglect his Master's Business, but was the Cause of his committing this execrable Murder upon an honest old Gentlewoman, which brought him to a base ignominious Death. He wept much, and declar'd himself sincerely Penitent; he professed Belief in Christ, repented of all his Sins, and died in Peace with all Men. At the Place of EXECUTION. THE Morning of his Execution he came to Chapel between 7 and 8 o'Clock, and was very devout at Prayers. declaring himself a sincere Penitent, and that he had some Ground of Hope, that God would freely forgive his Sin, upon his unfeigned Faith in Christ, and sincere Repentance for all his Sins, especially the horrid Crime of Murder. About half an Hour after Nine, he was carried to the Place of Execution in a Cart, a Gibbet being erected at the End of Fetter-Lane , in Holborn , which drew a vast Number of Spectators, and several Scaffolds erected, some, of which fell down, and it was reported to have killed and wounded several Persons. The Gibbet was placed as near to the House where the Gentlewoman was murdered as possible, in order to strike a Terror on the Minds of wicked disposed People. Homan was much concern'd, was serious at Prayers, and sung a suitable Psalm. He writ three Letters to his Master, to come and speak to him about some Confessions he had to make concerning his Injustice to him, and his other great Wickedness, and to beg Pardon of God, and likewise of him. He pray'd heartily to God to bless and prosper his Master, and went off the Stage crying to God, to have Mercy on him, and Lord Jesus receive my Spirit. After he had hung the usual Time, he was cut down and carried to one Mr. Power's an Undertaker, over-against St. Andrew's Church , and was Interred the same Evening in St. Andrew's Churchyard . This is all the Account given by me JOHN GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate . APPENDIX: The following ACCOUNT Thomas Homan gave of himself while under Sentence of Death, for the barbarous Murder of Mrs. Susan Dix , a few Days before his Execution. THE Crime of Murder is in itself so heinous, that some have doubted, whether human Laws could pardon it; and yet in the Case before us, this Crime is heightened by almost every kind of Aggravation one can think of; whether we regard the Person murder'd a Widow far in Years, and of unblemish'd Character, waken'd out of her Sleep by one Blow at her Chamber-door, and immediately dispatch'd into another World by repeated Blows on her Head; or whether we reflect on him who perpetrated this Fact, not hastily, or from a sudden Start of Passion, but with premeditated and with a theivish Design to possess himself of her Substance. The only Use that can be made of this Account of him, is to exhibit the Steps by which he gradually declined to this amazing Wickedness, that other young Men who are conscious to themselves of having gone part of this Road, may stop short in Time, and avoid coming to such a melancholy End as he made of his Journey. Thomas Homan was the Son of Mr. John Homan , a Bricklayer , in Hatton-Garden . He was born in the Month of April, 1722, and it was thought remarkable, that he came into the World with two Teeth in his Head. Before he was two Years old, he lost his Father who died of a Fall from his Horse. About a Year after, his Mother died in a very odd Manner: She had a Servant Maid who robb'd her of several Things to a considerable Value, which put her into such a Passion, that going out to get Intelligence of her, she wish'd she might never return alive, if she did not find both the Wench and the Things. She was so unlucky as to miscarry in the Search, and taking a Hackney Coach to return home, upon opening the Door she was found dead. Thus deprived both of Father and Mother, when scarce three Years old, he was taken home by an Uncle of his a Carpenter, who lived at St. James's End of the Town, with whom he remain'd till he was between six and seven Years old, and then by the Interest of the late Sir Thomas Seawen , Knight and Alderman , he was admitted into Christ's Hospital , where he remain'd near nine Years, and where if he had made a proper Use of it, he had a good Education in ev'ry Respect, and at his coming out of the School, was very well qualified for any kind of Trade. In 1736, he was put. Apprentice to Mr. Raven a Baker in Fetter-Lane , where he was very kindly treated, and where he behaved tolerably well, till about two Years and a half ago; when, as he says a Journeyman using him very ill, both by Words and Blows, he began to entertain Thoughts of running away, to which he was encouraged by a Watchmaker's Apprentice in the same Neighbourhood. The Issue of their Consultations, was the usual Resolution of going to Sea, in order to which, they both went down to St. Katherine's to the Rendezvous, at the Black-Boy and Trumpet , and afterwards to the City of Bristol, and other Publick houses thereabouts, but were rejected at both Places: upon which they took a resolution of going down to Portsmouth , not doubting that they should easily find a Ship there. In this they were mistaken, for at that Time, there was none but the Royal George in Commission, where they would not admit two raw Boys, who could give but an indifferent Account of themselves; and thus this idle Expedition ended, in being forced to come back again to London . They had been absent five Days, and yet Mr. Raven, upon Homan's humble Application, and promise of better Behaviour for the future, took him again, and treated him as kind as ever. The unhappy Lad, instead of making good his Promises, sell from one Degree of Wickedness to another; he frequented Skettle Grounds, Shuffle-boards, and other such like Places, where he was doubly unfortunate in losing his Money, and gaining a very bad set of Acquaintance. To supply his Expences, to put himself upon a level with his lew'd Companions, and to answer the ravenous Demands of common Women, he first had recourse to pilfering small sums from his Master, and then fell upon another Expedient worse if possible than that, which was levying a Tax upon his Master's Customers, by false notching their Tallies, and then selling the Loaves, in which he was sometimes detected, and for which the unhappy Gentlewoman he murdered, was so kind as to reprove him, and endeavour to give him a true Notion of his Offence, which in all Probability, first suggest to him a thought of doing her a Mischief. About two Years ago he contrived a Scene of Trouble, for becoming famaliar with his Master's Maid, he got her with Child, and then in October. 1741, Married at the Fleet . Thus to all his former incidental Drains of Money he added a constant Expence. When thus involved, he was perpetually racking his Brains for Supplies, and about 4 Months ago, first harboured the Thoughts of doing that inhuman Act, which brought him to a shameful and violent Death. As for this Mrs. Dix, she was a Widow Gentlewoman, upwards of 3 Years of Age. She liv'd alone in the House next Door to his Master's, and being a Woman of good Family, unspotted Reputation, religious, and yet a chearful Conversation, she was extremely belov'd in her Neighbourhood, and particularly intimate at Mr. Raven's, where she often saw this Boy, and heard of his idle Tricks, of which she would sometimes talk to him with much earnnestness and sincere Desire of doing him Good. Yet there was something singular and which deserves Notice in the Apprehensions they entertain'd of each other. Mrs. Dix often said to her Acquaintance, that she never beheld this Boy without feeling a Sense of Tremor; and on the other Hand, he for a long Time entertained a fixed Aversion to her, before he form'd any Design against her Life. But what is more Surprizing is. that the Saturday Evening preceeding the Monday Morning on which she was murder'd, she went early to Bed, and dreat the whole Story of her own Murder exact'y as it happen'd, which she related the next Morning at Mr. Raven's where she breakfasted, and the Concern with which she told it affected the Whole Family very much. But it is now Time to come to the barbarous Fact itself. The Scheme this wrong headed young Fellow had formed, was to break into the House, kill the old Woman, poffess herself of her Effects, and then retire into the Country with his Wife and Child. Four Months this gloomy Project floated in his Brain before he executed it, and when he did it it was on a sudden, and without any Consideration of the Consequences The very last Execution he went to look upon the Criminals as they went to Death, among whom observing 3 or 4 Murders, he said he thought in his own Mind their Punishment was very just, and could not help wondering how they could be Guilty of so much Cruelty towards their Fellow Creatures. There humane Impressions it seems were very quickly forgot, since he could so soon after, work up himself to commit so Bloody and Act. The Sunday preceeding the Murder he went Aborad with his Wife, and some other Relations, and came Home to his Master's about 8 in the Evening, when he went to Bed. About 11 he rose to go to Work, and having finish'd his Business by 4 in the Morning, of Monday the2d August 1742, he then went up Stairs intending to go to Bed again; but a sudden Thought coming into his Head, that this was the properest Time to effect what he had so long contriv'd against Mrs Dix, he immediately without farther Reflection set about the Execution; in order to which he went into the Closet, and provided himself with a dark Lanthorn which stood there, then going down into the Bake-house, he arm'd himself with a Piece of Iron, which he had before laid by as a proper Instrument to break into the House withal. Thus furnish'd, he went into his Master's Yard which join'd to that of Mrs. Dix, and from a Strack of Bavins which stood in the former, he easily got into the latter, and then breaking a Paine of the Cellar Window which was close indeed, but without Shutters, he got in without Difficulty, tho' he was apprehensive that the Noise of the broken Glass might alarm some of the Neighbours, yet hearing no Body stir, that Fear was soon over. About 6 o'Clock he had confirm'd himself so strongly in his wicked Purpose, that he fallied out of the Cellar, and with the Piece of Iron in his Hand went up one Pair of Stairs, where he began to break open the Door of the Room in which Mrs. Dix lay. She waking with the Noise, called out, upon which he left. off for some Time, and then fell to wrenching again. Upon this Mrs. Dix rose hastily, and catch'd up either a Poker or a Hammer, with which she went towards the Door. At this Instant Thomas Homan forc'd it open with his left Hand, and with his Right gave her such a Blow, that her Blood flew up against the Window, while she cry'd out Murder! Murder! he repeating the Blows all the Time till he thought he had killed her. While this said Scene was transacting, one Sarah Staines who was washing Cloaths for his Master Mr. Raven, came into the Yard, heard the Cry of Murder, and on looking up, saw some Blood by against the Windows. By this Time Homan believing Mrs. Dix to be dead, advanc'd towards the Window, to see if her Cries had raised any of the Neighbours, and by this Means his Woollen Cap was discover'd by Sarah Staines , who instantly alarmed all Mr. Raven's Family. Upon this, Notice was given to Mr. Cooch the Constable, who having got one Thomas Jefferies to assist him, caused a Ladder to be set up against Mrs. Dix's Window, and Jefferies going up, saw her weltering in her Blood. Not being able to get in this Way they sent for a Smith, and broke open the Door, but had scarce enter'd the Parlour when the Blood dropp'd upon them through the Ceiling. Jefferies going up found Mrs. Dix still alive, though senseless, and indeed she continued breathing till about 11 o'Clock, As for Thomas Homan , he no sooner heard the People about the House, then he retir'd into the Cellar, and hid himself there under a Hamper, where he was quickly found by the Constable and his Assistants, to whom at first he denied, but soon after confessed the Murder, though with some Circumstances which appear'd afterwards not to be true. He was next carried before the sitting Alderman at Confession of the whole Affair, and all its Particulars, upon which the Alderman committed him to Newgate. He lay there one Sessions before he came to a Tryal, by Reason of extreme Sickness, but being tryed at the next, was convicted upon very full Evidence. He was though in the 21st Year of his Age of a slow Understanding, sometimes stupid, and at others more sensible than could have been expected. In these Intervals he expressed very great Sorrow for the flagitious Crime of which he had been guilty: said that Mrs. Dix was a very pious Woman, and went every Day to St. Dunstan's Prayers, but that he hoped God would have Mercy upon him, tho' he had killed so good a Christian. He constantly affirm'd that no Creature but himself knew any Thing of his horrid Purpose, and therefore hoped that the World would not reflect upon his Wife, his Child or any other Relations. He was likewise Very desirous that young People of his own Age and Condition might be made acquainted with the Steps which had brought on his Ruin; in Hopes that his Example might deter them from doing what may render themselves Examples of the same Sort. On the whole, he appear'd as composed as could be expected from a Person of his Capacity, and seem'd very willing to expiate his enormous Offence, by yielding his Body to Death. Whereas it was currently reported that I was related to Mr. Raven my Master, this is to satisfy the Public, that the said Report is entirely false, I being no ways related to him. He was ask'd the Night before his Execution whither his Intent was to murder Mrs. Din, as well as to rob her, because, it was a common Report that the Thing had been long premeditated: To which, he replyed, that his only Design was to rob, and that he had no Thought of offering any Violence; but being disturb'd in his Attempt, by the Gentlewoman's crying out, Who's there? he was unhappily led by the Devil, to commit the Murther, in order to conceal the Robbery. He said, as before related, that Gaming was the first Step to the Commission of this bloody Crime; and that at the Time he committed the Murther, he wanted a little Matter to make up a small Sum of his Master's which he had lost in Gaming Being ask'd what Hopes he had of attaining Mercy from a much offended God? he replied with Tears, that he had endeavour'd to repent him truly of this, and all his former Sins, and therefore hop'd tho' with fear and trembling, that he should be accepted as a poor Penitent, through the infinite Mercies of God in Christ Jesus. He grounded his hopes of Acceptances on the alone Merits of a crucified Saviour, and with humble Considence, applyed these Words of the Prophet to his own unhappy Case. Come new, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though the Sins be as Scarlet, they shall be as white as Snow; though they be red like Crimson, they shall be as Wool. He said, that the Concern left he had sent the Deceased into the other World unprovided for Eternty, sat heavy upon his Mind; and that he dreaded lest she should accuse him for that Thing also, before the Bar of Christ. When the Ordinary gave him the Holy Sacrament, and was about to deliver the sacred Elements into his Hands, he said, he was so overwhelm'd with a Sense of his Unworthiness, that his Heart nigh sainted within him. A By-stander ask'd him, if he were willing to die, Yes, very willing, he said, for I have had no rest in this World by reason of my Sins, till within this Day or two, and I hope to enjoy everlasting Rest Tomorrow. One ask'd him, if it did not shock him to think of being executed in the Neighbourhood where he liv'd: Nothing Shocks me, says he, but my Sins. The Morning of his Execution, before he went out his CELL, he took his final Leave (with Tears trickling down his Cheeks) of his Fellow Prisoners, who was under the same Misfortune as himself, and are to suffer on Monday next; and desir'd them to pray for his poor Soul the few Moments he had to live. And said at the same Time, he was going to be made a publick Example of, which he very justly deserv'd, and he hoped it would be for the good of Mankind; more especially young Men. The following Letter, was sent to THOMAS HOMAN , while he was under Condemnation. Dear Mr. HOMAN!. 'THERE are two grand Devices, where'by that hater of Souls (the Devil) gains 'Advantage on poor unhappy Men. 'The one is PRESUMPTION, and the 'other DESPAIR.' 'BY the former of these, he prevails upon 'all the World to live as you see they do, as 'careless and unconcerned about a future State, 'as if they were uncapable of a future Existence; 'as if there were no Judgment to come, no Souls 'of an immortal Nature, capable of being sav'd, 'or lost for ever and ever.Hence it is, that 'Men live in Pleasure, and Mirth, in Eating 'and Drinking, in grasping for Riches and Ho'nours; either as if the Lease of Life would 'never expire, or else, considering it is but short, 'and that Death is their final End, think it there'fore the greatest Wisdom to make the most of 'Life they can. ' BUT, because there is Something in us, that ' witnesses the Certainty, or at least the Possi' bility of a future State, our subtle Enemy ' quiets the Mind of wretched Man, by making ' him hope the best. Accordingly, it is no un' common Thing for the greatest Profligate, to ' bind his Word with saying, As I hope to be sav'd, ' A sure Sign, that he known not what he ' means. For such a Man's Hope is grounded ' upon no better a Foundation than this, (to wit) ' That God will not be true to his Word: And ' thus being more and more hardened in the ' Ways of Sin, he grows indifferent about the ' Matter, and is satisfied with thinking it will ' sare as well with him, as with the rest of the ' World. ' DESPAIR is another Method whereby ' he destroyeth Souls, and that is, when a Man ' thinks his Measure of Iniquity is too full ever ' to be empty'd, or that his Heart is too hard to ' receive an Impression, even by an Almighty ' Hand, and therefore entertains no Thought of ' any possible Help; or else, when a Man hath ' fallen into some great Sin, after tasting some' thing of the Love of God, in such a Case as ' this, the goodness of God to Sinners, which ' endureth yet daily, is such, that by his Spirit ' he reproves the Conscience of the SINNER, ' and fets before him the Things that he hath ' done. Upon which, his Soul is filled with ' Horror, and he feels remorse greater than he ' can express; so that he cries out with David, ' Fearfulness and Trembling are come upon me; and ' an horrible Dread hath overwhelmed me.' He reflects upon his Crimes with all the Aggra' vations that are brought to his Mind, what ' Grace, Mercy, and Love he hath abus'd! what ' Vows and Resolutions he hath broken! and ' what Glory and Happiness he hath forfeited! 'Now 'no Comfort, for want of a lively Faith in Je' sus Christ. Faith in his Blood, giving a sure ' Trust and Confidence that God for Christ's Sake ' hath forgiven thee. Ephef. iv. 32. ' I do believe that the Sorrows of your Heart ' are enlarg'd, and also that you do find Trouble ' and Heaviness; and write to you that nothing ' may discourage you from calling upon the ' Name of the Lord. Give no Place to the ' Devildon't let him persuade you that you ' are hopeless,but pray the more earnestly, 'confess all that terrifies your Conscience to ' be true,and if it be suggested that you de' nied the Lord Jesus by a false Plea upon your ' Tryal, own this to God likewise,and ' then tell him, Lord if thou Savest me, it will ' prove Thee to be a Saviour indeed; magnifie thy ' own Mercy therefore, and extend the Riches of thy ' Grace; so shall I declare thou dyedst to save Sinners, ' among whom I am Chief. ' O! Look unto him, for his Countenance is ' full of Love,full of Beauty,full of Mer' cy,full of Forgiveness, to wounded, broken, ' contrite Sinners. Is your Condition more de' sperate than others? The more need you have ' of him, the more haste will he make to help ' you Sins! go to him empty handed, but taken ' you have, all that you can find of this Sort, ' and lay your Complaint incessantly before him. 'Is the Burden intolerable? then listen to his ' Voice,Come unto me all that travel and are ' heavy laden, and I will give you rest, Matthew. ' xi. 28.Listen to his dying Groans, when ' he pray'd for his own Murderers, Father forgive ' them. Do you think yourself worse than they? ' then plead that you have greater need of his ' Intercession on your Behalf.Plead your' self sinking,perishing,and cannot do ' without him.Confess yourself into his ' Wounds,plead yourself into his Arms,' persist in praying, hoping, believing untill he ' opens his Arms and receives you into Paradise. 'Continue in Prayer and fear no Denial. 'O look for him to comfort you; expect ' him to visit you, to give you a Hope full of ' Immortality, and the End everlasting Life.' And may the Lord perform all thy Petitions. ;So prays Yours. Etc. S.T. ' P.S. I hope to see you when Opportunity ' serves.Pray without ceasing Oct 21 1742. The following LETTER was sent to him some few Days after he was committed to Newgate , by a Reverend Divine. Unhappy YOUNG MAN. ' IT is natural for a Man in your unhappy ' Condition, to lament the fatal Causes of ' such a melancholy State, and to wish with Ri' vers of fruitless Tears, that the Thing he ' hath Done, could be again Undone; and that his ' mis-spent Time could be again recall'd. But ' alass! in his Lamentation, he cries, It is all ' in vain.The Deed is done (says he) for ' which I am worthy of Death, and it is a shame' ful,reproachful,ignominious Death! ' Blood, cries aloud for Blood, and hope of ' Pardon is entirely cut off! What shall I do? ' Oh! how little did I think of coming to such ' a direful End! Where are my Friends that ' loved me? and my own Flesh, who fell more ' of my Grief than I am able to tell! and lament ' the Condition of a Brother, or an Husband, ' that hath pull'd to dreadful a Judgment upon ' himself with his own Hands. ' UNSPEAKABLE (to be sure) is the Grief of ' such a Man, unless he be entirely harden'd in ' Sin, having a Conscience soar'd as with a hot ' Iron; but if his Grief and Concern be only ' of a temporal Nature, it is more Melancholly ' still, for then the Design of GOD in Suffering ' such a Judgment to fall upon him is without ' Effect. He laments only the unpardonableness ' of his Crime, with regard to the temporal Judge, without considering that the Execution of this Sentence, places immediately before the great ' Tribunal of HEAVEN, and that unless his Soul ' be wash'd from the Guilt of THAT, and all ' his other Sins in the Blood of Jesus Christ, he ' will there be sentenced to an everlasting Sepa' ration from the Presence of GOD, to abide un' der his Wrath, for Ever and Ever. ' BUT now if your Conscience be awaken'd ' to consider the everlasting State of your Soul, ' it is well for yourGive GOD the Praise, ' for it is no little Thing to be concerned in good ' Earnest about Eternity.Give GOD the ' Praise. I says; For though by the LAWS of ' the Land, the Man that hath done this Deed ' must suffer Death; and no Repentance can pro' cure a Pardon from an Earthly Judge. Yet ' GOD is a sovereign KING, and hath Power to ' forgive the vilest Sinner, and watcheth every ' Moment to be gracious to him.He wait' eth till the Sinner be truly sensible of his Sins, ' and when they are a fore Burden to his Con' science, too heavy for him to bear, then let him ' call upon the LORD in the Time of Trouble, ' and he hath promised in his Word, So will I ' hear Thee, and thou shalt Praise me; it is as ' much as to say, I will hear Thee,and relieve ' Thee, and turn thy bitter Cyies into Songs of ' Praise. BUT perhaps, the Suggestions of the Devil, ' and your own foolish Heart, hath flatter'd you ' all along with the Goodness of GOD,That ' he is too good to punish Sinners with everlast' ing Banishment from his Presence; or perhaps ' you have thought there is no Hell, a Place of ' Torment to damned Spirits; or that it would ' fare as well with you, as with all the rest of ' the World; or perhaps, you never gave your' self leave to think above it,for there are ' some of those Ways whereby the Deceiver of ' our Souls lieth in wait to beguile as, and Youth ' are more especially apt to receive the Delusion, ' because it is baired with the Delight of the ' World, and the Pleasures of Sin, and these ' are the Things that suit their Taste ' AND hath the evil Spirit dealt with you in ' any of these Ways? then you need not be at ' a loss to know, why so great an Evil is come ' upon you, for GOD in very faithfulness hath ' caus'd you to be troubled. ' THE very Reason why the World perish in ' their Sins, is, because they resist that Spirit of ' God which convinceth them of Sin, for none ' are so qualified to receive a Pardon at GOD'S ' Hand, as those who are sensible they deserve ' his Wrath, and perhaps, nothing less than the ' bitter Cup which is now in your Hand, could ' so humble you, as to make you afraid of ever' lasting Death: And are you afraid of this? ' Then beg of GOD to humble you more and ' more, that you may be able to own from the ' bottom of your Heart, that you justly deserve ' it. And have you such a feeling Sense of your ' Sinfulness, as to own that you deserve the ever' lasting Wrath of GOD? Then consider what ' perhaps you never considered before.That ' GOD hath laid all thy Sins upon his own Son! ' That he was crusify'd with Malefactors, having ' himself done nothing amiss, that thy guilty Soul ' may be washed in his innocent Blood! Oh! ' cease not to call upon him, never give out, ' never sain till thou hast received a Sense of ' Forgiveness.Indeed! Indeed! you can' not call upon him in vain, for it is own ap' pointment, that Repentance and Forgiveness ' of Sins should be preach'd unto all Nations, be' ginning at Jerusalem, beginning at the most ' wicked Place first! The Place of his Cruci' fiers and Murderers! Are you the vilest of ' Sinners? O! think to Still, for thou canst never ' think too basely of thyself.Plead no Ex; cuses, for GOD will not receive them; but plead ' Jesus Christ, till the Wounds of Jesus are ' disclos'd to thy Heart.GOD the Father ' hath receiv'd at his Hand double for all thy ' Sins.Embrace the New! and let thy ' Heart rejoice at the TidingsJesus Christ ' is a City of Refuse; fly to his Blood, and it ' will wash out thy btain! He is the Attonement, ' the Sinner, the Sinner that hath received him ' is a pardoned Sinner! Pardoned already, I al' ready does he rejoice in the Hope of Glory. 'Here is Tidings, embrace them; wrestle ' with GOD, beg of him to give you Power to believe them,to remove your Unbelief, and hardness of Heart, and blindness of Un' derstandingThat his Light,The ' Light of Free-Grace and Mercy; the Light ' of pardoning Love may shine in upon thy Soul, ' and be so subject unto thy distressed Spirit, as ' in make Thee willing to submit thy Life, and ' to rejoice in that a Door is opened, a Door of ' Mercy; a Door into the everlasting Kingdom ' of Jesus ChristAnd may the Lord perform ' all thy Petitions.and he will perform them, ' persist in Praying, let nothing divert you; the ' Day is far spent, the Night is at Hand,Pour ' not thy Heart unto GOD, and expect every ' Moment that he will pour out his loving ' Kindness and Mercy upon Thee, and that the ' Time o' Love may be hastened to thy Soul; ' is the earnest Prayer of one who sincerely de' sires the Salvation of your precious and im' mortal Soul. Aug 20 1742. T.R. The following Letter was sent to Thomas Homan , some few Days before his Execution. Dear Brother! ' LET me desire you, by the Grace of God, ' to examine yourself with these Words, ' Do you find yourself a poor loft undone Sinner? ' if you do, hear what our blessed Lord said ' unto you. I came to seek those that are lost, ' to heal them; although your Sin be as Scarlet, ' they shall be as white as Snow; although they ' be like a Crimson, they shall be like Wool: ' So God loved the World that he gave his only ' Son to die for the worst of Sinners; what can ' you desire more than all these Things, which ' our Lord has declared: Seek and you shall ' find, Knock and it shall be open, Ask and it ' shall be given. My dear Brother, fear not, ' although you feel your Sins so heavy that you ' are not able to be bear. The Lord calls you ' know, Come unto me all ye that are heavy laden, ' and I will give ye rest unto your Souls. Let me ' me desire you by the Grace of God, to call ' upon him continually. O! do not rest Night ' nor Day, but pray unto the Lord, that he will ' have Mercy upon you, tell him that you are a ' poor lost Sinner, and he will have Mercy upon ' you; but let your Prayers arise up continually ' unto the Lord, and he will have Mercy upon ' you. ' O! most merciful Lord God, look down upon ' this my Brother, who doth most humbly de' sire Pardon and Forgiveness from thee who are ' a merciful God, for thy only Son Jesus Christ's ' Sake, forgive him all that is past, after this Life ' to receive him into your Kingdom to praise the ; for evermore. Amen. ' O most gracious Lord God, look down upon ' me, who are a poor loft undone Sinner. Lord ' I have finned against thee, have Mercy O Lord ' upon me, and forgive me all that is past, for ' thy Son Jesus Christ's Sake, who has died for ' poor Sinners; I am the Chiefest, O Lord turn ' thou unto me, and have mercy upon me, and ' forgive me all, and O Lord receive me into thy ' Kingdom to praise thee for evermore. Amen. ' Dear Brother, I desire if you can write to ' me a few Lines, how you find yourself at this ' Time toward your Soul, by so doing, you give ' your unworthy Servant a great deal of Joy to ' hear of you, and I hope I shall hear that the ' Lord has been gracious unto you; my Soul at ' present mourns for you, and the Lord give ' unto you that Peace which the World cannot ' give, nor take away; let me desire you once ' more to remember what our blessed Lord said, ' Whatsoever you ask me in my Son's Name it shall ' be given you; so let me desire you to ask the ' Lord for those Things which you desire from ' his Hands; may the Blessing of God Almighty ' be upon you, and remain with you for ever' more. Amen. ' So no more at present, ' From your unworthy Brother, ' RICHARD POTTENGER , ' At Mr. Thomas Plumsted , in Gracechurch' Street , London. The following LETTER was wrote by a Methodist, to Thomas Homan . Dear Brother! I Should rejoice to hear from you, my Spirit being at this Time greatly concerned about your never dying Soul; but let me exhort you in the Name of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who died for you, and all that will attept of him. I have finned against the Lord all my Days: How shall I expect Mercy from him, who has so long withstood his Grace, and the Calls of his Holy Spirit? O! how shall I come to the Knowledge of my Saviour, who died for lost Sinners; may the Lord of his great Mercy make you one if those lost Ones of Israel, and receive you into his Kingdom, to praise you for evermore, Amen. Dear Brother, you have nothing to bring unto the Lord but Sin, and the Lord wants all those that are Sinners, that he may forgive them all their Sins, and make them fit for his Kingdom: I should rejoice to hear that you know and feel your Sins so heavy, that you are not able to hear them; so that you may, by the Assistance of God's Holy Spirit, try out, Lord, what shall I do to be saved? And the Lord will answer for himself; Believe, Believe in me, and you shall be saved. Behold him, who stands with his Arms open wide to receive you. Come unto me all ye that are heavy laden, and I will give you rest unto your Soul. My dear Brother, if you should not find your self a poor Sinner, may the Lord of his great Mercy, work in you a true Repentance. O! that you may find the Spirit of the Lord working in you, to will and to do, according to his Pleasure, so that you may have great Reason to cry out unto the Lord, that he may have Mercy upon you, and unto you, and give you a true and sincere Repentance, and the Forgiveness of all your Sins, in the Blood of our blessed. Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who lov'd us, to give himself to die upon the Cross for you and me; and may the Lord of his great Mercy apply these Words by his Holy Spirit with Power unto your Soul; My Son be of good Cheer, thy Sins are forgiving thee. Look thou unto me, who are full of Truth and Grace for you, and may the Lord of his great Mercy, make you Holy, as he is Holy, before you go hence, and be no more seen by us, but to see him Face to Face, to rejoice in him for evermore. Dear Brother, this may be the last Time of my Writing to you, for the Lord only knows that we shall live this Night or not, and if it should be so, let these be taking from me as my last; and may the Lord of his great Mercy give them his Almighty Blessing unto your Soul, so that it may be not in vain; and without his Blessing we cannot do any Thing; but if you remember, the Lord has declar'd that he will bless them, through his Son Jesus Christ; if they he desired by Faith, they shall be granted unto us, and may the Lord give you and me Faith to receive those Things which we now stand in need off; and let me desire you by the Grace. of God, to all upon his Name continually, and tell him what you stand in need off, and he will give unto you, these things which are pleasing in his Sight; and to conclude with the Words of God: May the Blessing of God Almighty be upon you, and evermore be with you, and so remain with you for evermore, Amen, Amen, so come Lord Jesus, So no more at present, From you unworthy Brother, 'till Death, Oct 20 1742. RICHARD POTTENGER, The following Prayer Thomas Homan frequently read in his Cell, while under Sentence of Death. ' O MOST gracious Lord God, look down ' upon me, who am a poor lost and undone ' Sinner; Lord I have finned against thee, have ' mercy O Lord upon me, and forgive me all ' that is past, for thy Son Jesus Christ's Sake, ' who hast died for poor Sinners. I am the ' Chiefest, O Lord turn thou unto me, and ' have mercy upon me, and forgive me all ' my Sins, and O Lord receive me into thy ' Kingdom to praise Thee for ever. O most ' merciful Lord God, look down upon me thy ' Servant, who doth most humbly desire Pardon ' and Forgiveness from Thee who are a merciful ' God, for thy only Son Jesus Christ's Sake; for' give all that is past, after this Life, and receive ' me into thy Kingdom to praise thee for ever. The following LETTER was found in his Cell, after he was gone to EXECUTION. To my good Master, Mr. RAVEN: THE Misery of my deplorable Condition, I am sensible came from the bad Use I made of all you Favours, and the ingratefull Return of so many undeserved Kindnesses. The beginning of my Misfortunes, was the wrnging you, and the End of them is the just Reward of a mis-spent Life, and ignominious and violent Death, the last and worst of Calamities. All I intend by writing this Scrawl, is to return you my useless Thanks for all your Goodness towards so unworthy a Creature, who wrong'd you while you gave me Bread, and have brought Disgrace on a House where I was so well treated. Have Pity, good Sir, on my most unhappy State, wherein Death is rather a Relief than an Addition to my Misfortunes; forgive me the Wrongs I have done you, and pray for me in my last Moments. Your DYING, And distress'd Servant, THOMAS HOMAN . From my Cells in Newgate , Nov 18 1742. A PAPER left by THOMAS HOMAN , containing what he intended to have spoken at the Place of Execution, I Know it is expected from Persons in my Condition to say somewhat as to the Cause of their Deaths, and as to the Course of their Lives before their fatal Exits. But as I am very well that nothing I am say would deserve much Notice, I will only mention two Things which lie very much upon my Mind, as I hope they may be of more Service than my insignificant Reflections. First I confess my most heinous and harbarous Murder of Mrs. Dix, for which I justly suffer, and willingly lay down my Lift to attone for so abominable wicked a Crime, hoping God through Christ will accept my Repentance, and receive me to his Mercy, and I heartily thank all who have been so charitable as to comfort or advise me under my most heavy Misfortunes, from which God defend them and theirs. I next desire all young Persons to take Warning by my sad Fate, and to abstain from Skittle Grounds, and other Games, the frequenting of which, and taking base Ways to obtain Money for the Expences. they occasioned have been my Ruin. O if Youth would consider in all such Places, that they are travelling as I am to Shame and Pain, surely they would refrain such fatal Diversions. O God the Author of Life, and Giver of Grace, accept my imperfect Repentance, and for the Sake of Jesus Christ thy Son, receive my departing Spirit into that Celestial Kingdom. thou hast promised to such as believe in thee. Amen. ADVERTISEMENT. This Day is Publish'd In Four neat Pocket Volumes, Printed on a good Letter and fine Paper, Price Bound 12s. The Second Edition, (with very large Additions, of the most remarkable Trials, down to the present Time) of SELECT Trials at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bailey for Murder, Robberies, Rapes, Coining, Sodomy, Frauds and other Offences; chiefly transcribed from Notes taken in Court. To which are added (not to be met with in any other Collection) Genuine Accounts of the Lives, Behaviour, Confessions, and Dying Speeches of the most eminent Convicts. Among others are the following: MURDER. Sarah Malcolm , George Price , James Hall , Charles Mechlin , Major Oneby. Lewis Houssart , Catherine Hayes , Richard Savage , Capt . John Jane , Capt. Stanley, James Clough , and others. PRIVATELY STEALING. Patrick Gaffney , Phillis Noble , Jonathan Wild , Sir Charles Burton , Etc. HIGHWAY. Hawkins and Simpson, Spiggot that bore 350 Ib. wt. on his Breast, William Gordon , William Wreathock , Thomas Carr , Elizabeth Adams , William Barkwith , Jenny, Diver , James Dalton , Etc. RAPES and Attempts to RAVISH. Col . Francis Chartres , Esq ; William West , Adam White , William Robbins , Arthur Gray , Etc. SODOMY and SODOMITICAL Practices. George Duffus , John Dicks , George Kedger , Thomas Wright , Charles Hitchin , at that Time was City-Marshal , Margaret Clap , Etc. FOGERY. William Hales , Parson Kinnersley, William Newington , Richard Brabant , Etc. Printed by John Applebee , and Sold by J. Hodges, at the Looking-Glass, over-against St. Magnus-Church, London-Bridge. N.B. These Trials are not only necessary for all Lawyers, Justices of the Peace, Clerks of Indictments, and other Persons concerned in Prosecutions, Etc. but are useful and entertaining to the generality of Readers, containing more in Quantity as well as Cheaper than any Thing of the Kind yet published.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and last dying Words of the two Malefactors, that was Executed at Tyburn, on Saturday the 25th of May, 1723. AT the Proceedings on the KING'S Commission of the Peace, and Oyer and Terminer, &c. Held for London and Middlesex, at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bayly, before the Right Honourable Sir GERARD CONYERS , Kt. Lord Mayor of the City of London; the Lord Chief Justice Pratt, Mr. Justice Tracey, Mr. Baron Price, Sir William Thompson , Knight, Recorder, and several of his MAJESTY'S Justices of the Peace; which began on Wednesday, the 24th of April, in the 9th Year of His MAJESTY'S Reign; two Men and one Woman were found guilty of Capital Offences, and had Judgment pronounced upon them accordingly. DURING the time that three Persons found guilty of Capital Offences, (viz. Luke Nunny , Richard Trantham and Mary Chandler ) lay under the Sentence pronounced upon them, the two Men never absented from Prayers as often as they had an Opportunity of hearing them in the Chappel; the Woman expressing her Sorrow that she was very frequently prevented from frequenting the Publick Prayers so much as she desir'd, by a severe Sickness that hung upon her, and render'd her incapable of doing her Duty to God when alone in the Place appointed for her, or attending to the Word of God when it was read and explain'd to her for a considerable time. But she acknowledg'd the Justice of Providence, in adding that Affliction to her other Miseries, because she had so long, and much neglected to perform in her Health and Strength, what then she wish'd she could perform with more Heart and Resolution. The Lad under Conviction, although he appear'd to those who took Notice of him, to be altogether supine and careless, and to have not the least Notion of the fad State and Condition he was reduc'd unto; yet as often as I talked to him of a future State, and of the Nature of his Soul and of Eternity, he express'd a great Desire and Inclination to become the Child and Servant of God; saying he thought himself very happy, (as it had pleas'd Providence to lay him in that low Estate of Misery) that no disorderly Persons were under Condemnation with him, but only one Man, who was always Sober, and so far from interrupting any one in his Duty, that he made it his Business during the whole time that they continu'd together in that deplorable Condition, to forward and promote the great Work he had to do, as he had more Knowledge and more Understanding in his Duty than he himself could pretend to have. Before the Day appointed for Execution, I preach'd to them, and other Prisoners there present, from the following Words, viz. He that hateth his Brother is a Murtherer, and ye know that no Murtherer hath eternal Life abiding in him, 1 Joh. iii. 15. We took Notice, that Hatred toward a Brother, that is, a Man of the same Station and Religion with our selves, as it appeared murderous and pernicious, in Calumny and Destraction, so especially was it seen in those Men who break loose from all civil Society, who range and wander the Night, despoiling and preying upon all they meet. Who go about to Maim and Injure, as Christ went about doing Good, healing the Blind, the Lame, and the Deaf. And the common Practice of Robbers and Plunderers, altho' they do not take away a Man's Life, yet, litterally, one Species of Murther; as sudden Fears, Alarms, and terrible Apprehensions, together with the Loss of several of the Necessaries of Life, and perhaps a continu'd Vexation and Uneasiness, destroy the Constitution, lead to the Grave, and are to be accounted a Degree of Murder. SECONDLY, we observ'd, that hatred was the forerunner of Murder; and where Hatred was settled in the Mind, Murder was lodged there, because the Murther was stifl'd in their Bosoms, and 'twas only the fear of the Law's edge, and their own self-Love, that prevented its appearing in Practice, to the immediate Ruin and Death of the Person so hated; wherefore, tho' such things cannot be cognizable by Man, yet the Great Creator, who at one View surveys the Heart and internal Recesses of the Mind, accounts of such Inclinations to destroy, such catent Murther, such destructive Hatred, as of real Murther put in actual Execution, &c. THIRDLY, That Men, in particular, should not injure those whom the Apostles calls the Brethren, Persons of the same Communion. For they go to meet the same Deity, at the same Temple and Altar; put up an harmony of Prayers and Adorations in Concord together; Vow together to retain Peace and Unity, and to live Concord as their great Master commanded them: Wherefore the Apostle saith, that they ought to be so far from hating, that they should lay down their Lives for their Brother, even acquiesce in Martyrdom for the Benefit of other Christians, and the Advantage of their Religion, which must flourish and encrease by the Resolution and Perseverance of its Adherents. And the Hatred that is forbidden in the Text, extends not only to those who are exactly, and in every Point, of the same Sentiments and the same Opinions with ourselves, but also forbids us to abhor or to injure those who worship our God, but hold against us in some little Matters of Ceremony and the Manner of Worship; for such Hatred is hating a Brother, which the Apostle faith is Murder: And they who tear and rend all those who differ from them in PartyMatters, and injure them in their Characters, and revile and backbite them, such Persons are guilty of one Degree and one Species of Murther. FOURTHLY, We endeavour'd to direct those Prisoners who had been guilty of spoiling and of praying upon their Fellow-Christians, which is the Consequence and the Height of Hatred towards them, how they were to act, lest the Severity of God's Judgments should fall upon them, and render them miserable in the next World, as well as unfortunate in this Life. As first, That they were candidly to acknowledge their Offences, to enumerate them all one by one, to God, and so to implore Pardon and Forgiveness; and then to say, with the Psalmist, David, Lord cleanse thou me from my secret Faults. That, secondly, They were to strive to cleanse their Hands, and to purify their Hearts, with the Assistance of God's Grace, who has promis'd his holy Spirit to those that ask it: And this, because unless we are regenerate, and born again, we cannot enter into the Kingdom of God; unless the Hearts of Despoilers were turn'd from the Love of Havock and Injustice, to the Love of Religion and Virtue; unless they took such a Delight and such a Satisfaction in Devotion and Prayers to God, as they once took in Drunkenness, Riottings, and Debaucheries, it was impossible, that if they were entering into another Life, it could be with Happiness; God being, as we are assur'd in the Word of God, a Being of purer Eyes than to behold Iniquity. And farther, That whatever their Performances might be, they must be far from relying upon them, or from claiming Heaven as their just Due, and just Reward for their Actions; but must, on the contrary, rely and depend alone upon the all-sufficient Merits of their Saviour and Redeemer, Jesus, Christ, who came down from Heaven to rescue Mankind from Ruin and Destruction, having purchas'd eternal Happiness for all, as many as will accept of the Tenders and Offers of his Mercy; as he saith he came not to call the Righteous, but Sinners to Repentance: And also, That the Person among those unhappy Persons under Condemnation, who had shed the Blood of a Man, should especially repent of so great a Crime, he not having allow'd the murther'd Man that Time and Space, and Opportunity for Repentance, which the Clemency of the Law did allow to him; but rashly cast him out of the World, without affording him so much as Time to say, Lord have Mercy upon me a Sinner. Lastly, We enumerated to them some of the Directions before given them, at other Times; which, if they pursu'd, tho' they died a Shameful and Ignominious Death, yet they might attain to eternal Joy and Felicity, as there was Mercy for the Thief upon the Cross, and will be for other Malefactors, if they earnestly seek for it; Christ himself having promis'd, that whosoever cometh to him, and taketh his Yoke upon him, Christ will give him rest. While I and others endeavour'd to give them the best Directions we could, Richard Trantham was most serious and most attentive; the Sentence that was by Law pass'd upon him, having made a much greater Impression upon him than on his Companion, in his Misfortune, who, nevertheless, affirm'd, that he was as diligent and as attentive as was in his Power. They were constantly advis'd and perswaded, not to let the long Time that they lay under Condemnation, make such a wrong Impression upon them, as to slacken their Thoughts and Resolution for Repentance; because the long Opportunity which they had to repent in, would be an Aggravation of their Sin, if they had not made a due Preparation: They being told at the same Time, that the Delay of Justice was no Interruption of it, nor ought they to believe, that because they suffer'd not at the usual Time, they should wholly escape the Execution of the Sentence pronounc'd upon them. The ACCOUNT while they lay under Condemnation. LUKE NUNNY , of St. Mary White-Chapel , was indicted, for that he, on the 31st of March last, about one a-Clock in the Morning, gave William Bramston one mortal Wound, of the Length of one Inch, and the Depth of five Inches. It appearing from the Evidence of John Howel , James Young , and others, That the Deceas'd coming up when Nunny was quarrelling with James Young , Nunny gave him a Blow with his Fist, no Provocation having preceeded; after which the Deceas'd made an Offer to strike him, but forbore; but Nunny thereupon struck him another Blow, and gave him a Push; after which the Deceas'd said he was stabb'd, he was a dead Man, and said that Luke Nunny was the Man that did it, who was then running away: This, and more, being confirm'd, by sufficient Evidence, the Jury found him Guilty of the Murther. He was about 20 Years of Age, tho' in his Behaviour and Appearance he seem'd to be younger: His Father was a Man of Probity, and belov'd among his Neighbours, when he kept House, but having Misfortunes in Life, he was oblig'd to leave off his Shop; and his Children, by that Means, miss'd of some Part of that Education which he purpos'd otherwise to have given them, being always desirous they should be instructed in their Duty, and be brought up in the Fear of God. He said that when he was very young, he felt strange Inclinations in his Mind to serve God; that he sometimes went to the Assemblies of Dissenters, unknown to any one, and wished frequently that his Mother and his two Brethren did but know how the Word of God was explain'd where he went; adding that as he went home, if he saw any Boys playing on Lord's Day, or heard any loose Fellows Swearing and Cursing, it was a strange Uneasiness to him; and he heartily wish'd that Men would reform, and the World would grow Virtuous and Good. But he said, tho' he went to see how he liked the Quakers, he could not well relish their Way and Manner, but thought it was rather ridiculing Almighty God than Worshipping him. But he said this good Disposition of Mind did not continue; for jovial Company, Drinking, and profane Talk, (which was usual with the young Fellows of his Acquaintance) quite put those good Inclinations out of his Mind; And he was so far from seeking out Places where he might hear the Word of GOD best explain'd: That he was commonly, on the Sbbath-Days, engag'd in Debaucheries or Idleness; neglecting to read the Scriptures, or to sit at Home to discourse on what was good; which, when his Misfortunes were come upon him, he wish'd he had done, but found it then too late to look back, or repine for past Negligencies and Omissions. He was by Trade a Shoe-maker , but not being bound Prentice to it, he had not an Opportunity of seeing the World at all, (living always at Home) which he believ'd was some Disadvantage to him; for, had he gone into a good religious Family, he would have been promoted and forwarded in Goodness, and been by his Master constantly put in Mind of his Duty, both to God and Man; but being unfortunately settled in a bad House, (as his Parents had laid some Foundation of Religion in him) their Badness would probably have shock'd him, and put him upon reflecting on the Nature of a vicious Course of Life, as thinking he would be more apter to dislike any Lewdness Abroad than at Home, where he was born and bred, and had always been accustom'd to think right, having never seen any other. He said he began to grow so very uneasy at living always at Home, and in the same Way (having never been father than eight Miles from London in his Life) that he had resolv'd in his Mind to go into the West of England , there to set up his Trade, amongst some of his Father's Friends and Relations, which reside in them Parts, but while that Resolution was in his Heart, going over into Southwark pretty late at Night, with his Brother, they met an Acquaintance of theirs, with whom they went to drink with, and staid some Time, till he was put in a great Measure aside from his former Resolution; and being naturally exceeding Quarrelsome, when in Liquor, (to his great Sorrow) he was Abusive, he believ'd, and pick'd Quarrels with almost every Body he met, tho' could not recollect any of the particular Circumstances than happen'd in this late unhappy Misfortune, being very much in Liquor. He neither deny'd nor acknowledg'd the Crime he was convicted of, but said, if he kill'd the Man, he was ignorant of it; nor knew he struck the Blow when the Man fell down dead; but if he lost his Life through him, when disguis'd in Liquor, he said, sure it was the greatest of Crimes, and that he knew not what was become of his Soul, that was so rashly and suddenly sent out of the World into the Presence of God; and he could not imagine how he should meet that Person, at the last Day, before the Judgment Seat of God and Jesus Christ, whose Soul he had, perhaps, ruin'd for ever and ever, to his great Grief and sad Confusion. But before he suffer'd Death, he very freely acknowldg'd, that he did commit the MURTHER, and very earnestly besought GOD to pardon so Crying a Sin, and to take Pity upon him a poor Object and undone Wretch! Asking if God's Mercy and Goodness (so often mention'd in the Holy Scriptures) could extend to him, or if he might lay any Claim to those Promises which were made by God and Christ. Being assur'd that no Sin or Offence was too great for God's Mercy to extend to, because that was infinite and unlimitted, and Christ desir'd all to come to him that were weary and heavy laden, with the Burthen of their Sins; and that David's Murther of Ura was pardon'd upon his sincere Repentance. He then said, he would leave nothing unperform'd that was in his Power to win the Favour of God; for that he then knew the Value of his own Soul, which could not die or perish; and consider'd, that he could not ask Pity of Jesus Christ for his Soul, unless he now took Pity upon it himself, by performing for it all that ever lay in his Power. Before be dy'd, he endeavour'd to prepare himself for the receiving the Sacrament, in such a Manner as might be to his Profit, and not to his Ruin; striving to understand the Nature of it, and the Benefits and Advantages that flow from it when it is rightly and worthily receiv'd: And he said, he hoped that there was the same Mercy for Malefactors, who suffer'd a violent Death, as for others who dy'd in the ordinary and common Course of Nature. RICHARD TRANTHAM , of the Parish of Stepney , was convicted of breaking and entering the House of John Folwell , in the Night-time, on the 28th of July, 1721, and taking thence a Silver Tankard, value 6 l. 10 s. a Silver Salver, value 5 l. 54 Pounds of Bolona Silk, value 70 l. &c. He was above 20 Years of Age, of a Grave and Sober Deportment; tho', as he lay so long, and the Fact was committed some time ago, he was in expectation of receiving his Majesty's Repreive for 99 Years; but yet he no way neglected the Performance of his Duty; and excited Nunny frequently to joyn with him particular Forms of Prayer. As he was furnish'd by his Friends with considerable number of Books, he had the better Opportunity of reading instructive Things to his Companion under his Misfortunes. Frequently too he check'd those Strangers who were for a short time in the Place of Condemnation, when they us'd any vile or lewd, or indecent Discourse; nor was any Person disguised in Liquor in the Condemn'd-Hold during the whole time that he continu'd there, as I was assur'd. The Morning of his Execution, I administred the Sacrament to him, and his Deportment then was very grave compos'd and commendable; afterwards being desired by some Gentlemen to Question him touching some Robberies of which he was suspected, I took him into my Closet, and discovering to him what I intended thereby, he with much ready and seeming Sincerity confess'd himself Guilty of the following Burglaries and Fellonies, in particular which he could now call to Mind. A House near the Waterside, in George-street, York-Buildings . The House of the Reverend Mr. Raymour Curate of St. James's Westminster . A Merchant's House in Winchester-street . Brigadier Grove's House near, St. James's . A Stone Cutters House in Chiswell-street , and Mr. Folwell's in Spittle-Fields , and own'd to have taken thence to the value of Ninety Pounds, but did not describe the Amount of what he took out of any other House; this last was the Offence he was convicted of. He was convey'd in a Mourning-Coach to the Place of Execution, and the other Criminal in a Cart. An ACCOUNT of the Behaviours of the Malefactors at the Place of Execution. RICHARD TRANTHAM own'd the Fact of which he was Convicted, and beg'd pardon and forgiveness of Mr. Folwell, and others whom he had in any Sort injur'd, and express'd much Concern, that it was out of his Power to make Restitution to the many People he had wrong'd, for that, what he was possess'd of would be very inconsiderable divided among so many; and therefore he should choose to leave the little he had to his Wife, who has one Child already, and is big with another; he recommended to the Spectators to be warn'd by his unhappy Fate and pray'd that no Reflectious might be cast on his honest Parents for his untimely Death, as they had no in no Sort countenanced him in those Practices that Terminated in untimely Death, he desir'd the Prayers of the People, and then I left him to his private Devotions. His Body when cut down was put in a Hearse to be buried at Mitcham in Surry , he having a House there. LUKE NUNNY , who always came to the Chappel, tho' he would not joyn in Prayer, or Communion with the other Criminal died of the Communion in the Church of Rome, and asking him at the Place of Execution, whether he repented seriously of the Crime he was to suffer for: He said he knew not whether he was guilty or not, that he was so drunk at the time thau he could not Account for any thing that happen'd, that he had no Knife, and never was in the Company with the deceas'd before, and that one of the Company had affirm'd the Knife to be his. He was very earnest in his own way of Devotion, and took no notice of any Questions put by me or any other. 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, Confessions, and Last Speeches of the Malefactors that were Executed at Tyburn on Friday the 9th of March, 1704/1705. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old Bailey , on Wednesday the 28th of February last, and on Thursday and Friday the 1st and 2d Instant, 8 Persons, i. e. seven Men and one Woman, having been Try'd, and found Guilty of Death, received their Sentence accordingly. Of these 8 Persons, 5 being by her Majesty's gracious Reprieve, respited from Execution, they who are now ordered for it, are only these 3, viz. William Pulman , Edward Fuller , and Elizabeth Herman . On the Lord's Day, the 4th Instant, I preach'd to them, both in the Forenoon and Afternorn, upon part of the second Lesson, appointed for that Morning-Service, viz. Luke Ch. 15. v. 18 & 19. I will arise and go to my Father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinn'd against Heaven and before Thee; And am no more worthy to be call'd thy Son; Make me as One of thy hired Servants. Having explain'd the Parable of the Prodigal Son, of which the Text is a part, I shew'd from thence how a Sinner must gradually proceed in his Repentance. I. He must take a firm Resolution to return to a better Life. II. He must confess his Guilt, not only to God, but where the Offence has given any publick Scandal, he must confess it to Man also. III. He must rather aggravate than palliate his Crime. IV. He must be severe towards himself, if he will have God to be merciful to him. V. He must humble himself to the lowest degree, and look upon himself as unworthy of the least Favour, but worthy of the greatest Punishment, and incapable of returning to God without his Converting Grace, which he ought earnestly to implore. VI. And Lastly, I shew'd how acceptable such a Repentance (attended with all these) was to God, and how beneficial therefore it would prove to them that should exert themselves therein. These were the Principal Heads on which I then discours'd to my Auditory, both in the Morning and Afternoon; concluding with a twofold Exhortation; First, To the Strangers that were come to see the Condemned Persons, that they would put up hearty Prayers for them, and be thankful to God, who by his restraining Grace, had kept them from falling into their Sins, and under their Condemnation. And Secondly, To the Prisoners, and particularly those Condemned to die; That they would desire the Prayers of all good People, which they stood in so great need of; and stir up themselves to Prayer, and implore the Spirit of God to their assistance therein; That they would examine themselves, and take an exact Survey of all their past Sins, so far as they could remember, and seriously consider how they had lived before, and how they were now fit to die, and what would become of them after Death. Yesterday being the Anniversary Day of the QUEEN's Accession to the Throne, I preach'd again both in the Morning and Afternoon, to the Prisoners in Newgate , and other Persons there present; and my Text was, Ps. 40. 3. Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: Make haste, O Lord, to help me. After I had open'd the Text, and by the by spoken something concerning the Solemnity of the Day; shewing how Men are in a double manner Guilty, who living in a Country where the Gospel shines in its full Brightness and Purity, and under a Government so just, so equal, and so easy as this is, are (nevertheless) wilfully ignorant of Christian Duties, and disobebient to God and their Superiours, and unjust, mischievous and oppressive to their Neighbours. Then I proceeded to discourse on that Subject which I thought then most proper for my Auditory, which was to shew from the Text, How it concerns all Men (especially great Offenders) to be earnest in their Application to God for Deliverance, both From their Sins; And, From the Punishment due to them. And in order thereto, consider, 1. How they came to be prompted to, and by degrees hardened in Sin. 2. How they might recover themselves by that sincere Repentance which is of absolute Necessity to their Pardon and Salvation; and which is the Work of God's Spirit, for which they should pray with fervent Zeal and Perseverance. In the Close of those my Discourses, I made particular Application to the Condemned Prisoners; who from the time of their receiving their Sentence, to that of their Execution, were brought up twice every Day, to the Chappel in Newgate; where I pray'd with them, and instructed them in the Word of God, and in the way to Salvation. And upon my discoursing them in private, and pressing them to make a free and open Confession of their Offences, and the Injuries they had done to the World, and to make what Reparation and Amends they could: They discover'd to me their former Lives and Conversations, and their present Disposition, as follows: I. William Pulman , alias Norwich Will, Condemned for Robbing Mr. Joseph Edwards on the High-way, upon the 30th of December last, and taking from him a pair of Leather-Bags, a Shirt, 2 Neck-Cloths, 2 Pocket-Books, 25 Guineas, a half Guinea, a half broad Piece, and 4 l. in Silver. When I put him upon his Confession, both of this and other Facts he might be guilty of, he at first pretended (as he did at his Tryal) that he knew nothing of that Robbery committed upon Mr. Edwards. But when I shew'd him, not only how little available, but how mischievous such a Denial was to him, in case he was really Guilty of the Fact; he at last confess'd it, owning that he had 5 Guineas and 40 Shillings in Silver for his Share in that Robbery. He confess'd also, That he (with some others he named) had several times, for these 4 Years past, taken Bags, Trunks, Boxes, and such like Things, from behind Horses, Coaches, and Waggons; but he protested to me, that he never broke any House, nor stole any Goods out of Shops. He further said, That he did not know any of the Proprietors or Owners of the stol'n Goods in which he was concerned, save Mr. Edwards; and though he should know them, or could send to them, yet he could make them no Satisfaction; all being spent, and he left poor. So true it is, That Goods unlawfully gotten do not profit. He therefore pray'd God, and those he had wrong'd, to forgive him. Being ask'd, When and Where he was born, and how he had spent his Life, he gave me this further Account of himself, That he was about 26 Years of Age, born in the City of Norwich , of honest Parents, who brought him up well, and put him to a good Trade, viz. That of Barber and Perriwig-maker ; to which he serv'd the full time of his Apprenticeship, and then set up for himself in that City. But getting into ill Company, he was presently debauch'd, and became a very lewd Person, breaking the Sabbath-day, and abandoning himself to Swearing, Drinking, Whoring, and all manner of Wickedness; saying, That he was guilty of all Sin but Murther. In this wicked Disposition, he came up to London about five years ago, where he had not been long but he was prest to Sea ; and having served not above two Months on Board the Jersey, a Third Rate, commanded by Captain Stapleton, he was discharged. And being so, he went to work at his Trade for a few Months with one Mr. Wright a Perriwig-maker in Old-Bedlam . But keeping Company with ill People, by their Example and Perswasion (and particularly by the Sollicitation of a certain wicked Woman) became a Robber. He told me, That he had served 16 Months on Board the Triumph, a Second Rate Ship, Captain Greydon Commander, and that he was in that Ship in the late Expedition to Vigo . But he sorrowfully acknowledged he had been so stupid, as all the while to take no manner of notice of the great Dangers he was in, and from which the Providence of God had preserved him. When he was returned into England and discharged, then he went sauntering about to see what he could get; and finding himself in danger of being prest again, he enter'd himself into the Land-Service , viz. in the Second Regiment of Foot-Guards, in the Company of Captain Swan, under the Command of Colonel Marsham; in which Service he was, when in December last he was Try'd, Convicted, and Burnt in the Cheek for a Felony by him committed a little before that time; which Punishment he had received long before, viz. above three years ago, for a Felony he then was justly found guilty of. He mightily lamented his sinful Life past, and begg'd Pardon both of God and Man. II. Edward Fuller , Condemned for Robbing Mrs. Eliz. Woodward of 5 s. and Mr. John Wright of a Silver Watch on the 3d of February last: Both which Facts he deny'd. But confess'd, that he had been an Ill-liver, and for these 3 or 4 Years last past concerned as a Partner with Pick-pockets. He said he never got much by that, nor could now make restitution to the Parties wrong'd, should he know them. He being asked whether he ever broke any House, or stole things out of any Shops, or Robbed on the High-way Abroad, on Horseback, or otherwise, he answer'd, no; saying, that he had never meddled with any Robberies, or Robbers of that kind. As for his Manners, he confess'd himself to have been a very Idle and Loose Person; neglecting the Business of his Calling, which was a Coach and Harnessmaker, to which he had served his Prenticeship in the Borough of Southwark , where he set up and work'd for himself a while after his time was out. He said he was about 30 Years old: An Age when he might have done most Good, but did most Evil; being perfectly sunk into Debauchery, and all manner of Uncleanness, and having abandon'd the Service of God, in which he was carefully brought up, and embraced the Sinful Lusts and Pleasures of the World. He much complain'd of the hardness of his Heart, and desired me to pray for him. He confess'd he had been in Newgate before now; but he was always either discharged, no body appearing; or acquitted, nothing being proved against him; tho' not always Innocent of the Facts for which he was committed; But was so; when about 3 or 4 Months ago, being in the QUEENs Service under the Command of Captain Columbine in Brigadier Farindon's Regiment, he was suspected to have deserted his Colours; but it appeared otherwise, and that his supposed Desertion was occasion'd by his being taken a Prisoner by the French, and by them carry'd into some Parts of the Spanish Netherlands ; from whence making his Escape, and returning into England , he gave such satisfaction of this to his Officers, that they did not look upon him as a Deserter, but entertained him as before, in HER MAJESTIE's Service; out of which he was afterwards discharged, upon his having broken one of his Arms by accident. III. Elizabeth Harman , alias Bess Toogood ; Condemned for Picking the Pocket of Mr. John Tredwell on the 30th of January last. She would fain have deny'd the Fact; but being press'd upon the matter, she confessed her self to have been concern'd in it, and to have had 5 s. of the Money which was then taken from Mr. Tredwell, not by her self, but by another Woman that was with her, as she said; but afterward confess'd she had done the Fact. She said, that (to her great Shame and Sorrow) she had lived to the Years of above 30 (which was now her Age) without having done any good; but on the contrary, much harm to the World, and to her own Soul: This particular account she gave me of her self, That she was born at Great Marlow in Buckinghamshire ; and that about 14 Years ago she came up to London , and served at first at a Silk Dyers in Thames-street , and in several other Worthy Families in this City and in Westminster ; but afterwards falling into ill Company, she soon became as Lewd and Debauch'd as any of them. She, upon my asking, declar'd, that she never drew any young Woman or other into her wicked Ways; and that those she was acquainted with, were ripe in Wickedness and Lewdness before she ever knew them. But she acknowledg'd, that she had been her self very wicked indeed; a great Swearer, Sabbath-breaker, and most filthy and impudent in her Conversation and Actions; and that for these several Years past, she had made it her constant Practice to pick up Men in the Streets, and while they were committing Lewdness with her, she pick'd their Pockets. She bitterly cry'd and lamented, that she had been such an Illliver, and thought her Sins to be so great and so many, that God would never forgive her; adding, that tho' in her Retirement she read in the Bible and pray'd, yet she found no manner of comfort, nor could understand any thing of what she read; so dull and stupified, and sunk in Sin and Darkness, and so unaccustom'd to any thing of Religion and Piety she was, that those Spiritual Means, could hardly work any good upon her. In this desperate and despairing condition she was in, I gave her such Advice and Directions as were proper for her; and from the many tears she shed, and other the Tokens of Sorrow she express'd, I hope she was at last most sensible of the Folly and Mischievous Effects of a Sinful Life. She desired me and all good People to pray for her Soul, and all wicked Persons, (especially those of her Acquaintance) to take warning by her, and to reform and amend their Lives betimes; that they might prevent both their Temporal and Eternal Destruction. And she desired all young Women above all to take care of being deluded: For there are many young Creatures that come up to London with an honest intent, who are easily Debauched and Corrupted by wicked People that get acquainted with them. Therefore her Advice to them is, that they should avoid all ill Company; which if she had done she might have lived happy. This Day of their Execution being come, they were all of them carry'd to Tyburn ; where I met them: And after some Exhortation to them in general, That they would consider well, that now they were come to the very brink of Eternity, and therefore ought to clear their Consciences, &c. I then apply'd my self to each of them in particular; asking them, whether they had any thing to add to, or alter in the Confessions they had made to me: Upon which they answer'd they had not. Only Edward Fuller said, That it was not true what he had told me before, viz. That he was taken by the French; for now he owned he had really deserted his Colours, but he got himself discharged afterwards. He added, he was sorry he told me an untruth, for which (said he) I beg Pardon of God and you. But as to the 2 Facts for which he was Condemned to this shameful Death, he still persisted in the denial of them; saying, that he knew nothing of the 5 s. taken from Mrs. Woodward; and that for the Watch owned by Mr. Wright, he bought it of one Thompson, and pay'd him 3 l. 15 s. in Money for it, besides a Quart of Wine that cost him 20 pence. This was his last Declaration to me at the Tree; where I most strenuously press'd him before God upon the hope of Eternal Life, to speak the truth. He declared that he had no Animosity or Hatred against any one in the whole World, Man, Woman, or Child, and that he dy'd in Charity with all Mankind. And so did the other two. When this was over, I proceeded to exhort them to stir up their Hearts to God, to cry for his Mercy, and to beg the Assistance of his Holy Spirit in this time of need. Then I pray'd and Sung some Penitential Psalms with them; and made them rehearse the Apostle's Creed, and repeat some Ejaculatory Expressions after me. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, OF THE MALEFACTOR, Who was EXECUTED at TYBURN, On MONDAY the 16th of this Instant OCTOBER, 1732. BEING THE NINTN EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. Sir FRANCIS CHILD , Knt . Number IX. For the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M.DCC.XXXII. [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 Right Hon. Sir FRANCIS CHILD , Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Hon. Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder of the City of London; the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Urlin, Deputy-Recorder of the said City; 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, Friday, Saturday and Monday, being the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 11th of September, 1732; in the Sixth Year of his Majesty's Reign. Eighteen Men and One Woman were by the Jury convicted of capital Crimes, and receiv'd Sentence of Death. Upon Thursday the 5th of October, report was made to his Majesty in Council, of the above 19 Malefactors, under Sentence of Death in Newgate; when James Brothwick , Lewis de Vic , PaulCray , Peter Bell , and Elizabeth Pardoe , receiv'd his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve. The remaining 14, viz. Joseph Powis , Edward Dalton , Serjeant Griffith , James Johnson , alias Drew , John Bumpus , Charles Patrick , W. Mead , Viner White , John Vaughan , Edward Perkins , John Mackraidy , Benjamin Lowder , alias Loveden , alias, Loveday , William Shelton , and William Fleming , were order'd for Execution. The last named thirteen were Executed on Monday last, the 9th, Instant, the account of whose Lives, Behaviour, and Confessions you may have in the last Dying-Speech, of the said Date. Joseph Powis , had a most gracious Reprieve sent him on Sunday the 8th, Instant for 8 Days, at the expiration of which, the Sentence was Executed upon him. He had the benefit of the same Instructions and Exhortations, with the others who died before him, and the time being short to instruct him by himself, I exhorted him mostly to a serious Preparation for Death from these Words, 'Mark 'the perfect man, and behold the 'upright, for the end of that man 'is Peace, Psalm, xxxvii. 37. Or as it is in the old Translation, Keep Innocency, and take Heed to the Thing that is right, for that shall bring a Man Peace at the last. From this I show'd him, that the great Difference betwixt a Life of Sin and Wickedness, and a Life of Piety and Vertue is, that the former consults only our present Interest, but the latter provides for our everlasting well being, and lays a sure Foundation for our everlasting Peace and Happiness. The greatest advantage of a sinful course is to be diverted a little, and pleasantly entertain'd for a small moment; which in comparison of things in the vegetable and sensitive World is very short; but to be balanc'd with Eternity is a meer nothing. Time it self has no proportion to Eternity, much lest that span of it which makes up the Life of Man. Behold, thou hast made my Days as a span-long, and mine is as nothing in respect of thee. Says the Psalmist, Psalm 39. 5. The sum of a sinful Life is, a little momentary Pleasure, at the Expence of a deal of succeeding trouble and Self-condemnation, and there is this great Aggravation of the Folly of Sin, that although some of its Pains are eternal, yet all its Pleasures are but for a Season. But it's quite otherwise in the practice of religion and virtue, which secures to us an eternal and never-fading Interest, even everlasting Happiness, and all her paths are Peace, Prov. 3. xvii. But it is her distinguishing Glory, that she brings us true and solid Peace at the last, however an ill combination of accidents may defraud us of the other. For Vice has it's present pleasures as well as Virtue, but herein lies the difference, that Virtue only ends well. Upon this subject I made it clear to him, that what will bring a Man to Peace at the last, is to be chiefly minded, and most diligently heeded: But a Life of Piety and Virtue will bring a Man Peace at the last: and therefore a Life of Piety and Virtue is to be chiefly minded, and most diligently heeded. As to Peace, at the Hour of Death, tho' none is able to judge of it but those who are concern'd in that dreadful Moment; yet we may take some Measures of it, by considering what it is to die, and how miserable the Condition of those is, who have liv'd so ill, as to want this Peace at the Hour of Death. I advised him also to renew his baptismal Covenant with God, by receiving the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, which is a Pledge of Christ's Love, and his last Legacy of that everlasting Good-will he bore us. While these and many such Exhortations and suitable Instructions were given, he always behav'd christianly and decently, and made regular Responses, and to Appearance he was penitent, at least he professed a deep Repentance for the heinous Sins and Irregularities of his Life, though indeed he did not seem to have such a deep Concern upon his Spirits, as might be thought requisite; yet sometimes he wept and shed Tears, and upon the whole we are to judge charitably of him. Joseph Powis , was indicted for breaking and entering the House of Joseph Brewer , in the Parish of St. Andrew's Holbourn , with an Intent to steal his Goods, about the Hour of two in the Night, on the third of August last. Joseph Powis , about twenty two Years of Age, of honest and reputable Parents, in the Parish of St. Martin's in the Fields ; who gave him good Education at School to fit him for Business; and when of Age his Father instructed him in his own Trade of a Locksmith , in which he was a very good Proficient: And, as he said, few young Men in the Kingdom could excel him in that Way. His Father was very kind and indulgent towards him, but he prov'd a most disobedient and perverse Child as ever was born; for after all the gentle Methods his Father could think upon, to put and keep him in a Sober and Christian Way of Thinking and Acting, he did nothing else but abuse the Lenity of a tender Parent, and was so head-strong and irreclaimable in his own foolish Way of Proceeding, that he often lest his Father's House and went upon his Travels, not knowing whether, without any Deliberation or Judgment; and by this foolish and inconsiderate Way, he was frequently reduced to the Extremity of Misery and Poverty, exposed himself, his Parents, his Relations and Friends to Disgrace, so far as in him lay, which provoked his honest Father, and others, to desert, and, in a manner, to renounce and deny him. This his obstinate, wilful, and vitious manner of Life, hurried on his Ruin and Destruction apace. He at last committed a Felony, for which he was taken up, imprison'd, convicted, and order'd for Transportation, a little more than one Year ago; yet upon Promise of Amendment and Reformation, and that he would no more addict himself to unwildy and irregular Courses: His Father made Interest to get his Transportation taken off, and had him set at Liberty again. But he still prov'd irreclaimable, for no sooner was he unchain'd, but he apply'd himself to his old idle Way, and got into the Company of wicked Men and Women, who made his Fall unavoidable. Not being willing to work, though he did not commit the most notorious Crimes, such as Murder, breaking Houses, robbing the Streets and Highways, picking of Pockets, and such like; yet to supply himself in his extravagant, unreasonable, and vitious manner of Life, which he loved best, in drinking, idling away his Time with profligate base Fellows, bearing Company to naughty Women, and stroling about the Town and Country, with Mountebanks and such like Gentlemen, who love Ease and Laziness, better than an industrious, virtuous, and constant Application to some honest Trade or Imployment; he stole and pilfer'd whatever he could lay his Hands upon, and sometimes he got into Houses, broke open Locks, and took every thing he could conveniently carry away. He very much lamented his extraordinary Wickedness, especially his great Obstinacy and reiterated Disobedience to a good, kind, indulgent Father, whom, with Tears in his Eyes, and in the greatest Agony and Bitterness of Spirit, he call'd one of the best and most sympathizing and patient Fathers; whereas he own'd himself one of the most obstinate, perverse, and disobedient Sons in the World: Having tir'd out his Father's Patience to such a Degree, that after innumerable Admonitions and Endeavours to bring him to a Sense of his Sin and Duty, still finding him irreclaim able, he at last, in a manner, denied any paternal Relation, and would neither own or do any more for him, and did not care to hear of him; and would not receive his Letters, but with the highest Indignation threw them away, and sent him no Returns. He supplied him with nothing, and would do no Services for him. The Consideration of those Things gave him a deal of Uneasiness, and he was very desirous of being reconciled to his Father. Joseph Powis writ a pretty large Account of his Life and Actions; that when a Child of eight Years of Age, his Father went to Harflew in Normandy , whether he went to carry on a Manufacture of Smith's work for the famous Mr. Law, who at that Time made so much Noise in the World, and who appointed him an Overseer, of thirty English, and as many French Blacksmiths. Here Petit Powis , as they call'd him, was much made of by the French, who took Pains to teach him their Language; but his Mother happening to die at London, to the great Grief of his Father and him. And other Misfortunes befalling them, they return'd to their own Country, and his Father married again, and took a Shop in Chancery-Lane , where he carried on his Trade, and put Joseph to a Grammar School. Now he began to understand the Value of Learning, and to apply himself seriously and heartily to it; but having been negligent before, and now his Father's Circumstances not allowing him to give him a liberal Education, he resolv'd to make him his own Trade, a Blacksmith : Altho' the young Gentleman lov'd not hard Labour, yet being of an ingenious quick Disposition, he soon acquired a particular Dexterity of making Locks and Keys, and excell'd most young Men of that Trade, and if he had been inclin'd to a virtuous, quiet Life, might have made a very good Livelihood in this Way: But the young Man aspir'd to greater Things than either his Birth or Education led him to, for his Mind run upon something that's genteel, having a great Aversion to hard Labour; but for want of Ability, and taking quite sinistrous Methods to attain to the Height of his Ambition. He fail'd in his Projects, and brought himself to a fatal and ignominious End. Then he gives a long Narrative of his travelling through the Country, and idling away his Time with some foolish Boys, who advised him to ramble along with them. This was one of his first Steps towards the Life of a Gentleman. After this, his Father took him home, but he would not stay, but found Means to break into his Father's Closet, and to carry all his Cloaths away. His Father took him before a Justice of Peace, who threatned him with Bridewell; but upon his Submission and Promise to live with his Father, they dismissed him. No Advice could prevail upon him to stay at home, but he went to Bartholomew-Fair , and serv'd in a Booth. Then he engaged to go along with one Dutton, to a Fair at Darking in Surry ; there he was promised great Things, but sound no good, saving that he wore away all his Cloaths, Shoes, Stockings, and was half starv'd. Upon this Occasion he gives a long Account, of his going from Place to Place, in a most miserable Condition; of his Stealing into Hay-Lofts and lying there; of his Breaking into Houses in the Night-time, and stealing thence Victuals and Drink, a Pair of Boots, and Stockings, &c. of his Intrigues, with a base Country Wench, with whom he met accidentally among the Hay; of his being taken up for Burglary and Theft, and his Cunning in making his Escape from two Fellows, who were sent to Watch him in the Night-time; of several other little Adventures, till at last he found his Way to London , and did several small Robberies. Upon Sunday the 15th Instant, the Day before his Execution, after Sermon in the Evening, some Gentlemen came to Newgate to speak to him about some Papers; he told them, that they were destroyed; and that whatever Person was guilty of such Crimes, as those Letters insinuated, he deserv'd, in his Opinion, more to be carried to Tyburn than he, and if his Life were spar'd, he should be glad of having the Office to lead them thither. This he said, without reflecting on any particular Person. He told me, that one had given him an Account of my speaking uncharitably of; I perswaded him to the contrary, and he talked no more of that. The Reason he gave of his following bad Courses, was because he could not have Education at Universities, to bring him into a Gentleman Way of Business. He declared his Confidence of being sav'd, by the Mercy of God, through the Merits of Jesus Christ; That he sincerely repented of all his Sins, and died in Peace with all the World. An Abstract of some Robberies committed by this Malefac-tor, which was wrote by himself during his Confinement in the Cells; likewise a Copy of a Letter which he sent to his Majesty. ONE Night as I was coming through Ludgate , a Gentleman had fell down and lost three Guineas and some Silver out of his Pocket, of which he had found one again before I came. I seeing a Croud, ask'd, what was the Matter, and was inform'd by one of the By-standers, upon which I went and search'd for them, and found the other two: I gave the Gentleman one, and kept the other myself unknown to him. The Gentleman return'd me Thanks in a very handsome Manner, and desir'd I would accept of a Pint of Wine, which I did, and then came home, having more Money than I had been Master of at once for some Time before. But that being gone, I was at a Loss what to do for more: And one Night coming late, or rather early, home from Windmill-Hill , I wander'd up Chancery-Lane , and it beginning to rain, I went into a little Hole under the Master in Chancery's Office, where I continued so long, till it began to be Office Time, and People began to be about, so that I could not get out without being seen; wherefore I lay there all Day, and heard People walk and talk very near me; and turning about something too quick, it caus'd me to fall with my Head just against some Lath and Plaister, which belong'd to the Office, so violently, that I broke down Part thereof, and could see into the Office very plainly. But it happen'd that no Body was near at that Time, and it being a very dark Corner, it was not seen. This inspired me with a Thought which I had not before, which was to make the Hole bigger, and get into the Office, and see if there was any thing worth bringing away: And accordingly at Night I put my Design in Execution, and having search'd all about, I was coming away in despair, not finding any thing worth bringing with me; when I happened to look into a little Cupboard just by the Chimney, where they put Small Coal, Candle, &c. and I felt a Bag, which pulling it out, I found therein about Fifty Shillings in Silver, and a Green Purse, in which was four Guineas, and four half Guineas; I was over-joy'd with my Purchase, but it not last me above a Week, and then I was forc'd to Pawn what Things I had bought till all was gone, and then I began to look sharp again. But happening to come cross Smithfield , on a Market-Day, I saw a Countryman receive some Money for Cattle he had sold, which he had put into a greasy Leather Bag; I was going along, not thinking any thing, when I heard an Outcry of stop Thief, I turn'd about to the Noise, and saw a Man running towards where I was, pursu'd by several People, and just as he came by me he dropt something (which no-body happened to see but me) which he had no sooner done but he was stop'd; I took up what he drop'd, which to my great Surprize I perceived was the Leather Pouch of Money I saw in the Countryman's Hand; I never stay'd to see what became of the Man, but went to an Ale-house, and calling for a Pint of Beer, I ask'd for the Necessary-house, which being shewn me, I there examined the Contents, and found therein Forty two Guineas and a half, five Three and twenty Shilling Pieces of Gold, and a Moidore, five Shillings and six Pence in Silver, making in all Fifty two Pounds; I was astonished at becoming Master of so much Money, but taking the half Guinea and the Silver out from the rest I put the loose in my Pocket, and put all the rest of the Gold into my Green Purse, and threw the Leather Pouch down the Vault, and going in I paid for my Beer, and went home very well satisfied with my Day's Work, without once thinking of the poor Wretch who drop'd it, who was got into the Hands of the Mob, that have as little Mercy on Gentlemen of his Profession, as a Kite has upon a Chicken when he tears it in Pieces and devours it. I liv'd in great Splendor whilst this Money lasted, which was not a Month, for I let it go almost as freely as it came; but when it was gone I was put to my Shifts again, and going down Chancery-Lane one Morning betwixt Three and Four a-Clock, I had a Fancy to get into the Chancery Coffee-house , imagining to find something considerable in the Till, which is usually in Publick Houses; but getting down the Area which is before the House, I found I cou'd not get in at the Kitchen Window as I meant, so I went into the Coal Vault which is under the Street, and getting behind a Board, lay there all Day undiscover'd, and in the Dusk of the Evening slipped into the House, and hid myself in a Chimney in the Kitchen which was full of Lumber, untill they were gone to Bed, and then came forth; I went directly to the Bar but found no Till there, only about three Shillings in Halfpence upon a Shelf, and a large Silver Spoon and several smalls ones, to about the Value of Thirty Shillings, three Cambrick Hannkerchiefs, and about a Pound of Tea, two Cakes of Chocolate, and a large Lump of double refin'd Sugar, and ty'd them up in a Cloth. I had neither Ea nor Drank for near thirty Hours, so I took a Bit of Bread and Butter, and made about a Quart of Punch which I Drank; and just as I had done, and coming away, I heard somebody coming down Stairs, who were so near that I could not get out, but forc'd to run down and hide myself in a Hole behind the Stairs, where they put broken Glass, and having pull'd off my Shoes because they should not hear me, as I went up and down the House, I cut my Feet amongst the Glass. The Maid who was got up to wash, did not go into the Coffee-Room, but came down Stairs, and went into the Kitchen to strike a Light, which gave me an Opportunity to get up Stairs. I put on my Shoes and opened the Door and went out with my Booty, without being heard or seen. But to proceed, I continued shewing my Parts in the Theatrical Way as I had Time to spare, or in plain English when I had no Money left; for whenever I had Money I frequented the Coffee-houses and Billiard-Tables (which was the only Game wherein I took delight) and the Play-house as a Spectator; and sometimes I passed a few Hours with some Herione whose Conversation was any way engaging; and in short, lost no Opportunity of pushing forwards that Time which fled away too fast of itself. But my last Booty being gone, I was at Loss what to do for more, when I one Morning went into St. Dunstan's Church , and no body being there but the Sexton who opened the Doors, I unseen of him got up into one of the Gallaries, and hid myself till Night, and then I search'd about but could not do any thing; for the next Day being a Holy-day, the Ringers came into the Church and began to ring by twelve that Night, and I could see them as I lay hid, but durst not stir least they should see me, so I was forc'd to lye still till Twelve the next Day at Noon, at which Time, they all went out of the Church, and the Sexton lock'd the Doors, I got out at my little Ease and came down Stairs, and began to look about me to see what I could find, when Lo! to my great Disturbance the Sexton came in again; I was in a Pew where they kept the Curtains belonging to the Church-warden's Pew, I hearing the Door open, turn'd about to get out, which doing hastily, I struck my Foot against the Side of the Pew, with such Force as sounded quite thro' the Church, which the Man hearing, and turn'd his Head and saw me, and instead of coming directly to me, he went back to fasten the Door, which gave me an Opportunity of retreating into my Hole again, where I lay so quiet and secure that he could not find me, tho' he very cunningly called aloud, (where are you) imagining perhaps, that I would be such a Fool as to tell him; but after about two Hours Employment for himself, and another Man whom he called to help him, they gave over their fruitless Search, imagining I had escaped out of the Church, and left to proceed when I saw convenient. I lay still untill the next Morning by Day-break, which was a little after two a-Clock, and in two or three little Cupboards which were under the Seats, I found some old fashion'd Common-Prayer Books garnish'd with Silver, which I pulled off and sold for 12 Shillings, and as many Books as I sold for near as much, and in the Morning I went out when they opened the Doors for Prayers unseen. On Wednesday, August the 2d, I unfortunately went into a Publick House, at the Sign of the Black Raven in Fetter-Lane , kept by one Joseph Brewer , and call'd for some Liquor, and sent for a Friend whom I wanted to see. This being about Nine at Night, and I waited there till Twelve without seeing my Friend; and I having been drinking in Company before, I was very much Overcome: However, paying my Reckoning, I was going home, but having Occasion to go to the Privy, I there fell asleep; and this being in the Yard, and having a Backdoor, which was a thorough fair into another Street, they might think I was gone that way, or perhaps might not think of me at all: But they went to Bed and left me there, and I slept till past two, and then waking, and perceiving where I was, I endeavour'd to get out at the Fore-door, but that being lock'd I went to the Cellar-door, and push'd it open, which being seen by a Watchman who stood thereby, he began to call, Mr. Brewer, there's some Body in the House, which caus'd me to retreat Backwards, thinking to go out that Way, but found the Back-door strongly secured, so that being in a Fright, I clim'd into a neighbouring Yard, and went under a kind of a Dresser, made of some Boards, resolving to remain there till next Morning, and then go out; and if I was ask'd about it, to tell the People of the House the Truth of the Thing: But I had not been there half a quarter of an Hour, before somebody came into the Yard, and began to pull down the Boards which cover'd me, I upon that put my Head out, and beginning to speak, I was knock'd down, with a Blow of a Club on my Head, which stunn'd me, and before I recover'd my self, they had repeated their Strokes, for I had several Holes and Bruises in my Head; but recovering my Speech, and seeing the Yard full of People, I intreated them to hold their Hands, and if I had done any Crime, punish me according to Law, and not murther me in that inhuman Manner, seeing I made no Resistance, whereupon two Men took hold of my Hands and Collar, and going to lift me up, I felt something go through the Calf of my Leg, and with a repeated Thrust into my right Foot quite to the Bone: I turn'd and saw it was done with an old rusty Sword by Brewer's Man, who made three more Thrusts at me; whereof the first made a superficial Wound upon my Belly the other two went through my Coat's-Sleeve without doing me any farther Damage; and now being prevented by some Strangers, who said it was a Shame to use me so, they took me into the House, and began to search me, and took out of my Pockets some Things, which they made use of to my, Detriment, by swearing that I gave, very unwarrantable Accounts of the Use of them, particularly, a Launcet, which I made use of to bleed People in the Night; whereas I protest, by all my Hopes of Mercy here and hereafter, that being ask'd the Use of the said Launcet, I replied, Word for Word, as I have here set down, that I had for some Time studied Phlebotomy or Blood-letting. Some Persons said likewise, that I said, I wish'd to die of my Wounds before my Trial came on, which was another Circumstance which did me a great Wrong and Injury; all I said was as follows: The Constable being sent for, and charg'd with me, he was going to carry me to the Compter till next Morning I was carried before the Justice; whereupon I intreated them to let me send for a Chirurgeon, and stay to have my Wounds dress'd, and they refusing, I said! Why I shall die of my Wounds before my Trial, and then you'll be all disappointed of your Expectations. However, they were deaf to all I said, and carried me in that Condition to the Compter, about three in the Morning, and I lay bleeding till near Noon, and then was by the Justice committed to Newgate , where I had them dress'd about three in the Afternoon, some whereof are not yet healed: And I, through Loss of Blood, which issued out of six Places, almost twelve Hours, was render'd so weak, that I have not yet recover'd it. Sunday, Oct. 15, 1732. My Dear Friend, I Intreat you to deliver to Mrs. Lydia Goodwin , the Ring which you had of me, for which you lent me Six Shillings and Sixpence the Day that you and I went out with Intention to go to Bow-Fair, but which we did not do, for we went to Lambeth-Wells , and from thence to the Mulberry-Gardens by the Park : She will tell you the Posy. I desire you to remember Your humble Servant, and unhappy Friend, when you think upon JOSEPH POWIS . A COPY OF THE LETTER Which I sent to his MAJESTY. May it please your Majesty, WITH the utmost Humility I presume to lay my self at your Majesty's Royal Feet, imploring Mercy, which unless your Majesty will be graciously pleased to grant, I am irrecoverably lost. I am descended of virtuous Parents, who instiled in me early Notions of Religion, Virtue, and Honour, and an Abhorrence of every base and dishonourable Action; and after giving me a liberal Education, enabled me, by an ingenious Occupation, to support my self in a handsome and creditable Manner, without having Recourse to any unlawful Means, and which I have since exercised with so much Diligence as to be thought to excel therein, whereof I have drawn a Draught to prove that I assert the Truth, viz. three Keys. As to the Crime for which I am condemned, I humbly do assure your Majesty, before Almighty God, who knows my Sincerity herein, that I am intirely innocent thereof, either actionally or intentionally; wherefore I have inclos'd a brief Narrative of the Thing as it really was, that your Majesty may perceive thereby how cruelly I have suffered both in Character and Person. I likewise do protest, by all my Hopes of Mercy, that I never was transported, as has been falsely suggested, by order thereby to deprive me of your Majesty's Royal Compassion and Mercy; neither was I ever out of England , except when I was about eight Years of Age, my Father took me into France with him. I never was addicted to keep lewd or dissolute Persons Company, but bestowed what Time I had to spare in some liberal or commendable Qualifications. I most humbly and earnestly beseech your most Sacred Majesty's Pardon for the Stratagem which I rashly presum'd to make use of to gain Respite, precipitated thereunto by the terrible Prospect of approaching Death, who I expected, within a few Hours, would swallow me up; but which I dare not continue, lest I by too great a Provocation of your most Sacred Majesty, render my self incapable, as well as unworthy, of your Royal Mercy. I earnestly intreat your Majesty, that Justice may be satisfy'd with the Sacrifice which is already made to her of thirteen poor unhappy Men, who were in the Prime of their Youth and Vigour, cut off from the Society of Mankind, that I may remain a living Monument of your Majesty's Royal Clemency, though even on Conditions of perpetual Banishment. And may Almighty God bless your Majesty with Health, and a long and prosperous Life, dreaded by your Enemies abroad, and belov'd by all your Subjects at home; and when it shall please him to give your Majesty in Exchange for this earthly Crown an immortal and uncorruptible Crown of Glory. May there never he wanting some of your most sacred Majesty's Royal Line to fill the Throne, so long as this is a Kingdom, which shall be every Day of my remaining Life, the hearty Prayer of the most unworthy and miserable of your Majesty's Subjects, JOSEPH POWIS . At the Place of EXECUTION. MONDAY Morning before he went out of Newgate , he said to some of the Runners, I am sure I shall not Be executed to Day. When at the Place I went to give him his last Prayers, he asked me the Way to Kensington, I told him it was a little forward, not far off the Road we were in. While I was praying for him and singing a Psalm, he looked frequently over his Shoulder. He delivered some Papers; the Substance of which is given Account of in the preceding Narrative. Only he gave it as his last Confession, that he neither committed nor intended any Felony in Mr. Brewer's House the second of August last; but that waiting for one, with whom he had an Appointment till twelve at Night; he then went to the little House, and being much in Liquor, he fell asleep, when he awoke, not knowing how to get out, he broke into the House, by that Means to make his Way into the Street; then hearing a Noise in the House, he jumped into a neighbouring Back-yard, and hid himself under a little Shed, where he was taken. He reflected upon the Prosecutor, and complained much upon the barbarous Usage they gave him, when he was apprehended. He addressed himself to the People, and desired all young Persons to take Example from him, and to live regularly in the Fear of God, and in Obedience and due Submission to their Parents. He went off the Stage crying out, that God would have Mercy upon him, and that the Lord Jesus would receive his Spirit; and blessed me for my good Offices to him. This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate . ADVERTISEMENTS. This Day is publish'd, A Compleat and genuine Account of the Life and Actions of Joseph Powis , who was convicted at the Sessions House in the Old Baily for Burglary on the 6th of September last, and executed at Tyburn Monday, the 16th Instant Likewise some Letters by way of Address, which he sent to the Mistress of his Affections. Faithfully collected and written by himself. To which is added, his Effigies, drawn by himself during his Confinement in the Cells. Printed and sold by J. Applebee in Bolt Court, Fleet-street; A. Dodd at the Peacock without Temple-Bar; and E. Nut at the Royal-Exchange. This Day is Publish'd, With a Frontispiece of the famous Jack Shepherd 's Escape out of the Condemn'd Hole of Newgate . 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and last dying Words of James White , Richard Whiting and James Mackey , otherwise Magie , who were Executed at Tyburn , on Wednesday, the 6th of November, 1723. ON Wednesday the 16th of October last, began the Commission of Peace, and Oyer and Terminer &c, 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 Prat, Mr. Justice Tracy, Mr. Baron Price, Sir William Thompson , Knight , Recorder; besides several of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace. At this Commission of the Peace, four Men were found Guilty of Capital Offences, and received Sentence of Death accordingly, viz. James White , Richard Whiting and James Mackey , otherwise James Magie , Being very illiterate, I had orcasion to visit them the more frequently; at which times, they said their not applying more seriously to the Performance of their Duty, and the Understanding their Religion, was occasion'd by those Incumbrances and Impediments which they met with in that miserable Place where they were confin'd. After some time those Obstacles being in some Measure removed, the three Men who could read, assured me that they spent their whole time, as well Night as Day, in reading to James White , who could neither Read or Write, allowing very little time to themselves for Sleep. But one of them complain'd every Day of White's bad Behaviour, desiring he might be hinder'd from Laughing and foolishly Talking, and from Vices of a very gross Nature, which Whiting and Makey affirm'd him to be guilty of, in the Place of his Confinement, with the Women that were put in to them; threatening the Women, and terrifying them, till they were willing to comply with his wicked Commands and Resolutions. Being ask'd how he cou'd let such Viciousness enter into his Mind, especially at a time when such miserable Calamities and Disasters lay heavy upon him? He denied not but that he had once or twice perform'd such Actions, but said, he repented and would not so Act any more in the Condemn'd-Hole; which was all he would at any time say about the Matter. But tho' all the Three who were adjudg'd most Guilty, appear'd to all that saw them, to remarkably stupid and unconcern'd, yet after the Warrant for Execution was carry'd to the Prison, their Deportment was very much altered, at least that of Mackey and Whiting, who express'd themselves how much they were greiv'd, that nothing could infuse into White any Appearance of a Concern or Regard. But at last he was so good to himself as to be persuaded to learn the Lord's Prayer and the Apostle's Creed, which he promis'd he would repeat all the way as he went to his Execution. The Sunday preceeding their Deaths, in the former part of the Day, I preach'd to them from the Words, Woe unto Us that we have Sinned! LAMENT. 5. 16. FIRST, Considering from the Words, the woe in General, and the Unhappiness that all Men must expect in this Life, being born so to trouble as the Sparks fly upwards. While Courts Envy and Ambition, Cities have Faction, Villages have Calumny, and even an Established Church its Sects and Divisions, Men must acquiese in that Misery which Adam entail'd upon his Posterity, by taking Satnan's Word before that of God. SECONDLY, We took notice what a particular Woe and Unhappiness must attend Sinners in this Life. Robbers being never safe nor quiet; but as all Men must naturally look upon such as Persons designing to spoil and prey upon 'em, so they must as naturally look upon all honest Men as their inveterate Enemies, whose business it is to detect them, and bring them to that Justice they are conscious to themselves they deserve. Especially, unhappy must they be, as they well know God and Heaven will be their Enemy, and that Death will prove the Beginning of new Woes to them, and yet expect every Hour to be Discover'd, and hurried to a shameful End: Especially, unhappy are such Men, as they dare not let Thoughts or Reflection take place in their Minds, but carefully stifle them, at the expence of their own Health, by continu'd Drunkenness and Debaucheries: Unhappy, as God does not give a Blessing to their Refreshments and Enjoyments. THIRDLY, We endeavour'd to show them; how they were to prevent eternal Woe and Misery its faling upon them, altho' a temporal Woe had overtaken them, and loaded with Chains of Affliction, and plunged 'em into a Place of Darkness. In the After part of the Day, I preach'd to them from the Words of David, Psal. 39. 13. Oh Spare me! that I may recover Strength, before I go hence and be no more seen. At which time, among other things, I advis'd them (since the Clemency and Indulgence of their Superiors had spar'd them a little, that they might recover Strength and grow more powerful in Knowledge and Goodness, by shaking off the Load of their Sins before they died,) to God for the Assistance of the Holy Ghost, to enable them to make a proper Use of the Space and Opportunity afforded them, which Opportunity they will so much covet hereafter, if they should die Enemies to their Creator here: Or if they should (as many Malefactors had done before 'em) forgot all Thoughts of suffering, because they suffer'd not so soon as they expected, and because their Acquaintance flatter'd 'em with vain expectations of a Pardon, or Reprieve. An Account of these Malefactors under Sentence of Death. 1. JAMES WHITE , of St. Giles Cripplegate , was Indicted and Convicted, of Returning, without lawful Cause, from His MAJESTY'S Plantations beyond the Seas, before the Expiration of seven Years. This Prisoner was born of honest but poor Parents in London , who might (as he believed) have gotten him into a Charity-School, had they endeavour'd it, and by that means have given him that Learning which their Poverty prevented their affording him themselves. He work'd he said, when a Lad, for several Persons, as they would employ him, but carry'd Goods from the Thames in Carts , &c. when he was first apprehended for stealing near 30 Pounds of Tobacco, the property of Mr. Perrey a Virginia Merchant. For that Offence being committed to Newgate , and try'd and convicted at the Old-Bailey , Feb. 15. 1721-2, and soon after Transported. While he lay in Prison, he met with enough to have turn'd his Heart from the Vanities of this World, and to have put a little Reflection into him; above four Weeks, he said, he liv'd only on a Portion of Bread and Water; and tho' he had a Blanket to ly upon, it was for a time taken from him, by one, who besides that beat him till he made him Lame, and often used him very cruelly only for Sport. But when he was enter'd in the Transport Vessel, their Allowance was, he said, a Pint and a half of fresh Water, and a quantity of Salt Meat, each Day; and the chief Misery he then sustained, proceeded from the Close Hole in which they were lock'd under Deck, for security; it being necessary to tye them two and two together, to prevent those Attempts which Transport Fellons have frequently made. When the Ship arriv'd in America , the Supercargo (as this Prisoner affirm'd) having been Sick, and owing his Physician a Sum of Money, went off, and left about six Felons to themselves. He being one of them, travel'd several hundred Miles about the Country, living upon whatever he could get, as sometimes Hens, Chickens, Pigs, &c. sometimes on Basses, Hollibuts, Clams, &c. which he found by the Rivers and the Sea Shores. He said, he was above six Months in this manner independant; till he met with some Indians, who liv'd he believ'd always in Woods, and they reliev'd him. Soon after he assisted some English Servants in their Work, and telling them how he was Transported, and knew not which way to turn himself, they frequently brought him Victuals, without acquainting their Mistress at home with it. But he was soon after, hired by a Planter , and tho' he labour'd very hard, 'twas a comfortable Life, for he had Food sufficient, and all Necessaries; till his Employment being to carry fresh Water over the Rocks, for the use of Ships, that were bound for England, the sharp Stones so cut his Legs; That the Salt Water and the Gravel prejudicing the Wounds. He lost the use of his Feet; and tho' the Planters Wife heal'd one Legs for a time, it grew again so bad that he was unable to Work, and his Master was therefore unwilling longer to maintain him. After this, he said, he suffer'd again a World of Misery. Till lighting upon a Master of a Vessel, who was willing, for the little Work he could do, to bring him to England , he gladly enter'd the Vessel, and went to his Friends in Cripplegate Parish , London . He then, he said sold Fruit publickly about the Streets , till he was apprehended for Returning Home, and again committed to Newgate . When Sentence was pronunc'd upon him, at the Sessions in the Old-Bailey , he could plead nothing in his own behalf, but that he was a young Man, affirming that he would certainly continue in America if the Court would extend any Mercy toward him. As for the time that he lay under Condemnation, I have already given some Account of his Behaviour at the first; I shall omit some other particulars, which can be imputed only to his want of Knowledge of his Duty. 'Tis more satisfaction to me to remember, that before he died, his Mind was in a great Measure chang'd, and he began to consider how Great and Momentuous a thing it was to Die, and to enter into the Presence of God; desiring that a Person, who is himself under Confinement, might be in the same Place of Confinement with him, to Read and Pray with him, at those Hours when he was not at the Prayers in the Chapel. 2. RICHARD WHITING , was Convicted for robbing his Master C. Sanderson, Esq; of silver Candlesticks, a silver Tea-pot, Cups, &c. to the value of upwards of one Hundred Pounds, besides other Goods, the Property of Mr. Saunderson, Junior, on the 21st of Austust last, by feloniously entering his Dwelling House in Lincolon's-Inn Fields . This Prisoner was brought up with his Parents in Somersetshire , (the Place of his Birth) till he was above 20 Years old; his Father who is a Farmer, having a sufficiency of Business for him even at the Time that he left him: But he said, he did not commit any Ill Action that occasion'd his leaving his Friends and Acquaintance, but having been always the Favourite and Darling of his Mother, upon her Decease he could not endure his Home any longer, fancying that his Father had more Affection for his Sister than for him; but now he said, he greatly wished that he had not ventur'd into the wide World, but had liv'd and died where he was born. The first Place he went to, he said, was the Bath , where he assisted a Gardiner , and liv'd much to his Satisfaction: But having once left home, he had a Mind continually roving and unsettled; so that going 30 Miles towards London , to repair a Garden for a Clergyman there, he acquainted the Gardiner with his great Inclination to go to London, to try his Fortune, and the Gardiner thereupon recommended him, so that he was hired immediately by a Councellour, and coutinu'd his Servant , till larger Wages induced him to remove to Mr. Saunderson's; where he acknowledg'd he lived perfectly happy and serv'd the best of Masters. Being ask'd then how he came so barely to reward him, as to betray and lay him open to Plunderers, and to form so vile a Conspiracy against one who had taken him under his Roof and entrusted him with his House? He showed a very great Concern, and said his Ruin was owing to bad Company, for having gotten Acquaintance with two Irishmen, who were with him in the Fact, they persuaded him to so wicked and ungrateful a part; he added, that he was two Nights without any sleep, considering whither he should prove faithless and treacherous to his Master and Benefactor or not. But he did not deny but that afterwards he mention'd to them a Voyage to New-England or Maryland, for he had entertain'd a Thought of going beyond the Seas for a good while, and this being started to him, gave him an Opportunity, he thought, of going in such a Manner as to be a Gentleman there, having been told, That some Hundreds of Acres of Land might be purchased for one Hundred of Pounds. So that, he said, he insensibly fell into the Contrivance, out of a Desire to live easie and free from all manner of Business. Being asked by a Gentleman, why he did not (when he was apprehended on Suspicion) rather betray his Comrades than his Master? He answer'd, That seeing, in New-Prison , the Misery of Confinement, he trembled to think that if he confess'd, he must be dispatch'd to Newgate, and suffer Death, because he believ'd it would be impossible for him to discover his Accomplices, so that they might be apprehended, not knowing whither they were fled. He said farther, that he was oblig'd to a Person in Holbourn , with whom he liv'd a while, for Bailing him out of New-Prison ; But yet, he had not receiv'd any Encouragement, or Countenance, he believ'd he should have Confess'd, to his Master, the wrong he had done him. During the time that he lay under Condemnation, he behav'd himself with a great deal of seriousness, and with much Devotion at the Publick Prayers; endeavouring to understand the Nature of the Sacrament, and to prepare himself for the Reception of it. The nearer he approach'd to his End, the less value he had for this World; and the more certain he was to suffer, the more easie he grew at the Thoughts of Death. 3. JAMES MACKEY , otherwise Magie , was also Convicted of feloniously entering the House of Mr. Saunderson and stealing of Plate, &c. in the same Place and at the same Time, &c. This Malefactor was brought, when young from Waterford in Ireland , where he was born. In England he work'd with his Relations, as a Butcher for many Years (being at the time of his Committing this Fact about 36 Years of Age) and was always esteemed a faithful and industrious Person; till growing weary of Labour, he immagin'd he deserv'd something better in Life; but being unsettled, and not knowing which way to turn, he enter'd himself in the Foot Guards : Ha ving an Allowance for it, he lodg'd himself, and became acquainted with Richard Wilkinson (who was Evidence against him) they being as he said, born in the same Town in Ireland ; but so great was their Friendship, and seemingly sincere, That he little thought one would have occasion'd the others Death. He at first appear'd strangely uneasie, that he, who was not (as he said) in the Fact, but was in the middle of Lincoln's-Inn Fields during the Commission of it, must suffer Death, &c. He defy'd the World to lay any Injustice to his Charge, and said Vengeance would light on the Authors of his Misfortunes. But he did not long continue in such Notions and Sentiments. He after a while set himself very earestly to the Performance of his Duty; but constantly complained of the Ill Behaviour of James White , as a Nusance and Disturbance to them; tho' he said he continually offer'd to Read by him, and tender'd him such Instructions as he was capable of giving him. He said that when a Soldier and otherwise, he had seen the various Workings of Providence, and the Hand of the Creator, but yet was at last so blind to them, as to fall to a base and ignominious Death; a Death which Dogs endur'd; but yet he; added, he did not doubt, but he should be enabled from above, to bear the hock as became a Man and a Christian; for he perceiv'd those Terrors, which he always believed to be the Forerunners of Death, to make no great Impression upon him; but as all Men receiv'd Life upon Condition of resigning it again, he was willing and ready to do so, since Fate and his Lot in Life seem'd to demand it, and to call upon him for it. THE Morning of their Execution, James Mackey declared himself a Roman Catholick ; and James White appearing to be Unqualify'd for the Reception of the Holy Sacrament, it was receiv'd by Richard Whiteing alone, who with many Tears and much Fervency and Devotion, applyed himself to his Duty. All being carried in one Cart to the Place of Execution, They only desired the Prayers of every Body, and recommended their Souls to God; Then resigned their Breath, Mackey and White immediately, but Richard Whiting seem'd to be longer in Dying, lifting up his Hands to Heaven as long as any Power of Motion remain'd. This is all the Account that can be given by me T. PURNEY, Ordinary, and Chaplain. Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , a little below Bride-well-Bridge , in Black-Fryers .

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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 Friday the 16th of this Instant July, 1697. On the Lords-Day, after the Condemnation of the Condemned Criminals, a Sermon was Preached on this Text, Prov. 8. 36. But he that sinneth against me, wrongeth his own Soul: All they that hate me, love Death The Doctrinal Observation. TO neglect and despise, much more to reject Christ who is offered to us of God, to be made Wisdom for our Folly, Righteousness for our Guiltiness, Sanctification for the Pollution of our Nature, and Redemption for our voluntary Subjection to Sin and Satan, is a very great provoking Sin. Such cannot wrong Christ, God blessed for ever, whose essential Glory and Self-contentment is above their Affronts. They Sin against their own Souls, drawing on themselves the remarkable Effects of God's just Severity. Sinners are afraid of Punishment, which is only Sins shadow; yet they decline not to run into the Excesses of Wickedness, which is the Hell of Hell. They Virtually make a Covenant with Satan to fullfil all Iniquity with greadiness, and Seal it with their Blood: They make their Souls a Prey to the Fiends of Hell, which might be everlasting Lamps of Glory to garnish and brighten Heaven, were they willing to submit to the Scepter of Christ's Righteousness. This informs us that there is not so much regular Self-love as Men pretend. It is Natural to desire happiness; yet most Men make the Gratification of their Lusts to be the very Design of their Lives, and Self-willfullness the Rule of their Conversation. Some will pretend that they Love you as they Dove their own Souls; yet they cast these away for a Triffle into the Abyss of Hellish Darkness. Such is the Folly of most Men, That they chuse a Self-destroying Sinner to be their familiar Friend: Can they be faithful to others who break Covenant with God himself, who bur in sunder all the Bones of Natural Affection? If this may promote their worldly Self-Interest; when wicked Men change their Nature and Course of Life, they will be fit Company; otherwise you take a Viper into your Bosom. Second General Head. Christ hath many pretended Friends only, because most Men are Foes to themselves. Qu. Who are such? 1. All who beg not Wisdom from Christ, to order their Conversation aright; who chuse to remain Ignorant of his Will, because they have no mind to please him. 2. Who do not obey his Divine Commands, tho' they are convinced of their Equity and the Reward of fulfilling them. 3. Who do not renounce their Lusts with Abhorrence, but indulge them to the gratifying of Satan, who breaks not off a Compliance with Sinners, but delight to strengthen a Combination in Wickedness. 4. Who court worldly Vanities, as if these were the very Essence of their Felicity. 5. Who hate the Ministers of Christ, because they preach his Laws to bind them to their good Behaviour, and to discipline their Conversation. What could God do more in a moral Way, than to court Men to accept of Blessedness in the Ways of Holiness? Therefore all such who hate Christ the Son of God, the Lord of Life and Glory, deserve to perish Eternally. Characters of such who presume that they are Christ's Friends while they hate him. 1. If you have a less Degree of Love to Christ, than for your Natural Lives, or Worldly Interest. 3. All Men-pleasers who readily transform themselves into a Compliance with such Examples of Sinning, which are made modish by customary Prescription. 4. All self-justifying Pharisees; these being full of their own Righteousness, by a fulsom Pride of Heart, sacrilegiously derogate from Christ's Divine All-sufficiency to sanctify and save them. This is as great Folly, as if a drowning Man should catch hold on Weeds, which will the more entangle him; and refuse to get on a Rock, which may preserve him. 5. Such hate Christ secretly who fear the Reproaches of Sinners, if they quit and renounce their Fellowship, as if this were to bid Adiu to all the Comforts of human Conversatson. 6. All such are Haters of Christ who study to advance carnal Reason, above or against the Authority of divine Revelation; who doubt of, much more deny, the Divinity of Christ's Person. This will in Time prevail on such to despise, yea renounce, the whole Contexture of Christ's Doctrine, as if it were a fabulous Invention. The Causes of hating Christ. He comes from God his Father, inviting Sinners that they would be Reconciled to him, in the change of their corrupt Nature, and to declare it in the resigning their Hearts for Universal Obedience to his sacred Laws. Christ comes to call Men to Repentance, to Severities in the Mortifying of their Lusts. This is very grevious to a carnal Mind and Heart. Christ presses Self-denial, the love of Enemies, and the Renunciation of worldly Pomp and Grandeur. Christ injoins us to submit to his Yoke of Discipline; to take up his Cross and to follow him under it; denying our selves to the very Death, in the justifying of his sacred Institutions. Therefore most Men hate Christ's Doctrin, and thereby his Person. The Cure of Hatred to Christ. Renounce the Indifferency of Love to him. This will soon cool and dwindle away unto the Remisnes of Affection. And this decay will soon determine in contempt and the hatred of Christ: Therefore covet to enjoy the Effusions of his Love, in the Communication of his Graces, as the Pledges of eternal Glory. The conclusion was thus Directed to the Condemned. You have heard that he who Sins against Christ, the Wisdom of God his Father, wrongs his own Soul; yet you have been possest with the depth of this Phrensy. Have you not made a Sport of sinning, and thereby Crucified the Lord of Life and Glory? What deplorable madness is this, That sinners Descend to Hell with a merry Security, upon Presumptuous Hopes of eternal Blessedness! You have exclamed against the ways of Holiness and Self-denial, as tedious and very grevious. Yet you have studied to gratify Satan in the indulgence of your Lusts: You have hated to be Reformed, tho' every Sessions you have had exemples of God's just severity, fresh bleeding before your Eyes. The least breath of God's Displeasure should blast the Animosity of the stoutest Sinner, and spoil his Mirth in sinning. Yet so strong is this Witchcraft that your Hearts have been Insatiable in persuing prodigious Out-rages in Wickedness. It is just with God that such Sinners should at last be as Drunk with the Fury of the Lord, as they have Stupified themselves with the Fumes of Sensuality. O dread! least after long striving to silence the Convictions of your Consciences, you should now be so smitten with an Apoplexy in your Understandings, as not to be able to make any reflexive Sorrow for offering Violence to your own Souls; as if you were Covetous in Treasuring up divine Wrath against your selves into Eternity. But I hope you are not so confirmed in a course of Sinning; yet do not presume that you can by a sudden skip from Prophaness, and betaking your selves to somespecious Formalities in Religion; be made new Cretures in Christ. If you sincerely Repent, and your corrupt Nature be changed, God will be Reconciled to you. Thus you shall be above the fond Love of this World, and may hope to be transported to the Celestial Vision of God; which is the Essence of blessedness to Eternity. I proceed to give an Account of the Behaviour and Confessions of the Condemned Criminals. I. Margaret Martel , A French Woman, Condemned for the Barbarous Murther of Elizabeth Pullen , the Wife of Paul Pullen Esq ; at the Pine-Apple in Suffolk-street , on the 29th of June last. She was also found Guilty of Robbing Mrs. Pullen, of Rich Goods to a great value. She profest her self to be of the Romish Religion ; and said, that being Born, and bred in that perswasion, that she was resolved she would Live and Dye in it. She could speak English; and came to the Chappel on the Lord's-Day after her Commitment, and after Condemnation. There was a French Minier, who Evidenced the Crime, That she Murthered Madam Plien. I admitted him to discourse with her; which he did in my Presence. He told me in Latin what she said to him in French: That she did not much care for his Advice, and could hardly forgive him for Evidencing against her. He and my Self urged her with Arguments from the sacred Scriptures, to Confess the whole Truth, and not to Dye in denying so wicked a Crime. She said, That she had been a great Sinner; but would not acknowledg any particulars wherein. She did for a long time utterly deny the Fact; at last with much Endeavors, she did confess that she Murthered Mrs. Pullen, and seemed to have some Remorse for it. She said at that time, That she would follow mine and other Ministers good Advice, to prepare her for Death. Since which she declines me; and as I am told, sticks to her old Principles of a Romanin. II. David Jenkins , Condemned for the willful Murther of his Wife. He confest that he killed her; but exprest little Sorrow for it: Only he used these Words, I wish that I had Dyed before I did it, which might proceed from the Shame of what he was to suffer. He said, That she was a pevish Wife, and that he had cause of suspecting her Chastlety. I told him that was no excuse for the Murthering of her. He would not declare any other Sins, tho' I told him that God would not have left him to commit so gross a Sin, if he had not led an evil Life. I wish that he had been more sensible of the Crime, and all his other Sins. III. Eleanor Hunt , Condemned for Murthering her Bastard Child. She acknowledged the Crime, and said, That she lived with a Gentleman, who being overcome with Drink, tempted her to an Unchat Act; yet she readily consented to his Desires, from the evil inclination of her own Heart; for she said, That he gave her nothing at the present, nor promised her any thing. That when she found her self to be with Child, she came to London , and was so unwise as not to let him know it; but wandred about till she got into a Service , and there she did that cruel Act of making away with her Child. She acknowledged that she had been a great Sinner other ways, but did not express wherein. IV. Judith Bomsellers , Condemned for Coining. She denied not the Crime. Her Employment was to carry things Home which were bought in the Markets. She confest that she minded not the Service of God on the Lord's-Days, and that she had led an evil Life otherways. V. Mary Murry , Condemned for Picking a Pocket of a Gold Watch, which she denied not; but first she made many trifling Excuses, contrary to Evidence Sworn in the Court against her. She owned that she had been of a very evil Life; yea, Guilty of all Sins, Murther excepted. VI. Stephen Lingly , Condemned for a Burglary. Aged 17 Years: Born in St. Pulchers Parish . He confest the Crime, and that no Person tempted him unto it; only he blames his own evil Heart. He never drew any Person to join with him in this Crime. He break the Sabbath, was sometimes Drunk, and did Swear. VII. John Wilkinson , Condemned for Robbing in the High-way. Aged 40 Years. He said, That he had been almost twenty Years in Military Employment . He confest that this was the first time he committed such a Fact as now he is Condemned for. He had been at first a Woodman to the Duke of Buckingham. VIII. Leife Frier , Condemned for Burglary. He denied not the Crime. He was a Butchers Son. He made no Confession of his evil Life, as he ought: And such I think not sensible of their evil Courses. IX. George Warbuton , Condemned for Coining. He confest the Crime. He kept a Victualling-House in Westminster . After that being very Poor he opened Traders Shops in London , for the ease of their Apprentice. He confest that he knew Coiners, and that he did sometimes carry Papers with parcels of Mony sealed up in them to several Persons, but pretended that he knew not what sort of Mony it was. He confest that he was sometimes intemperate, and did Swear in his Passion. X. C harles Ecclestone , Condemned for Coining. He confest the Crime. He formerly kept a Victualling-House . He acknowledged that he had been loose in his Life, which inclined him to this Fact; but he hopes that upon his Repentance God will Pardon him. XI. Joseph Gregory , Condemned for Coining. Aged 34 Years. He was a Butcher in Clarken-well for some Years; after that he kept Honey Lane Market . He observed not the duties of the Lord's-Day; he did sometimes Swear and Drink in Excess. XII. Robert Wheeler , Condemned for Robbing on the High-way. He said that he had been a very Ill liver, but exprest not wherein. XIII. Richard Lewley , Condemned for Felony and Burglary. He made not any Confession of his Crime, nor of any other Sins. XIV. Daniel Spires , Who was Condemned for the same Felony and Burglary, would not receive that good Advice which I offered to give him. XV, XVI. Samuel James and Timothy Pennystone , both Condemned for Forging and making a Counterfeit Sixpenny Stamp, and did stamp Paper with the same, contrary to an Act of Parliament. He refused to come to Prayers, saying, That he was of another Religion. Timothy Penny stone , also refused any good Instructions for his Soul; professing that he was a Romanist . As for the five Pyrates tried lately by the Court of Admiralty in the Old-Baily; three of which were Condemned for Pyracy, none of them would come to me, tho' I desired it, Objecting that they were of the Romish perswasion. On Friday the 16th of July, the Sheriffs Officers about Eight in the Morning, came to Newgate and demanded the Body of Margaret Martell the French Woman, who they convey'd to Suffolk-street end, where a Gibbet was erected; and being in the Cart, she read a Paper, and Prayed in the French Tongue. She confessed that she was the Person that Murthered Madam Pullen, and that she did it with her own Hands, and that no Person was asisting to her at that time: She likwise confessed she died a Roman-Catholick . About Eleven the same Day, the Officers came and fetcht the Bodies of Judith Bomsellers , Charles Ecclestone , Joseph Gregory , and George Warbuton , who were convey'd to Tyburn on a Sledge. And Leife Friar , Eleanor Hunt , Mary Murry , Sam. James , Timothy Pennystone , Robert Wheeler , John Willkinson , Rich. Lewly , Daniel Spires , and Stephen Lingley . Judith Bomsellers , who was burnt to Ashes, confest her Fact, saying, She had been concerned in helping to make Money, but never finished it. Charles Ecclestone seemed to be Penitent; and acknowledged his Crime, saying, He had formerly been Guilty of such Crimes; and that now he had been a little medling. Joseph Gregory did not deny his Fact, saying. He had formerly given Evidence against one Holyland who was Executed; and that it was true as he was a dying Man. He confest his Fact for which he justly suffer'd. George Warbuton said, That he knew a little of what belong'd to the Trade, and was unwilling to make any farther Confession. Leife Frier said, He was born Clare-Market , and that he had been Guilty to many such Facts to his own sorrow, as it now appeared. Eleanor Hunt said, she had no Design of Murthering her Infant, and said that it was Stilborn. Mary Murrey , Samuel James , and Timothy Pennystone Confessed that they were Roman-Catholicks and said little. Robert Wheeler owned his Fact, and said, That this was not the first, for which he now suffered, saying, That he had Committed a great many more. John Willkinson said, That it was the first Fact that ever he Committed of this kind in all his Life. Richard Lewley said, That he was Guilty of the Fact for which he suffered; and desired of God to have Mercy upon his Soul. Daniel Spires owned likwise his Fact, and said he had been Guilty of a great many more Robberies. After that Mr. Ordinary Prayed with them a great while; and the Prisoners desired that he would Sing a penitential Psalm, which he did. And the Cart drew away. They turn'd off. This is all the Account that I can give of this Sessions. Dated July 16. Sam. Smith , Ordinary . THis Afternoon will be Published a true Copy of the Paper delevered by Margret Martell at the place of Execution to the under Sheriff. Printed for E. Mallet in Nevil's-Court. LONDON, Printed for E. Mallet, in Nevil's-Court in Fetter-lane, 1697

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and last dying Words of the Three Malefactors, who were Executed at Tyburn , on Monday the 23d of December, 1723. AT the KING's Commission of the Peace, and Oyer and Terminer, &c. which began on Wednesday the 4th of this Instant December, before the Right Hon. Sir Peter Delme , Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Right Hon. the Lord Chief Justice King, Mr. Baron Page, John Raby , Esq ; Deputy-Recorder , and several of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace; three Men and one Woman were found guilty of capital Offences, and had Judgment pronounc'd upon them accordingly. I was the more careful in attending these unfortunate Men, (viz. J. Stanley, T. Saunders, and J. Harrington; Jane Martin being judg'd with Child) as the two last Men could not read, and as the first was of a Behaviour odd and uncommon. The Sunday preceeding their Deaths, I preach'd to them from Psal. 55, V. 23. Bloody and deceitful Men shall not live out half their Days. FIRST, considering from the Words, the Nature of Murder, according to the Natural, the Jewish, and the Christian Law. SECONDLY, considering Parricide, and the particular Case before us; where was a near Relation, and the strongest Ties for Amity and Friendship. The different Crimes in wounding one whose Life is or is not wanted. Whither the Man whose Life is most needed to support his Family, is not most criminal, in running that Life into Dangers, or in bringing himself to untimely Death; and whither such a Father is not culpable for the Faults his necessitous Offspring may commit thro' Poverty. THIRDLY, we consider'd, the being deceitful and bloody. If Murder is not most criminal in him, who pretends Love and Tenderness; especially if thereby a credulous unhappy Creature, blinded by the Beauty of a Man, left her Friends and threw herself on his Goodness and Sincerity: We desiring those present to reflect, if any of them had ever led a Person into Vice, and then kill'd her for being vicious. FOURTHLY, we observ'd, by deceitful Men might be meant Thieves and Robbers, who love the Night, and lye lurking in secret Places. We requir'd them to rely on Christ, who died for Sinners, and was ready and willing to receive them into Glory and Happiness, tho' they were so unfortunate as to suffer an unhappy Death. 1. JOHN STANLEY , was convicted of giving Hanah Maycock a mortal Wound under the Left Pap, of the Depth of 8 Inches, and the breadth of one Inch, on the 20th of October last. In Compliance with Custom, and with what is requir'd of us, we are here to give some Account of this unfornunate Person, to show all People by what gradual Steps he proceeded from Gaiety to Vice; That observing his Life, others may the better direct their own, and learn to avoid the first Beginnings of Debauchery, and in Time to curb their Passions. The Mother of this unhappy Gentleman was deliver'd of him at Duce-Hall in Essex , (being the Seat of Mr. Palmer her Brother) in the Year 1698. The Father, being an Officer, was wont, it seems, to exercise the Boy at 5 Years old, by parrying with him, and pricking him, and causing other Officers to do the same; to prevent his fearing any Weapon. The Lad was prais'd, and encourag'd with strong Liquors, and esteem'd a Wonder of his Age, being very active, and very witty. When a Lad, his Father took him (as he said) into Spain and Portugal , where he beheld several Fights; and delighting unaccountably in those Things, would often run from his Tent, and expose himself to Dangers at the Engagement; tho' oftentimes severely used by his Father, for leaving the Ground that he left him upon. He said many were the Fatigues and Hardships that he likewise endured in Portugal ; but he added, that his Pleasure was to walk to and fro upon the Carcasses after an Engagement, and to look at them. But returning to England ; when his Father was committed Prisoner to Newgate, for stabbing a very near Relation of the Lord Newburg's, and remain'd a considerable Time in the Press Yard; Misfortunes of a different Nature shock'd the Family, too tedious here to mention; but they blew over. Being order'd to Ireland , his Son John went also, and had an Ensign's Commission given him; which he soon after parted with, being in some Extremity thro' want of Money. In Ireland he was much esteem'd by some Noblemen, and a great Number of Officers were particularly fond of him, and continued their Acquaintance to his Death, several of them visiting him very constantly in Newgate , and expressing a great Concern at his Misfortunes: Some of them offer'd to make up a large Sum of Money, if it would be of any real Service to him. Leaving Ireland , he enter'd into the Vices of London , when a very little Stripling, having heard those Things talk'd of by his Acquaintance in Ireland . His Father, he said, desired him to make Application to the (then) General Stanhope, and he need not fear Preferment, for his Sake: But being well liked by the Women, it made him give himself wholly to the pleasing them, tho' he never thought of marrying, but resolv'd against it. He told a great many People, when first confin'd in Newgate , of his having Intrigues with two different Gentlewomen near Cheapside Conduit . But those Things I shall omit: Being check'd for having no Concern for such Offences, he said, they were Gaieties, and Gaities that all Men practiced, or wished to practice, which was all one; nor would hear any thing against his own Opinion. Such was his extream Airyness and gay Carriage when first a Prisoner. Nor did he then make any scruple of talking publickly of several vicious Tricks by him play'd at Richmond . But soon after, he told me, he accompanied a Friend of his to Flanders , and from thence (I think) to Holland : He gave an exact Account of the Fortifications at Lisle, Mons, &c. and observ'd, That as the Trade was some Years ago removed from Antwerp to Amsterdam, it might now be as easily transfer'd from Amsterdam to London, or Canterbury; &c. He was also in France , and stay'd a considerable Time at Paris , but upon what Affairs, it imports not much: He boasted indeed, when in Prison, and told certain Gentlemen, of some fine Ladies that had confer'd Favours upon him at Paris , but 'tis very probable that might be only a Boast. But it was there that he improv'd himself, as he said, in Fencing; which, when he return'd into England , he put too much in Practice: For instead of being obliged to Companies, for Treats they sometimes gave him, (when he went in among them) his Temper was so unhappy, that he too frequently quarrel'd with them, and bad them look at his Sword, &c. But notwithstanding this unhappy Humour, he escaped being kill'd; tho' he had, in the fore-Part of his Body, 6 or 7 large Scars, which he show'd me. He said his greatest Escape was, when going with one Captain Faulkner from the Captain's Lodgings at one Mr. Colins's near the General Post-Office; he parted from him just before he was kill'd by Mr. Burdett, and two other Gentlemen: Had he been there, he said, he must have died too, for he was so much in Liquor, that he could not have made any Defence against three good Swords men. He said, that he could but reflect on God's Goodness to him, in not cutting him off, when Drunken, or in a Debauchery, but giving him Space to repent of his vicious Gallautries. He affirm'd, that he was very serious for a great while after his Friend's Death, and that it ne'er went out of his Mind; but that it made him give good Advice to several of his wild Acquaintance; and also made him ask several ill Women, (when they thought he was going to commit Fornication with them) Whither their Lewdness would lead them? If they thought to dye as they lived? If they did not believe the Consequence of Vice, when Youth and Beauty left them would be Shame, Poverty and Woe? &c. He affirm'd besides, that as Morice Fitzgerald was his particular Friend, and as he was with him just before he kill'd the Watchman in the Strand , and saw him in Liquor, he would fain have carried him home, and told him, If he assaulted or affronted any Woman, he himself would be forwardest to be an Evidence against him: And for that Reason, he added, it was, that tho' Mr. Fitzgerald so often sent to him from Newgate, he would never see him, even to the very Time of his suffering Death; tho' (as he asserted) he was no way afraid of going to Newgate to see him. He mention'd other Escapes: Once he said he was set upon by Footpads in the Hampstead Road , as he came from Belsize : Another Time he was assaulted going in Gloncestershire , and drawing his Sword, was near being shot by the Highwaymen, who very much beat and bruised him: He added, that 'twas hard that he, whom no Sword could dispatch, no Storms could drown, no Gun could ever kill, must fall by an ignoble Rope; that he, who had lived with Officers, must dye with Robbers, &c. After he had been some few Days committed, he declared, before several People, that he would ne'er dye by the Rope; offering, in his airy way, to lay Wagers upon that Matter, &c. But afterwards being convinc'd, that there was no Courage or Bravery in not being able to sustain Misfortunes, but getting from under them, by robbing the Creator of one of his Creatures, he chang'd his Intent; and said, He would dye like a Gentleman and a Soldier, tho' in the manner of a Dog: That his Enemies should see he could appear with the same Face at the Time of his Death, as during the Time of his Life. At the same Time, he acknowledg'd, that he had fully design'd to dispatch himself with a Knife; and afterwards with a Dose of Opium, as an easier and surer Way. But he added, that afterwards, when he resolved to dye as the Law appointed, and to compensate for his Offences with his Blood, he had found a great Quiet and Satisfaction in his Mind; declaring, that he was much more uneasy and unhappy before he was under Misfortunes than after. For he said, That every time Mrs. Maycock's Name was mention'd in Company, a trembling seiz'd his Limbs, and cold Sweats appear'd in Drops upon his Forehead; Which he thought was an Omen of their being the Destruction of each other. He added, that what gave him still greater Reflection, and more Surmises, was, a Horse once throwing him under Tyburn , from which Place he could by no means disengage himself, or get up, till his two Friends advanced and assisted him; and the more, because, soon after, he had the same Fate as he went under Newgate , much injuring his Health by a Fall there. He affirm'd, that for two Months afterwards he constantly address'd himself to Heaven every Morning, desiring his Creator to direct his Steps, and to preserve him from Dangers and Misfortunes. He said, that 'twas his Misfortune, that he was Educated as a Gentleman, and had Ambition cultivated in him, without having a real Estate to support his Education. His Father became sensible of this, and grew very uneasy at his being unsettled, fearing it might lead him into some Misfortune of fatal Consequence. For this Reason he put him upon going Abroad; and having Interest with some illustrious Persons, he had a Lieutenant's Commission given him; and was deputed to go over into Africa, (as I remember) as Governor of Cape-Coast-Castle, a Fort belonging to the Royal African Company. He said, that he was at first very much delighted with the Prospect of this Voyage, and with Captain Massey's Company, who was with him: But Mrs. Maycock meeting him at Portsmouth , in order to his allowing somewhat for the Subsistance of her Child by him, according to the Profits that should arise from his Places: He began to entertain different Sentiments of his Voyage: The leaving certain Acquaintance in London, and certain Houses where he delighted to go, appear'd grievous and melancholly to him: So that at Portsmouth he parted (as he asserted) with half the Money he received from the Company, and kept half himself: From thence going, he return'd to London after some Time, to the great Surprize of all his Friends when they came to hear of it, and to the extream Grief and Affliction of his Father; so that he did repair to his Father where he dwelt in St. Ann's Parish by Soho . But when he understood that his Father was dead, he much bewail'd the Loss of him, and took it so much to Heart, that several of his Friends and Relations affirm, that from that Time (which was about two Years ago) he never was rightly in his Senses. And indeed his attempting to stab himself with a Penknife in the House of Mr. Underhill, only because some Latin was repeated in Company, had the Appearance of an Act of Lunacy; and his putting himself into such violent Storms of Passion, as once frighted a Woman and her Family out of the House, without any Provocation given, had the same Appearance: Both which were sworn upon his Tryal. He said his Father's Death made a very strong Impression upon him, and he made Resolutions to forsake all his Acquaintance that was not very grave and sober: But as God did not assist him with his Holy Spirit, he was not able to compleat any Reformation. He told me 'twas for this Reason that he went beyond the Seas, as I remember he said to Flanders , and continued there a considerable Time; by seeing new Places, and conversing with unknown Men, he added, that he imagin'd he should wholly forget those Women whom he had known in a vicious Way. But returning into England , he follow'd his usual Course, which (as he said) he should not have done, had he been Master of a competant Fortune for his Subsistance: For then he could have avoided Gaming Houses, which he never took any real Delight in; and could he have desisted from those Houses, he could have dropt the Acquaintance that he did not approve of. It afterwards appear'd, that all his good Resolutions were soon lost, and that he enter'd again on his former Gaities and Vices. A Proof of which was, his going (intoxicated with Wine) along the Fields, towards Hampstead , and there stabbing Mr. Dawson, and Attorney at Law. I was desired to examine him about the Truth of that Matter before he died: I did so; and he gave me the following Account of it. I was walking with two Tradesmen, and met Mr. Dawson and five more Gentlemen; a Quarrel arising, I interposed, having a good Sword. A Pistol was then fired at me, (as I think by the Apothecary who was with Mr. Dawson) and the Bullet grazed by my Skin thro' my Coat and Wastcoat, which Hole in the Coat has been seen by several People, and may now, I believe, be seen at my Mother's at the Swan Tavern in Long-Acre , where she and I lodged: As I thought it was the Apothecary who pushed so hard upon me, my Design was to have stab'd him; but he being a little Man, Mr. Dawson interposed between us, and received the Sword into his own Body, which went thro' the lower Part of his Belly into his Back Bone, and immediately laid him in Blood. He was carried to the Half-Way-House, and the Surgeon took Care of him for about six Weeks. I prov'd to be known, and was appointed to be arrested; for a long Time they were in Pursuit of me, but my Sword saved me. This was what he said. But when he was told, that the wounded Man, being a young Man, was obliged to leave off his Business upon the above Account; He appear'd to be for that: But he refused to discover the two Persons that were in Company with him; saying, that as he committed the Fact, and had taken it upon himself, 'twould be hard and dishonourable to bring those Men into Disasters, or lay them under a Compulsion of paying for the Cure. He freely acknowledg'd his Faults, in being of so passionate and warm a Temper, and beg'd Pardon of all Men whom he had quarrel'd with; mentioning, in particular, a Gentleman whom he call'd Captain Chickley, whom, he said, he disagreed with at a Cyder Cellar in Covent-Garden , and fought with, in a dark Room in that Place: He did believe, that it was thro' God's Mercy, that they were seperated by a Constable that was sent for, or otherwise he might have been sent suddenly out of the World, without any Preparation, in the midst of Rage and Choler, and in the Commission of an ill Action: For he added, that he received a dangerous Wound in his Breast, near his Shoulder, the Sword going quite thro' his Body, and out at his Back; his Opposer receiving only two slight Cuts. 'Twas the more strange that he should be so covetous of running into Dangers, as he had three Children by Mrs. Maycock; one whereof is about 4 Years old, and lived and lay with him till his Death; he appearing to be very tender and indulging of the Boy. He was for several Years so towards it's Mother Mrs. Maycock. And Cause he had, as he was welcome to her House when she lived at the Corner of the Old-Bailey upon Ludgate-Hill, and afterwards when she removed into Southwark; she refusing some good Offers of Marriage, to converse with him, and to accompany him to Kentish Town , and other Places where they had Lodgings, before they went to the Swan in Long-Acre . This Amity, he said, was first impair'd by their Substance being partly exhausted: And afterwards he had some Resentment, upon hearing she had new Men whom she approv'd of, and had seen the visible Effects of their Love, at the House in the Old-Bailey: But (continued he) I must own, that I was chiefly the Occasion of it, as I at first seduced her, and then was not able to maintain her. But he would not acknowledge what one Evidence at his Tryal deposed, That he express'd an Intent to kill her half a Year ago. After this, he was going to send a Letter to Mr. Bemmont in Newgate-street, on what Account I know not, when he was told that Mr. Bemmont was just dead; whereupon he fell into a great Agony, as if he had thereby been hinder'd of something of Importance. He was very much shock'd when he heard, that Mrs. Maycock's Life and Death had also broken her Brother Bryan's Heart, who died on Tower-Hill: So that, tho' at first his Behaviour was light, and his Expressions, that he did not fear dying by a Rope; yet afterwards he grew very calm and serious; saying, he should die with Delight, to satisfy Blood with Blood. He read the Scripture and Forms of Prayer to Saunders and Harrington, in the Condemn'd Hold; regularly he attended the Chapel, (absenting himself but twice) and read the Psalms, and made the other Responses, with much Care: Yet he twice show'd the Effects of his Temper upon two Persons, whom he absurdly fancy'd appear'd there, to triumph over him in his Misfortunes. He said, he hoped Christ would receive his Soul, because he had been so good a Father to his dear Child: Upon which remembrance, he would even shed Tears, and call the Deceased, Cruel! Barbarous! &c. He desired he might receive the Sacrament the Day he died, and the Sunday preceeding: At which Times he appear'd altogether serious, grave and composed; saying, he was easy in his Mind, and ready to enter another World. 2. THOMAS SAUNDERS , of St. Giles's Cripplegate , was Convicted of stealing 26 Guineas, 14 Broad Peices, a silver Porringer, and other Things, from the House of R. Wheeler, where he Lodg'd, on the 19th of July last. He was aged forty odd, and had led a Life of various Fortunes and Adventures; being sent when very young into the Sea Service. In the Reign of Queen Anne, he was taken by the French, and sent Prisoner into France , but liv'd as well, he said, a Prisoner as a Sailor . Being releas'd; he was some Years afterwards taken Prisoner to Algiers , and us'd very cruelly by the Moors; Being all made to labour beyond their Strength: But they also, when they could, us'd the Algerines as hardly, thinking it no Crime to torture them, or to disfigure their Heads, by clipping off their Noses, Ears, &c. Soon after he got away from them, he was again taken to Sallee. But the Captain he belong'd to, got him a Release from them very soon. He was for a great while, he said, Boatswain to Captain Peacock. But his Brother, at last, put him upon assuming a more profitable Office. A Person having the Command of a Sloop, who was not so well acquainted with the Seas as T. Saunders, Mr Saunders was as Captain. But after some time, two Dutch Ships took the Sloop, and carrying it into Rotterdam , all the Men were try'd for Piracy. The Hollanders not having sufficient Proof against them, they were acquitted: But afterwards in England try'd at the Admiralty (12 Years ago.) But Captain Peacock stepping in, and swearing T. Saunders was his Boatswain, Saunders escap'd. He said, that the Ship was a Pirate-Sloop of 20 Guns, but that he was taken by the Pirates, and forc'd into their Service, being a stout Man, and from a Boy acquainted with the Seas. He was also try'd once, as he said, in France , but there likewise was acquitted. Tho' he could read very little, he was serious and attentive to his Duty, and desirous to be instructed; desiring, before he dyed, that no Reflections might be made upon his Innocent Family; for if his Child was to suffer for his shame, he believed 'twould be impossible, he said, that is Body could rest under the Ground. 3. JOHN HARRINGTON , of White-Chapel , Drover , was condemn'd for taking from J. Low a Perriwig, and 10 s. in Money, near Stepney Road , on the 10th of March last. He confess'd the Robbery before he suffer'd Death; and said, he had knock'd down several People, and shaken the Money out of their Pockets: But I found that his having been accustomed to fight at Hockbey in the Hole , for Money, made him look upon an Assault as a Jest, and then the stealing Cloths and Pocket-Money, seem'd a very trivial Offence. The Nature of his Offence was explain'd to him, and the way how he was to repent of it, so as to inherit the Mercy of God, and the Merits of Christ. The Account of them at the Place of Execution. ABOUT Nine of the Clock, they were carried up to the Chapel; J. Stanley appear'd compos'd and serene; but being reading a Sermon, on a sudden flew into a Passion, and said, He was vexed on no Account but because he had not fired the whole House where Mrs. Maycock died: He was requested to lay aside those Starts of sudden Passion, if possible, and to be in Charity towards all the World: He then grew very calm, and call'd earnestly upon God and Christ. He received the Sacrament with the utmost Devotion; and afterwards said, He was perfectly easy at the Thoughts of leaving this World, which to him had been a Life of Anxiety and constant Hurry and Uneasiness. He was carried in a Mourning Coach to Tyburn ; T. Saunders and J. Harrington going together in a Cart. T. Saunders desired I would take Notice, that his Wife was not privy to his Robbery, which he took wholly upon himself, and was very penitent for his Offences. Mr. Stanley arriving at the Place of Execution, turn'd pale when he was first put into the Cart, and said to me he was sick. He desired that the Ropes which were round them, and ty'd over the Tree, might be again unty'd, that they might kneel down while God was worshiped; which was accordingly done. During the Prayers, he was extreamly earnest and fervent; but a Sickness at the Stomach at Times coming upon him, he lean'd his Head; and desired me to support him with my Hand. Being ask'd if he intended to say any thing to the People, he answer'd, No, his whole Mind he had told me, two or three Days before, which he supposed People would see; and he had nothing more to add. He then said, That as his Friends had provided an Hearse that stood near, to bear away his Body, he hoped no one would be so cruel as to deny his Relations the Gift of his dead Limbs, that they might receive Christian Burial; unless he was promised that, he could not dye in Peace. When the Cap was put over by his Countenance, he was seen to shed Tears: Receiving the Pity of all Present, he easily resign'd his Breath. This is all the Account that can be given by me, T. PURNEY, Ordinary, and Chaplain. ADVERTISEMENT. TO prevent the Mischiefs and Abuses that are consequent to the Ignorance and Male-Practice of daring Quacks, and other unskilful Practitioners; A regular bred Surgeon and Man-Midwife, who has practised many Years in various Countries, and under several Governments, by Land and Sea, informs the Publick, That he has acquired a Method of curing the Venereal Disease, in all its Degrees, and with all its concomitant Attendants, so perfectly, certainly, and easily, as shall give no Interruption to Business, or Suspicion to Friends: Be not dismay'd, although given over by others as Incurable, because out of the reach of their shallow Capacities: Let your Condition be ever so bad, you may depend upon being restored to a sound and vigorous Habit of Body, without the least Remains of any lurking Relicts, and that without any Alteration of Diet, or Confinement, even though you have been Salivated to no purpose, and with Medicines both pleasant and grateful to the Taste. 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 great 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 falubrious 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. He gives his Advice in all Distempers incident to human Bodies with Candour, Judgment, and Honesty, every Morning till Eleven a-Clock, and from Two till Nine at Night, at the Golden-Hart in Crane-Court, near Fetter-Lane, in Fleet street. A square Lamp at the Door. LONDON : Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , a little below Bride-well-Bridge , in Black-Fryers .

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The ORDINARY of NEWGATE his Account of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying-Words of John Shears , a Seaman , that was Executed at Tyburn, on Friday, May the 16th. 1701. ON Saturday the 3d Instant, the above-named John Shears (with another hereafter mention'd) received Sentence of Condemnation. On the Day following, viz. the Lord's Day, being the 4th, I preach'd to them and other the Prisoners, that were brought up to the Chappel, both Morning and Afternoon; and my Text was Deut. 32. 29. O that they were wise, that they understood this; That they would consider their latter end. From which Words I shewed my Auditory, on the one Hand, the madness and folly of those who did not, and on the other Hand, their great wisdom and prudence, who did seriously consider their last end, namely the Judgment to which they must all of them be brought, that will determine their future State, either of Endless Miseries or Eternal Bliss. Which having represented to them, and enlarged thereupon, I then proceeded to lay before them these three Considerations, viz. 1st - That though Men should live to the utmost Extent of their Days, and should not be cut off by any accidental stroke; yet they could not reasonably reckon upon their living here in this World, above the Term generally allotted them, to wit, Three or Four Score Years; which is but a very short time, if compar'd with that Eternity that is next to follow. 2dly - That they should frequently number their Days, and take notice how they run a-pace. How their Lives waste, and their precious Moments hasten away, and themselves draw nearer and nearer their latter End; their Eternal and unalterable State. 3dly and lastly, - That when Men's Days are near an end; when the Glass of their Lives is e'en run-out, and Death is within Sight; making its close approaches to them: Then indeed it more especially concerns them to apply themselves to a most serious Consideration and Contemplation of Death, and to a due and happy Preparation for it. Upon the first Two of these Heads, I discoursed in the Morning, and on the Third in the Afternoon; concluding (at both times) with such Exhortations to Repentance, as I thought most proper for the Condemn'd Persons: Whom I continued to see and admonish twice every Day following; except Thursday and Friday the 8th and 9th instant, when the Officers of Newgate (as well as my self) were attending the High Court of Admiralty, at their Sessions then held at Justice-hall in the Old Baily. But, On Saturday the 10th I did again give my usual attendance upon the Condemn'd Prisoners. And On the Lord's Day the 11th, preach'd to them again; and took for my Text these Words of our Blessed Saviour, Mat. 25. 46. And these shall go away into Everlasting Punishment; but the Righteous into Life Eternal. From which Words I shew'd them the two vastly different States of the other World: Whereof one is Everlasting Punishment: The other, Life Eternal. And I shew'd them also, who they were that should respectively partake of them; namely, the Wicked of the former, to wit, Everlasting Punishment; and the Righteous, of the latter, viz. Eternal Life. And of this I treated under these three following Heads. 1st, - I shew'd the Nature of the Punishment spoken of in the Text, which obstinate and impenitent Sinners shall receive after this Life. 2dly, - What is meant by that Eternal Life, which is here promised to the Righteous, that is, such as love and fear God, and are from their Hearts displeased with their Sins; with their having, at any time, transgressed the Divine Laws. Thus far I proceeded in the Morning; when the time not permitting me to enter upon the Third and last Thing propos'd; I referred it to the Afternoon; which was to shew; 3dly and lastly, The certainty and Eternal Duration of what shall be the respective Portion of both these; namely the Wicked, that is, the impenitent and harden'd Sinners: And the Righteous, viz. such as by true Repentance and Amendment, are (through Mercy) in titled to the Righteousness of Christ. To this I spoke under these two distinct Particulars; shewing, the Certainty and Eternal Duration of that State; 1st. Of Misery; 2dly, Of Happiness; which shall be allotted to Men, as they shall be found to have lived in this World; that is, as they shall have done, viz. Either Good; Or Evil. Thus having Discoursed to them, I closed both my Morning and Evening Exercises with practical Observations and Admonitions; and particularly directed my self to those Persons (being then 11 in Number) under Sentence of Death, and shewed them the necessity of, and gave them some Rules and Directions for Self-Examination, in order to their having an abhorernce of themselves, and of their sinful Lives past, and being (through the Divine Grace) wrought into a true and sincere Repentance. On Monday the 12th, and the following Days, to this Friday, I pressing this Work of Repentance upon all those Persons so nearly concern'd to make their Peace with God; found them (as far as I could judg) to be, all of 'em, very sensible of their Condition, and desirous of God's Mercy, and particularly John Shears ; who made this free and ingenuous Confession, as follows. This John Shears told me he was about 23 Years of Age; and indeed he did not seem to be much older. He said he was a Seaman by his Profession; and had served his present Majesty (whom God ever preserve) in several of his Ships of War; namely the Monmouth, under the Command, first of Captain Robinson, and afterwards of Capt. Piggot: In which Ship he said he served about two Years in the Channel and Bay of Biscay . And this was about Nine Years ago. Then he served in the Devonshire, Capt. Houghton Commander, 3 or 4 Months in the same Station, namely, the Channel and Bay of Biscay; and here he was taken by the French, and by them kept Prisoner for a certain space of time (which I have now forgot) at a place called Donnom in Britany . From whence returning into England, he was taken again into the King's Service for 27 Months, on Board the Lancaster, under the Command of the said Capt. Robinson, in the Streights. Whence he returned home, about 15 Months since, in the Squadron Commanded by Admiral Rook; and when arrived here in England, he was turned into another Ship of his Majesty's, out of which not long after he run away; and then became (as he freely confess'd) very disorderly. He acknowledged he had been a very grievous Sinner; that he had broken and profaned the Lord's Sabbaths; That he had wholly neglected the Service of God, and never before now considered either of his Mercies or Judgments; and had never taken notice of his great and marvellous Works. He with tears confessed that he had been guilty of most Sins; the thoughts of which were now bitter to him; And Oh! (says he) that God would but lend a merciful Ear to my sad Moans, and grant me the pardon of all my Sins! He said he flung himself upon God's infinite Mercies, and though he sometimes despair'd of ever finding Favour with God, because his Transgressions were so great, and of such heinous a Nature; yet at other times he felt some refreshing hopes of being delivered from the heavy Load of his Sins, through the Merits of Christ; saying that he was grieved at his very Heart, that he had ever offended his heavenly Father, and hoped that this grief that he felt, and his abhorrence of his past Life, and earnest desires of returning to God with true purposes of Amendment, would find acceptance, and prevent his falling under the Eternal Wrath of God. Thus he appeared to have a just sense of his Spiritual Miseries, and most bitterly lamented the sad Condition which Sin had brought him into. Not that he carr'd for this Life, or was afraid of losing it; for he was not (as he said) unwilling to lay it down, being he had forfeited it to Justice: But his fear, yea the great terrour that was now upon him (and returned ever and anon, notwithstanding his hopes in Christ's Merits) was this, that if God would not accept of his late and forced Repentance; O what should become of him! And hereupon he advised all other Sinners, now to leave off their Evil Courses, before it be too late, that they may avoid the Miseries that otherwise will certainly ensue. Besides the Crime for which he was Condemn'd, (which was Felony and Burglary) he ingenuously confessed he was Guilty of another Robbery by him before committed; but said he had not long followed this Trade, neither did he know above two or three Persons ingaged in this Course, whom he earnestly pray'd to desist from it, and to lead a better Life. He added, that he heartily wished he could make full amends and satisfaction to whomsoever he had any ways wrong'd or injur'd. He humbly begg'd their Pardon, and prayed to God for them. He declared he dy'd in Charity with all the World. When he was carried to the Tree, he behaved himself both on the way, and there, as a dying Man ought to do, and as one that was truly sensible of his Condition; shewing a great Dejection and Sorrow for his Crimes, and earnestly imploring God's Pardon for them, and for all and every thing wherein he had done amiss. He again with Grief confessed, that he had committed the greatest lewdness and folly, and all manner of Sins; Murther only excepted. For he had many and many ways dishonour'd God, and his holy Religion; had been disobedient to his Parents, and often trespassed against his Neighbour; that he had refused to receive Correction, and would not take warning by former Chastisements, and be reclaimed from his Evil ways. So that he acknowledg'd, that unless God was infinitely merciful to him, he was undone and damn'd to all Eternity; and that if he were punished as he deserv'd, there was no Mercy for him to hope for. Yet he trusted in the Merits of his Saviour, and hoped that all his heinous Sins would be washed away in that most precious Blood which was shed for penitent Sinners. And herein he now expressed a greater and more uninterrupted Confidence than before: Greater indeed (I fear) thn other Offenders may justly have, who will not take Warning by this fresh Judgment of God upon bold and rash Sinners; which Judgment they have now set before their Eyes, for the awakening of them from Sin unto Righteousness. He wish'd that all Transgressors would timely repent, and so prevent their own Ruin in this World, and eternal Punishment in the next. He desired all good People to pray for him, that God would be merciful to his poor Soul; and admonished all about him, and all others, far and near, especially Young-men, that they would take due Warning by his Fall, and carefully avoid the grievous Sins of Drunkenness and Debauchery, going after strange Women, Cursing, Swearing, Sabbath-breaking, and the like; all which himself (to his unspeakable trouble) had been Guilty of, and which had now deservedly brought him (a young Man that he was) to this his sad and shameful (and withal frightful) Untimely End. He joyn'd with me in Prayer, and that (in all outward appearance) with great affection and Devotion: And as he had before declared to me, that he would dye in the Protestant Religion, into which he was Baptiz'd; so having now repeated the Apostles Creed he said, that was his Faith; and he hop'd for that Forgivness of Sins, and Life Everlasting, which he professed to believe. He sung after me a penitential Psalm: And when this was done, I did again pray with him and for him. Then I gave him my Blessing, and heartily recommended him to the boundless Mercy of our God. After this I left him to his own private Devotions (for which he had time allowed him) and just before the Cart drew away, and he was turn'd off, he mightily called upon God for Mercy, in these and the like Ejaculations. Lord have Marcy upon me a great Sinner! Lord forgive all my Sins! Lord take pity of my poor Soul! I am undone, undone, without thy Mercy! Lord open thy Gate unto me! I come, Lord, I come, I come. Oh! let me enter in. Lord Jesus, receive my Spirit! Robert Johnson having unhappily fallen into bad Company, that had brought him into the Commission of an heinous-Fact; received also Sentence of Death with John Shears . But in regard that it was his first Offence, and he was drawn into it against his Will, he has obtained his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve. He seems to be a poor innocent Person, and shews great Signs of Repentance: God grant that it may be sincere, and that both he, and all other Sinners, may resolve upon a new Life, and have Grace to shun the Paths of Wickedness, that tend to Shame and Destruction; and walk in the ways of God's Commandments, which will afford them present Comfort, and bring them at last into unspeakable Pleasures, and Life for evermore. This is all the Account, which can be given of this Sessions, by Paul Lorrain , Ordinary . WHereas a certain Book, now lately publish'd, (said to be Printed for E. Hawkins near Fleet-bridge) under the Title of A Sermon preach'd last Sunday by the Ordinary of Newgate before Capt. Kidd and other Prisoners there; These are to give notice, that the said pretended Sermon is a Sham-Paper, having little or nothing on it (besides the Text) of what was there deliver'd in the Pulpit. ADVERTISEMENTS. ADvice to the Sceptick, (and Comfort to the Christian.) With a Request that he look not on it as Visionary. Of the Immortality of the Soul, and the Life to come; the Existence of the One, and the certainty of the Other; Is here Asserted, Vindicated, and Prov'd, in opposition to Atheistical Principles. Sold by G. H. next the Golden-Still in Church-street, near St. Anns Church, where they may be had in Quires, and by Benj. Barker , at the White-Hart in Westminster-Hall , and A. Baldwin, at the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-lane. Robert Whitledge , Bookbinder , at the Bible in Creed-lane , within Ludgate , Sells all manner of Bibles, Common-Prayers. and other Books, very well Bound, and Cheap. LONDON: Printed for E. Mallet at the Hat and and Hawk in Bride-lane. 1701.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, OF THE MALEFACTOR, Who was executed at TYBURN On Monday the Thirteenth of NOVEMBER, 1752, BEING THE First EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Honourable Crisp Gascoyne , 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, 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 Jail-Delivery of Newgate, held before the Rt. Hon. ROBERT ALSOP , Esq ; Lord Mayor of the City of London , RICHARD ADAMS , Esq ; Recorder , and other his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer and Jail-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex, at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey , on Thursday the 26th, Friday the 27th, Saturday the 28th, and Monday the 30th of October, in the twenty-sixth Year of his Majesty's Reign, John Simon and William Montgomery were capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. The Behaviour of these two poor unfortunate People has been very quiet and peaceable since their Conviction, they both daily attended at Chapel, and appeared devout while Service was performing. On Wednesday the eighth Instant Mr. Recorder attended the Lords of the Regency with the Report of the two Malefactors, when their Lordships were pleased to order William Montgomery for Execution on Monday the thirteenth. At the same Time their Lordships were pleased to order, that John Simon should be respited till their Pleasure touching him should be farther known . William Montgomery was indicted, for that he, at the General Sessions of our Lord the King, held at Guildhall , before Sir Robert Ladbroke , Knt . Lord-Mayor of the City of London , and others, did on the 27th of September, 1748, there swear, that he was beyond the Seas on the 1st of January, 1747, to wit, at Rotterdam , with an Intent to cheat and defraud his Creditors . William Montgomery , whose unhappy End has been the Cause of the following Sheets, was about 42 Years of Age. He was born, he says, at Elphinstone , in the County of Stirling , in Scotland , and was bred up, as his Forefathers had been, after the Manner of the Religion of the Kirk of Scotland, which, in that Part of Great Britain, is the established Religion. His Parents kept him to School 'till he was about twelve or thirteen Years of Age, in which Time he learned to read, he says; but unhappily for him, he was so little accustomed to it since, that he much lamented his having forgot what his Parents did for him in his Infancy, in teaching him to read, the only Patrimony they were able to give him. This also gave him no small Uneasiness, as his Neglect of reading heretofore, rendered him when he most wanted it, less capable of reading good Books and Prayers, such as are necessary for all Men, but more especially for such as are in his sad Circumstances. He was naturally of a dull, sluggish Appearance, very ignorant and indocile, but seemingly very willing to hear Advice and Instruction; how far he profited in it I wont pretend to say; we are willing however to hope for the best. When he was about thirteen Years of Age, his Father and Mother being dead, he took to the Sea , and stuck close to that Employment, till within these nine Years last, when, being married, he only now and then took a Trip to Holland , and set up a Publick House , that his Wife might have something to do in his Absence. He says he has formerly sailed to the East and West Indies , to most Parts of France , Spain , and up the Mediterranean , and had got some Money together before he married. He married in Bishopsgate-street , where he then lived. From thence he removed to the Highlander , in Fox's Lane , in the Parish of Shadwell ; here his Wife dying, he found himself in bad Circumstances soon after, without any Beer in his Cellar, and so he thought proper to leave the Publick Business. Afterwards he married again, and took a House in Nightingale-Lane , and let out Lodgings to Sailors , or any others he could pick up, and lived there for some Time; and then having got some Money, he set up in the Slop-selling Way, which Business he left to his poor Wife's Management; himself used now and then to take a Trip to Holland , by Way of getting a Livelihood for his own Support; and now he was removed into St. George's Parish , where he was at the Time of his being taken, and secured for the Fact he has been brought to Justice for. After Conviction, he attended Prayers daily in the Chapel, and uponthe first Conversation about the Affair, he protested himself innocent, and that his Life was maliciously sworn away. He said, if he was to die immediately, he would still continue to say the same, which prevented me for some Time from saying any thing more to him about it, because I would not choose to oblige him through my Interrogations, to add repeated Falsehoods to the black Catalogue he had already to account for. However, in the End, I found such his Declarations of Innocence proceeded from some mental Reservations, and a Spirit of Prevarication, which was very strong in him. For several Days from the Time of his Conviction, till the Day after the Warrant for Execution came to Newgate, which was Wednesday; he persisted in positively denying the Truth of the whole that the Evidence had given against him in Court. Even when he was told he was ordered for Execution on Monday, he only said; 'God's Will be done'; and after asserting his Innocency, as he hitherto called it, said, he should die very willingly. As Death drew nearer, he was pressed more nearly to give a faithful Account of the Matter in Hand. For a-while he stood confounded, but persisted to affirm on Friday Morning last, that he was Abroad, and that he went away from Home on Christmas, 1747, and did not return till the Beginning of February, 1747. But still he prevaricated, and though Death stared him, as it were, in the Face, he had still Hypocrisy enough to put on the outward Penitent; but the Truth lay still latent in his Breast. In the Afternoon, he changed his Note a little, and did own, that tho' he was not at Home from Christmas Day 1747, till after New Year's Day, he was not at Rotterdam then. And now the Matter was put upon another Footing, in which Light he owned himself the Justice of his Sentence; but yet there were some Points left behind, he did not as yet choose to reconcile his Mind to acknowledge, lest he should acknowledge the Truth of the Evidence in every Circumstance, as it stood against him. And he now began to tell his Story thus, That finding his Creditors pressed hard upon him, he left his Family with an Intent to go Abroad, but did not. And, in Order to make the World believe the Evidence given against him was not true; he says, that the last Day of December, 1747, he was at Chatham , from whence he purposed to set Sail for Rotterdam; but the Winds being contrary, he did not. And, he remembers this, he pretends, particularly from the Circumstance of his going next Day, the first of January, 1747, to Sheerness , where he met a Woman of hisAcquaintance, who said to him, after common Greetings, that 'twas New Year's Day, and they must drink together. Which Pretence, tho' it contradicts the positive Evidence of the Servant-Maid, who then lived in his House, he would not retract. However, what he owns above is sufficient to shew, that Peter Peterson 's Evidence for Montgomery was absolutely false, who swore, that he saw him at Rotterdam in the latter End of December, 1747, and in January following. This same Peterson, and Montgomery had seen one another the Summer before at Rotterdam , he says; but so far from his seeing him January, 1747, at Rotterdam, the Servant-Maid's Evidence was given in Peterson's Presence, that he dined with Montgomery at his own House and Table, at the Highlander , in Fox's-Lane , Shadwell , on Christmas Day, and Montgomery owns he was not out of the Land on New Year's Day. So that what Regard was due to the Evidence he brought to support his being Abroad, we leave the Reader to judge for himself. And Mr. Smith, the Prosecutor, proved the Maid-Servant's living with him at that Time. On Saturday Morning he started fresh Matter, to shew how wicked he had been, which was what surprized me very much, as it seemed to be very incredible. He observed to me, that the Evidence against him had sworn he had perjured himself by taking the Oath, which the Act of Parliament directs to be done, before a Person can be admitted to have the Benefit of the Act; which, says he, they could not know, because they were not present, nor did any of his Creditors appear upon the Day of his Discharge, to except against it. I told him, he mistook the Point, what they attempted to prove was, only that he was not Abroad at the Time, and that they had fairly proved, and himself had owned to me; and therefore, that they had done no more than they could justify, I believed, was the Opinion of the World, and he had no Excuse to plead in this Circumstance. Then, to my great Surprize, he pretended to say, that he did not even take the Oath required, i. e. as he explained himself afterwards, he did not lay Hand on, nor kiss the Book. I told him, I could give no Credit to such a Story, and added, that if he did not, it was adding more to his Guilt, and would, in the Eyes of all the World, make him appear the more designing and greater Villain. He then told me the Story of the whole Affair, and desired I would have Patience while he related it. After desiring him to speak the Truth, he proceeded as follows, viz. I was, says he, at Rotterdam in the Spring of the Year 1747, and when Icame Home, was put into the Fleet for Debt. I soon got out again, and had my Liberty. And then I began to bethink myself of going Abroad. Accordingly I went from Home on Christmas Day, but the Winds proving contrary and tempestuous, &c. as before, I staid from Home till after New Year's Day; when I return'd Home, and did not go out much, till it might have appeared to the Neighbourhood I had been Abroad; tho' in Fact, I was not out of England, at Rotterdam, nor beyond the Seas, at that Juncture of Time.'Tis certain I had been there several Times before, and several Times since, but was not at that Time. I asked him then, how he came to take it into his Head to enter upon the wicked Design he afterwards went through with, of taking the Benefit of the Act? His Answer was directly, I was persuaded to it. I asked him again, how he came to have so little Regard for his own Life as to suffer any one to persuade him to run the Risque of it; and he said, they were a good while before they could persuade him to it, but being teized about it a long while, he was at last over-persuaded, and resolved upon it. In pursuance of this Resolution, he soon after went to the Fleet , and meeting with a Person who lived just by, with whom, when he was there before a Prisoner, he had contracted some Acquaintance, he consulted him what Method to take to surrender. He soon shewed the Way, and Montgomery was received as a surrendering Fugitive. Then he, and his bad Managers, proceeded to give Notice to his Creditors, and to provide a Schedule, which he declar'd to the last he had no Hand in, nor was it even signed by him with his Name, nor even with his Mark. I had a very great Distrust of the Truth of this Declaration, but all I could say to him would not make him recant. Thus far our Saturday Morning's Conversation went, and I left him, with Advice to consider the Matter over again, and if he had not told the Truth, to resolve to do it shortly, if he hoped for Mercy hereafter, before it was too late. I attended him again in the Afternoon, and found him in the same Way of Declaration; he owned indeed he was not Abroad January 1, 1747, that he had no Title to pretend to the Benefit of the Act of Insolvency then depending; and was persuaded, that had his Title been never so good, he had not a Right to the Advantage, since he did not take the Oath required, if what he said was true. And he positively persisted in it to the last, that he was brought up the last Day of Clearance at Guildhall , for that Sessions of September, 1748, with Intent to take the Benefit of the Act. And he confidently affirmed to the last, that though he was there, and heard the Oath repeated, he neither laid his Hand on the Book, nor kiss'd it. But, he says, he believes he did repeat some of the Words. Such is his Prevarication. But this is a Declaration scarce to be believed, even tho' it came from a dying Man; especially if we observe the whole Proceeding of this Man, and his Friends, through this whole Affair. We observe then, First, That whether he had a proper Title or Right to take the Benefit of the Act or no; yet still he had so managed the Matter, by the Assistance and Advice of his Friends, that some of his Creditors were in the same Situation, as if he had actually been a real Object of the Act of Mercy. Some of them asked for their Money, and he told them he had taken Advantage of the Act of Indemnity; and for some Time they were very quiet, and gave him no farther Disturbance. One of them indeed, upon receiving a Summons to appear among the rest of his Creditors, had his Money paid, as he said, he knew he was at Home, and would oppose his being cleared. But in the general, Thing went on for a long Time in the same Manner as if he had been legally cleared; but in Time, the Fallacy was blown, and other Measures taken withhim. After some Time, he was taken up, and put into Whitechapel Prison , where he was confined for some Time, till he, and his Friends, found Means to get him his Liberty; and I think it was through the Pretence of having taken the Benefit of the Insolvent Act, as he himself did not deny, but would not say positively, whether it was so or not. After this, he was again taken up, and confined in the Marshalsea for some Time, from which Confinement, he and his Friends thought to release him, by taking him before a Judge, to make Affidavit, that the Debt for which he was then confined, was contracted before he took the Benefit of the Insolvent Act. This Account also of the Affair is his own. But, by this Time, one of his Creditors, who knew he had no Title to be screened under the Benefit of the Act from paying his just Debts, found, by the Concurrence of others Knowledge with his own, that Montgomery had not a Right to shelter himself under it. And accordingly he resolved to put a Stop to his going on thus wickedly to defraud him. Accordingly a Warrant was procured against him, upon a violent Suspicion of feloniously forswearing and perjuring himself in his Oath beforethe Justices at a Sessions of the Peace, upon his taking the Benefit of the Act of Parliament for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, against the Statute. This was given to a proper Officer, and, when he returned from going before the Judge to swear the Debt contracted, as above, before he took the Benefit, it was served upon him, and he was taken Prisoner upon it, and committed to the Compter. There he pretended Innocence to every one that spoke to him upon that Head, and always declared himself used ill by the Prosecutor, and assuredly still talked of his having been Abroad, which entitled him to the Benefit of the Act. While he was there, a Scheme was laid (iniquitous as the former) by Means of which, most of the Persons to appear against him at his Trial for Perjury at the Old-Bailey, were to be kept away, that for Want of Evidence, he might be acquitted of the Fact laid to his Charge. There was a Person in the Compter at the same Time, who sent for a Filazer, before whom he made Oath, that such and such Persons were indebted to him in several Sums of Money, amounting to 1000 l, and ordered that they should be sued for the same. Accordingly they were arrested, but making it appear they had no Dealings with the Man, nor ever knew him, they were released from Custody, and will prosecute their pretended Creditor. As to this Matter, Montgomery gave the following Answer, that as to his Part, he was quite out of the Secret, but that indeed there was a Person, a Prisoner with him, who came to him one Day, and after Enquiry into the Nature of his Case, as he chose to represent it, said, that he could help him. Montgomery says, he was surprized at the Man's Proposal, and asked him, how he, who was a Prisoner himself, could think of doing him any Service? The other replied, says he, if you'll leave it to me, I'll take Care for the rest. Now, he declares, how justly I won't pretend to say, that he knew nothing of what his new Friend was about to do. But the Consequence of this Interview produced the Matter, as related in the foregoing Paragraph, or, in Substance to that Purpose, For this, the Prosecutor of Montgomery has also indicted the other Party, to which he has pleaded Not guilty. The Indictment will be tried next Sessions, and the Event shew, what evil Counsellors the poor ignorant and deluded Montgomery was willing to trust to, so as he might any Ways have Hopes of getting off. He found himself surrounded on all Sides with the greatest Dangers, and plunged into a bad Scheme, and the more he endeavouredto get out of it, the nearer he was to be swallowed up in it. On Sunday Morning we had some farther Talk about the Matter, and I thought he would then have been a little more inclined to open his Mind more fully. But, after asking him several Questions, as to the Matters above related, which carry in them some Improbability of Relation, he seemed very uneasy; and after a short Time, as if considering what Answer to make, he replied, What would you have me say? I've told you all the Truth, and I can say no otherwise than I have done. If I should, I should belye my ownself and my own Knowledge. Upon which, I thought proper to desist, with only saying, I should ask him no more concerning these Things, but recommended to him to think of what was past; and, if any Thing should occur upon Reflection, in which he could recollect he had misrepresented Facts, 'twas his Duty to God, and himself, and the Community, to set right what he knew to be amiss. He said, he had considered, and should consider; but no more did I hear of any of the Facts before reported. In the Afternoon we went to Prayers again, and when we had done, he seemed very well satisfied, and said, he should endeavour, as well as he was able, to make his Peace with God, and hoped to do it, thro' the Merits of Jesus. On the Morning of Execution he was attended again, and prayed heartily for Forgiveness, seemed reconciled to his Fate, and very penitent. This unhappy Person was the first Instance of a Discovery and Proof, that any one would be so base, as to shelter himself under an Act so well intended, when the Danger of doing so, without the proper and stipulated Qualifications, was no less than the Loss of Life; and deservedly was the severest Punishment enacted against an Offence of this Case. When a Man improperly takes the Benefit of an Act for insolvent Debtors, he must do it with Design to defraud in such a Manner, as, I believe I may venture to say, he that goes upon the Highway, might in the general, meet with more Compassion from the Public, than such a one before-mentioned. It pleased God after the suppressing the Disturbances or Rebellion in Scotland, and the Ratification of the Peace of Aix la Chapelle, to put into the Heart of his Majesty, to give Directions, that an Act for the Relief of insolvent Debtors should be passed, that the Unhappy and Distressed might rejoice, as well as those who enjoy all the Blessings of Nature.This Act was accordingly passed. In this, such Persons, as by Losses, or other Misfortunes, were rendered incapable of paying their whole Debts, were to find Relief. And these were such, as this Law supposing, though willing to make the utmost Satisfaction they can, are nevertheless detained in Prison. These having been deemed the proper Objects of public Compassion, by several Acts of Parliament have been discharged. For the Benefit therefore of insolvent Debtors, who shall faithfully discover upon Oath, and deliver up and assign all their Effects and Estates whatsoever, for the Benefit of their Creditors; and to prevent, as far as possible, many Frauds and Abuses, which have in a great Measure obstructed the good Ends of such Acts, many wife and provisional Clauses are to be met with in that Act, made in the first Session of the present Parliament, Nov. 1747. By this Act, Persons inserted in the Lists of the Goal, and Prisoners on the First of January, 1747, were to have the Benefit of this Act, and be discharged; as were also Debtors beyond the Seas, on the same First of January, 1747, to surrender themselves, and be entitled to the Benefit of this Act. And this was done, in Consideration, that great Numbers of Workmen, skilfull in the several Trades and Manufactures of this Kingdom, and also many able Seamen and Mariners, finding themselves unable to satisfy the whole of their respective Debts, and dreading the Miseries of a Goal, have chose to leave their Employments and native Country, and have entered themselves in foreign Service. And, as their continuance Abroad was judged of great Prejudice to this Kingdom, in Order to induce such to return, it it was enacted, That all and every Debtor or Debtors, who was or were actually Abroad, beyond the Seas, in foreign Parts, on the first Day of January, 1747, who shall return, and surrender to the Goaler or Keeper of the Prisons of the King's-Bench, Marshalsea, or Fleet, &c. throughout the Kingdom, shall be entitled to the same Benefit of this Act, as others that were real Prisoners at that Time. The unfortunate Montgomery at this Time labouring under the Load of Debts, and, as he says, not able to satisfy them, consulted his Friends what was to be done in this Exigence of Affairs. Many Methods were proposed, he says, which all proved ineffectual to the Purpose. At last 'twas proposed to him to take the Benefit of the Act, which he agreed to, and did. And he did not scruple to say, that he was persuaded, he was not the only one that consented to do it, as little qualified, as to the Intent of the Act, as himself. And when he was before the Lord-Mayor, he was so daring as to swear that he was a Fugitive, and there he owned that he was the Person that had sworn he was at Rotterdam, to take the Benefit of the Act. What Credit then could be given to his Declaration of not taking the Oath? Or what Regard to any Contradictions he pretended to suggest against the Evidence that convicted him? According to his own latter Confession he positively contradicts the Evidence that was chiefly intended to support his Oath of having been Abroad in December and January, 1747. And let us observe what a Train of ill Consequences attended this ill-judged Consent of his to the Proposals of such Friends, as proved in the End, his greatest Enemies. In Consequence of their Advice, he went and surrendered himself, and was of Course in the List of Fugitives. In Consequence of which, he was to deliver in a Schedule of his Effects, which was made out, and delivered, not by himself, as he always declared, but by these mistaken Friends; and he all along, to the last, persisted in saying, that he neither made it out, nor caused it to be made out; and that it was not signed by himself, nor so much as his Mark put to it. In this was to be set forth all that in his Mind and Conscience he thought belonged to him as of right. But in this, by his own Confession, he left, as he mistakenly imagined, a Loop-hole for him to creep out at, but was deceived, and he proved himself intentionally, and to all Purposes perjured and unjust. And in this particular he was highly criminal, even were the Matter as related by him, and he was no less an heinous Offender, than his Managers. The Oath in this Case of delivering the Schedule is very strict and binding; I think a Man could neither read it, nor hear it read, but, if he has not a seared Conscience, he must be concerned for an Offence against it, and dread the Consequences. The next Thing for the Fugitive to do, is to give Notice to his Creditors, that he intends to take the Benefit of the Insolvent Act; and, in Order thereto, he has delivered in a Schedule of his Effects, and that he intends to appear before a proper Court at such a Time to be discharged, if his Oath with Regard to the Schedule delivered be not disproved, as the Act directs the Fugitive as well as the confined Prisoner shall be. This he says was done by his Managers; he being brought before the Court, and none of his Creditors than appeared to disprove the Schedule, he was discharged among the rest. Now nothing more was required, because he had before taken his corporal Oaththat he was at Rotterdam, beyond the Seas, on the First of January, 1747, and a List of all his Creditors was delivered in, and a Schedule subscribed in his Name, whether he did it or no. Upon which he received the Benefit of the Insolvent Act, as being a Fugitive. Upon these Things being laid before him as they were, he could not but confess himself highly criminal, and did say that his Sentence was just, and his Punishment no more than he in an extraordinary Degree had deserved. Thus on the Sunday Evening it pleased God more fully to open his Eyes, and he left off from insinuating what he had before done, to the Prejudice of the Evidence against him. And what the secret Conviction of his own Conscience would not persuade him to acknowledge, with Respect to the Testimony of four or five positive Witness against him, God thought proper to work in him by Degrees; and now he could not but confess his Guilt, with all the aggravated Circumstances of Fraud, Perjury, Prevarication, and Hypocrisy; under which Burden he laboured grievously, and at last he set himself to endeavour, if possible, to ease his tortured Breast of it, by looking unto Christ with Sincerity and Repentance, that he might not labour at his dying Hour under the Want of Hope of Salvation, through him who died to save the Sinner, but not the Hypocrite and Impenitent. And his poor Endeavours he made Use of, hoping that, as the Sinner upon the Cross, he might find Favour and Protection with him, though it were in his latest Hours; he resolved with a perfect and true penitent Heart to return unto the Lord, acknowledging he had finned against Heaven, and before him, and was not worthy to be called his Son. That he suffered justly, as an Example, and for a Terror to such an Undertaking again, I believe no one can gain-say.'Tis Pity, if, as he says it was, any one could be so base and wicked to persuade him to it. Those who did, if any such there were, led him on thus to his Destruction: Though the Laws of the Nation may not extend to punish them, yet the Casuist, I may venture to say, would consign them over to, and allow, that they deserved the same Punishment for advising, as he underwent for perpetrating the Crime. On Monday Morning he appeared very greatly affected at his approaching Fate, and after a little Admonition to think on his expiring Moments, to fix his Mind on God, and the Things above, and to turn his Back on the Things on Earth, he sighed, and said, Oh! That I had but more Time to repent; I have been a very wicked Man, and I fear for the Consequences of my many Transgressions, but especially that for which I justly suffer. But I trust to find Mercy with God, through Christ, and I hope that the losing my Life for the Offence, will, in some Measure, make Atonement, and those whom I have offended will forgive me. I die in Charity with all the World, and recommending my Soul to the Prayers of all good Christians, resign my Breath into the Hands of the Almighty, hoping, through Christ my Redeemer, to see the Face of God, to my everlasting Comfort and Happiness. Upon this we went to Prayers, and he was very fervent in his Petitions, which herepeated after my Directions, such as for Forgiveness, for the Grace of Repentance, not to be repented of, and for a happy Passage thro' so shameful and ignominious a Death. He went away pretty well satisfied; and said that he seemed very easy in his Mind that he put his Trust in God, and resigned himself to his Will; and he appear'd very penitent all through the dismal Procession to the fatal Place, and to the last. And now, as an Act of this Kind was always intended by the Legislature to ease the Unhappy, that really were so, as witness the Preamble; and as all Caution is used in the several Clauses of which the Act is composed, that none but those for whom it was designed should reap the Benefit of it, and to keep out all Impostors from attempting any such Thing; one would think it was a very difficult Matter, scarce possible, for a Person to dare to attempt by any Means to any shelter himself under such a Law; yet, that this Man had done it, I believe all were persuaded, from the Nature of the Evidence given in Court, both for and against him; and every one, who considered the Matter impartially, would have thought him to suffer justly, had had he not owned that he was deservedly punished. The Offence itself is of such a Nature, as might deter any one from being guilty of it, who does but consider it. There must be an intentional Fraud, a high Degree of the Breach of the 8th Commandment, which God has prohibited, and made criminal; and this must be attended with Perjury, that dreadful Sin of calling the living God to Witness to a known Falsity; for which Atonement can scarce, but if ever, not without the utmost Difficulty, be made: And, through this Filth, and Mire of Wickedness, must he pass, who resolves to make an intentional, a real Fraud. What can the Man think that shall be guilty of such high Offence? 'Tis publickly known that human Laws are determined to punish it with Death, and what is to come afterwards, God only knows. Let this then the Fate of poor Montgomery deter all others for the future from attempting a Breach of such an Indulgence, if ever it should please the Legislature to grant one again. And tho', in a former Part of these Sheets, he did not scruple to say, he was not the only one who feloniously laid hold of the Benefit of the last Insolvent Act, yet Charity engages to think better Things, and to hope there is not an Instance of the like Kind to be met with in England. At the Place of EXECUTION. ON Monday the 13th Instant, about Nine o'Clock in the Morning, William Montgomery was brought out off the Press-yard, and being put into a Cart, was carried to the Place of Execution. When he was come there, and the Executioner had tiedup the Halter to the fatal Tree, he prayed with me devoutly for some Time, and having recommended his Soul to the Almighty's Protection, the Cart was drawn from under him, and he was turned off. The Execution was done with all Decency and Quietness. 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 Thursday the 3d of this Instant November, 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 the Lord Chief Justice Raymond, the Honourable Mr. Baron Price, 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 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th of October, 1726, in the Thirteenth Year of his Majesty's Reign. Eight Persons, viz. Henry Jones , Joseph Smith , William Marjoram , Robert Rose , Anthony Drury , Matthew Harday, and Thomas Hide , and one Woman, Sarah Sattarfield , were convicted of capital Offences, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. While under Sentence, these who attended in Chapel, to outward appearance, seem'd to be very serious and attentive both to the Prayers and Exhortations, Anthony Drury frequently showing his great Concern, as if he had been in agonies of Mind, Marjoram also being at all Times mightily affected, as was Matthew Hardy , tho' he had pretty good assurances of a Reprieve or Pardon; the other two, Joseph Smith and Sarah Satterfield were a little more Hard-hearted; Henry Jones , when present, wanted not outward signs of Devotion, but most part of the time he was confin'd in the Hold, by reason of Weakness and Indisposition, inclining also to the Roman Catholick Principles; Robert Rose , an infirm, old Man, till the Report was made, came not to Chapel but once or twice, being constantly afflicted (as he said) with heavy Sickness, but declar'd himself very penitent, ingenuously confessing his Faults and Crimes, when I visited them in the Hold; As did also Thomas Hide , who on the Monday, being the second Day after his Sentence, fell into a violent high Fever, and lost his Senses, yet when I visited him in this miserable Condition in the Hold, altho' he did not know me at first, yet as I was praying for him, recovering his Senses a little, he comply'd with the Worship, and as I was going away he express'd his gratitude, by praying God to bless me twice or thrice, not being able to speak any more; and the same Night at Midnight, after he had praised God by singing Psalms, and making Responses in the Devotion, as in a recommendatory Prayer for him they were praying the Lord Jesus to receive his Soul, and at these Words (as I was told) he gave up the Ghost, being Thursday the 21st of October. I instructed them from Col. 2. 6. As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him. From which Text I took occasion to explain to them the necessity of Faith in Christ, which must not be a dead Faith, but attended with good Works, bringing forth manifold Fruits unto new obedience, Holyness and Virtue, not consisting in empty speculative Notions, as some seem to explain it, but affecting the heart with Heavenly divine Thoughts, truly becoming God and Religion, and making reformation upon the whole Man, so that he becomes wholly a new Creature, Holy in Heart and Life, dedicating himself without Reserve, Soul and Body, unto the Service of God. From 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; they were taught the nature of true Repentance, which consisteth partly in an hearty unfeign'd Sorrow for Sin, not because of the Inconveniences and Calamities it brings upon us; but because of the Offence thereby given to Almighty God, in whom it is we live, move, and from whom we have all our Being, who is daily loading us with his Benefits, and preventing us with his Blessings; and therefore should we be grieved because we have offended our good and gracious God, such a tender, loving, and indulgent Father: But I show'd 'em that true Repentance mainly consisted in forsaking all Sin without exception, especially those Sins which are more heinous in the sight of God than others, and for which Men void of Virtue and goodness commonly come to Shame and Disgrace; and as by Repentance they must forsake Sin, so as to loath, detest and abhor themselves in Dust and Ashes because of it; and told them, that they must turn to God with all their Heart, whereas formerly they had been the Servants of Sin unto Unrighteousness, henceforth they must become the obedient Servants of Righteousness unto Holiness, approving 'emselves with Consciences void of Offence towards God and towards Man; and resolving by the Grace of God, if they had been to continue any longer in this World, to become new Creatures, having their Conversation in Heaven, looking unto Jesus the Author and finisher of our Faith, &c. They were also instructed in the nature of the Christian Sacraments; and how greatly they had been guilty of breaking their baptismal Vows, particularly, in committing those heinous Sins, of robbing other Men of their Goods and Properties, which now brought them into much Shame, and loaded 'em with many Sorrows and anguish of Mind: I exhorted them to prepare for receiving the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, as a Pledge and assurance of their coming to everlasting Life, if they sincerely repented of all their Sins, believing in our Lord Jesus Christ their only Saviour; and from these Words, St. Luke 22. 19. This do in Remembrance of me, &c. Upon Tuesday the 25th of October, the Report of the Eight Malefactors under Sentence of Death was made to his Majesty in Council, when ( Thomas Hide , being dead in the Hold some Days before the Report was made) five of them receiv'd his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve, viz. Henry Jones , William Marjoram , alias Huggidie , Robert Rose , Matthew Hardy , and Sarah Satterfield ; the remaining two, viz. Anthony Drury , and Joseph Jmith , were ordered for Execution. Which two, when they saw that all hopes of a Reprieve was past, prepar'd themselves for Death with the utmost application, as one who is a Stranger to their inward disposition of their Hearts and Minds, could possibly in Charity judge of them. The subsequent brief Narrations is for information of those who desire to know any thing further about their last Confessions and Behaviour. Joseph Smith was Indicted for privately stealing from Thomas Collier , a Coat an Waistcoat, val. 30 s. a Hat, a pair of Silver-Buckles, a Handkerchief, a pair of Gloves, a Tobacco-box, a Knife and Fork, Half a Guinea, and 25 s. on the 2d of August, and found Guilty by the Jury. Joseph Smith (whose true Name, as he declar'd, was Joseph Shrewsbury ) about 22 Years of Age, as he said, Born at Watford in Hertfordshire , descended of honest Parents, who were poor, mean People, and not capable to give him Education at School, having a numerous Family of ten or eleven Children; yet (as he said) they gave him the good example of a virtuous Life, taking him to Church, and giving opportunity of attaining the knows ledge of Christian Principles and Practices, if his own dispositions had been correspondent to their Instructions and Example. When of Age, they put him out Apprentice to a Tanner , who was a very good and discreet Master in the Place of his Nativity, with whom he stay'd for some Years, but neglected his Business to such a Degree, being, (as he confest) addicted to Dancing, that he cou'd by no means abstain from it, although otherways not at all inclin'd to, or guilty of Robbery or Thieving) that his Master was forc'd to put him away: He acknowledg'd that he liv'd in good Circumstances, if he had not been unthankful to God and Man, for the happy State he was in, by taking himself to bad Company, which prov'd the occasion of his fatal end. As to the particular Fact for which he Suffer'd, he said it was the first Robbery he ever committed, and that one David Anderson , Country Will and Jenny Austin strip't Thomas Collier of his Cloaths, and took his Money from him, while he was at a distance from them, delivering him the Coat, Wastcoat, and other things which were found upon him. He confess'd he had been a great Sinner, and that his Sentence was just, and that he died in Peace with all the World, freely forgiving all Men as he expected forgiveness at the hands of God, begging Pardon of all whom he had injur'd, and declaring that he died in Communion of this Church, of which he own'd himself an unworthy Member. Anthony Drury , of the Parish of Eling , was Indicted for assaulting Thomas Eldrige on the Highway, putting him in fear, and taking from him a Bag, value 2d, a Fan, val. 1 s. a Hamper, val. 6d, 15 Moidores, 210 Guineas, and 80 half Guineas, the Goods and Money of Mr. Burrows, Sept. 25th. He was a 2d, time Indicted for assaulting Sarah the Wife of Robert King on the Highway, and robing her of two Shillings and six pence. He was the 3d, time indicted for assaulting Thomas Eldrige on the Highway, and taking a Callicoe Gown and Petticoat, val. 20s. the Goods of Giles Betts . He was a 4th, time indicted for assaulting Mary the Wife of Joseph Page on the Highway, and forcibly taking from her 2 s. and 6d, For the three first Indictments the Jury brought him in Guilty of Death. Anthony Drury , as he said about 28 Years of Age, Descended of honest Parents, who were People of Credit and Reputation, and gave him good Education for Business, and instructed him in the knowledge of the Principles of Christianity; but did not (as he alledg'd) put him to any particular Employment, having left him in pretty good Circumstances. He liv'd at several Places, after he left a Country-place in Norfolk where he was Born, particularly in the City of Oxford , at Bister, and at Wandover , in Buckinghamshire , where he resided and kept House, when he committed the Robbery, for which he was taken, and for which he was Executed. Altho' he was not bred to any Employment, yet he said, that he understood Bricklaying ; and that a certain Gentleman inform'd him in a Secret of curing Smoaky Chimneys, by which Practice he gain'd Considerable; and this was the Reason why he commonly past under the Nick-name of the Chimney Smoaky Doctor. He said that his Father left an Estate of one or two hundred pounds a Year to him, but the Truth of this may be doubted, since none of his Acquaintance who came to Visit him knew of any such Estate; but own'd that he liv'd in very good Credit, and that he was capable to make very considerable Profits of curing Chimneys from Smoaking, which was his Profession, and in doing whereof he was very dexterous. Some few Years ago, he married a Widow Gentlewoman at Oxford , who had an Estate and Money, to the value of fifteen hundred Pounds, as is commonly reported by them who know him; but he said, that all the Fortune he got by her did not exceed 500 l. He said, that till this Misfortune for which he Died, his Credit and Honesty was never doubted, he living in as good a Character, as most Men in his Neighbourhood did. He appear'd to be a young Man of indifferent good Understanding, and of a pliable, civil Temper. In Chappel he seem'd always very Devout in Prayer, and attentive to what Exhortations were given them, and when I saw him in his Room, he was still employ'd in reading upon some Book of Devotion, having had the use of some few little Books very proper for his perusal, in order to prepare him for Death, while he was under Sentence. Both before and after the Report was made, he us'd all possible Means for obtaining a Reprieve, the Thoughts of which, mightily disturb'd and distracted his Mind in preparing for Eternity; and altho' Intercession was made by Men of eminent Note, yet his Crime was look'd upon to be so Heinous, that no Favour could be obtain'd that way; and then two days before his Death, he began to give over all Thoughts of Life, and to be more serious in preparing for Eternity; and to think upon receiving the Sacrament, which was accordingly Administred to him by a Rev. Clergyman, who was so good as to Visit him, and the rest of them sometimes, during their miserable Confinement; and before the Sacrament was given him, he gave a free Declaration of his Faith, and that he was in Peace, and Friendship with all Mankind. For he had frequently made grievous Complaints upon his Wife, calling her unnatural and cruel to him, in neither visiting nor writing to him in the Day of his extreme Calamity. He did indeed write to her himself, as did some others upon his desire, most earnestly desiring her to come to Town, and confer with him about some Affairs before his Death, and to see if she with the assistance of a Gentleman, whom he desir'd to come up with her, could do any thing in order to obtain a Reprieve. This he most earnestly urg'd upon her to do, but she sent no Answer to him; only the Gentleman whom he desir'd to come along with her, sent a Letter to him, making excuse both for Mrs. Drury's, and his own not coming to Town; that she was extremely Lame, and her Servant being gone could not put on her own Cloaths; that she had no Money o bear her Expences in such a Journey, much less to supply him in his Distress; and that it was no ways in her Power to do any thing for him: And as for the Gentleman himself, he said, that ever since he was in Town last attending him, he had been very much indispos'd of a violent Cold, contracted while he was at London, doing what he could for him, and all to no purpose, and going into the Country in a hurry about his own necessary Affairs. Mr. Drury among other Motives to induce his Wife to come to Town, desir'd her not to neglect to do it, that she might redeem some silver Plate which he had Pawn'd here in Town, for 24 l. to relieve himself in his pressing Necessities when in Prison at Newgate , altho' the Plate was worth more than double the Sum which was lent upon it. This Argument had no more force than the rest, she answering by her Friend's Letter, that if any Man would relieve the Plate, she would re-pay him, and gratify him sufficiently for his Trouble. Mr. Drury concluded that his Wife was not willing he should Live, but, as he said, he frankly and from his Heart forgave her. As to the Crime for which he Suffer'd, he said, that he never was a wicked Liver, but had follow'd his Business in an honest way, in working about Chimneys up and down the Country, which he found beneficial; altho' his Wife thinking it Dishonourable and Reproachful, did what she could to persuade and hinder him from following it. He complain'd indeed, that his Marriage being unequal as to Age, was an uncomfortable State of Life to him, his Wife having been of a fretful uneasie Temper, and perpetually Jealous of him without any just Cause. He said, that he never was, nor never intended to be a Robber or a Highway-man, and that he was never guilty of Theft, excepting the particular Fact for which he died; which (as he alledg'd) if he had not been advis'd, encourag'd, and very frequently press'd upon by another to commit, had never been done by him. The Person who advis'd him (as he said) was Robert King the Waggoner , who was to have the one half of the Booty, whatever it happen'd to be; and who some Weeks before he rob'd the Waggon, at several times, and in different Places, most earnestly, and in an urgent Manner, Counsell'd him to Rob his Waggon, as it was going from Bistter to London ; which he said, You may do it with the greatest Ease immaginable, for no manner of Opposition shall be made, yea, you shall be rather encourag'd and forewarded in your Attempt. Otherways he said, excepting these importunate Solicitations of Mr. King, he had no Temptation to betake himself to the Highway, being capable to Live upon what he and his Wife had, and what he could make by his own Business like a Gentleman in the Country. A Gentlewoman who waited on Mr. Drury two or three Days, when he was first under Sentence, said, That as she was going out in a Chaise with Mr. Drury from London to Wendover , the Waggoner met them, and desir'd Mr. Drury to come out for he wanted to speak with him; they going off from the Chaise at a good distance; the Gentlewoman could not hear what particulars they spoke upon; only she heard the Waggoner say, That he need not be afraid, and that he was sure to get what he wanted; or to that Purpose. But the Gentlewoman knowing nothing of their Communication at that Time could make no Judgment of the Words she heard pass between 'em. Strange it is indeed, that Mr. Drury should have rob'd a Waggon where so many People were concern'd, other Waggons also being in Company, and going the same way, without the least Opposition being offer'd him. The Day before his Death, he still reflected upon his Wife's Cruelty, and Brutishness, (as he call'd it) in not sending Money, or coming to him, being to leave the World so suddenly; who (added he) altho' he had been one of the most wicked Men ever was, yet she could not deny him to be her Husband, and as such, he conceiv'd that she was bound in Duty to wait upon and Assist him. I told him, however undutiful his Wife was, yet as a dying Man he should not entertain in his Mind, or show the least Resentment against her, especially in consideration of the heinous Crime he had committed, having thereby Disgrac'd not only himself, but also his Wife and Family: This he acknowledg'd, and appearing a little Easie, he declar'd that as a dying Man, and expected Mercy from God, he freely forgave all Injuries done him. The Evening before he Suffer'd, a Woman came to Mr. Drurey's Room-door in the Prison, and beg'd the favour to speak a word to him, he went to his Chamber-door; the Woman expressing her Sorrow to see him in that Condition; said, That she was desir'd by a certain Person to whom she had been Servant, to be informed by him, What he had to say about the Waggoner? Mr. Drurey reply'd, That the Thoughts of robbing Waggons or any Thing else, never enter'd into his Head, till the Waggoner advis'd, and frequently urg'd him to do it; and that his Blood, the loss of his Life, and all he had in this World lay upon him. I exhorted him to give over all Thoughts of Life, and to think seriously upon Death, for he still entertain'd thoughts of a Reprieve, by the Interest of a Man of Quality, till his Time drawing near; he said, that he submitted to the Will of God, who had justly chastis'd him for his Faults: I frequently advis'd him to try and search his Heart impartially, how it was dispos'd towards God, and Heavenly Things, to which he had been so much a Stranger; a manifest Instance of his Covetousness, appearing by his committing such a notorious Crime, as Robbing on the Highway. I desir'd him to Repent of all his Sins, particularly the notorious and scandalous Villainly for which he Died; not casting the blame upon any Person, but only his own wicked Heart and vicious Inclinations, not pretending Innocence in any respect. He own'd himself to've been a great Sinner, but not a Slave to any particular Vice; that he never was much guilty of Drinking to Excess; that he had been much addicted to Whoring; that he was truly Penitent for all his Offences, believing in Jesus Christ his only Saviour, thro' whose Merits he only expected his Sins to be Expiated, and his Soul to be Saved in the great Day of the Lord; declaring himself in Peace with all the World, and that he Died in Communion with this Church, of which he own'd himself an unworthy Member. At the Place of Execution. ANTHONY DRUREY , appear'd with abundance of Courage, as if he had not been much concern'd, and no ways afraid. Being ask'd if he had any thing to add to his former Confessions? He began and spoke a good while, the Substance of his Discourse was, That King the Waggoner was the only Person who put him upon and advis'd him to Rob the Waggon; and that he advis'd him also to Rob the Banbury Waggon, and his own Wife of 4 l. but that he got only 2 or 3 s. from her; he call'd King a very wicked Man, and pray'd God to forgive him, and bring him to a Sense of his Sin. He complain'd of his Wife's Unkindness, whom he also forgave, praying to God for her. At Newgate Prison before he went to Execution, a Man said, that he had married one Mr. Nichols's Daughter in the City of Norwich , who is Sister to the said Man's Wife, and whom he left 7 Years ago, having married another Wife since. Being at the Place of Execution, I ask'd him about his multiplicity of Wives? he wav'd a positive Answer, saying, That he was loaded with many Reproaches by numbers of People, whom he heartily forgave. And calling to a Gentleman who was at the Place of Execution, he gave some private Directions relating to the Settlement of his Estate which he had before made. He gave several Advices to the Spectators to live Virtuous and godly Lives; and he hop'd to be Sav'd thro' the merits of Jesus Christ, and died apparently Penitent. 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, Confession, and dying Words of the Malefactors who were Executed at Tyburn, on Monday the 20th of Novem. 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 Right Hon. Sir Robert Raymond , Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench ; the Hon. Mr. Baron Hale; 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 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, the 17th, 18th, and 19th of October, 1727, in the first Year of his Majesty's Reign. Four Men, viz. Richard Lynn , John Turner , John Johnson , and Samuel Johnson , alias Cabbage ; and two Women, viz. Sarah Griffiths , and Elizabeth Murrel , were by the Jury found guilty of Capital Crimes, and received Sentence of Death. While under Sentence of Death, having instructed them in the necessary Points of Christian Religion, Faith in Christ, and Repentance towards God, the chief Conditions of the Gospel Covenant; I press'd upon them the Necessity of Holiness in Heart and Life, from these Words, St. Matt. 16. 25. Then said Jesus unto his Disciples, If any Man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his Cross and follow me. I shew'd 'em that Faith without Works is dead being alone; that Christ came not to save Sinners in, but from their Sins; that as Christ died to purchase Heaven for us, by the Merits of his Death: so he pass'd a holy exemplary Life in the World, to shew us the Way how we may attain to the End of our Faith, even the eternal Salvation of our Souls. I explain'd to them from the Galatians, 5. 13. &c. and downward, the evil and terrible Nature and Consequences of our Sins there set down, and call'd by the blessed Apostle the Works of the Flesh, as destructive of that heavenly Seed and spiritual Life, which ought to reside in every Man, who professes himself to be the Disciple and Follower of the Holy Jesus: Particularly I enlarg'd upon the Sin of Covetousness, which had brought all their Misery and Misfortune upon them. I inform'd Johnson, that his coining and dispersing false Money, was not only destructive of all Commerce, but as encroaching upon the sacred Prerogative of the King's Majesty, therefore his Crime was so much the greater and liable to severe Punishment. I instructed them in the Nature of the Christian Sacrament, 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 signified 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 insisted upon Death to prepare 'em for their great Change. While these and such like Exhortations were given, they all appear'd very devout and serious. Mr. Turner, till a few Days before he died was afflicted with a violent Sickness, being the most Intelligent, was careful in reading and praying for himself and his Fellow-Criminals in the Hold. Johnson seem'd very penitent, sometimes shedding Tears in the Chappel. Sarah Griffiths behav'd with Gravity and Attention, but by Reason of extreme Poverty (having dispos'd of all her Cloaths) and Sickness, she seldom came into the Chappel, and when I visited her in the Hold, she always profest great Penitence. Richard Lynn did not come to Chappel above two or three Days; and when I visited him he look'd like one craz'd, or of a very weak Understanding. Upon Monday the 13th of November, the Report of the abovemention'd six Malefactors under Sentence of Death, was made to his Majesty in Council, and Elizabeth Murrel of Shoreditch , who was convicted for privately stealing a Silver Watch, value 4 l. and a Handkerchief, value 6 d. on the 4th of October last, the Property of Edward Price , receiv'd his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve, the remaining Five, viz. Richard Lynn , John Turner , John Johnson , Samuel Johnson , alias Cabbage , and Sarah Griffiths were ordered for Execution. To those who are desirous to know the last Confessions and Behaviour, the following Account is a brief Narative. JOHN TURNER , was indicted for assaulting Thomas Air , Esq ; on the Highway on the first of July last, taking from him a Purse, value 1 d. and 3 Guineas and a half in Money. John Turner , about 26 Years of Age, descended of honest Parents, who had been People of good Repute in Cornwall : His Parents gave him good Education, but his Father dying when he was young, instead of continuing at Schools, as he said was intended, he was put Apprentice to a Peruke Maker in the City of Exeter ; having serv'd most of his Time, after many Disobligations to his Master, at last he robb'd him of a considerable Sum of Money and ran away, but his Master being a near Relation did not prosecute him: He came to London and follow'd his Business, behaving himself honestly and soberly in the Places where he serv'd, so that the Neighbourhood conceiv'd a good Opinion of him; but his Coveteousness and Ambition to appear more fine than his Circumstances wou'd allow, hasten'd his Ruin; for in order to attain his Aim, he went to rob on the Highway, which Course, as he said, he follow'd only six Weeks before he was apprehended, having gone out only four Times, and made but a very small Purchase in all his Adventures. He said, it never enter'd into his Mind to murder or kill any Body, but what Money he got he offer'd it back to the injur'd Party, if they wou'd own they had more need of it than he; thus did he treat whom he robb'd with Civility. He appear'd to be a young Man of a civil complaisant Temper, whence it was, that his Acquaintance commonly call'd him, Civil John; others say, that he got this Appellation from the Gentlemen whom he robb'd, because of the civil Usage he gave them, for he told them that his Name was John: He complain'd that the World gave him a much worse Character than he deserv'd, and altho' he own'd himself to have been a great Sinner, yet he deny'd that ever he was notoriously wicked in those Vices, to which Men of his Profession are addicted. He could not be induc'd to make particular Confessions, only he acknowledg'd the justness of his Sentence according to Law, and said that he was willing to die, chearfully submitting to the Will of God, as a just Punishment for his Sins; he was always very devout in Chappel and appear'd to be a true Penitent, complying fervently with the Prayers, and receiving Instructions with great Earnestness. The Night before the dead Warrant came down, he had a violent fit of Illness, yet notwithstanding, he attended publick Devotion two or three Times, till he cou'd not walk any more, and in the Hold he continu'd very devout and penitent, expressing a great Desire after the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, and seem'd very sorrowful that he had formerly neglected it. He died in Peace with all Mankind, expressing a strong Hope and Confidence of obtaining the Pardon of his Sins and eternal Life, through the Merits of Jesus Christ our only Saviour. JOHN JOHNSON , was indicted for High-Treason, in counterfeiting the current Coin of this Kingdom; in particular thirteen half Crowns, eighteen Shillings and five Six-pences, which he made of Pewter, Lead, and other mix'd Metals, which he endeavour'd to put off for good and lawful Money of Great Britain. JOHN JOHNSON , (as he said) about 50 Years of Age, was born of honest Parents, in Nottinghamshire , who being mean People, gave him little Education at School, so that he could not read much. When of Age, he was put Apprentice to a Taylor , and coming to London he married, and lived many Years in good Reputation. Not keeping his Health in Town, he went with his Family to Lincolnshire , where his Wages being but small, he found himself straiten'd to maintain a growing Family. After racking his Wit and Invention, a certain Acquaintance of his in the Country communicated to him the Art of coining Money, as the easiest way to supply his Necessities. Having provided himself in Moulds, Crucible, and other Utensils, proper for his Purpose; he said, that he far excell'd his Teacher and Adviser in the Art and Dexterity of making Money. He said, that being thus provided in Instruments, he coin'd his Money so dextrously, that by the sight no Man could discover the Difference betwixt the King's Coin and his. Having made sufficient Quantities he endeavour'd with an Accomplice whom he entrusted with the Secret, to put off his counterfeited Coin, but with indifferent Success; for (as he said) he never put off but two Six-pences, which he spent in Geneva; for immediately after that he was taken up upon his paying two bad Half-Crowns for a pair of Shoes; upon which, he discover'd his two Accomplices and confess'd all. He lamented much for the Ruin he had brought upon his Wife and Family, two of his Children having died while he was in Prison, the third Child with his Wife being cast upon the Parish, although it was his sinful Anxiety for them made him fall upon such a desperately wicked Course. In the former part of his Life he had liv'd innocently and virtuously, for what was visible to the World, both in a single and married State, he and his Wife having frequently taken the Sacrament in Company. I endeavour'd to convince him of the greatness of his Sin, which as it proceeded from a distrust of the all sufficient Providence of God, so the Sin was so much greater in him, who knew better things, as also tending to the Ruin of all Commerce, being an Imposition upon all Mankind, the heinousness of that Sin particularly consisting in its being an encroachment upon the King's Prerogative, who is set over us, for the Punishment of evil Doers, and Encouragement of those that do well. The Truth of all which he own'd, together with the Justice of his Sentence. He was kept in Prison a considerable Time before his Trial, and still behav'd himself like a Christian, preparing for Death with great Application. He appear'd to have been a true Penitent for all his Sins, particularly the heinous one for which he died, declaring himself in Peace with all Mankind, and expressing a firm Confidence of having his Sins pardoned, and attaining to everlasting Life, by the Mercy of God, through the Merits of Jesus Christ our Lord. SAMUEL JOHNSON , alias Cabbage , was Indicted for feloniously returning from Transportation, he being convicted of Felony, and ordered for Transportation, returned before the Expiration of 7 Years. Samuel Johnson , alias Cabbage , 30 Years of Age, descended of honest PARENTS, who gave him good Education suitable to his Station, which he made very bad Improvement of, proving a disobedient and perverse Child: Upon which Account, and neglecting God, and his ways, he was left so far to himself, that he associated with wicked Company, who advis'd him to pilfering and stealing, for which he was Transported; but returning before the End of seven Years, he was taken up, and imprison'd for making an Attempt to break open a House; but being discover'd in Newgate Prison that he had return'd within the time limited by Act of Parliament, he was tried and convicted for the same. He said, that the Reason he return'd from Transportation, was, that he had some Hurt or Bruise about his Body, of which he could not be cur'd, till he return'd to England , and that upon that Account no Body would buy him, and he must have starv'd, if he had staid abroad. He had not such signs of Repentance, as Turner and Johnson, but was always very grave and decent in his Carriage. He complain'd much upon some Person, who, in the Week before the Dead Warrant came out against him, put it in some of the publick Papers, that a free Pardon was order'd for him. This he call'd a malicious Story. I desir'd him to be compos'd, and to settle his Thoughts upon God, and another World; He pray'd God to forgive them for puting the Thoughts of Death too much out of his Mind. He acknowledg'd in general, that he had been a young Man abandon'd to every thing that was good, and that having neglected his Duty to God, he had justly suffer'd him to fall into those Crimes, which brought upon him all his Calamities. He did not seem any way tender hearted for his Sins, although he was grave and attentive to Prayers and Exhortations, but with too much apparent Indifferency. He had been to Sea for some Time, but leaving that Business, he took himself to the driving of Hackney-Coaches , and at other times idling away his Time about the Town, and when he got a little Money by Thieving, he squander'd it away in a riotous Manner. At first he said he had no design of breaking open the House, for which he was taken up, but when past all hopes of Life, he could not deny it. He declar'd, that he was Penitent for all his Sins, that he forgave all Men the Injuries done him, as he expected forgiveness at the hand of God, and that he believ'd in Christ, as his only Saviour, through whose Merits he expected eternal Life and Salvation. RICHARD LYNN , of St. Sepulchre's London , was indicted for Felony and Burglary, in breaking open the House of John Boyce , on the 24th of July last, in the Night Time, and taking thence a Suit of Cloaths, a Hat, a Pair of Sheets, and four Napkins. Richard Lynn , about 24 Years of Age, descended of honest but poor Parents, had a tolerable good Education, altho' brought up by the Charity of other People, in reading, writing, and instructed in the necessary Principles of Christianity. When of Age, he was put out Apprentice to an Ivory Turner , and prov'd a very unruly Servant, always stealing either from his Master and Mistress, or his Fellow Apprentices. When he was out of his Time, tho' he could earn two Shillings, or half a Crown a Day, yet he was so bewitch'd with the worst of Company, that he would not apply himself to his Business, altho' his Conscience often check'd him, and he frequently made Resolutions of Amendments; but when he came among his wicked Companions, he had neither Power nor Grace to resist their Solicitations. He attended the publick Prayers and Exhortations only two or three Days after Sentence, but lay in a Corner of the Condemn'd-Hold in a miserable Manner, and by no Means could be persuaded to rise and go up to Chappel, tho' no ways restrain'd therefrom, by Sickness, or other Impediments, for he walk'd about the Condemn'd Hold, and when he pleas'd, went to the Door to speak with his Friends, whensoever they call'd him. He was the most obstinate and obdurate Fellow I have ever met with in his Condition; and continually loitering, sleeping, and snoring on the Floor, in a most shameful Manner, where he greedily devour'd such Provision as was brought him. When Mr. Turner and the rest endeavour'd to awake him to Prayers, he curs'd them, and once swore he would stab them with a Knife. By his Behaviour he appear'd to have been craz'd and foolish. He acknowledg'd the Fact for which he died, only said that he did not take all the Things which were sworn against him; and also that he did not break open the Door of the House; he acknowledg'd to have been very wicked in keeping bad Company which prov'd his Ruin. I exhorted him to Repentance, by representing the terrible Wrath and Vengeance which was due to obstinate and incorrigible Sinners, and frequently us'd all possible Motives to persuade him to attend the publick Worship of God, but nothing could prevail, yet he declar'd himself penitent for his Sins, that he died in Peace with all Mankind, and that he believed in Christ through whose Merits he hop'd to be sav'd. Two or three Days before he died, he behaved himself with a more even Temper and Calmness in the Hold than he had done before. SARAH GRIFFITHS , of St. Ann's Westminster , was indicted for Felony and Burglary, in breaking open a Box in the House of Daniel Turner , and taking thence a Silver Spoon, value 10 s. five Gold Rings, and 49 l. in Money on the 13th of September last, the Property of Daniel Turner aforesaid. Sarah Griffiths , was as she said, 30 Years of Age, born at Bewly in Worcestershire , of mean Parents, her Father left her young, and her Mother took care of educating her at School, so that she understood the first Principles of Christianity indifferently well; when she was 14 or 15 Year old she went to Service, and was a faithful and laborious Servant , and had some Sense of Religion upon her Spirits, having several Times receiv'd the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper in the Country, (before she came to London ) about 7 or 8 Years ago, after she had committed the Robbery aforesaid, she fled to Worcestershire with Mr. Turner's Money, which she squander'd away most extravagantly upon Cloaths and luxurious living; she declar'd that she had always liv'd soberly and religiously, free from Whoring, Drinking, and Swearing, Vices generally incident to Women who are guilty of thieving, this being the first Crime she ever committed; she said it was a violent Temptation of the D - l, without thinking of the great Sin and Danger, which prompted her to commit such a vile Action; but the first who put it in her Head was a Woman who lodg'd in the House, who persuaded her with much Reluctancy to rob her Master, no doubt but in Hopes to get some of the Booty, in which she was disappointed, for Griffiths spent it all in fine Cloaths, &c. which now (as they writ from the Country to her) are sequester'd by the Lord of the Mannor, at least in his Hands, excepting one or two Guineas, and four of the Rings which her Master hath recover'd, the fifth Ring she having given it away to a Friend of hers a Shoe-maker. The Judgement of God was visibly seen upon her, for altho' she had stolen above 50 l. by the time she was taken, which was about four or five Weeks after, it was almost all wasted and spent in a luxurious Manner. While under Sentence she dispos'd of all her Cloaths for Necessaries of Life; and when she was recover'd from her Sickness, she was forced to be naked in the Hold with an old clouted Matt about her, which kept her from publick Worship, till within two or three Days of her Execution, when a Woman brought her a few of her own old Cloaths; she commended her Master and Mistress as good and kind People to her, in being so careful of her in her Sickness, a very short Time before she robb'd them. She acknowledg'd her great Ingratitude and Baseness in committing that Fact, and some Days before she died, express'd a great Desire to see them, to beg Pardon for the Injury and Injustice she had done them; she declar'd herself sorry and penitent for her Sins, that she heartily forgave the Injuries done her, as she expected Forgiveness from God, and that she believed in Jesus Christ our Lord, thro' whose Merits she expected eternal Life and Salvation. N. B. The Silver Spoon in the Indictment, she said, she did not take, and as for the Money, she did not think there was so much of it, but added withal, that she never counted it. At the Place of Execution, THEY all behav'd with great seriousness and apparent Devotion, and had nothing to add to their former Confessions. When publick Prayers were ended, John Turner desir'd me to pray for him, he not having been able to stand to hear by reason of a violent Sickness upon him. I recommended him and the rest, to God by fervent Prayer, and concluded. They died, praying to God and crying to Jesus Christ to receive their Spirits. Johnson, the false Coiner, died in his Shroud, having been drawn from Newgate in a Sledge to the Place of Execution. 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, Confession, Dying-Speech, and last Prayer of Thomas Cook , who was Executed at Tyburn , on Wednesday the 11th of August, 1703. ON Friday the 9th of July last, at the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, Thomas Cook receiv'd Sentence of Death, for the Murther of Mr. John Cooper , a Constable , as he was in the Execution of his Office, on the 12th of May 1702. This Thomas Cook , a Prize-fighter , who was known by the Name of the Gloucester-Butcher, said he was about 35 years of age, born of honest Parents, in the City of Gloucester ; from whence he came up to London , where being bound to a Barber-Surgeon , after he had served two years with him, he ran away, and went into the Service of Mr. Needham, a Page of Honour to the late King, but did not stay long with him; his Mother, who sent for him down, telling him, That a Gentleman's Service was no Inheritance. Upon which he set-up a Butcher (the Calling of his Fore-fathers) at Gloucester , and there he kept an Inn for a while and turn'd also a Grazier , and was very much unsettled in his Mind, what Employment he should follow. He confess'd to me, that in those his several Employments, he had been unjust; That he had frequently stoln Sheep, and done many ill things; but yet had been often accus'd wrongfully. As to the Fact for which he was to die, he positively deny'd it; saying, he had no Sword in his hand that day the Constable was kill'd, nor was in the least concern'd in the Company of them that kill'd him. He acknowledg'd he had been a grievous Sinner, a great Swearer and Drinker, an Adulterer, a Prophane and Lewd Wretch, and a sworn Enemy to those who were employ'd in the Reformation of Manners; and that for some years past he had made it his great Business to Fight for Prizes; an Exercise which the Pride of his Heart carry'd him to, which he now looks upon as most Heathenish and Barbarous, and which, with all other the wicked Practices of his Life, especially his slight of Religion, he does detest and abhor; begging of God, not to remember the Errors of his Youth, nor his manifold transgressions, but to forgive him all his Sins, which indeed were many and great; and in the Words of a Dying-Man (who by the just Providence of God, came to suffer a shameful and untimely Death, in the prime of his years) he exhorts all those of his Acquaintance, and others that live loosely and particularly that follow this Wicked Sport of Prize playing, to reform betimes, and apply themselves to that which is virtuous and laudable, lest if they do continue any longer in their ill way, the Wrath of God fall upon them, and they come to the same, or worse Punishment than himself. He said, he repented of all his Sins, and declar'd that he dy'd in perfect Peace and Charity with all Mankind. He being in this Disposition, and desiring to receive the Holy Communion of the Blessed Body and Blood of his Saviour, I administer'd it to him, on Wednesday the 21th of July last, which having receiv'd, and joyn'd in the other Parts of the Divine Service, then perform'd in the Chappel of Newgate , with very great Devotion, so far as it appear'd; he was from thence carry'd towards Tyburn for Execution, with the rest of the Criminals that were then to suffer. But in his way thither, as he was come-up as far as Bloomsbury , meeting with a Reprieve that prolong'd his Life to the next Friday the 23 of the said Month: he was brought back to Newgate : Where (after my Return from the Execution of the other Malefactors) I visiting him, found him in the Condemn'd Hold at his Prayers, in which he seem'd to be very earnest and devout. He then told me that he was not affected with this Temporal Life, and that he would have been well contented to have dy'd with his Fellow-condemn'd Prisoners: But it falling out otherwise, he desir'd however to have gone through to the Place of Execution, that he might joyn in Prayer with them, and be himself still rais'd to greater Devotion: But the Officers had an Order to bring him back again, and so some of them did, without going on any further with him. As soon as he was come back to Newgate , some of his Friends that came thither to congratulate him, would have rejoyc'd and made merry with him, for this his Reprieve But he would not give way to it, as desiring Privacy and Retirement from all Persons, but such as could further his Devotions, because he would carefully improve this small addition of time, to a higher degree of Repentance and Contrition for his Sins; that so he might be so much the fitter to receive that Death, which was put off but for a little while. When that Day was come, viz. the 23d of July, a further Reprieve was brought to Newgate for him; by virtue of which he continued in this Life, and in this State of Devotion, which was very much taken notice of, by all that saw him, to this Wednesday the 11th instant, being the Day of his Death. Before which time, (namely Fri. last the 6th) the Order for his Execution was brought-in, and presently signified to him; But I found him not at all moved or troubled at it; there being no visible alteration in him. He then told me, that he was very willing to die, since it was the Will of God he should, and that he had flung himself wholly upon him, and resign'd up and submitted himself to his Holy Will and Pleasure; giving him Thanks and Praise, as for all his Mercies to him, so in particular for this time he had afforded him to prepare himself for an happy Eternity; which (he said) he was fully perswaded he should enjoy, whenever he departed out of this miserable World. The evenness of Temper in which I all along observ'd him, both when in hopes of Life, and under the certainty of Death, made me believe indeed, that he had so resign'd himself, and had (as he express'd) the assurance of Immortality. But one thing indeed he told me troubled him very much for a time, and of which he said he repented as much as of any Sin he ever had committed; and that was, his having so far gratify'd his Friends, as sometimes (though not frequently) to have given them the liberty of his Company; whereby he had been engaged once or twice to drink, though not to excess, yet to such measure, as through his fasting and great weakness, had discompos'd him, and interrupted him in his Devotions: For which he most heartily begg'd Pardon of God, being much griev'd he had wasted any of his precious moments, while under this Condemnation. This last Order for his Execution being come, (as I said before on Friday the 6th instant) I redoubled my Visits to him and Pains for his Soul: And on the last Lord's-day choosing a Subject to discourse upon, proper (as I thought) for his Meditation, I preach'd both in the Morning and Afternoon, on Luke 18. 13. being part of the Gospel for the Day, And the Publican standing afar off, would not lift-up so much as his eyes unto Heaven; but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a Sinner. From which Words, 1. I shew'd the great Humilty of this Supplicant, describ'd, 1. By his standing afar off, as One who durst not presume to come too near the Divine Presence. 2. By his Posture; he looking down upon the Earth, as One that thought not himself worthy to look up towards Heaven. 3. By his Action; he smiting upon his breast, as One that was full of trouble, and had a just indignation against himself for his Sins. 4. By the Matter and Form of his Prayer; he confessing himself a great Sinner, and begging of God to be Merciful to him. 2. I gave the Description and Character of a true Penitent; shewing, 1. That such a One is so far from denying and endeavouring to hide his Sins, that he openly confesses and repents of them, and patiently takes that Shame and Punishment due to him for them. 2. That he, by no means, goes about to extenuate his Sins; but rather aggravetes them. 3. That he passes a severe Judgment upon himself; owning himself a most grievous Sinner, yea, the greatest of Sinners, and thinking and speaking worse of himself, than any One else can do. 3. I shew'd how acceptable such a Confession was to God, and what were the blessed Fruits of true Humiliation and Repentance, viz, 1. The Pardon of Sin. 2. The Favour of God. 3. Eternal Life. All which great and excellent Advantages God will freely bestow on the true Penitents for Christ's sake. Having largely discoursed upon these Heads and Particulars, viz. upon some of them in the Morning, and on the rest in the Afternoon, and concluded with a particular exhortative Address to the Condemned Person, he (after I had made an end) spoke to the Congregation, which was then pretty numerous, to this effect; 1. That upon his Salvation, he was innocent of the Fact for which he was to die: 2. That he had been (otherwise) ingaged in many worldly Sins, for which he begg'd God's Pardon, and the Prayers of all good People. 3. That he wish'd all Young-men would take Warning by him; avoid bad Company, and serve God. This Protestation and Advice, as he repeated several times upon publick Occasions, so in private he constantly affirm'd to me his Innocence of the Murther sworn against him; and though much endeavours were us'd to bring him to a Confession, if he knew himself guilty, he still persisted in his positive denial of it. As to those Irregularities and Miscarriages of his Life, which he confess'd, he seem'd to be very sensible and very penitent of them. So that upon his repeated Desire, I again administred the Holy Sacrament of the LORD's-SUPPER to him, Yesterday, when some pious Christians of my Acquaintance had the Charity to joyn in Communion with him, and were Witnesses of his Devotion; which, by all that outwardly appear'd, was very great, and seemed so to me all the time that I was with him afterwards. When this Day, which was appointed for his Execution, was come, I went (according to Order) very betimes in the Morning to him. And after Prayers, Reading of the Word of God, and making some Observations upon it, and Exhortations rais'd from it, and suitably apply'd to the Condemn'd Person, he was taken away, put into a Cart, and carried to the Place of Execution; where I attended him for the last time; and after some small Discourse with him, follow'd by Admonitions and Exhortations to him, Prayers, and singing of Penitential Psalms for, and in conjunction with him; He read the Speech and Prayer, and sung the Hymn following. Here follows his Dying Speech, with his Last-Prayer, and Pious Verses. Gentlemen, I thought it convenient to give you an Account of my Life, and Conversation, which is as followeth. Gentlemen, I Was a Young-man that was well-educated, and well-broughtup, and come of very honest Parents, and about the Age of 15, was put Apprentice to a Barber-Surgeon in London ; and after the serving of two Years, or thereabouts, I ran away from my Trade, and afterwards liv'd with Esquire Needham, who was Page of Honour to the late King WILLIAM. But my dear Mother told me, that a Gentleman's Service was no Inheritance, and so desired me to come home and settle. Accordingly I went to Gloucester , and there set-up the Trade of a Butcher , which was the Calling of my Fore-fathers, and I follow'd that Trade for several Years, and serv'd Master of the Company of Butchers, in the said City of Gloucester. But being too much imbolden'd with Courage, I thought no Man, a better Man than my self; I took-up the Sword, and follow'd the Sport of Prize-playing for several Years; which Practice has proved prejudicial to me. And I desire all Youngmen to take Warning by me, and never meddle with any such idle Practice; but let their honest Calling be whatever it will, mind that, serve God, and keep good Company. For here I shall give you an Account of the ill Consequence of such an idle Practice. First, It is displeasing to God, to have his Image scarrify'd after such a manner. Secondly, It brings a Man to a Correspondence with ill Company, and ill Company takes a Man off from his Duty of serving God, and makes him to follow those Vices that I have been guilty of my self, as Breaking the Sabbath, Swearing, Cursing, Drunkenness, Lewdness, and other like Debaucheries. But as to what I die for, I do declare before God, and all the World, I die innocent. There was one Witness depos'd on Oath, That he saw me lock up my doors, and go down towards the Fair with a Sword in my Hand: And there was One Jonathan Shephard declar'd upon Oath, That he saw me in the middle of the Mob, with a Naked Sword in my Hand: And there was a Beadle declared also upon Oath, That he saw me with a Sword in my Hand bloody. And there was One Mr. Deering, who, in like manner, declar'd upon Oath, That I told him in Ireland , that when the Constable dropt, I wip'd my Sword, put it up, and went away. Which I declare I never said, nor spoke any such Words to him in all my Life. And furthermore I do declare, as I expect Mercy from God, I had no Sword in my Hand in the Fair that day, and did not so much as lift up my Hand, either for or against any Person, when the Constable was kill'd. Gentlemen, I must desire you, not to reflect on Mr. Gorman, for he is very innocent of what they have charg'd him with, concerning me. But since it is my misfortune to die this shameful Death, I must look upon it as an Affliction from God Almighty, for my Worldly Sins. As for those false Witnesses that swore my Life away, I do freely forgive them with all my Spirit; and I hope, God will forgive them also. And as for all whom I ever wrong'd in my Life, I do hope they will freely forgive me, as I do freely forgive all the World. So Gentlemen, I bid you an Eternal Farewel, and shall now conclude with this my Prayer. O Almighty God! I humbly beseech thee to bless our most Gracious Sovereign Lady Queen ANN; and guide her by thy good Spirit, that she may do always that which is righteous in thy sight. And I beseech thee, O Heavenly Father, that thou would'st be pleas'd to give her that Sight, as that she may fore see her Enemies; and arm her so with thy Defence, that she may not fear the Power of any Adversaries: And I beseech thee, O Lord! give unto her a long and happy Reign, and after this Life a Crown of Glory with thee in thy Heavenly Kingdom. And I likewise beseech thee, O Lord to bless thy Holy Catholick Church, and especially that purest Part of it, the Church of England, and give unto it the same Honour, Power, and Glory, as it had heretofore? and let not those who dissent from it ever have that power to trample it down; And furthermore I beg of thee, O Lord, that if any of those Dissenters should in any wise ever rise in Rebellion against our Gracious QUEEN and CHURCH, that thou would'st abate their Pride, asswage their Malice, and confound their Devices: And so let the Church of England remain and flourish unto the World's End. And finally I beseech thee, O Lord, to pour down thy Blessing upon my whole Family, and enable them to bear my Death (as by thy Grace I do) with patience and resignation; and grant that this my Death may be a Joy and Comfort to them, and a Warning to the World. And Lord Jesus! I beseech thee to forgive all my Enemies, especially those who swore false against me; for thou know'st, O Lord, I die innocent of that bloudy Fact, for which I am condemn'd. But my Sins have provoked thee to deliver me up a Prey to the Enemy. Lord! I beseech thee, that this my shameful Death may, through the Merits of the Bloud of Christ, and Sanctification of thy Grace, make an Attonement to thee for my Worldly Sins; that as I die here, so I may live eternally with thee hereafter. And now I come again to beg Mercy for my self, intreating thee, O Heavenly Father, to have mercy on my poor Soul, for thy Dear Son's sake, my Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST: Into whose Hands I commend my Spirit. Amen. His Verses in Answer to the Bell-man's the Night before the Execution. THou art the Bell man for this Night, Who com'st to let me know, That on Tomorrow I'm to die, And be a publick Show. What follows was sung by him at the Tree. I Hope my Death will Warning give To all that here attend, And by my sad Example may Your Lives learn to amend. Amend your Lives, young Men, I pray, And do no more offend That Great and Mighty God above; Whose Kingdom has no end. He's a God that Merciful is To all that do believe In Jesus Christ his only Son, Who will our Sins forgive. Pray, do repent of all your Sins, Before it be too late; And beg the help of God above, For Jesus Christ his sake: Who suffer'd Death upon the Cross, To make a Recompence To all that do in him believe, Before he did go hence. In him I do put all my trust, Whose Mercy is full sure; Hoping my Soul with him shall dwell Henceforth for evermore. Amen. This I writ with my last Farewel; Hoping my Soul with Christ shall dwell. Amen. THOMAS COOK . After he had read these, he deliver'd them to me, writ in his own Hand, and signed by him; telling me upon the Word of a Dying Man, and his Hope of Salvation, that what he had thus spoken to the People, and now deliver'd to me, was nothing but Truth. I asking him whether he had any thing else to say, he answer'd me, No. And also I asking him, whether he was fully perswaded, That his Repentance was sincere; That his Sins were forgiven him; And that (being upon his Departure out of this World) he was now presently to enter into Life Eternal: His Answer to me was, That he was fully perswaded of all this, and that he was very easy in his Spirit: And so indeed he seem'd to be; telling me, that he never felt so much joy in all his Life, as he had done since his coming into the Cart. When he had said this, and thanked me for all the Pains I took with him, and deliver'd to me his Papers with a desire I should publish them for the good of the World; I made another short Prayer recommendatory of his Soul to the boundless Mercy of God; and having pronounc'd to him the Absolution of all his Sins, in case he had truly and sincerely repented of them, and had a stedfast Faith in Christ Jesus; I left him to his private Devotions, for which he had some time allotted him. And while, with his last Breath, he was uttering these, and the like Ejaculations; O Lord Jesus have mercy upon me: Into thy hands I commend my Spirit. Thou Saviour of my Soul, receive me, receive me! Lord Jesus receive my Spirit; the Cart drew away, and he was turn'd off. O may his Death be a happy Warning to all Loose Livers! This is the Prayer of, and this the Account given by. Aug. 11. PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . London , Printed for Eliz. Mallet , next the King's-Arms-Tavern , near Fleet-bridge . 1703.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words OF FOUR MALEFACTORS, VIZ. LIEUT. DONALD CAMPBELL AND EDWARD GURNETT , Who were Executed at Tyburn , on Monday October 5, 1761; The First for Forgery, the Second for Stealing Silver-Plate, out of a Dwelling-House. AND OF RICHARD PARROTT AND HESTER ROWDEN , Who were Executed at Tyburn , on Monday October 26, 1761, for Murder. BEING THE Sixth and Seventh EXECUTIONS in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. Sir MATTHEW BLAKISTON , 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-Cross, for the AUTHOR: Also Sold by J. MORGAN, at the Globe in Pater-noster-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, and Oyer and Terminer for the City of London, and at the General Sessions of Gaol Delivery of 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 ; the Hon. William Noel , Esq; one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas ; Sir William Moreton , Knt. Recorder ; and James Eyre , Esq; deputy Recorder ; and others, of his Majesty's Justices for the said City and County, on Wednesday the 16th, Thursday the 17th, Friday the 18th, Saturday the 19th, and Monday the 21st of September, in the first year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, Donald Campbell , Philip Heans , Edward Gurnett otherwise Cox, received sentence of death. About Sept. the 30th, the Death Warrant came down, wherein Donald Campbell , and Edward Gurnett , were ordered for execution on Monday October the 5th, and Philip Heans was respited during his Majesty's pleasure. In the case of Thomas Daniels , some favourable circumstances being properly represented to the Judge who tried him, he was respited from day to day, and now stands respited during pleasure. His behaviour has been penitent and becoming his unhappy condition; but he persists to deny the murder of which he is convicted, not only with solemn appeals to Heaven, but with circumstances of strong probability. - Since this was written, he has been discharged by a free pardon from his most gracious Majesty. I. DONALD CAMPBELL , was indicted for falsely forging and counterfeiting a certain bill of exchange, with the name of Peter Dacey thereunto subscribed, for the payment of one hundred pounds; and for publishing the same, with an intent to defraud John Calcraft , Esq; August 18th. From the time this criminal was committed to Newgate on this charge, he put on a sullen and supercilious behaviour, strutting about the Press-yard in his irons, and disregarding for some time, any overtures of mine to be useful to him; as he appeared dressed like an officer and a gentleman, he was applied to with condolence on meeting him, and asked by what mishap he came there, and what he was charged with? He answered short, "that wou'd appear when his trial came on." This was a trifling and vain reserve, as every servant about the prison could tell me what he was charged with. Being invited to chapel he refused, saying, he expected to be visited by a gentleman of his own perswasion, which was that of the Kirk of Scotland. It was to little purpose at present, for me to urge to him at different times and with various arguments, that there is no essential difference between his profession and ours; he would by no means admit that opinion: But said, "there was great odds between his religion and mine;" and seemed strongly prejudiced in favour of his own, though not overcharged with the good fruits of any religion: This gave me frequent opportunity of reflecting on the manifold mischiefs of the unhappy divisions propagated and cherished amongst us, that tend to defeat the real design of all true religion. However, after repeated applications to him, and finding himself disappointed of the visits he expected, he consented to come up to chapel, to hear (as he expressed it) the word of God; but behaved himself like one unaccustomed to our way of worship and not much pleased with it: Yet he gradually appeared to become more and more affected with the expounding and applying the scriptures of the day to the cases of the criminals. Still his reserved temper and prejudices kept him at a distance, from communicating any thing material relating to himself, and even from acknowledging his guilt after conviction. The strong desire of concealing his flagrant shame, and the fatal lapse he had been drawn into, together with an obstinate opinion he entertained that it was unnecessary to acknowledge and confess it to man, confirmed him in this conduct. But how perverse and vain was this! when it appears on the trial, that he had confessed the fact to Mr. James Merrick , one of the witnesses, before his commitment; telling him that the forged bill was his own doing, without any accomplice, and begged for mercy. It came out farther, that he was born in Scotland , as one said, in the Isle of Mull; but as he himself told me, in the Highlands , on or near the estate of the Duke of Argyle; that he was early entered in the army , and held a commission in the 42d or highland regiment, commanded by Lord John Murray , and served in America for some years, and was under the 30th year of his age. His unskilful and clumsy mananagement of the forgery in which he was detected and found guilty, by misspelling the names, and the inconsistency of placing 200l. at the top, and writing one hundred pounds in the body of the bill, and other instances, prove that he was either unpractised, or very unfit for that fatal trade, by which no man, however dextrous, will ever gain wages that he can live by. His close and averse behaviour, did not discourage my tendering him every assistance in my power; but when proper books were offered to assist him in his preparation, he resolutely continued to refuse them, saying, he had a sufficient number of good books, among which he named the Bible and the Whole Duty of Man, and that he expected farther assistance from his own minister. This seems to be a kind of proof, that the chief prejudice of some who dissent from us, is not against our books and doctrines, which they use to their great benefit, but against our very persons and dress; which therefore bring us under great disadvantage in our applications to them, who have been taught to think that our sound forms of prayer and significant ceremonies, are no better than mere popery. In his conversation with me, he denied the duty of confessing sins or offences to any man in any case whatsoever, and particularly in his own present circumstances; errors which I endeavoured to convince him of, from precepts and examples of scripture, the sense of divines, and the reason and justice of the thing: but in vain; he seemed to hold his own opinion still. The morning after the death-warrant was sent down, he and his fellow-convict included in it, appeared more chearful and undismayed than could be expected; each of them was applied to, and reminded to stand this trying shock with a firmness and patience becoming true penitents; they both seemed to be much strengthened, thanking God for it, and hoping they should be farther enabled to bear it as they ought; for which purpose they immediately went up to chapel, which he also henceforth constantly attended to his last day. He was repeatedly invited to join with us in receiving the holy communion which he had hitherto declined; until the evening before execution, he seemed more inclinable to that duty, the nature, obligation and benefits of which, had been opened and carefully explained to the prisoners for several days before; he now at last promised seriously to consider it between that and next morning; but his main objection seemed to be that he would make no particular acknowledgement of his guilt; a difficulty to remove which an expedient was thought of the last morning, that he might not depart without this blessing. 2. EDWARD GURNET , otherwise James Cox , was indicted for stealing one silver watch value ten pounds, one silver pint mug value three pounds, and two silver salts value thirty shillings, the property of Daniel King , June, 27th. He did not fall under my notice, until after his conviction on this indictment, when he appeared at chapel on Sunday Sept. 20th with the other convicts, who were all in general, and each severally applied to in proper exhortations; seriously, to lay to heart their present sad and most alarming situation, condemned to lose this present life for crimes by which they must also lose eternal life, without an hearty and sincere repentance; to recollect their past lives, and by what steps they had been led into those crimes; in order to repent and become new creatures: To consider their present sad circumstances, as providential chastisements sent to call them more loudly and powerfully to repentance, after milder methods had failed and been tried in vain. Though this poor criminal seemed formed for a stupid insensibility, being built in the strong and durable rustic stile, grown callous in ignorance and evil habits, and seemingly void of all reflection, yet he now began to awake, and hearken with some degree of attention to what was spoken to him; appeared willing and desirous to comply with the directions given him; and however unacquainted with prayer and the service of the church, he endeavoured to join in them. He owned he was ignorant and almost illiterate; for notwithstanding he had been taught to read a little in his childhood, yet through disuse and neglect to practise it he had nearly forgot his very letters; but now renewed his endeavours to spell out his words and read some sentences of holy scripture and prayers, in a proper book which I had put into his hands, which he told me he had made use of day and night in his cell to the best of his power; being further assisted alternately, by the two prisoners in the cells, on either hand of him, reading aloud to him; all this he told me he eagerly listened to, though he added his doubts that they did not always read right, by comparing it with what he heard in the chapel; he added further, that when alone, he recollected his past life, and pray'd earnestly for pardon of all his sins. On observing this poor criminal so earnest and attentive to hear the Word of God, and to pray, now, that his sufferings were at hand, and the floods of his impiety and iniquity ready to swallow him up; it was obvious to reflect, what powerful preachers, afflictions, and adversities are. How long and how often it happens to us that To unattentive ears we preach, What miseries alone can teach. How many precious opportunities he and too many others neglect and turn away from, whilst in the full enjoyment of the great blessings of liberty, health and life. Notwithstanding these promising signs of reformation, it is to be feared, his inveterate habits of falsehood had such power over him, that he prevaricated with me in the account he gave of himself, to the following purport. That his father and mother were cowkeepers, living in the farthest part of Buckinghamshire , where he was born, being now just turned of 23 years of age; that his parents supplied the London markets with butter; that he was by trade a brickmaker , and of late used to work about seven or eight miles from London , where he could earn thirty-five shillings a week; this he said with a kind of pride, and a secret insinuation that he was above stealing: but it was urged to him that this (if true) was a great aggravation of his crime, of which as he stood convicted I must take it for granted he was guilty; and which in the circumstances he described, could not proceed from poverty or necessity; he answered it is true, the plate was found upon him, but it was put into his pocket unknown to him; attempting to make me believe he was thus imposed upon, and injured in this accusation; but as he found I gave little heed, and less credit to this; charging him to tell me no lies at least, if he would not confess the truth, he carried this flimzy pretence no farther. He went on to inform me that he wrought about three months ago in his business of brick-making at Chalfont beyond Uxbridge , about twenty miles from London: being questioned why he quitted it, he acknowledged, or pretended, there was a child laid to him in that parish, which obliged him to abscond and fly for it. This assertion, true or false, did not pass without proper reproof, reminding him that if it was so, he now felt that vengeance pursued him for this injury unrepaired, among the rest of his wickedness. On his coming to London , he did not pretend that he got into work, but was drawn into this fact about ten or twelve weeks since by bad company, two of which he named, adding they were his countrymen; but could not, or would not recollect the third; all the three he said were secured in Bridewell and New-Prison ; and a charge about coining or counterfeiting, laid against some of them; two of them he mentioned, would hang their own father and mother; that they had inlisted themselves for soldiers, but were quickly after apprehended and imprisoned. As to himself, he owned he was apprehended by means of one of the witnesses named Chiswell, who appeared on the trial against him, then living in Brook's-market , with whom he entrusted a part of the booty; and that the people who assisted, finding him a countryman (i. e. as he would insinuate, not of the town-gang, but an intruder) were ready to tear him to pieces. On this occasion he was put in mind, what he seemed to forget or conceal, that he was apprehended as a deserter; but this he endeavoured to explain away, with a story that being in company with some Red-coats or Lobsters, as the cant-word is, and overtaken in liquor, they slipt a shilling into his pocket, and then insisted upon his being their own man; but that he sold his buckles to pay them twenty shillings, and got clear of them; and that they had no further claim upon him. This story he persisted in. But something more like the truth came out after his death, from one who well knew him; that he was born in the town of Buckingham , his father a labourer, used to work at Stow for lord Cobham, is said now to drive cattle for grasiers and butchers. This lad was put out to service so early as the tenth year of his age, to his uncle Edward Gurnett , a farmer, who rented two or three hundred pounds a year, where he behaved ill, robbed him, and run away: instead of being a brickmaker, he was but a wheeler, or labourer to a brickmaker . As to the felony for which he suffered, he took his opportunity when the landlord's back was turned, and stole this watch and the plate, at the Two Wrestlers at Highgate ; then came to the lodging of one of his companions in Liquor-Pond-Street , thence to the White-Hart in Brook's-Market , where, probably being known to be a deserter, and some intelligence given, he was pursued and taken, while drinking there with his companion. Gurnett was very strong made, and thought to be able enough to beat all the three that apprehended him, but being unwilling to fight, perhaps awed with the terrors of his guilt on all sides, he consented to go to the Savoy , so that he seemed conscious he was a deserter. It appears on the trial, he was first taken to his officer, at the Thistle and Crown , at Charing-Cross ; where, being followed by Chiswell, from his house at Brook's-Market, he borrowed a few shillings of him, giving him the stolen plate to keep for him; but he, by a hint from Bradford his companion, not thinking it safe to keep it, acquainted justice Welch with the matter, in consequence of which, it was advertised, traced, and restored to the owner, and the unhappy felon brought to justice. His companion said he had been a very wild fellow, and used to fell smuggled goods about the country; others who knew him, reported him to be a thief from his infancy. When he fell first under my care, he appeared hardened, sullen, silent, and would confess nothing; but after some days instruction and application to him, he became more pliant and tractable, and opened his mind in the manner before-mentioned. Whether his own account, or that of his acquaintance be more probable, the reader will judge for himself. Notwithstanding he had been daily instructed by exhortation and reading, for twelve or fourteen days, in order to dispose and prepare him to come to the Holy Communion, yet when it was administered to some other prisoners on the third of October, two days before he suffered, he declined receiving it, to my surprize and disappointment, saying, he was not sufficiently instructed and prepared; Campbell also absented himself, on some other scruples; therefore on this and the following day, repeated instructions and applications were made to them both, on the same subject, in order to prepare them against the last morning, and permission was obtained for Heans, his fellow convict, to be with him, and read to him the preceding night for that purpose. The Morning of Execution. GURNETT being brought down from his cell, clean and decently dressed, was asked whether he was patient and resigned to the will of God? he answered, he thank'd God he was; and that he was easy in his mind, having a good hope that God would pardon all his sins. Mean time Campbell was at prayers with a minister of his own persuasion and country, as I was informed in a room at hand, and quickly after came up to chapel; wherein both the convicts joined in some proper prayers for persons in their circumstances, and in the litany and communion service; but in an interval between these services they were each particularly examined as to their understanding the meaning, design, and end of that holy ordinance, and also whether they had prepared, and were ready to perform all that is required of them who come to the Lord's-Supper? Gurnett said, his fellow-prisoner Heans had read to him, and pray'd with him, the best part of the night on this subject, by the help of a book or two put into their hands, for that purpose, and he now gave a satisfactory answer to the several questions put to him. Campbell acknowledged the truth and justice of what is contained in his trial, which in compliance with his prejudice against a particular confession of his guilt, was accepted instead of it, and he was admitted at his own request to the Holy Communion; after which being earnestly recommended to the Divine blessing and protection, support and consolation; they were directed in their passage not to regard the noise and clamours of the surrounding multitude, but to keep their hearts warmly intent on what they had now done, and the benefits thereby conveyed to them; more especially to look unto Jesus the author and finisher of our Faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, &c. and particularly to employ themselves in offering up the petitions of the Lord's-Prayer, and meditating on the articles of our precious Faith, viz. The forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. They were carried out from the prison about nine, and brought to the place of Execution about ten o'clock, where they behaved themselves with composure and resignation; they desired the surrounding multitude to pray with them and for them; a great number joined, with their hats off, and seemed seriously and properly affected, while too many others who could not, or would not hear, seemed wholly to disregard this awful and striking instance of the execution of justice on crimes, and the Christian duty of praying for the criminals: and behaved as if they only came to gaze at a curious sight, or for worse purposes. After some time spent in Prayer, &c. Campbell was asked, if he would say any thing to the people, by way of warning? this he utterly refused, though advised to it; he said, the sight of him in this dreadful situation, was warning sufficient. His silence was of a piece with his purpose to make no particular confession of his guilt, which he all along refused to do. Gurnett did not attempt to say any thing to the spectators; but being asked whether what he had told me relating to his crime was the truth? he declared it was the truth. Whether he still persisted to assert that he had any accomplices in this crime? he declared there were three of them together at the house where the fact was committed. This appears contrary to the evidence given against him on the trial. He had farther declared, that one of the evidences, John Hatred , was an entire stranger to him, and had never seen him till the trial, and only swore against him for the reward. He was reminded that this is a common objection with persons in his unhappy situation; but he persisted in it, and had often repeated it before. Being finally recommended to the gracious mercy and protection of Almighty God, we parted; and they quickly resigned their lives according to their sentence. By virtue of the King's Commission of the peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol 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 , Samuel Lee , Richard Parrot , and Hester Rowden , were capitally convicted and received sentence of death, for the several crimes in their indictments laid; the two latter being found guilty of Murder, were executed on Monday October the 26th. 3. RICHARD PARROTT , was indicted for the wilful Murder of Anne his Wife, by cutting out a part of her tongue, with a clasp knife, August the 16th, of which wound she languished several days, and then died. Nothing but the defence made for the prisoner, viz. Insanity, (supposing it to have a real foundation) can extenuate this horrid and most inhuman fact: nothing but the supposed madness of the perpetrator, can rescue it from being ranked among the most cruel deeds, that ever was perpetrated. The proof of this fact was too well established on the trial, to admit of a doubt, by the evidence of several witnesses, who saw, took care of, and attended the deceased, after she received the maiming wound, and before she died; such as the nurse, the surgeon, and several of her neighbours; by whom it appeared that a trifling dispute first arose between the prisoner and the deceased, whether their son or daughter, should go to the field for a cow; it seems as if they both went out, and in the interval this evil accident fell out, in the manner described in the proceedings. The cunning false manner in which he first attacked the deceased, by making her sit down near him, and kissing her, and then the sudden throwing her down, kneeling on her breast, the bruises, squeezes, and breaking out some of her teeth; the threats to rip her up, by which he forced her to put out her tongue, appeared strong against him; and Courts of Justice cannot always discern the internal motives from which these overt acts proceed; they are justified therefore in not admitting defences, which don't appear evident to them. But these circumstances put together don't remove the probability of the prisoner's being insane when the fact was done. Subtilty and craft are known to attend this unaccountable distemper, in carrying on any mischief or outrage. The affections are generally inverted; love is turned into hatred, suspicion, jealousy, and rage; and the dearest object of love, is doomed to be the first victim of the perverted passions. The excuse he made when apprehended for this outrage, shews something like this, viz. That she had told lies of him, and he would prevent her doing the like again. Probably he resented her representing and declaring him to be out of his mind, as it appears on the trial she did, when she sent one of her sons for another of them twelve miles, to come and take care of his father, as being in that case. Nothing can provoke a madman more than to be thought or called mad; they are the last, generally speaking, who are sensible of it; and it is the last thing they will acknowledge. Happy had it been for his family, his friends, his neighbours, and parishioners, had they secured and put him under care for this fatal malady; they might have prevented this sad event to the deceased, this reproach to the survivors, who are in any degree blameable for this gross and dangerous neglect. The circumstance of charging his wife with having poisoned his clothes, by which he feared they would poison, or had poison'd his flesh, which he thought he actually felt, in consequence of his cutting them to pieces and burying them; are not these like symptoms of madness? but chiefly, when apprehended and charged with the fact, and questioned, What, were you mad, to be guilty of so rash an action? his answer, No, I was very sensible, proves that he was far otherwise, rather the contrary; in not admitting and laying hold of the best excuse or defence that could be made for him. Perhaps law and physic do not look on this distemper with the same eyes; and the former may now and then neglect or over-look the assistance of the latter in distinguishing it; and discerning its effects, when it may be of the least importance to some individuals to distinguish and discern it in all its monstrous shapes and manifold symptoms. The account he gave me of himself at several interviews and conversations with him, both before and after his trial, were consonant to this supposed state of his mind; they shewed an imagination disturbed and agitated more or less at intervals, though the understanding was far from being totally eclipsed or obscured, but struggling between light and darkness; and this to the best of my discerning was neither put on, nor feigned with a view to palliate his crime: for he seemed to speak with all the sense and coherence he was master of; informing me he lived in the parish of Harmansworth , (beyond Hounslow) in which both he and his wife were born; that she was about fifty, and he not quite sixty years of age, though he appeared, and is said to be, seventy. He often complained he had been very ill treated by his parish, which, he said, had a spite against him; for this he gave two reasons, at different times: one was, because he and his family had been expensive to them, by the accident of himself, together with a son and daughter of his being bit by their own dog, when mad; so that the parish were at charges to send them to Gravesend to be dipt, and take care of them; being compelled to it, by a worthy Magistrate whom he named. The other reason seemed not so probable, because he used to go out of the parish for weeks together to work in Hertfordshire for lady Essex; he often appealed to that good lady and her servants for his character, hoping they would appear for him on his trial; he also described at different times, and very unconnected, the consequences of his being so bit; that he felt as if poisoned, and his flesh were on fire; ran about the fields and the country, and cut his clothes off and buried them; being so ill that they threatened to smother him with a feather-bed, or pillows; in this distress and danger, he said, he one day applied to his parish minister for advice and assistance, but that he first put him off till service should end; and then told him he was fatigued, and that he, Parrott, talked too much. As to the fact for which he suffered, I cannot recollect that he ever expresly or directly imputed it to his distemper, till the last morning; yet he endeavoured to extenuate it, saying, she had used him ill; that the wound was not so bad as to be the cause of her death, for the surgeon was of opinion she recovered of that, and died of a fever, when he would admit she really was dead; for he now and then took it in his head to affirm she was alive and well. He came to chapel daily, when called upon, and behaved with tolerable sense and decency; and being deafish was placed near the reading desk. He usually had with him a good book, called, The Christian Monitor; in which he told me he read daily: this he brought to the prison with him: and when he began to appear more intelligent than at first, other proper books were lent him, if perhaps he might have understanding and grace to use them; to which he seemed to apply himself, to the utmost of his capacity and condition of mind, insomuch that the day he suffered he seemed calm, sensible, and resigned. 4. HESTER ROWDEN , of the parish of St. Martin's in the Fields , was indicted for the wilful murder of her female bastard child, by choaking and strangling it, Sept. 21; she was charged also on the Coroners' Inquest for the same. The proof of this most unnatural murder, rested on the evidence of several witnesses; the first, Mary Evans , her mistress, at the Star and Garter in St. Martin's-Lane , who, mistrusting the matter two months before, taxed her with it, but she denied it. This should have been a sufficient warning to her, that she could not pass undiscovered to human eyes, much less to divine justice, the avenger of all such deeds. This shews also a blindness and hardness of heart, in rushing on to this farther and deeper degree of guilt, in consequence of the leading transgression; which appeared to others by her growing bigger for some time, and then less again on a sudden: And this witness found the dead infant in the copper-hole, with signs and marks of being strangled. A midwife proved she had been delivered of a child, and had milk in her breast. Anne Jeffs , the matron of the Workhouse , whither she was sent after her delivery, obtained a confession from her of the perpetration of this dark and infernal fact, and the circumstances of it. So that, on a review of the trial, there cannot be the least doubt of her guilt. Happier far had she come to this humble confession, before she was so deeply insnared in this second crime. She was committed on the inquisition of the Coroner of Westminster, had been in the parish-workhouse, till removed the Thursday before sessions to take her trial. When brought up to chapel, she was directed to attend to the proper exhortations, and prepare herself with an humble, a penitent, and obedient heart, to make a good use of the confession of sins, and all other parts of the prayers and service; when applied to, in general terms, before her trial, she said nothing, as to the fact, but hung down her head, sobbed, and seemed much terrified and disturbed. She was advised to recollect, by what neglect of her duty to God, &c. she had been brought under the present heavy charge; was asked whether she had any good book? (for she said she could read;) she said she had only one, viz. The Weekly Preparation. She promised to make use of the good books in her ward that were lent to her. - She gave the following account of herself: That she was born at the city of Bristol , where she lived till she came to London , about eight or nine years ago; said she could not tell her age, but appeared to be upwards of thirty. She had lived a servant at Mr. Evan's, the Star and Garter , in St. Martin's lane , three several times; in all near seven years; she was deemed a very sober, diligent servant, before this affair happened, but remarkably ignorant. She lived also somewhere near Aldgate , where her fellow-servant, a Tobacconist, seduced her into this lewdness, which betrayed her into murder, and ended in this fatal death. When visited after her conviction, and properly applied to with instructions and prayers, she seemed so overcome with sorrow and dejection of spirit, that she would not lift up her eyes or her head, and was scarce able to make any answer; her face pale and meagre, she stood silent as a statue, sunk in unutterable distress. Being urged, now that she was convicted, to acknowledge her crime and the justice of her sentence, she made no answer. Pressing her still further, I said, you do not, you cannot deny the justice of your sentence, she answered, No, I do not deny it. She was repeatedly visited and seemed to recover herself and improve in her repentance and preparation for the Holy Communion and her last hour. She was often asked, Do you pray incessantly for the pardon of your sins? She answered, I do. Do you find comfort and hope in your prayers? I do. On the Morning of Execution. BOTH these prisoners appeared composed and resigned, and were reading and praying in the Press-Yard when visited. Richard Parrott , being questioned very particularly about his understanding the nature and benefits of the Holy Communion, and his due preparation for it, answered so reasonably, even beyond my expectation, that I admitted him to it, together with Rowden, to their spiritual comfort and support in this trying hour. So that when questioned this morning about his hope, he answered, he always had a thought and hope of dying in the Lord. He answered every other question distinctly and sensibly. Hester Rowden desired to warn all servants to do their duty to God and their superiors, and to be sober, diligent, and watchful over themselves; not neglecting the duties of private prayer and publick worship as she had done. They were attended and prayed with the usual time at the place of execution; and patiently resigned their lives. The crowd of spectators was very numerous both on foot and in carriages, who, in general, behaved decently, and, it is hoped, were warned by these sad examples of justice. 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 and Declaration of Nathanael Parkhurst , Esq ; Who was Executed at TYBURN on Friday the 20th of May, 1715, for the barbarous Murder by him committed upon the Body of Count Lewis Pleuro in the Fleet-Prison , on the 3d of March last. AT the late general Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily , on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th of April last past, Eighteen Persons (viz. Twelve Men and Six Women) were condemn'd for Capital Crimes, and among the rest the Gentleman who is now the Subject of this melancholy Paper. Of these eighteen Criminals, seven Men and one Woman were Executed at Tyburn on Wednesday the 11th instant, (of whom I have already given an Account) and nine were Repriev'd, besides the Person of whom I am now giving the following Relation. He said, he was 39 Years of age, born at Catesby near Daventry in Northamptonshire , came of a good and honourable Family, and had an Education (at Wadham College in Oxford , and elsewhere) suitable to his Birth, but did not make the right Use of it; for falling into bad Company, and being too conversant with Men of Erroneous and Dangerous Principles, who ridicul'd all Religion, denying the Immortality of the Soul, and even our Lord JESUS CHRIST, and looking upon his Gospel (and indeed the whole Book of GOD) as an idle Romance, he was thereby soon induced to all manner of Debauchery and Sensuality. And by these vicious and irregular Ways of Living, so displeasing to GOD, so scandalous to the Christian Religion, (which he outwardly profess'd) and so hurtful to the World in general, and to his own Soul in particular, he wasted his Substance, dull'd his Spirits, weaken'd his Faculties, and at last brought himself into such a melancholy state and discomposure of Mind, that a little before he committed this barbarous Murder, he had resolv'd within himself to kill some Body or other, and make his Escape out of the Fleet , where he was a Prisoner for Debt; or, if he could not effect that, to lay violent hands upon himself, as being weary of his Life. When he was come to a more sober Temper, and was sensible of his miserable Condition, he own'd, his Sins were very great and heinous, (and particularly that of Murdering a Person who gave him no Provocation) saying, That he heartily repented, and pray'd GOD to forgive him for CHRIST's sake, in removing the Guilt from his Soul which he had thereby contracted, and giving him Grace, that in this World he might make a good End, and in the next enjoy that Felicity which is to have no End. He would often say, (and that too before he had duly consider'd his Sinful State) That he was very willing and ready to die; and, That if Life or Death were put to his Choice, he would chuse to embrace the latter; for he could have no Prospect that the Miseries he had undergone for these Twenty Years past would have an end, but with his Life: And therefore (saving the Shame of this his Untimely Death) it rejoic'd his Heart to see himself so near his Dissolution and Deliverance. Upon which I told him, I wish'd he would seriously consider What it was to die, and What was to follow after Death, that he might not launch into another World without a sure Guide, namely, the Spirit of Grace, purifying his Soul, and enabling him to make a due Preparation for his great approaching Change; a thing he ought so much the more earnestly to pray for, by how much it was of weighty and important Concern to him; which, if neglected and lost now, could never be repair'd or retriev'd hereafter. I advis'd him, impartially and without Flattery to examin himself in a strict and exact manner about the several Passages and lamentable Miscarriages of his former Life, the present Condition and Disposition he found himself in as to his Repentance, and what Thoughts he had of his future Eternal State, that was so near at hand. To which he answer'd, That though he had not, nor could ever have, a clear Idea of the State to come, yet as he heartily repented of all his Sins (this in particular for which he is now to die) and resign'd up himself to God's Will and Pleasure, so he hoped to receive Pardon and Salvation thro' Christ's Merits. And herein he desir'd me to put up earnest Prayers to God for him. I constantly visited him, and at several times found him in several Tales, and in very different Dispositions: Sometimes he was calm and easie, willing to hear of his Faults, and receive good Advice with Patience and Submission; and at other times express'd a great deal of Anger and Uneasiness, and very much reflected upon some of his Relations, as supposing they might, if they would, have sav'd his Life; which, tho' he had told me before he was not desirous of, yet I now perceiv'd he would have been glad to have preserv'd it; and was very much discompos'd when he found the Report of some of his Acquaintance not to be true, who told him, there was a Second Reprieve obtain'd for him. And whilst he was in this sad Perplexity and fretting Humour, he went on with his Reflections upon his Relations, attributing all the Miscarriages of his past Life, and present sad Circumstances, to their Unkindness towards him; and so ran from one thing to another, that he appear'd to be at that time very much disturb'd in his Spirit; and himself own'd, That he had a thousand Thoughts at once flowing in like Billows upon his Mind. Hereupon I endeavour'd to quiet him, and bring him into a better Composure, and to that end did often pray with him, begging of GOD, that He would be pleas'd to rectifie all his Disorders, and renew a right Spirit within him: At last his disquieting Cogitations and heated Passions seem'd to be pretty well allay'd, and he well dispos'd to die. In my private Admonitions and publick Sermons, which I preach'd during the time of his Confinement in Newgate , among other things, I particularly shew'd, How Men ought every where to repent; and, That the greatest of Sinners, such as were guilty of Murder, &c. had so much the more Occasion so to do; that they sincerely endeavouring to bring up their Repentance to the high degree of their Sins, might pacifie the Wrath of GOD, and obtain His Favour, which is better than Life it self. At the Place of Execution (whither he went this Day in a Mourning-Coach with me) I discharg'd for the last time my Ministerial Office to him, earnestly exhorting him to stir up himself to GOD, in an humble Acknowledgment and thorow Repentance of all his Sins, and in an earnest imploring the Divine Mercy: I pray'd by him, sung some Penitential Psalms with him, made him rehearse the Apostles Creed, and wish'd him that Forgiveness of Sin and Life Everlasting he had now profess'd the Belief of; and finally recommending his Soul to GOD, I put up this Prayer for him, That he might be deliver'd from Blood-guiltiness, and all other Sins; have a safe Passage out of this miserable World, and a happy Entrance into the Everlasting Habitations. When I had done praying in the Cart with him, I withdrew from him, who made no other Speech to the People there than this, That the Small pox, which he had about 20 Years ago, left such an Infirmity in his Head, that he never was perfectly well; so desir'd the Prayers of all the Standers-by for his departing Soul. Which having said, he apply'd himself in private Prayer to GOD: Then the Cart drew away, while he was uttering these and the like Ejaculations; Lord, have Mercy upon me; Lord, save me! NB. Among the several pious Books which he perus'd, he stem'd to be most affected with one entitul'd The Christian Monitor, containing Directions and Exhortations to a Holy Living and Holy Dying; which Book, he said, he wish'd he had read before, for if he had, he might have avoided many Sins, done many good Deeds, and never have come to this shameful untimely End. After he had receiv'd Sentence of Death, he desir'd little Company besides me, and (in his Retirement) much exercis'd himself in Acts of Devotion; for a furtherance whereto he had diverse Books of Prayers, which he constantly look'd over: But that he most frequenely read, and found most Comfort in, was a Prayer that is at the end of the Charitable Visit to the Prisons. A Book which (together with the Christian Monitor, and other short Treatises of Godliness) the honourable Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and the Reformation of Manners, take care to distribute among Prisoners, and other poor People. The Prayer is this: O Most righteous and merciful Lord God, the Creator, Ruler, and Judge of the World; I humbly own Thy Justice, as also that of Man, in bringing me under that Condemnation, which by my own Sins and Offences I have deserv'd, and have none to blame so much as myself. Thou art righteous, O God, but I have sinned. In the midst of Judgment remember Mercy; and suffer me not to seek Thee in vain: It were most just in Thee now to laugh at my Calamity, and not answer me, tho' I should make many Prayers in this my Distress, because Thou hast call'd, and I have refus'd, and have set at Nought Thy Counsels, and regarded Iniquity in my Heart, and practis'd it in my Life, and turn'd away my Ears from hearkening to Thy Law. 'Tis very late, O Lord, O let it not be too late, that I now seek unto Thee. I am deeply affected with the Terrors of Death approaching, and concern'd greatly at the awful Thoughts of Thy strict and righteous Judgment, and believing the future State of Rewards and Punishments, being sensible also of my great and many Sins; I am greatly afraid of Thy Wrath, which is reveal'd from Heaven against all Unrighteousness and Ungodliness, and in particular is threaten'd against such Sins as I have liv'd in, which I now desire, with Shame and Grief of Soul, humbly to confess before Thy Throne of Grace, &c. For the rest, see at the end of a Book entitled, A Charitable Visit to the Prisons. Before the Day of his Death, I endeavour'd to perswade him to leave something in Writing behind him, concerning his past Life and Conversation; with an Admonition to such Sinners as he had been too too much acquainted with; but he said, What he had confess'd to me (being given to the World in the manner I should think fit) would be sufficient; and, he hop'd Men of loose Principles and wicked Lives would (as he wish'd they might) take Warning by his Fall. But as for himself, he did not think fit to write any thing; and if after his Death any Papers were put out under his Name, besides this Account, he would not have the World believe he had wrote them. This is all the Account here to be given of this (I hope) Penitent Gentleman, by me, PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Friday, May 20. 1715. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, & Dying Words of the TWO MALEFACTORS Who were executed at TYBURN On Wednesday the 29th of JULY, 1747. BEING THE Third EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honble William Benn , 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. M.DCC.XLVII. [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 WILLIAM BENN , Esq ; Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Honourable Sir . THOMAS ABNEY , Mr. Justice DENNISON, and Mr. Baron CLARK, 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 Thursday the 4th and Friday the 5th of June in the 20th Year of his Majesty's Reign; JOHN RYLEY , ELIZABETH DENNIS , JOHN COOK , RICHARD ASHCROFT , and SAMUEL HURLOCK , were capitally convicted, 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 WILLIAM BENN , Esq ; the Right Honourable Sir THOMAS PARKER . Lord Chief Baron of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer ; the Honourable Sir MICHAEL FOSTER , one of the Justices of his Majesty's Court of King's Bench , the Honourable Sir THOMAS BURNET , one of the Justices of his Majesty's Court of Common-Pleas , 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 15th, and Thursday the 16th of July, in the 21st Year of his Majesty's Reign; JOHN Cook , was capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. Since the Conviction of the five first mentioned, their Behaviour has been, as became People in their unhappy Situation. Their Attendance at Chappel was as often as they were able, for all of them have been greatly hinder'd by extreme Illness and Weakness, except Ryley whose Sickness was slight, and of no more than two Days Continuance, and he attended constantly. Cook, was convicted only last Sessions; whenever I saw him, his Appearance was decent, tho' to the last he conceived Hopes of saving his Life. On Wednesday the 22d Instant, the Report of the six Malefactors, was made by Mr. Recorder to his Majesty, when he was pleased to order the five following for Execution, viz. Richard Ashcroft and John Cook , on Wednesday the 29th Instant; John Ryley , Elizabeth Denniss and Samuel Hurlock , on Friday the 31st Instant. 1. RICHARD ASHCROFT , was Indicted for unlawfully and feloniously together with other Persons to the Number of 30, unknown, assembling, and gathering themselves together at East-Bourne in the County of Sussex , on the 14th of September last, being armed with Fire Arms, and other offensive Weapons, in order to be aiding, and assisting in the running and the carrying away uncustomed Goods liable to pay Duties, which have never been paid or secured . And, For unlawfully, notoriously, and feloniously making an Assault and a Fray, upon Thomas Mortimer , Thomas Hust , Thomas Smith , Joseph Sympson , and Thomas Fletcher , being Officers of our Lord the King, of the Customs , and the due Execution of the said several respective Officers, in the due seizing, and securing several Parcels of uncustomed Goods and Goods liable to pay Duties. And, For unlawfully, notoriously, and feloniously obstructing, opposing, and resisting the said several Officers, in the due Execution of their said several respective Offices. And, For unlawfully, riotously, and feloniously assembling and gathering together, in order to be aiding and assisting in running and carrying away uncustomed Goods, and Goods being lyable to pay Duties, which have not been paid, or secured, against the Statute. And, For unlawfully, forcibly, and feloniously hindering, obstructing, assaulting, and resisting the said several Officers of his Majesty's Customs, in the due Execution of their said several respective Offices in the due seizing and securing several Parcels of uncustomed Goods, and Goods liable to pay Duties, which have not been paid, or secured against the Statute. 2. JOHN COOK , was indicted together with Robert Mapesden , otherwise Robert Maplesden , otherwise Robert Mapeston , otherwise Robert Mapleston ; Thomas Fuller , Daniel Bunce , otherwise Great Daniel, and Robert Bunce , otherwise Halfcoat Robin, not yet taken; for unlawfully, and feloniously assembling themselves together, on the 11th of February last, at the Parish of Folkstone , in the County of Kent , being then and there armed with, and carrying Fire Arms, and other offensive Weapons, in order to be aiding and assisting in the clandestine running, landing, and carrying away uncustomed Goods, and Goods liable to pay Duties, which had not been pay'd or secured, against the Statute . RICHARD ASHCROFT , aged about 44 Years, was born at Lewes in Sussex . From his Infancy he was bred to follow the Plow, and other Parts of Husbandry , as his Father had done before him, so that his Education you may imagine was not much. At length he took to the Trade of Fishing , for some Years past, he says, at Bishopstone, in the said County, where he lived ever since he was married, and left his Father; his Neighbours have given him the Character of a quiet harmless Man; till (unhappily for him) he was met in South-Lane , and known, being in Company with a dissolute and notorious Gang of Smugglers, who are become the Terror of many of the Inhabitants of the Country, and so of late he became a little troublesome himself. He had a Wife and seven Children, when he was apprehended and brought to Newgate ; but since his Conviction his Wife died in Child-bearing, and the seven poor helpless Orphans left without any Provision, but what the Laws of the Land may oblige their native Parish to make for their Subsistance. His being seen with People armed contrary to Act of Parliament, (tho' he carried no manner of offensive Weapon himself) was plainly proved against him at his Trial; of which he confesseth himself very sensible, and much laments the unlucky and fatal Day, not only that he was seen, but that he should ever be in such Company. He persists in it to the Uttermost that he never had any Interest, or Advantage among the Smugglers. But as his Employment of Fishing led him down to the Sea-side, he was often in their Company and drank with them, but protests, that by this Means, and this alone it came to pass, that he was ever among them, at the Time of his being with them, when sworn against, for which he suffers; he says particularly, he went that Day to East-Bourne , to see a Friend or Relation that lived there. While he was there, a Gang of Smugglers had landed prohibited Goods, and as he was going home, he met them conveying them away upon Horses, one of which by their Permission he rode, when the Officers met the Company with their Cargo in South-Lane . He knew indeed, he owns, that they were about illicit Business, but had not the least Notion of an Act, or Proclamation, which might touch or affect him for being in such Company. However the Sentence upon the Fact proved against him, of being in Company with three or more, who carried Arms,contrary to express Law, he confesses to be just, and gives himself up to this Fate with all the Patience and Resignation which a Man of his mean Apprehension, and in such Circumstances, may be supposed to be Master of. He says further that Reason sufficient he has to be grieved, and heartily to lament the evil Ways of his past Life, such as prophane Cursing and Swearing, and not keeping the Sabbath according to the Commandment. For which, and all Offences of his Life, he is in all Appearance sincere in his Repentance, rejoices to rely on the Merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ for Remission and Salvation, and leaves this World in Charity with all Men. JOHN COOK , aged about 28 Years, was born at Hastings in Sussex , of Parents very low in the World, who, having a large Family, 'twas not in their Power to give him any Education, nor had he ever the Happiness or Advantage of good Instructions to prevent falling into evil Ways. His Ignorance of Letters, he therefore pretty much laments, and says, had he known better, his Case perhaps had never been thus desperate. His Father was a daily Labourer in Husbandry , which Method of procuring a Livelihood, the Son, of whom we are speaking, followed for many Years, till he became acquainted with the Hawkhurst Gang, who are now pretty famous by the Terror they spread in their Country. How long he has been a Companion of such evil Doers, he does not chuse to say; but 'tis very probable, and from Circumstances very observable in this Account of his Behaviour among them, it may be gathered, without any Injustice done him, that he has been for some Years past conversant in such Practices, as are of great Discouragement to the fair Trader, if not to the great Loss of the Revenue. For, When in private I had some Talk with him about that daring Impudence, and Defiance of the Laws, to which, for a long Time past, they have been known to be accustomed; he answered, he was sensible to what a prodigious Height of Insolence they were grown; so that it was dangerous for any one, Stranger or Neighbour, if not one of their own Stamp, to come near the Places where they resorted together. They were scarce to be restrained by any Ties of Society, but those of their own Illegitimate, or to be persuaded to have any Regard to Men, or Things, but would have every thing their own way, unless he interposed to prevent Disorders, which he frequently did. Especially if an Officer has at any time fallen into their Hands, his Treatment was sure to be very barbarous; such as threatening with Pistols, and other offensive Weapons, being put in Fear of his Life, if not made away with. He says further, he has frequently prevented a deal of Mischief that would otherwise have been done, and was the chief Instrument of saving the Lives of several Officers: And not only so, but when some of his Companions had laid a Scheme, in order to send Over-Sea some Officers, that they might be made Galley-Slaves, he prevented by discoveringtheir Plots. All which Circumstances, as they shew him not to be altogether so wicked as some of his Company, so they make him appear a Man of Power in, if not a principal Man of the Gang. Till he was told the Warrant to order his Execution was come down, he entertain'd great Hopes of Mercy, thinking what the Person (who is, or was an Officer) admitted by the Court to speak in his behalf, when upon his Trial, had given in Evidence, and upon Oath, wou'd have had some Weight towards mitigating the Rigout of his Sentence. But, were Circumstances ever so favourable, as I observed to him, the notorious Riots and Disorders which have been committed, seem to leave very little Room for Mercy to be extended to any Smuggler; especially such as have been advertised in the publick Papers, as common Disturbers of the Peace of their Country. And as for himself, I told him, I did not see how he cou'd expect it; since Facts were so plainly proved against him, viz. that he was in Company with a Number of People with Fire-Arms, contrary to Act of Parliament, himself also bearing Arms, and joining in the very Act of Smuggling. He seems sensibly affected at the Approach of his latter End, repents of having been guilty of the Facts for which he suffers, and of all other Breaches of the Laws of God, whereby he has provoked him to Wrath. He declares heartily to forgive all the World, and humbly begs of God, that his Faith in, and Reliance on the Merits of Jesus Christ, may obtain for him Pardon of his Sins, and Life Everlasting. I found, by what passed between us, since their Conviction, especially Cook, that Men, who follow this unlawful Practice of Smuggling, have long been under a strong Prepossesion, that the Crime for which they were condemned was not so heinous in the Sight of God, as the Punishment was severe by the Laws of Men; and I am afraid, not only the unhappy Criminals themselves, but many well-meaning though unthinking Men labour under this fatal Mistake. The common People of England in general fancy that there is nothing in it, but cheating the King of a small Part of his Revenue; and that there is no Harm done to the Community in general, or to the Properties of particular Persons: They think they have a Right to shurt, as much as possible, paying any Duty for their Goods, and what they get by their Dexterity in that Manner is honest Gain, to be enjoyed as the Fruits of their Industry and Labour; but a little Consideration will teach them to think otherways, and convince them, that Smuggling is in itself a Crime of worse Consequence to Society, and more hurtful to particular Persons, than many other Crimes which Custom has taught them to look upon with greater Abhorrence. The Prejudice done the Society, and the Damage received by Individuals, next to the express Declaration of the divine Will, are the best Marks by which we can judge of the Degree of Immorality in any Action whatever;and if we judge of their Crime of Smuggling by this Criterion, we shall find it a Sin of deep Dye, and to deserve the Resentment of every Man, who pretends to any Share of moral Honesty. In the first Place, the fair Trader is injured in his Property by their kind of illicit Trade: He pays honestly the Duties and Taxes charged upon his Commodity at his Entry, which in some Cases amounts to near as much as the prime Cost of his Goods at the first Market; this he must charge upon the Consumer, with a living Profit for his Risk, Trouble and Out-lay of his Money; but the Smuggler, who buys his Goods at the same Market, and perhaps at a lower Price, as he chuses the worst Sort upon running them, is able to undersell the fair Dealer at least one Third, and for that Reason is, by the greedy Retailer, preferred, though the Commodity he deals in is worse in Quality. Is not this robbing the honest Merchant of his real Profit, and forcing him either to sell below what his Goods cost, or leave off a Branch of Trade, to which, perhaps, he has served an Apprenticeship, and built extraordinary Hopes upon, of being a Support to him or his Family I appeal to every thinking Man, if there is any material Difference betwixt ruining a Man by robbing him on the Highway, and this Method of beggaring him and his Family by Smuggling? If there is any Difference in Point of Immorality, it must he on the Side of Smuggling, as the Evil attending it is more universal, and reaches further. Few Men carry their All in their Pocket; and not one Man in a Thousand is ruined, by what is taken from him by the Highwayman; But there is not a Ship of Goods run upon our Coast but injures Hundreds; perhaps not immediately, but in Process of Time it certainly has that Effect. Not only the Parts adjacent, and the Dealers near the Smuggling Port suffer by this Means, but the most distant Corners of the Kingdom is affected by it in a few Weeks, in proportion as it lowers the Price of the Commodity, and diminishes the publick Revenue. But it is this lowering the Price which is the great Temptation; the Cheapness of the Smuggler's Goods tempts the Retailer to prefer him to the fair Trader, from a mistaken Notion, that it is his particular Interest to buy as cheap as he can, and consequently he encourages, conceals, and connives at all the Villianies of this Set of People. But if such a Retailer would give himself Time to think, I believe he might easily persuade himself, that he is robbing Peter to pay Paul; that what he gets upon one Article, he loses on another. It is evident, Taxes must be paid to support the Expences of the Government; and that every Subject, as he enjoys the Benefit of Government, is obliged to contribute his Proportion to that Expence. It is likewise evident, that if the Duties laid upon one Commodity does not answer the Sum charged upon it, that the Deficiency must be charged upon some other. Thus: Suppose the Duties charged upon Teas, Brandy, &c. falls short 100,000 l. of the Sum alloted tobe raised upon these Commodities, is it not evident, that this 100,000 l. must be charged upon Soap, Candles, Leather, Sand, or some other Branch? Suppose then a Dealer, by dealing with the Smuggler, saves about half the Duty payable to the King, or, which is the same Thing, buys it so much cheaper from him than he would from the fair Trader, and that his Gains upon this Article amounts to ten or twenty Pounds a Year, I mean his illicit Gains, or the Difference between the trading Price and smuggling Price; now, as it is evident, that every twenty Pound gained this way lessens the Revenue forty Pounds, he or somebody else must replace this Sum in the Treasury, by a Tax upon another Commodity; from whence it is as clear as the Sun, that instead of gaining twenty Pound by his smuggling Dealer, he really loses twenty Pound upon the Ballance. I own, he may not chuse to deal so largely in these other Articles, as to bring it to this Ballance, but some of his Neighbours may. And as much Money as they pay towards making up this Deficiency, occasioned by the Smuggler; just so much People, rob out of the Pocket of his Neighbour. If I was to charge several People, who make no scruple, for the Lucre of Profit, to buy Goods which they know to be run, with as foul a Crime as Robbery, or even that of cheating their Neighbour, they would be apt to treat me with some Severity, and think I much injured their Reputation: Yet, upon seriously considering the Circumstance attending this Practice, they must at last own, they deserve no better Character than that of a Highwayman and Cheat. Thus it is plain, that Smuggling is a Crime of the most dangerous Nature, both against the Community and private Persons, and as such subject to the Divine Displeasure, as much as any other Felony. It is not only a Sin as destructive to Society, and contrary to human Laws enacted for the Peace, Protection, and Subsistance of the State, but is a Sin against the literal Precepts, as well as the Meaning and Intent of Christianity: We are commanded Obedience to Government for Conscience sake; we are commanded to pay Tribute to whom Tribute is due. Our Saviour gave that Answer to the Jews, tho' that People had as much Reason as any People on Earth, to look upon the Romans as Tyrants, and having no Right to that Tribute, but what they founded upon the superior Force of their Arms; but how much stronger is the Christian Obligation, to pay towards the Support of a Government established? Not by Force or Fraud, but by the Consent of a free People, and conducted by all the Arts of prudent Policy conducting to their Happiness, both in their Religious and Civil Capacities. If we consider ourselves as several Members united in one Society for our mutual Peace and Protection, we must conclude it the highest Piece of Injustice in us to refuse or evade by Forceor Fraud to pay our Contingent of the Expence incurr'd for such valuable Purposes, as the securing our Religion and Liberties. If the Government was to make any Infringement upon the Properties of Individuals, or aim at a lessening the Freedom of the Constitution, how would the Smuggler and his Friends rail and exaggerate the mighty Grievance? Yet at the same Time grudge to pay their Quota, and take all Means in their Power by Deceit or Violence to cheat the Government of what enables them to preserve Order and Peace in the Community. I have hitherto had my Eye only on one Branch of Smuggling, viz: The Running of prohibited Goods from Abroad, which is chiefly carried on from the Coast of France, to Kent, Sussex, and the Neighbouring Countries round about, and from Holland to some Parts of Yorkshire; but there is another not less pernicious to the Commonwealth, viz. Running of unwrought Wool from England to France. The Damage done the industrious Clothier in all Parts of the Kingdom, is too glaring to need any Exaggeration. If we only consider what a Number of Hands are employ'd in Manufacturing a Ship-load of Wool, who must all starve when that Wool is exported to our Rivals in Trade, and Enemies to our Interest. This Trade employs the Poor among the French, strengthens their Hands, encreases their Treasure, and enables them to vye with us at foreign Markets in our Staple Commodities. A few Mercenary Masters of Sheep-Walks may gain by this pernicious Trade, but how many Thousands, nay, Millions of Poor have Reason to Curse the Ill-gotten Wealth; and what a prodigious Increase does this Article alone make in all the Parish Rates in the Cloathing Counties of England: Not only the Industrious Poor fit Idle and Starve, but they become a Burthen to the wretched Remainder, and the Contagion spreads like a Plague, and infects with Poverty the whole Island. These Considerations alone are sufficient to awaken the Conscience of the Guilty in this Way, and to hinder us from affording them an unseasonable Compassion; but their yet remains some other Circumstances to blacken the Blackness of their Crime. These are the Manner in which they go about to execute their Smuggling Purposes. They go in Companies together, arm'd with all Manner of offensive Weapons, and escorted by the most profligate Wretches they can pick up: They employ none in their Service but Fellows who have given Instances that their Consciences are Proof against all Checks of Morality, Religion or Law, and whose Courage is equal to the most daring Attempts upon the Peace of the Society. By these Men Perjury amongst others is look'd upon as a venal Transgression, beneath the Conscience of a Gentleman Smuggler to be troubled with. Murder, Rapes and Robberies are with them but as frequent, as they conduce to their Interest. TheirCharacter, their Cruelty and Numbers has given them another Source of Encouragement, and a new Set of Allies. For Numbers of the Country People who perhaps abhor their Practice, from the Dread they have justly conceived of their Power, find themselves obliged, tho' against their Wills, to connive at or conceal, and even to assist them, and when they are not willing, they are compell'd to lend their Aid. For when a Smuggling Vessel touches on the Coast, those concerned or their Associates meet at a Place of Rendezvous, and press all the Horses they meet with for their Service, which they sometimes return, and sometimes not, just as their Business requires, and the Owners dare not complain for fear of having their Throats cut, or their Houses set on Fire: Not only single Houses, but whole Villages and trading Boroughs are kept in this slavish Dependence upon them, out of real Apprehension of Danger, without any Regard to Profit in dealing with them. As to the Custom-House Officers, they are a People they have declared open War against, and treat them as Enemies wherever they meet them, with a Cruelty of which the Turks or Algerines would be ashamed of, that is, such Officers as are not in their Pay. There are numerous Instances might be given of their Barbarity, but I shall confine myself to one or two very remarkable, in which Cook one of these unhappy Criminals was concern'd, and happen'd in December 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 Messeurs 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, seiz'd them and committed them to Goal. But the rest of the Gang, of which Cook was one, being informed of the Disaster of their Friends, convened in a Body the Monday following, and in open Day Light enter'd 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 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, least 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, and whipped 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. The Smugglers about Hawkhurst are so numerous, that upon founding a Horn they can assemble four or five hundred desperate Fellows; they are reckoned the most flagitious Crew of all that Set of People. Some Time ago a Gang of them met another belonging to Folkstone at Wingham-Street in East Kent, and robb'd them of their Horses, and broke open several Houses in the Country, call'd for what Drink they pleas'd at the Inns, and threatening to Shoot or Murder such as had the Impudence to ask any Money for their Liquor. In March 1745, one Taylor, an Officer many Years in the Service of the Customs, returning home from Ramesgate in Kent, was met in a narrow Lane by a Gang of Smugglers who had nothing with them to be seized, nor did he molest them, but they knowing him by his Vigilance and faithful Discharge of his Duty, without the least Provocation shot him dead. These are Facts that have come to the Knowledge of the Publick, and there are many more in different Parts of the Kingdom, which are either forgot or stifled by the powerful Influence of of these Outlaws; but these are sufficient to fill the Breast of every honest Subject with a just Abhorrence of their Crime, and incite him to do every Thing in his Power to crush the Disturbers of the Publick Peace. They are not only Robbers and Plunderers, but they exhaust the Nation of its Specie, and send it Abroad faster than it can be supply'd by the Ballance of a fair Trade, which is one great Reason for the Scarcity of Money among the poorer Sort of People. They not only supply our Enemies with our Money, and what is worse with our Wool, but they furnish them with Intelligence, and help them to destroy our Shipping, and to avoid our Ships of War and Privateers. A Fleet of Merchant men are no sooner ready to Sail, either Outward or Homeward, but these Miscreants give immediate Information to their Correspondents in Dunkirk, of their Rout and the Strength of their Convoy, by which Means the French know where to lie in wait for them, and when any of our Ships go out upon a Cruize, as we are not over and above good in keeping a Secret, these Miscreants informs our Enemies and warns them to avoid such Stations. I have not said so much on the Subject of Smuggling, in order to exaggerate the many Crimes of these two unhappy Criminals, or to lessen thatCompassion which Humanity raises in our Breast for the Miserable, though by their own Demerit: No, what I have said has been in no ways pointed at them in particular, but I thought it my Duty to explain to the Reader the Nature of Smuggling in general, to create in them a just Aversion to the Crime itself, and to incite them to give over dealing with encouraging or protecting them; since I am sensible, that if these Men had not the Countenance of some of a superior Rank, the Evil could never grow to such a Height. I know the Avarice of the Retailer; the Villainy of some of the Officers of the Customs, tempted by large Bribes, and spurred on with small Wages and starving Families, are great Sources of the Encouragement Smuggling meets with in this Age; but I am of Opinion, these would not be sufficient to support their audacious Attempts in the Face of the Civil Magistrate, if some others did not connive at and help them out at dead Pinches. There are Numbers of Prosecutions commenced against Smugglers, but I believe the Number of Noli Prosequt's have been almost equal, especially if we add into their Numbers Processes compounded for, where the Composition has been forgot to be called for. Some Men of Rank must be concerned in these kind of Transactions; and I am afraid this is the Sheet-Anchor of the Smuggling Scheme, which if once removed, would soon dwindle into nothing. That there are such Connivance, is the common Voice of the People. That it is highly criminal and detrimental to the Publick, I think must be the Sentiment of every Man of Sense; and I hope the Removal of that Reproach from the Quality of the Smuggling Counties, is the sincere Wish of every honest Man, who has the Interest of his Country in any Measure at Heart. At the PLACE of EXECUTION. BETWEEN Seven and Eight in the Morning, Richard Ashcroft and John Cook went in a Cart from Newgate to the Place of Execution, attended by a Company of Soldiers, commanded by Lord Manners, where they behaved with Decency, were very attentive, and joined in Prayer. When I was about to leave them, after having recommended their Souls to Him, whose Care, Christian Charity engages to hope, they will be, Cook begged that the Lord's-Prayer might be repeated, to testify his Forgiveness of others, as he hoped Forgiveness, in which Act of Devotion Ashcroft concurred; and both wished they had been earlier acquainted with that and other Parts of Devotional Service. This is all the Account given by me, JOHN TAYLOR , Ordinary of Newgate . The following ACCOUNT being brought to the Printer's by a Gentleman, a Friend to JOHN COOK , I have given him Leave to have it inserted, tho' it contains, in a great Measure, the Account I have already given, as I would by no Means stifle any Information the Public may receive. The Dying Words and Confession of JOHN COOK , of Hawkhurst , Smuggler, who was executed at Tyburn , on Wednesday the 29th Day of July 1747; written by a Gentleman, who was with him the Night before his Execution. THIS unhappy Person (with whom I lately became acquainted, and for whom I could not help conceiving a kind of Friendship, as he was of an open generous Nature, tho' very ignorant) told me he was born at Hastings in Sussex , of poor but honest Parents. That he was employ'd for several Years as a Labourer , in helping to lade and unlade Vessels at that Port, and about other laborious Work in that Town and the Country thereabouts, till getting acquainted with the Smugglers, and they finding him a Person for their Turn (as he was of a resolute undaunted Spirit) he took on with one G - of Hawkhurst, and became his Head Servant, and was by him employ'd in landing and carrying of Tea and other Goods, in doing which they often had Re-encounters with the Officers of the Customs and the soldiers who assisted them: In many of which Re-encounters they beat and wounded the Officers and Soldiers, and would have murder'd them had not he interposed several Times in their behalf. In particular, he says, his Master cut a Soldier terribly with his Hanger near Bourne in Sussex, and farther Mischief would have followed but for him, and also, that he got something to dress the Man's Wounds as well as he could. This he hoped would have been of Service to him at his Trial. He also says, that when Curtis and Arthur Gray had taken Bolton, Jones, and one Club James, at Shoreham , and brought them to Hawkhurst , his Master and Family being in Bed, his Master and Mistress both ran down almost Naked (being joyful that Club was taken) and that he got down as soon as he could, and verily believes he sav'd Club from being murder'd, his Master having a Blunderbuss in his Hand, which he was fearful in his Passion he might discharge at Club James, but by his interceeding he onl thrust it against his (Club's) Face as hard as he could, and his Mistress burnt Club's Face with the Candle, being very angry with him, as he had left the Gang. He says, this Mistress of his is the Wife of a Man who lives in the Neighbourhood of Hawkhurst, and who left her Husband to live with G - He says also, that he has been sent by his Master to rob all the Fish-Ponds round for several Miles, that he had several Men to assist him, who were some way dependant on his Master, and that they used to carry their Fire-Arms with them, to be ready to destroy any Person who should oppose or hinder them, or whom they should suspect to be a Spy upon them. He says, that his Master by this Means had such vast Quantity of Fish brought him as well as Fowls, Hares, Venison, &c. that it was often impossible to eat it before it stunk. He says, he has been concerned in a prodigious Number of those Expeditions, but that he never hurt any Body in them, any otherwise than by stealing their Fish and Fowls, which he hopes those he has injured will pardon, as he must now make Attonement for all his Misdemeanors with his Life. He farther told me, that two or three Years ago, upon the coming out of some new Act, his Master and Mistress altered their Way of Tradeing, and told him, that it must be carried on for the future in his (Cook's) Name; and accordingly his Master affected not to act, but the Money to be sent over was always given him by his Mistress, and the Money he received at London or elsewhere he was ordered to pay to her. He says also, that his Master and one of Hawkhurst bought up all the Wooll they could lay their Hands on last Winter, and would have sent great Quantities to France last Spring, but the Soldiers upon the Coast were so watchful that they hindered them, so that several Waggon Loads were brought to Hawkhurst, and laid up: He says, however, that they did get some off, for which they received a large Quantity of rich Lace, Silk, Cambricks, and other Goods, in which his Master has of late traded most. He most humbly begs Pardon of every body he has beat and abused (which he says are very many) and declares it was by his Master's Orders, who always told him he might do any thing without Fear, as he had such an Interest among the great Men, that if he should have the ill Luck to be taken in any Broil, he would answer for getting him cleared. And in this last Affair, for which he was sworn against his Master, obliged him to go. It seems, the Men of Folkstone were concerned with those of Hawkhurst in a Smuggling Vessel, which landed in the Isle of Thanet, and where the Goods were most part lost: But the Folkstoners, by being more Industrious, or having better Intelligence, saved their Part of the said Goods. The Hawkhurst Men thereupon insisted, that they should bear Part of their Loss, which was refused; upon which Mess. G. T. and Curtis sent a Posse fromHawkhurst to make Reprizals upon the Folkstoners, which they did, by taking several of their Horses: This enraged the Folkstone Men so much, that they swore against Cook and others upon the late Act. Cook declares, that he loved his Master as his Life, and had ventured for him farther than any other of his Servants, in particular at Lee-Green near Eltham , where he was wounded, and yet saved his Goods when the Rest run away. But (he spoke it with Tears) his Master and Mistress have deserted him; notwithstanding they always assured him of the Interest they were making for him, and that there was no doubt of his being saved for Transportation at worst, upon which his Master assured him he would soon have him again, as it was easy for him to prevent his being Transported. But now all Hopes are at an End! He cannot see nor hear any thing of his Master or Mistress, they have left him to fall a Sacrifice to their wicked Contrivances; What can he do! but bitterly exclaim against their barbarous and ungrateful Conduct, and forewarn all young Men from being seduced to serve others in such unlawful Practices, which must end in utter Confussion and irremidable Distress. He prays God Almighty to pardon the Errors of his Life, which has been one continued Scene of Wickedness and Folly, and would, if it were in his Power, become a new Man: But all Hope is lost!

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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 20th of March, 1716/1717. AT the General Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 27th and 28th of February, and the 1st and 2d of March, 1716/1717, 28 Persons, viz. 3 Men and 5 Women, who were Try'd for, and Convicted of, Murder and other Capital Crimes, did accordingly receive Sentence of Death: But 4 of the Women being found pregnant, and 8 of the Men having obtain'd a Gracious Reprieve (which Mercy I pray they may have Grace to improve) 14 Men and One Woman are order'd for Execution now, and Joseph Still alias Cotterel , upon Friday next, at Standford-Hill . While under this Condemnation, I constantly visited them, who being (twice every Day) brought up to the Chapel in Newgate, where (after Prayers and the Word of GOD first read) they were chiefly taught (from the Scripture) the Doctrine of Faith and Repentance, and earnestly exhorted continually to exert themselves therein, as the Great Things that could beget them an Interest in CHRIST, and by which (thro' his alone Merits) Sinners may obtain Salvation. What SERMONS I then preach'd to them, I shall give an account of in my Paper of Joseph Still alias Cotterel (or rather Cockerel , nick-nam'd Robin Chicken) condemn'd for the Murder by him committed on the Body of John Green , at Newington in Middlesex . The Accounts they respectively gave me of themselves, are as follow, viz. 1. John Tomkins , condemn'd for the Murder by him committed on the Body of his Fellow- Servant Catherine Spooner , a Cook-maid in the Family of the Honourable Colonel Clayton, on the 26th of January last. He said, he was 37 Years of age, born at Malpass in Cheshire , was brought up to no Trade, but only was a Servant to Gentlemen from his Youth, and actually in Service when he committed the bloody Fact he is now to die for. He declar'd himself to be of the Popish Religion , and declin'd the receiving any Instructions from me; nevertheless I press'd him to consider the Heinousness of his Crime, and excite himself to the highest degree of Repentance possible, both for it, and all other the Sins he was Guilty of, which (tho' he would make no Confession of them) I might well suppose, were not a few. To all this he answer'd, That he must needs say he was a common Sinner, and was sorry for it, and particularly for this Murder, which he at first did not think his Passion would have carry'd him so far as to commit. But as for making any further Confession, he desir'd not to be put upon it, nor to have any thing offer'd to him contrary to his own Principles; for as he was brought up, and always had lived a Member of the Church of Rome, so he resolv'd to die in that Communion. 2. John Sweethones , condemn'd for robbing Mr. John Mims , and taking from him a Hat and a Key, on the 22d of December last. He said, he was 20 years of age, born at Acton in Middlesex ; served his Apprentiship with a Bricklayer there; came up to London about 12 months ago, and here wrought at his Trade. He at first deny'd the Fact he was condemn'd for; but afterwards own'd it; adding, that he had been a loose Liver, a Drunkard, a Sabbath-breaker, &c. for which he ask'd GOD's Pardon, and wish'd he had not so much offended. Upon my further pressing him to confess the Facts of Burglary and Murder, which he was indicted for, and (no doubt) guilty of, though acquitted for want of sufficient Evidence; he answer'd, Why do you ask me such a Question? Why should you suppose me to have committed those Facts, when I was clear'd of 'em? To which I reply'd, 'Tis well if your Conscience clears you: Look ye to it: For I must plainly tell you, you're in a miserable Condition, if (being guilty of such Facts) you do not particularly own them, and repent of them. 3. John Keys , condemn'd for assaulting Mrs. Frances Money , and forcibly taking away her Pocket, &c. on the 5th of February last. He said, he was 19 years of age, born in the Parish of Newington-Buts ; That he had been brought up to the Sea , and for these 7 Years past serv'd on board the Nonsuch, the Adventure, the Dreadnought, the Rye-gally, and other Men of War alternately. That he never was guilty of any Crime, and was innocent particularly of this he stood condemn'd for. 4. Abel Ball , condemn'd for stealing 2 Handkerchiefs from Mrs. Mary Pomfret , on the 28th of January last. He said, he was 25 years of age, born in the Parish of St. Saviour , Southwark : That he had served 12 Years at Sea, off and on; first as a Servant to a Captain , and then as a Sailor , sometimes in Merchant-men, and at other times on board Men of War; the last whereof, in which he serv'd, was the Gosport, a 4th Rate. He confess'd he was guilty of the Fact he stood condemn'd for, and also had committed some suchlike Facts before, within thse last 12 Months; but never went higher in his Robberies than picking of People's Pockets, as he found his Opportunity for it; adding, That he had not driven this wicked Trade very long, nor would ever have been engag'd in it, had he not follow'd and been entic'd by the bad Company he kept: The Folly and ill Consequence of which he now was sensible of, and sorry for. 5. John Giles , found guilty upon two Indictments, viz. first, for breaking into the Shop of Mr. Thomas Freeman , and taking thence a Perruque, value 6 l. on the 9th of October 1714; and secondly, for doing the like in the Shop of Mr. Matthew Biner , stealing thence a Perruque, value Thirty-five Shillings. The latter of these two Facts he deny'd, and the former he confess'd he was guilty of: And also acknowledg'd, That he had been an Offender before, and that about 2 Years ago he was whipt for a Felony he then committed. He said, he was about 20 years of age, born in Worcestershire (but the particular Place he knew not:) That he had been above 12 Years in and about London ; and that at first he work'd with his Father, a Staymaker , and afterwards went into the Service, and was 2 1/2 Years in the Second Regiment of Foot Guards . He was attentive to Exhortation, and seem'd to be Penitent. 6. William Clarke , condemn'd for breaking open the House of Mr. Lawrence Andrews , and stealing thence 6 Callicoe Gowns, 2 Stuff Gowns, and diverse other Goods, on the 14th of June 1715. He said, he was about 20 years of age, born in Well-Close in Stepney-Parish : That he was brought up to no Trade, nor to any manner of Learning: That he could not read; but was ordinarily employ'd in crying News about the Streets , and sometimes in serving People at the Markets, in carrying Things for them . He confess'd, That he had been an Offender formerly (tho' he deny'd his being so now) and, That he was burnt in the Hand about 18 Months ago, and then sent to the Bridewell in Clarkenwell for 2 Years, and had not been there above one, when he was fetcht out, and brought to Newgate upon the account of the Fact he is now to die for, which (after his long obstinate Denial of it) he at last own'd, and ask'd Pardon for, praying GOD to be merciful to him, a great and miserable Sinner. 7. Matthew Adcock , condemn'd for breaking the House of Mrs. Anne Batchelor , and taking thence 9 pair of Flaxen Sheets, and other Goods, on the 2d of January last. He said, he was 20 years of age, born at Chipping-Norton in Oxfordshire : That when about 14 Years old he came up to London , and was bound Apprentice to a Perriwig-maker , and had serv'd 5 Years of his Time when this Calamity fell upon him, which he own'd he had deserv'd; freely confessing that he was guilty of the Fact he stood condemn'd for, and had been engag'd above 3 Months in this wicked Course of Life, into which he was deluded by the bad Company he kept. He now appear'd to be serious, and sorry for what he had done amiss, praying GOD to forgive him. 8. Edward Elton , condemn'd for breaking open the House of Mr. Joseph Spurling , and stealing thence some Wearing-Apparel, Linnen, and other Goods, on the 16th of June last. He said, he was 16 years of age, born in the Parish of St. Andrew, Holborn ; bound Apprentice to an Uncle of his, a Silver Buckle-maker , and was 5 Years with him. He declar'd, That tho' he had not liv'd so well as he should have done, yet he never did commit the Crime he was accus'd of, and condemn'd for, nor ever was before a Justice e'er this time, neither deserv'd Punishment by the Laws of Man. But for all this his Pretence of Innocence, he at last confess'd he was guilty of this Burglary, and had now his just Reward for it. 9. John Brush , condemn'd for breaking open the House of Mr. Michael Grimshaw at Islington , and stealing thence four Brass Porridge-pots, some Pewter Dishes and Plates, with other Goods, on the 1st of December last. He said, he was 24 years of age, born in the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields ; a Button-maker : That while his Father was alive he work'd with him at that Trade, and since did so with his Mother: But falling into the Company of wicked People about 2 Years ago, was deluded by them, and did commit some ill Facts with them, but none so heinous as this he stood condemn'd for; which he freely confess'd, and pray'd GOD to forgive it, and all other the wicked Deeds of his past sinful Life; being sorry he had wrong'd honest Persons, and was not able to make them Amends for the Injuries he had done them, otherwise than begging (as he did) their Pardon. 10. William Stone , condemn'd for breaking the House of Mr. Nathanael Saltonstal , and stealing thence a Silver Tankard, and other Goods, on the 2d of May last. He said, he was 17 Years of age, born in St. Sepulchre's Parish : That he was bound Apprentice first to a Chimney-sweeper , and then to a Joyner , with neither of whom he serv'd out his Time, but went to Sea . He obstinately deny'd the Fact he stood condemn'd for, and would fain have made me believe that he was a very innocent Person: But when I told him, I knew him to be an Old Offender, and that he once receiv'd Sentence of Death at Kingston upon Thames , for a Burglary by him committed in Southwark , he (though with much reluctancy at first) did at last acknowledge that to be true; but still deny'd the Fact he now stood condemn'd for. 11. Richard Chapman , condemn'd for being concern'd with the said William Stone in the Burglary and Robbery committed in the House of Mr. Saltonstal aforemention'd. He said, he was 21 Years of age, born in the Parish of St. Dunstan Stepney : That he first learned the Art of a Wine-cooper with a Vintner , to whom he was then bound Apprentice, and with whom he liv'd but a little while: Afterwards being bound to a Butcher in White-Chapel , and having serv'd five Years with him, and bought off the two remaining Years, he became his own Master. He (like his Companion Stone) behav'd himself in such a manner, as shew'd him to be a hardned Sinner, and obstinately deny'd the Fact he was now condemn'd for, and would not at first, though he was forced at last to own, his being Guilty of some Felonies of which he formerly was convicted, and for which he had receiv'd condign Punishment. 12. John White , condemn'd for a Burglary, viz. for breaking the House of a Sword-cutler in the Pall-mall , and taking from thence a great quantity of Swords. He said, he was 21 Years of age, born in the Parish of St. Mary White-Chapel : That he was put out Apprentice to a Perriwig-maker then living in York-buildings , and now near Charing-cross : That he did not serve above 4 Years of his Time, but went from his Master, and for a while wrought for himself: That being then at his own Discretion, his corrupt Nature soon prompted him to follow ill Courses. And here he confess'd, that he had been a great Sinner, and committed some ill Facts before, but not so criminal as this he was now condemn'd for, and which he freely and readily own'd himself guilty of. I told him, that (in order to the clearing of his Conscience and perfecting his Repentance, whereof he gave me sensible Marks) he must beg Pardon of the Persons he had any ways wrong'd, and make them Satisfaction to the utmost of his Power; and, to prevent the suspecting any innocent Persons of the Facts he had secretly committed, he ought to discover them to those he had thus injur'd: Which he promised me he would do, and some time after told me he had done. 13. Arnold Powel , condemn'd for breaking a House in Hatton-Garden , and stealing from thence Petticoats and other Wearing-Apparel, &c. He said, he was 30 Years of age, born in Worcestershire , but in what Parish he could not tell, as having been when very young brought up to London , and liv'd all the while with his Father in Southwark , with whom he learnt the Art of Perriwig making , which he follow'd till he was enticed into Evil Courses. He confess'd he was guilty of the Fact he stood condemn'd for; and, That he had committed some Felonies before, for which he was burnt in the Hand and sent to the Bridewell at Clerkenwell for a Twelvemonth, where he fulfilled his Time about Two Years ago; but when discharg'd thence, instead of taking care to avoid bad Company, and the commission of wicked Facts, he presently return'd to his old ill Course of Life. He seem'd to be sensible both of his Sins and of the Punishment he deserv'd for them, and pray'd GOD to forgive him. 14. Samuel Sherman , alias Lawson , alias Falstone , or rather Foulstone (which last, he told me, was his right Name) condemn'd for stealing 5 Silver-Spoons out of Mr. John Smith 's House in the Parish of St. John Wapping , on the First of February last. He said, he was 19 Years of age, born in the Parish of St. Paul, Shadwell : That first he was bound to a Weaver in Spittle fields , and then serv'd a Waterman , who carried him to Sea in a Yacht belonging to the Customhouse, of which that Waterman was the Master, and used to carry Goods and Passengers in it. Afterwards his Father, a Bricklayer, to whom he was bound Apprentice, and with whom he had learnt something of that Trade, turned him over to another Bricklayer , who could not keep him long; for, after a short stay there, he left him, as he had undutifully done his former Masters; and this (he said) was about three Years since, from which time to this, he either lay under Confinement in Newgate (as he did about a Twelvemonth ago, for breaking the House of Mr. Christopher Bryan , and taking thence a Bundle of Wearing Apparel, on the Fourteenth of February, 1715/1716) or else was Thieving up and down, and leading a very lewd and vicious Life. All this he now confess'd, and (when put in mind of it) acknowledg'd also his having pleaded His Most Gracious MAJESTY'S Free Pardon at the Old-Baily, on Thursday the 20th of December last, and abused that Mercy; and therefore justly deserv'd the Punishment he was to suffer for the Fact that had brought him under this second Sentence of Death; which tho' he would not at first, yet did at last plainly own he had committed, and heartily repented for, as he did for all other his Sins. 15. Elizabeth Brown (who formerly went by her Maiden Name Turner ) condemn'd for picking the Pocket, first, of Mr. Philip Jones , on the 17th of February last; and, secondly, of Mr. Thomas Appleby , at the same time, it being her constant Practice to pick Pockets in Churches. She said, she was about 40 Years of age, born in Fleetstreet , in the Parish of St. Bridget , London : That in her younger Years she learnt to wash Hoods , Point-Lace , &c. but did not much follow that Business, being otherwise employ'd in looking after her Father's House till she was married. She confess'd the Facts for which she was condemned, and likewise two others which she was try'd for, but for want of sufficient Proof acquitted of; and further acknowledg'd, That for some Felonies she had formerly committed, she was twice burnt in the Cheek; after that, was of late burnt in the Hand, and sent to the Bridewell in Clerkenwell , there to be kept (as she was) to hard Labour for a Twelvemonth: That her ill Life, and keeping bad Company, oblig'd her Husband (a Silk-weaver, and an honest Man) to leave her; and so being destitute of a Maintenance, more and more pursu'd her wicked Courses, and thereby brought herself at last to this miserable State. She seem'd to be sensible of her Sins, and of the Punishment she deserv'd for them, not only in this World, but in the next, if GOD (whose Pity she implor'd) was not most merciful to her: She ask'd Pardon of Him with great earnestness, as also of her Husband, and of all the Persons she had offended and injur'd. As they were just going to be turn'd off, John Sweetbones , who for some particular Reason (it seems) had own'd before, now deny'd his being guilty of the Fact he was condemn'd and to die for: And as to the other Two Facts of Burglary and Murder, he was severally Try'd for, and acquitted of, tho' suppos'd he had committed, he here persisted in his Denial of them. William Stone and Richard Chapman in like manner persisted in their Denial of the Fact for which they stood condemn'd, though they acknowledg'd the Justice of GOD in thus punishing them, for they had been great Offenders in other respects; and Stone particularly declar'd, That about 4 Years ago he broke Mr. Freeman's Shop in Hatton-garden , and thence took a Perriwig. John Giles disown'd the robbing Mr. Biner's Shop at the time mention'd by the Evidence, but he said two more (one of whom was hang'd for another Fact he committed since, and the other lately transported) had done that some time before. The rest did neither alter in, nor add any thing to, their Confessions before set down. This Day they were carry'd from Newgate (in 5 Carts) to the Place of Execution, where I did for the last time earnestly exhort them to consider well what had brought them to this shameful and untimely End, and sue for Grace, that they might truly repent, and be deliver'd from Blood-guiltiness, and from the Guilt of all other their Sins. To this purpose I pray'd for them; sung some Penitential Psalms with them; made them rehearse the Apostles Creed; and after I had finally implor'd GOD's Mercy and the Assistance of his Holy Spirit to them, for their full Conversion and Eternal Salvation, I withdrew, leaving them to their private Devotions, for which they had some Time allotted them. Then the Cart drew away, and they were turn'd off, all the while calling upon GOD to have Mercy on their departing Souls. This is all the Account here to be given of these Dying Malefactors, by me PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Wednesday, March 20. 1716-17 NB. 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The ORDINARY of NEWGATE his Account of the Behaviour, Confessions, and Dying-Words, of John Peter Dramatti , Elizabeth Tetherington , alias Smith , and Jane Bowman , who were Executed at Tyburn, on Wednesday, the 21th of July, 1703. AT the Sessions held in the Old-Baily, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 7th, 8th, and 9th instant, there were Seven Persons that were found guilty, and did accordingly receive Sentence of Death. Of which Number, 4 have obtained a gracious Reprieve, which the Lord grant they may improve to his Glory, and the good of their own and others Souls: And the other 3 are now order'd for Execution. From the time of their Condemnation to that of their Death, I constantly visited them; and having them brought up to the Chappel; twice every Day, and sometimes going to see them in their Condemned Holds, I gave them the best Instructions and Exhortations that I could, both in publick and private, suitable to their respective Cases; and on the two intervening Lord's-days, I preach'd to them in a full Auditory, when there were many Strangers, who (as I suppose) came thither out of a Christian Compassion, to joyn in Prayer with them, and recommend their Souls to God. The first Lord's-day after their Condemnation, being the 11th instant, I preach'd, both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon the last Words of the Epistle for the Day (viz. Rom. 6. 23.) which are these. For the Wages of Sin is Death, but the Gift of God is Eternal Life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. From which Words, I shew'd; 1st. How the Reward due to Sin is Shame and Misery, and Death both Temporal and Eternal. 1. It is Temporal Death; it being appointed unto all Men, in this World, once to die. Which Death some Men (through Intemperance, Rashness, and notorious Crimes) often bring on sooner, it upon them. And 2. This Reward due to Sin, is especially Eternal Death; which they must expect to receive, who go out of this World, before they have thoroughly and effectually repented of all their Sins. 2dly. How the End of Holiness is Eternal Life, which God freely bestows, as a Gracious Gift, on Believers and true Penitents, for the Sake, and through the Merits of Christ, and not for any Merits or Worthiness of their own; the Apostle shewing, that tho' Death be the Wages and just Reward of Sin; yet Eternal Life is not a Reward due to Men upon the account of any their Works or Deserts; but (as in his variation of the Phrase he expresses it) it is the Gift of God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Having enlarg'd upon these two general Heads, and shew'd the vast Difference between a Life of Sin and a Life of Righteousness; Between the Wages of Sin and the Gift of God; the former of them being Death, and the latter Life Eternal; I concluded both these Forenoon and Afternoon-Sermons, with particular Exhortations to the Condemned Persons; thereby endeavouring to make them sensible of their Spiritual Misery, and the absolute Necessity they were under of calling upon God with all earnestness, for his inlight'ning and converting Grace, by which alone they could be brought into a State of true Repentance and Salvation. On the second Lord's-day after Condemnation, being the 18th instant, I preach'd again to the Condemned Prisoners and others, both in the Forenoon and Afternoon, upon Phil. 3. 14. I press towards the Mark for the Prize of the high Calling of God in Christ Jesus. In discoursing upon which Words, I shew'd; 1st. What that Mark was, towards which the Apostle was pressing, and the End, Scope, and Prize he had in , it was the Prize of the high Calling of God in Christ Jesus; which imports the whole Reward of Christianity; all the Glory and Happiness of Eternal Life. 2dly. What Means, viz. Vigor, Earnestness, Strength, and Activity, we ought constantly (in imitation of the Apostle) to use for the coming-up to that Mark; for the obtaining of that Prize. A Mark, which we should continually have before our Eyes, and unwearily press to: A Prize indeed, which we should strenuously contend, and manfully fight for. These were the two general Heads of my Morning and Afternoon Discourses; which I illustrated by several Particulars; wherein I shew'd, 1. The Nature of that God, whom we ought to serve, and the Extent of his Divine Laws; which are not like the Laws of Men, that only restrain our Hands, and determine our outward Actions; but they set bounds to our very Thoughts, reaching the Inside, as well as the Outside; And therefore we must look to be judg'd, that s, either. Condemned or Acquitted, according as we are inwardly dispos'd, either to that which is evil, or to that which is good. 2. The Spirituality, Strength, and Vivacity of our own Souls; whose Noble Faculties shew that they were not given us, to make provision for the Flesh, to fulfill the Lusts thereof; but to unite themselves to God, and dwell on the thoughts, and strive after the attainment of Eternal Life. 3. The strong Opposition and Interruption, which we meet with in our Christian Race; which ought not to discourage us from our Duty, but on the contrary, make us the more vigorous, and diligent, and careful, in the discharge of it, in pressing towards the Mark for the glorious Prize, that is set before us. 4. The Consideration of the former Miscarriages of our Lives, and our great neglect of this Prize, which we would use no endeavours to obtain: But have run greedily after empty things, and wearied and and for and running in a full Carreer to it. And now how happy should it be, if e would serve God with the same alacrity, chearfulness, and vigor, as we formerly serv'd Satan and our diverse Lusts. 5. The particular Obligation we are under, by our Christianity, of devoting our selves to God's Service, who has bought us with a great Price, even the Blood of his Only-begotten Son, by which precious Blood we are redeem'd from Sin and Death: So that we are not our own, to dispose of our selves as we please, and to do what we list; but we are bound by the strictest tie of Duty and Gratitude, to glorify God in our Body and in our Spirit which are God's. 6. I laid before them the Consideration of the sad and miserable Toil and Slavery of a Life of Sin, which might awake and alarm them to Repentance; shewing them what that Repentance was, which might e available to Salvation, and how it was to be obtain'd. After I had further enlarg'd upon every one of these Particulars, I concluded with suitable Exhortations and Applications to the Condemned Persons, who seem'd always very attentive to, and well affected with the Word that was deliver'd. By which, and several other Admonitions, which I apply'd to them, both in publick and private, I endeavour'd to prepare them for their Reception of the Divine Grace, and Admission into Eternal Glory. Having thus proceeded with them, they gave me the respective Accounts of their past sinful Lives, with the Instances of their present Repentance, as follows. I. John Peter Dramatti , a Frenchman , who by mistake was call'd Dromet , Condemn'd for the horrid Murther, by him committed upon the Body of his own Wife in Chelsea-Road , made a very ample and extraordinary Confession to me; which being too long to be inserted here, shall (for the satisfaction of the Publick) be Publish'd by it self, Attested by me, and Printed for Eliz. Mallet . II. Elizabeth Tetherington , alias Smith , Condemned for Felony and breaking of a House in the Day-time. She said, she was about 29 years of age, born at Orms-Church in Lancashire ; from whence coming up to London , upon the death of her Mother, about 6 years ago, she fell upon the business of Selling Oysters at Billingsgate , in company with one Jenny Creed , then a very ill Woman, and now beyond Sea, with whom she became acquainted, and by whom she was easily corrupted and drawn away; and being once inticed into a vicious Course of Life, she could not be reduc'd to her Duty, no, not by the Severity of the Law, which she had often felt, as having been burnt in the Cheek several times for diverse Robberies she had committed, and been concern'd in; which nevertheless (as it is most usual) had left her so miserably poor, that (to her great grief) she was utterly unable to make any the least amends to them she had wrong'd: But she pray'd God to bless them, and them to forgive her. She declar'd that of all the wicked People she ever had any thing to do with, none had inticed her more to Stealing, than some Persons that were constant Receivers of stolen Goods, and she particularly named a certain Woman, who was lately try'd for a Fact of that Nature. She pray'd God would forgive both her and all others, who had been the Cause of her committing so many ill Things, as she had done, and to give her and them Grace to repent. She was very ignorant in any thing of Religion; and this was the great Cause of her falling easily into Sin, and not easily recovering out of it. She acknowledging the Fact for which she was Condemned, seem'd at the same time to be sensible, that she deserv'd now to be punish'd with Death, who had not learn'd Wisdom by the many Judgments she had received before. She mightily lamented her great Ignorance, and all the Sins of her past Life, and desired my Prayers for her; she telling me (sometimes) that she found her hard Heart melting, and she hop'd it should at last be quite melted into true Repentance, and that through the Merits of Christ she should obtain Pardon and Redemption. III. Jane Bowman , Condemned for a Felony. She said she was about 26 years of Age, born at Kilwinning in Scotland ; That about 14 years since she came out of her own Country, and lived 7 years with some Friends in Durham ; where she began to be given to Stealing, and other Vices; but never was call'd into question for them, while she liv'd there. But coming up to London , and getting (as she soon and easily did) into acquaintance with ill People, she follow'd more than ever, (and to was severely punish'd for) her common Practice of Stealing and Whoring; two things that generally go together, so far as this at least; That though every Thief may not be a Whore or Whoremaster; yet every Whore or Whoremaster is a Thief. She confess'd she had been guilty of all Sins, Murther only excepted, and she had many times received the Sentence of the Law, and been branded for her former Crimes; and that now it was very just with God and Man to stop her, by this sad untimely Death, in her sinful Course of Life; which no former Punishment, though never so severe, could take her off. She acknowledg'd, with her Fellow-Sufferer, Elizabeth Smith , that her Ignorance and wilful Neglect of the Precepts of Religion, had been the prime Cause of her falling into gross Sins, and now under this shameful Condemnation. But she said, she heartily repented, and was most desirous to do any thing she was directed to, for the Glory of God and the good of her Soul. In this I instructed her, as well as her small Capacity would permit, and I found her very towardly and tractable; and she told me, that she had this assurance that God, upon her true Repentance, would, (for Christ's sake) give her Pardon for all her Sins. When, by what outwardly appeared in them, I thought them penitent, and that their Hearts were now soft'ned, and had received some impression of Grace; I did, at their request, admit them to the Holy Communion of the LORD's SUPPER; having in some previous Discourse with them, concerning it, acquainted them with the End of Christ's Death, and of his Institution of this Sacrament; and shew'd them the great Obligations incumbent upon Christians, always to remember the exceeding great Love of their Dying Lord and Master, and to walk in Love, as he also has loved us. In the Meditation of which, and other Duties of Religion, and in the practice of the Acts of Devotion (which they said, they were heartily sorry they had so much neglected before) they now, to the utmost of their Endeavours, exercis'd themselves, and so continu'd to the time of their approaching Dissolution: Which drawing on, this Day they were conveyed (in two Carts) to the Place of Execution; where I discharg'd my last Office to them, in Exhortations, Prayers, and Singing of Psalms. As they had been very free and very ample in their Confessions they made to me before they came to the Tree; so when they were come thither, there was nothing for them to do, but abhor their past sinful Lives, intreat for God's Pardon, and warn all Spectators from Sin, by the sad Example of their untimely Death, and the force of their Dying Words, which they did: And Jane Bowman , in particular, desiring to speak to a certain Person, and he accordingly coming-up to her in the Cart, she spoke thus to him, I desire you in the Words of a Dying Woman, that you would leave off ill Company. You have a good and careful Wife, pray live with her, and take care of her, and of your Child. Which having said, and he promised he would remember her Dying Words, he went from her; who, with Elizabeth Smith , and John Peter Dramatti , her Fellow-Sufferers, continu'd earnestly to cry to God for Mercy. I pray'd with Bowman and Smith in English, and with Dramatti in French, which he understood best; And this lastnamed, viz. Dramatti, (whose Confession and Last Words shall be publish'd to Morrow morning in a Paper by it self) had also the charitable Assistance of Monsieur Le Blanc, a Worthy French Divine, who pray'd very earnestly with him. There were two Penitential Psalms sung in English, and one in French. And so we pray'd again; and when we had recommended all these Dying-Persons to the tender Mercies of God, we left them to their private Devotions; for which they had time allotted them. And while they were, each of them, putting forth with their last Breath, these and the like Ejaculations, Lord have Mercy upon me! O Blessed Jesu, wash away my Sins in thy precious Blood! Deliver me from Blood-guiltiness, O God! Lord Jesu, receive my Spirit! While, I say, these Words were in their Mouths, and with repeated Cries they were earnestly imploring the Divine Mercy, the Cart drew away, and they were turn'd off. May their Death be a happy Warning to those who were Condemn'd with them, and afterwards repriev'd, and may it particularly be so to Thomas Cook , who being with the rest carry'd out of Newgate in a Cart, in order to his Execution, was brought back-again by virtue of a Reprieve till Friday next, which he met with in his way about Bloomsbury , and which I pray God may prove to the good of his Soul. This is all the Account that can be here given of this Sessions, by Dated the 21th of July, 1703. PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Advertisements. A Specifick Powder for the King's-Evil, which hath been found by a long Experience, to have an extraordinary Success in curing that Disease; is to be had with a Paper of Directions, at Mr. John Baker 's Book-seller at Mercers-Chappel in Cheapside . Price Five Shillings the Box, containing seven Doses. There will be publish'd next Monday, 55 Copperplates curiously ingraved with Queen ANN's Picture, finer than any that has been done before, fittod for the Common-Prayer in 8vo, which may be had ruled or unruled, bound in Turky-leather extraordinary, at Robert Whitledge 's, Bookbinder , at the Bible in Creed-lane , within Ludgate . London, Printed for Eliz. Mallet , next the King's-Arms-Tavern , near Fleet-bridge . 1703.

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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 4th of May, 1722. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on the 4 &c. of April last past, were found Guilty of Capital Offences seven Men and two Women, viz. T. Reeves, J. Hartley, J. Timms, J. Thompson, J. Hoopes, J. Broom, J. Edwards, and Jane Bean , and Alice Phenix . Five of these Receiving His Majesty's Pardon, on condition of being Transported to America; The remaining 4 were ordered for Execution. Of the several Texts of Scripture, which I endeavoured to illustrate to them, (during the Month that they lay under Sentence of Death) the last was, Job the 19. Verse, 25, and 26. I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter Day upon the Earth and tho' after my Skin Worms destroy this Body, yet in my Flesh shall I see God. The Words directs us to Consider, FIRST, Job's assurance, that Christ was then alive; he being coexistant with God the Father, and assisting God in the Creation of the World, for his sake they are, and were created. Nor could the Bars of Death retain him (as the Psalmist prophesied) after he suffered upon Earth, tho' the Soldiers guarded the Tomb, and the Magistrate affixed his Seal. SECONDLY, Job's assurance, That Christ would return at the latter Day to the Earth, engirt with Thousands and ten Thousands of Angels sounding the Trumpets of Heaven, to call the Dead from the darkest Corners of the Ground and Ocean; to collect the scattered Ashes of Martyrs burnt at Stakes, and also of Malefactors forced ignominiously out of Life. THIRDLY, From the Acknowledgment of Job, That after his Death Worms would destroy his Body, We considered the natural Vanity of Bodily Perfections, which are like the Flower of the Field, the Apostle, saith, spreading its Beauties very gaily in the Morning, and boasting the Endowments of Heaven as its own, but in the Evening, languishing, and falling in Dust and Putrefaction. From which Considerations, The Malefactors were directed, not to repine at having their Bodies cut away from Life, which are naturally so frail, and of so short Continuance. Also, to imploy their whole time in decking and adorning the Soul in the Robes of Righteousness, since that, no Times can impair, no Worms will ever corrode. FOURTHLY, From the assured Expection of Job, That tho' his Body must first go down to the silent Glooms of Death, yet at the latter Day, he in his Body and Flesh should see God, we observed to the Prisoners to suffer Death, (1.) That tho' the Bodies of Sinners are suppos'd to rest till the Resurrection, and tho' the Punishment of the wicked may not be compleat so long as the visible World remain'd; yet the very Moment that the Soul is torn from the Body, by violence of Pain, entering into a new Region on a strange Shore, it is conscious and sensible of its Estate and future Condition, and has exquisite Happiness or exquisite Woe, tho' not compleat and entire, till after the Reunion of the Soul and Body, and the Sentence pronounc'd upon them together. (2.) That the manner of a Persons Death or Place where he suffer'd Death, is nothing in the sight of God; but the same Mercy that relieved a Thief in our Saviours Presence, can save a Malefactor now; and same the Power that gathers together the Ashes of a proud Pharoah or a good Cranmer, can unite the Ashes of a poor Beggar, or an ignominious Sufferer; since all in our Flesh must see God, and be in the Company of Cherubim, Seraphim, Angels and Archangels, and when Christ appears in the Clouds with the Volumes of Good and Evil dispread before him. (3.) We endeavour'd therefore to convince them of the vast Necessity there was of cleansing and purifying themselves from Sins, in order to receive the Smiles of him who is of purer Eyes than to behold Iniquity; that tho' they had Shame here, they might not there have Confusion of Face; tho' they lay here in the lowest Darkness, they might not be banished in everlasting Darkness; when thro' the Merits and Sufferings of their Saviour, it was in their Power to pass, from Fetters and Captivity, into the glorious Liberty of the Sons of God. The Account of the Prisoners, during the time that they lay under Sentence of Death. THO' the sound of the Sentence past upon Malefactors, does commonly awe and alarm them into a serious Concern for the present, it has sometimes not even that Effect upon their Minds: And that the generallity of those last Condemn'd were so little sensible of their Danger, must be imputed to the greater part of them being wholly Illiterate. Nor was it possible to perswade them to improve themselves in the little Reading they had learnt when Children; but they expected (as they told me) that I must furnish them with Common-Prayer Books, and not their Friends, nor would they otherwise regard the publick Prayers, or below attend to J. Hooper, when he offer'd to read and pray with them in the Condemned-Hold. But to prevent in some Measure their vicious Practice of leud Talking and Swearing, I obtained for them some small stitch'd Books against those Vices, and after the Dead-Warrant was sent to them, they forsook their idle Discourse, and grew more serious; lamenting with Tears their Mistake, in having thought they should be all Reprived either when his Majesty left the Kingdom, or, at the Convention of the New Parliament. 1. JOHN THOMSON , was condemn'd for assaulting George Curry , in Smithfield , on the 2d of March, about One in the Morning, and taking from him a Shirt, a Wig, and Hat, Value 30 s. by knocking him down, and (together with his Comrade) stamping on his Breast, after they pretended to guard him safe Home, seeing he had been Drinking. THIS Malefactor was Born near Carlisle , but came with his Father and Friends to London, when he was two Years of Age. He said, that when he was very young, he was given to understand several Tricks, and kinds of Villany; liv'd in Houses where dishonest Persons met and harbour'd, who were not always very elose in concealing their Trade, and their Designs. That he, at that time, much admir'd their profuse and generous Way of Life, their jovial Talk, and good Eating and Drinking, and the general Welcome they found for their Money. He also said, that he believed in 15 Years he never read in a Bible, nor heard any good Book read. However, at last he was by a Friend put Aprentice to a Weaver , but never work'd much for his Master; being Listed, when young, to serve Queen ANNE at Sea ; adding, that as he had been used to a different Way of Life, the going into the cold Baltick Ocean against the Swedes, in Conjunction with the Fleet of Denmark, was as bad to him as Death: Yet there, he said, he did Service, receiving some Wounds, and being in several Engagements for his Country, which he hoped, would in some Degree ballance the Harms he had done. After he return'd from the Baltick, he said, be endeavour'd to perfect himself in the Knowledge of his Business; understanding the Happiness of a private quiet Life, from the tumultuous Hurry and Danger he had found upon the wide Seas. But happening to Marry after this, he found not his Ease and Happiness encreased in that State of Life, which he before thought was nothing but Ease and Satisfaction: So that going again to Sea, of his own accord, compelled to it by the Badness of his Circumstances, not any Default of his Wife; he went to the Straits, and was a considerable Time in the Mediteranian, and often in Action against the French and Spaniards, but never made a Prisoner by any Nation. He said besides, That had Providence concurr'd, he had it once in his Power, to have set himself up in the World: For being in the Ship with an Enterprizing Captain, about 10 Yeors ago, they took 19 Ships in the Space of one Year; whereby they all acquired much Wealth, and afterwards took a Merchant-Man, that had lost his Fellow-Ships in a Tempest, and was tatter'd with hard Weather, by which Prize they acquir'd more than a 100000l. the Coffee, Tea, Indigo China Wares, &c. not being detrimented, tho' lost about the Coast of France, from the Isle de Oleron , to Diepe , and Dunkirk , without their being able to land the Ship. Adding also, That in the various Adventures of his Life, he most plainly discover'd a Divine Providence, which wove, and interwove Calamities and Pleasures, Fortunes and Misfortunes, without his Procurement, or even Cognizances: And as the above-mention'd Captain of his Ship, was now a Justice of the Peace, in a retired Country Life, having 1600l. a Year to subsist upon; he himself might have been, with as much Ease, at this Time, a Man of Fortune and Consideration. As he had a Wife, and one young Child, he could not (he said) easily take off his Thoughts from the World, but daily endeavour'd to do it: And that he advised his Wife to retire into the Country to her Friends, and remember that Sobriety and Regularity have alone, the Blessing of God. He complain'd, at the same time, of a Brother, and some Friends, who refus'd to come to see him in his Distress, and to take their last Farewel of him; and said, that they sure were not sensible of the Vileness, and Frailty of Human Nature. Before he suffer'd, he much lamented his Carelesness in losing the little Learning his Friends afforded him, which prevented his Reading, or Praying, (tho' 33 Years old) but as others in the Condemned Hold thought fit to assist him therein, which was very seldom. He said, That as to the Viciousness of his Mind, he imputed very much of it to the Course of Life which they led at Sea, and their Custom of Bloodshed there, and their looking on all, as Prey and Plunder that offer'd. But, as to his Repentance, (if his Assertions were true) he had fully and amply repented, and was well prepared to Suffer, as the Law directed. 2. JOHN HARTLY , was convicted of assaulting Roger Worthington at Anniseed Clear near Shoreditch , who was going over the Fields about 9 at Night, on the 9th of March last; and leaving him Naked and bound in a Ditch, after taking from him a Coat, Wastcoat, Shirt, Hat, Wig, &c. Hartley stricking him on the Head with a Pistol, while Reeves bad him stand, and Whilstle, four Comrades up to them, who Collard him, and knock'd him down. This Prisoner, spent most of the time that he lay Condemn'd in bewailing his miserable Fate in being condemn'd (as he would always af firm) wrongfully. He had forgotten all the Knowledge he once had of Letters, tho' not 20 Years of Age, and was bred, at a Free-School, in White-Cross-Street , from whence he might have been put 'Prentice, and had he not run away, being discourag'd by his Master, for his Skill in Tricks, and awkardness in attaining to Learning. He said he was never put Apprentice, nor ever Married, tho' he much desir'd that the six Madiens, who in white Petition'd His Majesty to grant him a Pardon upon Condition that one of them Wedded him, might be successful in their Undertakings. As he served Butchers in the Market , he had a good way, he said, and easy of Maintaining himself, nor had any Occasion to go upon the Highway; but notwithstanding the constant Assertions of his Innocence, his Companion Reeves affirm'd that in other Robberies, about Kentish-Town and Hoxton , Hartly was sometimes Confederate with him, and oftentimes for knocking down and mischiefing, when the others were for a gentler Methods of committing the Robbery. The Day preceeding his Execution, he said he thought it very hard and unaccountable that they should so long be kept in expectation of the King's Mercy when His Majesty went to Hanover, and be so miserably baulk'd of it at last; and that he had Reason to Curse all those who had buoyed him up with Expectations and Assurances of Life, since he found the reallity to be Death. 4. THOMAS REEVES , about 28 Years old Condemn'd also for Robbing Roger Worthington in the Fields near Shoreditch , Striking him over the Head, binding him Hand and Feet in a cruel manner, and then leaving him Naked in a Ditch at Anniseed Clear . This Prisoner said that he was by Trade a Tin-Man , having been Apprentice to his Father, who us'd him with much Lenity and Indulgence, little immagining what a wretched and deplorable End he would make. He said he design'd to warn some of his Relations, least they should bring themselves to the like Misery; but that they would not bear it so Manfully as he had done, for he believed no Man had a better Share of Boldness than himself, as appear'd by his being, he said, always the Captain of his Gang, and the Purse-Bearer after every Robbery. He peremptorily always affirm'd, that be doubted not of going to Heaven, and seem'd to think it next to impossible, that he could in that cheat himself, and impose upon his own Soul, by fancying that he was going very easy on to Happiness, when he might be in the way to Fire and Brimstone. But it appear'd, that some wicked Folks who pretended to be his Friends, had instill'd Notions into his Mind, and postest him with several Lies and Falsities, preventing thereby his Repenting a right, and injuring his Soul to all Eternity. Being ask'd how he us'd the Man he rob'd in so vile and barbarous a Manner, he answer'd, that he believ'd the Asker would endeavour to secure himself from Danger as well as he had done. Being farther told, that even quick Murther would have been more human than exposing a Man naked to perish in a cold Night by a lingering Death, he answered, that he knew no Difference between Robberies; and as they had not Horses to make their own Feet swift, they must e'ene make People rob'd more slow. After the Dead-Warrant was sent to the Malefactors, he said that he was so far from fearing Death, that he rather chose to die than to live; and as for his Laughing way, he said, it was no whit the less serious and attentive at his Heart; adding that none of them could read but him in the Condemn'd-Hold, but on the other Hand the other Malefactors as much accus'd him of Jesting and Laughing one Moment and Reading the next, and sometimes mixing Prayers and obscene Talk together. Sometime before he suffer'd, he was very desirous to know how Christians were to fare immediately after Death, supposing that they did not immediately enter upon Happiness or upon Torture; but he was preft to lay aside that Curiosity, and to look upon it as an extream favour at the Hand of God if his Soul was rescued from any Degree of Tortur as his Conversion and Repentance (if he was Penitent) was originally forc'd and by Compulsion, his being apprehended first stoping him in the Career of his vicious Courses, and not altogether free and voluntary. When he was immediately to suffer Death, he was not at all surpriz'd or alarm'd at it; but said if he died not now, he must another time; and he doubted not but their was the same Happiness to be receiv'd from the Gallows, as from the Bed. 4. JAMES TIMS , of St Gregory near St. Pauls , was convicted of assaulting John Bonwick , in St. Paul's Church-Yard , about 10 at Night, on the 7th of March last, and taking from him a Watch, a Cornelian Seal, &c. value 5 l. and 8 s. Tims pulling the Watch while another Robber josled him up against the Wall, and pretending after he was apprehended, to Charge Mr. Benwick with an attempt of Sodomy. He much lamented, that tho' he was about 26 Years of Age, he could only say the Lord's Prayer, having wholly forgotten his Reading, which his Parents indulgently gave him when a Child, not having sound Writing or Reading, he said, necessary in his Way of driving and Managing Cattle and Beast . He said he had been very much disturb'd by the Swearing and Cursing of the other Malefactors in the Condemn'd-Hold, who had no thoughts of dying; but that his Wife and all his Relations had earnestly advis'd him to be serious and attentive. He added, that the found his Mind very inclinable to Repentance, and could easily induce himself to take Delight and Pleasure in the Performance of Religion, Duties; and as for his being before convicted of carrying away a Number of Hogs which he had to drive, and converted the Money he sold them for, to his own Use; that he said was thro' the Instigation of an Acquaintance, who over perswaded him when he had drank after a very sultry Day, and was almost disguis'd in Liquor. Indeed when he found the Efforts of his Friends were unable to procure him a Reprieve, he was the most observant of his Duty, and the Morning of his Death Received the Holy Sacrament with much earnestness of Devotion, and at the Place of Execution was in the Cart most particularly pressing in his Exclamations to God and Christ. As they went to Execution, Tims and Thomson were full of Tears, and with wringing Hands implor'd God's Pardon. Hartly, tho' he was the fullest of Tears at first, yet when he saw no Hopes of Life remain, he appear'd wholly without Thought, but with a settled and deaden'd Look. But as Reeves had been from the first no way concern'd at his approaching Danger, the same Deportment which he had at first, continued with him to the last Moment; and as the Mob, for want of Regulation, threw down one of the Horses that was drawing away the Cart; he would not hang in the half Posture of Misery, but threw himself over the Side of the Cart to his Death. They all said, they were even glad at going out of this careful World; took their Leaves of each other; desir'd the Prayers of the People; adding, That as they hoped God had forgiven them, Men they expected would do the same. Reeve said, that tho' his Wife had the Misfortune, to have her Husband before Executed, yet no one ought to Reflect upon her for his ignominious Death, for she was not concerned in his Robberies, but that he himself was indeed guilty of the Fact for which he suffer'd, and had committed many Robberies about 6 or 7 o'Clock at Night, about those same Fields, and once on the High-Rood, robb'd till he had acquir'd 53 l. before he went to Bed, &c. He was extreamly desirous to tell the Spectators, that Hartly was not with him in this Robbery, but in other Robberies had assisted him; but I endeavour'd to convince him, that as his Friend had been found Guilty by 2 impartial Men, he was simple to try to perswade People that his Friend was Innocent; and that they ought both to submit to the Hand of Providence, and to think more of another World and less of this. This is the Account to be given of the MALEFACTORS, By T. PURNEY, Ordinary, and Chaplain. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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THE Behaviour, Confession, and Execution OF The several Prisoners that suffered at TYBURN On Fryday the ninth of May, 1679. VIZ. George Rawline , For Robbery on the Highway. Thomas Benfield , For Burglary. Sarah Dent , - For Murther. Together with THO. PICKERING , Drawn, Hang'd, and Quarter'd for High-Treason. GIVING A true Account of their Deportment after Condemnation, penitent Expressions, and last Words. Published for a Warning to others. Having perused this Narrative, and conceiving the same may he very full to Admonish other Ill Livers, I do Attest that the matters therein contained are truly Related. Sam. Smith Ordinary . LICENSED, 1679 LONDON: Printed in the year 1679. The Confession and Execution of the Prisoners at Tyburn, &c. AT the Session holden for London and Middlesex, ending 2d 1679. there were in all Fitfeen that received Sentence of Death. An Account of their respective Tryals hath already been divulg'd, to which we refer the Reader: Our Work at present being to acquaint you with their deportment after Condemnation, as far as is remarkable, or may serve to caution others to avoid the evil Courses that brought them to this untimely Destruction; which is the main End for which this Paper is Published. Several of the before mentioned unhappy and Condemned Persons obtained his Majesties gracious Reprieve; which as it was mercifully extended, that by Reformation they may avoid Destruction; so 'tis hoped that in Gratitude it will work in them such a real and deep sense of their former ill-spent Lives, and horrid Crimes, as by the Operation of Divine Grace on their Consciences, it may serve to reclaim them from those pernicious extravagant courses, and put them on the study of redeeming their time by Repentance and good Actions for the future: For he or she whom neither the terrors of Death, nor indulgence of Pardon can Reclaim, deserves (if afterwards they offend) neither Mercy nor Pity. However since that gracious favour (no less to be expected than immerited) was kept strictly private from their notice, it will not be unfit to give some Account in general of their Behaviour under those fatal Circumstances. But first we must take notice of Thomas Pickering , who being above a quarter of a year ago found guilty of High-Treason, and Condemned With Father Ireland and Grove, formerly Executed, for designing and endeavouring to Murther His Sacred Majesty, was this day drawn on a Sled, (but not till about an hour after the rest) and with a numerous Guard conveyed to Tyburn , and there Hanged and Quartered. He was bred up a Tailor , sometimes pretended to be a Merchant, but in truth fell in with the Jesuites, and was admitted a Lay-Brother amongst them. The horrid Crime he was Executed for, was, that he designed to kill the King, and was to have thirty thousand Masses said for his Soul, if he happened to be cut off in, or Condemned for the same. He did once attempt to shoot His Majesty, but Heaven, (the best Life-guard of Kings) ordered his flint to fall out, just in that moment; and yet his Popish Superiours were so impudent, as to make him do pennance, and whipt him severely for his negligence and loosing the opportunity. Mr. Ordinary, on the Evening before his Execution, told him he was come to offer his service to fit him for his approaching Death: that it was now no time to deal slightly with him, but that he would beg great Repentance of God for his abomi nable Crimes: The particular Arguments he used are too tedious here to be related. The Prisoner thanked him for his good Counsel, but would not permit him to pray with him, but desired him to pray at home for him. At the place of Execution, according to the usual manner of those men, he would not acknowledge any thing of his Crimes, but repeated the Lords Prayer and Apostles Creed, and so in an obstinate manner persisted, till Executed according to Sentence. One of them (though not pleased to own the particular Fact) was yet observed to be very penitent, acknowledging, that for his disobedience to the pious Admonitions of his Patents, and extravagant life, especially for these two years last past, viz. in Swearing, Drunkenness, and keeping Debaucht Company, God had most justly brought him to this terrible Sentence of Death, for a Crime of Burglary, which he was involv'd in (as he affirm'd) by the Extravagancies and Incitements of others; and therefore declared it as a necessary Caution to all young men, to take especial care whom they make their Consorts, or contract a familiarity with. Noscitur ex socio, qui non cognoscitur ex se. He was observed, during his Imprisonment, constantly to attend the Publick Worship of God in the Chappel, and gave himself very much to the reading of Books of Devotion; in which practice there is good ground to judge him very sincere, for that the Ordinary coming many times near his Chamber-door, unknown to him, hath heard him Pray very fervently, that God would fit him for his Tryal, and sanctifie his Distresses unto him. Another did acknowledge he had been brought up with a Religious Education, but being obstinate and undutiful to his Parents, which he now much lamented, as a Provocation given to God to desert him to Highway- Robbery; which he confest he had practis'd for some years, yet affirm'd he never used violence to any persons life: and affirm’d, that once having robb'd a person of 20 s. coming to Market, whom he had reason to believe to be a poor man, he was so smitten in Conscience, that he could not rest till he had inquired him out, and for restitution sent him 40 s. And being demanded why he return'd 40 s. for 20 s. taken away, he said, He did it out of Consideration, for that he supposed the poor man by his robbing him, might loose 20 s. which he might otherwise have gain’d by his Market. Which shews that generally, even in the most profligate persons, God leaves his witness in their Consciences to check them for ill deeds, and that there is a certain innate Principle of Vertue, and Ray of good Nature, which the most Debaucht cannot, without extream difficulty, totally extinguish. But as to the Persons that now suffer'd, the first we shall mention is George Rawlins , for a Robbery on the Highway near Kensington . He had been bred a Souldier both here and beyond the Seas, and appeared as a person stout and bold. Mr. Ordinary, to bring him to Contrition and Repentance, thought fit, in respect of his Profession, to use this Argument: That David, though a mighty man of War, yet humbled himself and wept for sin, counting it no dishonourable imputation of Effeminacy. To which he excellently replied, and above what could be expected from his Education, That Souldiers indeed ought to be men of Courage; but, alas, said he, there is no Valour against God: for to him we must all bow in an humble Confession: And therefore he was not at all asham'd to weep for sin, for he felt the Anguish of it, but hoped that his Repentance was Heart-deep, as well as his Eyes moistened with Tears; counting that no Faint-heartedness at the approach of Death; but rather desired to shew himself a man in Christ, than one that, pretending to imitate a Roman Courage, outfaces Death with a stupid ignorance of a future Judgment. Another was Jonathan Grove , for a Burglary, and stealing 415 l. He confess'd that he served five years an Apprentiship to a Poulterer ; but being corrected for Miscarriages, deserted his Master, and afterwards addicted himself to bad Company: amongst whom he learnt to prophane the Sabbath, Drink to excess, Swear, c. So that he soon became a grand Proficient in wickedness. He express’d good degrees of Remorse for all his sins, and particularly for his unjust folly in leaving his Master and lawful Employment: Upon which he was inticed, for a small Reward, to assist the principal Burglarian (who is fled from Justice) in carrying part of the Money as far as Deal; where being dismiss'd, on his return to Town he was apprehended, and now Convicted. Thomas Benfield Suffer’d for a Burglary, which he ingeniously Confess'd, and much lamented; as also those leading Sins, Sabbath-Profanation, Swearing, Debaucht Company, c. all which he express'd himself heartily sorry for. Sarah Dent was Executed for Murthering of her Bastard Child, which she acknowledged; and that the person that begot it, was her Fellow-Servant; who being since dead, she partly out of Distrust of Providence, as not knowing how to maintain it, and partly to cover her Shame, added Murther to Uncleanness, and made away with it. She much bewailed that in her youth she had neglected to learn to read; whereby from God's Word she might have received Instruction, and now under this Calamity, Directions and Comfort, having been lamentably ignorant of God and her Duty, till now awakened with the Sentence D t professed a deep sense of her bloody, unnatural Crime. And Mr. Ordinary desiring her that she would let him hear what she prayed to God for, since some Convictions were wrought in her; she did Pray in his heading (apart from the rest) very well, and fervently, in expressions suitable to her Crime and Condition, with much Selfabhorrency and brokenness of heart, to the best of his apprehension. At the place of Execution they freely declared their Crimes, begged Pardon of God, and desired all that were present, of their Acquaintance, or that should hear of their shameful End, thereby, to, take warning, to avoid the like Crimes, and amend their Lives. FINIS.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words OF FIVE MALEFACTORS, VIZ. THOMAS DAVIS , who was executed at Tyburn , for Forgery, on Monday April 20, 1761. WILLIAM DUPUY and JOSEPH WALLEY , for Robbing on the Highway; CHARLES SPRUCE , for Robbing his Master's Shop; AND JOHN BRETT , for Forgery; Executed at Tyburn on Wednesday May 27, 1761. BEING THE Fourth and Fifth EXECUTIONS in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. Sir MATTHEW BLAKISTON , Knt. LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON. NUMBER III. 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 M. COOPER, in Pater-noster-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, 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-Bailey , before the Right Honourable Sir Matthew Blakiston , Knt. Lord-Mayor ; the Right Honourable Lord Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's-Bench; the Honourable Sir Edward Clive , one of the Judges of his Majesty's Court of Common-Pleas ; Sir William Moreton , Knt. Recorder ; and others his Majesty's Justices of oyer and terminer for the said city and county; on Wednesday the 1st, Thursday the 2d, and Friday the 3d of April, in the first year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the Third, Cicely Vere , for Shoplifting, and Thomas Davis , for Forgery, were capitally convicted; and on Tuesday April the 14th, the report of the said Malefactors having been made to his Majesty by Mr. Recorder, Cicely Vere was respited until his Majesty's pleasure, touching her, be further known; and Thomas Davis , was order'd for execution on Monday the 20th of April following. 1. THOMAS DAVIS , was indicted for forging a certain order for the payment of money with the name J. Stocker subscribed thereto, purporting to be subscribed by James Stocker , requiring Joshua Mauger , to pay four guineas to the bearer, meaning the said Thomas Davis , with intent to defraud the said Joshua Mauger . He was a second time indicted, for forging another counterfeit warrant for the payment of five guineas, directed to Jonathan Mauger , by the description of Captain Mauger, and publishing the same with intent to defraud; and also for forging the name J. Stocker, to a receipt for the payment of nine pounds, with intent to defraud Joshua Mauger . It may seem proper to recapitulate what was proved on his trial, because he made pretences to deny and evade the guilt of this crime to the last. It was proved that the prisoner, Thomas Davis , had deliver'd the two orders, and received the two several sums of four and five guineas from the prosecutor, Mauger, and his clerk; pretending he had these orders from James Stocker , Master at Arms to his Majesty's ship Boreas , and that the said Stocker was sick, and could not come himself; that the prisoner gave receipts for these sums, and brought another receipt signed J. Stocker, for nine guineas: that neither the signing of the said orders, or receipt, were the handwriting of Stocker, neither was the prisoner his ship-mate, or known to him. However, in his defence, and after conviction, he pretended that he was employ'd and sent on these messages by one John Jourdan , who, as he said, had been ship-mate to Stocker, and lodged in the same house with the prisoner, but absconded on his being apprehended. After conviction, he was visited and invited to attend prayers and instruction, but never came, professing himself of the church of Rome; and being attended by a person of that perswasion, he usually kept out of the way at the time of my going into the prison, unless purposely sent for. He said he was born in the Province of Leinster , in Ireland , and was bred up to the sea, being now in the 33d year of his age; had served in the navy for seven years last Christmas, partly before the mast, and partly as a petty officer, Cockswain, &c. and intended speedily to go to sea again, if not prevented by this affair. He had hoped to put off his trial by pleading that some material evidence of his was absent, which could prove that the person who sent him with these orders has since attempted to send two others on the like message, but they would not go: but no affidavit of this being made, his trial was not put off. On the news of his death-warrant being brought to him, he was again visited, had some proper advice and instructions given him, especially as to the duty of confessing his guilt, and giving all possible satisfaction to the injured, with a tender of farther service in the way of my duty, adding several reasons which might induce him to comply and accept of it: but he still persisted to decline accepting of my assistance, saying, he was bred up in another way, and had no time now to consider the difference of his own and the protestant religion. He was then reminded, that as he had been in his Majesty's service for several years, he was accountable for the opportunity he then enjoyed of being better instructed and satisfied about that difference, having then but one way of worship, to divert or seduce his attention. That those of the church of Rome in these kingdoms, where the true light of the Gospel shines, were less excuseable than in countries entirely subject to the see of Rome, wherein, according to that remarkable expression of the Prophet, A bridle is put into the jaws of the people, causing them to err. That every man had given to him sufficient understanding, and a right to hear the word of God, and search the Scriptures; for the use of which he is accountable, and that none should forbid or discourage him; that there is but one universal Bishop, and Shepherd of our Souls, and That, I am convinced from the Holy Scriptures, is not the Bishop of Rome, but our Lord Jesus Christ. To this he answered, that he trusted in God Almighty alone: I asked him, did he not believe Jesus Christ to be God? He owned he did. At this instant some officious person called him away, and our conversation was interrupted for that time. April 19th. The evening before execution he was again visited, and an offer made to attend him at the place of execution, but he did not chuse it; saying, he hoped he should be prepared before he went. Being asked if he were guilty of the facts he was convicted of, he answered indirectly, and generally with, " Lord " have mercy upon me." At the same time he said that one under the name of James Stoker , or Stocker, by the instigation of John Jourdan , employed him to receive the money, for which he was to suffer; that he deliver'd it to this Stocker, which is a false name, and was by him offered half a crown for his trouble, which he refused. He farther said, that Jourdan recommended the pretended Stocker to him as Master at Arms on board the Boreas; that he went two such messages for them, and at the third was detain'd and apprehended, when his [supposed] employers were sent for, and search'd after, but had escaped, suspecting the prisoner was detected. His friends, he added, had been in search after them ever since, but could never find them. He declared he had no knowledge of this being the wrong person, nor that the papers were forgeries; for had he known it, he would not have gone thrice to the same house, with a known forgery. Notwithstanding this plausible apology to induce a belief that this unhappy sufferer was imposed upon, and made a Cat's-Paw, it is strongly surmised, by those who should know, that he belonged to a dangerous gang, who carried on this trade of forgery in concert, and that his true name is not yet known to us. Be that as it may, he was told, that though he would not attend our prayers, we had constantly pray'd for him in the chapel, and should continue to do so to his last hour. By virtue of the King's commission of the peace, oyer and terminer, and gaol delivery of Newgate, held for the city of London, and county of Middlesex, at Justice-hall in the Old-Bailey , before the Right Honourable Sir Matthew Blakiston , Knt. Lord-Mayor of the city of London ; the Honourable Sir Richard Adams , 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 6th, Thursday the 7th, and Friday the 8th of May, in the first year of his Majesty's Reign; the following seven were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death, for the crimes in their several indictments laid; to wit, Thomas Andrews , William Glascow , Charles Spruce , John Brett , David Morgan , William Dupuy , and Joseph Walley . And on Thursday the 21st of May, the report of the said malefactors was made to his Majesty by Mr. Recorder, when five were ordered for execution on Wednesday the 27th of May, namely, Charles Spruce , John Brett , David Morgan , William Dupuy , and Joseph Walley ; and two were respited, namely, Thomas Andrews and William Glascow . And on Wednesday at the place of execution David Morgan was also respited till his Majesty's pleasure be farther known. 2. DAVID MORGAN and WILLIAM DUPUY , were indicted for that they on Ralph Dobinson on the King's highway did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and taking from his person one silver watch gilt, value 40 s. and one 36 s. piece of gold, the property of the said Ralph, against his will, April 8th. This fact being one out of several committed by the two prisoners, and a third accomplice, is fully proved by the concurring and very circumstantial evidence of the prosecutor, and that very accom plice, as may be seen by the proceedings on their trial. The accomplice being admitted an evidence, and so rescued for this time from the deserved punishment of his crime, was yet very near losing that forfeited life by the unprovoked fury of a virago, a prisoner in the press-yard side of Newgate, who stabbed him in the side with a table-fork, in so violent and desperate a manner, that his life was for some time after doubtful. This happened during the sessions, soon after the prisoners had been conducted through the pressyard to the court, in order to be arraigned and tried; when she came up to him, cursing him and saying, You are an evidence, take that. This youth, being now in a fair way of recovery, 'tis hoped will ever remember that he has in this case, visibly and remarkably escaped a double death, both of them violent and untimely, in the flower of his age, being under 18 years; and that he will truly devote the remainder of that life, to Him whose gift it is; the renewed gift of the tender forbearance, and patient longsuffering of Heaven; notwithstanding some very provoking and aggravated circumstances of this crime, at their out setting, as may be collected from his own account of it in his evidence; wherein after he has said, " We had not money " enough to buy pistols, Dupuy pawn'd " my coat to a pawn-broker," he adds, I sold a bible in Fleet-Street, &c. which made 12 s. out of which they bought two pistols at 5 s. each. Let him, let both the survivors reflect, deeply and seriously reflect, whether this was not selling the charter of life, both a present and future life, to purchase the instrument and means of death, both temporal and eternal death; let them think again whether this was not to act like, nay, far worse than, prophane Esau, to sell the Christian's birth-right? and therefore should they not pray earnestly for a repentance, more prevailing and successful than his? Should they not seek and beg for grace to trust in God, in every difficulty and distress, and learn to know that man doth not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. If these two survivors, snatch'd like brands out of the fire, do not thus endeavour to exercise a true and earnest repentance for this fact in particular, let them consider whether the words of that book will not rise up against them, when it is the time of justice, when the season of mercy, and the day of grace is spent, when the dreadful threats denounced against the despisers of that word, are come to the point of being executed by long-suffering power, unerring wisdom, and irresistible justice. In the mean time, should they not heartily thank the divine mercy for giving them a fresh warning to repent, by their being thus suddenly overtaken and corrected for this crime, and thereby prevented, it is to be hoped, from ever returning to their folly. This warning is doubtless, equally applicable to him who in the criminal fact, defied the muzzle of a blunderbuss, which while it flashed against him in the pan, was providentially and most mercifully arrested from cutting him off quick in his guilt: and again a second time rescued from the jaws of death, when respited under the fatal tree, by the distinguishing mercy of a Sovereign whose glory it is to imitate his Heavenly King. The behaviour of Dupuy, who has paid the debt of justice to the laws of his country, was rather careless and inconsiderate for a person in his sad situation, both before his trial, and after his conviction, till a few days before he suffered; when he seemed heartily affected on several occasions. Before his trial, about April the 29th, Dupuy was sent for to chapel; he came up when prayers were ended, and without asking him any questions which could embarrass him, he was reminded seriously to reflect and repent of those courses of folly and vice, which had misled and betrayed him into his present danger, which to all appearance must soon terminate in a final farewel to this world, and an entrance on eternity; that he had often been call'd and warn'd by chastisements, but had hitherto been deaf to them all, particularly by being apprehended, confined, and brought to trial at Kingston, for a robbery committed in Surry. He heard this with silence, and as serious an air as he could put on, for he appeared giddy, trifling, and boyish. A proper book was lent to him, with a charge to read it, and lend it to Morgan, who was then said to be confined to his bed by illness. Dupuy being desired, promised to come up to prayers daily, but I heard no more of him on the like occasion, till after conviction, when he was brought up loaded with double irons, and the sentence of death. At this time, a proper exhortation was used to him, and the other six convicts, with psalms and lessons applied to them, to which they all seemed seriously to give heed; and to employ and assist them in their cells, bibles, prayer-books, and other tracts, were put into their hands, with directions to the portions of scripture proper for their condition. Notwithstanding all which, and the daily instructions closely applied to their case, Dupuy when call'd to acknowledge the justice of his sentence, and confess his several crimes, for the satisfaction of the injured, the clearing of the innocent, the peace of his own conscience, and the warning of others; he rejected all this, and would hear no reasons for it; said, in the common cant, he would confess his sins to God, and would have no account of him in a halfpenny paper: this was about the 21st of May. A day or two after, when more humbled and softened by finding himself included in the death-warrant, an opportunity was taken to reason with him, and shew him that he was quite mistaken in supposing that (by suppressing his confession, and so essentially hurting himself, or by any other means) he could prevent the publishing those false and spurious halfpenny accounts, or other catch-penny inventions, and piracies of a better price, equally injurious to him and me; which yet usually attended the unhappy lot he had brought on himself. That the design of my account when publish'd, was to obviate such lies and slanders, to shew, if it could be done with truth, that the sufferer was a true penitent, that the reproach of his crime and punishment already recorded, might be blotted out by the account of his repentance. By such discourse his mistakes began to give way. He had before told me, that he was a native of Hampshire , but of a French descent, as he believed; was under 24 years of age; that his father was a gentleman; but both his parents were dead. He was enter'd a volunteer on board the Fougueux man-of-war, when eight years of age, at 17s. 6d. a month, and walk'd the quarterdeck; he was afterwards midshipman aboard the Bristol, three years; then in the Antigua sloop, two years and upwards; then in the Nassau, six months; in which he returned from the West-Indies , and was paid off at Chatham . It appears on the trial, from his own witness, William Steward , that he was purser of a man-of-war , though he never mentioned this to me. As to the confession of his crimes, he still seemed averse; said they were all discovered to the magistrate by the witnesses against him; that he never went out on the highway till February last; and but three times in the whole, (this confession was partial) one of which he was alone, and was taken by some light horse-men; but when the prosecutors came to see him in the New-gaol , Southwark , not knowing him, they did not appear against him at his trial, and he was discharged; though he told the prosecutors, as he says, that he was the man who stopt them on the road; this was in Surry . The Sunday morning before he suffered, on talking with, and examining him, observing he was still too insensible, I could not forbear telling him, I had more compassion for him than for most of the rest, because he seemed to have less feeling of his own sad case; this sensibly touched him; he changed colour, and drooped his head. The same day he declared that it was Vayne, who first persuaded him to steal the pistols of his old uncle (since dead) for this bad purpose. Yet that he heartily forgave Vayne, and could embrace him if he met him; intreated me several times to obtain leave to see him, and assure him of his forgiveness, and wept heartily because it could not be permitted. He also assured me that the extract of a letter signed Ralph Vayne , dated May 12, 1761, and printed in the Gazetteer of May 20th is genuine, and that he had two other letters from the same hand, and in the like stile; by which it plainly appears that Vayne was no voluntary evidence against him; nor did he look on Dupuy as his seducer, or one who compelled him by threats to commence or continue in those wicked courses; for he professes the strictest friendship and regard for him, in preference to their other accomplice, assuring him of his assistance to the last, Dupuy desired to come to the Holy Communion next day the 25th, with some others, and was admitted; they all having been exhorted, warned, instructed, and prepared duly for that ordinance during a fortnight before. 3. CHARLES SPRUCE , was indicted for stealing 2 linen shirts value 20s. 12 yards of drab-colour'd camblet, value 10s. 15 yards of silk, called a-la-mode, value 40s. 4 yards of grey-colour'd stuff tammy, value 15s. 2 pieces of board, value 1d. 2 wooden rollers, value 1d. 2 yards of brown linen, called hessians, value 12d. 2 pair of cotton hose, value 12d. 70 yards of blossom-colour'd corded tabby silk, value 3l. 12 yards of green silk, called ducape, value 3l. 12 yards of blue silk, called ducape, value 3l. 10 yards of blue sattin, value 3l. 10s. 13 yards of striped silk, called lutestring, value 3l. 10s. 13 yards of white damask silk, value 5l. 10s. 9 yards of pink colour'd persian silk, value 17s. 30 yards of blue persian silk, value 50s. 71 yards of rubycolour'd persian silk, value 6l. 10s. 25 yards of green tabby silk, value 10l. 13 yards of plain-colour'd tabby silk, value 5l. 8s. 36 yards of yellow silk, called tammy, value 9l. 9 yards of white sattin, value 50s. 30 yards and three quarters of black velvet, value 3l. 15s. 16 yards of blue silk, called corded tabby, value 7l. 4s. 70 yards of pink-colour'd sattin, value 3l. 10s. 46 yards of blue silk, called tobine, value 18l. 30 yards of blue silk, called ducape, value 8l. 10s. 20 yards of blue tabby silk, value 6l. 8 yards of black pelong sattin, value 37s. 70 yards of pink colour'd tabby silk, value 42s. 10 yards of green silk pelong, value 15s. 6 yards of white stuff, called tammy, value 3s. 10 yards of camblet, value 9s. 1 yard of black sattin, value 3s. 2 yards of black pelong sattin, value 6s. and 2 yards of camblet, value 8s. the goods of Archdale Rooke , privately in the shop of the said Rooke. It appears on the trial from the evidence of Mr. Rooke and his sister, to whom this criminal was a servant , that he was detected, by having put on a ruffled shirt or two of his master's, observed by the prosecutor's sister, which occasioned farther suspicion; and then a search after goods missed out of the shop, which were partly discovered and found upon him, or traced out by his confession, and received by his accomplices and others; three of which, Issabella Daffey , Andrew Miller , and Elizabeth Clay , were tried, cast, and sentenced for transportation for the same. The prisoner had hired a lodging and furnished it out of the money raised on these goods, and was married as he said to Elizabeth Clay . It may seem somewhat unaccountable why he did not flee and escape, when he found himself detected, and threatened with a warrant; unless his own hardened stupidity, and the ill placed lenity, and indulgence he had formerly experienced from his master, may in some measure account for it. He was about 19 years of age, born at Whitney , in Oxfordshire ; his father a collar-maker, in that town, wrought journey-work with his uncle, his father's brother; this poor ignorant lad, had no footsteps of schooling or education in the principles of religion, received either from parents or master; but used to be hired out to drive a plow or cart for the farmers wherever he was wanted, in the neighbouring country 4 or 5 miles round. His father died about 4 or 5 years ago, and left five other sons all elder than this, and employed in farming work. He first came to London at the request of Mr. Rooke, after the death of his father, and lived with him to open and shut his shop, go on errands, &c. till he was discharged last summer, for going out without leave on a Sunday, and spending money in coach-hire, which it was suspected he could not get honestly; though he declared to me, he had never wronged his master at that time; but that his fellow-servant Isabella Daffey , was the first that seduced him to rob his master. In the interval of his absence from his master Rooke's service, he said he had been at Woolwich , and used to be employed by the captain of a ship of war , which lay there, to go on his errands from thence to London; he now wished he had continued, and gone to sea with him, as he might have done. But about a quarter of a year since, he was again taken into the prosecutor's service, detected and prosecuted. After his conviction, he was applied to and instructed with the other convicts, on every opportunity, and in the cell was read to, and taught by his fellow-prisoner Glascow, who as he told me, spent the best part of their time both days and nights in reading and praying: Although this poor soul, seemed to make very little progress in learning even the Lord's-Prayer and the Belief; being of a slow heavy capacity. In making his confession to me, he varied at different times, saying, at first he had been but three months at this trick of robbing the shop; another time he owned to having been 12 months at this trade; said he used to get the goods out between the time of shutting the shop, and his master's going to bed about eleven, who then locked up the last shutter and took the key. That he used to take or cut off the quantity of a suit, or 8 or 10 yards at a time, which being received by Daffey or Miller, were pledged by them, and they generally kept the whole money, and put him off by pretending the goods were seized or stopt, and though he confessed he had been the means of wronging his master to the value of 475l. he believed he never had more than 7l. out of it. They used to take up watches or other goods and trinkets for the silk. His wife Elizabeth Clay , another accomplice, was a laundress to the gentlemen of New-Inn , Wych-Street , where she lived. He said the last piece of silk he stole, cost his master 19 guineas, was pledged for 3l. and being traced out was the means of his discovery. When sentence was pronounced upon him, being told that the executioner would shed tears when he tied him up, he was so obdurate, that instead of having a sense of his own misery, he audaciously said, "He would spit in his face if he cried." This he was tax'd with a day or two before he suffered; he owned it to be true, and said he was heartily sorry for that, and all other his wickednesses. How short is the triumph! How wretched the reward of the wicked! All possible means, and the plainest instructions were used, to give him a right understanding of himself, and his condition, to awaken him to a sense of his guilt and danger, to bring him to repentance, and to be a communicant before he departed. He was suffered to be present, and he regarded with serious attention the first administration of it to the convicts on Monday May 25th, without being admitted: But the next day being carefully examined, and earnestly desirous to partake, he received the Holy Communion, to his great and unspeakable comfort, as he declared to me afterwards; and accordingly he appeared easy in his mind, was calm and resigned to the last; though this was effected with great difficulty, and little hope for a considerable time, and till towards his last hours, " For he made light of death, and said he " never would confess." On this sad occasion one can scarce avoid observing, the great loss and unhappy consequences of being neglected in infancy and youth, to be trained up in the way we should go; for if such ignorant creatures fall, as 'tis great odds they will, there is scarce any hold by which to recover them: Whereas the well-train'd child, has a never-failing resource in all cases. One cannot but see that 'tis the general interest, as well as duty, that the several branches of families, both children and servants, be well instructed and well governed by parents and masters. The present licentious prevailing customs of unhallowing and mispending the Lord's-Day, both at home and abroad, at country houses, unseasonable excursions, and parties of pleasure, have driven the wise rules, laws, and orders, of our pious ancestors, out of fashion and date; and they are succeeded by profane disputing clubs, antinomian meetings, promiscuous compotations of brain-sick atheists and infidels, uttering their crude harangues and frothy lectures, among ignorant, unwary, and unprincipled hearers, with impunity, though I cannot say, with much applause; while the deluded hearers greedily suck in, and wash down, these no principles, till they are ready to betray and rob within or without doors, without fear of laws human or divine. 4. JOSEPH WALLEY , was indicted for that he, on the King's-highway, on David Supino , feloniously did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and taking from his person one gold watch, value 7l. one gold watch chain, value 21s. one gold seal, value 10s. and ten guineas in gold, the property of the said David, and against his will December 24. It appears on the trial that it was about four months after the robbery, that the prisoner was charged with it, by means of the two watches taken from the prosecutors, being traced up to his hand, and he could not produce that Daniel Carr , or rather Carrol, from whom he pretends in his defence, to have received them. We shall find in the course of this account, that this was a mere pretence. He was born at Chester , and bred up there to his father's business, a slater and bricklayer ; his age seemed to be between 30 and 40 years; in following his business he became a master-builder , of considerable credit at Chester, where he built several small houses on his own account, which he sold, and then bought a sloop, and came master of her to London ; (for this he was qualified, by having served his Majesty at sea during the late war) at London he courted and married a second wife, his first still living, with two children, at Chester; he is said to have got 700 or 800l. with this second wife, (he confessed to me, she had 20l. a year, though incumbered) of which he took up 400l. and returned with it in his sloop to Chester, whither this second wife followed him. He took her into the same house with his other, promising he would provide in the best manner he could for them both. But it is to be presumed, this way of life did not, could not, hold long. He went to sea again, entering into partnership, but still with bad success, for which he greatly blamed his partner, having lost one vessel, and sold another or two, between the years 1757 and 1759. He failed in that trade, and was reduced to work as a journeyman at his first business, and live with his second wife in Westminster . About two years since, he also inlisted into the guards, to serve for three years, or to the end of the war. But he deserted once, and then wrote a penitent letter of submission to his officer, with an apology for his crime; what the success was don't appear; but he was visited by two of his brother soldiers of colonel Blaney's company; a few days before he suffered one of them he earnestly desired to be admitted to him, because, as he said, he was a pious good man, and would advise, pray with, and comfort him. While he lived at Westminster , with his second wife, they agreed so ill together of late, that he was put out of one creditable lodging, least murder should ensue on their quarrels, and his cruel and inhuman treatment of her. In the mean time, the other poor wife and children at Chester , were naked and famishing, and in this distress perpetually crying to him, by letters from different hands, for relief and support. In this sad condition, his own conscience accusing him of having brought two women and his children to want and wretchedness, 'tis no wonder if his actions and behaviour sometimes spoke the man distracted and forsaken of God, as they, who best knew him, report. After he had reduced this second wife to penury and want, and she had nothing left but one feather-bed, of which she was very fond, he cut that to pieces, and threw the feathers out of the window. Another night when she had brought home a pair of new shoes, which she had bought out of her own earnings at chairing, and hard labour, he took a sudden freak, and chopped the shoes to pieces, saying, "He had a spirit above such poor doings." A letter was received about three months ago, at his former lodgings, from his first wife at Chester, which when he heard of, he would not release, but cursed the wife and letter too; when opened it was a piercing and bitter complaint, that she herself, with her and his children were in extreme want, and begging for some subsistence: and as to the London wife, it is added, from different hands, that he used to cut her handkerchiefs and clothes to pieces; and has been known to strip her of her stays and shoes, even in St. James's-Park , in order to pledge them. And yet this poor unhappy man did not seem to be ill-natured in himself, rather the contrary: but by having fallen from his duty, violated the most solemn vows, and given way to the unbridled passions of lust, avarice, and anger, he was hurried from one wickedness to another. After conviction, he seemed penitent, and behaved tolerably well, though still expecting a respite, therefore would confess nothing, but that he had discovered all he knew to a magistrate, by whose intercession he hoped to have his sentence changed for transportation. It is asserted that gentleman did faithfully acquit himself, in endeavouring to save his life, though it could not be granted. When he found himself included in the death-warrant, nothing can express the surprize of grief and anguish that seized him; he complained he had been put off his preparation for eternity, by false hopes; he could neither eat nor sleep, scarce could he read or pray for crying, and lamenting his lot; he wept and sighed his very soul away in bitter and fruitless complaints; all that could be said to him, by his more patient fellow-sufferers, or the minister, could scarce pacify or compose him; at length he began to apply himself with more submissive composure, to the means of preparation for death. He was admitted in due time after the necessary instruction and examination, to the Holy Communion; taking his general acknowledgement of the justice of his sentence, (instead of a present confession of the particulars) with a promise that he would deliver me a paper of them at the place of execution; and intreating he might not be farther urged. He confessed indeed that he had been a great transgressor as to women, which effectually brought him to ruin, and this death; (though he is said to have paid his debts well as long as he was able) for it has been declared since he suffered, that having quited this second wife, he went to live with a third woman; this with the ill treatment of her, by cutting her clothes when she taxed him with it, provoked the second to go and impeach him for crimes she was privy to; and when the proper officers were sent to apprehend him, it is reported, he readily came down from the scaffold where he was at work, and said, I am the man you look for. When taken before the justice, he accused and named two men as his accomplices, viz. William Butterfield and Daniel Carrol ; this he particularly confessed to me, as a matter that lay heavy on his mind, a day or two before he suffered, which he desired to retract and set right, declaring it was done in his confusion, and that both those persons were innocent; this confession he signed his name to; at the same time he farther declared that his wife, who betrayed him, stole two horses, on one of which he rode when he committed the fact he was to die for; and that she used to put on his clothes and ride out with him on the like designs. This explained in some degree what he had before declared, that she had first seduced, and then betrayed him. But how much credit is to be given to this report, uttered per haps in resentment, after mutual treachery and ill treatment, is not easy to determine. It proves however, that the guilty ought to take warning, repent, renounce, and forsake all their wicked ways, left vengeance suddenly overtake them: it shews farther, that there is no trust, confidence, or security in a wicked confederacy. Before the account of these sufferers for the highway be closed, it may be proper to mention here that a message was received from proper authority, with a request to ask the prisoners, Dupuy, Morgan, and Walley, whether any, or either of them, were the persons that stopt and shot at Pentlow and Darvel, near Holloway, in February last? This was sent on the day before they suffered, when one might expect a true and sincere answer, if ever. In consequence of this, they were each questioned severally, solemnly, and closely; in answer to which, Morgan declared he had never gone out on the highway (with an evil design) till April last; nor (as he believes) had never so much as thought of, or intended it at that time, viz. in February. And this, I must add, is consistent with what he had before confessed to me, that the fact of April 8th laid in his indictment, and for which he was convicted, was his first fact; it is farther observable, that this is the man whom Mr. Pentlow, thought to be most like the person who stopt them. Walley for his part, declared he was not the man; adding, that he remembered very particularly that he lay that night with (his second wife) that woman, pointing to her as she stood in the pressyard; and received the first account he heard of the affair of Pentlow and Darvel, in the News-Paper of the day. Dupuy also absolutely denied it; and gave for proof of his veracity, that he was then a prisoner in the Borough. It is hoped they all spoke the truth. 5. JOHN BRETT , gentleman, was indicted for feloniously forging a bill of exchange, with the name Richard Horton thereunto subscribed, purporting to bear date the 13th of March, 1761. Drawn upon Messrs. Frazier, Wharton, and Mullison, merchants, for the payment of 50l. payable to William Huggins , and for publishing it, with intent to defraud the said Frazier, Wharton, and Mullison. It was laid also for publishing the same, with intent to defraud Walter Pringle . On the opening of the indictment, and on the trial, it appears this crime was attended with several aggravations; such as a form'd plan of travelling through the West-Indies , to learn the connexions of some principal inhabitants there, with merchants in London ; and when apprehended and taken before a Justice, he falsely charged two persons, Mr. Horton, and his own servant James Sunmore , whom he afterwards declared and confessed to be innocent. When his trial came on, he desired to plead Guilty. But it was objected that he had pleaded Not Guilty at his arraignment, and must abide by that plea, as there was no precedent produced for altering it. The affair was first suspected by several untoward circumstances attending the letter of credit from Walter Pringle , of St. Christopers , in favour of Richard Horton , purser of a man-of-war, for 1000l. such as that the letter was not written with Mr. Pringle's own hand as usual: that the person in whose favour it was, did not deliver it himself; but it came by post; besides there was no packet then arrived from the West-Indies, nor no ship, by which this letter might come; and being found to be delivered into the Post-Office on the Saturday before, it was suspected to be a forgery, and determined to answer no bills in consequence of it. Mr. Huggins having a bill drawn on the prosecutors for 50l. passed to him by the prisoner, in order to pay for twelve pair of silk hose bought of him, and receive the rest in cash, was the occasion of stopping the prisoner, and bringing him to justice. After his trial had been put off the preceding sessions, in the interval he first fell under my notice, by being introduced from the other side of the gaol, into our side of the chapel, in order there to converse with a young female convict C - y V - re; which, as it was managed (however well meant it might be, as they said, and harmless in itself) might give offence; and therefore was with some difficulty on my part, and a visible resentment on their side, after some days put a stop to; after which the said convict never again appeared at the chapel, proving plainly, that it was for the aforesaid purpose only she came thither; and he came no more, so as to be seen by me, till after his conviction. It is much to be wished, that the infamy which the perverse custom of the world, too often throws promiscuously on the guilty, and the innocent who are related or allied to the guilty, could be obliterated and buried in oblivion, in favour of a reputable family. But so much as the offender spoke in court, to excite and implore the mercy and favourable report of his Judges, and after the death-warrant appeared, published the same in order to intreat and intitle himself to the compassion and prayers of the publick, may fairly be extracted, and delivered here, without offence to his most partial friends. John Brett , was the only son of a Protestant Minister in Ireland , of some valuable preferments; has been a lieutenant and adjutant since the year 1753, in the 49th regiment of foot; served in America against the French, and was at Ticonderoga when lord Howe was killed there; was just turned of 25 years of age, has left a wife not 20 years old, and two children in Jamaica . When it was mentioned to him, that his good education and principles imbibed from his father, might be expected to have restrained him from such a crime; he answered, " Alas! I have not seen " my father since the age of eleven years; " having been then sent over to Jamaica " to my uncle, a brother of his, since " dead, who undertook to provide for " me as his own." It seems he had not behaved himself abroad to the approbation and hopes of his father, yet when known to be involved in this distress, the parental bowels and compassions of a father strongly pleaded and exerted themselves in his favour, while under this black cloud, but could not open a way for the beams of royal mercy to shine on this most insidious and dangerous crime, so pernicious to credit, the life of commerce. The father also wrote to his son in this depth of misery, expressing the most natural tenderness for him, but tempered with the most just, manly, and christian sentiments, and conveying to him the most serious and important advice suited to his calamity. His behaviour after conviction, was in the general; penitent, pious, and exemplary to the other prisoners. He seemed first to shew a sense of his crime, when he pleaded guilty, and became daily more so; lamented that he was straitened in time, to settle both his family and spiritual affairs. After he had for several days attended to the prayers and instructions, proper for the case of convicts, he came to me of his own accord, and desired to be questioned and examined, whether he was duly prepared for the Lord's Table, and for death. He professed, on enquiry made, to believe firmly the Holy Scriptures to be the word of God, and all the Articles of the Christian Faith founded thereon; that he had carefully examined himself by his vow made in baptism, and repented most heartily of all his violations of it; declared he did not fear the pains of death, but the consequences of it; earnestly wished for another trial in life, to serve his King and Country, and face their enemies in Germany, or any where but in America; because he could not bear the thought of returning thither as a soldier, where he had always appeared as an officer. He was advised not to concern himself about such improbable, and indeed trifling matters, at present. He expressed a strong desire to receive the Holy Communion three or four days before he suffered; this was considered as a good symptom, that he hungered and thirsted for this Heavenly Feast, and he was assured he should not be neglected in that, or any other good office in my power. He acknowledged he had committed the crimes he is charged with, not for want, but wantonness; and appeared truly mortified for his guilt, promised that the 50l. he had received by these bad means, he would request and intreat his father to repay; and also that it should be his last request to his wife, to come to his father from Jamaica to Ireland, hoping he would embrace and take care of her, and his two children, as his own. His request to receive the Holy Sacrament, on each of the three last days of his life, was complied with; and it is humbly hoped it was to his great and endless comfort; it was also attended with the like opportunity; and we charitably presume, the like benefit to his fellowsufferers, for each of whom, he shewed a very brotherly concern and tender affection, to the last. On the Morning of Execution. THOUGH I went in to visit them between six and seven, yet was I obliged to wait near an hour before they were brought down from their cells, and got ready to attend the chapel: this cut short the time for conversing with them. Walley had told me, the evening before, on asking him how he was, that, " He thank'd God he was well both in " body and spirit." The other four also, though slow and reluctant, seemed composed and resigned. After they had joined in some proper prayers, with the Litany and Communion Service, and received the Holy Sacrament, they were directed to be stedfast in looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our Faith, and not regard the circumstances of terror and disturbance in their way; to keep in their hearts the petitions of the Lord's-Prayer, and the most comfortable Articles of our Faith. This they promised to do. Mr. Brett was particularly inquisitive after a form of benediction, which he had heard me pronounce, and which I pointed out to him, and he wrote down in the form of a prayer, wherewith to close what he intended to say to the multitude, at the place of execution; " The Lord bless-us and keep us; the Lord " make his face to shine upon us, and be " gracious unto us; the Lord lift up his " countenance upon us, and give us peace both " now and evermore." However, poor Souls! they still appeared heavy and sorrowful; loth to leave the chapel, bewailed and lamented themselves and each other, with many tears: And, surely, it was a most affecting sight, a most piercing thought, to behold and think of five young men, the eldest in the prime of life, ready to be cut down like flowers, by the scythe of an unmanly and shameful death! Young men, who if they had kept in the right path, were capable of being of service and credit to themselves and their friends, their country and their king. While they still continued in tears, I pointed out to them some parts of Ps. 42, 43, and 139, to repeat and think on in the way, promising to meet, and pray with them at the place, which they were very desirous of. In going down from the chapel, Morgan seeing Dupuy standing before him pinion'd, and his hands bound, turned to Brett, who followed him, and said; Ah! dear Brett! see how they have tied poor Dupuy, it is our turn next. Regard it not, answered Brett, but remember how our dear Lord and Saviour was bound for us Sinners! His behaviour after this was submissive, penitent, and pious; accompanied with acts of benevolence and kindness to his fellow-prisoners. What less than a Christian education, could inspire such sentiments, and a suitable behaviour in these trying circumstances? When he came among the people, both within and without the prison, he said, "Good people pray for us." Repeating it on every side with an earnest address. They were carried out about nine in two carts; Dupuy, Spruce and Walley, in the first; Brett and Morgan, in the second, agreeable to Brett's earnest and repeated request, to be with Morgan. The first three were tied up as soon as brought to the tree, and met the eyes of the other two, as they approached; a striking dreadful sight! Morgan seeing this, and imagining by the straitness of their ropes, the ghastly look and open mouth of one in particular, viz. Spruce, that he was already in the agonies of death, apprehended that they were immediately to suffer, without being allowed the benefit of prayers; turned his face toward the coach where I sat waiting for the proper time, when they should be all together tied up, as the manner is, and with a look and gesture of inexpressible desire, his eyes and hands lifted toward Heaven, made a signal for me to go and pray with them. This I understood to be a motion of thanksgiving to Heaven for his deliverance; for at that instant the news of it was carried to him; when the respite was delivered to the Vice-Sheriff, he went to the cart, and asked for Morgan; who expecting he was to be tied up next, answered, my name is Morgan; he heard a bustle with the words loose him, take him away; and finding himself loosed, he said to Brett, " My " reprieve is come, fare you well." Brett answered; " I give you joy; pray for " me, God bless you; kiss me my brother." After which he kept intent on prayer, and did not so much as look after him, so far as he could observe; while he saw poor Dupuy in agonies of grief, following him with his looks, and neck extended, so far as his rope would permit. It must be owned, that the welcome messenger of this respite had the preceding day communicated it to me, and we had consulted to have conveyed the benefit, to the object of it, without disturbing the other sufferers; and so as to answer the wise and good design of this Royal Grant, thus given, to the end that the malefactor should undergo every thing but death, and be effectually terrified from his crimes, and reformed, by the nearest view of an eternal state. But our method was superseded. The reason assigned for this Kingly Act of distinguishing mercy, is perhaps yet more to the honour of the blessed hand it came from, viz. because the offender, in the heat of opposition and resentment, had spared the life of the man who had aimed at his, in the manner described on the trial; for that Morgan's pistol was ready loaded, cock'd, and prim'd. I was assured by Dupuy, before the respite, and by Morgan after it; who thus related the fact: when Mr. Dobinson, before he would submit to be robbed, snapped a blunderbuss at him, it only flashed in the pan. Mr. Dobinson then begged his life; Morgan replied, " God forbid I should " take your life, you know what I want; " I am in necessity." Mr. Aukland said, " All that you can desire of a gentleman " is to ask pardon." Morgan replied, " I do not desire even that." When Morgan was ordered to be untied, being respited, he says he was almost insensible and dead at the terror of the prospect; so that the joy could not reach his heart till about the time he was brought back to the prison; when it began to overcome him. As soon as Morgan was hurried away in a coach, the other prisoners were prayed for, the usual time and manner, in which they joined and made responses; after which Dupuy being asked if he had any thing to add, owned he had done some few other facts beside what he had confessed, but they were small matters, and he knew not the persons: further declared, that V - n first proposed to him to go on the highway; and that he was as ready to comply as the other to propose. Spruce added nothing, but his desire to give his duty to his master and mistress. Mr. Brett spoke, or read, from a written paper; the design of which was, to desire the prayers and excite the compassion of the spectators, for himself and his four (now three) fellow-sufferers; and to warn all against such evil courses and crimes as brought them to this shameful and untimely end; lamenting his unhappy lot, to hang between two worlds, and be permitted to die in neither; [an expression which should certainly have been corrected had any person of undisturbed sense and judgment seen it] acknowledging that course of sin, and that crime, which brought this fate upon him: - but asserting that his sins, great and numerous as they had been, were not so many and great as misrepresented by the world. He was particularly thankful he had never been guilty of murder, intentionally at least, though he had reason to fear this his fate would bring down the grey hairs of his father to the grave; yet he expressed his hope, that no person of sense would reflect on any branch of his family on account of his crime and punishment, the memory of both which he wished and prayed might die with him. He finally expressed his trust and hope for pardon and mercy, in a better state, thro' the merits of our Lord Jesus Christ, without which he believed no sinner could be entitled to and obtain mercy of God. He concluded with committing themselves to the divine mercy, in the words of that final blessing which I had pointed out to him that morning, The Lord bless us, &c. If justice be not done to this his last speech, either in matter or order, the blame should be laid at the door of that person who received it from his hand, with his desire that a copy of it should be given to me, as Brett had before promised me; but which last request of his dying friend, that person, Mr. A - t has refused to comply with, upon assertions or pretences, the truth of which he best knows; but which, if true, must reflect on the singleness of intention, and sincerity of his dying friend. When Mr. Brett had ended, Walley, in a low voice and confused manner, read the following words; and then delivered them to me, as written by himself in a very incorrect manner. " This is to let the world know, that what I die for is my just desert, and hope that the world will not blame me for letting it be known: the reason is, to let every one know that no-body ever was concerned with me, but my wife; so that I humbly beg the prayers of every good Christian, and hope they will join with me in prayers; and them that I have wronged, I hope they will forgive me, as I hope God will forgive me, through the merits of his only son, Jesus Christ, in whom I put my trust." JOSEPH WALLEY . After which, having taken leave of such of their friends as were near, they were again earnestly recommended in prayer to the divine mercy and protection; to whose blessed and sacred name they were finally consigned. This is all the account given by STEPHEN ROE , Ordinary of Newgate.

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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, the Second of this Instant BEING THE EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Sir JOHN WILLIAMS , Number VI. 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. This Day is publish'd, In Two Volumes in Octavo, Price fourteen Shillings. SELECT TRIALS at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bailey, for Murders, Robberies, Rapes, Sodomy, Coining, Frauds, and other Offences, from the Year 1720 to the present Time; chiefly transcrib'd from Notes taken in Court, with genuine Accounts of the Lives, Behaviour, Confessions and Dying Speeches of the most eminent Convicts. These Trials, &c. are not to be met with in any other Collection. 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Mr. Justice Denton; 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 Goal-delivery of Newgate, for the said City and County of Middlesex, at Justice-Hall, in the Old Bailey , on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 13th, 14th, and 15th of October, in the Tenth Year of his Majesty's Reign. Two Men, viz. William Rine and Samuel Morgan ; and one Woman, viz. Mary Rempton ; alias Campton; were by the Jury found guilty of capital Crimes, and received Sentence of Death. On Friday Morning, the 15th of October, being the last Day of Sessions, Daniel Malden , who of late had made his Escape out of Newgate twice, while under Sentence of Death, was called down before the Court, and it was intimated to him that his former Judgment must be executed upon He had nothing to say for himself, but that it was his first Fa, he never was before a Court before, and that he had not stole of robb'd any during the Time after he made his two last Escapes; in Consideration whereof he begg'd for for that he was desir'd to apply else-where, their Business being to pro nounce Judgment. For Security he was kept in the old Condemn'd Hole, and being under Sentence of Death with the rest, I commonly visited him once a Day in that dismal Place. While under Sentence, they were exhorted seriously to think upon the Evil of heir Ways and Doings and to turn then Feet unto God's Testimonies. I represented unto them what an evil thing it was to depart from God, as is clear from 2 Chron. v. 2. The Lord is with you while ye be with him; and if ye seek him he shall be found of you; if ye forsake him, be will for sake you. And Jer. vi 8. Be it instructed, O Jerusalem, least my Soul depart from thee; lest I make the desote inhabited. When it follows, that they who God Sencerity, God will be found of them; he will be a present Help in time of need unto them; he will be their exceeding great Reward will bless them with Grace here, and Glory preplaing hereafter. And 2dly, Hence it's observable, they who depart from, or forsake God will forsake them, i e. he them God will deprive of the favourable Presence, of Light of Countenance, which Life; and all the Plea thereof, And 2dly, It's to be that such desperately wicked and evil-disposed People, not only Judgments from Heaven upon themselves, but also upon the Land wherein they live. From these and such like Considerations I exhorted them seriously to reflect upon their preceding Life, how they had dishonoured God, ruin'd their own Souls, and gone headlong in the Paths of Death, in the Way to Hell. Misery, and Destruction and therefore it was high time for them to away out of that spiritual Lethargy, that Sleep of Death, wherein they had been so long detain'd, that Christ might give them light to repent of all their Sins, more especially that crying Guil which had brought upon them such miserable Calamities and Misfortunes, to which they were then most justly subjected. I advised them, in Imitation of the King and People of , incessantly to cry unto God and Night, that he, out his ab Mercy and Compassion, might, take Pity upon them for the Lord Sake. They were instructed in Necessity of confessing their Sins; taking Shame and Confusion Face to themselves, since whosoe aleth his Sins shall not prosper be that confesseth and for alleth shall find Mercy. And lastly they advised to approach God in the bless Sacrament of the Lord's, last Supper wherein they might have the Pardon of their Sins confirmed, and the glorious Hopes of eternal Life deeply routed in their Breasts. When they had these, and many like Exhortations, all of them behav'd well, with apparent Devotion and Submission. Rine and Morgan, were most of the time they were under Sentence, very sick and indispos'd; yet for the most part they attended constantly at Devotion, and were attentive to Prayers and Exhortations. Daniel Malden having been a dangerous Person to keep in a Gaol, as having twice broke out before, was stapled down in the old Condemn'd-Hole, which, since his last Elopement, was repair'd and made stronger than before; and there having his Hands and Feet chain'd, with an Under-keeper attending him Day and Night, I daily prayed for and instructed him: He seem'd at first desirous of Religious Duties, and behaved indifferently well; but because he had not every thing to his Mind, he turn'd peevish and obstinate in his Temper; and as I was going up one time to visit him, he was singing aloud, and very merily; I represented to him how unseasonable such Mirth was, considering his desperate Circumstances: He did not seem much concern'd at that time; but further exhorting him to Patience, Submission, and Resignation to the Will of God, the next time I visited him he was very desirous of Prayers and Instructions, and appear'd very humble, , and submissive. Upon Thursday the 28th of October, the Report was made to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty in Council, of the four Malefactors, viz. Daniel Malden , William Rine , Samuel Morgan , and Mary Kempton , alias Campton , lying in the Old Condemn'd-Hole, and in the Cells of Newgate, under Sentence of Death, when all of them were appointed for Execution. Daniel Malden , alias Morgan , otherwise Smith , and Mary his Wife ; John Holburt and Ann his Wife , were indicted for breaking and ening the House of Mary Henshaw , and stealing seven Pair of Sheets, the Goods of John White ; eight Aprons, the Goods of Sarah Bishop ; three cheque Aprons, the Goods of Sarah Hilder ; three cheque Aprons, the Goods of Ann Seal ; and one Shirt, the Goods of Thomas Clark , February 29, and Mary Gray , for receiving a Shirt, the Goods of Thomas Clark , knowing it to be stolen, March the first. Mary Malden , John Holbert , Ann Holbert , and Mary Gray , acquitted Daniel Malden , guilty. Death. N. B. Daniel Malden was try'd at the Sessions holden at the Old-Bailey , on Wednesday the 5th of May, and on the 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th of the said May last, convicted, sentenc'd, and included in the dead Warrant with Ward, Tarlton, Freeman, and Francis Owen , who were executed on Monday the 24th of May last; but finding Means to escape on Sunday Night, and Monday Morning, the 23d and 24th of the said Month, the Morning of the Day of Execution, he was re-taken about Rag-Fair two or three Days after; he was at the next Sessions call'd down to his former Judgment, but before the Day of Execution, escaping from the condemn'd Hold, he was re-taken at Canterbury sometime before the last Sessions, brought up to Town, and appointed to suffer with the other three, who were under Sentence, agreeable to the Judgment past upon him. 1. Daniel Malden , 23 Years of Age, of honest Parents in the County of Suffolk , who educated him at School, to read English, and endeavour'd to have him instructed in the Christian Religion; but having been a perverse. Boy he scarce minded any Thing, either of Learning or Christianity, but had almost forgot all. When of Age, he was put to a Sail-Maker , to which Trade he serv'd for some Time, but meeting with Company, he was easily led aside, and seldom follow'd the Employment he was bred to; for falling in with several Women of no good Character, to whose Company he was too much addicted; they put his Mind off all settled Business, which was the occasion of his leading a wandering, inconstant Life. He serv'd in some of his Majesty's Ships , and at other Times in Merchant-Men, and had been at Guinea , in the West-Indies ; at Gibralter , in the Mediterranean; Portugal , and at many Places. When at Home, he serv'd Gentlemen and People of Note in Station of a Jockey , and rode Racer for them in several Places of the Country, and was honest in his Dealings, as he gave out. He own'd his carrying away the wet Linnen from Mary Henshaw 's House, a Washerwoman , but that he only receiv'd them from another, who took them and delivered them to him, and that he carried them all off; yet he confess'd to the Justice and others, that he was equally concern ed with the other Man, in breaking open the Woman's House, and stealing the Goods; neither did he vindicate himself in that Affair, but acknowledg'd the Justice of his Sentence; only he alledg'd what is not very probable, that he was not guilty of any Theft or Robbery before. He behav'd indifferently well, and seem'd penitent. He was very sick, and miserably poor, and did not appear so profoundly vicious, as many others of his Stamp. One of the two Jockeys who took him up at Canterbury , had the Assurance to come to see him in the Hole, he said very little to him, only, That he would not have done so to him, or any Body, and the Reward they expected, there being none for them, and he was very glad they were justly disappointed of. For the most part he behav'd well, but was buoy'd up with Hopes of a Reprieve, which made him too indifferent in the Concerns of his Soul; but when he saw there was no Hopes of Life, being included in the dead Warrant, he became extremely serious and devout. He was ignorant of Religion, that having been least in his Thoughts, but was always attentive to Prayers and Exhortations. He believ'd in Christ our only Saviour; repented of all his Sins, and died in Peace with all Men. William Rine , was indicted for assaulting Charles Serjeant on the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Hat value 10 s. a Silver Stock-Clasp, value 4 s. a Barragon-Coat, value 20 s. a Dimity Waistcoat, value 10 s. a Barragon Pair of Breeches, value 10 s. a Pair of Silver Knee-Buckles, value 5 s. a Pair of Silver Shoe-Buckles, value 10 s. a Silver Spoon, value 10 s. a Pair of Gold Sleeve-Butons, value 30 s. a Pair of Steel Snuffers, value 2 s. a Gold Ring, value 10 s. five Keys, value 12 d a Knife, value 12 d. a Whip, value 10 s. and four Guineas and a half in Money, September 22. 2. William Rine , 36 Years of Age, of honest Parents, in the Province of Munster , in the Kingdom of Ireland , who gave him indifferent good Education, in Reading, Writing, and what was proper to fit him for Business, and had him instructed in their Way of Religion. He was not put to a Trade, but did Country-Work , and liv'd honestly at Home in his younger Years. He took on with the Irish Officers, and went to France, when longing to see Foreign Parts, and there he serv'd in one of the Irish French Regiments for the Space of ten Years, and was in the late War upon the Rhine, at the Siege of Fort Keil and Philipsburg ; but as that sort of People are ready to engage in the King of France's Service, so they are equally ready to desert upon every Occasion and Pretence; so that in the last short War, almost the one half of them went off, and came over to England . Among the rest Rine made his way for London , where, being of no Trade, he found it hard to live; but that sometimes he said he did Labouring work, sometimes idling away his Time, and about Drury-Lane , there he ell into bad Company of some of his own Countrymen, and having no way to subsist, they easily persuaded him to go on the Highway, and see what they could purchase by Robbery. Rine, being of a thievish, wicked Disposition, readily concur'd with this desperate Proposal, and with Benjamin Finnegar , and Bryan Darby , assaulted and robbed two Men in the Fields at Islington , and another Man by Hampstead , of Coffee and Tea, and all his wearing Apparel; and on the 22d of September, they assaulted and robbed Mr. Charles Serjeant of Uxbridge , of all the Things mention'd in the Indictment. This having been a most barbarous and cruel Robbery, the Account of the same, as given upon Evidents by Mr. Serjeant himself, and some others, is to the following Effect. On the 22d of September Mr. Serjeant was riding Home from London to Uxbridge , at a pretty swift Pace, the three Robbers stopp'd him, and dismounted him, they led him to a Field a little out of the way, they threaten'd to kill him if he spoke a Word; then they robb'd him of four Guineas and half, stript him stark naked as he was been, leaving him nothing but his Wig: Rine tied a Handkerchief about his Mouth, with two had Knots on the Nap of his Neck, then they his Arms to a Tree with his own Bridle; and in this Posture, enduring the Extremity of cold, he continued from 7, when they robb'd him, to 9 at Night, when he with Difficulty got his Hands loose, and went to a Publick-House in this pitiful, starving Condition: Rine put on his Breeches before his Face, and coming to Town, and offering to sell Mr. Serjeant's Whip, with his Name upon it, he was taken up upon Suspicion, and found out to be the Thief who committed the Robbery, having most of the Things upon him. All this he confess'd, neither did he deny it before the Justice, but sign'd his Confession; only he endeavour'd to extenuate his Crime, alledging that the Evidence was not right in some minute Points, but upon the main, he could not deny the Truth of every Thing. He was very sick at first, and could not speak much, but recovering pretty well, he appear'd very obstinate in his Temper, and somewhat vindictive. In his Profession of Religion, he said he was a Roman . He attended always, excepting two or three Times, in Time of Devotion and Exhortations, and seem'd attentive. On Sunday last Mr. Serjeant, who keeps the Crown-Inn at Uxbridge , that was robb'd by this Malefactor, (and one Ryley not yet taken) with two or three Gentlemen more, came to the Press Yard to ask him some Questions; particularly, one Gentleman asked him if he did not rob him by Bays Water; he said, He did not. And likewise at the same Time said, nothing troubled him more, that he should be so wicked as to swear against two innocent Persons before the Justice; for he did acknowledge that he never saw them in his Life. He was asked how he could do such a Thing? He said, it was thro' the Instigation of a Debtor on the Common-Side; but would not name his Name. He hop'd for Salvation through Christ, and forgave every Body. Samuel Morgan , was indicted for assaulting Elizabeth Pullwash , in a certain open Field near the King's Highway, putting her in Fear, and taking from her a Holland Gown, value 8 s. a Pair of Stays, value 3 s. a Callimancoe quilted Coat, value 17 s. a Bermudas Hat, value 7 s. a Cambrick Mob, value 2 s. 6 d. a Dimity Petticoat, value 3 s. a Flannel Petticoat, value 1 s. a Pair of Damask Shoes, value 2 s. 6 d. a Pair of Silver Buckles, value 7 s. a Gold Ring, value 8 s. a Cambrick Handkerchief, value 2 s. 6 d. a Muslin ditto, value 1 s. a Linnen Apron, value 1 s and 9. d. Half-penny in Money, August the 1st. 3. Samuel Morgan , 35 Years of Age, of honest, mean Parents in Somersetshire , who educated him at School, to read English, and instruc- him in Christian Principles. When of Age, he was bred to a Clothier , which Trade he follow'd in his younger Years, while he liv'd in the Country; but wearying of settled Business, he listed in the second Regiment of Guards , in which he serv'd ten Years, to the liking of his Officers and Fellow-Soldiers: He fell into a Quarrel, and was wounded in both the Hands, so that one of them was night cut off; then his Colonel was so good, as to get him to be an Out-Pensioner in Chelsea- Hospital : After his leaving the Regiment, he lived in his own Country for some Time honestly, following the Business of a Clothier , and Country-work ; but not long ago returning to London , he hired a Mare at Hatchbury in Wiltshire , leaving in Place of it a lame Horse half dead; the Owner of the Mare being a poor Countryman, sent Word to Town to enquire what he did with his Mare? He said, he left it at the Inn to be taken Home by the Hatchbury Waggoner; but he either could not, or would not tell the Name of the Inn he went to. He denied his being accustomed to cheat People of Horses. Which he came to Town, he had no Business, and was very poor, and while we was waiting to get into some Way, by Interest of his Friends and Acquaintances, he was was sent to Clerkenwell- Bridewell , upon his quarrelling with, and abusing a Woman; being bail'd out thence, before he was out of the Officers Hands, Elizabeth Pullwash , who had been robb'd and abus'd in a desperate Manner, at the Time of Tottenham-Court-Fair , came in and swore to his Face, that he was the very Man who robb'd and abus'd her in such a barbarous Manner. He, with two others, on a Tuesday, in the beginning of August last, about Ten or Eleven o'Clock at Night, attack'd Elizabeth Pullwash coming from Tottenham-Court-Fair ; the other two robb'd a Man, at a little Distance, while Morgan robb'd and stript Pullwash, left scarce any Thing upon her, bound her down, they threaten'd to shoot or kill them with Pistols or Daggers, being provided with such Weapons, if they cry'd out, or made the least Resistance, and Morgan was the most resolute and outragious of the three; then he ravish'd her with Difficulty, one of them snap'd a Pistol at her Breast twice, she begg'd hand for her Life upon her Knees, he bound her Leg behind her, and after Twelve at Night, having tied both the Feet and Hands of the Man and Woman with Cords, they threw them into a Ditch, where, about Four in the Morning, being Wednesday, a labouring Man going by to his Work, heard the Man crying out aloud, Murder, Murder; he went and reliev'd them out of this miserable Condition, lying upon their Backs, having their Heads and Faces upward, which enabled them to breath; the Woman he took Home, and his Wife put her in their own Bed, having nothing on but her Shift and Stockings, all bedaub'd with weltering in Dirt and Nastiness, so that they thought she should have died, having recover'd her Senses, and Health with very great Difficulty Samuel Morgan own'd his being at Tottenham-Court-Fair ; but denied the Robbery, and barbarous, Usage of the Woman, as she swore against him: I endeavour'd to persuade him, by many Arguments taken from Scripture and Reason to make a full and free Confession of his Sins: He confess'd his having been at Tottenham-Court-Fair , but was not willing to acknowledge his using the Woman in so barbarous a Manner, or that he was guilty of any other Robberies. He was miserably poor, naked, and dispirited. He behaved well, was attentive to Prayers and Exhortations, but being very sick and weak, he could give but a slender Account of himself. He kept bad Company both of Men and Women, which made him liable to too many of these Vices, such as Drinking, Cursing, and Swearing, &c. which those abandon'd, unfortunate Creatures are ready to commit. He declar'd his Faith in Christ, as Son of God; and only Saviour of Sinners; that he sincerely repented of all the Sins of his Life; and forgave all Men, as he hop'd for Forgiveness from God. At the Place of EXECUTION. THE Morning of their Execution, I read Prayers to them, they all appear'd to be serious and devout. Daniel Malden , about Six o'Clock in the Morning, he was taken out of the Old-Condemn'd-Hole, and was carried into the Press-Yard, where he was put into one of the Cells. After I had done praying by them, they were all put into one Cart, between Nine and Ten o'Clock in the Morning, and Daniel Malden pull'd off his Jockey's Cap, and cry'd out to some Persons, whom he saw standing it the Lodge Door, to God Almighty to Bless them, and hop'd that they would Pray for his poor Soul. He appear'd to be pretty hearty, had no more to add to his former Confessions, and was as attentive and concern'd, as the Disorders, Noise, and Confusions of the Mob, who threw abundance of Dirt, and other Things, would permit him. Samuel Morgan adher'd to what he said before, and forgave all Men, hoping God would have Mercy upon his poor Soul William Rine died a Roman ; and only said, that the Information he gave, (which is mention'd before) against two Men, Benjamin Finnegar , and Bryan Darby , was false, he having never seen any such Persons, and been put upon that Accusation by a Man, whom upon no Account be would name. He express'd his Hoped or Mercy from God. They went off the Stage crying out, God have Mercy upon our poor Souls, and Lord Jesus receive my Spirit. N. B. Mary Compton , alias Kempton , though included in the dead Warrant with the other three, for stealing several Things of Value from Mrs. Eleanor Knelme , out of the Dwelling-house of William Green , Sept. 16, had her Majesty's most gracious Reprieve for a Month, was sent to Newgate, on Monday Morning last, being the Day before the Execution. This is all Account given by Me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary and Chaplain of Newgate . APPENDIX. DANIEL MALDEN , 23 Years of Age, born near Ipswich in the County of Suffolk , of honest Parents, who gave him a good Education; when he was of Age he was bound Apprentice to one Mr. Scarlet, a Sail-maker , at Lynn , with whom he lived about a Year and a half, then he left him, and went to Sea on board his Majesty's Ship the Greyhound, commanded by Sir Yelverton Peyton , on board of which Ship he continued two Years in the Virginia Station, and came Home in her. After she was paid off he enter'd himself on board his Majesty's Ship Shoreham, commanded by Captain Storey, station'd at Newfoundland , on board of which he continued one Year and a half, and came Home in her likewise. When this Ship was paid off, he enter'd on board the Tartar, Captain Edward Peirce , stationed at New-York in New-England , he continued in this Ship two Years and a half, and came Home with her. After she was paid off, he entered himself on board the Bonetta Snow, Capt. Hogg Commander, belonging to the Royal-African Company, and failed in her to Guinea , from thence to Lisbon , and from Lisbon , to England , where he stay'd about two Months, and then he entered himself on board the Dispatch Sloop, Capt . Thomas Gearish Commander, belonging to the said Company, and went in her to Cape Coast and Whidah , on the Coast of Guinea , from thence to St. Ama , an Island inhabited by the Portuguese, and from thence to England , where he arrived the 17th of November last, from which Time he followed the French Trade , on board the Sparrow Yatch, Edward Sutton , Commander . As to the Charge against him for being concerned with Thomas Page and Ann Evans (who were both transported) in stealing a silver Mug out of the House of Joseph Silvester , he declar'd he was not concerned in the Fact, and that he knew nothing at all of it. He acknowledged himself guilty of the Fact of which he was convicted, and for which he was to suffer, but said he did not enter the House himself, though he received the Linnen in the Yard, and that using Sutton's, the Prize-Fighter's House at Islington , he was suspected to be concerned in this Robbery. Sutton's House was searched for this Linnen, and his (Malden's) Wife being there, they took one of the Aprons upon her; upon this she was carried before a Magistrate, who committed her to New-Prison . Then the Magpye Alehouse at Islington was searched, where he happened to be at the same Time. The People who came to search, told him his Wife, was then before a Justice, and desired to speak with him, he went with them to the Justice, in order to see his Wife, and was committed to New-Prison also. The following is an Information of the abovesaid Malefactor, taken before Richard Farmer , Esq ; one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex , the 13th Day of April, 1736. WHO saith, That some Time in the Month of June last, he, in Company with one John Holburt , commonly known by the Name of Country-Jack, in Well-street , near the Glass-house , in the Parish of St. Mary, White-chapel , did stop and rob a Person, who keeps a Sale-shop in Chick-lane, of five Shillings and Sixpence in Money; that after they had taken his Money, they stripped him of all his Cloaths, which Cloaths Holburt pawn'd in his own Name to one Williams, in Kent-street , Southwark , for three Shillings and Sixpence. That on the 9th of December last, about 12 o'Clock at Night he, in Company with the said Holburt, broke open a Cellar Door, belonging to a Dwelling-House, known by the Name of the Jolly Sailor , in Ratcliff-Highway , where they took and carried away two Brass Pots, one dozen of Pewter Plates, two Brass Candlesticks, two speckled Shirts, a Pair of Sheets, and a Woman's Hat; the Brass Pots and the Pewter Plates they sold to a Broker in Southwark for 17 s. and 6 d. That a little before Christmas, he and the aforesaid Holburt, about Two o'Clock in the Morning, broke open a Cellar-door belonging to the Dwelling-House of one Edward Williams , of St. John, Wapping , and took from thence one Brass Pot, one Sauce Pan, two Brass Cocks, and two Case-Bottles of Rum. That just after this Robbery (they seldom standing still for want of Business) they broke open another Cellar Door, belonging to Samuel Unwin , of Well-street , aforesaid, and took from thence one large Pot, one Kettle, and some Pewter, which they sold to a Broker in the Borough of Southwark for 11 Shillings. That after this Robbery, they admitted into their Company one Thomas Grey ; and that one Morning about Two o'Clock, they three broke open a Cellar Door, and enter'd the House, known by the Sign of the Elephant and Castle in Kent street , and took from thence 3 s. 8 d. in Money, a Cane, and a Bottle of Gin. That after this, he, in Company with Holburt and Thomas George , at Kingsland , about One o'Clock in the Morning, did break open the Window Shutters belonging to a House adjoining to the Hospital, and entered the said House: That they took from thence four Harrateen Curtains, half a Dozen of China Cups, eight Knives, and Forks, four China Plates, and sundry other Things which he cannot recollect. That the Curtains, Knives and Forks, were sold to one Lawrence, in Fleet-lane, by Holburt's Doxy, for one Pound and one Shilling. A genuine Account of the two surprising Escapes of Daniel Malden , taken from his own Mouth (while under Condemnation) in the Old Condemn'd-Hole in Newgate , Oct. 21, 1736. MY first Escape from one of the new Cells, the very Morning I was to have been executed, which was Monday the 24th of May last. George Ward , who was lately executed, having been confined in the same Cell, he informed me that a certain Plank in the Floor was loose, I found it out; and on Sunday Night between 10 and 11 I began to work; I rais'd up this Plank with the Foot of a Stool that was in the Cell, then I made a Hole in the ar'd Work big enough for my Body to go through, and I dropt into a lower Cell, out of which one Butler, a former Convict, had made his Escape. The Bar of the Window of this Cell still, remained cut as Butler had left it, and out of this Window I got, with all my Irons upon me, into the Press-Yard; I had got my Candle with me not knowing what Occasion I might have for a Light, but when I was got into the Press-Yard, George Ward call'd to me, and desired I would give him the Candle, he let down a Bit a Twine, and drew it up; then looking about me and seeing all Things quiet, I pulled off my Shoes and went softly up into the Chapel, and observing a small Breach in the Wall I enlarg'd it, and pulled the Wall down, and got into the Penthouse from the Ceiling; then I made my Way through the Penthouse, and got upon the Roof of the House, so pulling out one Side all the Way I went for Foot-hold, and another that I might take hold of the Laths in Case I should slip; I got upon the Top of the Cells by the Ordinary's House, having made my Way from the Top of the Chapel upon the Roofs of the Houses, and all round the Chimnies of the Cells over the Ordinary's House, to the next, which had been a Pastry Cook's, but was now empty. I was just going to take out a Sky-Light on the Top, of the Ordinary's House, thinking to get in there, when I observed there was no Foot-hold in the Inside; so I went from thence, not caring to venture in there, to the empty House, there I found one of the Garret Windows down, and I got in at that Window, and went down three Pair of Stairs into the Kitchen; then I put my Shoes on (which I had made Shift to carry in my Hand all the Way I came) and with Rags and Pieces of my Jacket, I wrapp'd my Irons close to my Legs, as if I had been gouty or lame; then I got out of the Kitchen Window one Pair of Stairs, into Phnix Court, and from thence I went through the Streets to Nightingale-lane , I walk'd quite through the City, and pass'd the Watch several Times, this was about three o'Clock in the Morning. When I was hous'd in Nightingale-lane as soon as I could (about six in the Morning) I sent for a Smith, who knock'd off my Fetters and took them away with him for his Pains; then I got a Man to go for a young Woman, with whom I kept Company, and that Fellow betray'd me; he however had done my Message to the young Woman, for she came, and was very much surpriz'd to see me, but while she was getting me some Breakfast I heard a Noise in the Yard, which alarm'd me, so my Irons being off, I made the best of my Way from this House to Mrs. Newman's, at the Black-Boy at Millbank , there I was kept private and lock'd up four Days alone, and no Soul but myself. On Thursday Night following I ventur'd out about 11 o'Clock, and heard People were in Pursuit of me, so I went to Mrs. Franklin's at one o'Clock the same Night, and lay down upon a Chest in her Room, and when she got up I lay down upon her Bed. Before I rested myself I sent a Shoemaker with a Letter to my Wife in Kent street , desiring to speak with her, and I gave him likewise two Letters to carry to Gentlemen in the City, but instead of doing this, he came directly to Newgate, and betray'd me to the Keepers, and in about an Hour and a half, I perceived the House was beset; I hid myself behind the Shutters in the Yard, and my Wife was drinking Tea in the House; the Keepers seeing her, cry'd, Madam, your humble Servant, where is your Spouse? I heard them, and knowing I was not safe where I was hid, I came out and endeavoured to get over a Wall, some of them espy'd me, and cry'd out, Here he is, upon which they immediately laid hold of me, carried me back to Newgate , put me into the Old Condemn'd Hole, as the strongest Place, and stapl'd me down to the Floor. The Second ESCAPE. BEING thus confined again, I resolved to attempt a Second Escape. A Man who was confin'd on the Stairs in the Old Condemn'd Hole, convey'd a Knife to me, on Sunday Night, June the 6th, between 10 and 11 o'Clock, I began to saw the Staple, to which I was fasten'd, in two; I work'd through it with much Difficulty, and with one of my Irons I wrench'd it open, and got loose; then I took down (with the Assistance of my Knife) a Stone in the Front of the Seat of the Vault which is in the Corner of the Condemn'd Hole; when I had got the Stone down, I found there was a Row of strong Iron Bars under the Seat, through which I could not get, so I was obliged to work under these Bars, and open a Passage below them; to do this I had no Tool but my old Knife, and in doing this Part of the Work, my Nails were torn off the Ends of my Fingers, and my Hands were in a dreadful miserable Condition; at last I open'd a Hole just big enough for me to squeeze through, and in I went, Head foremost, but one of my Legs (my Irons being on) stuck very fast in the Hole, and by this Leg I hung in the Inside of the Vault, with my Head downwards, Half an Hour or more; I thought I should have been stifl'd in this sad Position, and was just going to call out for Help, when turning myself up, I happen'd to reach the Bars, I took fast hold of one of them with one Hand, and with the other I disengag'd my Leg, and got it out of the Hole. Having clear'd myself I considered I had above thirty Foot to drop, therefore to break the Fall, I fastened a Piece of Blanket I had about me, to one of the Bars, and lower'd myself down by it, but it happened to break, and down I fell into a Hole under a Vault below Stairs; into this Hole I fell with some Violence, my Fetters causing me to fall very heavy, and here I stuck fast a considerable Time. While I was here in this Condition, Mr. Alstone came to the Vault to do his Occasions, which he did all over my Face into my Mouth, and almost poison'd me. I found the Hole I had dropp'd into was a Funnel, very narrow and streight; I had torn my Flesh in a terrible Manner by the Fall, but was forc'd to tear myself much worse in squeezing through this narrow Funnel; I verily thought I should have perish'd here, for when I had forc'd myself into it, I stuck fast, and could not stir either backward or forward for more than Half an Hour; but at last, what with squeezing my Body, tearing my Flesh off my Bones, and the Weight of my Irons, which helped me a little here, I work'd myself through, and found the End of this Funnel opened into the Common-Sewer; I was then in a sad nasty Pickle, and as well as I could I clean'd myself in the Sewer; my Shirt and my Breeches were torn to Pieces, but I wash'd them in the muddy Water, and walk'd through the Sewer as far as I could, my Irons were very heavy upon me, and now incommoned the very much. While I was in these Circumstances, several of the Runners of Newgate were let into the Common-Sewer to look for me, and here I had been taken again, had I not found a hallow Place in the Side of the Brick-work, into which I crowded myself, and they pass'd by me twice while I stood in that : here I continued forty-eight Hours, then I went on till I came under the old Privy ( House-of-Office) in -Hospital, and here a Quantity of the Brick-work fell in upon me, a Tun Weight I believe there might be, which beat quite down to the Ground, and buried me underneath; but I recovered myself, and got out through the Seat of this Necessary-House, which is against the Pump in Town-Ditch by Christ's-Hospital , and hid myself behind an Engine in the same Place over-against the Pump, for I was all over Nastiness, Filth, soil, and Mud. My Concern was now, how to hide my Irons, and remembering I had a Needle and some Thread in my Pocket, I pull'd off my two Flannel Waistcoats, and stitch'd them together like Trowsers, and drawing up my Irons, I made Shirt to hide them within my Trowsers. In this Place I till about 9 or 10 at Night, and then I found a Piece of an old Spade, with which I drew a Nail of a Lock on the Door of the House-of-Office, and so opened the Door and got out into the Yard, a Woman seeing me there, asked me how I got there? I told her I came in at the other Gate. She said she believed I had hid myself above Stairs all Day. I told her. No, I had not, that I was very sick and lame and was but just come through; I was a little afraid of her, but a Gentlewoman happening to look out at a Window, said, Why don't you open the Gate to let the poor Man go out? Upon which she opened the Door, and I went out into Little-Britain , there I happened to see a Coachman, with whom I was acquainted, he had just then set down a Fare in the Stone-Yard by Town-Ditch, and he asked me if I would stay a Minute and drink, the Footman brought out a full Copper Pot of Beer, and we drank together; I told him I would give him 18 d if he would carry me to - (a particular Place) he did as I desired him, and when I was there, a Man was sent for unknown to me, to knock my Fetters off, which he did, and he likewise had them for his Labour. The Night following I got away for Endfield , having bought a Suit of Cloaths in Rag-Fair , which cost 45 s and which Money was collected for me by some of my Acquaintance, in and about Rosemary-lane; so being equipp'd in a Scarlet Coat and Waistcoat with Gold Buttons, a strip'd Cotton Pair of Breeches, and a Plain Hat and Wig, away I went for Endfield . From Endfield I took Post Horses for Yarmouth to my Friends there; at Yarmouth I fell dangerously sick, and continued so a Month, every Body thought I should have dy'd; but I recover'd, and as soon as I grew a little well and hearty, I went to Flushing in Holland , there I stay'd some Time, but being uneasy without my Wife, I return'd to England to fetch her over. While I was at Flushing , I saw two Merchants that live at oxton, drinking together it the Sign of the Three Dutch Skaters , I went into the House to them, and while I was there in came Turpin and Rowden, I drank with them, and they persuaded me to enter into Foreign Service, but I refused, telling them, I did not care to serve any other Nation than my own. From Flushing I came to England to fetch my Wife; I came first to Yarmouth , from Yarmouth to Beccles , and there I took Post Horses for St. Edmonds-Bury ; from thence I went to New-market , to Bishop Stratford , and so to the Plow at Bow by Stratford , bringing with me two Hares and three Rabits to make Presents of to two Gentlemen. From Bow I came to the Sign of the Marigold , over-against St. Mary Maglen's Church , Southwark ; and from thence I sent a young Man for my last Wife in Kent-street , and bid him tell her that a Mate of a Ship wanted to speak with her at a Publick House, this was about Bartholomew-Tide; when she came, to her very great Surprize she found me drinking in a little Box, by my self; she came in a Coach, in a very poor and miserable Condition; I asked her what was become of her Things? She said she had been in great Want while I had been gone, and had had no Friend in the World to relieve her, or help her; and that she had been obliged to sell some of her Cloaths, and pawn the rest. I sent for the Persons she owed Money to, and I paid them. After we had been here some time, we consulted what to do, I desired her to go away directly, or as soon as possible, either to Bristol or Liverpool, for I was resolv'd to go to Guinea, and I would have her go to either of those Places, that she might be ready to go with me. She desired first to see her Father, whom she had not seen for 12 Years, and who was Gardiner to - Sawbridge, Esq; at a Place call'd Wye, near Canterbury. I agreed to go with her, and accordingly we went together to Deptford , directly; from thence we cross'd the Water and went to Bow , and so to Barking in Essex ; there we took Water and went to a Place call'd Newington , by Gravesend ; here we lay all Night, and got to Canterbury the Day following. We were very much tired, and not caring where we lodged (so we could but get any Place to rest our selves in) we went to the Sign of the Three-Half-Moons , and there was our first Habitation at Canterbury . Now Money began to fall short; my Wife and I therefore agreed to go to Work; and in about a Week's time we got Employment in the Hop Grounds , from one Mr. Firmow, a Brewer there, and fell into a very pretty Way of getting our Bread. I appear'd here pretty well rigg'd, in a Fustian Frock, with Silver Buttons; but the Money which I had brought with me, and which I had got from Friends, being gone before I had got into this Business, I was obliged to demolish my Frock, and make my Wife sell the Buttons for 8 s. 6 d. When I was settled in this Employment, I sent a Letter to my Wife's Father, at Esquire Sawbridge's, and he came to see us. I was sitting on a Bench at the Door, and he came up and asked me if I could tell him where he might find one Mary Cliff : I did not know him, nor he me; but this being my Wife 's Maiden Name, I told him where she was. When they met they both burst into Tears: I asked him to go up Stairs into our Lodging, and there he treated us with a Bowl of Punch; and after that we went to the Rose and Crown by the Market, and drank with him again before he took Horse to go home. He asked me to come down to Esquire Sawbridge's, and stay a Week with him there: I cannot say whether he knew me or not, for I went by the Name of Smith: tho' I believe he did, because at parting he cry'd like a Child, and said to us, Whatever you do keep yourselves honest: Whatever you do, be sure to know your own. And directing himself to my Wife, he said, Molly, Your Mother always work'd hard for her Living; if you are like her you'll always be careful to know your own, she always did. I gave him a Snuff-Box, which I had before given my Wife, and he was to keep it for our Sakes; he gave us 5 s. and promised my Wife a Gold Ring of her Mother's; and if we would come to live with him, he would do something for us; thus we parted. While we were at Canterbury , my Wife was always uneasy about me, and was eternally telling me, that I was just in the Condition of a Bird amonst Bird-lime Twigs, and that I should certainly be discover'd: So I took up a Resolution of going to her Father, or else to Deal or Dover, but something or other prevented me when I was in the Mind; and sometimes I declared to her that I would not go at all, but would stay where I was, tho' I was made uneasy several Times, and on many Occasions. Once in particular, there being a Puppet-Shew in the Town, I must needs go and see it; and I was observed by the Fellow who beat the Drum about the Town for the Shew: This Fellow knew me, and said to my Landlady's Son where I lodg'd, That Man you saw with the Jockey's Cap over his Face, broke twice out of Newgate . When the Boy came home, he told me what the Drummer had said concerning me. I was very angry with the Boy, and said it was false; but next Day, as I was sitting on a Bench at the Door where I lodg'd, the Drummer came by with his Drum again; I call'd him to me, and asked him how he could report such a Thing of me, he denied that he had ever said any thing like it: I call'd the Boy, and he affirmed what he had told me was true. However, I gave him a Pint of Beer, and bid him at the same time take care what he said, for I assured him I had never been in a Gaol in my Life. I acquainted my Wife with what had pass'd between this Drummer and the Boy, and I and she was very uneasy, and would have had me to have changed by Quarters, for fear I should be blown; but I would not consent. After this, I lay several Nights in my Cloaths, that I might be ready to get off, if I should be surpriz'd in the Night, and was always upon the Watch, thinking the Drummer would sometime or other certainly betray me. After this, the Running Horses on Barham Downs were sent for to Bridge Hill, to one Peter Hosier 's, and he desired me, knowing I was a Jockey , to ride my Lord Portmore's Horse, if the Groom should not come before the Races began. I undertook it, and went accordingly; but just as the Horse was brought out of the Stable, the Groom came so ride him himself, Then Peter, Mr. Hughes's Man, the Horse-courser, asked me to go and drink with him; I went into a Booth upon the Downs and staid a little while with him, and then went home. Some time after this, he (Peter) came to see me at my Lodgings at Canterbury , and knowing I had made my Escape, and how it was with me, at parting, he told me, he heartily wish'd me well; but going from Canterbury, he met with one Daniel Hopkins , and Jack that formerly liv'd with Mr. Perry at the New-Gaol in Southwark; they all dined together, and while they were at Dinner, says Peter, Who do you think I have and drank with? They asked him who, he told them he had been with me, and informed them where I liv'd, and what Cloaths I wore. In about a Week after this, I was beset by this Jack, that formerly liv'd with Mr. Perry, and Daniel Hopkins ; it was on a Saturday Night after I came from Work. I had desired my Wife to boil me a piece of Salt Fish for Supper; she did so, and after Supper I was undressing, my Cloaths all unbutton'd, in order to go to Bed; but one Mr. Poison's Man Jack came in and asked me to go and drink a Pint of Beer with him; he said he came on purpose to smoak a Pipe with me; I thank'd him civilly, and told him I was tired and wanted to go to Bed, he told me he would not keep me above a Quarter of an Hour, so I agreed to go and drink with him; he said he must go and fetch his Friend, and I sat waiting for his Return. When he came back, he brought Mr. Perry's Man Jack, and Daniel Hopkins , and another Man, with him, we drank pretty heartily, and talked about the Races and running Horses; they asked me if I did not know such and such Jockeys, and Jack pulled out two Handkerchiefs, and told me he bought them for a Girl; he asked me what they were worth, I bought them, says he, of Jack Wllee; I asked him what he gave for them; he swore he gave 7 s. for them; if you gave 5 s. says I, it is enough for them, they are only Spittlefields Goods, they are not India well, says he, if I had given 17 s. for them, I should not have cared, for they are for a Girl I Love, at Sittingburn; I told him it was nothing to me what he gave for them; Where there's Love, said I, there's Good Will; so we talked and drank heartily till Jack seemed sadly suddl'd and would go Home; I thought it was pity to let him go by himself, and so suddl'd as he was, so I gave a Cork Cutter (who came from London, and happened to be by at this Time) a Pot of Beer to see him Home, thinking he was in Liquor, but he only shammed it all the while, for about an Hour afterward he came in again with a Constable, and charged the Constable with some of us, but he was at a Loss to know who in particular, there being two or three of us in Company, but at last it fell upon me, I was the Person he said, and told the Constable my Name was Daniel Malden , and that there was 200 l. Reward for taking me, which was false. Upon this I was carried before Justice Jacobs of Canterbury that very Night, and he asked Jack, if he had ever seen me before; he said, No; then the Justice asked him; how he knew me to be the Man? he told him, he knew me by the Description People gave of me; Hughes's Peter, and young Jack, had describ'd me to him, so he took me on Suspicion. Daniel Hopkins swore what the Boy did he would stand to and justify; then I was committed to Westgate Jail , and the next Morning my Wife went to Bridgehill to see for two Men that were Jockeys, and she met Hopkins and Jack upon the Road; how could you be such Rogues and Villains, said she, to do this? Oh! said they, we did this out of Spite, for Jack one Day when a Soldier was to be whipp'd, got her (Malden's Wife) up in a Room, and wanted to be very rude with her, but she call'd him Rogue, and would not let him; upon which he declared he would be even with her, and he told her now she met him, that he was even with her, and he had done it out of Spite. On Monday the 13th of September, the Magistrate, who committed me to Goal at Canterbury , sent a Letter to a Gentleman belonging to Newgate, informing him, that he had one in Cu stody, whom he believ'd was the same Person that escap'd from thence some Time ago. The Gentleman upon receiving this Notice, sent down a Horse and Man, that he might be satisfy'd whether it was so, or not. I was found to be the same Person who was to have been executed, and the News was carry'd to Newgate; upon this Mr. Akerman was sent down with two more Persons, to fetch me up; but while he was coming, I had like to have given them the Slip. For a certain Person having given me a Saw, about a Foot and a half long, with a Set of double Teeth in the middle of the Blade; a Spike, such as is used in splicing Ropes; a Piece of an old Sword, jagg'd and notch'd, and an old Knife, which he had of a young Man, a Stay-Maker, who was confin'd in the same Goal for an Assault! the Report, that these Things were given me by my Wife, is utterly false; she was only privy to my Design, and expected that I should have work'd myself out, the next Sunday Morning, after my Confinement; but it was not to be. Sleep that very Morning so overcame me, that I had no Power to make use of that Opportunity; so I was carry'd to Church; my Wife sitting on my Right Hand, and my Keeper on my Left, in the same Pew: The People all the while standing up, and staring at me; but I fell asleep here, and slept the greatest Part of the Time. When the Service was over, I was carry'd back to Goal. I had not yet been hand cuff'd and had only a single Fetter upon me, but five Gentlemen coming to see me and a Parson with them, as I sat in a two arm'd Chair by the Fire Side, one of them perceived the End of the Saw sticking out of my Pocket, they condoled with me under my Misfortunes, and said, what a sad Thing it was I should be so confin'd, taking no Notice to me of what they saw, but before they left the Goal they told the Keepers what they had seen he came and searched me, and so I lost all my Tools and Implements, I had hid them behind a Board in the Room where I was confin'd, and if I had been wife eough to have let them there till I had an Opportunity to have used them, they would never have been discover'd, and had I not slept away my Time on Sunday Morning, I might have been some Miles from Canterbury instead of going to Church there. If I had minded my Business, and what I should have been about, I had now been at Liberty; but when my Intentions was thus discover'd, I was presently hand-cuff'd and put into the Round-Tower, but the Keepers apprehending this Tower not strong enough to hold me, mov'd me into another Part of the Goal, till the Round-Tower was made stronger and fitter for my Reception. When Mr. Ackerman came to see me, I told him, He had like to have upon a Canterbury Story, but he secured me effectually, and brought me in my Way to London , to the Black-Bull at Shooters-Hill (kept by one Mr. Paul) on Sunday September 26, about 11 o'Clock in the Forenoon; here I staid and dined, and about 3 o'Clock in the Afternoon I set out from thence, guarded by about thirty or forty Horsemen, the Roads all the Way to London , being lined with Spectators. Thus was I taken and brought to London hand-cuff'd, and my Legs chain'd under the Horse's Belly; I got to Newgate that Sunday Evening, about five o'Clock, and rid quite up into the Lodge, where I was taken off my Horse, then was convey'd up to the Old Condemn'd-Hole, hand-cuff'd and chain'd down to the Floor. And now having given this Account of myself, it is proper I should declare that my Wife was always utterly averse to my Way of Life, and would never consent to any Proposals I made to her in my Way. She had a Servant to Mr. Cole, the Engraver in Holbourn , a whole Year, but having staid out one Night late, with a young Man that then courted her, she was turned away, and went to live (till she could get a Place) at a Washer-Woman's in Whitechapel , for having disobliged her Friends, she could not go to them. Here it was I became acquainted with her; I had been at Sea, and in the Passage Home I met a Ship going out, in which was the Husband of the Woman of the House where my Wife lodged, he desired me to carry a Message to her; when I went with this Message to the Woman, I saw this young Woman, who is now my Wife, at the Washing-Tub, among some other Women; I liked my Girl, and came to see her again next Day, and staid with her till Evening, and from that Time I went every Day to her, and desired her to take a Room to herself, but she told me she had ed herself to live with a Player in man's-Fields; I insisted upon her lodging by herself, and the Old Woman spoke to me, and told me, she hoped I had no Design to draw the Girl away; no, no, said I, I only intend to make her my Wife. She was to have gone to her Place on Thursday, but I prevented her, and on the Monday Night she and I took a Walk towards Whitechapel- Church ; as we went along I ask'd her to have me, though I was under some Concern (as she perceived) when I asked her the Question, for I had left a Woman in Maryland , that I had a very great Value for, and had another that I kept Company with here at Home; but though she observed I was under some Confusion when I asked her whether she would have me, yet she answered, Aye, aye, I'll have you; so on Tuesday Morning I went to her, and asked her if she had not forgot what she had said last Night, she told me she had not, and that she would go with me, and away we came together, and went round about the Town to -Bridge, and at the Corner the Bridge I stood still to consider a little; I was concerned about the other two Women, and she seeing me in this Consternation, told me, if I thought, I could not be happy in her, I had better de before I came to the Fleet, and that I need not have her now against my Inclination. I stood pausing still, and she told me, if I would go back now, she would come again To-morrow with me. At last I said I was resolved to go on now I was come so far, so I carried her to the West-Country-Barge in Fleet-Lane , there a Man soon ply'd us, with a Do you want a Parson? I told him yes, so up Stairs we went, the Parson came, and were married. While we were in the House, an old Woman asked me, what I intended to do with that young likely Creature? Why, says I, I will go to Sea, and leave my Powers with her to maintain her till I come back. My marrying this Woman provoked the other to the last Degree, though I seldom lived with her before I married this Wife, above two or three Days in a Month, for I generally lodged at the Ship in Rag-Fair , and not with her. I must confess I have not used this very well, for I have frequently in my Cups, declared I married her out of a Bawdy-House, and have beat and abused her, even when she has been with Child, in a sad Manner, for which I am now sorry, but she has forgiven me. The following is an exact Copy of a LETTER, left by Daniel Malden , for Mrs. Miller, in Brocksford-Street , near Ipswich . Friday 1736. My Dowty to All Frends, Mrs. Eliz. Miller , at Brocksford-Strete , in the County of Suffoke, near Ebsebship . Mrs. MILLER, I Dsr you would take care of my Wife , Mare Malden , as I a dying Man, Daniel Malden . I desi you would let hur have what was left me, and not rong hur of anne-thing which was left me. My Dewty to all Friends, living in Brocksford-Strete, in the County of Suffoke, near Ebships. My Dewty to my Father and Mother, and Respets to my Ant Jouns, and Cozens Couts, and nt Miller, and I desire you would take Care of my dear and loving Wife for my Sake. Dere Frends, onst more I pray you for my dear and lawfull Wife, has gone thro' a Sea of truble for me, who now lyes in a pore and deplorabel Condishon, and must have been starfed, had it not been for shee whom I love as my Life, as I ought to do, I knowin she returns the same to me. No more, but hoping she will remane your dutifull Dater tel Deth. Two or three Days before he dy'd he was in a great Agony as he lay on the Floor, and starting up (as suddenly as he could for his Irons) he flew into a violent Passion, and declared, That before he would die on a Tree, he would dash his Brains out against the Staple, which fasten'd him to the Floor. Which accordingly he did his Endeavour on Sunday Night last, but was happily prevented by one of the Persons, whom was set as a Watch over him. FINIS.

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28January1702 The ORDINARY of NEWGATE his Account of the Behaviour, Confessions, and Dying-Speeches, of the Condemn'd Criminals that were Executed at Tyburn, on Wednesday January the 28th. 1701. THE Persons hereafter mention'd, having receiv'd Sentence of Death, on the 16th instant, at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily; I did from that Day to this, constantly attend them, both in the Chappel and in their Holds, at Newgate: Where they were also most charitably and seasonably visited by the Reverend Dr. Bray, Mr. Stubbs, Mr. Frank, and other Worthy Divines, who (together with me) exhorted them to a serious Consideration of the Life to come. On the two Lord's-Days which they had after their Condemnation, I preach'd to them, viz. the 15th instant in the Morning, on these Words of our Saviour. Mat. 16. 26. and 27. For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole World and lose his own Soul? Or what shall a man give in Exchange for his Soul? Or what shall a man give in Exchange for his Soul? For the Son of Man shall come in the Glory of his Father with his Angels, and then he shall reward every Man according to his Works. From which Words I discours'd them; 1. Upon The vast Disproportion between the Things of this World, and a Man's Soul; shewing, 1. The Vanity of the former. And 2. The Excellency of the latter. And then I proceeded to consider, In the 2d Place, Christ's Coming at the last Day; when he will, not reverse, but confirm, the private Sentence he shall have pass'd upon every particular Man at his Death. And under this Head I shew'd from Scripture, 1. The Manner. 2. The End of Christ's Coming. 3. The Reward he shall give: viz. to every Man according to his Works: that is, 1. To them that have done well, or truly repented of their Sins, Eternal Life and Glory. 2. To the Workers of Iniquity and Impenitent Sinners, Everlasting Punishment. In the Afternoon I preach'd upon this Text, 2 Sam. 24. 10. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done. And now I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the Iniquity of thy Servant, for I have done very foolishly. Having open'd the Text to them, and shew'd them the occasion of this Prayer of David's, and propos'd him to them as an excellent Pattern for their Imitation, in the Confession and Repentance of their Sins; I then laid before them these following Propositions. 1. That where-ever there is true Penitence and hearty Contrition, there is also a free Acknowledgment and Confession of Sins. 2. That the sincere Penitent is always more ready to aggravate his Faults, than (in the least) careful or sollicitous to hide or palliate them. 3. That his Sins are so odious to him, because they have provoked God, that he always judgeth more severely, and thinks and speaks worse of himself, than any other can do of him. 4. and lastly; I shew'd them; That this was the surest, yea the only Way to pacifie the Wrath of God, and be restor'd to his Favour. On the second Lord's-Day, which was the last, and the 25th instant, I did again preach to the Condemn'd Prisoners, and others; namely, in the Forenoon, upon these Words, being part of the first Lesson for that Morning; Isai. 55. 6, and 7. 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 Thoughts, 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 which Words, I shew'd them; 1. The Duty,2. The Way,3. The Encouragement, of Returning to God. In the Afternoon, I took also part of the second Lesson for my Text, viz. Isai. 56. 2. Blessed is the Man that do's this, and the Son of Man that lays hold on it; that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing evil. From which Words, I discours'd them upon these Heads; 1. Man's Duty, both to God, in being truly Religious; and to his Neighbour, in being universally Just: 2. The Blessed Reward attending the faithful Discharge of this Duty. 3. The Thing (though not positively express'd, yet) necessarily imply'd in the Text; namely, the Punishment that will be inflicted on him, who wilfully neglects the Duty, and makes slight of the Reward. And thus having in these my publick Discourses, as well as in my private Admonitions and Instructions to them, laid before them on the one hand, the severe Judgments of God upon rash and impenitent Sinners; and on the other, his gracious Mercy to them that truly repent, and return to him with their whole Heart; And from thence having also shew'd them the Necessity of calling upon God for his Divine Assistance in this greatly important and difficult Work of Repentance; so as it might prove such as should be acceptable to him: I prepar'd and dispos'd them to their Confessions; wherein they seem'd to be free and ingenuous; discovering, not only what they had done themselves, but what else they were made sensible might be of use to the World, to be discovered concerning others, for the preventing of further Mischiefs, and for the Reformation of Mankind. Now I proceed to give an Account of these Dying Persons respective Confessions; of which I shall here impart to the Publick, so much, and no more, than they themselves were willing should be inserted in this Paper. 1. Christian Russel , Condemned for the Murther of her Male-Infant Bastard: She said, she was 25 Years of Age, born at Laylum about 4 Miles from Windsor ; but liv'd at Teddington near Hampton-Court , where she became acquainted with a certain young Man that debauched her, and perswaded her to the Odious and Beastly Sin of Uncleanness, which was the Foundation of that of Murther, which she committed afterwards: For when she found she grew pretty big, being unwilling to expose her self to shame among her Acquaintance there, she came-up to London, and got into a Service in a very Civil Family; and there she had not liv'd above 10 Weeks, but (unknown to her Mistress, and others) she was (upon the 19th Day of December last) deliver'd of a Male Child; whom she cruelly destroy'd, by throwing him into a House of Office. There was a certain Report, that the Child grasp'd her Hand as she was going thus to murther him; which Circumstance, as it would have still aggravated her Guilt, (if any thing can make so great a Crime greater) so I asked her about it more than once; but she deny'd it, even to the last; though she confess'd the Child was born alive, and that she did cast him away, as is before mention'd. At the first she seem'd very little concern'd for what she had done; she confessing her Sins, without apparent Signs of true sorrow for them: But this might, in some measure, be attributed to her dulness and slowness of Capacity, she being very stupid and ignorant, and a poor simple Creature, that knew little of Religion. At last, she shew'd more sense of her miserable Condition, by reason of her Sins, and express'd much grief and displeasure with her self, and a great desire of God's Pardon for them. She also begg'd Pardon of her Mistress, and of all she had offended; and profess'd that she was in Charity with all the World. She further declar'd to me, that the young Man that had got her with Child; had promis'd to marry her; but he kept not his promise to her; and (as it proves commonly so) when he had made a Whore of her, would not afterwards make her his Wife. This (she said) brought her under the Temptation, and forc'd her to the commission of that horrid Fact, for which she was justly condemn'd to die; and of which, and all other her Sins, which she acknowledg'd to have been many and great, she said, she heartily repented. And as for that young Man, (whose Name I shall here conceal, because I intend, not his Confusion, but his Conversion) he having allur'd this poor wretched Creature into the great Sin of Whoredom, put her (as it were) under a necessity of committing a yet greater, I mean that of Murther, I must here plainly tell him, that he is greatly guilty before God of both these heinous Crimes, and ought therefore seriously to consider that the Divine Vengeance will soon or late overtake him, unless he bewail and heartily repent of them as long as he lives. And of this I must desire other young Men also to take notice, so as they may avoid such heinous and provoking Sins. II. Richard Morris , Condemned for Burglary, for breaking the House of the Lady Carew. He said, he was ag'd 45 Years, born in Worcestershire , by Trade a Butcher , and for some time past kept the Red Lion-Inn at Worcester . At his Trial, he did not deny the Fact, and now he plainly confess'd, that he was guilty of it, and justly condemned for it. At first he seem'd not unwilling to die, and very confident that he had made his Peace with God; and this was while his Friends were at Work to obtain his Reprieve. But when he found, that he was certainly to die, and there was for him no Mercy to be obtain'd from Men then he seem'd to apply himself with more humility to seek it from God. He acknowledg'd he had been a great Sinner; having prophan'd the Lord's-Day, committed Adultery, and several other grievous Crimes, and charg'd himself with all manner of Offences against the Divine and Humane Laws, Murther only excepted. He read and pray'd very much, and excited himself and his Fellow-Sufferers to a comfortable Relyance on God's Mercy. He said, he repented of all his Sins and hop'd that his Repentance was sincere, and should find acceptance with God. III. Benjamin Jones ; Condemned for the same Fact. He said he was about 34 Years old, born at Abberley in Worcestershire ; a Baker by Trade; and afterwards kept a Victualling House for above 3 Years in London: And leaving that Occupation, he apply'd himself to Starch-making. Then he fell into ill Company, whereby he became lewd and lascivious; he getting a Woman with Child, at the same time he was marry'd to another; who not being honest; (as he said) that was the great Cause of his growing vicious too. He mightily lamented for his Sins, and that particularly for which he was to die, which he declared Richard Morris had drawn him into. He express'd strong desires of God's Grace and Mercy; and great Hopes, that as he had a perfect abhorrence, and truly repented of all his Sins; o he should obtain the Pardon of them. IV. Francis Turnley ; Condemned for the same Burglary. He was about 28 Years of age, born at Mamble near Bewdley in Worcestershire . He said he was a Labouring Man , and had served with Brick layers and Brewers, both in the Country, and in London . He confess'd the Fact for which he was condemned; but said, Richard Morris (with whom he had liv'd as a Servant ) had drawn him into it, and wish'd he never had been acquainted with him. He also acknowledged that he had not liv'd a good Life, that he had been before now under Sentence of Death, but receiv'd Mercy and Pardon, which he did not improve as he ought to have done. He said, he had formerly been acquainted with several ill Persons in the Country, who used to steal Horses, and do other Mischiefs: The Names of which Persons he gave to the Parties that might be concern'd to know them. He (and the two last mention'd, viz. Morris and Jones) further said, they had not any design to commit Murther. This Turnley confess'd, that he had too often prophan'd the Lord's-Day, and neglected the Service of God; which proved the Cause of his Ruin; declaring, that it is now a great grief to him, to have provoked God's Wrath against him by his Sins: Of which he seem'd heartily to repent. V. William Tight , also Condemned for Burglary. He said he was 33 Years of age, born in the Parish of St. Giles in the Field . Had been Apprentice to a Painter; and before his time was out, listed himself for a Soldier , to serve in Ireland , about 12 Years ago. Since that, he went to Jamaica , and returning thence, served his Majesty here in England , sometimes at Sea, and sometimes at Land; and when he was discharged from his last Service, under Captain Dicksin, in Major General Earl's Regiment, he fell (worse than ever) into Lewdness and Debauchery, and added more and more to his Sins, which he own'd were very heinous and very numerous before. He acknowledged the particular Goodness of God towards him, in having given him time to consider of Death, and not cut him off in the midst, and in the commission, of his Damning Sins. He was not sparing of himself, but accused himself to be guilty of all manner of Crimes, that of Murther only excepted; which he said, he thanked God, he had never committed. He was at first in great Despair, and thought his Sins were too enormous, and too many, to be forgiven him; but afterwards his Mind was more at ease, and felt some comfort. He pray'd very much to God for Pardon, and declar'd that he dy'd in Charity with all Men. He desir'd that all lewd Livers might take Warning by him, and look upon those to be their best Friends (as he is now sensible they are) who, by bringing them to condign Punishment, and having the Laws executed upon them, strive to reform & reclaim them from those too common & no less pernicious Vices of Swearing, Cursing, Sabbath breaking, Drunkenness, Lasciviousness, Irreligion, and the like; which were the dismal Causes of his falling under this just Condemnation in this World, and (which is infinitely worse) of being for ever undone in the next, unless God out of his extraordinary Mercy to him, had not some pity of his poor distressed and sinful Soul. These dying Persons having thus frankly confess'd their Sins, and expressed their great grief and sorrow for them; and they all earnestly desiring to receive the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, I did administer it to them yesterday, when I thought them well dispos'd for it; there being also several other Persons that receiv'd at the same time; whose Piety, not Curiosity, had brought them thither to join in Prayer with them. This Morning being with them in Newgate, exhorting them to be sincere and unreserved in their Confessions and Repentance: Tight, Turnley, Jones, and Christian Russel , seem'd really to be so. But as for Richard Morris , I wish I had reason to believe the same of him; he refusing to give the desired satisfaction about some Particulars, where in it was fit for him to have open'd himself. When he was come to the Place of Execution, to which he was carry'd in a Coach, (and the other four in two Carts) he first sung a Psalm; then read several Prayers out of a Book. Afterwards, he, and the others with him, repeated the Creed. And this done, I spoke to them, both in general and particular; and put Morris in mind, that he ought to ask Pardon of those two, viz Turnley and Jones, for his having drawn them into the Fact, for which they were now to die with him: But he then deny'd (tho' he had own'd it before to me) he had done it, when at the same time, those two asserted upon their Dying Word, he was the Man that put them upon that Fact. So there arose a little Passion between them; but they at last declar'd they forgave one another; and Morris kissed them both, and his other two Fellow-sufferers before he dy'd. Having given them some further Admonition, I pray'd with them, and gave them out that Psalm which Morris desir'd they should sing; namely, the two last Stanzas of the first Part of the 39 Psalm. Then I pray'd again with and for them; and so retired. Christian Russel . Tight, Turnley, and Jones, having shewn that Humility and Repentance, which was becoming them. After I had left them, and heartily recommended their Souls to God; Morris made some Speeches to the People: All to this Purpose; That he had been a great Offender, in prophaning the Lord's-Day, and committing several other Irregularities, which had at last brought him to this his untimely End: And therefore desir'd all those that heard him, and pray'd them to desire others that heard him not, that they would take warning by him, and the rest of his Fellow-sufferers, and by her (particularly) who, for the Murther of her Bastard-Child, was brought with them to this shameful Punishment. Having said this, and pray'd again both for himself and the others, and desired the Standers-by to say, Amen; which they did: He then added; That he could not die quietly, unless he declared, that his Religion had taught him Loyalty; and so pray'd God to bless Queen Mary, and the Prince of Wales.-Thus having spent much time in long and repeated Speeches and Prayers, a little more was allow'd him and the other four, for their private Devotions. And so were all turned off; calling upon God, with strong Cries, for Mercy and Eternal Life. Four others, also under Sentence of Death, are repriev'd. This is all the Account now to be given of this Sessions, by Wednes. Jan. 28. 1701. PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary. London: Printed for Elizabeth Mllet, next the King's-Arms Tavern, near Fleet-bridge. 1701.

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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 11th of May, 1715. THese melancholy Papers, which had a happy Interruption from the Reprieve granted to those that receiv'd Sentence of Death at the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily , in February last, now appear again to give an Account of such as were lately try'd, convicted, and condemn'd there, for Capital Crimes, on Wednesday the 27th, Thursday the 28th, Friday the 29th, and Saturday the 30th, of April last past, who were Eighteen in Number, viz. Twelve Men, and Six Women: One of which Women being found Pregnant, and Four others of them, with Five of the Men, having obtain'd the Mercy of a Reprieve (which I wish they may duly improve) the rest, being Eight, are now order'd for Execution. While they were under this Condemnation, I constantly visited them, and had them brought up twice every day to the Chapel of Newgate , where I read Prayer, and the Word of GOD, which I explain'd to them; exhorting them to Faith and Repentance, and shewing them how they might obtain and exert those Graces, which were of the greatest Import to them, in order to their receiving the Pardon of their Sins, and the Salvation of their Souls. On the Lord's Day, the 1st instant, I preach'd to them, and others there present, both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon Gen. 9. 6. Whose 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 Punishment to be inflicted on the Murderer, which is Death, imply'd in this former Clause of the Text, Whoso sheddeth Man's Blood, by Man shall his Blood be shed. II. The Reason why the Murderer ought to be thus punish'd with Death, express'd in this latter Clause of the Text, For in the Image of GOD made He Man. After I had enlarg'd upon these two Heads, I proceeded further to shew, 1. The Heinousness of this Crime. 2. The previous Sins that often prove the Occasion of it. 3. The dismal Circumstances attending it. 4. ult. The high Degree of Repentance the Person guilty of such an enormous Bloody Fact, should st up himself to, that he may pacify the Wath of GOD which is denounc'd and gone out against him, and have the Blood of Christ, that speaks better things than the Blood of Abel, plead for his Pardon, when he shall come to appear before the Dreadful Tribunal. On the last Lord's Day, the 8th instant, I preach'd again to them, both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon these Words of GOD, Ezek. 18. the latter part of the 4th Verse. The Soul that sinneth, it shall die. From which I shew'd, I. That every Man is to answer and suffer for his own, and not for others Faults, wherein he is not concern'd. II. That the Death mention'd in the Text is opposite to the Life promis'd the Penitent in the 21st and following Verses of this Chapter. And, III. ult. That both this Death and that Life are Certain and Eternal. Which having made out by Proofs from Scripture, I then treated at large of the two vastly different States of the other World; shewing, 1. The severe Punishment of impenitent Sinners after this Life. 2. The happy Condition they shall be in then, who truly repent now. To these Heads and Particulars I fully spoke, and then concluded all with suitable Exhortations to the Persons condemn'd; who seem'd to be some more, some less) attentive to what was then deliver'd, according to their respective Capacities of being affected therewith. In my private Examinations of them, they severally gave me the Account of their past Lives and present Dispositions, as follows. 1. Samuel Awdry , condemn'd for privately stealing a Silver-hilted Sword from Mr. George Philips , as he was passing thro' Round-court in the Strand . He own'd he was guilty of that Fact, but of no other that could have touch'd his Life. He said, he was 20 Years of Age, born in the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields : That his Father, when alive, kept a publick House in that Parish, and employ'd him at home ; but when he grew pretty big, he went to Sea , and serv'd 5 Years on board the Windsor, and the Kingston, two Men of War, commanded by Capt. Trevor alternately; and that he was for the most part of that time at Port-Royal in the West-Indies , where he liv'd as well as ever he could wish to live, and might have been happy, if he had staid there. But having a mind to see his Native Country again, he return'd into England, and getting into ill Company, those Vices he had contracted before, soon encreas'd, which were many, as Swearing, Whoring, Drinking, prophaning the Lord's Day, and neglecting both private and publick Prayer, and other Acts of Devotion; and at last committed this Fact he is to die for; which he acknowledg'd his loose way of Living; his Gaming to a prodigious rate, as he did, even to the winning or losing of Ten pounds and upwards at a Night, had brought him to. He was Brother to Roderick Awdry , and John Awdry , who were executed at Tyburn , viz Roderick on the 28th of May, and John the 22d of December, 1714, for diverse Felonies and Robberies by them severally committed, which they were both Condemn'd for. And tho' this Samuel Awdry had the Example of his two Brothers shameful Death before his Eyes, and even was an Evidence against the latter of them, viz. John Awdry , yet he would not take Warning by them, but follow'd the same wicked Way that had brought them to such a sad and untimely End. 2. John Stone , condemn'd for stealing a Cloth Suit and other Goods of Mr. Thomas Robinson , on the 23d of January, and a Silver Tankard out of the Dwelling-house of Mr. Henry Lowndes , on the 5th of February last. He own'd he was guilty of this Fact, and likewise of the other he was indicted for, and for want of sufficient Proof acquitted of, and that was his stealing a pair of Flaxen Sheets, and a Callico Quilt, out of the House of Mr. Peter Ayres , on the 27th of the said Month of February last. He said, he was about 21 Years of Age, born of good Parents in the Parish of Amberly near Arundel in Sussex : That about 4 Years ago he rob'd his Uncle's House in the Country, and took 300 l. in Money, and came up to London ; where he being (soon after) apprehended and committed to Newgate , was try'd, convicted, and burnt in the Hand at Justice-Hall in the Old-baily , for that Fact: That he was sent to the Bridewell in Clarkenwell , but broke out of it; and then committed another Felony, and was a second time burnt in the Hand, and order'd again to that Place for 2 Years, but staid there but one, for he broke out of it, as he had done before; and taking no Warning, nor improving these Corrections into Amendment, but returning to his old wicked Ways, he at last brought himself to this shameful and untimely End. He acknowledg'd he had been a wicked Liver, having committed Whoredom and Adultery, and been guilty of excessive Drinking, Swearing, prophaning the Lord's Day, &c. all which he said he heartily repented of, and beg'd, for Christ's sake, that GOD would pardon all his Sins and shew him Mercy. 3. Matthew Cornwall , condemn'd first for breaking the Dwelling-house of Mr. Thomas Biddle , on the 31st of March last, in the Night-time, and stealing thence 12 Pewter Dishes, and other Goods. 2dly, For breaking the House of Mr. Thomas Boyse , and stealing thence 112 Pound-weight of Tobacco, a pair of Scales, and a Weight. 3dly, For breaking the House of Mrs. Joan Harford , on the 9th of March last, and stealing thence 3 dozen of Plates, 12 Dishes, and other things. 4thly, For breaking the House of Mr. John Aaron , on the 23d of February last, and taking thence 10 Pewter Dishes, 40 Plates, and other Goods. He own'd he was guilty of all those Facts, and likewise of breaking and robbing the House of Mr. Jeremy Francis , on the 25th of March last; which he was try'd for, but for want of sufficient Evidence, acquitted of. He said, he was 23 Years of Age, born at Trubridge in Wiltshire : That he was bound Apprentice to a Weaver in the Country, but soon left him; and having listed himself a Soldier , serv'd 9 Years in the Army. I found him so very ignorant that he could not so much as read, nor say the Lord's Prayer. He confess'd, that his Sins were great and many, which bad Company had entic'd him to the Commission of; and, That he was sorry for what he had done, but could not now undo it, otherwise than by begging Pardon of GOD and Man, as he did. 4. Mary Ship , condemn'd for robbing and stripping Naked two Infants, upon the King's Highway, on the 18th of March last. She said, she was about 24 Years of Age, born in the Parish of St. Mary Magdalen Bermondsey , and of late Years liv'd in East-Smithfield : That she often help'd her Mother, who nurs'd Children , and at other times went to Washing and Scuoring ; by which Means she got a Livelihood, tho' a very poor one; and, That it was meer Poverty (but, as I observ'd her, it was more the want of Grace) that occasion'd her committing this cruel Fact. She was very ignorant, yet not insensible of her Fault, which she said she was very sorry, and beg'd Pardon for. 5. Francis Martin , alias Cushaw , (which latter he said was his right Name) condemn'd for stealing a Silk-Gown, and other Goods of John Hillersden , Esq ; and a Callico Gown and Petticoat of Mrs. Mary Philips ; on the 9th of April last. All which Things were in a Box in a Waggon, at the Swan Inn near Holbourn-bridge . He confess'd this Fact, and another Felony he had committed, and was burnt in the Hand for, above 2 Years ago, as it was prov'd against him in the Court; and therefore, having had the Benefit of the Statute then, it was deny'd him now; which made him at first uneasy, but at last he acknowleg'd he had Justice done him. He said, he was 30 Years of Age, born in Petticoat-lane , and of late Years liv'd in Barbican , and was a Button-maker by Trade. Upon my asking him, Why he was not, when burnt in the Hand, sent to Bridewell , he told me, They would not receive him there; and that was the reason he remain'd in Newgate till the 2 Years, he should have serv'd in Bridewell , were expir'd, which were so not very long since. I further asking him, How it came to pass that he did so soon return to his old wicked Way of Thieving, he reply'd, That when he committed this last Fact, he was in Drink. I gave him the best Advice I could, and endeavour'd to make him sensible and penitent of all his Sins; and I hope he was so. 6. John Panton-Carbonnel , condemn'd first for privately stealing two Guinea's and two Shillings in Silver, out of the Dwelling-House of Mrs. Mary Meakins , on the 24th of March last. Secondly, For stealing two Moi-d'ors, a double Pistole, two Half broad pieces of Gold, and some Silver, of Mr. John Tomkins , out of the House of Mr. Stephen Foster , on the 21st of the same Month of March last. Thirdly, For stealing twelve Moi-d'ors, from Mr. Samuel Cock , out of the House of Mr. Shales, on the 26th of February, 1711. Fourthly, For stealing Half a Guinea and Twenty Shillings in Silver, from Mr. Lawford, on the 30th of May, 1711. And, Fifthly, for stealing two Moi-d'ors, a Guinea, and a French Pistole, out of the House of Mr. Newnham, on the 4th of November last. He confess'd he was guilty of all these wicked Facts, and had committed several others of this nature, which he could not make any other Reparation for, than by submitting (as he did) patiently to this Shameful Death he was condemn'd to, and had justly deserv'd. He said, he was 52 Years of age, born at Nismes in Languedoc , but of late Years liv'd at Rotterdam , where he kept a Shop , and carried on a Trade; and, That he lately came into England to sell Hair for Perruques , he dealing much in that Commodity. He told me, That he had conceal'd his right Name, because he would not have it publickly known who he was, to the disgrace of his Family, part of which were here, part in Holland , and all of them good and honest laborious People. He could not speak English, but I discours'd him in French, and gave him the best ghostly Advice I could, which he seem'd readily to receive and comply with. 7. John Borde , condemn'd for being Confederate and actually concern'd with the said Carbonnel in the first four of these Felonies, and which he readily own'd. He said, he was 60 Years of age, born in the Neighbourhood of Carbonnel, in the said City of Nismes : That he had been many years out of his own Country, and for some time serv'd in the Army , but of late liv'd in London , where his Employment was to buy and sell Goods of any sort . He confess'd he had been an ill Liver, but would not give a more particular Account of what he had wickedly done; only he desir'd me to pray to God for his Soul, saying, He truly repented, and begg'd Pardon of GOD and Man for all his Sins and Offences. 8. Joseph Barbamino , condemn'd for assisting the said Carbonnel and Borde in the two first Facts before mention'd. He said, he was 63 years of age, born at Messina in Sicily : That he had been Nine years a Soldier in France , and afterward came to live at Amsterdam , where he kept a Milliner's Shop ; and there it was he became acquainted with Carbonnel: That he had not been long in England before they committed these Facts; which he own'd, and said, That he heartily repented of them, and of all he ever did amiss. He could not speak English, but understood French, in which Language we talk'd together, and in my Examination of him, and of the rest, I perceiv'd nothing in their outward Behaviour, but was becoming Persons under their sad Circumstances. At the Place of Execution (to which they were carry'd from Newgate in three Carts this Day) I attended them for the last time; and after proper Admonitions to each of them, I pray'd and sung some Penitential Psalms with them, and made them rehearse the Apostles Creed. They all desir'd the Standers-by to take Warning by them, and pray for them; and When I had done with them, I took my Leave of them, recommending all their Souls to GOD. They had some time allotted them for their private Devotions, and then the Cart drew away, while they were each of them calling upon GOD for Mercy, Pardon, and Salvation, in these and the like Ejuculations: Lord, save me; Lord, have Mercy upon me; Lord Jesus, help me; Lord, receive my Spirit. NB. Stone told me at the Place of Execution, That about Two Years ago he stole a Silver Tankard, which one David Wilford was Try'd, and like to have suffer'd for. This is all the Account here to be given of these Dying Persons, by me, PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . Wednesday, May 11. 1715. 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. 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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 Friday the 13th of December, 1706. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily, on Wednesday the 4th, Thursday the 5th, Friday the 6th, and Saturday the 7th instant, Sentence of Death was pass'd upon Eight Persons; Two where of were afterwards Repriev'd through the QUEEN's gracious Mercy, and the other Six order'd for Execution. As soon as they were under this Condemnation, I visited them, and attended them constantly twice every day; sometimes at the Chappel, and sometimes in the Condemned Hold, till the time of their Execution. On the LORD'S DAY, the 8th instant, I preach'd to them and other Persons there present, both in the Morning and Afternoon, upon part of the Gospel for the Day, viz. Luke 21. 27. And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a Cloud with Power and great Glory. From which Words, I shew'd, 1. The Certainty of Christ's coming to judge the World; which was declared both by Words and by Wonders, and is a Matter of great Comfort to the Godly and true Penitent; of Terror to the Wicked and Impenitent; and of Instruction and Admonition to all. II. The Uncertainty of the Time when he shall come to Judgment; which teaches us not to be too curious to know what God has thought sit to hide from us: Nor careless to prepare for that Day. III, and lastly, The more visily approaching Judgment that is pass'd upon the Soul of every Man at his Death, and will never be revers'd, but confirm'd, and extended to the Body also at the general Resurrection on the last Day: Which shews us how much we are concern'd to die in a good State, that is, in Faith and Repentance; having a clear Conscience, void of Offence towards God and towards Men. On these Heads I enlarg'd, and concluded with particular Exhortations to the Condemn'd; who, in my private Applications to them, gave me the following Accounts of themselves, viz. Arthur Chambers , condemn'd for breaking open the House of Mr William Green , and taking from thence a Silver Salver and several other Pieces of Plate, on the 10th day. of October last. He said, he was about 27 years of Age, born in Shadwel Parish ; and that he was brought up to the Sea, had been both a Seaman and a Soldier for the most part of his Life, and in some Engagements. But he did not deny, at the same time, but that he had liv'd a very loose and wicked Life, and had committed several Burglaries and Robberies besides that for which he stood Condemned. He was unwilling to mention Particulars, as being too many, and beyond his power to remember them all: And besides, he judg'd it of no use to the World, to know more of them or of him, than they knew already; which was a great deal. He confess'd that he had receiv'd Mercy before, but had not taken care to improve it, as he shou'd have done. He was very hard to be wrought upon, and to be brought to a Sense of his heinous Sins and the Eternal Punishment which they deserv'd. Ouly he said he was sorry for what he had done, and ask'd forgiveness of God, whom he had offended, and from whom alone he look'd for Mercy. What more he said, you will have by and by. II. Richard Morris , Condemn'd for a like Fact, viz. for breaking open the House of Samuel Sambrook , Esq ; on the 20th of November last. He said he was about 26 years of age, born in Moor-fields , and was a Stocking-Weaver by Trade, but did not much work at; he following another Employment, which he said was that of a Soldier ; but he own'd he had very much us'd himself to that of a House-breaker, and that he had been a vicious Person in many respects. He would not (no more than the former) descend to particulars, but referr'd me for them to the Information which he had given to Mr. B. which he told me was very full, and contain'd all the Robberies and Felonies he had ever committed, which I perceive were not a few. He acknowledg'd the justice of the Sentence pass'd upon him, and said, he freely submitted to it; praying, that God, and they he had injur'd, wou'd forgive him, and that he might find Mercy in the other World, who had so much abused it in this, in not improving (as he ought to have done) that Life which he had forfeited before, and was restor'd to by a former gracious Pardon. III. Thomas Arnold , Condemned for the same Felony and Burglary, viz. for breaking open the House of Samuel Sambrook , Esq ; on the 20th day of November last. He said he was about 22 years of Age born in the Hermitage , That he was a Shoe-maker by Trade, but had not much work'd at it, he having serv'd both her present MAJESTY and the late KING, both at Sea and Land , for a considerable time; and that though he had been a very wicked Person, yet of late he had committed no Robbery but this, which he said, he was induc'd to, when in drink. He confess'd, that he had receiv'd Mercy before, and had abus'd it, and that it was just with God and the Queen to take that Life away, which he had misemploy'd, and now again forfeited. He ask'd Pardon, and seem'd melted. But how sincerely and effectually he repeuted, is now best known to him, who, by this time, is plac'd in that State (whether good or bad) in which he must remain for ever. Let him and all the rest be a warning to other Sinners, That they may hear and fear, and do no more any such evil. IV. James Gardner , Condemn'd also for Felony and Burglary, viz. for breaking open the House of Sir John Parsons , Kt . and taking from thence a quantity of Plate on the 4th day of October last. He said he was about 24 years of Age, born in the Parish of St Martins in the Fields , and a Hackney Coachman by his Calling. He confess'd the Fact for which he was Condemn'd, but would go no further in his Confession; and seem'd to be the most Stuborn and Obstinate of all the rest. He would sometimes say that he could in half an hour, repent of all his Sins, but at other times he was sensible that true Repentance, such as is available to Salvation, is a very great and difficult Work, and he very much complain'd of the hardness of his Heart. At first he told me, that he never robb'd any poor Person, but such as were able to bear it, and could not suffer much by the Loss of what he stole from them; and therefore he did not think he had committed any great Sin in so doing: For, said he, those Persons had too much and I too little. Thus he endeavoured to extenuate his Crime, and would fain have appear'd a Conscientious Thief: But when he was shewn, that his taking from any Person (whether Rich or Poor) any thing which he had no Right to, made him Criminal, and that tho the Consequences of the Fact might not be to both alike, yet the Injustice of it was the same; he then own'd that he had done unjustly, and pray'd that the World would forgive him, and God have Mercy upon his Soul. V. William Bently , Condemned for breaking open the House of Mr . John Tilly , on the 22 of October last. He said, he was born in Shadwel Parish , and brought up to the Sea, where he had served on board divers Ships, both of the Royal Navy and Merchant-Men , as likewise on Dutch Bottoms. He acknowledg'd his Guilt and the justice of his Sentence, and confess'd that he had, some years since, committed other Felonies, for which he was burnt in the Cheek, but deny'd his having ever receiv'd Sentence of Death before this. He seem'd to be a great deal more tractable than the others above mentioned: He was nevertheless very ignorant, as not being able so much as to read: But according to his Capacity, he shew'd himself willing to improve his time and the Helps he had, to the making of his Peace with God; whose merciful Pardon he implored, through the Merits of JESUS CHRIST. He declar'd that he dy'd in Charity with all Mankind, and hop'd that the World would freely forgive the Injuries he had done, and could not repaire. VI. William Dabell , Condemned for breaking open the House of Mr . Thomas Plastel , both on the 17th and on the 31st of October last. He said he was 18 years of Age, born in the Parish of St. Andrews Holbourn , and that he had been well brought up by his Parents, by whose Religious Care he had receiv'd very good Instruction, and been made acquainted with what a Christian ought both to know and to practice: But he was tempted and yielded to the Temptation of the Devil, by whose only instigation it was that he went about to rob the House of Mr. Plastel; which, he said, was the first ill thing of this nature he ever did. As he was not so old an Offender as the others were, so he appear'd to be much better than they, disposed to Repentance. He pray'd very earnestly, and was very devout; and shew'd great Sorrow for his Offences against God and his Neighbour. He begg'd Pardon of both; and declared that he dy'd in Charity with all Mankind, and hop'd to be saved through the alone Merits of his Redeemer. This Day they were all carry'd in two Carts to Tyburn, where I discharg'd my Ministerial Office to them for the last time; exhorting them further to clear their Consciences, and lift up their Hearts to God, I ask'd them whether they had any thing more to say, for the Satisfaction of the World, the Ease of their own Minds. They answer'd me, That they had nothing more to say, but desired the Prayers of the Standers by. Only Arthur Chambers and Richard Morris told me (as they had done the Day before) That the Informations by them given to Mr. Billers, were true; and particularly Chambers said, That he had done wrong neither to the Living nor the Dead, in that Information of his which relates to the Riot in May-Fair , where Mr. Cooper, the Constable, was basely murthered, some Years ago; in which he declared, That Thomas Cook , the Butcher of Gloucester (who suffer'd for it) was concerned. This, together with other Circumstances relating to that matter, do now abundantly convince me, That notwithstanding Cook his positive (Denial in which he dy'd) was most certainly guilty of that barbarous Murther; and it heartily grieves me to think, that he went so out of the World, and that I was so charitable as once to believe him innocent of that Fact; because I suppos'd a Man could not be so wretchedly desperate, as upon any Worldly Consideration whatsoever, to die with a peremptory Lie in his Mouth, and so carry a guilty Conscience into another World: Which it seems was his miserable, yea, more than can be express'd miserable Case. And I hope others will take care to avoid the like. But to return to these Dying Persons when they were ty'd to the Tree, I pray'd with them, and then singing of some Penitential Psalms, and after rehearsing the Apostles Creed, I wish'd them that Eternal Life which they had profess'd to believe; and recommending them heartily to the Mercy of our good God, I left them to their private Devotions, for which they had some time allow'd them. Then the Carr drew away, and they were turn'd off, they all the while every one of them calling upon God with these and the like Ejaculations. Lord, have mercy upon me! Lord, I come, I come. O Lord receive my Soul, &c. This is all the Account here to be given of these Dying Persons, by PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary of Newgate . 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THE CONFESSION AND EXECUTION Of the Five PRISONERS That suffered on the New Gallows at TYBURN On Friday the6th of September 1678. At which time were Executed Daniel Massey , John Johnson . Sarah Brampfield . { Hannah Smith , otherwise call'd Hebshebeth Cobb . Anne Davis , alias Smalman . WITH Brief Notes of Two SERMONS Preached before them after Condemnation, their Carriage in Prison, and last Speeches at the place of Execution. The Confession & Executionof the several Prisoners that sufferedon the New Gallows at Tyburn , on Friday the6th of September 1678. AT the last Sessions there were in all Tenpersons Condemned to die; Four menfor Robberies on the Highway, and Sixwomen for Felonies here in Town, either Lifting(as they call it) of Goods out of Shops, or elseRobbing those whom they pretended to serve:both which wicked Practises are become so common, and more than once followed by these incorrigible Prisoners, that it was highly necessaryto make them Exemplary. Two of the before-mentioned men, viz. those concerned in that barbarous Assault and Robbery, whereof a particularNarrative hath been made publick by the unexpected Mediation of some generous Friends;and the women whose Crimes had not been sogreat and obstinately continued in as the others,obtained his Majesties gracious Reprieve: andanother woman, immediately after she stood attainted, was reprieved by the Court, in reguard she was found by a Female Jury to be quick with Childe. The Rest came this day to suffer, being charitably indulged in pity to their Souls, so long time to fit and prepare themselves for their great and terrible Change. In order to which, on the Lords-day before, there were two Sermons on most suitable Texts preached before them in the Chappel of Newgate. That in the Forenoon on the fifth verse of the 38 PsalmMy wounds stink and are corrupt, because of my foolishness: Wherein the Minister very pathetically laid open the deplorable Condition such sinners are in by Nature, wallowing not onely in their original Depravity and Corruption, but in continued actual Transgressions against the holy Laws of God; whereby they become abominable, and as a loathsome stench in the Nostrils of that pure Majesty and all good men; and all this occasioned by their own foolishness, that is, their wilful rebellion and obstinacy against all the dictates of Reason, offers of Grace, and impulses of the Holy Spirit upon their Consciences. Which having, like a true Bonaerges, hereby endeavoured to awaken, and put them into a serious sense and apprehension of their lost, undone, and perishing Estate, without speedy and sincere Repentance. In the Afternoon, as a Son of Consolation, from the 147 Psalm, verf. 3. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds, he came to shew them the infinite Mercies of God, and Love of Jesus Christ, if they would come in and accept of Pardon and Salvation upon Gospel-terms. That although they had made their wounds to fester and rankle by their foolishness, and had Souls all over bespread with a filthy Le-prosie, yet there was Balm in Gilead, an Almighty Physician, both able and willing to heal them, if they would submit to his Prescriptions. In order to which, he gave them divers most necessary and excellent Directions; Not to deceive themselves with a false and palliated Cure, but to close with Christ on his own Terms, and in all his Offices, as their King to Rule them, and their Prophet to Guide them, as well as their Priest to Intercede and make Atonement for them. To hate Sin more, because it was displeasing to God, than because it brought upon them temporal or eternal Punishments. To be as desirous to be Holy as to be Happy; because none can be justified until they are sanctified, Etc. During the whole time of Religious Worship, and the Sermons, they behaved themselves very Reverently and Atten- tively; nor was the Minister wanting afterwards, daily to visit them, with pressing Exhortations, and necessary directions to sit them for their last end; especially charging them to disburthen their Consciences, and give glory to God by a free and hearty Confession of their Sins; which had so good an effect, as to bring them to an Acknowledgment; not only in general term, but particularly bewailing the Ill Courses of their past Lives; in neglect of the publick Divine Worship Violation of the Lords day, Drunkenness, Swearing, and continual practises of Lascivious Debauchery; Two of them above the rest abounding in expressions of Penitence, and endeavouring to improve those few moments of their Lives, to work out their Salvation, and make their peace with God; begging heartily forgiveness from his most holy Majesty, for their Rebellion against his Precepts, and of all those whom they had wronged, by violent taking away their Temporal Goods. Some of the Women had been Condemned before, and would often bewail the wickedness of their Hearts, that would take no warning thereby: the Men alleadged, they were ignorantly drawn in to that ill Fact, for which they suffer'd. being their first of that kind, and rather by the unhappy operation of too much Drink, than any premeditated design; yet confessed, they had more than once deserved to Dye, and freely acknowledged the justice of the punishment they were to suffer. At the place of Execution they said little, besides those common, but too much neglected Exhortations, desiring all present to take Warning by them, and remember their Creator in the days of their youth; Not to suffer themselves to be seduced by Ill Company, or sensual pleasures, which had been the means of their destruction, and would be so of all, that did not continually keep a reverent fear of God, and his Worship and Laws in their Hearts. This heartily praying to God for Forgiveness, and to receive their Souls for the alone Merits of his blessed Son; and desiring all good people to joyn with them and for them in those Supplications, they submitted to the Sentence, and taking their leave of all things in this world, were wasted into the unfathomable Regions of Eternity.

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The ORDINARY of NEWGATE his Account of the Behaviour, Confessions, and Dying-Speeches of the Condemn'd Criminals, that were Executed at Tyburn, on Wednesday, January the 29th. 1700/1701. THESE Persons having received their Sentence of Condemnation on Saturday the 18th instant, I preach'd to them the next day, in the Morning upon this Text, Acts 17. 31. Because he has appointed a Day in the which he will Judge the World; and in the Afternoon, upon these Words of our Saviour's, Mark 1. 15. Repent ye, and believe the Gospel. From both which Places having drawn Arguments to prove on the one hand, a Judgment to come; and on the other, the Necessity of Repentance and Faith, in order to avoid the severe Punishments threatned, and obtain the gracious Promises made in the Gospel; I continued, the whole Week after, in my constant Endeavours to perswade them to the Practice of these Duties, which I had thus laid before them, as the necessary Means of their Salvation. And in the prosecution thereof, on the last Lord's Day, being the 26th, I did again preach to them, both Morning and Afternoon; and took for my Text in the Morning these Words, Eccl. 11. 9. But know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into Judgment. In discoursing upon which Words, I both shew'd them, Who was to be their Judge; and laid open to them the Matter, and the Dreadfulness; the Certainty and Irreversibleness of that Sentence, either of Eternal Condemnation or Absolution, which every Man was to receive; first privately, with respect only to his Soul, at the hour of Death; and then publickly, both as to his Body and Soul, at the Day of Judgment. And in the Afternoon, I chose for the Subject of my Discourse, this Confession which David made of his Sins, Psal. 51. 3. For I acknowledge my Transgressions, and my Sin is ever before me. From which Words I represented to them, the Usefulness of an ingenuous Confession, and the Indispensableness and Availableness of a sincere Repentance: And then for their further Instruction and Direction, as well as Encouragement, in this Work, I gave them the Description and Character of a True Penitent; and shew'd them the transcendent Blessings propos'd to such. Concluding both these two, and my forementioned Sermons, with pressing Exhortations to true Humility, Self-Resignation, constant Prayer hearty Contrition, unfeigned Repentance, fervent Zeal, and sincere Love to God, and universal Good will and perfect Charity to all Men. Which Christian Virtues I labour'd to excite them to, and fix them in; and to that end attended them every day, both forenoon and afternoon, to the time of their Execution. And in my Examination of them, wherein I spar'd no pains to engage them to undo (as much as in them lay) the wrongs they had done, and to make all possible Satisfaction, and do all the right, and good they could, to all the world; I received from them the respective Declarations following. 1. Jane Eaglestone alias Browne , alias Jenkins ; condemned for Shop Lifting. She told me she was born in the Bishoprick of Durham , and brought up a Protestant, but turn'd a Roman Catholick . She confessed herself Guilty, both of the Crime she was condemned for, and of several others; owned that she had been an old Offender and a great Sinner, and that Pride and Idleness were the great Causes of her Fall. She said, that in her Passion, she had accused several innocent Persons, and among the rest, John Jenkins her Husband, having unjustly charged him with being privy to, and concern'd in her stealing a piece of Silk, about 10 months since, out of a certain Shop (viz. the Naked Boy) on Ludegate-Hill ; and that she likewise had much wrong'd Mr. Joseph Stratton , in saying, that about 3 years ago, he had received of her two Guineas, for some Service he was to do for her, and that for want of another Guinea, which she could not then procure, he had brought her to her ruin. All which she now declared (as a Dying Woman) to be utterly false; and that the said Mr. Stratton never demanded of her, nor she never gave him any Money upon any such account. She declared that she re embraced the Protestant Religion, which she had been (by some Persons she liv'd with) perswaded to depart from; and that she now dy'd in that Communion, and in Charity with all the World; praying and hoping that God would please to take pity of her, and to have mercy upon her sinful Soul. II. Benjamin Harding ; Condemned for Robbing in the Streets. He said he was about 33 years of Age, a Hatter by Trade, and liv'd in Cripplegate Parish . He told me he was brought up a Protestant; but had forgotten almost all he was taught in Religion; having, for some years past, neglected Prayer and hearing of Sermons; & instead of discharging the Duties which his Christian Profession obliged him to, spent the Sabbath-days, and most of his time, in riotous Living; drinking to excess, and giving himself the liberty to Swear, and to take Gods Holy Name in Vain. He confessed he had sinned in all these, and many other ways; and that the loose Life he had led, had brought him to this his untimely end. He much lamented his past miscarriages, and said he heartily repented of them all. He owned he was justly condemned, and seemed not very unwilling to die; but desirous of God's Pardon and Eternal Life; which he hoped to receive through the Merits and Intercession of Jesus Christ. III. Thomas Etherington , Condemned for Burglary. He said he was about 36 years Old, was born in Yorkshire , and of late years lived at Gravesend . He told me he was by his Profession a Seaman , and had been Pilot of several Ships, and Master of a Man of War. He seemed to be of a resolute and undaunted Spirit, and not much concern'd that he was to die. He confessed he had been a great Sinner, and liv'd contrary to his known Duty, and the Rules of Christianity; he being born and bred up a Protestant but having slacken'd in the practice of Religion, and given way to those Vices, too common among Seamen, namely Drinking, Cursing and Swearing. He (tho' with some Extenuation and Excuse) own'd the Crime he was condemn'd for, and begg'd God's pardon for it, and for all the Evil he had done; and pray'd also that those he had wrong'd would forgive him, as himself forgave, and dy'd in Charity, with all the World. See more at the end of this Paper. IV. Thomas Cooper , likewise Condemned for Burglary. He was a young Man of about 20 years of Age. He said he was a Malster 's Son, born in Yorkshire ; who, for a while, follow'd his Father's Employment; but having left it, and since his Father's Death, sold his House and all its Appertances, he came to London, and kept an Alehouse in Barnaby street in Southwark ; which he was forced to leave, for want of a Trade. I found him (tho a Protestant) very ignorant in the Principles of Religion, but was now desirous of Divine Knowledge, and shew'd a disposition of receiving what Instruction was necessary for his furtherance towards Heaven. He did (but with some restriction) confess the fact for which he was to die, and said he was sorry for it, and for all other his Sins, and heartily repented of them; hoping for Pardon at God's hand, through the Merits of Christ. V. Thomas Smith , also condemned for Burglary. He was about 24 years of Age. He said he lived at Kennington in Lambeth Parish , and was a Twine-Spinner by his Trade. He confess'd he was guilty of the Fact for which he was to die, and likewise of many other Crimes; which, upon his recollection, he found to have in a great measure sprung from his Profanation of the Lord's Day, and spending in publick Houses and idle and vicious Company, that time particularly appointed for Prayer and hearing of the Word of God. He seem'd to be much dejected and grieved for his Sins: Which he said he truly repented of, and heartily beg'd God's Pardon for. VI. Edward Ward , Condemned for Robbing on the High-Way. He said he was about 36 years of Age, born at Willey in Warwickshire ; where he follow'd Husbandry for a time: But leaving this honest Calling, and associating himself with loose Persons, he fell from the Commission of one sin into another, and at last was overtaken by the Hand of God and Justice, and brought into this shame and untimely Death, which he own'd he had most justly deserved, being guilty of the Crime he was convicted and is now to suffer for. He pray'd God, and those he had wrong'd, to forgive him, and said he forgave all the World. VII. Thomas Chambers , also Condemned for Robbing on the High Way. He said-his right Name was Thomas Merryman ; That he was about 21 years of Age, born at Dublin , of Protestant Parents, and bred up a Seaman . He confess'd he was justly Condemn'd, and that he had not only committed this heinous Fact, for which he must now die, but had used himself to several other ill Practices (both at Sea and Land) having wrong'd many, and endeavour'd to wrong more. He said, he heartily begg'd their Pardon, whom he had thus injur'd; that he truly repented of all the Vices of his past Life, which he own'd to have been great and many; and that he dy'd in Charity with all the World. VIII. Edmond Gethings , Condemned for the same Robbery with Thomas Chambers , alias Merryman , just before mention'd. This Edmond Gethings was about 22 years of Age, and brought up in an Hospital of this City. He said he was put out Apprentice to a Sea Chirurgeon , one Mr. Moreton; who dying about 10 months after he was bound to him, Mr. Moreton's Brother and Executor turn'd him over to one Mr. Herring, to serve out his said Apprentiship with him. But this young Man, Edmond Gethings , not liking very well his new Master, did a second time turn himself over to another Sea-Chirurgion, one Mr. Hrodd, and (when cut of his time) betaking himself to the Employment of a Common Sailer , he did in the beginning of our late Wars with France, serve his Many, first in the Assistance in Admiral Wrights Squadron sent to the West-Indies ; Then in the Winchester, in the Squadron commanded by Sir Francis Wheeler in the Streights , at the same time when Sir Francis was cast away; and last of all in the Falmouth, Capt. Mitchel Commander, in the West-Indies ; from whence being return'd, he was Discharg'd about 10 Months since. I did (to my great Grief) find him very stiff and obstinate; very loath to confess any of the Irregularities of his Life; saying only, that he had not (as he ought to have) answer'd the virtuous and most laudable end of his Education. At length he more plainly own'd that he had been of late very unruly and disorderly and given to the keeping of bad Company, and that he had much indulg'd himself in Drunkenness, and Swearing, and in the Commission of other Crimes, which now prov'd his Ruin. He shew'd at first no very great remorse, or sign of Repentance for his Sins, and seemed more to pride in the appearing flout and unconcerned, than to take care of making his Peace with God, and securing his Salvation. Yet when that King of Terrors (Death) made its nearer approaches to him, he then betook himself to more serious thoughts, and to be affraid of a future Judgment. Then he confessed the Crime for which he was condemn'd, and he mightily call'd upon God for Pardon and Mercy, and I took him now to be in good earnest. But whether his long deferr'd Cries prevail'd and his late Repentance was accepted, I cannot judge; I leave it to God. And here I must admonish other Sinners that may hear of the Death of this, to take timely warning by it, and not venture the loss both of their Temporal and Eternal Life through their willful Engaging and presumptuous continuance in Sin and Impiety. IX. Daniel Waker , also condemn'd for Robbing on, the High-way. He said he was about 22 Years of Age born at Priers-Hardwick , in the County of Warwick and for the most part of his time, lived at Farthing-stone , in Northamptonshire . He owned the Fact he was convicted of, and though he did not seem to charge himself with any other heinous Crimes; yet he acknowledg'd he had been too much addicted to Sloth and Idleness, having left off his laudable Employment of Husbandry , and turn'd himself loose to the World, by which he grew vicious. He was of a simple Education; yet sensible, that without Repentance, and making all the satisfaction he was able, he could not be sav'd. He said he was sorry he had offended God and wrong'd his Neighbour, and that from his heart he begg'd Pardon of both. X. John Cavenaugh , Condemned for Burglary. He said he was about 21 years of Age, born in the City of Westminster , and brought up a Seaman ; having served on Board several of his Majesties Ships; namely, first, the Conqueror, Capt Crow Commander; then the Hampton-Court (as a Boatswain ) under the Command of Capt. Robinson; afterwards the Hope, Commanded by the said Robinson; and last of all the Charles Galley, Capt. Seas Commander: Out of which being discharg'd, about 10 months ago, he was (all this while) without Employment; but said, he intended, some time or other, to go to Sea again. Of all the Persons above-named, this seem'd to be at first the most obdurate and unrelenting Sinner. But afterwards confess'd he had been an Old Offender, and done many ill things; had wrong'd several Persons, robbing some and charging others with their commission of the Facts, or privacy thereto; for which they had come to trouble; but he said he had clear'd them since, and had (to the utmost of his power) made satisfaction to those that had suffered by him; and desired that they would forgive him. I pressing him further, to do every Man right, he said he had taken such a care to do it, that no mischief should hereafter ensue, which he could now prevent. As to what respected himself; he further confess'd, that he had been very lewd and debauch'd, a great Drinker, Swearer, and Blasphemer, and that in his Drink and Passion he spar'd neither God, nor Man: In short, that he had broken all Divine and Human Laws, tho he was brought up to better things, and at the same time knew that he acted contrary to his Profession of Christianity, and Protestancy; the Precepts and Duties whereof he having miserably neglected and broken, he was laid open to all Temptations and Sins. Thus he acknowledg'd himself to have wickedly Liv'd, and I could hardly bring him now to learn how he might hapyily Die. Yet at last he (with Tears and mournful Accents) bewail'd his sad Condition, pray'd to God to have Mercy on his poor Soul, and not to reward (as he own'd he deserved) the Iniquities of his Life with the Pains of Eternal Death. He confest the Crime for which he was to die, and at his Death gave extraordinary Signs of true Repentance. And so did Jane Jenkins , and all the rest of these Dying Persons; who (after they had earnestly desir'd to receive the Holy Communion, and I had administer'd it to them at Newgate ) were this Day carry'd in several Carts, to the Place of Execution, where I met them, and did my last Office to them. Than it was, that I truly perceiv'd, that God's Holy Spirit had wrought a good Work upon every Soul of them, even a Through-change of their Hearts; which now they lifted up to God with fervent Prayers and strong Cries, uttering such Ejaculations, as were proper for their Condition, and expressive of their great Concern for Eternal Life. They desired the People to pray for them; and all presumptuous Sinners to take Warning by them. Here they confest again, that they were justly brought to their untimely End; and wish'd others might, by a speedy Repentance, prevent their falling under the like Shame and Misery. They all declared they dy'd in perfect Charity with all the World, and heartily begg'd Pardon of all they had offended; and said, that they wish'd it were in their Power (as it was now in their Hearts) to make double Satisfaction and Restitution to those whom they had wrong'd; praying God to bless them so much the more, and to make them full Recompence and Amends for the Losses they had sustain'd by them. I stay'd and pray'd with them a considerable time, and sung 2 Psalms; it being their desire, and all of them (Cavenaugh especially, who almost all the while held my Hands) earnestly desir'd me to pray for them, to their last Minute. So I took my last leave of them, and with the greatest desire of their Salvation recommended them to God; with whom (I hope) they now are. Postscript. Etherington told me that about June last, he (with others) stole a Parcel of Callico out of a Ship in the River of Thames, and dropt some pieces of it, which he understood were taken up by one Matthews, who was put to some trouble about it, and is innocent of the Fact. This is all the Account that can now be given of these Dying Persons, by Jan 29. 1700. PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . London. Printed for E. Mallet, at the Hat and Hawk in Bride-Lane, 1700.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confessions, and Dying Words, OF THE MALE FACTORS, Who were EXECUTED at TYBURN, On SATURDAY the 6th of this Instant OCTOBER, 1733. BEING THE FIFTH EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY, OF THE Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor for the Time Being. Number V. For the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in BoltCourt , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M.DCC.XXXIII. [Price Three-Pence.] THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c. AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and GaolDelivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Honourable John Barber , Esq; Lord Mayor of the City of London; the Lord Chief Baron Reynolds; Mr. Justice Lee; 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 OldBailey, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the 28th, 29th and 30th of June, 1733, in the Sixth Year of his Majesty's Reign. One Man, viz. William Sidwell , alias Robinson , and one Woman, viz. Rose Moreton , were by the Jury found Guilty of Capital Offences, and receiv'd Sentence of Death. And again, At the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Honourable John Barber , Esq, Lord Mayor of the City of London; the Honourable Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder of the City of London; the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Urlin, 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 Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the 12th, 13th, 14th of 15th of September, 1733, in the Sixth Year of His Majesty's Reign. Nine Men, viz. John Bromley , Richard Lamb , John Cannon , Joseph Blunt , Edward Dore , Jonas Pearson , George Richardson , Lawrence Grace and John Smithson ; and one Woman, viz. Ann Soames , were by the Jury found Guilty of Capital Offences, and receiv'd Sentence of Death. When under Sentence, I instructed them in the Knowledge of those Truths, which are necessary to be understood by every Christian. How that God made Man after his own Image, in Knowledge, Righteousness and true Holiness, and implanted in him a Law, binding and obliging him to the strict, compleat and perfect Obedience thereof, upon a due Observation of which, he promis'd to Adam and his Posterity eternal Life in Heaven, after they had past their Course of Probation in this World. Our First Parents, Adam and Eve, being thus settl'd in a perfect State of Bliss and Happiness, did not long continue in that glorious Condition, wherein God had plac'd them, but (as the Scripture expresses the Matter) they soon found out many Inventions, and forgetting the Obligations they were under, of Obedience to the Laws that were enjoin'd them, and Submission to the Divine Will, they trangress'd the Command of Heaven, by complying with the false Suggestions of Satan, and eating the Forbidden Fruit; by which act of Disobedience, they, and all their Descendants, were subject to Ruin and Misery. Thus the First Covenant, the Condition whereof is, perfect Obedience to the Laws of God, being broken; God did not leave us destitute, but remember'd us in our low Estate, and when there was no Eye to pity us nor no Hand to help us, then he was pleas'd to say unto us, Live. Then God was pleas'd to give the First Promise of the ever glorious Messias, That the Seed of the Woman should bruise the Head of the Serpent, i. e. That Christ Jesus the eternal Son of God, equal to the Father, descended of a Woman in an extraordinary Manner, having the blessed Virgin Mary for an earthy Mother, without an earthy Father, having been conceived by the Power of the Holy Ghost; that this glorious Person, I say, should in the Fulness of Time take Upon him our Nature, and destroy the Works of the Devil, and bring many Sons and Daughters into Glory, that by his Sufferings and Death, he might tyranize over him that had the Power of Death, and pave the Way for us to eternal Life and Happiness. I shew'd them that Faith or believing in Christ, was the chief Means for us to attain the Benefits purchased by him, and that this Faith in Christ is an hearty and sincere believing in him that he is the Son of God, equal to the Father, and the only Saviour of Sinners, since there is no other Name under Heaven given among Men, whereby we must be saved, but the Name of Jesus, and him crucified. And this must not be an empty speculative Faith; for the Devils believe and tremble, but it must be an operative Faith appearing in our Lives and Conversations, bringing forth the Fruits of Righteousness, which are to the glory and praise of God, tracing the Foot-stepts of the Holy Jesus, who has gone before us as a perfect Pattern of all Holiness and Virtue; engaging us to an unfeigned Repentance for all our Sins, particularly those which are of a more heinous Nature, such as Murthers, Robberies, Thefts, Uncleanness, and such other notorious crimes as they were convicted of and suffered for, &c. I expos'd to them the great Evil of Theft and Robbery, how displeasing it was to God, as being the Breach of his express Command, Thou shalt not steal; and how detrimental it was to our Neighbours in not only depriving them of their Goods and Substance, but also by the most mischievous and fatal Consequences following thereupon, in frequently robbing Men of their precious Lives, an Injury which could never be repaired. Some of them having suffered for Murther; I let them see the Atrociousness of that heinous Crime, what Cruelty, Barbarity, and unexpressible Wickedness it imply'd, to rob our Neighbour of his Life, a Loss altogether, irreparable, and for which no Satisfaction can be given but Life for Life: And therefore it is that after the Flood this was the first Precept God gave to Noah, ' And surely your Blood of ' your Lives will I require; at the ' Hand of every Beast will I require it; and at the Hand of Man, ' at the Hand of every Man's Brother will I require the Life of ' Man. Who so sheddeth Man's ' Blood, by Man shall his Blood ' be shed; for in the Image of ' God made he Man.' Gen. ix. 5, 6. Dare any Man destroy the Image of God, yea what in him lies, if the divine Mercy prevent it not, ruin, and at once throw into eternal Misery both Body and Soul of a Man, and can he expect to pass unpunish'd? Lamb having murthered his Wife; I shew'd him what a double Barbarity it was, thus to be cruel to his own Flesh, to treat his Wife, a Part, yea the one half of himself; for the Scripture represents Man and Wife to be no more two, but one person; daily to beat, abuse, and curse her in a most vile manner, at last to murther her, by beating, bruising and mangling her to Death. I also exposed to Blunt the Unreasonableness and Cruelty of his murthering Robert Adair on a sudden, without allowing him time to speak one Word, a Man who had never in the least offended him, a peaceable and inoffensive Man to every Body. The Truth of all this he own'd, and expressed the highest Regret and Sorrow for the same. I explain'd also to him the great Evil of the Sin of Drunkenness, especially in the dismal Effects thereof, as devesting a Man of the Use of his Reason, which was the Occasion of his committing this unaccountable Crime; for he told me, that he was very much in Liquor that Night he did the Murther. Having thus shown to them the great Evil of Sin, and of their Crimes in particular; I instructed them in the Knowledge of the Christian Sacraments, how they were early dedicated to God in Baptism, to deny the World, the Flesh, and the Devil, and to obey the Laws of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in every thing; and therefore I exhorted them seriously to renew themselves again by Repentance, and to partake in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, wherein our baptismal Vows are confirm'd, and all the Benefits of the Covenant of Grace are insured to all them, who believe in Christ, as the Son of God and only Saviour of the World, who repent of their Sins, love God, and are in Peace with all Mankind, &c. When these and other Exhortations were given, all of them behav'd gravely and with apparent Devotion in Chapel, and when they were sick, and at other times when I visited them in the Cells; they were attentive to prayers and Exhortations, and those of them who could read made regular responses. Upon Thursday the 4th of October, Report was made to His Majesty in Council, of those twelve Malefactors, lying under Sentence of Death, in Newgate ; when Rose Moreton , for stealing 4 Guineas, and 33 Shillings and Sixpence, the Money of John Doe , in his House, in the Parish of St. Ann's Westminster , June the 7th, capitally convicted; and upon a 2d Indictment, for stealing Cambrick, and some other Goods, &c. found Guilty to the Value of 4 Shillings and 10 d. John Bromley , for stealing 55 Guineas, 5 Moidores, 2 half Moidores, 1 broad Piece, value 23 Shillings, a quarter broad Piece, value 5 Shillings and 9 d. 5 quarter Guineas, 1 Portugal Piece, value 9 Shillings, 40 l. in Silver, 8 gold Rings, value 40 Shillings, a canvas Bag, a silk Purse, and a thread Purse, the Goods of Thomas Dyer in his House, August the 2d; Ann Soames , otherwise Soanes , for stealing 4 gold Rings, four Handkerchiefs, four Suits of Head-cloaths, four pair of Ruffles, a pair of Stays, and 34 Guineas, the Goods and Money of Mary Cope , in the House of William Marter , June the 27th; and Edward Dore , for stealing 23 Guineas, 3 Moidores, 1 Portugal Piece, value 36 Shillings, a silk purse, and a silver watch, the Money and Goods of George Polly , in his House, June the 28th, receiv'd His Majesty's most gracious Reprieve: The remaining Eight, viz. Richard Lamb , John Cannon , Joseph Blunt , Jonas Pierson , George Richardson , Lawrence Grace and John Smithson ; and William Sidwell , alias Robinson , convicted the first of the two last Sessions, already mention'd, were order'd for Execution. 1. Richard Lamb , was indicted for the Murther of Christian his Wife, by throwing her down, and striking and kicking her on the Head, Neck, Breast and Belly, and giving her, on the hinder-part of her Head, one mortal Bruise and Fracture in her Skull, on the 30th of July last, of which she languish'd till the 3d of August following, and then dy'd. He was a 2d Time indicted, on the Coroner's Inquisition, for the said Murther. Richard Lamb , as he desir'd me to take Notice, was 42 Years of Age, on Saturday the 29th of September last, being Michaelmasday, of honest Parents, in Northamptonshire . His Father was a Higler, and kept his Family very well, and gave him good Education at School, in Reading, Writing and Cyphering, to fit him for Business. He was not put to a Trade, but when of Age, he came to London , being about Fourteen, and had a Friend, who got him to serve an Undertaker for Funerals, under whom he had good Bread, and married a Wife, and liv'd in good Friendship with her, by whom he had some Children, who are all dead. Something more than three Years ago, he married a second Wife, the unhappy Woman for whom he died. She was a Widow, and had been twice married before, and between them there was not a good Harmony. She made Size for Painters , and learn'd him to do so, and in that Way they got a good Livelihood, but (as he said) both of them drunk too much, and could never be content; for he being often fuddl'd, and she of a boisterous, imperious Temper, she abus'd him at a prodigious Rate, giving him the worst of Names, calling him Whoremonger, Adulterer, Drunkard, up braiding him with his first Wife, which was very galling to him, neither could he suffer it, but often beat her most inhumanely, and unmercifully, to such a Degree, that at last she was forc'd to swear the Peace against him, and he was put in Newprison, where he was detain'd a long Time, till at length, upon his fair Promises, she consented to let him out again; and no sooner had he got his Liberty, and gone home to her, but he continu'd his old Course of Life, perpetually drinking to excess, and beating and abusing his Wife, in a most cruel Manner, so that the poor Woman could have no ease nor Comfort for him, but was put in Danger and Fear of her Life, every Moment, as a Surgeon in the Neighbourhood, upon his Trial, declar'd against him, having been often sent for, to dress and cure the Wounds he gave her, in the Head, and other Parts of the Body. At last she was oblig'd to cause him to be taken up again, when he was order'd to Newgate , where he was kept for some Months, till at length his Wife took him out again last Year, but he no sooner went home with her, but he began and continu'd his old Method of Life, always being in Liquor every Day, when he was quite out of his Senses, and neither knew nor car'd what he did; and his Wrath and Indignation always fell upon the poor miserable Wife. The Character he gave his Wife was, That she was of an uneasy, unaccountable Temper, constantly provoking him with her ill Tongue, and mightily addicted to drinking; so that being very often in Liquor, and he in no better, but commonly in a much worse Condition, this prov'd an Occasion of their quarrelling, and of his beating her like a Stock-fish: Notwithstanding this Account, a worthy Gentleman, who knew his Wife in her preceding Husband's Time, told me, That before she married Lamb, she was a discreet, civil Woman, well acquainted with religious Principles, and versant in the Scriptures, and that he took a Pleasure to speak with her about religious Matters, in which she was by far much more knowing, than any Woman of her Station in that Neighbourhood. This is a Proof, that Lamb, and not the Wife, was in the Fault. The Account he gave of the Murder, was as follows. The Day before he beat her so unmercifully to Death, being the 29th of July last, he with his Wife, went in the Morning as far as London-Bridge to Visit some Friends or Acquaintances, and to buy a few Goods, but not finding the Person at Home, they return'd to Queen hith , where they bought some Things to the Value of 9 s. 6 d. proper for their Business they wrought in; from thence they came Home, after they had taken a Dram by the way in a Brandy Shop, then they went to Work, till a Man came in and took Lamb out to a neighbouring Ale-house; the Wife follow'd, and they fell a Quarrelling as they us'd to do, Lamb went further off to another Ale-house, and the Wife finding him out, they stay'd till it was pretty late, still Scolding and Swearing at one another; next they went Home, and she fell two or three Times; she abus'd him very much with her Tongue, he beat her cruelly, she fell and bruis'd her Head upon the Stones, and of these Wounds she receiv'd, partly by his treating her in a most rude Manner, and partly by accidental falls occasion'd by her being in Liquor, he said he believ'd she died. He inclin'd to extenuate his Crime, but did not plainly deny it; he was exhorted to make an ingenuous Confession, and thereby to glorify God, and ease his own conscience: At last he own'd himself guilty of the Murder, took shame and confusion of Face to himself, and said that he heartily and sincerely repented thereof; adding, that when in his Cups, he was desperately wicked, and neither knew, nor car'd what he did. In Chapel, and at other times, he always behav'd well. He desir'd me to take notice, that one M B. came to him on Thursday the 20th of September, making a grievous complaint; she was like to be ruin'd in the Neighbourhood, and to loose her Bread upon his Account; for that they alledg'd, she was the occasion of his ruin and fatal end. He declar'd as a dying Man, and as he was to answer to God in a very short Time, that he never had any criminal Conversation with the said M B, and that he knew not whether she was Man or Woman, but by her Habit. I had been inform'd that he was in Liquor sometimes since his Condemnation. I went to the Cell and reprov'd him sharply for this; he own'd that he was once a little elevated (as he term'd it) when some of his Friends came to visit him, but declar'd his grief for the same, promising solemnly never to do so again. He and Joseph Blunt , gave me many blessings the Night before they died, for the many good instructions I gave them and the rest, particularly in explaining the crimes of Murder and Robbery to them, &c. He was apparently Penitent, declaring his Faith in Christ, in whose Blood which Speaketh better things than that of Abel; he hop'd to be wash'd from all his Sins, particularly that of Murder; and died in Peace with all the World. Joseph Blunt , was indicted for the Murder of Robert Adair , by maliciously discharging a Musket with Powder and Balls, and thereby giving him one mortal Wound in the left part of the Breast, of the breadth of half an Inch, and depth of six Inches; of which mortal Wound he instantly died September the 3d. He was a second Time indicted on the Coroner's Inquisition, for the said Murder. 2. Joseph Blunt , 42 years of Age, of honest Parents in Northamptonshire , had no education at School, so that he was grosly ignorant of religious Principles; his Father a Carpenter , bred him to his own Business, to which Trade he serv'd honestly six Years and three Quarters; and when out of his Time, he was Journeyman , and likewise wrought for himself for some Years in the Country; he liv'd soberly and sedately, and injured no Body, only sometimes he drank to excess, and spent his Money foolishly: He was obedient to his Parents, and kept the Church regularly, and about fifteen Years ago he listed himself a Soldier in the first Regiment of Guards , with a Captain (who happen'd to be the same Gentleman who was Captain of the Guards in the Tower that Night the fatal Misfortune fell out) who was down in Northamptonshire at that Time. He behav'd always well in this Station, and with the approbation of his Officers, and belong'd to that part of his Majesty's Guards, who were sent lately upon the defence of Gibralter , and in the Siege, he was look'd upon to be a brave, stout Man, having been a well made, large bon'd strong Fellow, and fit for warlike Actions: As he was standing Centinal upon the Hill, during the Siege, a splinter of the Rock wounded him in the Knee; but of this he recover'd perfectly, but retain'd the Mark thereof. He married a Wife some Years ago, by whom he had one Child, who us'd to come every Day with the Mother to visit him while he was under Sentence, and of whom he was very tender, often weeping when the young Child came to him, and appearing to be in the utmost concern for her. His Wife was a Widow when he married her, having been married to two Soldiers before She was (as some said) an obstropulous, bold Woman. They had been turn'd out of their Lodgings, the Landlord having seiz'd the Goods for non-payment of the Rent. The Woman and Child being turn'd in the Street, and not knowing what to do or where to stay, the poor Man, out of love to his Wife and Child, intreated the Officers in the Tower, to allow his Wife to stay two or three Nights in the Barracks with him, till he had some time to look out and provide her another Lodging; the Gentlemen out of good Nature granted him this favour, and she had not been with him above two or three Nights, when he fell into this fatal misfortune, occasioned by his unfortunate Wife. The Account he gave of this sad accident, was to this purpose. On Tuesday the 3d of September last, he went with his Wife and Child, from the Tower to Fleet Lane , to visit his Wies Brother, who keeps a Gin Shop; and after they had drunk liberally there, they went to Bartholomew Fair , where they drank much more, and towards Night, being very much intoxicated, they return'd to the Tower, where Blunt being in Liquor, went immediately to his Bed in the Barracks, but his Wife sitting up a little after him, she fell a Quarrelling and Scolding with another Soldier's Wife; this made such a Noise in the Barracks, that complaint was made to the Captain of the Guard, who ordered the Serjeant to put out the Woman, for avoiding disturbance in that Place: She call'd out to her Husband, Joe, will you suffer me to be turn'd out at this time of Night, it being between Nine and Ten; he awaking out of his Sleep, said or swore, he would not suffer the Serjeant to do so; and as the Serjeant threaten'd to kick her down Stairs, he answer'd, if he did so, he should be sure to kick him down after her; and then he took down his Gun lying or hanging by the Bed, and presented it to his Serjeant, who offering to advance and take the Gun from him; he swore, if he came forward one step, he was a dead Man; then the Serjeant, by advice also of another who stood behind him, retir'd and told the Captain of the Guard; who immediately order'd Corporal Adair, who officiated as Serjeant, to take four Men and bring Blunt to him; the Orders were instantly obey'd, and as Robert Adair came in, Blunt said, take care Bob, and that moment his Piece went off, and shot the innocent Man through the Heart. Joseph Blunt alledg'd, that he threw away the Piece, and that it went off as if it had been by accident, but the true way of telling the matter was, that he shot the Musket, and then threw it out of his Hand, as some Days before he died, he freely confess'd, and own'd himself directly guilty of Murder; only he said, which may be true, that he had no malice against the Man, and that his letting off the Piece was an inconsiderate Action, proceeding from his being very much in Drink, though others did not observe it, for he had drank exceeding hard that Day. He was very ignorant, and I endeavoured to instruct him, as the shortness of Time, or his slow capacity, would allow He cried and lamented very much, declar'd himself most penitent for all the Sins of his Life, particularly the heinous crime of Murder. He express'd a Sense and hope of his obtaining Mercy from God, through the merits and blood of Jesus Christ; and he died in peace with all the World. John Cannon , was indicted for assaulting and carnally knowing Mary Fosset , Spinster , an Infant of 9 Years of Age, July the 12th. 3. John Cannon , 28 Years of Age, of honest Parents, in the County of Antrim , in the Kingdom of Ireland , had no Education at School. When of Age, his Father sent him to Dublin , where he serv'd a Weaver, as Apprentice , six Years and some Months honestly, and then he serv'd in another Family six Years more, by way of Journeyman , and about a Year after that, by Persuasion of a Companion of his own Business, he came to London , and serv'd as a Journeyman to Mrs. Fosset, till such Time, as he ravish'd her young Daughter, of nine Years old, as was sworn against him. He was of the Romish Religion , but very ignorant, only he said, he would die in the way he was educated. As to the Fact he was convicted of, he inclin'd not to give positive Answers, but said he did not ravish the Girl. I told him, whether she consented or not, it was look'd upon as a Rape, and made Felony. He denied the Thing but faintly, and told a Story of three or four Shillings about a Loom, for which his Mistress and some other Body bore him ill-will; I told him, that was a trifling Excuse, and it was not possible that any-body would seek his Life for so small a Matter. He spoke very bad English, and was always ready to tell some out of the way Story, and nothing to the Purpose; but still, upon the main, he denied the Fact, tho one Time he said, he was never Guilty of any notorious Fact or Crime, excepting the one he suffer'd for; yet he still waver'd and gave confus'd Answers. I told him, he was oblig'd to glorify God, and discharge his own Conscience, by a plain Confession. He said, he told the Truth, and could not say otherways than he did, but still alledg'd they bore him Spite. He own'd, that he had been a debauch'd Fellow among notorious Women, and that he sometimes drank too much, and lost or squander'd away his Money foolishly, but that he was always honest in his Dealings, and never wrong'd any-body that Way. He behav'd quietly in Chapel, and at other Times he was very poor and miserable, and had no Person coming after him, or giving him any Thing. He hop'd for Salvation through Christ, declar'd himself penitent for his many Offences, and his naughty Life, and that he freely forgave all Injuries done him, as he expected Forgiveness from God. William Sidwell , alias Robinson , was indicted for assaulting Elizabeth , the Wife of Edward Woodnot in AngelCourt, near the Highway, in the Parish of St. Margaret's Westminster , putting her in fear, and taking from her a Cloath Cloak, Value one Shilling, the Goods of the Husband, Edward Woodnot , May the 11th. 4. William Sidwell , alias Robinson , 46 Years of Age, of honest respected Parents about the Town, who were willing to give him good Education, but he was unwilling to receive the same; for both when his Parents were alive, and after their decease, having near Relations desirous to give him Christian and good Education, he would scarce ever go to School, and when he did, he minded nothing of his Business, and would never learn any thing, either out of obstinacy of Temper, or out of a wicked Disposition, and partly because of a certain imbecility of mind; for he was a very weak foolish Man. He was of no Handicrafts-Trade, but went to Sea when his Friends could get him to do nothing at home; but being of a vicious Disposition when at home, he could not hold his Hands from picking and stealing, so in the Year 1719, he cut through the Back of a Coach in Pall-mall , and run away with the Peruke of Colonel Negus, Value six Pound, for which Robbery he was convicted capitally, and transported for fourteen Years: He did not return to England till last Winter, when he came in the Station of a Cook of a Ship , and did the Robbery for which he died. He confess'd his taking the Woman's Cloak, and that he design'd to rob her of all she had if not prevented, and that he had Pistols, or at least one Pistol about him in order to do Mischeif, and if Providence had not been favourable, Mr. Hilliard might have been shot upon his discharging the Pistol at him when he was apprehended. He was a perpetual Plague to his Friends and Relations, who would have done for him, but at last he wearied them quite out with his repeated Villanies. He spent above Twenty Two Pounds in a few Weeks last Spring, which he received of his Wages and Part of it from a Relation, who offered and put him in a Letter-Will for the one half of all, if he would be but good, but this Condition he would not comply with, and all being lost or spent the Beginning of May last, he was taken up the 11th of the said Month for the above Street-Robbery, committed upon Mistress Woodnot, sent to Newgate , capitally convicted and executed. He behav'd always well under Sentence, attended regularly in Chapel, sate very quiet, and took good heed both to Prayers and Exhortations. He frequently gave me many Blessings for the Prayers, godly Exhortations and Advices I gave him, and other Kindnesses I did him; and sometimes he took me by the Hand, as I past by him and kiss'd it, particularly that Morning he died. He complain'd upon his being so long under Sentence; I desired him to submit patiently to the Will of God, in Consideration of his great Sins and Crimes, he said, he did so, and heartily forgave every Body. He declared his Faith in Christ, his hearty Repentance for all his Sins, and that he died in peace with all the World. George Richardson , Lawrence Grace , and John Smithson , were indicted for assaulting John Gordon in Lincoln'sInn-Fields , putting him in fear, and taking from him a Hat, a Wig, and half a Guinea and 5 d. July 28. 5 George Richardson , past fifteen Years of Age, of honest and reputable Parents, who gave him good Education at School, in reading, writing, Arithmetick, Latin, &c. to prepare him for Business, but this he undervalued, and prefered the Company of BlackGuards, particularly Watson the Evidence, to his Father and Mother's House and Company, where he was kept as well and tenderly as any Body could desire. He apply'd himself to Pick-pocketing, petty Thefts and such things, so that his Parents deeming irreclaimable, put him to Sea , and he went a Voyage to Jamaica , and another Voyage or two; but when at home he still apply'd himself to his old Company, particularly of Watson's, whom he blam'd for all his Misfortunes by his bad Example and wicked Counsel, and he run-away from his Father, who could never meet with him nor see him for sometime, till he saw him in Newgate for the Robbery which he died for, and then in a most miserable Condition; which Carriage of his gave his Parents great Uneasiness. He confess'd that he had been a very wicked irreclaimable Boy, and most ungrateful to his tender indulgent Parents: And as to the Robbery he was convicted of, he said, it was true as Watson the Evidence said of him, that he did not take Mr. Gordon's Hat and Wig, but otherways that he did not consent to the Robbery, he pretended no such thing, but own'd himself Guilty with the rest. He acknowledg'd that he was a vicious Boy as far as his Age would allow him. One told me, that a few Days before he was taken up, he was walking towards Bridewell in Company with Watson; and his younger Brother accidently meeting them, said to this effect, Pray, Brother; don't go with such vile Company, but come home to my Father and Mother who desires to see you, he answer'd, When you come home, pray don't tell my Father and Mother that you saw me. He always behav'd well in Chapel and at other times; declar'd, that he was heartily sorry for his sinful Life, and repented of all his Sins, and died in peace with all Mankind. The following Prayer the aforegoing Malefactor gave to the Ordinary. " O Almighty and most righteous " Judge, I meekly receive my " Sentence, as the due Reward of my " Sins; but as mine Iniquity brings on " me this untimely and shameful Death, " O let my true Repentance, thro my " dear Lord and Saviour's Merits, secure the Forgiveness of my Sins, " and bring me to everlasting Life. " O sweet Jesus, who didst not disdain " to cast an Eye on the penitent Thief " on the Cross, despise not me, who " am now to suffer a like ignominious " Death, and, I hope, truly to repent " me of my Sins, and fix all my " Hopes on thee in my Distress, as he " did in his. Thou who for the Sins " of Others, didst thy self hang on " the cursed Tree, by the Blood of " thy Cross, save me, who am justly " condemned for my own Sins, in thy " Merits do I trust, into thy merciful " Hands I commend my Spirit. O " rescue my departing Soul from eternal Misery, forgive me in the abundant Riches of thy Mercy, and save " me, a great and wretched, but a " penitent and contrite Sinner. Let " the Example of my Fall be a warn ing to Others, that they come not " into the same Condemnation; and " tho I taste thy Justice in my ignominious Death, let me find the " Sweetness of thy Mercy after it, Amen, blessed Jesus, Amen, Amen. 6. Laurence Grace , about 22 Years of Age, born at Dublin of honest respected Parents, who gave him (as I was informed) the best of Education in Reading, Writing, Latin, &c. but this was what he minded least; for being of a bad Disposition, he inclin'd only to the meanest and worst of Company, and vilest Practices. He did not incline, or he was of such a roving Temper, that his Friends did not think proper to put him to any Business at home; but thinking the Sea would tame him, they sent him to Sea , and he was some Years employ'd in this Way of Business, and married a Wife in his own Country, but without Consent or Knowledge of his Friends, as he said, and she follow'd him to London . His Relations, for a good Time past, knew nothing what was become of him. He confess'd his Crime in robbing Mr. Gordon, only he complain'd of some Circumstances, and some small Things in the Fact, that they did not give a just Account of them. He own'd, that he had been a most naughty young Man, with lewd Women, in Drinking, Thieving, privately stealing, robbing in the Streets, and such Vices as that kind of People are liable to. He had been at Lisbon , Gibraltar , up the Mediterranean , and in other Places of the World; and his last Voyage was in America , or the West-Indies , from whence he came lately to London , and having receiv'd his Wages, he soon spent them, and then he went out with a Pack of notorious Rogues, upon Thieving and Robbing, and this Course of Life he did not give over, till in a short Time he was brought to condign Punishment. He wept and lamented, when I spoke to him. He was of the Communion of the Church of Rome. He behav'd modestly and well in Chapel, and on all Occasions. I exhorted him to Repentance, and a firm Resolution of new Obedience, and to rely only upon the Mercy of God, in and through the Merits of Jesus Christ. He declar'd, that he hop'd for Salvation only by Christ; that he sincerely repented of all his Sins, particularly those he suffer'd so much Shame and Sorrow for; and that he heartily forgave all Injuries done him, as he expected Forgiveness from God. 7. John Smithson , about 18 Years of Age, born in Town of honest Parents, put to School and taught Reading, Writing, &c. and instructed in Principles of Religion. When of Age, they put him to a Watchmaker , with whom he stay'd four Years, but being of perverse Inclinations, he did not keep to his Business, and at last he left his Master altogether, loving the Company of Blackguards, common Thieves and Robbers, above any Thing else: This Course of Life reduc'd him to most miserable Poverty which occasion'd his falling into bad Practices, and lost his Character and Credit with all honest People, who no sooner knew what he was, but they refus'd to do any Thing for him, or to employ him in any Business. His Father some Years ago went to Ireland, and resides there as Butler to a Gentleman, who took him along with him. The Mother stay'd behind, but John had no regard to her Advice, and did what he pleased. He never went to Church, unless to do Mischief, in picking Pockets, and such indirect unaccountable Actions. He was at last taken up, and put in Bridewel two or three Times, and in Newgate , from whence he was sent to Essex , tried for his Life, and acquitted. He was also Evidence against William West and Andrew Curd , for a Burglary in February last, and in May following, he and others were tried for robbing John Violane of a Hat, for stealing John Frazier 's Coat, and for stealing a Gown and Petticoat of another; in those three Trials Thomas Whitby was an Evidence against them, and they were acquitted. His Mother about this time went to Ireland , being sent for by his Father, but John preferred his rambling way about Town to the Company of his Parents. He got into a Gentleman's Service to keep a Running-Horse at Hackney , but some Body informing the Gentleman, that he had been tried for his Life in Essex and at London , and that he was a notorious Thief and Robber, he did not think fit to keep such a dangerous Guest, but immediately discharged him his Service. He having nothing to do, went about the Town as a Vagabond and idle Boy, having no way to live, but by Theft and Robbery. He offered to sell himself to the Plantations a great many times, but could not find a Buyer, because he was of no Trade. He own'd that he was a notorious Shop-Lifter, and guilty of some Street-Robberies but not many; and the Robbery he was convicted of he denied, alledging that Watson did not deal fair with him, in putting him in that Informatio, though he acknowledg'd that he had done other wicked Actions in his Company. I intreated him to make a free Confession, and not to go to Eternity with a Lye in his Mouth, which would aggravate his Condemnation, in adding Sin to Sin. He persisted in his denial; he behav'd well in Chapel, and was very attentive both to prayers and Exhortations. He was very ignorant, and I endeavoured to instruct him, as the Shortness of Time would allow. He declared his Faith in Christ, his Repentance for all his Sins, and died in peace with all the World. Jonas Pearson , was indicted for stealing a brown Gelding, Value eight pound, the property of Benjamin Wilkins , Aug. 31. Jonas Pearson , thirty five Years of Age, born in Yorkshire of honest parents: His Father a Farmer, educated him at School in reading, writing, and cyphering, to fit him for Business, and had him instructed in Christian principles. When of Age, he went Apprentice to a Button-Maker , and served out his Time honestly, and then he wrought by himself, married a Wife and kept House, or sometimes Lodgings, in St. Margaret's parish, Westminster He said, That he was always honest, and liv'd well, and maintain'd his Family by his Business. As for the Horse, he said, he bought him in Holburn , and that a Coach-man who was Witness was down at Tunbridge , and that the other Witness an Ostler about Bishopgate-street , durst not come to the Court for fear of his loosing his place, he not having Money to send them Subpenas These look'd like feign'd Excuses, and he said to the same purpose in Court at his Trial, though scarce any Body could believe him. I bid him consider, that it was not Man but God he had to deal with, and that his telling a Lye would provoke God to hurry him from temporal to eternal punishment. After all the Arguments I could use to bring him to a confession, he persisted inflexible. He said, that he never was wicked in his life, but that he liv'd regularly and soberly, went to church, and that he had taken the Sacrament some times. In Chapel he behav'd modestly, and (to appearance) devoutly. 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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, OF TEN MALEFACTORS, VIZ. ESTHER LEVINGSTONE for Murder, Executed September 19; CORNELIUS DONNOLLY , PHILIP TOBIN , DENNIS BUCKLY , WILLIAM HIGGINS for Street-Robberies; THOMAS MADGE for personating, &c. FRANCIS SMITH for Returning from Transportation, WILLIAM BARLOW for Forgery, and JAMES BROWN for Robbery, Executed Wednesday October 12; AND RICHARD CINDERBURY for Murder. Executed Saturday October 23, 1763. BEING THE SEVENTH, EIGHTH and NINTH EXECUTIONS in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon . WILLIAM BECKFORD , Esq. LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON. NUMBER V. for the said Year. LONDON: Printed and sold by M. LEWIS, at the Bible and Dove, in Paternoster-row, near Cheapside, for the AUTHOR. [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-Baily , before the Right Honourable William Beckford , Esq. Lord-Mayor of the city of London ; Sir Henry Gould , Knt. one of the Judges of his Majesty's court of Common-Pleas ; the Honourable Mr. Baron Perrott; James Eyre , Esq. Recorder , and others of his Majesty's Justices of oyer and terminer, &c. holden for the said city and county, on Wednesday the 14th, Thursday the 15th, Friday the 16th, Saturday the 17th, Monday the 19th, and Tuesday the 20th of September, in the third year of his Majesty's reign, thirteen persons were capitally convicted and received sentence of death, for the several crimes in their indictments set forth, namely, Esther Levingstone , Conelius Donnolly , Philip Tobin , Daniel Shields , Sebastian Hogan , John Hunt , Dennis Buckley , William Higgins , Thomas Madge , Francis Smith , William Barlow , James Brown , and Elizabeth Jones . 1. Esther Levingstone was indicted for the wilful murder of Peter Dove ; and Archibald her husband, for aiding, assisting and abetting her, to commit the said murder, August the 20th. The issue of this trial was, that the woman was found guilty of wilful murder, and her husband of manslaughter only. She received sentence the same day, being Friday the 16th of September, to be executed on Monday following; and was executed accordingly. Esther was the wife of Archibald Leving-stone , a coal-heaver , living in Eles's-yard , in the Minories . On the 20th of August, about eleven at night, Mr. Lemond the constable was sent for to come and secure her for assaulting and wounding in the head, one of her neighbours, Mrs. Ashby or Ashly, who lived in the same house with her; and also for threatening to set on fire the house and burn the neighbourhood. He brought this Peter Dove a watch-man with several others to his assistance: but instead of being admitted into their room, they were threatened with death both by the husband and wife to the first that should dare to enter: notwithstanding this, they still persisting to demand or attempt an entry, the door was on a sudden opened in part, a hand pushed out, and a stab given to Dove, so that his bowels soon appeared coming out: he was next day moved to the London-Hospital , being Sunday, and on Tuesday the 23d died of the said wound, which was on the left side of his belly, a little above the groin. From the evidence of Mrs. Ashby it appeared that she also had been shamefully and cruelly treated by this convict, having the very same night broke open her place, hauled her into the street, turned her clothes over her head, and whipped her like a child, and then stabbing her in the temple with a penknife, left her for dead, exposed half-naked in the street; threatening to burn all the b - s in one bone-fire. This witness acknowledged that Levingstone the husband rescued her from the rage of his wife, and probably saved her life. The part charged against him in the murder of the deceased was, that he held the door in one hand partly opened and a poker in the other, while his wife made a push under his arm: though it was favourably presumed, that they being in the dark, he might not know his wife had got a knife or any like dangerous weapon in her hand. When first visited after conviction, she was full of resentment against Mrs. Ashby, (or Ashley, as she called her) saying she never could forgive her. The account she gave of the occasion of this unhappy event was to this purpose, that Mrs. Ashley, lodging in the same house with her, a widow, was freely admitted to several conveniences in her room, as the use of her fire, boiling water, and the like; then on some misbehaviour and disgust being excluded from these benefits, she became spightful to her and her children, picked quarrels with them, and abused them from day to day, so that they had taken out warrants against each other. On Saturday evening, August 20, the prisoner going to market in Rosemary-Lane to sell shoes , (her usual occupation) was insulted and vexed by an unlucky boy in the street with a mock-warrant. Returning home at night, she found herself bolted out of the house by this Mrs. Ashley, and calling for one of her children to unbolt the street-door, the child was beat and hurt by the said Mrs. Ashley before she could get at the door to unbolt it: this incensed the mother; and when she got in at the door, meeting Mrs. Ashley, who, she says, was in liquor, Ashley fell upon her with both hands, while Levingstone giving way, she sell over the threshold on the stones, and cut herself in the head: this gave occasion to her swearing against Levingstone, that she wounded her in the head with a knife: but Levingstone denied this, and declared as a dying woman, she had no knife; in like manner she solemnly denied that she ever threatened to set fire to the house, and burn the neighbours. She said she was born in Lincolnshire but bred up in Yorkshire , was a mantua-maker by trade; but took up the business of making and repairing shoes , in order to sell them in Rag-Fair . She lately had three children, the eldest about twelve years of age; but one of them, as she pleaded on her trial, was killed by the stroke of a brick-bat thrown into their window in the riot, this she asserted to be done before the mortal wound was given; but the witnesses on the trial proved it could not be done, nor any violence used, till after the murder of Dove, when the mob grew outrageous. Being questioned about the weapon with which she stabbed the deceased, she declared she knew not whether she had a knife or no, because of the passion she was in, on account of her door being broke open; which she said was done, to the bigness of a small pannel before the stroke was given. But this is also disproved by the evidence on trial. At this first visit she was earnestly exhorted to a sincere and humble confession of her crime, and an hearty repentance for this and all her other sins, as ever she hoped for mercy. Proper prayers were used with her and pointed out to her to be constantly and fervently used in the cell; together with the reading of some psalms and portions of scripture, for her direction and comfort; for I found she could read, professed herself a Protestant of the established church, and was not void of a good understanding and strong affections for her husband and children, though clouded with violent passions. On the second visit, some few hours after, and also on the next day, she was much more calm, humble, and resigned; and farther, to my great satisfaction, declared she would die in charity with all the world, and particularly with her prosecutors, and that she hoped and prayed for that penitent and contrite heart which should not be rejected and despised. The proper psalms read on this occasion for her, and some few more of the convicts, who were now ready to attend, were, the 51st, 86th, 88th, and 90th; the first lesson Gen. 9. the second lesson Matt. 18. from each of which some portions were selected, explained, and applied to them. And surely your blood of your lives will I require. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man, Gen. 9. 5, 6. Who else beside the Maker and Judge of all men, could with truth and authority declare this? and to whom can a sinner fly for propitiating mercy and pardon, but to the same creator of all things, and judge of all men. Wash me throughly from my wickedness, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my faults: and my sin is ever before me. Turn thy face from my sins; and put out all my misdeeds. Make me a clean heart, O God: and renew a right spirit within me. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God! Ps. li. Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. The Son of man is come to save that which was lost, Matt. xviii. 3. 11. His Lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. All this she heard with deep attention and humiliation. Another female convict being present, was so affected, that she fell down in a fainting fit more than once during the service. This latter being now respited, 'tis hoped she never will forget the anguish of conviction, and a spirit wounded with guilt, nor relapse into any bad course for the future. On Sunday morning, Sept. 18, they were instructed in the nature, institution, and benefits of the holy communion, and a due preparation for it. Then followed the morning service, with select psalms, lessons, and a sermon; the psalms were vi, xxxii and xxxviii. first lesson Ezek. ii. second lesson Matt. xxv. In the evening service Ps. xxv. cii. cxlii. cxliii. first lesson Isa. liii. second lesson 1 Pet. ii. By this time Levingstone seemed greatly changed for the better, and there was a great calm in her soul. She was permitted to see her husband in the chapel after divine service; and after she returned down into the press-yard, her two children, the one about thirteen, the other about nine, were admitted to take leave of her there; they stayed not a quarter of an hour; they were all in tears: it was a very affecting scene. She could eat little or nothing this day, and yet was well supported in the chapel at her duty; behaving herself with firmness and composure. While she was going down from the chapel, she said, she was not so violent in her temper as reported, but had great provocation from the ungrateful behaviour of her neighbour, the widow Ashly, to whom she had been very kind and obliging for several weeks. She prayed for her forgiveness, promised to prepare for the holy sacrament, and begged she might have a candle all night, because she knew she could not sleep. The Morning of Execution. Sept. 19. I Was at the prison twenty minutes before seven, and admitted at seven, when the prisoner was brought down from her cell in a very calm and resigned temper, in which they told me she had continued ever since I left her. She said, though she had no candle to read by after nine last night, (according to a late necessary regulation) yet she had prayed in her heart. When she went up to chapel, she said, she had nothing farther to confess, but joined in some proper prayers for the pardon of her crime, and in the litany; and then being questioned, expressed her preparedness and desire to receive the holy sacrament. This morning she wept and sobb'd most of the time of prayers; then being more composed, she devoutly received the holy comunion: after which a good book was put into her hands, to employ her in the way; reminding her to cherish that blessing which she had now received. She asked, if she was to have any more prayers, to which it was answered, that I should meet her at the place; she seemed pleased. She was taken down from the chapel soon after eight. But the cart not being yet come, she continued very calm in the press-yard, making good use of her book, both here and in the way. She was carried out before nine, when several of her acquaintance met her at the outer door, to see her, and take their last farewel; which they did with tears and lamentation, while she spoke to them with remarkable composure, and comforted them, saying, she was easy, resigned, and willing to die. I found her in the same temper at the place of execution, a little before ten; and while the executioner prepared to tie her up, she looked about, and desired to be prayed for again by the minister. This was complied with, the people joining in prayer at her request. She desired to warn all people to live in love and peace with their neighbours, and to avoid strife and contention. She declared, she had no malice against the deceased, for she had never seen him before to her knowledge, nor could be sure what weapon she had in her hand, because of the confusion they were in, by being disturbed, and called out of bed. She joined in prayers of charity, expressing her reconciliation to, and forgiveness of her pro secutors, and all who had provoked her. She added at last, she hoped the world would not reflect on her honest husband, and the poor children. Having given her a final blessing, we parted; and she suffered about half an hour after ten. On Friday October the 7th, the report of twelve other malefactors was made to his Majesty by Mr. Recorder, when four of them, namely, Daniel Shields , and Sebastian Hogan , for robbing Joseph Alston of a hat; Elizabeth Jones , for shop-lifting; and John Hunt , for the robbery of Sarah Chambers , were respited: And Cornelius Donnolly , Philip Tobin , Dennis Buckley , William Higgins , Thomas Madge , Francis Smith , William Barlow , and James Brown , were ordered for execution, on Wednesday October the 12th. 2 and 3. Cornelius Donnolly and Philip Tobin were indicted for robbing William Smith on the king's high-way, of 4 s. and 2 d. his property, August 14. The prosecutor, a poor labouring man, who works at the victualling-office , was met in Lemon-Street , Goodman's-Fields , after twelve at night, by the two prisoners and another who escaped: they seized him, took from him the sum laid in the indictment; and because he had no more money, ripped up his breeches, threatening to chip him down. These two were quickly taken, by help of the constable and some watchmen. These two convicts, being both of the church of Rome , afforded few opportunities of asking them proper questions or giving any account of their crimes. Donnolly said he was born in the county of Longford in Ireland , being now about 40 years of age; he sailed out of Dublin about 14 years ago, and has served in his Majesty's navy almost ever since; he declared he was not guilty of this or any other fact of the kind, but always worked hard for his bread; for that after his discharge from the navy, he bought part of a boat, in which he earned his living at Portsmouth . Tobin seemed to be of the same nation, and was also a seaman for much the same time; he did not expresly own nor deny his guilt, but frowned on Donnolly with a look of rebuke while he talked of his innocence in this affair. They both attended our chapel several times, and behaved decently, as I was informed they did also in their own persuasion, to the last. 4 and 5. William Higgins and Dennis Buckley were indicted for robbing Edward Biffen , on the king's high-way, of a silver watch, value 40s. September 4. The prosecutor, a master sawyer of Rotherhithe , going home between eleven and twelve at night, near the turnpike at St. George's in the East , was accosted by a street-walker, who held him in talk while Higgins came up and challenged him with a curse for medling with his wife; and having a stick and a knife open in his hand, threatened his life if he spoke; while Buckley (and one Smith, not taken) joined and seized his watch. The cry of murder being raised by the prosecutor, Mr. Iverson, under whose window this was done, ran out in his shirt to help: they secured Higgins, by whose information Buckly was taken five days after; he confessed the fact, and the watch was recovered by his direction where he had pawned it. William Higgins said he was born at Okingham in Berkshire , being now about 30 years of age, bred up to the sea : when questioned farther, he did not deny his guilt, but excused answering any more questions, by saying he was a Roman Catholic . His behaviour in that character was becoming his unhappy circumstances. He now and then came up to our chappel, and seemed attentive to the prayers and instruction. His associate Dennis Buckley , about 24 years of age, was born in Ireland , within ten miles of Kinsale ; he was bound apprentice to captain Ogleby, when only ten years old, with whom he sailed to the West-Indies , and was in that trade two years; from thence they came to London ; afterwards he was cast away on the coast of Ireland , and being taken up by a man of war, has since been in the king's service about five years; but did not chuse to enter into particulars. He was hardy enough to attempt to deny the fact he was cast for, but very inconsistently. When confronted with his own confession before trial, and that the watch was found by his direction, he gave the same answer as in his defence, that it was given him by one Brown, a shipmate, to be pawned for him. He professed himself of the church of Rome , therefore no farther satisfaction was to be expected, though he also sometimes attended our service. From the first inlet to this robbery, men who walk the streets by night should be warned not to be lured into conversation with bad women. 6. Thomas Madge was indicted for personating Nicholas Shaw , who had served on board the Harwich , in order to receive the prize-money due to him, August 11. This convict fell into the snare with little probability of success or escaping. Nicholas Shaw , whom he personated, had received 4l. prize-money on the first payment, June 3, 1761, was steward's-mate to the Harwich, and had signed his name to the receipt. On Madge's demanding this second payment, which was 20s. (on the recal at the King's-Arms , Tower-Hill ) the first payment being turned to, Madge was asked if he could write? answering no; he was suspected, examined, detected, and brought to a confession that he was not the man. His pretence that he was met by a tall man that lives somewhere by Deptford-Green , made drunk the day before, and set on to receive this in order to share it between them, seems weak and groundless, as he knew not his name, or where they were to meet; and yet after conviction he repeated this foolish excuse for his crime, with a little variation, saying, he was set on by an Irish-man, who made him drunk. He appeared very sickly, illiterate, and naked, though small sums were given him at different times, with which he might have purchased some necessary cloathing, yet he neglected it. He was born at Exeter , where his father lives and is a maltster; this unlucky lad was bred a plumber till he was 19 years old, and then quitting his master, he went to sea , where he has served the king about 9 years, being now 28; he was taken on board the Harwich at Jamaica , and was at the taking of Senegal . His behaviour, since conviction, was quiet, submissive, and patient; but it was no easy matter to bring him to a sense of his duty, as he could not read himself, and rarely had any one to read to him in his cell; so that it required the more time and pains to instruct him in the chapel. 7. Francis Smith was indicted for being at large in this kingdom, after having been ordered to be transported for seven years. It was but a year last April that this prisoner was tried at the Old-Baily capitally, for stealing a silver watch, &c. privately from the person of Thomas Pattison , and met with favour, in being found guilty of stealing but not privately, for which he was only transported; but before 12 months came round, he was seen at large in London , particularly on the 18th of April last, being a day of great crouding on account of a public entry, he was plying diligently at his old occupation from Tower-Hill through Cheapside to the Strand . These matters were proved not only by the court records, but by different witnesses, who well knew him to be of the Coventry gang, from whence he was moved by habeas to be tried. He was too well known to put his defence on a denial that he was the same person. He pleaded therefore that he was impressed at New-York town , in Virginia , in August 1762, for his Majesty's ship Jason; on which, he said, he was put on board first, and then lent with another hand to a brig, captain Watson, in the convoy, which wanted hands; that he got in her to London about April the first, from whence he went to Coventry where he was taken: as he had no proof of this, he produced a (supposed) certificate of the captain of the Jason, which he said was intended to bear him harmless; but being delivered in to the court, on inspection and farther inquiry, was not found to be genuine: so far was it from being the captain's hand that his name was not spelled right: nor was the prisoner's name ever to be found in that ship's books, though carefully enquired into under this and other names he had assumed. He insisted that he was pressed by lieutenant Okely, and entered in the purser's books only, by the name of Alexander Brown , and was not above seven or eight days on board the Jason. At Coventry he went by the name of Sherwood; there, he said, he was taken up on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery of the house of one Mr. Bailey at Coventry , to the value of 250 l. of this he made a plausible complaint that he was felling his goods in the fair when they seized him, took his goods from him, and even the money out of his pocket; kept him in prison for eleven weeks, and when they could prove nothing against him in this affair, they endeavoured to fix a robbery committed in Surry upon him; but this also failing, they had him removed hither and tried for returning from transportation. After his conviction he behaved with a reserved firmness, seemed little affected with his situation, though he daily attended the chapel and was decently attentive. Hints were given that he was well known here as a former inmate; in fact he seemed quite at home, in no want of supplies, master of his wits, with a ready answer or excuse for every emergency. Between sentence and the death-warrant, a letter was brought to me from Coventry , in order to bring him to confess what part he had in the forementioned robbery; whether he held Mr. Bailey while the two other robbers (a man, one Duplex, and a woman) escaped; that as Duplex was executed and himself under sentence, it was expected he should now tell the the truth: he made light of this enquiry, as if weak and unreasonable to expect that he should confess while he had the least hope of life; asserting that he had no part in that robbery; that he was in prison before those convicted for it, and that he never had seen them elsewhere but in prison. When exhorted, as he frequently was, to confess and give all possible satisfaction in this or any other wrong which he was conscious of, he declared he never wronged any one since his return home; and as to the watch for which he was transported, he was innocent of that also: he was earnestly and solemnly warned against this dangerous self-deceit, yet he talked on in the same strain after he found himself included in the death-warrant, only adding that " he confessed his " sins to God, and made his peace with him," little considering or less regarding what God declares, that there is no peace to the wicked. And are not they in that number and character, who, though publicly and notoriously convicted by the judgment of God and their country, persist in an obdurate denial of their guilt, incapable of being persuaded or convinced that they are obliged to give any sort of satisfaction for their private or public wrongs and offences, by an humble, sincere and particular confession of injuries, and begging pardon of the injured? how small the satisfaction! which is all they generally have in their power, and therefore that little is all that can be now required; and yet that little, through pride or stubbornness or false shame, they will not give: this surely is a fatal error! which though frequently refuted and fully exposed to these dying criminals and in these papers, yet too many will persist to rush blindfold upon it into eternity; and their survivors praise their proceeding, pursue their example, and bolster themselves up in the same opinion. But alas! how vain even as to this world? their misdeeds are generally known and brought to light, in a way not to the aid or advantage of their penitence and peace, but to the indelible shame and reproach of their hardness and impenitence! This criminal being thus plainly and earnestly warned, was left to go on in his own way; refusing him no means of grace, as he took all consequences on himself. He told me his true name was Isaac Hawes , that he was born in Red-Lion-Street , Holborn : his father was a clog-maker , to whose business he was brought up to the age of fifteen or sixteen, when, as he said, he went to sea , and has ever since followed that occupation; chiefly in a man of war or privateer, for fourteen years, being now about twenty-nine years old. But by other authentic accounts he began to intermix another kind of industry with this, in the early part of his life. He is known to have been transported from Newgate about ten or eleven years since; and having served out his seven years, returned home, and soon fell under the like sentence a second time, about three or four years since; but being war time and a great demand for men, he was inlisted in the 49th regiment, to be sent to Jamaica ; for this purpose being moved to the Savoy he broke out thence, and returned to his old practices again; and when apprehended, he made his escape with the hand-cuffs on him, but was soon taken and brought to Newgate , whence he was again delivered, by an order of the lord-mayor, to the regulating captain who had inlisted him, sent aboard ship, and carried as far as the Nore; where on searching the ship for seamen, as usual when they are much wanted in war, he was known to be and taken for a good hand; but soon after, by reason of sickness or the appearance of it, was sent into an hospital or sick quarters, from whence he once more slipt off and returned to his favourite schemes and company; among whom a watch being picked out of some person's pocket, and found upon him, or dropt near him by reason of quick discovery, he was taken, tried, cast and sentenced for transportation, as beforementioned, in April 1762: but in the short interval between these mishaps he gave signal proofs of an enterprizing genius; for having heard of one of the gang's being in custody of two officers going to New-Prison , he challenged two of their companions to join and rescue him; but on their refusal, he boldly undertook it alone. With this view he got behind the coach which conveyed them: as they drove through Hockly-in-the-hole , cut the hinder braces and let it overset, and then under pretence of helping the distressed, got off with his comrogue and escaped. Before this, he once came up from Portsmouth to London in company with one of the captors of the Hermione, who had then received some considerable prize-money: Hawes, in the guise of a brother-tar, well rigg'd and flush of money, as he usually was, to serve a turn, made himself agreeable and fell into close connection with the other, told him his mother kept the George-Inn in Gray's-Inn-Lane , where he hoped to see him. The other desired a previous meeting at the Crown in Holborn . Twice they missed, but met the third time: from thence they agreed to take a walk to the Queen's-Arms , at Islington ; where Hawes had prepared two of his companions to meet them by accident: there they all four met, one richly dressed in gold-laced cloaths and ruffles, which Hawes pretended to see accidentally, said to the intended dupe of the Hermione, I saw that gentleman bett here the other night a hundred guineas a time, that no one in company should cut above five in a clean pack of cards. Ay! said the sailor; I should take him up with pleasure. On this Hawes made a low bow to the pretended gentleman, and asked him how he came off t'other night? he answered, he lost a hundred and fifty pound, but did not value that: this brought on conversation: the sailor offered to bett twenty pound. I'll take you at no less than two hundred. Hawes said, (clapping him on the shoulder) come, I'll go your halves; pulled out his purse and threw it on the table. The sailor did the like; they knowing he had about half that sum with him. The sailor cut, looked and saw a tray: he dropt down in a swoon. The gang under pretence of carrying him out for air, lifted him over the garden-wall, dropt him, and went off together. The person to whom he related this exploit in his cell, a day or two before he suffered, observed to him this was a great thing! a brave booty! He replied, " I " have often touched two or three hundred at " a time. I once did one over for seven hundred pound." It was observed of him he was not given to liquor, always sober whether in gaol or out, capable of outwitting his prey. He had often practised on the farmers at Coventry . His apparent business was to sell handkerchiefs, chintz, cambricks, and the like; for which purpose he had three horses to carry about his goods, and was licensed. He also said, he was receiver and fence to the gang; that he sometimes gave eighty-pound for an India-bond of an hundred, and that he once burnt one of that value. As he could not read himself, he had a prisoner (one of the fines as they are called) to read to him in the cell, for some hours in each day before he suffered: this being done at his own request, was a symptom of his desire to be improved by any means, for he did also daily attend the chapel. On enquiring into his temper and behaviour in the cell, I was told he was desirous of hearing the New-Testament read, and particularly those parts to which I directed them, and also joined in prayers; that he now consented to forgive his prosecutors, particularly Mr. B - n the baker, against whom he was at first most strongly prejudiced; that he wished he had known so much of religion before as he now did, and where he to live over again, he would be quite another man; but it was now too late: however he had strong presumptive hopes of his salvation, though intractable and headstrong, and would take his own measures to obtain it. 8. James Brown , otherwise James Smith , was indicted for that he in Middle-Temple-Lane , in the king's high-way, on Ralph Hodson 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 pair of silver shoe-buckles, one pair of metal buckles, and one pair of sleeve-buttons; the property of the said Ralph, July 30. The scheme of this most dangerous and detestable kind of criminal appears in the evidence given on his trial, in its proper colours; such as it is scarce possible to read or review without indignation and abhorrence of the crime; and an honest satisfaction in the detection, conviction, and punishment of it. A crime consisting in a continued course of aggravated robberies, perpetrated under the terror of an accusation more shocking to an honest mind than bludgeon, knife, or pistol; an accusation however which one would think an honest mind, consciously brave and fortified with its own integrity would not give way to, but defy; daring to meet and unmask the black infernal calumny: such one would resolve should be their own conduct in such a conflict, and heartily recommend it to all honest men, to the confusion of the false accuser: as on the one hand a caution against the manner of proceeding of these lurking miscreants cannot be too public; so neither on the other can sufficient care be employed to detect and punish by proper persons and legal means, that real offence which more than once has drawn down the signal vengeance of heaven on cities and regions stained with so detestable a sin, against nature and the all-wise and most powerful Author of nature, who will by no means acquit the guilty. When the criminals were visited after conviction, October 18, Brown made himself known to me with great anguish and many tears, as one who had been formerly under my care in the same situation. It was some time before I could recollect or recover the least remembrance of him. He bewailed and bitterly lamented his lot, expressing a kind of despair of escaping death at best, but that he should be content and patiently submit to that, if he might find mercy for his soul. On enquiring into his charge, and finding it of the same horrid nature with that for which he was to die before, I could not but express my astonishment mixt with deep concern to see him taken in the same snare a second time: demanding of him how he could relapse after so great a deliverance, and such professions as he made? he again burst into tears, and said, (with what truth he best knew) that he had taken care to the best of his power to live honestly, had a general good character in the army , in which he had been raised from a private man to a serjeant, and was but lately returned to London , where he unhappily was betrayed into this temptation. He then went up to chapel, heard the exhortation to condemned criminals once more with deep concern, and seemed to repeat his prayers, to read the Psalms, and make his responses with zeal and devotion; and in the several instructions and applications of scripture daily set before them, when any matter was mentioned which nearly concerned him, he wept. When asked, he said he was about 25 years of age, born at Pinxton in Derbyshire , had served in the army for several years, and was discharged last April in Ireland , from the regiment of colonel Scott, which was broke, in which he was pay-serjeant . From thence he went to visit his friends in Derbyshire for six or seven weeks, and then returned to London . Being questioned how he had spent his time since his respite in the year 1759, he replied that after six months or thereabouts he was pardoned, on condition of being inlisted in the 74th regiment, then in Jamaica , and tho' some say he soon after escaped out of the Savoy , he now told me he got away from the transport ship in the Downs to Deal-side , near Sandown-Castle , taking a little boat which lay by the ship side, with two more men in the same circumstances, one of which was a sailor and rowed the boat: he then came up to London and inlisted in the Oxford-blues, which he explained to be the M - ss of Gr - y's royal regiment of horse-guards , at 15d. a day, a very genteel corps, wherein no swearing or drinking or bad-company is allowed. Being cautious enough to hint to the quarter-master there were people in London whom he did not care to see, he was sent to Maidstone in Kent for seven or eight weeks, till he was wrote for to meet the corps and embark at Gravesend . in the mean time he had got two recruits for the re giment. In Germany he was wounded in the leg, at the battle of Werburg : then he was in the battle of Hanover-Hausen , when they marched all round the French camp by night; afterwards at another skirmish, at a place near the Rhine , the name of which he forgot, and at another near Ham , with a party of the French light-horse. He once applied to the chief commander, the M - ss of G. to be made a grenadier , who took his name and gave him a ducat: but when he had been in this regiment in Germany about a year, he was taken notice of and known by some of the foot-guards, who talked of his former misconduct, till it came to his officers ears, and then he was discharged by lieutenaut-colonel Kellit: thence he inlisted into Bocklands, the 11th regiment of foot: he was afterwards taken ill of the rheumatism, discharged and sent home to be put into Chelsea ; but on his return, recovering tolerably well, and being in some fear of making application, lest he should be detected as a deserter, he went and inlisted in the grenadier-guards , at Knights-Bridge ; but a woman assisted by her mother, with whom he had been formerly connected, went to his serjeant and then to his officer, exposing his character with some truth intermixed with some slanders, to such a degree that he was confined for some days in the dark hole, and then dismissed with infamy. He said, she maliciously informed them that he had been under sentence of death for the high-way; and then a deserter from the Oxford-blues; which he denied: and all this because he would not live with her as formerly. On this and other like occasions, he was reminded that he had better have patiently and faithfully complied with the terms of his pardon and gone to Jamaica : but this he did not so well relish, and urged that he had behaved so well in Germany for three years, that on his return home he was recommended for a free pardon to his Majesty, and obtained it. Another anecdote he opened; that while he was in the army in Ireland he had married a second wife, the first whom he had here before his conviction being still living; which he had done on this nice distinction, (being a curious casuist in matters of conscience) that being condemned to die, since he had been married to her, he was (as to her) dead in law, and that his friends whom he consulted told him he was no longer her husband: this was probably one of those sins that pursued and found him out, and the evil genius that haunted and helped to hunt him down; with the sense of which and the like offences he was often touched to the quick, bitterly lamenting his manifold transgressions, with respect to women, and praying for pardon. It does not clearly appear whether it was after this dismission from the grenadier-guards that he inlisted in the 108th or 109th regiment, wherein he was first made a recruiting-serjeant by captain Skene, and then pay-serjeant in Ireland , where he married the daughter of a substantial clothier at Dublin : but he said he continued in that regiment till it was broke, after the peace. After his last return to London , a few months since, he resolved to carry a sedan-chair for his living; and for that purpose was plying about Temple-Bar when this temptation overtook him. By these accounts he would give us to understand that he tried every method to get his bread honestly, but was disappointed and thrown into distress, and the way of temptation by this hard treatment he met with; insomuch that he usually told his story in a most piteous manner, with many tears, like a child under correction; expressing his fears that there was no mercy for him in this world, and praying for the forgiveness of his sins; for which he constantly frequented the chappel, and had proper books lent him to be used in his cell. But now towards the end of the first week after his conviction he began to flatter himself with some faint hopes that his life might be saved, by means of the only friend he could think of capable of interposing for him, the M - ss of G - y; he intreated that a petition might be signed in his behalf; in answer to which, when reminded how greatly and how justly incensed all that knew his case were against him, and that his plan was most dangerons and detestable to every honest man, he endeavoured to alleviate his case, by saying, that he never accused any but such as first offered indecencies to him: that the prosecutor had not only done so but sworn falsely that he robbed him of his buckles, whereas he carried them home in his shoes; when I assured him with a proper resentment, that no mortal would believe one word of this, he insisted on the truth of both these assertions as a dying man; adding, that he well knew the consequence if he should now be false and insincere; and though this point of insisting on so base a calumny was laboured with him from first to last by every argument that could be urged from hopes and fears, from the aggravation of his guilt, and binding it on his soul for ever; by the assistance of prudent and pious friends who went with me to visit him, yet he never gave it up; so that we were obliged to leave him in possession of this millstone about his neck, if indeed it were a falsehood, and to prove it so, he was often reminded that every proof and every probability was against him in the two cases he was convicted for. On his part he asserted that his only crime consisted in compounding the matter with persons of this cast, and not bringing them to justice. He owned he had made a practice of this, which was taught him by some of his old fellow-soldiers whom he named, with whom he haunted the places and times which that sort of people call the market; and as he appealed to the highest tribunal for the truth of what he said, to that we must refer him. In other respects he behaved more hopefully, confessing with tears the Sunday before he suffered, an act of theft he was privy to, viz. the stealing of some clothes out of a box in an apartment where he lodged, and having a part of the money they were sold for. The same morning when at my first entrance he was asked as usual, How are you? He answered: Very well in health; that he was easy and resigned in his mind, willing to die, and persuaded he should be a rich man and very happy on Wednesday next. This was his expression. When warned again to look well that he was on a sure foundation of truth and sincerity, which we and the world in general were very doubtful and much afraid of, he answered, the more he suffered and the worse he was treated here, the better he hoped to fare hereafter. He appeared very anxious to be forgiven by all others whom he had injured; particularly his two wives, who, he said, had visited him, and forgiven him a day or two before he suffered. 9. William Barlow and Jane Durant , were indicted for forging a letter of attorney, purporting to be executed by William Smith , in order to recieve prize-money due to him, as a seaman on board his Majesty's ship the Lively, and published with intention to defraud Hutchinson Mure , May 12. After a long and accurate trial, Durant was acquitted, and Barlow found guilty; of whom it is remarked in the sessions-paper, that he and Richardson had been witnesses (on a trial) against Mr. Goswell, for a [like] crime of their own, about the first sessions of the present mayoralty: this must be deemed a proof of Barlow's obduracy, that no warning could deter him from this practice, in which it is believed he has been for some years too deeply concerned. In his behaviour after conviction, he was cautious and artful to evade any confession; in other respects he seemed to apply himself to a serious preparation for his approaching change, as well as his very bad state of health in this situation would permit; he had daily instruction and assistance, which he was capable of making good use of; having been well educated at a good foundation school. As Barlow had desired to be admitted an evidence, when secured in the compter , saying, he could open a large scene of facts of this kind, it was frequently recommended to him, now as a dying penitent to regard the public good, and the cause of truth and justice, for the sake of a better life than this, by giving all the satisfaction he could to the injured, as an essential part of true repentance. He seemed to regard this as good and wholsome advice, while there remained any hope of saving his life by it, making frequent and fair promises that he would write what he had to discover on this subject. But whether weakness and ill health, or disappointment of his hope of a respite, prevented the performance is uncertain; he only left me the following brief account of himself, in his own writing. ” I was born about twelve miles from the “ city of Winchester , and had my education at “ Winton , was bound apprentice to Philip-Matthew Brohier , a merchant , at Southampton; where I remained out the major part of “ my clerkship ; and my master happening to “ fail through misfortunes in trade, I went to “ Winchester , and was a clerk to mess. Pyott “ and co. merchants there, several years: Afterwards I came to London , and was clerk “ to several eminent merchants; and afterwards was in a considerable way, in the sale “ of fine beer, and the commission way of business ; but through losses, and not taking “ the necessary care, I failed myself, and was “ reduced to low circumstances, which unhappily brought me acquainted with a bad set of “ people; and who knowing then that I was “ clerk to an attorney , frequently used to apply to me to fill up instruments in their way, “ which have brought me to this untimely end. “ I have been acquainted with them but a short “ time; but am credibly informed that they “ have followed this illicit practice about fourteen years, and have made it their study to “ draw in unwary persons. I am truly sensible “ that I filled the body of the power." Yours, &c. It must be allowed that so far this is a tolerably open confession, to which may be added a few particulars proved on the trial; that he signed the name of Thomas Coleby , clerk of the cheque, without which no such power is valid, that he was lately concerned in two other forged powers, and had been three or four times a prisoner at the compters for affairs of the same sort last year. He gave me the preceding confession the day he suffered, when he received the sacrament. He was about forty years of age, and said he was acquainted with the gang mentioned in his trial, about three years. He named them, and gave some particular account of them; which is not here published, in hopes they will be warned to reform and quit their had practices, not only by his fate, but by their own imminent dangers, which they have hitherto escaped, lest a worse lot befal them; as they have now fresh and repeated proofs that frauds, forgeries, and perjuries are crying sins, which sooner or later will provoke justice to avenge them. Reviewing and seriously reflecting on the cases of several criminals in the present execution, one can scarce avoid seeing the adorable rectitude of the divine judgments; with astonishment at the depth of them! the forbearance and long-suffering of almighty Power and goodness, intermixed with examples in this present life sufficient to ascertain the full and final completion of his word, his threats and promises, in the future. The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. In the same net which they hid privily is their own foot taken. As for such as turn back unto their own wickedness, the Lord shall lead them forth with the evil-doers: - But peace shall be upon Israel. On the Morning of Execution, THE convicts seemed tolerably composed. Isaac Hawes or Francis Smith was told I wished he had been more open and sincere in his confession, he persisted to say he had the certificate sent him by the captain. Each of them was asked before the communion was administered whether he had any thing more to open? to which they answered in the negative: after which I was well informed by one to whom Smith had owned it, that this same certificate was written for him by Barlow before his trial; this person would have Smith to confess it to the minister now at the last, and when he could not prevail, blamed him for his obstinacy. The service in the chapel being ended, as they returned down into the Press-Yard, Thomas Madge , the most simple and ignorant, was attempted to be taken aside and spoken to by the attending priest of the church of Rome , till being observed by one or two worthy clergymen they were interrupted and separated. At the place of execution, Hawes was again asked in a tender manner whether he was not sorry that he had given me a false account of the certificate; he answered sternly and hardily, that he had told me nothing but truth; and that he had confessed his sins to God, and made his peace. I only replied, this is no time to dispute or disturb you or myself. He had acknowledged to the same to whom he confessed this imposture, that he had been very wicked from his early days, guilty of every crime except murder. Brown was very fervent in prayers, Smith seemed and affected to be unmoved and undaunted, scarce changing his countenance, except that when he was tied up he seemed to turn pale, but soon recovered. It was told me that during the few minutes he was in his cell to shift himself, between his leaving the chapel and having his irons knocked off, he acted over the last moments of his execution with much unconcern, pulling his cap down over his face, saying, " thus will it be in less than two hours hence, then it will be quickly over with me; after which I shall take an airing in a hearse," &c. Such was his dreadful amusement, instead of private and mental prayer for a happy change and safe deliverance in the last decisive moment. Hardness is too oft the parent of presumption. We could scarce keep his attention fixed to prayers even at the place; but he would observe what passed among the surrounding croud. Barlow seemed languid and dejected, having been very sickly in the cell; he said little, except " that he hoped all good people would take warning by him, and avoid bad company and connections." Madge was very quiet and attentive during prayer, and had wept much when brought to be tied up. The other four of the church of Rome minded their own prayers: Brown handed down a letter to a friend, who stood near to take charge of his body; and in hopes it might be a warning to unwarry youth, has indulged the public with the annexed copy of it. After the final blessing, they seemed thankful for the good offices done them. We parted. They continued fervent in prayer till the cart was driven from under them, about a quarter past eleven. London. Dear kinsman, I take this opetunity of ackuainting you of my grat misfortin which has misfall me since you saw me last; which beg all the young men that hears of this, to take a deal of caer how they desobey their parents, if they have any living; for if I had been so happy as to had my mother alive, I never should a gon a stray any more when I was at home the last time, for my inclination was to settle and turn a new man; for I was fully bent to work for my bred and leave off all my former life: so I beg all young people will tak caer how they lose their carecter, for when that is gon all the world dus reflect on you, whether you are gilty or no, and will; so that he shall not stay here, for he was so and so, in jal, and there is many to speak against him, but few of his side. I beg that you will shew this letter to John Cl - k, and I beg that he will freely forgive me the dat as it is not in my pour to pay it; and to all that I have owed any thing or engered in any shape whatsoever; and I freely forgive all that have engered me, as I hope forgiveness of the Almighty. Give my kind love to my ant S -, &c. So no more at present for ever misfortnet relation and frend and acquaintance James Brown . Condamned to die October 12, 1763. and the Lord have mercy on his sole. Aged 25 years. Sarved the king 11 years since ever he was abel. 10. Richard Cinderbury , Cordwainer , of the parish of St. Margarets Westminster , was indicted for the wilful murder of Thomas New , by giving him one stab in the breast, two inches wide and nine inches deep, October 14, of which he languished till the 16th, and then died. In proof of this, the first witness, Adam Robinson , being a friend and countryman to the prisoner, deposed that he came to visit him and had dined or supped with him this day at a late hour on some rabbits, one of which was laid by for the wife, against her return from selling her milk; soon after which she quarrelled with her husband, used him ill, strnck him, and was much in fault: while they were quarrelling in the passage, or soon after, Thomas New came in and struck the prisoner more than once. This witness asked New why he would strike a man in his own house? he answered, if he don't like that he shall have more: but on some farther expostulation and discourse New sat down and drank with them, and talked somewhat to the prisoner's wife. This witness did not see the prisoner again till he came up to the deceased as he sat in a chair and stabbed him, and then went out again. The time between the deceased striking the prisoner and the stabbing was five or six minutes. The deceased got out, alarmed the neighbours that he was stabbed by Cinderbury, who, after some resistance was taken, and the knife found bloody. The deceased was carried up to his mother's room bleeding, reported that he only went for a halfpenny-worth of milk, and said to the deceased, why are you always quarrelling with your wife? This was confirmed as to the material part by several witnesses. It happened between eight and nine at night. The surgeon proved the wound was mortal, given by a violent stroke which made an impression on two of his ribs, passed through part of the lungs and the pericardium. The wonder was, that the wounded man did not drop down dead, which the surgeon endeavoured to account for. The prisoner in his defence, asserted he never saw the deceased before, till he followed his wife into his house, and struck him twice or thrice very hard. He asked him, why he did so? and in struggling to get him out, the deceased was wounded, but whether by him or the deceased himself he cannot tell. He also insisted on his right of defending himself in his own house. The question was: Whether this fact could be deemed any thing less than murder, or be brought in manslaughter? But the time between the provocation and the fact, added to the mortal weapon, turned the scale, and the jury brought in their verdict guilty. Quickly after, when asked by the court, what can you say why sentence should not be pronounced upon you according to law? He answered vehemently, It was neither law nor justice. And to the concluding words of the sentence, may God almighty have mercy on your soul! He replied with great emotion, " I hope he will, and that I shall " come better off than those fellows," pointing to the witnesses; and speaking and looking with great resentment against them. This behaviour shewed a very unpromising prospect of bringing this convict to a degree of repentance proportioned to his crime: however, when visited, he was more calm and complying, hearkened to good advice, and joined in fervent prayer for pardon of this and all his sins. He was assisted also with books; and a prisoner kindly read to him in his cell. He would still tell the story of the provocation to this fact, in a manner different from the evidence, saying, his wife went to look for a lodging for his friend Adam Robinson , and coming in again, the deceased followed close at her heels and struck him twice, and then threatened him with more; so that he feared some farther mischief. His wife confirmed this part of his story, adding, that the deceased threatened to call the watch. These, with some late broils in his family, had inflamed the man's spirit and imbittered his temper; for he had been imprisoned for a week in the Gate-house , by means of quarrels with his wife, and had not been at liberty but about ten days; from which time he told me, he had determined, though she should abuse or strike him ever so, he would make no return. He had also been absent from her of late for a year together in the country, on account of their living ill together, and their frequent quarrels; so that his friends often dissuaded him from ever seeing her again: and yet, each spoke well of the other separately, as to their natural temper, and when like themselves; but each charged the other with being adicted to liquor, and of a hasty temper. He was now 43 Years of age, born at Newnham in Gloucestershire , and was bred a Shoe-maker , to which he served about a year there; when thinking himself not well used, he ran away to Glamorganshire , learned out his trade, and then returned to his friends, who made up matters with his first master. About the age of 24 he married this wife at Westbury parish , within a mile of Newnham ; and about a year after he inlisted, in the time of the rebellion, 1745, in lord Berkeley's regiment, in a drunken frolic, at Gloucester . After some time, he was taken into the second regiment of guards , and at this time was a pensioner of Chelsea . He has left three daughters, the youngest about 11 years of age; and earnestly prayed, that the survivors may take warning by him, and avoid that sin and shame, to which excess of drinking, in one of the family has exposed them. Oo the Morning of Execution, October 22, being questioned, he was found penitent, humble, and resigned, said he had called to mind all his past sins, and prayed for pardon and mercy to the best of his capacity all night, in the dark; for he had no candle from six in the evening till this morning half hour past six. When he went up to chapel, he declared, as a dying man, that this fact was sudden and without previous malice; for that he had never seen the deceased before the night it was done, when he came in and struck him in his own house, at a time he was quiet and not quarrelling with his wife, for that was over. He joined in proper prayers, the litany, and the holy communion. In all which some pious and charitable neighbours did also assist and join with us. He seemed greatly comforted and well composed. Having thus tasted the benefit of these sacred and divine ordinances; he acknowledged with grief, that the neglect of them, and especially of prayer, public and private, was his ruin. Being asked if he remembred the articles of the belief? he tried, and repeated them, with a remarkable deliberation, and seriousness. After the reception of the holy communion, he was exhorted to fix his heart and look unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, &c. and as it was difficult for him to read in the way, being at best but a bad reader, to meditate on that precious faith, and the petitions of the Lord's Prayer. He was carried out of the goal about nine. His wife went up into the cart trembling and fainting to take her last leave of him. He arrived at the place soon after ten; and having offered up some proper prayers, in which the people joined at his request, he spoke a few words by way of warning to all, to " take heed and beware of drunkenness and excess, " for that was the inlet to most of the crimes " he had been guilty of." He expressed his sorrow for all his sins, and specially that for which he suffered, desired their prayers for his pardon to the last. Being asked whether he was sorry for his misbehaviour and rash words in the court after conviction? After some pause he answered, he was sorry for it, and prayed for pardon: whether he found hope and comfort within him? he answered, that he did. After a final blessing he added, " I pray God bless you and all mankind!" which he again repeated while I parted from him. After which he quickly suffered with great calmness about half an hour past ten. The people around continuing to pray for him. This is all the account given by me, STEPHEN ROE , Ordinary of Newgate. ERR. In the title for October 23, read 22.

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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 21st of June, 1704. AT the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old Baily, on Thursday the 1st. and Friday the 2d. Instant, three Persons receiv'd Sentence of Death; whereof one being found with quick-Child was Repriev'd, and the other two, viz. Thomas Hunter and Sebastian Reis , are ordered for Execution. On the Lord's-Day, the 4th Instant, being the Day of Pentecost, I preached to them and others that then came up to the Chappel in Newgate ; taking my Text out of the Epistle for the Day, viz. Acts 2. 4. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other Tongues, as the Spirit gave them Utterance. Which Words having chosen, as proper for the Solemnity of the Day, I first open'd them, and then from them took Occasion to discourse upon these following Heads, viz. I. The Effusion, or Pouring out of the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles on the Day of Pentecost, according to Christ's most gracious Promise at his Ascension, of sending them the Comforter, and enduing them with Power from on high. II. The happy Disposition the Apostles were in (by their Love, Unity, Faith, and Patience) to receive that inestimable Gift of the Holy Ghost. III. The Divine, and Wonderful, and Blessed Effects thereof. IV. The great Motives we have to believe and obey the Doctrine of Christ, which was preached and established with so much Authority, and the Truth thereof attested and confirmed with so many infallible Proofs and Miracles wrought by the Apostles and their Followers. Here I particularly apply'd my self to shew the Inexcusableness of our rejecting, or living contrary to that Divine Doctrine; and the high and indispensable Obligation we were under of departing from all Iniquity, and leading holy Lives, conformable to the Rules and Precepts, as well as the Practice of our Saviour and his Apostles. Those were the principal Points on which I discoursed, both in the Morning and the Afternoon of that Day; Concluding (at both times) with an Exhortation suitable to the Auditory in general, and to the Condemned in particular. On the Lord's-Day following, being the 11th Instant, I preached to them again, both in the Forenoon and Afternoon, upon Joh. 3, 3. Part of the Gospel for the Day, and the Words these. Jesus answered, and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a Man be born again, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. From which Words (spoken by our SAVIOUR to Nicodemus, a Ruler of the Jews) I shew'd, I. What it is to be born again; viz To be regenerated and renew'd by the Spirit of God, transforming us, and changing our Inclinations and Affections from Evil to Good, &c. II. What is meant by the Kingdom of God, viz. 1st, The State of Grace, into which we are brought by the Gospel and the Spirit of Christ. And 2dly, The State of Glory and Happiness in Heaven, which is consequent thereupon; and will be the Portion of those who in this World shall have lived and died in that State of Grace. This is the Kingdom of God, which we shall see, that is, come to the Possession and Enjoyment of, through Regeneration and Sanctification, which is the New-Birth and Life of our Souls. On these two Heads I enlarged, and then proceeded to discourse upon the following Particulars: Wherein I shew'd, I. How habitual Sin is opposite to the New-Birth, and deprives Men of the great Priviledges and Advantages of it. And therefore. II. How much it concerns Men earnestly to call for the Divine Grace, and thereby recover themselves out of that miserable State into which they are brought by Sin; and in which, if they should continue, they must unavoidably perish for ever. After I had treated of these, and by many pressing Motives and Considerations, inforced the Duty of Faith and Repentance; I, in the Conclusion, made a particular Application to the Condemned Persons, whom I visited, taught, and pray'd with every Day, both Morning and Afternoon, whilst under this Condemnation. And indeed, I must (though with Dissatisfaction) say, that they appear'd very little concern'd for their future State, and were very stupid and hard to be wrought upon, when I came first to attend them, and prepare them for Death: though afterwards they seem'd to be somewhat awaken'd out of their spiritual Lethargy, and soften'd and dispos'd to receive the Means of Salvation, which they express'd their Desires of. On the Lord's-Day, the 18th Instant, I likewise preached again to them, upon part of the Gospel for the 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 tormenced in this Flame. From these Words first explain'd with their Context, I shew'd, 1st, That the Soul is capable of an Existence separated from the Body. 2dly, That the Souls of good Men and true Penitents, when they depart from their Bodies, immediately pass into a State of Blessedness. And 3dly, That the Souls of Wicked Men and impenitent Sinners, do, at their Departure out of their Bodies, presently fall into a State of Misery. And then from these Particulars I further proceeded to discourse more at large upon these 3 following Heads, viz. I. The dreadful Torments of the Damned in Hell, who (like the Rich-man in the Parable, of which the Text is a part) cannot obtain so much as a drop of Water to ease and cool their burning Thirst. II. The Happiness of the Blessed in Heaven, who (after the Miseries of this Life are over) do, like Lazarus, enjoy perpetual Rest and Felicity in the Bosom of God their Father. III. The Certainty and Eternity of both these, i. e. the Punishment of the Wicked, and Reward of the Good. Having gone through these in order, I apply'd my self, in a particular manner, with suitable Exhortations to the Condemned, who in the Sequel of my publick and private Discourses with them, made their respective Confessions to me, as follows. I. Thomas Hunter , cast upon four Indictments, viz. for breaking and entring the Houses of Mr. Isaac Bird , Mr. Samuel Farmer , and Mrs. Margaret Christian , and taking several Goods out of those Houses; and also for receiving and carrying away Goods that were taken, by one of his Gang, out of the House of Mr. Henry Gibbs . All which Burglaries and Felonies he confessed himself guilty of, as likewise of several other ill Facts he had committed; which, he said, he was sorry for, but could make no Amends, either by himself or others, to the Parties thus wrong'd by him. He pray'd, that God would bless them, and forgive him. He told me, he was but 23 Years of Age (a young Man, but an old Offender) born in the Parish of St. Botolph without Bishopsgate : That he had very honest Parents, but would not obey them, nor be ruled by them; and that he would never receive the Christian and Civil Education, which they endeavoured to give him: So that he was a most ignorant Person, that could neither read, nor write, neither did (before now) know any thing in Religion; no, not so much as the Creed, or the Lord's-Prayer, or any Prayer at all. Which he now found to be a very great Want and Loss to him. And this he desired might be (as in some measure it was) supply'd by one that might read to him out of the Bible and other Godly Books, in the Condemned Hold, for the better improvement of his time there, and fixing upon his Mind those Instructions which he daily received both in publick and private, in the Chappel, and in my Closet at Newgate . In those private Discourses that I had with him, he told me, that in his younger Years, he served a Silver-Spinner , who at that time did not live far from his Mother's House without Bishopsgate; and that though he was not bound to him by any Indenture, yet he lived above seven Years with him: But when he came to grow up, & to understand himself better (as he said) he would no longer continue in that Service, because of his Master's great Severity to him. So he left him, and went to serve at an Ordinary or Victualing-House in St. Nicholas-Lane , London ; where his chief Business was to look after the Cellar as a Cooper , &c. In this Service he remained about a Twelve-month, and then removed himself to another Victualing-House in East-Cheap , where he staid but a little while; and went to Sea in the Russel, a 3d Rate Ship, commanded by Captain Townsend, and was on board that Ship, when she went upon her Expedition to Belle-Isle in France . Having been about seven Months in that Service, he ran away from it; and falling upon Thieving (in which wicked Trade, he said, he had been inured by his former Practice of robbing of Orchards) he was in January last convicted of a Felony for privately stealing Goods out of the Shop of Monsieur Mosette, a French man: Upon which he received the Law, and was order'd into the QUEEN's Service, and accordingly listed by Capt. Belford belonging to the Marine Regiment . But after his Captain had taken him out of Newgate , and given him Liberty to see his Mother and other Friends, and dispatch some Business which he pretended he had, instead of returning to him at the appointed time, he betook himself to his old Trade of Thieving; and so having committed those Felonies and Burglaries first mention'd, he was soon brought to Newgate again. Out of which he own'd he deserv'd not to be deliver'd at so cheap a rate as he was before. He confessed, that he had been an incorrigible Sinner, addicted to most Vices, and perfectly averse from any thing that was good: That he had prophaned the Lord's-Day, and wholly neglected the Service of God: and though he would sometime drop into a Church, yet, as it was not with any intent to do, or learn, any thing that might tend to the Good of his Soul; so he always came out as wicked and as ignorant as he went in; adding, that besides his Sins of Swearing and Drunkenness, he was very much given to Gaming, which hasten'd his Ruine; and that he had, for a great while, kept Company with lewd and wicked Persons, whom he desires to take Warning by his sad and shameful End, and not (like him) defer their Amendment, and stay till it be too late to prevent their own Destruction. He said, that though he had been such an ill Liver, and done many wicked things; yet (he thank'd God) he never committed Murther. Upon which, I starting the Question, he could not deny but that he would have done it, and had actually prepared himself for it, in case he had been oppos'd in the Execution of his wicked Designs. And hereupon I shew'd him that such a Disposition made him guilty of Murther before God, and he ought to repent of it, as if he had actually committed it. He hearken'd to what I said; and finding himself still more criminal than he thought he was, he express'd his Sorrow for the Wickedness of his Life, and the Hardness of his Heart; saying, that he wish'd he could do any thing to be saved, and desired my Prayers to God for him. He declared, that though he had been unjust to others, yet he never was so to the Masters he served, as to steal any thing from them; abating his drinking too freely, and making his Friends drink at the Cost of some of them. He begg'd Pardon of God, and of all Men he had offended, and said, he dy'd in Charity. To all this he added, That of late he had robb'd several Goldsmiths, and particularly one near Charing-Cross about 6 Months ago, out of whose Shop (in which there was only an ancient Woman) he stole a Glass, and ran away with it up St. Martins-Lane , and so made his Escape; no Body laying hold on him, though they pursu'd him, and cry'd Thief after him: That not long after that, he stole a pair of Buckles from Mr. Dingley, a Goldsmith in Bishopsgate-street , which Jacob Valt a Dutchman was (upon Suspicion) sent into the Compter for it: And that in February last, he stole a Glass, with several rich Goods in it, from Mr. Fordham, a Goldsmith in Lumbard-street ; taking it off his Compter, and carrying it to Richard Lewis 's House in Baldwin's-Garden : Which Lewis, together with Jacob Valt abovenam'd, he said, were Confederates with him in this Robbery. Upon which Declaration of his, I endeavouring to make him sensible of the great Mischiefs he had done to the World; and asking him what Amends he had made, or could now make to the Persons he had thus wrong'd; he answer'd, that he was sorry he could not help them to their Goods again; but said, that Mr. Fordham had recover'd the greatest part of his from Mr. Segars, the Thief-taker, who had received them from Lewis, and gave the said Lewis a certain Sum of Money for them, which was divided among them three, i. e. Hunter, Lewis, and Valt, and Hunter had 12 or 14 Guinea's for his Share. The particular Circumstances of which Robbery he discover'd to me; and they were these. On the 11th Day of February last, about 6 in the Evening, he, and his two Companions, Lewis and Valt, set out upon a Design of robbing some Goldsmiths in Lumbard-street ; and so accordingly he came to Mr. Fordham's Shop (while the other two were standing at some little distance off it) and took a Glass, as is aforesaid: which he carried to Lewis's House, and laid it on his Bed; and then all three broke the Glass open, and took the Goods out of it, which Lewis wrapt up in his Handkerchief, and put in his Pocket. This done, they carried the Glass to Red Lion-Fields , and there buried it in the ground; and thence (to avoid being suspected) made all the Haste they could to the Dog-Tavern near Newgate , where Sommers the Thief-taker came to them, and read aloud the Paper, which Mr. Fordham had sent abroad concerning his Loss; and thereupon Sommers asking them (and particularly Hunter) whether they knew any thing of it, they answer'd, no, though at the same time Lewis had about him all the Goods, that were mention'd in that Paper. But to remove all Suspicion of it from themselves, they immediately went to Mr. Segars in the Old Baily; where having staid a little while, and talked of the Matter, saying they knew nothing of it; yet they went to to the Three-Tun-Tavern on Ludgate-Hill ; and then went all to Dice with others of their Acquaintance that came thither. And when they had play'd some time, and Hunter and Valt lost 10 l. which Lewis had then lent them; Hunter was for going home. So they returned to Lewis's House, and digg'd a hole in his Cellar, and there buried those stoln Goods of Mr. Fordham's, which Lewis had all this while been carrying about in his Pocket. But soon after this, Valt (as is noted before) being sent to the Compter in Woodstreet , as being suspected to have robb'd the said Mr. Dingley, they removed those Goods from the Cellar to the Chimney in the same House, for fear of being discovered by Valt, then under Restraint. In the mean time, Lewis acquainting Mr. Segars that he could procure the Goods, Mr. Segars, not long after, went with Lewis's Wife in a Coach to Lewis's House, and had the said goods deliver'd to him by Lewis. II. Sebastian Reis , condemned for breaking the House of Mr. Sarsford, and that of Mr. Abbot, and taking several Goods out of them. He confess'd that he was guilty: But (to extenuate his Crime, and excuse himself) said, that he was drawn in by others, one whereof turned Evidence against him; and that he was concerned in the first of those Facts, no otherwise than that he knew of it, and should have gone and join'd with those that committed it, but that something prevented him. As for the other, he plainly own'd, he was actually in it, and did now find (by his own sad Experience) that besides the guilt wherewith he had tainted his own Soul by his Consent to, and Concealment of the first of those Crimes, and actual Commission of the other, he was a great Fool to have put it in the Power of any one to hang him. He protested to me, that he never was before guilty of such Facts, nor of any other that might have brought him to such an untimely End as this. However, he acknowledg'd the Justice of this his Condemnation, and pray'd that those whom he had wrong'd (to whom he could make no other Amends than by his Death) would forgive him, and that Almighty God would please to pardon these Sins, and all the Irregularities of his Life, which were great and many. He told me, that he was a German, of about 33 Years of Age, born at Minicken in the Elector of Bavaria's Country ; and that his right Name was as I have set it above, and not (as in some other publick Prints) Augustine alias Sebastian, or Sylvester Rice : By which Names, or by any other than his own, he said, he never went. He said moreover, that he had served the EMPEROR, and afterwards King WILLIAM, in their Armies, but not very long; the chief Employment of his Life having been to work on his Trade of Shooe-Maker ; which he had served his Apprenticeship to, and us'd in his own Country; and also follow'd it in England ; where, (viz. in the Parish of St. James Westminster ) he had lived above 4 Years. He told me, he was marry'd to an English Woman, and a Protestant, though himself was brought up in the Romish Religion; in which, he said, he desired to die. He could read pretty well in his own Language, and seem'd to be very devout in his own Way, and was also very willing to hear me, and receive Instructions from me. Among his Devotions (as is usual with those of that Church) I found he had several Prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Saints: But yet he declared to me, that he was perswaded, his Prayers to GOD and CHRIST would do him the most good; and he profess'd to believe in, and rely upon the alone Merits of JESUS CHRIST for the Pardon of his Sins and eternal Life. Being told that he must throughly repent in this World of all the Evil he had done, or would have done, had he had Opportunity for it; this seem'd at first an unknown Doctrine to him: but at last he embraced it as most reasonable and most safe; saying, that he heartily repented of all his wicked Thoughts, Words, and Actions, and pray'd God to forgive him. When the Dead-Warrant was come, and he found that he must certainly die, he freely confess'd, that he was guilty before God of the first Fact abovemention'd: For his not being in Company with those that committed it, did arise only from his coming too late to meet them at the place they had appointed. And he acknowledg'd, that God was just, whose Divine Vengeance had overtaken him when he was like to have made his Escape from Justice, after he had broke out of the Gate-House, where he was at first a Prisoner. This Day they being carry'd (in a Cart) to the Place of Execution, I met them there, and discharged my last Office to them by further Admonitions, Prayers, and Singing of Psalms. They did not say much there, but only desired all Standers-by and others, (and particularly young People engaged in wiched Courses) to take Warning by them, and amend their Lives; and so avoid their Ruine. Which God grant they may do. After this I left them with my Commendatory Prayer for God's Mercy to them, and their Souls Health. When I was retired from them, some further time was allow'd them for their private Devotions, Then the Cart drew away, and they were turn'd off; calling upon God to have Mercy on their Souls. This is all the Account which (in this Haste and Shortness of Time) can be given by PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary of Newgate . Wed. May. 21.1704. Advertisement. WHEREAS some Persons take the Liberty of putting out Sha-Papers, pretending to give an Account of the Malefactors that are Executed; in which Papers they are so defective & unjust, as sometimes to mistake even their Names and Crimes, and often (as lately in the Case of Mr. Harlackendon) quite misrepresent the State they plainly appear to be in under their Condemnation, and at the time of their Death: To prevent which great Abuses, These are to give Notice, That the only true Account of the Dying Criminals, is that which comes out the next Day after their Execution, about 8 in the Morning, the Title whereof constantly begins with these Words, The ORDINARY of NEWGATE his Account of the Behaviour, &c. In which Paper (the better to distinguish it from Counterfeits) are set down the Heads of the several Sermons preach'd before the Condemned; and after their Confessions and Prayers, an Attestation thereto under the Ordinary's Hand, that is, his Name at length; and at the bottom the Printer's Name, J. Downing in Bartholomew-Close near West-Smithfield, 1704.

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A True ACCOUNT of the Behaviour and Confession Of the Eighteen Criminals that were Executed at TYBURN, On Monday the 15th of July 1689. ON Saturday the Ordinary Visited the Condemned Prisoners, Praying for them, and earnestly exciting them to call to Remembrance such Sins, especially which they Atheistically committed against clear and strong Convictions of Conscience, or the breach of former Vows and Purposes to Reform, some of them being old Offenders, and in hazard of their Lives before. Yet they were little sensible of any Sin at that time, therefore they were dismist with Prayer, that they might be in a better Temper of Mind, on the Morrow, or Lord's Day. In the Forenoon this Text was Preach'd on, viz. the 5th Chapter of the Gospel according to St Matthew, the 4th verse, Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted. The Text in the Afternoon was the 4th verse of the 9th Chapter of St. John, The Night comes wherein no man can work. On Monday the ordinary prayed for them, and required an Account what Impressions were made on their Hearts by the Holy Offices performed on the Lord's Day. They said, They were much affected with both the Sermons. They seemed to be in a more complying frame with good Counsel than on Saturday. They acknowledged, that they had been great Sinners, yet were very unwilling to give any accoun of their particular Offences against God or Man. The Ordinary told them, That they ought to make publick Acknowledgement of publick candals to warn others to avoid such Sins, for which God had fiftly left them to Notorious Crimes. Some desired me not to press on them the just Demerits of their Sins. Whereupon I told them, That Comfort could not rightly be administred before an humble sense of Sin had prepared the Heart for it; otherwise Wounds in the Conscience will fester and prove desperately mortal. I stated the Naure of True Faith and Repentance, and how to obtain both from God. But upon Enquiry, they retained very little of the Counsel given, so prevalent is a custom in sinning to tupisie the Heart. After much Discourse, I concluded with Prayer, and dismist them for that time. On Tuesday I divided them (because they were Twenty one) into a three fold Classes of 7 at a time, renewing Counsel and Prayer with each Company, which the more affected them afterward. I enquired into the manner of their Education and Conversation. First, Thomas Roberts Condemned for Robbing in the Highway, Aged 16 Years. He was an Apprentice to a Taylor . He said, That he had too long known and joyned bad Company, as young as he was, but hoped that now he was sensible of his Sins. Nicholas Mason , Condemned for Felony, Aged 8 Years. He was an Apprentice to a Silk-Throwster . He confess'd that he went to Church with his Master to deliver his Bble to him, which done, he went into the Fields and used vain Sports. Yet lie was careful to return to his Master bfore the Church Des were finish'd, that he might no mistrust his Absence: But he hopes that God will pardon that wicked Practice and all other. The Ordinary wish's that Servants were examined what was Preach'd on the Sibbath, that so great a delusion may not pass undiscovered. George Maxfield , Condemned for Felony and Burglary, and burnt in the hand the last Session, Aged 20 Years. He confess that he had been an ill Liver, and did not take warning, there ore expcts to die now, yet hopes upon his Repentance, God will be merciful to his Soul. Henry Jones Condemned with Robert Scot and Thomas Stiles for Felony in the Highway. He is Aged 23 Yews', born in Pembrookshire . He said he was not brought up to any Trader, so Idleness exposed him to want, and this to Robbing. I told him it was no excuse, that others had inveighed him to joyn in offering violence to any Man. Thomas Lee Condemned for Felony and Burglary, Aged 18 Years born in Hertfordshire . He was an Horse-Course . He was very regardless of his Eternal State, and was hardly able to repeat the Apostles Greed. William Ball Labourer , Condemned for Felony in the Highway, Aged 23 Years, born in Glocestershire , was Apprentice to a Wine Cooper . He says he was led to the Fact by i Company, who since made theirscape. He is sorry that he did not pray to God to keep him from sinning, but broke the Sabbath, and continued in a loose Life: But hopes he shall make his Peace with God. Robert Harper , Condemned for Felony and Burglary, Aged 21 Years, born in Suffolk , a Taylor by Trade. He complained of joyning with bad Company in prophaning the Sabbath. I ask'd him how he hoped to be saved? He replied by Christ's Merits an Intercession, who he hopes pleads for him, that he may be more sensible of his Sins. He said that his heart was not broken for them as he desir'd, and that if he were fit to die, he would not be trouble at Death. Two Condemned Persons being ask'd what their course of Life had been, would make no Acknowledgement, They were very gnrant therefore they were the longer Instructed. Issac Ford , Condemned for Robbing Mary Bennet , Aged 23 Years He was born in Bristol ; he said that he was falsly Accnsed, yt he had committed many sins for which God might permi such a Sentence to fall upon him. He said that he had traed into the West Indies , and there experienced God's Merces, yet he had not lived answerably. He said that he ought to nave been more frequent in Prayer, which preserves Men in their Duty to God, and keeps them from too much Familiarity with Person o ill Fme. Such he said was Mary Bennet . John Parry , Condemned for Burglary. Aged 22 Years, born in Cloth Fair . He said he was bred a soldier from Ten Years of Age. That he had received from God many Mercies, and great Preservations of his Life, for which he was not thankful as he ought to have been, otherwise he had walk'd m the Fear of God, and had' not sinned in such a manner. John Roberts , ohwise named Twopots , the more cleverly to conceal his wicked Facts. He stands Condemned, with his Brother, Thomas Roberts for Robbing on the Highway; aged 20 years, born in Leicester . H was an Horner by Employment, yet sell into bad Company, and broke the Sabbath. The condemned Prisoners generally confess that this is the Inter into all their subsequent Crimes. He hopes that he shall be prpared for Death because he now finds some Sins to be more bitter than they wee pleasant and delightful. William Jones condemned with Robert Evans for Robbing on the Highway aged 21 years, born in Monmouth , a Perfumer of Gloves by Employment. I enqre why he left it off, to se up the Trade of Robbing. But he would not give any account of his ill Life and Conversation. On Wednesday, at 7 in the morning, the Ordinary repair’d to Newgate, and required Elizabeth Moulton o com to him eparate from h other Prisoner, because they were nor made ready. Elizabeth Moulton , codmned for murering her Bastard child, she is agd 2 years, born at St. Martins in the Fields , her Employment was to carry Loads of Meat from the Market . She confess that she cast her Child into the Boghouse, to avoid the shame of a Bastard. I askt her what (she thought) provoked God to leave her to the committing of so barbarous a Crime. I was with her a full hou, praying with her twice and exhorting her to Repentance. At last she said, that she went to Church, yet she little minded the World of God, and did not oy that part she which instructed in. I required her to repeat the Apstles Creed, which she did. I told her, that had she lived o to the Christian Faith, and had truly believed that God was Almighy, in rewarding the Righteous, and punishing the wilful Transssors of his Laws, she would have been more fearful of provoking him by willful sinning. Hereupon she said, That she had been guilty of Swearing, Lying, and Uncleanness. So the Devilled her from one Sin to another, till she Murtherd her Child. Yet she said, That upon her Repentance she hoped to make her Peace with God She confess’d that her Heart was not so sensible on sin as she desired, and therefore prayed that it might be more soned. I ask'd her what saving Faith is? She said to trust in God’s Mercy and Christ's Merits. I explained the nature of true Faith and Repentance at large to her, and ask'd whether she thought these conditional Qualifications for Salvation were easie. She replied, No, because she had been accustomed to Sinning. Afterward the Ordinary required all the Condemned Criminals to come to Prayers. and spent much time with them. Exhorting them not to trifle in the Concernment of their Souls, but to be serious and sincere therein, that they might obtain a future happy State. I again stated the necessary Qualifications requisite for Salvation, and enquired of most of them singly what was the frame of their Hearts in order thereunto. Some sighed and wept; others did not care to give any distinct account of their Repentance, among whom were Robert Scot , and Thomas Stiles , who were Condemned for Robbing in the Highway. John Stent also, and Charles Price would not give any account of their Evil Life, nor express'd any Signs of a sincere Repentance. Robert Palmer , Condemned for Murdering one Edith Shanck whom he called his Wife . He is Aged 34 years, and was born in Glocestershire . I took all the care I could to convince him of the Barbarity of his Crime, but he extenuated, and in a manner disowned it, tho it were fully proved against him. He was very Refractory, and would not stand to any Account of his Life, but said, he had given his Friends satisfaction, and that was enough. Robert Evans , Condemned with William Jones for Robbing in the Highway. He said he was aged 26 years, born in Worcestershire ; That he lately came out of Ireland , where he had lived six years, some part of which he spent in being employed with a File-cutter ; That he kept afterwards a Victualling-house in Ireland for one Year and an half; That lately coming over into England, he went to Bomingham, to see some Friends, and as he was returning towards London , met with Jones, and drinking with him, consented to the Robbery. He confest that he had been a great Sinner, had neglected Prayer, and slighted the Sabbath: But he hopes, God will have mercy on him, for he finds his heart not totally hardned, but feels Sin to be an heavy burthen, and begs of God to make him holy, as well as to deliver him from Hell. I observed him to be more penitent than most of the other Criminals. The Ordinary prayed with them, and exhorted them every day till their Death, and on the last Lord's Day preacht twice on this Text, viz. the 19th Chapter of St. Luke the 10th Verse, The Son of Man is come to seek, and save that which is last. But the condemned Prisoners refused to come to the Chappel in the Afternoon. The Prisoners expecting to be Executed on Friday last, had, notwithstanding, a longer time allowed them to farther their Repentance, and make their Peace with Heaven. But, on the contrary, they confederated to contrive Escapes, and, accordingly, on Saturday Night, being in the Condemned Hole with such Instruments as had been privately brought them by such as had admittance, by declaring they were their Wives or Relation. Many of them had loosned and broke their Fetters, yet whil'st they were about to break out, the Watch alarum'd the Keepers, and Major Richardson, upon Notice of the Attempt, came with such a Guard as could be obtained on the sudden, when finding them resolutely bent to dispute for their Liberty, he caused a Ladder to be fetched, and a Blunderbuss charged with Peas, being Fired in at the Grate under the Arch, the dread of a further Harm, induced them to more calmness. However, they continued to declare, they would rather dye in the place, than be Executed at Tyburn, which occasioned a vigilant Guard to be set upon them: But their Fury, by degrees, abating, on Sunday in the morning they came to the Chappel, and the ordinary exhorted them in a Sermon, suitable to the sad Occasion, to repent them of their sins, whilest God's Mercy was to be had; and not to trifle away the precious moments allowed them to gain a happy Eternity. To which many of them gave heedful Attention, but being sent for in the Afternoon, they refused to come, professing to adhere to their former Resolution, of opposing their Execution; which Obstinacy obliged the Keepers, for the preventing further mischief, to Hand-cuff them with Irons. And they had Notice, such as were in the Dead Warrant, to prepare themselves more resolvedly to dye the next morning. When as the Ordinary came to them, in order to give them Consolation, suitable to their great Emergency, and to pray that God would give them a thorough sense of their Sins, and a true and sincere Repentance. The time for their being carried to the place of Execution come, 18 Men and 2 Women were put in sundry Carts, viz John Twopots , Nicholas Mason , Thomas Stiles , William Ball , Henry Jones , Robert Harper , John Parry , William Jones , George Maxfield , Thomas Roberts , Robert Scot , Robert Palmer , Thomas Emerson , John Jefferies John Atherton , William Ball , John Stent , Robert Evans , Mary Jones , and Elizabeth Moulton , in order to their being conveyed presently to Tyburn , Sixteen with their Iron Hand cuffs on, appearing in Penitence and marks of Contrition, much different what they did a little before; for now approaching Death began to look more ghastly. But by the way, Robert Evans had the good Fortune to meet with a Gracious Reprieve, adding more days to his Life, in hopes of a future Amendment. When about Ten in the Morning Twelve of the Men were Tied upon two of the Angles of the Gallows, all of them expressing by their Words, Behaviour, and Countenances a remorse for the Sins they had committed, desiring God of his infinite Mercy to pity and pardon them in their last and great Tryal and Extremity, but more especially John Jefferies bewailed the greatness of his Offences, praying very frequently, and acknowledging his unworthiness, confest that even from the Age of Eight Years he hid been addicted to Vices not common to Youth, and in the Series of his Life had been guilty of the most notorious Crimes, Murther excepted. He not only poured ut his Spirit in ehemency of Prayer, but desired the Prayers of others and that the Spectators would take warning to shun those ways that had provoked God to suffer him to fall into so great a shame and misfortune, &c. continuing very Penient till the last. John Atherton , a Youth not exceeding 16 or 17 years, confessed likewise, that he had been guilty of many heinous Crimes, bat refused to come to particulars, saying he had confessed; to God already, bat that he had been Guilty of breaking the Commandment being Guilty even of the Sin of uncleanness. The rest likewise Acknowledged their Sins in general, and desired Forgiveness of Gad and Man, but could not be brought to an ingenious Confession as to particulars. The Ordinary prayed, with them, and sung Psalms, in which they joyned with some Cheerfulness, when having Exhorted them to a stedfast Faith, and a full reliance on God's Mercies for the pardon of their Sins, the two Carts, in which they were, drew away, and they by that means were committed to Eternity. These had not hanged above a quarter of an hour, when the two Women, and the other Five Men were brought, and put into a Cart, under the other Angle of the Gallows, to which they were tied; the Women, especially, were extreme penitent. Jones confessed she had been a great Sinner, prayed to herself, and desired the Prayers of others, bewailed her Sins that had brought her to such Shame and Disgrace: and, to conclude, she made a very pious End. But before these were turned off, the other 12 still hanging on the Gallows, a Gentleman made up with a Reprieve for John Stent , whereupon he was taken out of the Cart: And the Ordinary having prayed with the rest, exhorted them, as the former, after which they were committed to the mercy if their Redeemer. As for John Moor Charles Price , Thomas Lee , Isaac Ford , Ann Robinson , and Katharine William , who received Sentence of Death with those that suffered, they were Reprieved in Newgate . This is all the Account I can give of this Session. Dated the 15th of July, 1689. Samuel Smith Ordinary . Lincens’d, 15 July 1689. James Fraser . Advertisements. There is lately publishe a Computer History of the Lives, Actions, Tryals, Sufferings Deaths and Characters of all those excellent Persons who sell in the West of England, and elsewhere from the Death of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey , to the Present time, with the Pictures of several of the chief of them in CopperPlates. To which is added the Life, Death, and Character of George Lord Jefferies , Written by a Person of great Learning aged Piety. Printed by the Order of several of their Relations, for John Dunton at the Black Raven in the Poultrey . These are to give Notice to all Persons, for Benefit of the Publick, That Mr. Elmy 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 expeditionsly Cures Deafness and Noise in the Ears in any of what are sever, (if Curable) and at First Sight, by Inspection, Resolves the Patient if so or not, as most Emine Persons of Quality in this City can Testifie. He hath likewise a most excellent Gargarism or Mouth water, which cures any Cker, lcer, or Scuy in the Mouth, fastning loose Teeth, and making black ones as white as Ivory. London , Printed for Langley Curtiss at Sir Edmondbury Godfrey's Head near Fleet bridge . 1689.

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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 8th of February, 1720-21 ON Sunday, the 29 of January, before the Execution of Those Malefactors who were appointed for Death, out of the Ten who were condemned, I preach'd to Them, In the Former Part of the Day, from These Words, Finally, My Brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the Power of his Might. Put on the whole Armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil. For we wrestle not against Flesh and Blood, but against Principalities, against Powers, against the Rulers of the Darkness of this World, against Spiritual Wickedness in High Places. (Ephes. 6. 10, 11, 12.) Or as we find it in the Bible Margin, against Wicked Spirits in Heavenly Places. Which Interpretation may be illustrated by an Instance in Job, where as often as the Sons of God (or the Angels) presented themselves before the Lord, Satan came with them, seemingly to present himself also to God, but in truth to accuse and calumniate the Virtuous on Earth. Chap. 1. 6th, and following Verses. In considering the Nature of Christian Courage; we took Occasion to mention. FIRST, The Resisting heroically the Snares and Temptations of Satan. For the Word in the Text implys, projected Methodical Schemes: As certain it is, that the Wicked Spirits think it so great and Momentous an Action to reduce Men to Ruin, that they hold Consultations and concert Measures, how best to frustrate what Christ has perform'd in our Favour. And particularly to resist Satan; 1st, In Wordly Pleasures, which are naturally formed to allure the Heart. 2dly, In Acts of Devotion; where Satan will be readiest to intrude. And 3dly, When He tempts Us to despair; which Despair is giving even God the Lye; who graciously declares, that when a Wicked Man turneth from his Sin, he shall save his Soul alive. (Exek. 18. 27) SECONDLY, The 2d Branch or Species of Christian Courage, we mention'd, was, The contending earnestly for the Faith delivered unto the Saints. As St. Paul with so bold a Resolution defended his Faith; that as he spoke of Mercy, Righeteousness and Judgment, it is said that even FELIX trembled. We should stand up and fight for God against Blasphemers, and Atheists. Herein is our, Love made perfect, that we may have Boldness, John 4. 17. Where Dr. Hammond observes, that the original Word for Boldness is, the publickly confessing Christ; which may appear from Heb. 10. 35. THIRDLY, The 3d Species of Christian-Courage, may be, the Never suffering our selves to be threatned or compell'd to the Performance of an Evil Action: Nor are we to obey even our Sovereign, at the Expence of Affronting God. But there we must be certain that the Action is Evil; for if we doubt only, (as if a Soldier doubts whither the War he is engaging in be Lawful) in that Case, the Casuists agree, That a Man is rather to obey his Prince, than his own Scruples. FOURTHLY, The Last Species of Christian Courage mention'd, was, The manfully sustaining Misfortunes and Calamities which come from God, with Patience and Meekness. If the best and most inoffensive Man, can no more expect to pass thro' this vale of Care and Misery, without Misery and Care; than to walk through a thorny Wood, without being discommoded and prick'd by the Thornes; then, sure these Men who hunt for Disasters, and pursue Misfortunes, cannot be surpriz'd or enraged when Accidents overtake them; and have the greatest Reason to bear with Patience and Resignation to God's Will, what they have voluntarily brought down upon themselves. FIFTHLY, We consider'd some kinds of False-Courage. 1st. That it was a False-Courage, for Malefactors sentenced to dye, to appear wholly Careless and Unconcern'd at the great change of Nature; which rather shows Obdurateness and Insensibility, than a Manly and becoming Resolution. 2dly, That it was a False-Courage, for Malefactors assured that they shall dye, to lay violent Hands upon Themselves, to prevent the effects of the Law; and that if it was an Action fit for Socrates and Cato, and the greatest Heathens; it was yet too mean and indecent for the lowest Christian; as there is something Cowardly and Base, in cutting off our Lives, for fear of Pain and Shame. Nor would Sampson perhaps have obtain'd Licence from God, to Murder Himself, but that in his Person the Name of his God was mocked and ridiculed, and made a Jest for Dagon. SIXTHLY, Ult. In applying the Doctrine, we advised the Persons Condemn'd, to have at least so much Christian Courage, as boldly to confess their Sins, before they suffered for Them: But that I fear'd we had had Instances of Men, of uncommon Impiety, who so much more valu'd the good Opinion of Men, than the Praise of God and Angels, that they had displeased God by a Lye, the moment that they were to appear in his Presence; and had en deavoured to preserve the Honour of their Families, even at the expence of throwing Themselves into Hell: Whereas, 500 Years hence, both the Sinner, and his Family, and its Honour, will be as if they had never been, as to this World; but as to the next Life, such a dying Lyer will find himself chain'd and pin'd down to eternal Unhappiness; and will find that any Honour of his Family, will little avail toward abating the wretchedness of his Soul. From the Time of their Condemnation, to the Day of their Death, the Malefactors attended the Service of God, in the Chapel, twice each Day; except Thomas Butler , who was a Roman Catholick , and therefore refused the Prayers of our Church; and Walter Herbert , about 17 Years of Age, who dy'd in the condemn'd-Hold, after he had confess'd the Fact condemn'd for, and had discover'd 2 pieces of Plate, which he had stolen before. Thomas Knight also was prevented from attending the publick Prayers, by a severe Sickness with which it pleased God to visit him, during the Time of his Condemnation. As for the rest, they receiv'd the Sacrament thrice, before their Deaths; except Thomas Cross , who as he had no Principles of Goodness instill'd into him by Education not having learn'd to Read or Write) was morose and obstinate; nor could he be brought to consider seriously of his Duty, or to learn the Nature of the Supper of the Lord, till the Day he was to dye. Even the Sabbath preceeding the Execution, he was observ'd to smile, and to behave himself in an indecent and unbecoming Manner; thereby interrupting the other Prisoners, who were disposed to be more attentive; especially Edward Ely , against whose Behaviour no exceptions could be taken; unless they were perhaps entered too in the Notion, that they ought to bear their Misfortunes like Men, without Grief and Sorrow, and without any manner of Fear or Concern at their being so soon to dye. 1. William Bond , was condemn'd for returning Home, without lawful Cause; having been Transported, from Newgate . He said, he was thirty two Years old; Born in Spittle-Fields ; that his Father was a Barber and Perriwig-Maker ; to which Trade he was himself bound Apprentice; but found it impossible for him to maintain his Wife and Children, by the little Profits he was able to raise from his Business: That he had, in his time, had a great many melancholly Hours, as he always distrusted his Trade, and quickly perceiv'd, that it would not be in his Power to procure a Maintenance from it: That no Body that had not felt the Sorrow, could guess at the dismal Uneasiness and Distraction of Mind, that tortures a Man, who has a Wife and Children he loves like himself, and finds he shall have nothing wherewith to make them Happy; but must be deaf to Them, when they urge him for Victuals and Cloaths, as the common Necessaries of Life. He said he was Transported for stealing Books, out of Gutter-Lane : That he was indeed willing to come Home; but that they did not murder the Captain, as some had reported; but that he arrived safe in the West Indies, and dy'd in his Bed, on the Coast of Virginia. He behav'd himself, while he lay under sentence of Death, Soberly and Decently; But, I fear, had too great Expectations of a Reprieve, even to the last: But when he found he must dye, he said he was satisfy'd; and added, that tho' the Good of the Nation made it necessary for his Fault to be punish'd with Death, yet he hoped he should find, for his suffering here, the less Punishment hereafter. 2. Dthrinton Wrathan , was condemn'd at the Sessions held the 7, 8, 9, and 10th, of December last; for breaking open the Warehouse of John Hide , Esq ; and taking thence 1080 Yards of Sail-Cloth, value 90 l. He was above 24 Years of Age; born in London , where he lived with his Father. He said he had no manner of Occasion for committing the vicious Action for which he was to suffer Death; having a good Father, who was both able and willing to allow him whatever was necessary for the Support and Convenience of Life; but having gotten into some Acquaintance, who had no notion of any Satisfactions, but what consisted in a Gay and Jovial Life. He began to grow weary of Industry and Plainness, and was induced by ill instigation, to break open the aforesaid Warehouse, which he was very well acquainted with, being near to his Father's; and thinking he could the better dispose of those Goods, as being the same which his Father dealt in. He was a single Man; appear'd serious in his Devotions; and regularly attended the Service of God; unless during the Time that he was prevented by Sickness, in the Place for Convicts. 3. William Spiggot ) was indicted for four several Robberies on the High-Way, and found Guilty, with Thomas Cross otherwise Phillips , and William Burrows ; the Former whereof was Executed; but the Latter received His Majesties Gracious Reprieve, Being Lunatick, and having been some Weeks in Bedlam before his Tryal. William Spiggot was 29 Years of Age; Born in Hereford ; where his Father was Ostler at the Chief Inn in the Place. He had been Married about 10 Years; Had 3 Children Living; his Eldest Daughter being (he said) 7 or 8 Years Old, but his Son about 6. He was himself put Apprentice to a Cabinet-Maker or Joyner in Hereford . If we were to believe the Accounts that are Given of his Behaviour even when a Boy; and the many Prisons he was said at His Tryal to have been confined in, for Robberies; He must have been (was all that true) this 10 or 12 Years on the Highway. But he that affirm'd, could not be true; because he said he was not so soon out of his 'Prenticeship; but that he served 7 Years faithfully with his Master, nor could have any Opportunity of Going on the Highway during that Time; and added, that his Apprenticeship ended about 7 or 8 Years ago. Before he was Put into the Press, I went to Him, and endeavour'd to dissuade him, from being the Author and Occasion of his own Death; and from cutting Himself off from that Space and Time which the Law allowed Him, to repent in, for his vicious Course of Life: He then told me, that if I came to take Care of his Soul, he would regard Me, but if I came about his Body, he desired to be excused, he could not hear one Word. After a while, I left him, and when I saw him again, it was in the Vault, upon the bare Ground, with the Weights (viz. 350 pounds) upon his Breast. I there pray'd by him; and at Times ask'd him, why he would destroy his Soul as well as Body, by such an obstinate Kind of Self-Murder: All his Answer was, Pray for Me; Pray for Me! In the Midst of his Groans, he sometimes lay silent, as if Insensible of Pain; then would fetch his Breath very quick and fast. Two or three Times, he complained that they had laid a cruel Weight on his Face; tho' nothing was upon his Face, but a thin Cloth; That was however remov'd and laid more light and hollow; but he still complain'd of the prodigious Weight they had laid upon his Face; which might be occasion'd by the Blood being flush'd and forc'd up into his Face, and pressing as violently against the Veins and small Tendrills there, as if the Pressure upon them had been externally on his Face. When he had continu'd about half an Hour in the Torture, and 50 pound more of Weight had been laid on his Breast, he told the Justice of Peace who committed him, and myself, That he would Plead. Accordingly, the Weights were at once taken off, the Cords that stretch'd out his Hands and Legs were cut, and He lifted up, and held by two Men, while some Brandy was put into his Mouth to revive Him. He was very faint and almost Speechless, for two Days, But then began to recover Strength, for sometime; afterwards he again grew worse; and desired to receive the Sacrament, For he believed he should live but little longer. But before the Execution, he again recover'd Strength, and constantly attended the Prayers in the Chappel, twice a-day. The Reasons,, as far I could learn from Him, of his enduring the Press, were, That he might preserve his Effects, for the use of his Family; That it might not be urged to his Children, that their Father was hanged; and that - Linsey should not tryumph over him, by saying he had sent him to Tyburn. He said, he thought himself truly penitent; and as sincerely so, as he who show'd his Sorrow by his Tears; but that it was not easily in his Power to weep; nor had he ever remembered himself to have shed a Tear; except once, since he was in the Condemned Hold, at the final parting with his little Son. Sometimes he would say, that he wish'd he had dy'd in the Pressing, For that all sence of Pain was by the Pain taken from him, and he was fallen into a kind of Slumber. At other Times he express'd himself, that he was glad he did not cut himself off, by his Obstinacy, from that space the Law had allow'd him, for his Repentance, for the Sins of his whole Life. On Monday, February 9, before the Execution, he receiv'd the Sacrament; and said that he desir'd not to Live, for he could be only a weak and unhealthy Man; and added that he could raise his Breath only in the lower Part of his Stomach He said he had been guilty of the greatest Sins he could commit, except Murder; that it was in vain to mention his numerous Robberies on the High-Way, being perhaps about a Hundred. He said also, that he rob'd chiefly toward Hounslow Heath ; likewise towards Kingston ; and sometimes on the Road to Ware ; That there was besides one Tyson, and one Coltis of their Gang, but not yet taken. He was enraged at Joseph Lindsey , in particular because Spigget had once rescued him when he was nigh being taken, and in the defending him was wounded, and in danger of his Life. The Night before his Execution, he especially complain'd, that Thomas Cross was so harden'd and reprobate, that he not only refus'd to joyn with them in Prayer, but would beat out the Candles, and rattle his Irons, so that they could not perform their Duty. On the Wednesday Morning, he again receiv'd the Sacrament in the Chapel, from whence he was immediately after, carry'd to the place of Execution. 4. Thomas Cross alias Philips , was convicted on the same Indictments upon which William Spiggot was found Guilty. He was 33 Years old, born in Bristol ; never was put Apprentice, nor ever learned to Write or Read; but went to Sea very Young. He served in the War against France; was in the Dover Man of War, when Admiral Bing attack'd the Spanish Fleet in the Mediterranean; and they afterwards took 3 Spanish Ships in the Mouth of Cales. He seem'd to glory in the Robberies he had committed, and said that Spiggot and he, once rob'd at 10 o-Clock at Night, one Hundred Passengers, whom they took out of several Waggons that follow'd in a Train; and that they set the Passengers in a Row along the Road, and robb'd and counted them. He was deaf to whatever I could say to him; and when his Fellow-Prisoners in the Condemn'd Hold, whom I had directed to read and pray with him, offered to do it, he refused to hear them; telling them it signify'd nothing, and uttering Blasphemous Expressions. Toward the Last, as the rest of the Prisoners grew more Devout, he became more wicked; interrupting them in their Duty, cursing and swearing, and beat Persons in the Place, putting himself into great Passions, no one knew why; and some refusing to attend the Chapel. Till at length the others all requested, the last Night he might be remov'd from among them; and acquainted me with the continuance of is ill-Behaviour, and that he refus'd to prepare himself for the Sacrament. To the last hour he could not be brought to have any Concern about a future State. 5. Edward Ely ) Was condemned for the Murder of Lieutenant Bicknel, in Sweden . He was between 31 and 32 Years of Age; born in Bloomsbury , London . His Father being a Gentleman of a Plentiful Estate, gave his Children a liberal and genteel Education; and put Him to a Surgeon , viz. To Mr. Gibson a very noted Surgeon in Ludgate-Street . He said he went to Sea to be Surgeons Mate , when very young; but returned Home, and continu'd in England for 9 or 10 Years together. About the Time of the of Glench-Hill, when the Marquiss of Huntley and the Lord Tullibardine were in in Scotland, He was in one of the 7 Ships that lay to oppose the Rebels, and cut them off from their Provisions, laid up in the Garrisons on the Sea Shore. He frequently mentioned the affectionate Friendship between the deceas'd Lieutenant and himself, before their unhappy Quarrel; That he had furnished the Lieutenant with the Necessaries of Life, like a Brother, and lent him 10 Guineas in his Pocket and his best Linen, when he took a Journey to London, to apply himself to the Lord High Admiral for Preferment. He added, that (tho' they quarrel'd about 2 Guineas) he never took any Note of Mr. Bicknel, whatever he lent him. He said he endeavour'd duely to humble himself in the sight of God, for taking away the Life of a Man; and could a Diamond, large as the Room he was in, recal him from Death, he would most gladly give it for his Life. He complain'd very much, of the sea Life; and said he would not go on Board-a-Ship for a Place or Profit. He said, that it was indeed the Love of Pleasure that originally occasion'd his Unhappy Death: For it was Sporting that brought him first acquainted with the Lieutenant: and they were continually, when on Shore, Hunting and Shooting together. He said their Love was so great, that they were never separate; but what Company was His, was made the Lieutenant's. He was serious and Compos'd, and all along constant in his Duty; he desired I would sometimes pray with him in private, which I did; he not neglecting in the mean time the Service in the Chapel. Some Days before he dyed, he said he was out of Love with the World, and was well satisfyed to dye, in Expectation of Eternal Life. He received the Sacrament three times before he left the World; and told me he could perform Nothing so much to his Satisfaction. The Night before he dy'd, I pray'd by him with 3 other Clergymen; and desired him, that Night to take leave of his Friends, which he did; and on Wednesday Morning he was wholly taken up, in making the great requisite Preparation for his Soul. 6. Thomas Butler , was convicted of a Robbery on the Highway. He said he was about 42 Years of Age; born in Ireland : That during the late Rebellion in Scotland, He was at Paris , and assisted a Person of Honour there, by making himself a Spy in the late Duke of Ormond's Family: For this he said he was allow'd for a short time after, 20 l. 2 Year from his Majesty, but by it lost all his Friends, and was discarded by his Relations. His Father, he said, was an Officer in K. James's Army: and follow'd him out of Ireland into France. That he went into Holland ; but instead of improving his Fortune there, he sspent what little Money he carry'd with him. He freely confest the Crime he was condemned for; And said that he and his Man had committed a very great Number of Robberies in Kent and Essex . That he liv'd generously upon what he got, Taking Lodgings, and appearing like a Person of Fashion, sometimes in London , and sometimes at Large Towns in the Country. He said that he rob'd a Gentleman of a Medal and a valuable Picture, which were the only things he wish'd were restored again: but the Picture was lost, and that the Medal he had presented to a Lady in Ireland . He was suppos'd to have married severally 8 Wives; but he denyed that he ever was maried at all: perhaps he might look upon Marriages in our Church as not valid, being of a different Communion. He shewed a great Number of Wounds in his Breast: and said (at least) that they were received in Ireland , as he would Defend his Majesties Name. He appear'd Penitential, according to his Faith, and receiv'd the Sacrament from one of his own Perswasion, before he dyed. 7. Thomas Knight , was convicted of Breaking open Mr. Deard's Shop in the Court of Requests. He had a continu'd Indisposition, for a considerable Time before he dy'd: nor could he stand the Morning before Execution; but he receiv'd the Sacrament sitting: For tho' he was almost insensible thro' Sickness, he seem'd desirous to fit his Soul for a future State. At the Place of Execution: Thomas Phillips alias Cross continu'd very Stubborn and Obstinate; and refus'd to answer any thing that was demanded of him. But at last he said, he did not fear to dye, nor doubt his going to Heaven. Thomas Butler at the Tree confess'd his Crime: was truely sorry for it: and forgave all his Enemies. He added, that he never committed Murder: nor ever robb'd any poor Man; but relieved them, whenever in his Power, even on the High-Way. He said, 'twas reported that a Nobleman had employ'd him to kill the Pretender, but that he never was so employ'd, adding that he dyed in the Communion of the Church of Rome . 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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 20th of December, 1717. THE melancholy Papers relating to the Criminals executed in this County, having, the Session before this, receiv'd a happy Interruption, through an extraordinary Accident, which then happen'd, and is well known to the Publick; They now come out again, to give an Account of such of the Malefactors, lately condemn'd, as are the sad Subject of them. At the general Sessions held at Justice-hall in the Old-bailey, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th days of December, 1717; Eleven Persons, viz. Nine Men, and Two Women, that were Try'd for, and Convicted of, several Capital Crimes, receiv'd Sentence of Death: But the Two Women's Judgment being respited for their Pregnancy, and Four of the Men repriev'd by HIS MAJESTY'S most gracious Mercy (which I hope they will take due Care to improve) Five of them only are now order'd for Execution. While they lay under this deplorable State of Condemnation, I constantly visited them, and had them, twice every day, brought up to the Chapel in Newgate; where I pray'd with them, read, and expounded the Word of GOD to them, and instructed them in those Points of Religion, which were most proper for them both to know and to practise; endeavouring to make them sensible, and to repent, of their past Sins and Follies, and to pray for that Grace, by the Divine Power whereof they might be happily rescued from under the Slavery of Sin and Satan, and admitted into the Glorious Liberty of the Children of GOD. This was the Drift and Purpose of my daily Admonitions to them, both in publick and private. And, On the Lord's Day, the 8th instant, I preach'd to those Condemn'd Persons, and many others there present, both in the Forenoon and Afternoon, upon Luke 21. 27. being part of the Gospel appointed for that Day, and the Words these: And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a Cloud, with Power and great Glory. From this Text and Context, first explain'd in general, and illustrated by parallel Places, I shew'd in particular, I. The Certainty of Christ's Coming to Judge the World. And, II. The Uncertainty of the Time when He shall come. To which I added, III. ult. The weighty Consideration of the nearer or more visibly approaching Judgment, which is privately pass'd on the Soul of every Man at his Death, and will be publickly confirm'd (and extended to his Body also) at the Last Day, when Christ shall come, attended with Myriads of Angels, to raise the Dead. Again, on the last Lord's Day, the 15th instant, I preach'd likewise to the Condemn'd, &c. and my Text was Numb. 35. 31. Moreover ye shall not take Satisfaction for the Life of a Murderer, which is guilty of Death: But he shall be surely put to Death. After a general Explanation of these Words, I shew'd from them in particular, I. The heinous Nature of the Crime of Murder; the irreparable Evil of it, and what has a near Relation to it, and may well be comprehended under it. II. The Severe Punishment due to it. III. & lastly, The great Necessity of that Man's sincere and hearty Repentance, who is Guilty of this, or of any other Sin whatsoever, according to the Degree thereof. Having enlarg'd upon all those Points, I concluded every Sermon I then preach'd to the Condemn'd with proper Admonitions to them: And here shew'd them particularly, That any wicked Act wilfully committed, whereof the Consequence might be the shedding of Blood, was Murder in the Sight of GOD; and that (according to the Apostle's Conclusion) Whosoever hateth his Brother is a Murderer; adding these peremptory Words, Ye know, that no Murderer has Eternal Life abiding in him, 1 Joh. 3. 15. From which Consideration, I endeavour'd to make them sensible of the absolute Necessity there was for them (and accordingly exhorted them) to search their own Heart to the bottom, that they might find out their Sins (the Cause of their Troubles and Fears) and so truly repent of all they had done amiss, and of whatever Mischief their Crimes might have further been attended with, in this World; as to prevent their dismal and dreadful Effects in the World to come. To these Exhortations they seem'd very attentive; and in my private Examinations of them, they gave me the respective Accounts following. 1. Thomas Bingley , convicted upon 3 Indictments, for assaulting, wounding and robbing, on the King's Highway near Acton , these 3 Persons, viz. 1st, Silvester Proud ; 2dly, Jonathan Chapman ; and, 3dly, John Blackwell , on the 11th of November last: On which Day, at the very same Time and Place all these Facts were committed by him, with the Assistance of two others hereafter nam'd. He said, he was 25 Years of age, born at Doncaster in Yorkshire : That while he liv'd with his Father (a Malster and Distiller ) he serv'd him in his Business: But upon a Difference happening between his said Father and him, about a Twelvemonth ago, he then came up to London , where he had not been long, before he was listed in the first Regiment of Guards , under the Command of Colonel Townshend. He freely confest the Facts he now stood condemn'd for; but said he had done no such things before, and that those (which were his first) would be also his last, were he to live never so long. When I told him of his Barbarity to the Person of Mr. Proud, whom he violently assaulted, being not contented only to rob him, but using him most cruelly, even to his endeavouring the taking away of his Life: He answer'd, That in his Heat and Haste (being under Fear) he knew not well what he did, but now considering what he had done, he was very sorry, and begg'd his Pardon for it, thanking GOD, that the Wounds he had given him, proved not Mortal. Here he said, That though he never was a Robber before, yet he had been otherwise a very bad Young-man, he having liv'd a loose Life, and been very extravagant, a great Spendthrift, and withal a most undutiful Son, who had given his Father a great deal of trouble: All which he now was very much griev'd at, being sensible of the Evil and Misery his Follies had justly brought upon him in this World, and of the greater Punishment he deserv'd to undergo in the next: And therefore earnestly pray'd to GOD for Mercy, and his Father, and all others he had offended, for Pardon; and wish'd all Young-men might take Warning by him, and be more dutiful to GOD and their Parents, than himself had been; and so avoid such a sad and untimely End, as this he was now come to. When Yesterday the Death-Warrant was come down, and he found by it, that there was no hope at all for him to live much longer in this World, he then (upon my exhorting him to make a full Confession of his Sins, and clear his Conscience) own'd (though he had deny'd it before) that within these 4 or 5 Months he had committed several (but no great) Robberies on the Highway, sometimes about Paddington , and at other times in and about Whitechappel , as also in other Places further from London; and, That once he had begg'd a Furlow of his Officer, under pretence of seeing his Friends in the Country for a few Days; but it was upon no such occasion; his only Design being then to have more Time and Opportunity to do Mischief (as he did) to honest Men: Which wicked Course of Life is now a great trouble to his Soul, who heartily wish'd he had not been so wicked. He implor'd again and again GOD's Mercy and their Pardon whom he had any ways injur'd: And that was all the Satisfaction he could make. 2. Joseph Sherrier , condemn'd with the 'foresaid Tho. Bingley , for being concern'd with him in the 3 Facts above specified, He said, he was 22 Years of age, born at Alresford in the County of Suffolk , and a Lock-Smith by Trade: That since his coming up to London , which was in May last, he work'd with a Smith near Drury-lane , when he had time to work, he being in the same Service, and in the same Regiment and Company with Bingley, who (he said) was the Man that put him upon these Facts, which he would never have thought to commit, had he not been enticed thereto; adding, That when he saw the said Bingley had so barbarously (as he had) cut the poor Man's Head in diverse places, he cry'd to him, Why have you done that? And he further told me, he was very sorry to see it, and if he could, would have prevented it; but standing then at some distance, he could not. At first he said, this was the only time he ever engag'd in such wicked Facts as these were, which the said Bingley induced him to, and that were he to live never so long in this World, he would not be guilty of the like, or any other Crimes; but afterwards he confess'd, That about June or July last, Bingley perswaded him to go upon the Highway; and, That within that time he had committed several small Robberies with him, for which (to his great Grief) he could now make no Satisfaction, but thank'd GOD he had never shed Blood. He seem'd to be very Sensible and Penitent. 3. Edward Motte , alias Popham (the former being his right Name) condemn'd with the two former, viz. Thomas Bingley and Joseph Sherrier , for being an Assistant to them in the Facts before mention'd. He said, he was 21 Years of age, born at Boxted in Suffolk : That he was a Blacksmith by Trade, and wrought at it ever since he came up to London , when his Service in His Majesty's Foot-Guards (in which, and in the same Company, he was with Bingley and Sherrier) permitted it. He own'd his Guilt of the Facts he stood condemn'd for, and said, That Bingley had brought him into the commission of them; and, that he had no hand in the Personal Hurt that Mr. Proud receiv'd, and wish'd he could have hinder'd Bingley from doing a thing of that nature; for himself abhorr'd such Cruelties: Neither would he, of his own accord, have gone in this manner upon the Highway; but the said Bingloy forced him to it. He acknowledg'd his Crime was great, in complying with that wicked Man's Solicitations; and said, this was the first time he had offended the Law; but when the Death-Warrant was come, he acknowledg'd, That within these five months past he had been engag'd with the said Bingley and Sherrier in some Robberies on the Highway, he could not tell how many; yet hoped, that tho' he was to suffer by it in this World, yet he should find Mercy in the next, for he heartily repented. 4. James Dickenson , alias Robinson (the former his right Name) condemn'd for breaking open the House of Mr. Thomas Bevis , and stealing thence Linnen to the value of 30 s. on the 31st of October last. He said, he was about 26 Years of age, born in Goodmans-Fields , in the Parish of St. Mary White-Chapel , and by his Occupation a Packthread-Spinner , by which he could maintain himself and Family well enough; but not being contented with that honest way of living, he fell into that which prov'd at last his Shame and Ruin. At first (indeed) he stifly deny'd the Fact he stood condemn'd for; alledging this common and worn-out Excuse, That the stoln Goods found on him, were given him by an unknown Hand, to carry to a certain Place: But at last he confess'd himself Guilty. And he also acknowledg'd (upon my putting him in mind of it) That he had formerly committed other ill Facts, and was once burnt in the Hand, and sent to the Bridewell in Clerkenwell , there to be kept at hard Labour for a Twelve-month; and yet (as it prov'd) this Correction did not cure him of his Thievish Distemper; who own'd, That he had committed several ill Facts, which were never found out, and which he cannot now to any purpose discover, nor make any Satisfaction for. He was a poor ignorant Person, who knew nothing of Religion, could not read at all, nor so much as say the Lord's Prayer. 5. John Monstieurs , condemn'd for the Murder of John Henrick Rule , on the 17th of October last. He said, he was 27 Years of age, of good Parentage, and born at Enwegen in Gelder-land : That he had been brought up in the Business of Merchandizing ; and the chief Commodities he commonly dealt in, were Wines and Brandy, which he bought in the Low-Countries , and imported into England . The Religion he profess'd was that he call'd the Roman Catholick . As to the Fact he was Try'd and Condemn'd for, he at first stifly deny'd it, and would fain have perswaded me, that he was perfectly ignorant and innocent of it; and that he was a Person of a good Life and good Reputation in his own Country. Upon which, I told him, That tho' I could not charge him with other Crimes (as having no knowledge of him before) yet this, for which he now stood condemn'd, was so evident, and so fully prov'd upon him, that I wonder'd he durst deny it; considering (too) that such a Denial could not clear him before GOD, nor before Men, neither would be of any the least avail to him as to his present State in this World, but should greatly aggravate his Sins and Condemnation in the Sight of GOD, and make him infinitely the worse as to his future State in the other World. Being inform'd that some time ago he intended to have marry'd a Dutch-woman, a Protestant; and that one of the Conditions of the Contract to be made between them, was; That he should leave the Church of Rome, and embrace the Protestant Religion; I ask'd him, Whether it was so: To which he reply'd, It was. Then asking him further, Whether he was still in the same mind; that is, Whether he would now (as to this Change) do for the good of his Soul what he promis'd to perform for his Love's sake, and would be a Protestant whether he liv'd or died? He answer'd at first, That he would; but sometime after this, said, That as he suppos'd both Religions were good, and he was to die so soon that now he had neither time, nor indeed any proper or free Disposition of mind (under his present distraction and disquietude) to attend to any Instruction relating to those Points or Principles, wherein they differ'd the one from the other, and considering also that he was born in the Roman Communion: So he thought it not fit to renounce it, and embrace another; which (for ought he knew) he might have done, were he to have liv'd longer in this World; for he was inclinable enough, from the Instructions he had receiv'd of me, since his Confinement in Newgate (both before and after his Condemnation) to believe, That of the two, the Protestant Religion was the better. He so far agreed with me, that he profess'd, He rely'd on the alone Merits of JESUS CHRIST for the Pardon of his Sins; and, that he look'd upon Him as the only Mediator between GOD and Man, and hoped to be sav'd by Him. Here (after some further Instructions to set him forward in the right way) I press'd him to a free Confession, as of all his Sins in general, so particularly of this enormous Crime of Murder, which had brought him to this shameful and untimely Death. Whereupon he (tho' he had positively deny'd it before) now own'd, that He was Guilty of it; but said, That the Deceased having first began a Quarrel with him, they both (by consent) went out together, to decide the Difference by dnt of Sword: This he alledging for his Pretence as a legal (or at least allowable) Way, to ask and receive Satisfaction for Affronts and Injuries given; was presently shewn his great Mistake herein, and his indispensable Duty and Interest to repent. Besides, I old him, That if that was a Duel, I greatly suspected him to be the Aggressor; but indeed could not think other, but that this Murder was by him committed without Provocation, and with all the Aggravation of Baseness and Barbarity imaginable. To which he said little or nothing but this, I am now to satisfie the Law for it, and pray God to have Mercy on my Soul. Then I went on, exhorting him to Repentance; and such a Repentance too, as might be proportionable to his high Crime, crying with David, Ps. 51. 12. Deliver me from Blood-guiltiness, O God! &c. Before I parted at that time, when I had a long private Conference with him (which was the next day after I had preach'd (chiefly) against Murder) and I found he was something mov'd, and seem'd to relent, I desir'd him for GOD's sake, and for his Soul's sake, to tell me what Crimes of that nature, or what other heinous Sins, he had committed before, either in his own Country or any where else. To which he reply'd, that he had formerly fought several Duels with Officers and other Gentlemen, wounding some of 'em, but never kill'd any; and that, as to other Matters, he had liv'd like other young Gentlemen, not so well (he must needs confess) as he should have done; for which he implor'd GOD's Mercy and Pardon. Being not fully satisfied with his Confession, I further desir'd him to declare freely and ingenuously, what was the true Cause of his committing that Murder. To which he giving no Answer, his Silence put me upon asking him this plain Question, which I press'd him to answer positively one way or other, viz. Whether he did not kill the Deceased with an intent of having his Money and other his Goods? Whereto he made this only Reply, Sure enough; and would say no more, nor express that Sorrow he should have had for the great Evil he had done, and the Guilt he thus had contracted by his Commission of such an inhumane and bloody Fact. I endeavour'd all I could to make him throughly sensible of his Sin and Misery. How affected he was with what I said, and what were his inward Thoughts, I know not: But his outward Appear ance discover'd his not being much concern'd. And this hard Temper I was afraid would continue with him to the time of his Death; but thro' GOD's great Mercy it did not; for at the nearer approach of that King of Terrors I found that what had been laid before him to bring him to Repentance, began to make some impression on, and mollify, his obdurate Heart. Then he exprest his Grief for all his Sins, and particularly the heinous Crime that had brought this severe (but condign) Punishment upon him; and he fully confest, That he was Guilty of wilful Murther: That the Person he kill'd had not in the least provok'd nor challeng'd him to it; and, That out of a covetous, malicious, and cruel Heart he did it; thinking to find with the Deceased a great deal of Gold, Money, &c. but he was disappointed therein, for he found but little of that about him. The manner of his committing that barbarous Murther (which he said none but himself knew any thing of, or was concern'd in) was by a Hammer he carry'd in his Pocket for that wicked Purpose, and with which he struck him in divers places on the Head, and other Parts. When he had made an end of this his Confession, I represented to him the horrible nature of that Fact, and the greatness of his Guilt; earnestly exhorting him duly to consider it, and take it to Heart, to the end he might so repent of it, as to obtain GOD's Pardon for it; without which he must be eternally miserable. With such Exhortations as I thought most proper to move him, I endeavour'd to reclaim him out of his dangerous State. And this I did till he was carry'd to the Tree; where I attended him, and the rest of the Dying Criminals, for the last time; and after the usual Performance of my Ministerial Office to their Souls, I left them. When I was withdrawn from them, and they had desir'd the Standers-by to take Warning by them, and pray for their departing Souls, they apply'd themselves to their private Devotion, for which they had some Time allotted them: Then the Cart drew away; and they were turn'd off; while each of them was earnestly calling upon GOD for the Pardon of his Sins, and the Salvation of his Soul, in these and the like Ejaculations: Lord! have Mercy upon me! Lord, save me! Lord JESUS, receive my Spirit! This is all the Account here to be given of these Malefactors, by me, PAUL LORRAIN , Ordinary . London, Friday, Dec. 20. 1717. To which I shall add, A SUMMARY 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-Dock in 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. Sir Richard Hoare , Kt . Condemn'd. 60 Repriev'd. 35 Dy'd after Condemnation, and before their Execution. 0 Executed. 25 14. Sir Samuel Stanier , Kt . Condemn'd. 108 Repriev'd. 48 Dy'd after Condemnation, and before their Execution. 1 Executed. 59 15. Sir Will. Humphrys , Kt. & Bart Condemn'd. 76 Repriev'd. 38 Dy'd after Condemnation, and before their Execution. 0 Executed. 38 16. Sir Charles Peers , Kt . Condemn'd. 122 Repriev'd. 52 Dy'd after Condemnation, and before their Execution. 0 Executed. 70 17. Sir James Bateman , Kt. & Bart Condemn'd. 132 Repriev'd. 77 Dy'd after Condemnation, and before their Execution. 0 Executed. 55 Total - Condemn'd. 1026 Repriev'd. 557 Dy'd after Condemnation, and before their Execution. 5 Executed. 464 London Printed, and Sold by J. Morphew, near Stationers-hall.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words OF THREE MALEFACTORS, VIZ. JOHN KELLO for Forgery, AND JAMES WHEM and JAMES COLLINS For ROBBERY; Who were Executed at Tyburn on Wednesday, October 13th, 1762. BEING THE EIGHTH EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. Sir SAMUEL FLUDYER , Bart. 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-Cross, for the AUTHOR: Also Sold by J. HINXMAN at the Globe in Pater-noster-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 ; Sir William Moreton , 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 of Middlesex on Wednesday the 15th, Thursday the 16th, Friday the 17th, and Saturday the 18th of September, 1762, in the second year of his Majesty's reign, three prisoners were capitally convicted and received sentence of death. I. JAMES COLLINS and JAMES WHEM , were indicted for that they together with JOHN SUTHERLAND , not taken, in a certain field and open place near the King's highway , on Sarah West , spinster , did make an assault, putting her in corporal fear and danger of her life, and taking from her one iron key, value one penny, and two shillings in money, numbered, her property, and against her will. August the third. It appears from the evidence on this trial that this robbery was perpetrated with two others, and attended with circumstances of savage cruelty, and bloodshed. Sarah West was knocked down by COLLINS with his fist while he held a drawn sword in the other hand, with which he threatened her life if she made a noise; mean time another of them robbed Mr Sykes, and a third robbed Mr. Halm, of their money and watches; the former being knocked down, was dangerously wounded with a sword, in the forehead, and the latter was also knocked down. Complaint had been laid before Justice Welch, with an account of divers robberies in and about Pancrass fields before this: and very providentially the High-constable of that division, Mr. Clay, with a party of near thirty men subdivided into three companies, were out that night with a search warrant, from the vigilant magistrate aforesaid, to apprehend and suppress the detestable authors of such violence and injuries. By an immediate alarm and pursuit, the two prisoners were taken out of a ditch of water and mud, covered with brambles, into which they had flung themselves for concealment. SUTHERLAND escaped. The evidence arising from the circumstances as well as the witnesses, are full of conviction. The goods taken from the prosecutors were found upon them; and they betrayed themselves by claiming a hat and stick dropt in the scuffle and hurty of flight; and also by COLLINS wanting to be admitted an evidence. Their behaviour at their trial was hardy and resolute, but they made no other defence, than that they were in liquor, knew nothing of this matter, and were innocent as the child born yesterday. Neither of them had any witnesses to their character, for which Whem made an apology that their people were on guard that day. When they came to receive sentence, they both begged transportation for life in his Majesty's service. Quickly after their awful doom was pronounced, on the day the sessions ended, they were visited in their cells for the first time; (the chapel not being as yet put in order since the late dreadful fire) a few words proper for their sad case were applied to them; Collins lamented that he could not read; Whem said he was a presbyterian; we had some conversation on the principles common to christians, to which he agreed; after which he never refused to join with us, but came constantly to chapel, which was made ready in some sort by next day, where by the help of some directions and daily instructions, each of them behaved tollerably well. Collins, a tall likely young soldier , belonging to the foot guards, told me, he was born in Gloucester city, being now about twenty years of age, but bred up mostly in Kent . His Father belongs to the army, as also a brother of twenty-six years of age, and most of his family. When asked, are you now convinced you had better have lived in the fear of God, and honestly served your King and country? he shook his head, and wished he had, for it had been far better, but he acknowledged he had been brought up in great ignorance, and neglect of his duty, with few or no good examples before him. He imputed his crime (which he no longer denied) to a drunken frolick after they came off guard, on that very day, and pretended this was his first attempt; he with the others was daily instructed in the means of true repentance, both in private and in the chapel. Tho' both these said they used to frequent the church, they seemed strangers to the decent behaviour, manner of worship, and conformity thereto, which the house of prayer requires; the method therefore and reasons of our liturgy were opened to them, in a plain and familiar way; and when negligent or unattentive in their parts in the service, they had them pointed out, and were reminded to perform them; Whem expressed his readiness to join with us, and usually read his alternate verse of the Psalms for his own and his companion's benefit. When questioned and seriously examined, he did not deny his guilt nor the justice of his sentence; but would not acknowledge any other facts of the same kind; or that he knew any others engaged in the same course, except John Sutherland , named in the indictment as concerned in this fact, but not yet taken; and that he was advertised as a deserter from the third regiment of foot-guards ; with five guineas over and above the usual reward offered for apprehending him, by Lord Adam Gordon to whose company he belonged. Whem reported himself to be about thirty-three years of age, born in the shire of Ayr ; bred to no trade or business but only common labour, belonged to the guards about thirteen years, has left a poor unhappy wife big with child and one or two small children, the eldest scarce three years of age, who with the mother used to visit the father, and has been seen piteously to cry when she could not follow him into the cells. Collins had also a wife big with child, who came to visit him as often as she could be admitted, The distresses, tears and cries of these widows and orphans, increased the horrors of this scene of guilt and its consequences, and excited some kind and charitable visitants to contribute occasionally to their present relief. The soldiers not insensible to these acts of christian compassion, were more attentive to the instructions given them, and more diligent in their preparation for death. Nothing farther happened remarkable till the death-warrant came down, which as it included all three, may be taken notice of in the following account. 3. JOHN KELLO was indicted for that he did forge and counterfeit, and cause and procure to be counterfeited, and willingly acted in the same, a certain order for the payment of money, with the name of William Partridge thereunto subscribed, directed to George Amyand and Co. bankers and partners, for the payment of 1000l. and for publishing the same with intent to defraud the said George Amyand and Co. And it was laid also for publishing the same with intent to defraud Joseph Cotton , August 28th. Mr. Kello's behaviour on his trial was that of a man calmly determined to stand out in the denial of his guilt, and make the best defence he could to the last, for this purpose he placed himself in an uncommon attitude of keen attention and observation, leaning on his arm over the bar, with his neck shrunk between his shoulders and his face looking between his arms, and in this posture, which he rarely varied, he heard the evidence against him, and cross examined the witnesses when he thought proper, with remarkable composure; one of his questions, intended to confute his brother's assertion, that he had supported him for a year and a half past, seemed to cut with two edges; whether he had not given him a purse, about three months ago with thirty-four guineas in it? The prisoner added, how I came by it is not the question at present; if any body can prove I did not come honestly by it, let them prove it. His brother did not deny the receipt, but seemed to account for the application of it for their common use, in a way that did not appear contradictory and inconsistent with his assertion of having contributed to his brother's support. This question gave rise to several speculations and surmises how he did really come by it? especially as his late way of life was not known to be turned to business and industry: and as several suspicious implements, as pistols and balls, were said to be found in his possession. Kello had few opportunities of falling under my notice before his trial; having been committed about a day before the fire at Newgate , by which the chapel in common with the rest of the prison being thrown into disorder, and become less secure, there was no meeting him there had he been disposed to come: nor did he distinguish himself, if present, among the croud of prisoners when visited in their common hall. After conviction, when he was applied to, as he lay in bed in his cell, with some words of condolence and exhortation, he answered coldly: " Your advice is very good, " and becoming your office to give, " but I have some particular opinions " of my own" to which it was replied, you will I hope attend the chapel, and give me an opportunity of conferring with you on those opinions, perhaps we may be able to remove and change them for the better: he answered, with an air of superior knowledge and resolution, that " his opinions were not to " be changed." But if they have misled you into your present sad situation, is not this a proof of the unsoundness of them; and that it is high time to quit and renounce them, and take up such as may relieve and support you in this hour of distress and anguish? For such am I sent to propose to you: he answered, " he never should quit his " present sentiments either in this life " or after it." But how if they prove contrary to the received and well-tried opinions of wise and good men? this he denied they were. Being asked if he would permit me to pray with him and the other convicts in his cell, he desired to be excused. He was again asked whether he would come to chapel when called upon at any time hereafter? this he also refused and kept to his resolution next morning and so forward, till a message from Mr. A - n (without any application of mine) by some of the runners made him think proper to attend. Before this visit ended, it was added, I came to offer you the best assistance in my power, if you refuse it, the blame and consequence will fall on your own head. He answered in some slighting manner, as if he set light by this and all such threats, as a mere bugbear, and engine of my office. In a word, his behaviour and language was that of a stranger to the oracles of God, and a despiser of them - of a diligent dabler in those dear-bought books which scatter the seeds of scepticism and immorality, of doubt and misbelief, in those weed-bearing soils that are prepared for, and most susceptible of them; which God in his anger suffers to take root and grow in the soul of the sluggard, who is indisposed either to seek, to find, or to follow the ways of found wisdom and instruction. This reminded me of an observation and precept of a celebrated poet. A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the pierian spring. For shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, But drinking deeply sobers us again. Mr. Kello was now about twenty-six years of age, some say twenty-nine. His father is said to have been a mercer in Hounds-ditch , who dying, left him an orphan. He was sent to Ludlow by his friends for his education, where he is reported to have become a good clas sic scholar, and then served the greatest part of an apprenticeship to a good trade by which he might have been well supported, and probably join'd with or succeeded his kind master in a good house, had he been steady to the business; but his wavering and aspiring temper prompting him to new adventures in the mercantile way, he gathered up his little fortune of about 300l. and turning it into effects for the Virginia trade shipped himself off for that province, where having resided some time and formed a connection in partnership, he returned to London about three years ago; where his turn to the scenes of amusement and pleasure, rather than to useful business, has given his friends no little anxiety for the event, till their worst fears were confirmed in the discovery and proof of this fine-spun cobweb, which he has so artfully and so long, as the best part of a year, been weaving for his own destruction: For that he was the chief, tho' secret agent in this scheme, his brother's evidence, strengthened by the other witnesses, and the circumstances, do prove beyond all rational doubt; however, he continued to deny his guilt and prevaricate to the last. And whereas he has asserted, in one of his petitions to his Majesty, wherein he pleads innocence, that he was convicted on the single evidence of his Brother, who confessed his own guilt, and impeached him because he was told it was the only method to save himself; the contrary is evident from a few remarks on the trial, By the evidence of John Bleaden , belonging to the Antigallican coffee-house , the prisoner, to the best of his knowledge, is the person who came to that coffee-house the 28th. of August about 10 at night, call'd for pen, ink, and paper, and ask'd him to go with a message to Aldermanbury ; but because he could not go, wanted a coachman, chairman or porter; but went out himself; and in about 4 or 5 minutes returned, said his name was Rous. Do not these particulars exactly agree with the name, to whom the Bank-bill for 1000l. was to be directed and deliver'd, and the other transactions deposed to both by Mr. Cotton and Joseph Kello ? and do they not mutually support and confirm each other? Farther, his brother Joseph deposes, that he (John) was the person who went into the coffee-house, viz. Sam's, and received the Letter, inclosing the said bank-bill, directed for Mr. Rous; that Joseph stay'd in the alley while John went in and fetched it out; that they went together into the fields by Sadler's Wells , open'd the letter, and it contained a bank note for 1000l. that his Brother John kept the note. In their difficulties about getting it changed, (Difficulties which the innocent are not embarrassed with) John proposed to go to Bristol to get it changed, but wanted cash to bear his charges; for which Mr. Duffel, John's Landlord, was applied to, but did not lend it; and Joseph borrowed ten guineas of another. The consequent transactions of John's changing the 1000l. bank note at Bridgewater , for cash and bills, which cash and identical bills were found upon John, deposed to by Joseph Partridge , clerk to Mr. Baker, the receiver General of Somerset; by Phebe Lankford , and by William Neate ; all these, together with Thomas Duffel , confirm this material part of the evidence of Joseph against his brother John: so that his plea of innocence must fall, and can only send to prove him obdurate in his guilt. And this character is the more fixt upon him, as I received it from undoubted authority, that he confessed his share in the guilt, and pleaded that he was drawn in by his brother, in the real Petition presented and read to his Majesty in council. Monday Sept. 20th. John Kello consented to come up to chapel, and by way of apology for his past behaviour, said he was bred a dissenter. A Dissenter in deed! But don't you believe the Bible to be of divine authority? to this he would give no answer, but pretended to be acquainted with all Religions, as well if he had studied the dictionary on that subject; and yet when asked a few questions, seemed quite ignorant of the first principles both of natural and revealed religion. His notions of the obligations to truth and justice, were so imperfect and loose, that he still boldly declared himself innocent of the crime he stood convicted of, and that if he were to die this day he was prepared to answer before his great judge, to whom he referred himself for the truth of his plea. He denied any command in scripture to make a public profession of his faith as a Christian, or to confess his sins; adding, these were no protestant doctrines, and no better then that of auricular confession; on which subjects several express texts were repeated to him, to convince him of his gross ignorance: Such as, with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation; For Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. [Rom. x. chap. 10. 11. v.] And that of St. Mark. He that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. [St. Mark. xvi. 16.] On hearing this he asked, (as he was all the while on the catch, and the cavil) believeth, what? I answer'd, believeth in him who spake these words, that is, in Jesus Christ, and his Gospel, His word and his works. He stood silent, as if answered. At other opportunites, whenever he attended, occasion was taken from the scriptures of the day to throw light upon his mind, relating to the truth and certainty of the scriptures, and their power unto salvation. For the present, concerning the duty of confession of sins; to whom? and in what cases to be made, the introductory sentences of holy writ prefixed to the daily service of the church, with the confession and absolution founded thereon, were explained to him; together with a general scheme of the tenour, meaning and rationality of the other parts of the service of the church England. These he was warned not to come to hear, as a spy or a scoffer, but rather, as best befitted his circumstances, as an humble penitent. Notwithstanding this, he rather heard the service, than joined in it, for he refused to make responses, or kneel, being in his opinion a matter of indifference, and no reason or authority could convince him to the contrary. This was the less excuseable in him, as he boasted himself free from the errors of education. When after prayers I offered him the use of some good tracts, among which was that excellent, clear and rational view of the sum and substance of Christian faith and practice, the late Bishop of Sodor and Man's Instruction for the Indians, he first objected to it, as being merely practical; he then said he had met with it abroad in Virginia, and had seen that subject treated in a more masterly manner. He was answered, that the clearness, ease, and condescension of the stile to every capacity, as well as the practical manner in which it is handled, are proofs of the masterly performance. He then said he was a sufficient guide to himself, from what he had within him, and would accept of none of my books. The next day he told the runners, who went to call him to chapel, that he would go there no more; for that he was a dissenter. Mr. A - k - n being acquainted with this message before it came to me, sent him word, it could do him no hurt to go to chapel, tho' he called himself a dissenter, and therefore insisted on his attendance there, unless he chose a dissenting minister, which he might have to attend him; for that he would not trust him alone in the cells, while the other prisoners and their keepers were at chapel. About this time he had prepared a petition to his majesty; which was now said, and afterwards seen by me, to be full of false and scandalous reflections on the court and his prosecutors. This alone, as one observed, would go nigh to hang him, if there were not so much against him. Thus did this man of boasted sense and self-sufficiency display his talents in insuring his own utter ruin, and rejecting every proffered means to prevent it. In the course of our conversation, he urged it to me as a presumptive proof of his conscious innocence, that tho' he had seen the bank note for 1000l. advertised in the Public Ledger, at Bristol , the very day he had changed it at Bridgewater , yet he came up to London and offered the injured parties restitution. More probably, he trusted to his own, and his brothers hardy denial of the fact, and the want of proof to convict them. He still went on daily to assert his innocence of this fact, and therefore that he had nothing to repent of in this matter, and that as an honest man he was always prepared to die. When pressed with the clearness of the proofs against him on the trial, he still insisted that his brother alone, or in conjunction with Mr. C - tt - n, might have transacted the forgery, and lend him the bank bill: though it is well known he pretended, in his examination before Sir John Fielding , that he found this bill. When the death warrant came, on Wednesday, October 6th, they were visited soon after; Kello refused to come to chapel, but Whem and Collins both came, and were particularly instructed in the method of examining and preparing themselves for the holy communion, and proper notice given them of the intended celebration of it. Being asked how they were prepared to bear this shock? they answered, they were but slenderly prepared for it, yet they were both willing to be directed and assisted; they joined in proper prayers, and heard some seasonable exhortations. Kello came up next morning, and made an apology for yesterday's absence, by saying he was indisposed, and unfit to come to chapel. They all appeared much dejected and emaciated. The proper lessons read and explained to them on this day were Isa 1. and Rom. 1. The next day, Oct. 8th, some questions were put to him, concerning facts proved on the trial, to induce him to acknowledge his guilt, and give the best satisfaction he could to the injured. In answer, he told me that soon after his conviction, his prosecutor, Mr. A - m - d, called and left word for him, that if he wanted any thing, he would supply him; on which generous and compassionate tender, he wrote to thank him, and expressed his concern that he was made in any degree accessary to do him an injury, being desirous to make him all the reparation in his power. But to me he still denied any guilt in the transaction for which he is to suffer, insisting that he was merely instrumental but not privy to it; and to amuse me into this opinion, he put into my hand a letter to a friend, inclosing his case at large, with remarks on his trial, intended to make good the assertions of his innocence in the petition to his majesty above referred to. This being read, was returned to him, reminding him that his attempt to deceive now was not only vain but highly wicked, considering with whom he had to do; that he seemed to forget his trial in this life was past, and that God and his own conscience (to which I referred him for the evidence of his guilt) would witness against him at the next and last awful tribunal, for which he should think much more seriously than he had yet done, how to prepare, not by denying his guilt and charging it on others, in which he could gain no credit, even with men, but by sincerity and truth. All this did not put him out of his plea of innocence; as he knew great application and interest was making to save his life. He added, that when Mr. A - m - d, his prosecutor, was applied to, to sign the petition for mercy, he refused, though he wished his life could be saved; adding, but there is such a clamour against it in Lombard street , that, it seems (said Kello) I must be murdered to quiet the authors of it. In this strain he talked, as if he were not convicted by fair evidence, and as if the laws of his country had been trampled on to come at his life. To reprove him for this, several proper lessons were daily chosen and applied to him, as Jerem. viii. v. 4 - 13. Moreover thou shalt say unto them, thus saith the Lord, shall they fall and not arise? Shall He turn away, and not return? Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back, by a perpetual back sliding? Is not this the meaning? If God is able and desirous to raise up them that fall, and to return to them from whom he turned away, Why then is this people turned back by a perpetual backsliding? q. d. Am I ready to raise up and return to them, and will they never strive to rise, recover, and return to me their God? Why is this? The reasons follow: They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, what have I done? every one turneth to his course as the horse rusheth into the battle. Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming, but my people know not the judgment of the Lord. What a severe rebuke is this to men of reason and religion? that the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the field act with more prudence and order than they? When the three prisoners were asked, whether they believed this judgment or affliction came to them from God? the two soldiers confessed they believed it to be so, but Mr. Kello evaded giving a direct answer. To set him right, he was instructed in the clear declarations concerning a particular, perpetual and over-ruling providence. When he was told one day that his hardness and insensibility gave me great concern, that I felt more for him than he appeared to feel for himself; the hard rock seemed to be smote, and the tears sprung up in his eyes: yet even then he seemed angry, and asked why I thought him so insensible? I answered, because he neither confessed his faith as a christian, nor his guilt as a criminal, nor performed his part in the worship of God, in which as a man of education, he should instruct and set a good example to his fellow-convicts: he replied as he had done before, that he saw no necessity for any confession of either, and that he did perform his part in matters essential, but used his liberty in matters of indifference. On another occasion, when I lamented to him that I stood so low in his esteem, that it disabled me to do him such service as I wished, he was pleased to say, I stood very high in his esteem, but as to the prejudices of education, which I had mentioned as the causes of his neglect and disesteem of my assistance, he had long since got the better of prejudice, and cast it off in all religious opinions. But how if that which you reject as the effect of the prejudice of education should prove true, and be the result of well grounded principles, connected with the present and future interests of mankind? are they the worse for being well tried, and handed down to us through many generations? No, replied he, but most people give no better reason for following this or that sect of religion, but the example of their parents. Answered, that is their own and their parents fault who refuse or neglect to retain God and his laws in their knowledge or practice, though commanded to be ever ready to give a reason of the hope that is in them. In the close of this conversation, he told me, his father was a churchman, but his mother a dissenter. Your case of too long disregarding both professions, shews the mischief of religious divisions in a family, or a nation. On Saturday the 9th of October, after he had attended duly for some days, he was asked whether he was now preparing for the reception of the holy sacrament? His answer was, that he must consider of it. He was told it was high time he should be resolved. He then began to talk strangely of inquisition and tortures, which he hoped should not be inflicted on him, if he did not receive it. These insinuations, as he must know better, were scarce thought worth any answer. On the 10th, Sunday morning, Kello refused to come up to chapel, as he had used to do on this morning; but Collins and Whem attended with serious devotion. In the afternoon they all three came up, when Kello made some slight excuse that he was not ready in the morning. The lessons chosen for for them were Isa. 53. and 1 Thes. 4. The first being a clear prophetical description of the sufferings of Christ for the sins of men; the second, an exhortation to purity and holiness, from a view of the resurrection and a future judgment. Occasion was taken from these portions of Scripture, and the Psalms, to shew a clear and necessary connection between the Christian faith and morality; as also on the other hand between infidelity, apostacy, and a total corruption of manners. vid. Ps. 53. But still Kello seemed to care for none of those things; he had repeatedly told me and others, that he was prepared to die; that he should meet death like a man; that he had no sin to repent of; and when a compassionate friend offered him the visits of a minister of his own (supposed) persuasion, (naming the person) he gave him to understand he could be of no service to him. By the same friend he had a Bible and a [zealous] call to the unconverted put into his hands; but he was seldom known to use them. A short prayer and some directions to proper portions of Scripture were lent him by me to peruse and copy; but when after a few days he returned them, he gave me little satisfaction that they proved of any use to him. On monday Oct. 11th. they all attended prayers, and an instruction for the holy communion. The proper lessons were Daniel 9th. and Colossians, ch. 3d. After prayers and some conversation with Mr. Kello, he was told, that as he was unprepared, and gave no satisfaction to the questions put to him, I should not expect him to communicate, unless so prepared. On Tuesday the 12th, administred the communion to the two soldiers and some others, but Kello withdrew; and when visited in the afternoon, seemed to complain that he was not admitted but upon terms, which I told him could not be dispensed with. Morning of EXECUTION. GOING in to visit the convicts, I was informed by the men who watched, that Whem and Collins had been very earnest in their devotions, for the greatest part of the night, and were now preparing, in their cells, to come to chapel. Mr. Kello was in bed, and was said to be asleep, when called to his duty; but was now hastening to rise and dress himself; after which he desired to write a few lines (unseasonably, sure! when he should have been intent on the matters now before him.) - He was prevailed on, the evening before, to take with him to his cell The Introduction to the Lord's Supper, the subject of which had been explained to them for a week before; when after some delay, he followed us up to chapel, he was asked, whether he had made good use of that book? he said, he had been reading it, but had left it in his cell, expecting one of the runners to bring it up, who had also neglected it; so that it was with difficulty that, on sending to look for it, after some time, we recovered it, hoping he might now be better disposed to join with us in the use of it: but on farther questioning and conversing with him, I found myself still mortified with a disappointment, as he still persisted to deny his guilt, (with this reserve, " in the manner I am " charged") adding, he knew nothing of the forgery till it was too late to prevent it. - This he explained no farther. - But repeated it, that he had made an acknowledgment to the injured parties as far as he thought necessary; he meant in a letter to Mr. A - m - d. As he had hitherto denyed any obligation, to make an outward profession of the articles of the christian faith, and had never joined in repeating them in the chapel, so far as I could hear or observe, nor ever made any responses, nor kneeled to his prayers, he was now again reminded of these just grounds of objection: he attempted to defend himself from scripture, without seeming to understand the subject. We therefore cut short this dispute. On the whole, he did not refuse to receive the holy sacrament kneeling, provided he might be admitted to it on his own terms, and to receive it in the best sense he could understand it. But as he did not explain what that sense was, and for the reason abovementioned, I could not think myself free to admit him. To clear him, however, of some imputations of infidelity, and set him in the best light I could, he was asked, whether he renounced the errors of deism? He answered, that he did. - Whether he believed the articles of the Christian faith? he said he never disbelieved them; he went on to extenuate, and excuse, and, in part, to deny several particulars of his behaviour and expressions, which seemed to signify an indifference to religion; but was not very ardent in his desires to be admitted to the sacrament. I therefore contented myself with advising him at least to join in the Litany and other prayers, and to be present at the administration; to this he complied, and behaved himself with attention (and perhaps mental devotion also) while the other prisoners prayed and communicated with some other serious persons who joined with us. The soldiers had been asked this morning whether they had any thing to add to their confession, which might relieve their own mind, or be of use to others; adding, that if they were partial and insincere, they could not expect the benefits of the sacred ordinances. They acknowledged the truth of this; but added, they had nothing more to confess. Some questions were also put relative to their temper, resignation, and hope of a happy change; to which they gave satisfactory answers. They were all three carried out in one cart about nine, and brought to the place of execution about ten; where a numerous mixt multitude were met to see them suffer. Being tied up they were again applied to, to declare if they had any thing to confess. Mr. Kello now at last declared his sorrow for all his offences against God: he was reminded to add, for every injury done to his neighbour, which he assented to. The two others continued to say they had nothing more to confess; nor did any of them think proper to speak a word of warning to others, against the fatal steps which brought them to this sad lot; but they desired the people to join in prayers for them, which they did. At a proper pause, Kello was asked whether he would join in confessing and repeating the creed? to this he agreed; but as he did not speak out, either in this or in the prayers, his joining could only be internal. He was further asked whether he was not grieved for not being admitted to the holy communion? he answered, that he had joined with us in his heart, and spirit, as far as he could. This gave me good hope of some better dispositions within him, now at last, than we could hitherto discover by his outward behaviour. He was again desired to declare he forgave his brother; he answered, that his brother knew his sentiments in that respect, by his behaviour and conduct towards him, refering to some secrets between themselves. He added, "As far as humanity can, I forgive him;" to which I subjoined, ' may the grace of God help all your human infirmities;" he thanked me for this, and other offices of the like kind. About this time, finding his hands loose, he called to the executioner to tie them; but first he took out of his pocket four small letters folded but not sealed, which he humbly desired I would forward, giving me a direction to one gentleman to whom three of them were to be inclosed and sent by the pennypost. As these letters were a deposit, and have no connection with the crime for which he suffered, nor can give any satisfaction as to his guilt or repentance, the publick, it is hoped, will not desire nor expect to see them. But in deference to the publick, this much may be said, That they speak the language and thoughts of a man anxious in his last hours to do particular acts of justice and good offices, where due, to the utmost of his power; and that expressed in a stile and turn of sentiments, such as would make one heartily wish the writer had deserved a better fate. Collins having a small book of devotions in his hand desired it to be given to one of his brother Soldiers, whom he call'd by name out of the croud, and who came and received it: a considerable number of the foot-guards being present, behaved decently, were much affected, and some wept. May these examples of justice be a warning to them all to avoid every act and degree of violence to his Majesty's subjects, whom it is their duty to protect and defend against injuries of every kind. May they ever remember that they are paid and maintained for that purpose; and therefore, that injuries offer'd by their hands are highly aggravated, and can rarely, if ever, hope for, or admit of mercy from the sovereign protector of his people. The convicts being humbly and earnestly recommended to the divine mercy and protection, took leave of each other very affectionately, by joining of hands, as well as their cords would permit, they behaved with an intrepid and calm resignation; and about a quarter before Eleven were turned off. May they now be partakers and witnesses of the power of divine mercy unto Salvation. This is all the Account given by me, STEPHEN ROE , Ordinary of Newgate.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE 'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, Of ABRAHAM WARD , Who was executed at Tyburn for Murder, on the 11December1752, AND OF THE EIGHT MALEFACTORS, Who were executed at TYBURN On Monday the12FEBRUARY1753, BEING THE Second and Third EXECUTIONS in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. Sir Crisp Gascoyne , Knt . 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 Gaol Delivery of Newgate , held before the Right Honourable Sir Crisp Gascoyne , Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Lord Chief Justice Willes, Mr. Baron Clive, Mr. Baron Legge, Sir Richard Adams , Knt . Recorder , and others His Majesty's Justices of Gaol Delivery, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex, at Justice Hall, in the Old Baily , on Wednesday the Sixth, Thursday the Seventh, and Friday the Eighth Day of December, in the Twenty-sixth Year of His Majesty's Reign, William Clarke , William Morriss , William Cross , William Lee , Ann Fox , and Abraham Ward , were capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. ABRAHAM WARD being convicted of Murder, received Sentence immediately upon the Jury's bringing in their Verdict, and was executed on the 11December, according to Direction of the late Act of prevent Murder. And, By Virtue of the King's Commission of, Etc. held before the Right Honourable Sir Crisp Gascoyne , Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Lord Chief Baron Parker, Sir Michael Foster , Sir Thomas Birch , Sir Richard Adams , Knt. Recorder, and others of, Etc. on Thursday the 11th, Friday the 12th, and Saturday the 13th of January, in the Twenty-sixth Year of His Majesty's Reign, Timothy Murphy , John Briant , Patrick Nugent , William Baldwin , and Joseph Hall , were capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death accordingly. Their Behaviour has been quiet, and those who were Protestants, Clarke, Cross, Lee, Baldwin, and Hall, constantly attended the Service of the Chapel, and appeared devout. On Tuesday the sixth Instant, Mr. Recorder reported ten malefactors to His Majesty, when he was pleased to order William Clarke , William Morriss , William Cross , Anne Fox , Timothy Murphy , John Briant , William Baldwin , and Joseph Hall , for Execution, on Monday the 12th Instant. Lee and Nugent and respited 'till His Majesty's Pleasure touching them be farther made known. 1. WILLIAM CLARKE , was indicted for forging a Warrant, or Order, under the Hands of Lascelles and Maxwell, to this Purpose, viz. Pray pay to Mr. William Clarke , the Bearer, the Sum of 287l.15s. 9d. and place it to the Account of Lascelles and Maxwell; and publishing it with Intent to defraud, Sep. 23. 2. ANNE FOX , was indicted for stealing one Gold Ring, Value 15s. one Pair of Silver Buttons, Value 1s. 6d. one Silk Handkerchief, Value 3s. two Guineas, and one Half Guinea, the Goods of Patrick Quin , in the Dwelling-house of Samuel Porter , October 11. 3. WILLIAM MORRIS , was indicted for that he, on the King's Highway, on John Birk did make an Assault, putting him in Corporal Fear and Danger of his Life, and stealing from him one Hat, Value 2s. one Thread Purse, Value 1d. and seven Shillings in Money numbered, the Property of the said John, from his Person, and against his Will, Novem. 15. 4. WILLIAM CROSS , was indicted for stealing one Trunk, Value 3s. 8 Linnen Shirts, Value 15s. 10 Holland Stocks, Value 2s. 2 Pair of Cotton Stockings, Value 2s. 1 Holland Waistcoat, Value 7s. 1 Silver Snuff-Box, Value 18s. 1 Portugal Piece of Gold, Value 18s. and 2 Guineas, the Goods and Money of Edward Price ; one promissory Note, signed under the Hand of Margaret Wright , Spinster , bearing Date 1751, Value 100l. by which Note the said Margaret did promise to pay the Sum of 100l. upon Demand, at 4 per Cent. to the said Edward, in the Dwelling-house of Robert Hall , Novem. 26. 5. JOHN BRIANT , was indicted for that he, together with George Robertson , not yet taken, on the King's Highway, on James Holland did make an Assault, putting him in bodily Fear, and stealing from his Person one Hat, Value 2s. a Peruke, Value 20s. Decem. 31. He was a second Time indicted, with John Welch , for robbing Patrick McDaniel , of a Hat, Value 2s. on the King's Highway, Decem. 14. 6. WILLIAM BALDWIN , was indicted for that he, in the Dwelling-house of Rose Sykes , Widow , on Thomas Mot did make an Assault, putting him in Corporal Fear and Danger of his Life, one Silver Watch, Value 30s. and 16s. in Money numbered, from his Person did steal, 22December. 7. JOSEPH HALL , was indicted, for that he, together with Charles Sickamore and Jonathan Ward , on the first of December, about the Hour of 7 at Night of the same Day, the Dwelling house of William Grub did break and enter, one Cloth Coat, Value 2s. one Flannel Waistcoat, Value 2s. one Pair of Leather Breeches, Value 2s. two Linnen Gowns, one Stuff Gown, one Camblet Gown, two Quilted Petticoats, and one Peruke, the Goods of the said William, from his Dwelling, did steal, take, and carry away. 8. TIMOTHY MURPHY , was indicted for forging, and making a certain Will and Testament, purporting to be the last Will and Testament of John Wilkinson , and publishing the same with Intent to defraud. As we formerly promised to give some Account of Ward, we begin with him. 1. Abraham Ward , aged 48, was born in the Parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch , bred up with his Parents in the said Parish, without any Education; and illiterate he was indeed, and stupidly ignorant, to the last Degree, even all his Days, scarce remembring To-morrow what had been told him To-day. About the Age of fourteen Years he was bound Apprentice to a Weaver , in the Neighbourhood where he was born. He says he served his Apprenticeship, and worked Journey-Work to the same Business some Years after. Having changed his Mind, he left his Trade, and took to the Seas , after being about four Years out of his Apprenticeship; and says, he was in that memorable Expedition, when the English Fleet went up the Mediterranean , to establish Don Carlos in the Kingdoms of Italy , and the Two Sicilies . In this Fleet, he says, he was Abroad about eight Months: Then he came Home, and became again a Journeyman , married, and worked at his Trade to which he had been bred. When the late War broke out, he left his Wife and Family, and went up the Streights with Admiral Haddock. The Admiral being called Home, Ward came to Plymouth on Board the Flag-Ship and was there paid off, and came to London again, and went to work once more at his Trade: But not being very fond of Work, he says he embarked once more at Sea, and was on Board a Ship, which was one in the two Fleets, distinguished at that Time, by the Names of the May and October Fleets. He got some Money, he says, by his Service and Labour in the Navy , which he spent very idly, in drinking hard, and keeping loose Company. The Man, however, was again taken into Employ in his Trade, and got his Livelihood, he says, honestly. The Woman whom he wickedly murdered, had lived with him about three Years, at different Times; and tho' they were not married, yet Quarrels would frequently arise, and they parted for a-while, and came together again, when their Passions subsided; and once too often they did so at last. They had lately fallen out before this last Quarrel, and he got out of the Way, resolving never to be with her more. But as she worked with his Mother, who was a Pipe-Maker, and ne now and then went to see his Mother, she saw him one Day come there, and when he went away, followed him to his Lodgings. After this last coming together, there had not passed above four or five Nights, e'er he committed the Fact which was the Cause of her Death. He says, during this Time, they quarrell'd daily and hourly, and he would fain have had her to go away from him, which she would not; and one Word raising another, till both were in violent Passions, abusing, and calling one another every bad Name that came uppermost, their Quarrel ended at last in both their Deaths. He represented the Case thus, and always was in the same Story, viz. After Breath and Words were almost spent, the Woman catched up a Broom, with which she offered to strike him; he would have taken it from her, and in the Struggle the Broomstick was broke in two Pieces. She had the End the Head of the Broom was fast to, and he had the other. He says he thrust her down Stairs, in Order to turn her out of his Lodgings, and the Fray continuing on the Stairs, he struck her several Blows, he says, with the Piece of the Broomstick he had in his Hand, and owes the Blows he gave her, he believes were the Cause of her Death: but utterly to the last he denied the using the large Piece of Wood, which was produced in the Court at his Trial, which he says, served him as a Fender to his and he never touched it that unhappy Day of the Quarrel, when thewas done for which he suffered, according to the late Act of Parliament, on the second Day after Sentence was passed upon him, upon a plain Evidence given in, to the Conviction of his being guilty of the Fact. He could not therefore but own the Justice of his suffering Death for it; but he had Hope towards God, that, through the Merits of Christ, he might be saved in the World to come. The Man behaved very well, as far as his Capacity would give him Leave, both before and after Trial, and till executed. 2. William Cross , aged 23, was born at Stratford upon Avon , and was bred there with his Parents, who had taught him to read and write a little, till his Mother died, and his Father marrying again, Things did not go so well; and he, as well as the Rest of the Children, his Brothers and Sisters, were obliged to turn out to get their Living: 'T was his Fortune to go to be a Gentleman's Servant , and he was in several Places before he left his own Country; and himself says, he never did any Thing to wrong any Family so long as he staid there. About three Years ago he came to Town, and lived in Tower-Street , and in the Tower , and from thence removed to Oxford-Market , where he lived with a Tripe-Man, was Servant sometime with him, and hawked Tripes , Etc. about the Streets. Soon after he became acquainted with the Daughter of a poor Man, that bears a good Character in his Neighbourhood, and married her, to whom, and his Family, Cross was the Occasion of no small Uneasiness and Trouble; and it was not long before the poor Girl died, through some ill Usage She had received from him, to the great Grief of the poor unfortunate Father. However, he was so humane and good-natur'd, as not to turn the Fellow out of Doors be ore he had got a Place for him, hoping that he might yet do better; but he was got now into a bad Way of thinking, and worse Company, and his own Sister afterwards, and other loose Women, pushed him on to rob every one he could, to support their Extravagance and Wickedness. He begun with two Pair of Stockings, he says, and upon reflecting what Injury he was doing to those who fed him, he promised to himself never to take any Thing more. But now he was given up to bad Ways, and the Devil was too busy with him; so going one Day into the City from Westminster , he called on a Sister that then lived in Clare-Market , whom he found crying, and asked what ailed her. She told him another Sister was come up to Town in ragged Condition: Upon which he went to see her, and found her in sad Plight. The People where she was, said to him, as he lived in a good Place, they knew he could get some Cloaths to set her out, and get her into Place; to which he consented, and promised to do it as soon as he had Opportunity. On Sunday following Cross's Master dined Abroad, and he found Opportunity, and stole a Pair of Stays, a Shift, an Apron, and two Handkerchiefs, one of which Handkerchiefs the Woman had where his Sister was, and she wore out all the Rest of his stolen Goods. Afterwards the Sister and the Woman quarelled, and Cross was charged three Shillings per Week for her Board, and the Woman seizing him for it, he stole a Gown, and pawned for a Guinea, and out of that paid his Sister's Lodging. After this he stole a Pair of Stays, which were sold for a Crown; and many other Goods he stole from his Master, he said, which are too many enumerate particularly; and, he says, having given over all Signs and Thoughts of Goodness and Honesty, he went on stealing, and made many Presents to Women of his Acquaintance: And thus he went to play his Tricks in a Family he was taken into, as it were, out of Charity, appearing then to be honest, tho' poor, active, and willing to work. In this Method he went on for about twelve Months, his Behaviour being apparently such as prevented Suspicion of him; but at length so many Things were missing, and so frequent Robberies were done in the House, that somehow he became suspected, and his Master resolved to turn him away, and accordingly did so. After some Time he got into Service with a Gentleman at Fulbam; when this reached his former Master's Ears, he thought himself obliged to let the Gentleman know what Sort of a Fellow he had taken into his House: He did so, and soon after Cross was dispatched that Service. However, Cross was not without a Stratagem in his Head, of which he thought to avail himself before he left that Place entirely; and it was this. After he was turned out of the House, he made Shift to get over the Garden-Wall, and knowing the House, went directly to the Kitchen-Window, where the Maid-Servants were, and desired them to let him in for a Minute. They did so; and having staid there some Time, he begged to stay there all Night, for that he could not set out for London till next Morning. However, they did not like his Proposal, and wanted him gone: Upon which they pretended their Mistress was coming, which put him in a Hurry, and he desired to be hid in a Closet where some Linnen was, but they told him that Place was where their Mistress generally went, whenever she came down into the Kitchen. The Fear of being seen by the Lady, put him upon his Flight, and he went out the same Way he came in, and came to London. He did own, that his Design was to have robbed the House, if he had staid there all Night. The next Service he got was with a Gentleman at Endfield, with whom he carried not long; for one Day coming up to Town with his Master, he brought with him a Silver Spoon or two, but being somehow detected, his Master left him behind, when he returned into the Country, and he began again to visit his old Haunts in Town; and, like an ingenious Youth, he went to the House of the poor Man, whose Family he had before, as above mentioned, done great Wrong to, and took an Opportunity to break open a Cupboard, in which were several Guineas, which he brought away with him, to the great Detriment of the right Owner thereof, and consumed it with lewd Women. At this Time he lodged in Eagle-Street , at a Publick-House, where several others lodged. He had seen the Trunk several Times which he was convicted for stealing, and his Fingers itched at it, and he was resolved to have it. He had watched an Opportunity for some Time, but something or other prevented. At length, on the twenty-fifth of November, in the Evening, he took the Advantage of the House being full of Company, and all very busy, to go up Stairs, and brought the Box or Trunk himself, unnotic'd by any Body in the House. He went that Night into Salisbury-Court with it, and the next Day he went to the Cross-Keys in Wood-Street and sent it down, by the Waggon, to Stratford upon Avon , directed to himself, to be left at the Crown, but gave private Orders to the Waggoner to leave it at the White-Lyon in Stratford, intending himself to follow it soon, had he not been prevented by the Interposition of the Hand of Justice. As he was the last that came to lodge in the House, and the Person with whose Manner of Life the Family were least acquainted, when the Robbery was found out he was suspected, and charged with it; but he denied it, and said, the other Man that lay in the same Room might have done it, but he knew nothing of it; so that he would have put it upon any Body, rather than himself, while he thought there was any Possibility of screening himself. At this Time he was not apprehended, but a Warrant being obtained by the Landlord of the House, Cross was met by him some Days after, and then taken. He was had before a Justice, but would own nothing there; but being taken to the Round-House for further Examination, his Conscience pricked him, and before he went in he took out some of the Money that had been in the Trunk, and shewed it to the Landlord of the House, who took him, saying, that was taken out of the Trunk. He did not then say that he took the Trunk or the Money, but would have again laid it on an other Person: tho' he since acknowledged, he committed the Robbery himself. Being push'd thus far, he declared what was become of the Trunk, and a Messenger being sent after it, and overtaking the Waggon at Wheatly in Oxfordshire, the Trunk or Box was brought back, and delivered to the Owner, by the Carrier, before Justice Lediard. Being brought to Newgate, an Indictment was preferr'd, and the Bill found: Upon which, Cross was convicted, having nothing to say for himself, but what the Court and Jury gave no Heed to, viz. That another Person stole the Box or Trunk, and brought it to him. Immediately after Conviction, his Conscience pressed him sore, upon Account of this, and the many other Robberies he had been guilty of. He found he now was to suffer for all, and began to repent, and own all, as represented above. And, in particular, he expressed his Sorrow, for having attempted to ruin the Character of another, when in Fact he declar'd, they had been in Company at a Play together, and drinking a Pot of Beer, but he never knew the young Man guilty of any bad Action; nor had he seen him for a Fortnight, or more, before he stole the Box or Fortnight, or more, before he stole the Box or Trunk, nor ever since. Cross behaved very well from the Time of his Conviction at December Sessions, till he dy'd, and appeared truly sensible of his past evil Life, and penitent. 3. William Merriss , was 21 Years of Age, and was born in Hounsditch , of Parents whose Circumstances would not admit of giving him any Education, and he was quite illiterate, ignorant of all Good, and obstinate to the last Degree. His Occupation by Day has been, ever since he left his Parents, selling Fruit, and hawking Goods, Lemons and Oranges, and one Sort of Fruit or other, about the Streets of London, and down about the Countries of Bow and stratford , Etc. in Essex , and in all these Places he was very well known, and, at Night, he had his Company to resort to, about Shoreditch and Old-Street, whose Practices, Darkness was necessary to keep from the Eye of the World, at least for their Safety. He did once acknowledge to me, that he had been a very wicked young Fellow, but afterwards he grew surly and obstinate, and I could not get a Word of him, but he was dumb to all I said to him. This unfortunate Youth, on Wednesday the 15November, between Eight and Nine o'Clock in the Evening, had the Assurance to assault a Man upon Snow-hill, while People were passing and repassing, and was seen in Company with two more by several of the Neighbours, lurking upon the Hill. The Manner he begun the Attack was thus: Seeing a Countryman go along, he accosted him, with saying, 'Countryman, ' how dost do?' To which the other reply'd, ' Are you my Countryman? I don't know ' you.' Morriss said again to him, 'Come, ' let's take a Pot of Beer together, and talk ' over old Stories; I know your Friends in ' the Country.' Upon which, as they were going under the Saracen's Head Gate , as the Prosecutor told me several Times since he appeared at the Old Bailey against him, Merriss turned about, and began to talk to him in indecent Languages, favouring of base sodomitical Intentions. This the Prosecutor resented; and finding he was not a Man for his Purpose in this Attempt, Morriss told him he was very poor, and must have what he had in his Breeches. Upon this, Morriss swore, if he did not surrender directly, he'd cut his Throat. Then the Prosecutor made for the Street, and Morriss overtook him, and knock'd him down, and jobb'd an Instrument he had in his Hand, into his Mouth, which he took for a Knife; which Moriss told me was nothing but a Piece of a white Chamber-pot: though the Wounds about the Fellow's Mouth and Face, seem'd to be done with another Kind of Instrument than Morriss would own he had in his Hand, while he would suffer me to say any Thing to him, or give me any Answer. However, the same Night after the Affair was over, and he had robb'd the Countryman of seven Shillings, and a Purse, upon his crying out, Morriss was pursued down the Hill, and as he was coming up again, was taken; and being charged with robbing, and murdering a Man, who then appeared all in gore Blood, reply'd very impudently, 'What if I have.' I saw him that Night myself, with daring Assurance, defying all Laws, and daring them to carry him before a Magistrate, breathing out Menaces. However, the Countryman was carried to St. Bartholomew's Hospital , and taken Care of, and Morriss before the Lord Mayor. As the People were going along Cheapside , about half Way before they came to the Mansion-House , they were met by some, who seem'd by their Behaviour, to have an Inclination to rescue Morriss, and at the same Time, he began to cry Organges and Lemons; but they had him before the Lord Mayor, who thought proper to commit him, after having first very judiciously sent him, with Number of Persons, to the Hospital, to see if the Man knew him; and he did single Morriss out from among twelve or fourteen Persons. He told me himself more than once, he knew him again, not only by his Face, but his Apron, which he then had on when he attack'd him, and when he was brought back to him by the Lord mayor's Direction. When he was brought to the Bar to be tried, he behaved with uncommon Sullenness, would scarce be persuaded to hold up his Hand, and plead to the Indictment. At last he did mutter out, Not guilty; but the Evidence being called, proved him guilty, to the Satisfaction of the Jury, or they would never have found him so. When the Court indulged him, with asking, if he had any Thing so say for himself, he behaved odly, and would not speak. He afterwards left the Bar in an indecent, nay, insolent Manner. For a few Days after Conviction, he went to Chapel. But one Day I took upon me, to ask him concerning the Affair, when he told me, he was quite innocent of the Charge. I said, I could searce believe it; if he was I was glad of it, 'twou'd be the better for him hereafter. Upon which he resolved to go up to Chapel no more, and determined to die a Roman Catholick. So that his Mouth was locked up with regard to me, and I know not whether he owned the Fact or no. But this I know, he told me, 'twas not a Knife he had in his Hand, at that Time, but a Piece of a white broken Pot. So that he owned he was present, and the Countryman swore positively to him. And now, If Morriss was innocent, what Occasion had his Friends to make use of such Stratagems, as they did, to get the poor Countryman out of the Way, that he might not appear against him? In the first Place, Money was offered him by some that came to him to the Hospital, which he refused, tho' this was a great Temptation to a Man, who was 100 Miles from Home, and had been robbed of his All; yet he withstood it. He was no sooner able to go Abroad, than two People came to him, and pretending to be his Friends, told him, they were Church-Wardens of St. Luke's Parish, and having heard that his Life was threatened, they, in a friendly Manner, came to prevent the Mischief intended. If he would go with them, they would send him Home out of the Way of Danger. He suspected them a little, but their Persuasions were such, that he was induced to go with them to a Publick House, where they said, they would let him know how they intended to manage the Matter. When they came there, they called for Beer, and he having been sick, desired to have it warmed. They had it made hot, and put into it somewhat that he took for Ginger, and gave it him to drink. He drank of it heartily, not suspecting the Trick, and left them, they promising to see him again. In his Way to the Hospital, finding he was sick, he went into a House, and drank a Pennyworth of not Purl, which moved his Stomach, and carried off, in some Measure, what he had drank before. But, after all, had it not been for the Skill and Care of the Physicians or Apothecaries of the Hospital, the Consequence might have been fatal to him, of having drank with his pretended Friends. After he left the Hospital, the Church Wardens of the Parish of St. Sepulchre's put him into their Workhouse , in order to secure him from any Harm that might be intended, till such Time as he had given Evidence of the Robbery, Etc. and had received his Share of the Reward, to enable him to go into the Country; and he was there till the Matter was over, Morriss convicted, and himself went into the Country, having received his Share of the Reward. And, during this Time, as he was one Day going thro' Field-Lane to Holborn Bridge , some four or five People met him, and one of them came behind him, and knocked him down. Upon which Birk, the Prosecutor of Morriss, ran back to the Workhouse , as fast as he could, one of the People following him to the Door of the Workhouse, who was secured for a while in the Workhouse, and afterwards sent to the Compter. I saw him, a bold, daring, impudent Fellow, seemingly capable of attempting any Mischief. If Morriss had been innocent, what Reason for such Methods to be taken; far from such as were necessary to support Innocence, but tending rather to establish the Credit of the Prosecutor. Had Morriss been innocent, certainly a Method might have been found out by his Friends to have shewed it. But, as the Case was, no Evidence of Innocence, or even to his Character, appeared; so that his Suffering has all the Marks of being supported by the Hand of Justice, whatever he might say to the contrary. 4. William Clarke , aged 26, was born at North-Allerton , in Yorkshire , of a reputable Family; he was brought up in a genteel Manner, and had an Education proper to qualify him for a Trade; and, after having been a proper Time at School, he was put an Apprentice to a Grocer in the same Country, and served his Time. However, as the Apprenticeship drew to its Period, there appeared some Marks of Extravagance, and a roving Mind, which gave some Concern to those who were interested in his future Welfare; and all Methods were made use of, to introduce him properly in the World, and six him in Business. But it was all to no Purpose; his Inclinations did not seem to be fore a Trade, which was confined to a Shop; his Thoughts were more aspiring, and his Designs more extensive, and he chose to go Abroad into the World. Accordingly, between three and four Years ago, he set out from Home for London , with Design to cross the Seas. And, for some Time before he went, he had Lodgings upon Snow-hill, appeared as a Gentleman, and, for ought I find, behaved so during his Stay in Town. He used frequently to attend then Old Baily , for two or three Sessions, before he went Abroad; and, once upon a Time, (which proved a very fatal one to him in the Event of Things) he happened to see an unfortunate young Gentleman brought to the Bar, to be tried for returning from Transportation, after having been convicted for Forgery, and had his Sentence changed from Execution to Transportion for Life. The Behaviour of this young Gentleman seemed to catch his Taste, and, he says, he seemed. as it were, uneasy, till he had some Conversation with him. And it was not long after, but he made it his Business to come to Newgate , and enquiring for him, had Admittance. It happened the young Gentleman's Tryal was put off then to a farther Sessions, so that Access to him was the farther Sessions, so that Access to him was the more easy. They soon became acquainted, and drank together several Times. At their several Interviews, the young Gentleman would be now and then talking of what he had done in the Way of Forgery, and boastingly said, 'twas an easy Matter for a Man, that had Art of Pen, and Contrivance, to get a great deal of Money, before he might be found out, as he had done; and frequently repeated such Sort of Discourse to Clarke, who says, he heard him in this, and other Points of Conversation, which happened between them, with Pleasure; and thus he drank too freely of the Poison which proved his Bane. And, by the Way, the Person and Conversation of that aforesaid young Gentleman was such, as would have deceived and imposed upon any, but the most wary: And Clarke, through his Extravagance and roving Temper, not being in the best Way of Life, and becoming afterwards in necessitated Circumstances, could not help letting the World see how apt a Scholar he had been, and has since given a fatal Proof of it. He left England before the above young Gentleman suffered Death for his mischievous Ingenuity: But tho' his Master was dead and gone, Clarke had not forgot his Instructions. He went to the West-Indies , and fix'd himself upon the Island of Barbadres , and took upon him the Character of Merchant ; and in this Manner be went on for about 12 or 14 Months, doing what Business he could with his small Stock. This at length failed, and not being able to go on in a fair Way, he had Recourse to Forgery. He says, the Draught he first made, was in such a Manner, as caused Suspicion, and being examin'd into, he was, after a fair Trail, agreeable to the Laws of that country, found guilty of Forgery, and received Sentence of Death. In thisCase he lay about a Fortnight or three Weeks, and then Interest being made to the Governor of the Country, he had his Life given to him, and he was ordered to depart that Island. Whatever Reflections his Mind might suggest in that melancholy Situation, they were all erased, as soon as he had got he Liberty and Life restored to him again; for one of the first Acts he did, after his Arrival again in London, (whither he came directly from Barbadoes) was the Forgery for which he received Sentence of Death, upon pleading guilty. Being arrived in London, he came again to his old Lodgings upon Snow-Hill, and there had Lodgings till apprehended for the Fact. In that Neighbourhood he pretended he had made an Advantage of going Abroad, talked of some Hogsheads of Sugar he expected over, and produced a Warrant, or Order, for 287l. 15s. 9d. payable to himself, William Clarke , the Bearer. This gained him Credit in the Neighbourhood, for he made no Secret of it, tho' he knew it forged; but frequently made Shew of it to several Persons. They looked upon it as good, and upon the Credit of it he had bespoke several Parcels of Goods, which were made up, and ready to be delivered to his Use, as soon as the Order was paid. At length he went out one Day a fishing, and sent the Order for Payment; but he having made the Acceptance wrong, the Fraud was discovered, and the Man sent with it stopped, till he should produce the Person he received it from. Accordingly proper Persons were sent to seek for Clarke, whom they found at his Diversion of Fishing. He did not deny any Thing, and being brought before a Magistrate, was committed to Newgate . Being asked before his Commitment, if he had any Thing to offer for himself, he replied, he should reserve that to another Time. The Trial was postponed from October Sessions till December, when, on the first Day of the Sessions, being brought to the Bar, and arraigned, he, without Hesitation, pleaded guilty. He behaved before, and since Sentence passed upon him, very quietly and decently; owned the Justice of the Punishment insticted on him, and said he had merited it to the uttermost, since he did not take Warning by the former Escape he had from the Hands of Justice. 5. Anne Fox , aged 23, was born in the County of Kildare , in the Kingdom of Ireland , of poor Parents, who gave her no Education as we find, she not being able to read. She has been in England , it seems, but few Years, and the People that knew her gave her a good Character, and seemed to say, they never heard any Harm of her, till this Fact for which she suffered. The better for her if the Case were so, she had the less to answer for, or to be afraid of giving Account of; but as she was a Roman Catholick , her Account cannot be expected from me any further than has been made publick. It seems she was a Friend and Countrywoman of the Prosecutor and his Wife, whom she robbed; she was taken in to look after a Child in their Absence, and to help the Family in other little odd Matters, there might be Occasion to be done. She had lived with them about Half a Year, and one Day; when they were both out, she took an Opportunity to break open the Chest, where they kept all their valuable Goods, which she carried off, and made away with. She acknowledged the taking of the Goods when she was taken up, and she made no Defence upon her Trail. Her Suffering therefore, appears to be according to Law, and Justly. After Conviction she, being of the Persuasion as above, never appeared at Chapel; but I could find that her Behaviour was not altogether so decent, and becoming a Woman, especially in her Circumstances, for some Time: But, after the Warrant for Execution, she altered her Note; having before had Hopes of Mercy, from the Notion of being recommended by the Jury: When she found all Hopes past, she resigned, with Appearance of Repentance. 6. John Bryant , aged 23, was born at Kingsale , in the Kingdom of Ireland , of poor Parents, whose Circumstances in Life admitted not giving him any Education; for he could not read any more than the former poor unhappy Creature. He seem'd to be a Youth of a strong, robust Constituation, and was bred to the Sea. He was in the Navy during the last War, Several Years, and behaved like a Man in his Place, as a Foremast Man , and was beloved by his Ship.mates. He took some Trips to Sea Since the War, and got Money by hard Labour , which he threw away as foolishly, in drinking and bad company; which brought him at last to his Ruin, after having led him into the Snare. Having lately left the Seas, he got in to be concerned, with some loose ones he met with, in several Robberies and at last was betrayed by a Companion, who being taken first in a Robbery, gave Notice where the Place of Rendezvous was, and Bryant was taken, and convicted, after a fait Trial, having nothing to say for himself, one John Barber , an Accomplice being admitted Evidence against him. In this Robbery, Bryant held a Cutlass over the Prosecutor's Head, and threatened to cut him, if he made a Noise; but the Watchman being near in Mansfield-street , the Robbers only knock'd him down, took away his Hat and Wig, and run away. Bryant was capitally convicted on the Indictment for robbing Mr. Holland; but being indicted a second Time, with John Welch , for robbing Patrick McDaniel of a Hat on the King's Highway, he was acquitted. 'Tis Pity a Man should be so much an Enemy to his own Life, as to risque it for such Trifles. He died a Roman Catholick , and, to Appearance, a Penitent. 7. William Baldwin , aged 23, says, he was born at Marybone , of Parents, who are said to be good Sort of People. His Father was a Carpenter, who first put this unhappy Youth to School, where he learned to read and write, and afterwards took him an Apprentice to himself. He served Pretty well, a little inclineable to Idleness, and breaking, out now and then, but went on tolerably well, till he came to Man's Estate. Then he thought proper to remove himself from his Father's Presence and Command, that he might take his Swing, and he uncontrouble. Soon after his Departure, he became famous about the Hundreds of Drury , and took up with this Woman, Rose Sykes , mentioned in the Indictment he was tried upon. He says, she's his Wife, though he has not, as it were, lived with her for twelve Months past. Then he became noted among the Stage-ers, and has fought several Battles well, as 'tis said of him; tho' he was so unfortunate as to acquit himself but badly of the Stage of the World. About twelve Months ago somewhat happened, he did not care to say particularly what; but yet he was in Danger of Law: Upon Account of which he went beyond,Sea where he staid for about seven or eight Months, and when he thought the Hurry and Noise, he was once afraid of, was over, he returned again to London , to his old Company, and all Ways. He sometimes work'd by Day as Carpenter , but of late, when he has follow'd the Night-Work, he was not fit for the Day-Work, and so at last he gave it all up, and resolved to stick to that which has proved fatal to him: the being Bully, or Protector, to a House of ill Fame . He was once a Workman, and well respected among the Trade he was bred to; but when he gave Way to his Passions, and followed after new Inventions, he could not any longer contain from Thing. having foregone all honest Industry. After Conviction he denied the whole Moter, tho' the Evidence against him was very plts and convinting. He denied as he had in the Defence, having ever seen the that was in the House. and saw him do the Fact. He denied the knowing of Anne , in a Wife, he lived with her once, he find, but was not married: And in this Tone he continued, till Rose Sykes was taken, and to Newgate for the same Fact: Then he talked of her as his Wife, and to fit her; but denied the Fact. After he found himself included in the Warrant for Execution, he behaved in a very surly Manner at first, and seemed agitated with dismal Thoughts of his approaching Fate. In a Day or two after, his Mind was more reconciled to the Thoughts of it, and he began to think of resigning to the Will of God, and said, ' Tho' my Body is ' confined, and killed, yet my Soul shall not, ' I hope ;' and, for the last two or three Days, was persuaded to think a little more of the Matter. He would not however acknowledge the whole of the Charge against him; but so much he did, as was sufficient to shew, he was concerned in the Robbery. He owned he used Menaces, threw Vollies of deep Oaths and Imprecations against the Prosecutor, but denied that himself took the Watch and Money. He prayed earnestly at last for Pardon of his great, and many Transgressions, and appeared penitent. 8. Joseph Hall , was 23 Years of Age, born at Hockley in the Hole , of poor Parents, had no Education, and was bred to his Father's Trade, who was a Buckle-Maker . But, his Father leaving his Mother, and him, went to live away from them, and they both took to carrying a Basket for their Livelihood. His Mother is esteemed to this Day an honest Woman, and Hall says, if he had followed her Advice, he should never have come to this unfortunate and ignominious Death. He was very ignorant, and searce capable of any good Impressions, and tho' he seemed to pray to God to forgive him his Sins very earnestly, while the Words were putting in his Mouth: yet 'tis to be feared, they were soon forgotten, for Want of Capacity to imbibe and retam; all early Rudiments in good and religious Notions having been concerning the Nature of Sin, and how odions it made Man in the Sight of God, without a true Repentance, he could not refrain from Tears, but all Thought of what had been laid before him, seemed to vanish with the Tears. He followed the Basket some Years in Newgate and the Fleet Markets , and was well known in both. About a Year ago, he was put into New Prison , on Suspicion of stealing some Lead; but no one appearing to find a Bill of Indictment, he was discharged at the Gaol Delivery. Afterwards, he was taken up again, for another Fact of the same Kind, and being admitted an Evidence, escaped once more. Then he went down to Birmingham , thinking to leave off, for Fear of the Consequence, and to go to work there. But that Fit lasted not long, e'er he returned again to the same Practices, and was a stealer of Lead, and a Pickpocket, ever since, when Opportunity offered, till he was taken up for the Fact for which he suffered, He owned the Justice of his Sentence, and said, he had been a sad naughty Boy, but hoped God would forgive him, for he put his Trust in him. 8. Timothy Murphy , was 30 Years of Age, born in Ireland , but I could not learn what Part of that Kingdom. After his Conviction, when I put the Question to him, what Way of Religion he had been brought up in, he was at a Loss to give me a direct Answer, and only said, he believed he was inclined to be Roman Catholick ; and so he was received, and died: And, by his Advertisement of Saturday last, no one can expect that an Account of his secret Transactions should to given in these Sheets; but, I hope, I may venture to report what is known to many, that others, unacquainted with it, may know what Pains he has taken to make himself unhappily famous in England. And may his example be a Warning to others, how they attempt to set up their own Foolishness in Opposition to the Wisdom of all Laws. It is possible this may be the only Piece of Forgery the Murphy was ever guilty of, upon which he was convicted; and Charity will engage every one to think so, who does not know to the contrary: But this is contrived with such Art and Cunning, as to shew the Author of it deserving the Censure and Punishment of the Laws of the Country, provided against such a detrimental Crime. This was brought about by such Contrivance, as was not to be seen through presently, even by the most cautious and wary. In January1750-1, Murphy became acquainted, with one Williams, to whom, after some Weeks, he opened his Breast to him with a Secret, (a fatal one it was) and swore him to Secrecy. This Secret was, that one Wilkinson was dead upon the Coast of Guinty, who belonged to a private Ship, of War, and left Money due, which might be taken by any Body; so he proceeds to make a Will, and wrose it himself, making Williams, by the Name of John Daunt , of Lisborn , in Portugal , Victualler , whole and sole Executor , and made a Power of Attorney to him likewise der the same Name, and put two Witnesses Names to the Will. Upon this they agreed to go to receive the Money, but could not upon the Power, till the Will was proved. Then they went to the Commons, and proved the Will, and returned to receive the Money; which they did, and shared the Money, Murphy having the larger Share for writing the Will, Etc. And now each consulted his own Safety, by getting off the Ground as fast as they could, and neither of them was to be heard of for a long Time after. Wilkinson pretended to be dead upon the Coast of Guiney , being afterwards seen, the Cheat was discovered, and Daunt's Will and Powers appeared to be a Forgery. Enquiry afterwards being made after Daunt and Murphy. the latter was found at Newington in Surry , who attempted to make an Escape from the Constable, but was soon re-taken. This was in the Month of July last, and Murphy was committed to Wood-Street-Compter . At the Sessions in September, a Bill of Indictment was preferred to the Grand Jury against Murphy for this Forgery, but was returned Ignoramus; and at the Delivery of the Gaol, Murphy prayed to be continued in the Compter, for what Purpose he best knew, and was accordingly continued. At the Sessions in October, a Bill of Indictment was again preferred against Murphy, and found; but as it was not proper to try him, without the Testimony of the pretended Daunt, the Trail of Murphy's Indictment was put off to the next Sessions. At the Sessions in December, Murphy procured a Bill of Indictment to be preferred against the very Gentleman who preferred a Bill of Indictment against him, for the very Crime he stood charged with himself; so Murphy was continued till the next Sessions, and the Gentleman gave sufficient Bail for his Appearance to the cross Indictment; and the pretended Daunt being found in Gaol in Ireland, owned the Fact, and was brought to Town. And, At the Sessions in January last, Murphy was brought to the Bar to plead to his Indictment; which being read, he pleaded Not guilty. When the Council objected to his Prosecutor's Evidence being legal, there being a Bill of Indictment found against him, it was over-ruled by the Court, which proceeded to try Murphy. Upon full Evidence the Indictment was proved against him, and the Jury found him Guilty. Afterwards, the Indictment found against his Prosecutor was brought before the Court, but not one Evidence appearing to support it, he and two other were honourably acquitted, and Coples of the Indictment were granted by the Court, This Indictment was calculated merely and wickedly to destroy the Evidence against Murphy, and to bring an Odium upon the Character of a Gentleman, which stands good upon Record of the Testimony of several as eminent Men as England can wish to produce, who all personally knew him for many Years. After the Conviction of the Jury, and the Sentence of the Court, I cannot but think, the formidable Conviction of his own Conscience and Heart must follow the Reflection on such a Scene as is here related; but as he died in another Persuasion, I had not the Honour to know whether he owned the Justice of his Suffering or not. At the Place of EXECUTION. ON MONDAY the 12th Instant, about Nine o'Clock in the Morning, William Morriss , Timothy Murphy , and John Briant , in one Cart; William Clarke , William Baldwin , and Joseph Hall , in another; William Cross , and Anne Fox , in a third, were carried to the Place of Execution. Hall, as soon as he had got into the Cart, spake to the Multitude, desiring all young Men to take Warning by him, how they kept Company with lewd Women, for that was his Ruin. WHEN they were come to the fatal Place, Morriss declared his Innocency to the Populace;Baldwin said, He did not take the Watch and Money;Hall hurried, and not so composed, as might be wish'dThe Rest seemed more composed, and prayed each in his own Way, servently, and, to all Appearance, dovoutly. After having continued some Time in Prayer, recommending all their Souls, in the Name of Christ, and his Church, to the Almighty's Protection, the Cart drew from under them, while they called on the Lord Jesus Christ to receive their Souls. 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 at TYBURN, ON WEDNESDAY the 18th of May, 1743. BEING THE THIRD EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Right Honble. Robert Willimot , Esquire. LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON : Number III. 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 Right Hon. ROBERT WILLIMOT , Esq; Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Right Hon Lord Chief Justice LEE; the Hon. Mr. Justice REYNOLDS; the Hon. Mr. Serjeant URLIN, Recorder of the City of London; and Others, his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer for the said City, and Justices of Jail-delivery of Newgate, holden for the City of London and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the 13th, 14th, and 15th of April, 1743. Three Men, viz. James Crop , John Eyres , and George Watson , and three Women, viz. Elizabeth Cannon , Ann Ellard , and Sarah Wilmshurst , were, by the Jury convicted of capital Crimes, and received Sentence of Death. At the same Time also, Report was, made of John Tighe , and Henry Bulley , who in the former Report to his Majesty, were Postpon'd. While under Sentence, they were exhorted seriously to repent of all the Sins of their Life, particularly those heinous Crimes of Murder, Theft and Robbery, whereof they were convicted, and for which they were to suffer so much Disgrace and Shame; and in order to bring them to a true Sight and Sense of their Sin, and to a sincere Repentance for the same, they were admonish'd to think upon the Depravity of their Nature, how that we are all conceived in Sin, and brought forth in Iniquity; this is what the holy Psalmist David, in his special penitential Psalm, for that Purpose composed, because of his great Sins of Adultery and Murder he had committed, with the height, of Concern confesseth unto God, Behold I was shapen in Iniquity, and in Sin did my Mother conceive me. Ps. li. 5. I show'd them, that this is what we commonly call original Sin, from whence all the actual Sins of our Life do flow, this we derive from the Fall of our first Parents Adam and Eve, which Fall of theirs, corrupted them in the whole Faculties of the Soul, and in all the Members of the Body, and by consequence, all their Posterity, of whom, all of us are a Part, are by Nature wholly defiled and corrupted by Sin, so that in us dwelleth no good at all, but we are covered over with Sin as with a loathsome Leprosie, and that this Sin is in us, is evident from its bitter Fruits and Effects, for we are altogether inclined to evil, and averse to what is good; and therefore Moses in describing the Corruption of Mankind, which occasioned the general Flood of Noah, says, Every Imagination of the Thoughts of his Heart, was only Evil continually. Gen. vi. 5. This Sin is the Root of all Evil, and not being actually committed by us, we ought to pray to God, to cleanse us from it, not to impute it to our Charge, but to sanctify us wholly throughout in Soul, Body, and Spirit, that we may present ourselves unto God, as an holy, living and acceptable Sacrifice, which is our reasonable Service. Most of them suffering for the Sin of Covetousness, Theft and Robbery. I expos'd to them the great Evil of this Sin, as being against the express Law of God, Thou shalt not steal, and destructive of all humane Society, for which Reason, in well regulated Governments, the Legislature are obliged to enact capital Laws against Robbers and Thieves, as the Bane of all Society and Government. TO one of them, Sarah Willmshurst, convicted of Murther, and that of her own Innocent Child, I represented what a grievous Crime she had committed; how that Murther in general is the most notorious Crime one can be guilty of, as being a Transgression of God's Law, Thou shalt not kill, an Encroachment upon the Prerogative of Almighty God, who is the Sovereign Lord of the Life and Death of his Creatures, and a most inhumane, cruel Action, yea, a Disgrace to the Nature of Man, who is, or at least ought to be, whatever Failure may happen in particulars, a sociable, a mild, and reasonable Creature. She was shown, what a vile, cruel and abominable Action it was, to lay violent Hands upon her own young tender Infant, calling for Pity and Compassion at her Hand, as if Whoredom and Adultery had not been a Sin great enough, unless she imbru'd her Hands in the Blood of the poor innocent Child, by cruelly and barbarously destroying the Fruit of her own Womb; this I showed her to be in effect the same with Self-murther, a Child being part of and the same with herself: The very heinous and abominable Crime of murdering their own Children, was fully exposed to her from this Text, Can a Woman forget her sucking Child, that she should not have Compassion on the Son of her Womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Is. xlxix. 15. Where this is spoken of as a Thing in a Manner impossible to fall out, although, alas! we find it too often, that Women are so Savage in their Disposition, as not only to relinquish, but in a vile and cruel Manner to destroy and murther their own Children. Yet from the Consequent of this Text, Yea they may forget, yet will I not forget thee: I desired the Murtherer, and all the rest of these sinful Criminals, to comfort themselves in God, since, however merciless and void of Compassion we may prove to one another, yet, if we, by a firm Faith rely upon God's Grace and Protection, he will never leave us nor forsake us, Yet will I not forget thee, saith the Lord. THEY were instructed with Respect to the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, that it was their Duty to receive the same, and in order to do this aright, they were to examine themselves as the Apostle Paul directs: But let a Man examine himself, and so let him eat of that Bread and drink of that Cup. 1 Cor. xi. 28. We ought to examine our selves with Respect to our Knowledge of God, and of Jesus Christ the Son, whom to know, is Life everlasting. The special Business of this Sacrament is, to repeat and renew that Covenant we make with God, in our Baptism, which we have in many Ways grievously broken; it pleases God in his great Mercy to suffer us to come to the renewing of it in this Sacrament, which if done in Sincerity of Heart, he hath promised to accept us, &c. WHILE these, and many other Instructions were given, they all behaved indifferently well, much better than many Others of these unhappy Creatures do, under such dismal Circumstances; they constantly attended in Chapple, and were attentive to Prayers and Exhortations, and such as could read, made regular Responses. Mrs. Wilmshurst was always present, and sat quiet and peaceable, but did not seem so much concerned, as one under her desperate Circumstances ought to have been; she sometimes spoke softly to one or two of them who were about her, but when I reproved them, they were silent. James Cropp and George Watson , though both of them very young, were very attentive and decent in their Carriage; the two Women, Elizabeth Cannon , and Ann Ellard , behaved very well, and appeared serious in their Repentance; Eyres was always very decent, and apparently Devout in his Behaviour; Mr. Tighe and Bulley, constantly attended and behaved in a decent Manner, only Tighe was confined to the Cells for some Days, by reason of a burnt Leg, which he got by Accident, and was always very Submissive and Resign'd. UPON Thursday the 12th of this Instant May, Report was made to their Excellencies the Lords Justices of the Realm, in his Majesties Absence, in Council, when John Tighe , for publishing a forged Release, received his Majesty's most gracious Pardon; Henry Bulley , and John Eyres were ordered to be transported for 14 Years; the remaining five, viz. Sarah Wilmshurst , James Cropp , Elizabeth Cannon , Ann Ellard , and George Watson , were ordered for Execution. Sarah Wilmshurst , Wife of Stephen Wilmshurst , was indicted, for that she, not having the Fear of God before her Eyes, but being moved and seduced by the Instigation of the Devil, on the 4th Day of March, in the 16th Year of his Majesty's Reign, in the Parish of St. Gabriel, Fenchurch , upon a certain Female Infant, about the Age of three Months, feloniously, wilfully, and of her Malice aforethought, did make an Assault, and the said Female Infant in both her Hands did take, and the said Female Infant, with both her Hands, in an House of Office, belonging to the Dwelling House of Luke Philpot , where there was a great Quantity of Filth and Excrement, did cast and throw, by which casting and throwing into the said House of Office, and by reason of the said Filth and Excrement, the said Female Infant was choaked and Suffocated; of which Suffocation the said Female Infant instantly died, and that she, the said Sarah Wilmshurst , the said Female Infant did kill and murther. 1. Sarah Wilmshurst , 36 Years of Age, was the Daughter of creditable Parents in Town, who gave her good Education at School, to read, write, &c. and had her taught what Things are proper to a Gentlewoman, and instructed her in Christian Principles: Above 17 Years ago she married one Wilmshurst, a Painter, in the City, to whom she bare eight or ten Children, beside the unfortunate Bastard murther'd, begotten by another Person; by the Husband, she has only two Sons living, who came to visit her under Sentence, on Sunday the 1st of May in the Press-Yard, and she and they wept and cried most bitterly, a very miserable Spectacle to behold! Mrs. Wilmshurst and her Husband fell into Misfortunes, which obliged him to retire and keep out of the Way some Years ago, and all this Time Sarah liv'd with her Father, as most part of her married Life she chiefly depended upon him, the Husband not much minding to take Care of his Family. During this Time of Separation, Sarah became too intimate with a Man, who haunted pretty much about her Father's House, and got her with Child of the poor Bastard-Infant, barbarously murthered by some Means or other, of which Murther Sarah Wilmshurst the unfortunate Mother was convicted, and for it she suffered. Some gave out, that all her Children were of different Fathers, this she denied, saying, that it is an aggravation of the Misery of those under her Misfortunes to alledge any thing of them they please. Her Husband and she had not seen each other for a Year and a half or two Years past; and her being with Child was kept very secret, none knowing of it but her Mother, who died of Grief about Christmas last, and the Father of the Child, so she being brought to Bed very privately, kept the Child the first Month, and then gave it to a Nurse, who was like to starve it to Death. She gave the Child to another Nurse Mary Balfour , with whom it staid above a Month, and then she took it away. Being not pleased with the Treatment of the Child, or rather intending to dispose of it somewhere else, upon the 4th of March last, towards the Evening, Sarah Wilmshurst went to Mary Balfour , the Nurse, who lived about the Skirts of the Town, and told her, she was to take away the Child, it being the Father's Will to send it to another Place, to Wales, where an Aunt of his was to keep and take Care of it. She past the Time from eight or nine to near twelve at Night, and then took the Child in her Apron, and having a good part of the City to pass through, before she came to her Fathers, and it being a very dark Night, and bad Way, she met with several Affronts in her way homeward, being knock'd down by a Watchman, and struck in the Face, so that her left Eye was near being beat out; she went into an Alehouse for shelter, and there met with still more Abuse; at last she got Home, and her Father's Journeyman came down and let her in; he swore she had not a Child, nor any thing of a Bundle about her; she said she gave the Child to the Father, and that she saw it no more; however, it was prov'd by the Evidence, that the Child in the Night-time was heard crying out most bitterly in the Cellar, where the House of Office was, and likewise, that an intollerable Stench ascended through the House, raised by the Child's being thrown into the Filth; Giles the Evidence, towards the Morning, being in the House, got in a Night-man, and some others, who drew the Child by its Petty-coats out of the House of Office, and found it a Female Child, with eleven punctur'd Wounds in the left Side of his Head, done by a Penknife, Scissars, or some sharp-pointed Instrument; but that was not supposed to be the Cause of its Death, being suffocated by the Ordure; this was certainly an execrable Murder, and most likely that some other Person was con cerned with her in making away with it. She always attended and behaved devoutly and penitently, though not with such apparent Seriousness, as was necessary for one in her desolate Condition; she cried and lamented very much, and was much ashamed of her Fate, and gave out that she was with quick Child. She believ'd in Christ our only Saviour, repented of all her Sins, and died in Peace with all the World. George Watson , of St. Giles in the Fields , was indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling House of Thomas Meckwold , about the Hour of Seven in the Night, with an Intent the Goods and Chattels of the said Thomas Meckwold to steal, take and carry away, February 24. 2. George Watson , of honest and reputable Parents in the City of Edinburgh , 17 Years of Age, and had good Education at School, but had forgot all, excepting to read a little in the Bible and Prayer-Book. He was a perverse, unruly Child when very young. His Father is a Man who deals in England in Hard-ware Goods, and when his Son George was five or six Years old, he brought him up to Derbyshire to his Grandfather by the Mother-side, who was to take Care and Educate him; he was put to School and instructed to read and write, and other Things proper for him; but was of so vile a Nature, that none of these Things he minded, inclining to nothing that's good, but passing his Time in Gaming and Idleness, and very much disposed to thieving, picking Pockets, and breaking of Houses, though his Parents were very desirous of giving him a good Education, and he was as unwilling to receive the same, and to neglect the Cultivation of any Thing that's virtuous or honest. When of Age, George was put out Apprentice to a File-maker in the Country where he liv'd, and was pretty much Master of his Business, by which, when he applied to it, he could earn 18 or 20 Shillings per Week; but was of so wicked a Disposition, that he left Derbyshire to avoid working, without acquainting his Parents, or any Person whatsoever, and found the Way to London, none of his Relations not knowing where to find him even to this Day, he having willingly and industriously lost himself to all the World. Being in London , he associated himself with the vilest Company of Men and Women he could meet with, and they finding him a very wicked Boy fit for their Purpose, trained him up their Works of Darkness, and enouraged him in their pestiferous Ways, though to his own certain and inevitable Destruction. He was reckon'd one of the most dextrous Pick-pockets about the Town, which made him be esteemed a notable Boy in their villainous Courses. He had a Custom in walking the Streets, to throw up Sashes, and at last this Practice brought him to his fatal End. Most of his Father's Business lying in England, he commonly comes to Derbyshire and London once a Year, as many Scotch Merchants do, and George, since he has been in London , used often to see his Father, who was very desirous to see this Prodigal Son, whom he always used to shun, not desiring to be seen by any of his Friends or Countrymen, who were willing and capable to advance his Interest. George used to dress very fine, with Gold or Silver Lace, and a Gold lac'd Hat, and sometimes with a silver hilted Sword; but all Things, since he was in Prison, he lost, pawn'd or sold, and was very naked and miserable while under Sentence; and had no Women nor any Person coming after him; yet when under Sentence, two or three of his Countrymen ordered an honest Woman in the Neighbourhood to give him three-penny-worth of Meat every Day, which she constantly brought him with great Care. Watson never failed to come to Chapple, and behaved indifferently well, but not with that Concern which was requisite: He believed in Christ, repented of his Sins, and was in Peace with all Men. John Eyres , and James Cropp , of St. Leonard Shoreditch , were indicted for assaulting Bernard Merest Byfield , on the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Hat, Value 2 s. a Pair of Gloves, Value 6 d. and a Linnen Handkerchief, Value 6 d. and five Shillings in Money, March 31, Eyres transported for 14 Years, Cropp appointed to dye. James Crop was a 2d Time indicted for assaulting Jonathan Beaumont on the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Hat, Value 2 s. and a Perriwig, Value 5 s. January the 28th. On this guilty also. 3. James Cropp , 21 Years of Age, was born of honest Parents in Norton-Falgate , who gave him Education at School to read, write, and Accompts, to fit him for Business, and had him instructed in the Christian Faith. When of Age, his Father being a Silk-Dyer , intended him for his own Business, and he dying his Mother kept on the Business, as she still does, and James wr'ought with her, having served best Part of his Time; but being confined close to his Work, he soon grew tired of an honest Employment. He then took up with idle and wicked Company, whereby in a short Time he was effectually ruin'd. His Trade he no more minded, but followed a Company of young Girls about the Neighbourhood, who led him into all Manner of Extravagancies, so that his Relations knew not what to do with him, but at last judged it necessary to part him from that vile Company, and oblige him to follow some other Business at a Distance where he should not see nor meet with those dangerous Companions. THEY proposed sending him to Sea, which he, with some Reluctancy, consented to; they accordingly provided him in Cloaths and other Necessaries, and then went with him down the River to the Ship, where they had agreed with the Master. He entered into the Ship, and served some Days in it; but finding this a troublesome Employment he was soon wearied, and came up again to London without consulting any Body: Then he found out his old Companions, who very soon drove him to the Highway, and there committed the Robbery for which he died, in Company with John Eyres , who was under Sentence with him, but received his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve for Transportation during Fourteen Years. IN this Robbery Eyres first attacked Mr. Byfield, and took the Money from him after he was knock'd down, when Cropp was absolutely for murdering him, which Proposal Eyres withstood, the Man begging hard for God's Sake that they would spare his Life, which Favour was granted him by the Intercession of Eyres, and it may be presum'd this mov'd the High Powers to save his Life. There was also one Warman concerned in this Robbery, who commenced King's Evidence, and to him they gave Mr. Byfield's Hat to sell in Rag-Fair, which he accordingly did. Cropp was also indicted for assaulting and robbing Jonathan Beaumont , and taking his Hat and Perriwig, and 5 s. in Money, as set forth in the 2d Indictment. This Robbery Beaumont himself and Warman the Evidence swore, and clearly prov'd upon him. Cropp confessed no more Robberies, and indeed he was unwilling to confess any Thing at all, being a very obstinate, perverse young Man, but in general owned that he was abundantly wicked in his Life, though he denied Thefts or breaking of Houses. He came always to Chapel, read well, and made regular Responces, sung the Psalms, comply'd with the Worship, and was very attentive to Instructions. He believed in Christ as the Son of God, and only Saviour of Sinners, repented of all hi Sins, and forgave all Men as he expected Forgiveness from God. Elizabeth Cannon and Ann Ellard , of St. Botolph, Aldgate , London , were indicted for stealing one Linnen Sheet, Value 2 s. one Apron, Value 3 s. Two Pair of Hose, Value 5 s. one Suit of Pinners, Value 2 s. one Cap, Value 1 s. one Handkerchief, Value 6 d. one Five Moidore Piece of Gold Coin, Value 6 l. 15 s. two Pieces of Portugal Gold Coin of 36 s. each, Value 3 l. 12 s. five Pieces of Gold Coin called Guineas, Value 5 l. 5 s. one Piece of Gold Coin called Half a Guinea, Value 10 s. 6 d. the Goods, Chattels, and Money of Mary Bates , Widow; one Velvet Hood, Value 6 d. one Handkerchief, Value 6 d. and three Caps, Value 6 d. the Goods of Elizabeth Cole , Spinster, in the Dwelling-house of Mary Bates , Widow, April the 10th. 4. Elizabeth Cannon was 15 Years of Age, born of honest, but mean Parents in Town, who gave her a good Education at School to read the Word of God, to sew, and other Things, and had her instructed in our most holy Christian Faith. Her Father was a Painter, but did not agree with his Wife, so they parted, and the poor infirm Woman was put into a Work-house, and he lived by himself, taking no Care either of his Wife or Daughter, which might probably might be the first Occasion of her going astray, having a bad Example of Discord and Animosity set before her, and none to regard her. However her Father put her Apprentice to Mrs. Bates, a Stocking-Trimmer , (for the robbing of whom she died) after which he had no Manner of Regard to her Conduct and Behaviour, but suffered her to live as she pleased, whilst her indigent Mother was reduced to such Distress, as rendered her altogether incapable of doing, or causing any Thing to be done for her. SHE served the Beginning of her Apprenticeship honestly, but being of a vicious Disposition, had for a considerable Time previous to the actual Commission of the Fact, form'd a Design of robbing her Mistress, being well acquainted with the Place where she usually kept her Money, and with some other Circumstances, as in her Opinion rendered the Design practicable, and now only waited for an Opportunity wherein she might conveniently perpetrate it. Accordingly one Ann Ellard (who was tried, convicted, and suffer'd along with her) coming to Town, happened to take Lodgings at Mrs. Bates's, and lay in the Garret along with Betty the Apprentice. After she had contracted some Acquaintance with her, she discovered to her the Intention she had form'd of robbing her Mistress, to which she readily consented. In Order thereto they both went out together and made themselves very fuddled, and then they resolved upon the Execution of their Design which they had before concerted. Cannon being best acquainted with the House, went to the Chest of Drawers, and took out the Money and other Things, as set forth in the Indictment, and delivered them to Ellard. After which they immediately went off, and another Apprentice in the House informed her Mistress that she had been robbed; whereupon a Head-borough and another Man were dispatched in Pursuit of them, and found them in Bed at a Publick House at Tottenham-High-Cross , and from thence brought directly to Town. For the further Particulars relating to the Manner of their being apprehended, the Reader is desired to refer to the Appendix of their Account. BEFORE this unhappy Affair happened, Ann Cannon was reputed to be an honest, industrious young Woman, but now she hereby lost both her Character and Life at once. She behaved well, came always to Chapel, was devout in Prayers, and thankful for Exhortations. Her Mother came to visit her some Days after Sentence, but had nothing to give her; she only cry'd and embrac'd her, desiring her for God's Sake to double her Diligence in making her Peace with Almighty God. THE Mother and Grandfather came some other Times to visit her, but being very poor themselves, had nothing to give her to comfort her. The Father came once to see her, but gave her nothing neither, though as she was in great Want of Linnen, he promised to send her some, which however he failed to do, and thereby testified his own Unnaturalness for his Daughter, although she was the only Child he had. She confessed herself to have been a very wicked Girl, and acknowledged the Miseries of her present distressed Circumstance to have been but the unavoidable and just Consequence thereof. She professed her Belief in the Lord Jesus Christ, and that she died in Peace with every one. 5. Ann Ellard , who suffered as a Partner in the same Crime with Elizabeth Cannon , was about 36 Years of Age, born in Town of very honest Parents, who as their Circumstances admitted, bestowed upon her a decent and commendable Education, of which it appears she made but very little Use or Improvement. Her Knowledge in Matters of a Religious Nature was found to be exceeding weak, having lost all Sense of God, and as an inseperable Consequence thereof, of her own Chiefest Good. HER Father was a Stocking Weaver by Trade and come from the Town of Nottingham: He bred his Daughter to his own Business, that Part of it she said of sowing up and Trimming of Stockings, in which Employment she maintained herself for a considerable Time, with much Comfort and Satisfaction. But at length growing weary of Confinement, she resolved upon going down into the Country, and accordingly set out for Nottingham , where she work'd at her own Business; and after continuing there some Time, she left that Place and went to Leicester , where she likewise found Business, and followed the same Employment. At last she returned to London , and happened to take Lodgings at Mrs. Bates's, who was of the same Business, and there it was that she first became acquainted with her Fellow-Sufferer Elizabeth Cannon , who was an Apprentice in the House, and with whom she used to lie. Thus in a short Time they both came to the fatal Agreement of robbing Mrs. Bates of her Money, (as express'd in the Indictment) and themselves thereby of their own Lives, as the Event has shewn. SHE behaved very well while under her unhappy Circumstances, and expressed a sensible Concern for her own Eternal Salvation, the which she gave all Diligence to secure. She owned herself guilty with Regard to the Fact for which she was condemned, and said that Drunkenness pav'd her Way to it. Let this then be a Warning to all such in whose wicked Account of Things, Drunkenness is no Sin, least they also, as in the Instance before us, be convinced too late of their Error, at the Expence of their Bodies, and perhaps of their Souls. SHE was very serious in her Behaviour, and no less observant in her Duty, and therein also distinguished herself from the general Conduct of such whose Carriage and Behaviour under the like Circumstances, have been as remarkably insolent and infamous. She professed a Faith in Christ as the anointed Saviour and Friend of lost Sinners, upon the infinite Merit of whose Sacrifice she grounded her Hopes of Everlasting Salvation, and left the World in perfect Peace. At the Place of EXECUTION. THE Evening before they suffered, they all received the Sacrament in a devout Manner, and the Morning of their Execution, they all came to Chapel, but before they went up, Mrs. Wilmshurst ask'd me, how her Body was to be dispos'd off? I said, that ought to be the least of her Concern now, and the chiefest was to mind the great work of her Soul's Salvation, and that her Father and Brother would look after her Body, and have it decently interr'd in a Christian Manner: After this, they went up to Chapel, and heard Prayers, a Sermon, and Singing of Psams with great Devotion; after which, they came down, and between eight and nine, were put into two Carts, and in the following Order, were convey'd to the fatal Tree, through a vast Multitude of People, viz. IN the first Cart, were James Cropp and George Watson , and in the second, Mrs. Sarah Wilmshurst , Elizabeth Cannon , and Ann Ellard . WHEN they came to the Place of Execution, they comply'd with Prayers and singing of Psalms, to appearance, very devoutly. Sarah Wilmshurst being asked, what she had to say? declared, that she had no Intention to murder the Child, and as for her bringing the Child to her Father's House, it was by Order of the Father, who promis'd to dispose of it, in a proper Way, to be taken Care of, and for Education; and that she deliver'd the Child to a certain Person, who received it, and carried it off, and after that she never saw or knew any thing of it till it was found in the Place the People suppos'd she had flung it into. From this Account she never vary'd, That positively she was not the Person who threw the Child into the Bog-House, but that it was certain done either by that certain Person, or a certain Woman who was in the House at that Time, and that she knew nothing about it; and this she affirmed with some Ardour, putting herself into some Motion. She owned, that she had been a very wicked Person, and been guilty of a great many Vices, but believed, and strongly hoped, that by the Mercy of God, through the Merits of Jesus Christ, she should obtain Pardon. George Watson , confess'd, that he was a most vicious Boy, and suffered most justly for his Rogueries, confessing the Crime for which he died, and beg'd Pardon both of God and Man, hoping for Mercy from God. James Cropp acknowledged the Robberies he was convicted of, but otherwise, in Point of Confession, was one of the most uncivil, refractory young Men I have seen, and spoke as if he was not bound to confess his Sins to Men, though he had done very great Injuries to them. Elizabeth Cannon had nothing to confess, only that she was a very wicked Girl, and owned the Robbery she was convicted of, and said, she could not well deny, but that she brought the other young Woman, who was a Country Girl, into that fatal Scrape, by her Perswasions. Ann Ellard owned the Fact for which she suffer'd, blamed nobody, and did say, she had been a very vicious, wicked young Woman, and hoped that God would have Mercy upon her Soul for Christ's Sake, she being a sincere penitent. They all appeared very devout in Prayers and singing a Divine Psalm, and Mrs. Wilmshurst wept and shed Tears plentifully, as did also the other two Women, and all of them seem'd highly concerned. Their Devotions being concluded, the Cart was drawn away, and they went off the Stage, crying out, God be merciful to us! Lord Jesus receive our Spirits! This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate. APPENDIX. An ACCOUNT of SARAH WILMSHURST , taken from her own Mouth, while under Sentence of Death in one of the Cells of Newgate. AS there never was in any Age so absolute a Contempt of the matrimonial Contract as in this, in which both Men and Women look upon themselves as bound rather to conceal their Infidelities with Art, than to avoid them with religious Caution; so there cannot be a more proper Mirrour of the Danger and Infamy of such Courses, than the following Account. In it we see how insensibly vicious Pleasure absolutely corrupts the Mind, effaces all Kind of Principle, and makes the intoxicated Wretch ready to perpetrate the most glaring and horrid Crimes, from so weak and foolish a Motive, as the avoiding the Shame consequent on lesser Follies. This is so strongly and naturally depicted in the Life of this unfortunate Woman, as she herself relates it, that no Skill can give it a better, or a more moving Dress. Sarah Wilmshurst , 36 Years of Age on the 28th Day of March last, was born in Billiter-Lane in Fenchurch-street , of very honest and reputable Parents, her unhappy Father still living, but her Mother died on Christmas Eve last. The Detail she gave of her own Life was in these Words. I went to School when I was at a proper Age to one Mrs. Banks in Love-Lane , my Brother being at that Time Apprentice to her Husband, who was a Watch-Maker , where I learned to work at my Needle, and likewise to Dance: I continued there about two Years. After I came from that School, I went to Poor Jury-Lane by Aldgate , where I learned all Sorts of Plain-Work, and continued there about three Years. The last School I went to was to one Mr. Busking, facing Creed-Church , in Leadenhall-street , Writing-Master, and I continued with him some considerable Time. After I came from that School I lived with my Parents; and while I was at home, I had several Persons made their Addresses to me; among them was one Mr. Stephen Wilmshurst , a House-Painter , whom I made Choice of for my Husband, when I was about Eighteen Years of Age. We were married at St. Margaret Pattens in Rood-Lane ; after we were married, I went to my Husband's Father, a Cooper in Rood-Lane , and there we dined, and then went to our House in Mansfield-street , which we took some Time before we were married. My Husband and I lived very comfortably together for Nine Years, and I have had ten Children by him besides Miscarriages. After that Time he began to neglect his Business, and I frequently used to talk to him, and told him the ill Consequences that would ensue, which too soon, to both our Misfortunes we felt. AFTER I had left Mansfield-street , my Husband and I went to live at the Corner of Mark-Lane , at one Mr. Hatfield's, a Carver, whose Wife laid me of five Children. I always did my endeavour to keep up my Husband's Credit; an Instance of it was, that when he owed about 20 l. to his Colourman, and he pressed my Husband very much for the Money, I and another Gentlewoman went to a certain Gentleman in the Temple, and he was so kind as to let me have twenty Guineas, with which I immediately went and paid the Colourman. HE would frequently go with me to Plays, on which Occasions I used always to dress gay, and if any Gentleman spoke to me, he would encourage me to go into his Company, which I frequently denied. When I kept House, I had a Gentleman lodged with me, and when he came home, he heard I was up Stairs with the Gentleman, which I frequently used to be, in order to read to him, he being a Foreigner. My Husband used to think that I was very great with the said Gentleman, concerning which, as I am a dying Woman, he charged me wrongfully; I am, as to him, innocent as a Child's unborn; I never knew whether he was Man or Woman. When Misfortunes came on, I was obliged to leave my House, and go to my Father's with three of my Children, where my good Father received me and my three Children very kindly, and have been with him off and on ever since. AFTER I had parted from my Husband, I unfortunately became acquainted with a young Man, who is a Watch-Maker, at my Father's Country Lodgings in Kennington-Lane , and disobliged my Friends very much in so doing. I kept him Company about four Years, in which Time we lived together as Man and Wife, at the other End of the Town, at a Perfumer's; my own ******* took the Lodging for him and me, and he went for my Brother, and frequenty use to come and send for me to the Three-Tun-Tavern. This young Man not knowing it was my ******* that sent for me, but thought it was some other Person, therefore one Day he took an Opportunity to watch me to the above Tavern, for I told him it was my *******, and as I said he found it to be true, upon which some Words arose between them, that they were going to fight, but I hindered them from it, and so we parted, and I and the young Man went to our Lodging together, and my ****** went another Way. WE lived in this Lodging about six Weeks, and had not gone away from it, had I not seen a Person I knew, and whom I was afraid would betray me. While I lived with this young Man I had three Children by him, which are all since dead. He and I have been parted about five Years last March, and I never saw him since but twice, and then I shun'd him, for fear I should disoblige my dear Father and Mother, having promised them never to speak to him any more, and to break off all Correspondence, in order to regain the Affections of my Parents; for after this unhappy Affair they took me home again, and I continued three Years with them. THERE is one Thing gives me inexpressible Concern, the Reproach that my ill Conduct, contrary to all Reason, will bring upon my unhappy Father and poor Children. If there be any Remains of Charity, Pity, or Tenderness left in the World, let the last Sighs and Tears, the dying Groans of a departing Woman, prevail on Mankind to wave this hateful Practice, and to avoid confounding the Innocent with the Guilty. Mine has been the Crime, mine must be the Punishment, mine too be the Infamy, let not Reproach, black and groundless Reproach, bring the good old Man's Gray Hairs with Sorrow to the Grave. WHEN the Dead-Warrant came down, and Mrs. Wilmshurst found herself included in it, she gave way to a passionate Fit of Dispair, and declared, that rather than be hanged like a Dog, she would find some other Passage out of the World. An Account of this being given to some who have the Management in the Prison, a Person was sent to search her in her Cell, in order to prevent her having any thing about her capable of doing Mischief. This Man found upon her, and took away, a Fork, with which she owned, it was her Intention to have opened a Vein, in order to have bled to Death, and thereby escaped the Scandal of an Execution. She promised, when it was taken away, not to attempt any thing of the like Kind. IT so fell out, that this Circumstance reached the Ears of a Person who was so charitable as sometimes to confer with the Prisoners under Sentence, and who immediately went to her, and discoursed with her upon this Subject. He shewed her, that Infamy did not so much attend the judicial Sentence, as the Guilt of the Crime inducing it, and that therefore it was vain to hope by eluding this, to avoid that. He observed that when Guilt could not be shaken off, it must be attoned: That this was reasonable, and that when attoned, it was in a great Measure wiped away. He further remarked, that the only Way to do this, was to submit patiently to her Sentence, and that without doing this, she could neither expect Favour from the World, nor Mercy from GOD. These Reflections moved her pretty much, and enabled her to resolve against Self Murder; but her Love of Life, and too great Propensity to Worldly Thoughts, perplexed her to the very last. WE may see in this poor Woman the Fault of modern Education, and that general Change which has been made of late in the Maxims of Life: She was always extravagantly fond of Dress, Shew, and Pleasure; these she fancied the great Blessings of this World, and following them with a fashionable Eagerness, brought her to this fatal End: Yet this seemed to affect her more, as it was the Period of all such Views, than any other Way; which shews the Danger of Habit, and what Risque People run, who act upon no Principles. The following is the Copy of a Letter which was sent to Mrs. Wilmshurst during the Time of her Confinement under Sentence. Mrs. WILMSHURST, " OUT of that Charity which every " Christian ought to bear another, whatever Differences there may be in their " Conditions, I think it my Duty to offer " you my Advice under your present melancholly Situation, the rather because the " present Disturbance of your Thoughts may " leave it least in your Power to do what concerns you most. " IN the first Place I shall by Way of " Consolation observe, that our Time upon Earth is but a very small Portion of our " Existence, and therefore the less Merits our " Concern, provided we can but make ourselves secure as to that State into which, " when we leave the Earth, we must enter. " You are extreamly wretched and miserable " at present, and therefore you ought to esteem " it an Alleviation, rather than a heightning " of your Misfortune, that the Time it shall " last will be but short. But the next Business is, how this Time, short as it falls out " to be, must be employ'd, in order to secure " a happy Eternity. " YOU must first cut off your Thoughts " entirely from this World, which the present misery of your Circumstances ought " to make no hard Matter: You can find " nothing in it but Shame, Trouble, and " Distress; and this ought to make you willing to leave it. Instead of considering " Death as a Thing to be feared, you ought " to esteem it your only Refuge. In that " State all are equal; the Mourners forget to " Weep, and the Weary are at Rest. " YOU are next to dispose your Mind, " not to a patient only, but to a chearful " enduring of your Sufferings; and with a " View to this, you ought not to look upon " them so much in the Light of a Punishment, " as of an Attonement. You have brought " them upon yourself, therefore they are just, " and it depends upon yourself to make them " efface, even the exceeding Blackness of " your Crime in the Sight of God and Man. " BUT then, you must resolve to do " Justice, if you have any Expectation of " Mercy. You must purge your Mind from " Envy, Hatred and Uncharitableness. You " must speak the Truth in regard to the " Fact, for which you suffer, and not for " the Sake of varnishing your Offence, venture upon the most horrid of all Crimes, " that of entering into the Presence of God " with a Lie in your Right Hand. " WHEN you have brought your Mind " into this Disposition, and consider the Promises made by God to Man through Christ, " you will find it difficult to vanquish all those " Fears that terrify you at present, and to " bring yourself to submit quietly to what the " Law inflicts; which God of his infinite " Mercy grant, and if these few Rules shall " in any Measure contribute thereto, it will " be a great Satisfaction to, " Your Friend, " And Well-wisher, " A. B." May 16, 1743. The following Paper was left by Mrs. Sarah Wilmshurst , and may be seen in her own Hand, at the Printers. It was thought a Point of public Justice to give it a Place as it tends to wipe off Imputations from innocent People, and to set a very dark Fact in a clear Light. I Do declare to Almitty God, as I am a dead Woman, as I may say, that I no more deservef to be in Nugate, than that pore Scoch maid that live with my Father, for I will clear the pore crature before I depart the World, that she was Qite innocent of taking the box, for my ******* tuke it, I do declare to God, thinking theare was a grade dell of monny in it, but thear was none, the ingy bonds he put down my Father's sellar window one night, and the bank note was receded by a Woman; he burnt the Leace of my Father's House, and the Nots that was in the Box, and he tould me that he flung the box over London bridge , I did not see him indeed, I know he carred it out of my house. But, for God's Sake, let it be a worning to the World hou pepell sware folx lifes away, for we nare throvef after it. I dont speak this in spite, God noues my Heart, but to he a worning to the World, for my poore Brother went under the scandall of it. I am very sorry to say what I do, but thear is no boddy noues what a sad man ******* is, itt was unhappy day for me when I sead his Face, God forgive him, for doue. I nare told this secrett but to 2 foucx, and Mr. Joens the Washmaker was one, and the Woman that I laid in with in fleat-laine , Mrs. Harven she well now it. I nd say a grade dell more, but I have sumething else to think of at this time, so God bless my Dear amleay, my dear dear Children, and God Almitty give them grace. I hope Christ Jesus will reseve my pore Soue. Sarah Wilmshurst . The following Account ANN ELLARD gave of herself, which was taken from her own Mouth some few Days before she suffered Death. ANN Ellard was about thirty-six Years of Age, born in More-Lane in Cripplegate Parish , of very honest Parents, her Father being a Stocking-Weaver . When she was about three Quarters old, her Father and Mother took her down with them to Nottingham , which was their native Place, and where her Father now lives, her Mother having been dead about two Years. When she was about six Years of Age, they put her to School to one Mr. Johnson, upon the High Pavement in Nottingham , where she staid about five Years, then her Parents took her from School, and then she went and learned to Trim Stockings of one Mrs. Ashley, but she did not continue long with her. After she had left Mrs. Ashley, she went and lived with one Mrs. Garten, in the Back-Lane at Nottingham . With this Gentlewoman she lived five Years, and behaved herself very well during that Time, which acquired her a Character. BEING tired with living at Nottingham , she came to London to see her Mother, for her Father (as she said) proving a very bad Husband, her Mother left him and came to Town. Then she came to her Mother's, and staid sometime at Home with her. At last her Mother got a Place for her, to live with one Mr. Spencer, at the Bowl and Pin, a Publick-House in Old-Street-Square , where she lived three Years, and had three Pounds a Year Wages. After she came from that Service, she went and lived with her Mother again for about the Space of two Years, and maintained herself in that Time by triming of Stockings . SHE not agreeing so well as she ought to have done with her Mother, and having a roving Fancy, went to Nottingham to see her Father and an Aunt which lived there, where she was very kindly received by both Father and Aunt. After she had staid some Time with her Father, her Aunt being without a Servant, she went and liv'd with her, who kept a Publick-House in the Town, the Sign of the Two Logger-Heads, in the Narrow Marsh , where she continued for the Space of a Year. SHE went afterwards to Leicester , and there she unfortunately became acquainted with a young Man, whose Name (she said) was John Brand , a Stocking-Weaver ; he pretended to make his Addresses to her, and to court her for his Wife, till at last she proved with Child by him. This Brand was her Fellow-Servant, and worked in the same House with her. When she found herself with Child, and he would not marry her, she returned again to her Father's at Nottingham . Her Father quickly perceiving she was with Child, asked her if she was married? She said she was married at Leicester to the abovesaid John Brand , and told her Father that she expected him in a Month's Time to come to her at Nottingham , upon which her Father was satisfied. The Month being expired, and no Husband coming, he then was uneasy, and began to mistrust that she imposed on him; so one Day he took her aside, and insisted on her telling him, whether she was married or not. Upon which she fell down on her Knees, and related to him how she was unfortunately drawn aside by John Brand , who pretended to marry her. The Officers of the Parish hearing she was with Child, took her up, and put her into St. Mary's Workhouse in Nottingham , and there she was brought to Bed of a Boy, which liv'd about Thirteen Weeks. AFTER the Child was dead, she went to Leicester again, being ashamed to stay in Nottingham . When she came there she got into Service at one Mr. Freer's, in Horse-pool-street . She worked with this Gentlewoman about two Years, and her Behaviour in that Time was so honest and just, that her Mistress trusted her with Things of a very considerable Value. HOWEVER she left Leicester , and came to London a second Time, and as she came just by Islington , she met a Stocking-Weaver whom she had formerly work'd with at Leicester, and had left his Wife, and came to London with another Woman. He said if she would go along with him, he would help her to a Place of Work. Accordingly he took her to Mrs. Bates's, in Gravel-Lane , Houndsditch , the Person she robb'd, and there she took up her Lodging, and Mrs. Bates employed her in trimming of Stockings about a Month. AFTERWARDS she went to work with one Mrs. Taylor, in Old-street-square , about a Week. She then went from thence, and work'd with Mr. Bradshaw in New Bond-street , there she continued about a Month, and the last Place she work'd at was with one Mr. Saunders, in King-street near Moorfields , where she work'd four Months. She said he was very kind to her, and that he has likewise relieved her several Times while she has been under Condemnation. The following is the Account of the Manner she and her Fellow-Sufferer Elizabeth Cannon , (who had been an Apprentice to Mrs. Bates about Three Years) committed the Robbery for which they were condemn'd, viz. ONE Saturday Night coming Home to her Lodgings at Mrs. Bates's, very much in Liquor, she sat herself down a little while in the Room, and she had not sat long before she went to Bed. Elizabeth Cannon came up to her soon after, and desired her to give her and the Nurse a Pint of Gin. (Mrs. Bates being Bed-ridden, was obliged to have a Nurse to look after her.) At her Request she gave her Money to fetch it, which accordingly she did, and they made the Nurse drunk, and while she was asleep, Mrs. Bates's Apprentice, Elizabeth Cannon , took the Keys from under her Mistress's Head, and unlock'd a Box, and took out of it 16 l. 2 s. 6 d. and gave it to Ann Ellard . After she had took the Money, she broke open a Trunk belonging to Elizabeth Cole , Cannon's Fellow-Apprentice, and took out of it a Velvet Hood, one Handkerchief, and three Caps. After they had committed the Robbery, Ellard got up and dressed herself, and they both went out of the House between 11 and 12 o'Clock at Night, in order to go to Enfield ; but being very drunk; they could reach no further than the Bull at Tottenham-High-Cross . ABOUT three or four of the Clock the next Morning after the Robbery was committed, Mrs. Bates had Notice given her by the Watch, that the Door of her House was open, and it was found that Ann Ellard and Elizabeth Cannon were gone, which gave some Suspicion that they had taken something and gone off with it, and Search being made, the above Money and Linnen was missing. Upon which Mrs. Bates, about 9 o'Clock on Sunday Morning, sent a Messenger to Mr. Francis Saunders , Ellard's Master, to acquaint him that she had been robb'd by his Servant Ellard, and that she and her Apprentice, Elizabeth Cannon , were both gone off. IT is exceedingly remarkable, that at the very Instant this Messenger came to acquaint Mr. Saunders with the Robbery, there was a Man with him that brought him the following Account, viz. That coming to Town, he called in at the Bull at Tottenham-High-Cross , and there he saw Ann Ellard , who was very well known to him, with a young Woman, very drunk. He asked Ellard how she came there? To which she made no Answer, but asked for a Bed, and to shew she had Money to pay for it, pulled several Pieces of Gold out of her Pocket. The Man immediately suspected that she did not come honestly by them, and doubting whether she had not robb'd her Master, came directly to London to Mr. Saunders, and was telling him the Story, when the Person from Mrs. Bates entered the Room. Mr. Saunders immediately went to the poor Bedrid Woman, desiring her to make herself easy, for he believed he should be able to get her Part of the Money again; upon which, taking one Thompson a Headborough with him, they set out for Tottenham-High-Cross, and reached the Bull about 12 o'Clock on Sunday. AS soon as they came to the House, they went directly up Stairs, according to the Direction the Man had given them, and there they caught the two Women in Bed fast asleep. As soon as they had awaken'd them, Mr. Saunders asked Ellard for the Money, who readily gave him her Pockets, in which there was five Moidores, a 36 s. Piece, two Guineas, and 41 Shillings in Silver. He asked her if that was all? She said it was all she had, but since their being under Sentence of Death, Cannon has owned that she kept a Guinea in the Foot of her Stocking. WHEN they were taken, Ellard expressed great Sorrow and Concern: She said she never did any Thing of that Kind before, and that she had not done it now, if she had not been drunk. All her Misfortunes she ascribes to John Brand , who first seduced her; and the Desire of keeping her Shame out of her Thoughts was, she says, what first taught her to drink. She declared however that notwithstanding this, she heartily and sincerely forgave the said Brand, and every other Person who had injured her in the Course of her Life, as she hoped to be forgiven. N. B. This Account was taken from her own Mouth Verbatim, in the Cells of Newgate, on the 13th Day of May, 1743. The following Account Elizabeth Cannon gave of Herself. ELIZABETH Cannon was 15 Years of Age the 16th of November last, born of honest Parents in the Parish of St. Mary, Whitechapel , her Father was a Picture Frame-Maker, who for some Time lived in good Repute, and kept a House and Shop in the said Parish, but by Misfortunes was obliged to leave House-keeping, and has since that Time by his Industry saved a little Money, and does now keep a Skop in the Back-Lane, the Corner of Denmark-street. HER Father being under Misfortunes when she was young, sent her to live with her Grandfather, who was a Frame-Work-Knitter in Hooper Square , White-Chapel, who when she was of a proper Age put her to School, where she learnt to write, read, Cast Accompts, Work at her Needle, &c. and afterwards when of the Age of 12 Years, was by the Parish of St. Mary Axe put Apprentice to one Mrs. Bates, Frame-Work-Knitter , with whom she continued 3 Years very honestly. Her Mistress she said was always very good to her, but the sole Occasion of all her present Troubles was by keeping bad Company, among whom the chiefest was Ann Ellard , by whose incessant Persuasions she was induced to commit the Fact for which she was convicted. While she was sober she found herself unable to perpetrate her Design, and therefore in order to effect it made herself drunk with Gin, and then immediately proceeded to the Execution of her destructive Intentions, and thereby also made a Way for her own. She said she never committed but one Theft besides this, and that was stealing 3 Pair of Thread and Cotton Stockings, the Property of her said Mistress, which Ann Ellard received and pawn'd for 9 d. a Pair. James Cropp's Account of Himself. JAMES Cropp , 27 Years of Age, born of honest Parents in White-Lyon-Yard , Norton-Falgate ; when a Youth, he went to School to one Mr. Doobey, in Spittle-Yard , where he learnt to Read, Write, &c. as far as his Father's Circumstances could afford; he was brought up in the Christian Religion, and when capable, he followed his Father's Business, which was a Dyer , who liv'd in a creditable Manner, in the aforesaid Place. James, when young, had a strong Inclination to pilfering, and was never happier, than when in Moorfields , and other Places, where such Company as himself frequents; he at length got acquainted with John Eyres , who is since reprieved, and the Evidence, who brought him to this untimely End; by over-persuading him to commit the Fact as mentioned in the Indictment; he said, that he was very much in Liquor when he committed the Theft, otherwise he had not done it, and that it was the first he ever committed. This shews how dangerous the Ring in Moorefields, and such Places are, and how requisite it is, they should be taken away by the Power of the Magistrates, which would prevent many Executions. George Watson's Account of Himself. GEORGE Watson , 17 Years of Age, born of honest Parents, in the City of Edinburgh ; when he was of Age, he came to London , and went to Service; the first Place he lived in, was with Justice Ladd, with whom he continued three Quarters of a Year, and then the Justice died, otherwise he had not left him; he then served Mr. John Ladd , the Justices Nephew, a Lieutenant on Board a Man of War , for one Month, but he going to Sea, left his Service, and then fell into these wicked Courses; he has been in several Goals before, and has been got off by his Friends, who are now living, but he was so obstinate as not to let them know of this Misfortune; he said, that one Mrs. Jones who keeps a Case in Newtoner's-Lane, and Ann Jones her Daughter, with whom he kept Company, were the chief Causes of his Ruin, by encouraging him in his Wickedness, and receiving the Product of his Robberies. ADVERTISEMENT. This Day was Published, By J. APPLEBEE, in Bolt-Court, Fleet-street. (Price one Shilling.) THE Life and Adventures of Gilbert Langley , formerly of Serle-street , near Lincoln's-Inn, Goldsmith . Containing particularly, His Family, Education, and Accidents in his tender Years. His being sent into Flanders, to the Convent of English Benedictines at Doway, with a curious Detail of their Method in bringing up Youth. His return to England, and his first Slips in point of Honesty and Virtue. His Amours with all Sorts of loose Women, and great Variety of Accidents which happened in Consequence of them. His meeting with a Cheat, who had Address enough to bite him twice. His Marriage and fraudulent Arts to support a broken Fortune. His Contrivance to amass a vast Quantity of Jewels: Watches, rich Toys, &c. to the Amount of 20,000 l. His Flight to Holland , and strange Adventures there, 'till detected by his Creditors, and best Part of his Effects taken from him. His return to England, Voyage to the West-Indies , Rogueries there, and miserable Condition when he came back. Imprisoned in the Compter, reduced to want, hangs Himself at a Bailiffs House, escapes from thence, and went a new Trip to Sea. His Travels through Spain , Adventures in the Canaries , arrival in Italy , and return to London. His last Exploit, which brought him within sight of a Halter. Written by Himself in Maidstone-Goal , when under Condemnat, for a Robbery committed on the Highway. 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 WEDNESDAY the 16th of September, 1741. BEING THE FIFTH EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon . DANIEL LAMBERT , Esq ; Number V. 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. While under Sentence, the great Evil of Theft was exposed and laid open to them, and they were earnestly exhorted to turn their Hearts, and fervently to implore the Favour, the Forgiveness, and the Protection of an all-merciful, omnipotent, all-gracious God, who will, when the Wicked turneth away from the Wickedness he hath committed, and doth that which is lawful and right, save their Souls alive. When the Body is but Dust, the never dying Soul still exists, and immediately Experiences such endless Torment, or such eternal Happiness, as is beyond the Power of Man to describe, surely then, no Time should be lost, no Pains should be spared to endeavour the saving that precious Part, for what can a Man give in exchange for his Soul. They were desired to consider from what they fallen, from a State of Grace and Favour with God, into a labyrinth of Sin and Misery, and that therefore, 'twas highly necessary for them to improve the few remaining Moments of their Time to the best Advantage, since upon this, depended their eternal Happiness, or eternal Misery, in a future State. While these and such like Instructions and Advices were given them, they seemed to behave in a Maner becoming their State. James Hall , (whose Confessions are published in a seperate Speech, he dying by himself) John Stevens , alias Henry Cooke , (while he was capable to come up) Joseph Hudson , Mary White , alias Shays , or Shields , alias Ryan , Mary Harris , alias Murphey , regularly attended in Chappel, and seem'd very attentive and willing to be instructed, Patrick Bourn was so grosly ignorant of Religion (though he professed the Romish Way) that he would neither join in the Prayers, nor receive any Instructions, but lay constantly in his Cell, much discomposed, and crying out in a strange manner. Elizabeth Hardy , a poor friendless young Woman, could hardly move, incessantly crying out with Pain, having been brought to Bed in Newgate but two Days before her Tryal; I visited her pretty often, and she was very desirous of Prayers and Instructions. John Stevens alias Henry Cook , of Stoke-Newington , was indicted for assaulting Mr. John Zachary , on the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, &c. and taking from him a Gold Watch, value 12 l. a Gelding of Sorrel Colour, value 10 l. a Saddle, value 20 s. a Bridle, value 3 s. a Whip, value 6 s. a pair of Gloves, value 2 d. and two Guineas, the Goods and Money of the said Mr. Zachary, July 17. The Prisoner standing mute, and the Court ask-King him the Reason, he replied, a considerable Sum of Money was taken from him when apprehended, and he would not plead till it was restored; they then order'd that Part of the Act of Parliament to be read to him, where 'tis expresly declar'd, that the Money taken upon a Highwayman shall be divided among the Captors, but if he be acquitted it shall be restored. The Prisoner notwithstanding continuing obstinate, then the Court informed him of the Consequence of his persisting, but he still appearing unconcern'd, the following Sentence was read to him, viz. " That he be sent back to the Prison from " whence he came, and there laid in a dark mean " Room, stopt from Light, his Back on the bare " Ground, and nothing upon him save something " to cover his Nakedness. That his Arm shall " be stretch'd with a Cord fasten'd to one Corner " of the Room, and his Leg to another, and his " other Arm and Leg shall be serv'd in the same " manner. Then shall be laid on his Body Iron " and Stone as much as he can bear and more. " The next Day he shall have three Morsels " of Barley Bread without Drink, and the Day " after he shall drink as much of the Water next " the Prison Door, except it be running Water, " as he can drink at three several Yimes, and this " shall be his Diet till he die. Necessary Orders being given, and the Executioner sent for to perform the usual Office of tying the Prisoner's Thumbs, before the Execution of the Sentence, the Prisoner pleaded not Guilty. 1. John Stephens alias Henry Cook , which last was his true Name, was 27 Years of Age, and came of honest respected Parents, had good Education at School, to Read, Write, and cast Accompts, for Business, and was instructed in Christian Principles. When of Age he was put Apprentice to a Shoemaker , and served his Time faithfully, honestly, and to the Satisfaction of his Master. When out of his Time he lived well as a Jourman , and wanted for nothing. After some Time he set up in Stratford by Bow , where he had a good Trade, and might have done very well, had he been sober and attended his Business; but being inclined to Idleness, and to bad Company, he was soon brought to Destruction. He married a virtuous industrious Woman, by whom he had four Children now living, who is now with her young Infants thrown upon her Parents; she daily came to the Gate at Newgate to wait upon him, when she could be admitted, and to supply him with the Necessaries of Life. Three or four Years ago he became so very vicious and extravagant, and brought himself into such a Habit of Idleness, that he could not attend any Business, the Consequence of which was the contracting so many Debts and Incumbrances that he could not stir abroad for fear of Officers; so that having no Subsistence for himself and Family, he turn'd out on the Roads, which he infested 'tis said for two or three Years, tho' he would not acknowledge his following this sinful Way of Life above fourteen or fifteen Months, or a little more. At his first setting out in this Business, the chief of his Robberies were committed in the Essex and Middlesex Roads , and near his own Habitation; 'twas supposed it was he who shot Mr. Cruikshanks the Barber at Stratford sometime ago, but he absolutely denied that he was the Person, or that he ever committed any Murder in his Life. A Journeyman of his for some Time robbed with him, but one Day as he was looking for his Prey, he perceived at some Distance a Coach, in which was a Gentleman and some Ladies, the Gentleman before he came up to the Coach, suspecting him to be a Highwayman, bid the Ladies not be afraid and he would take Care of him; accordingly the Gentleman got into the Basket behind the Coach, and as soon as the Fellow came up and stopt the Coach, and bid the Ladies deliver their Watches, Money, &c. he shot him with a Blunderbuss into the Body, of which Wound he languished till the next Day and then died. Cook who stood at some Distance, perceiving the Fate of his Partner made off, and after this robb'd by himself, sometimes in Berkshire , sometimes in Surry or Essex , and other neighbouring Counties, but his main Resort was about his own Home, where he was best acquainted; he attack'd either Coaches, Chaises or Horsemen, 'twas equally the same to him, where he thought there was a Booty and he was a Match for 'em, he has committed an innumerable Sight of Robberies, more than an hundred, as he owned in Newgate . In October Sessions 1740, he was indicted by the Name of Henry Cooke , of Finchley , for assaulting James Thomason , on the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Mare of a Bay Colour, Value eight Pounds, the Property of William Davis , a pair of Silver Buckles, Value 5 s. a Half Guinea, and 5 s. 6 d. in Money, the Goods and Money of James Thomason , September 29, tho' nobody doubted his being guilty of this Robbery, two Brace of loaded Pistols being found in his Pockets, a Hanger concealed under his Coat, and taken on the very Mare he stole; yet, by an artful Defence he got off; he pleading on his Trial that he found the Mare on the Common, turn'd loose with a Bridle and Saddle, and not knowing whose Property she was, had taken Care of her, till seeing her advertised in the News Paper, he was going that very Afternoon to carry her Home, when those Persons came in Sight who pursued him, whom he took for Bailiffs, which made him ride away so fast from 'em, and that he carried those Arms about him, to protect him from being Arrested; this Defence, and some Persons he had got to appear to his Character had so much Weight with a tender Jury, that they acquitted him. He acknowledged the Robbery he died for, and that he took from Mr. Zachary all the Things mentioned in the Indictment. Not long ago, he said, he robb'd a Gentleman in a Chaise on Highgate-Hill , whom he shot at and wounded very much, though not mortally, for not delivering readily his Watch, Money, &c. The last Robbery he committed was upon a Gentleman in Hackney Marsh , from whom he took two Guineas, his Watch, and some other Things, and some little Time after this, coming to Town, was seen, and dogg'd by one Martha Underwood , till he was taken and committed to Newgate . 'Twas very remarkable, that notwithstanding the many Robberies he had committed, and five Watches being found upon him, yet there was not one Bill of Indictment preferred against, but this he died for. He confessed the Design of breaking Goal with Hall, and said, 'twas pretended they were to have a Bag of 800 l. to go to Jamaica, and live like Gentlemen, two charged Pistols were found upon Cook, and a Hanger upon Hall, and lucky it was that the Discovery was made to the Keeper in Time, or in all likelyhood there would have been Murder committed; the Butcher who brought the Implements for their intended Escape, was taken and confin'd in the Condemn'd Hold, where he now lies in a poor Condition. Cook behav'd well and professed Penitence while under Sentence, but after sometime turning very sick, he wept pretty much, was dishearten'd, and afraid to die, his ness increased so much upon him, that he was light-headed and knew nobody. But before his Execution, he grew better, and was desirous of Prayers and Instructions. He believed in Christ, repented of his Sins, and died in Peace with all Men. 2. Joseph Hudson , of St. Luke , Middlesex , was indicted for stealing a Gelding of a Black Colour, Value 6 l 6 s. the Property of Joshua Thompson , April 20. Joseph Hudson , 24 Years of Age, was born of mean Parents in Gray's Inn-Lane , and was educated at some Publick School to read, write, and cast Accompts, and was instructed in the Christian Religion; his Father died and left him young to the Care of his Mother, a poor old Woman who could do but little for him, for he was of no Trade, but did any Sort of Country-work, either in the Fields in the Time of Harvest, or about Stables , but for the most Part, he served Carters , and when got Money would always assist his Mother. One of his Masters for whom he had fre quently worked, came to see him when under Sentence, and gave him the Character of an honest faithful Servant. He denied his ever being guilty of any other Thefts or Robberies, but owned the stealing of Joshua Thompson 's Horse. He was convicted on the Evidence of Richard George Gregory , an Accomplice in this Fact, while Hudson was stealing the Horse, Gregory stood Stag, which is a Cant Word for watching if any Body came by. He sold the Horse to a Collar-maker for 7 s. 6 d. who knocked him on the Head for Meat for the Dogs, and he gave Gregory the Evidence 6 d. for his Pains. While under Sentence he behaved well, came constantly to Chapel, complied devoutly with the Prayers, and was very attentive. He was poor and naked, had no Body to come after him but his poor old afflicted Mother. He believed in Christ our only Saviour, repented of his Sins, and forgave all Men, as he expected Forgiveness from God. Patrick Bourn of Hampstead , was indicted for breaking and entring the Dwelling-house of Richard Haly , and stealing a pair of Silver Spurs, value 15 s a Watch with the outside and inside Cases made of Silver, value 3 l. a Guinea and 22 s. the Goods and Money of the said Haly, July 2. 3. Patrick Bourn was 24 Years of Age, came of mean Parents in Ireland , who gave him no Education. When of Age he was not put to any Trade, but did such Work as he could get to do, and lived as he could in a very low Way. Having forfeited his Character on some Account in Ireland some few Years ago he came to London , and became a Labourer to Masons, Bricklayers, &c . and after that Manner made a Shift to live, and while he had any Reputation or Honesty, was employed to work and do Business for a good many; but loosing his Character by his vile Ways he lost all his Business, and no Body would employ him, and getting into a Gang of Thieves and Whores about the Town, he soon learn'd their Ways of House-breaking, Stealing, &c. which it is presumed he was no great Stranger to in his own Country. He never came up to Chapel above 2 or 3 Times, and then was sullen and morose, wou'd neither be pray'd for nor hear Instructions; but incessantly rav'd for a Priest! a Priest! let him but have a Priest and he cared not how soon he was to die. Notwithstanding which, he was wholly ignorant of Religion, tho 'twas imagined his Desire for a Priest might be from a Notion that his Absolution would wipe away all his Sins; but be that as it may, he was tho' sick a part of the Time and confin'd to his Cell, incessantly raving for a Priest. He own'd the breaking open Mr. Haly's House, and that he took the Bureau out of the Kitchen, carried it into the Fields there broke it, and took out 44 s then return'd to the House, and took the Silver Spurs and Watch out of another Room; he was well acquainted with Mr. Haly's House, having serv'd him in Harvest Time, but was discharg'd this Summer on Mr. Haly's suspecting his Honesty. He denied the being guilty of any other Robberies at Home or Abroad, and died in Peace with all Men. Mary Harris , alias Murphey , and Arthur Murphey , of St. George the Martyr , were indicted for assaulting Hester Parker , in a certain Field and open Place near the King's Highway, putting her is Fear and taking from her a Linnen Frock, Value 2 s. a Linnen Cap, Value 4 d. and two Top-knots, Value 1 d. the Goods of the said Hester Parker , July 25. Arthur Murphey was acquitted, Mary Harris , alias Murphey , guilty Death. 4. Mary Harris , alias Murphey , was but 27 Years, though so disguised by Dress and Constitution, she look'd rather to be near 50; her Father was a Farmer in the Country, but falling to decay, she was obliged to go out to Service , and liv'd in several Places honestly, and with good Credit; but thinking to better herself, and advance her Wages, she came about 8 Years ago to London , and serv'd in several good Families with Reputation, her last Service was at a Taylors , where she became acquainted with an Irishman, one Arthur Murphey , who was a Journeyman and Foreman in the House, they contracted so close a Familiarity, together, that Mary was turn'd away, and went to live by herself, Arthur still keeping her Company, till at last they lived together as Man and Wife , and she was called Mrs. Murphey. Arthur being very much addicted to drink ing, soon brought Mary into the same Habit, which kept 'em miserably Poor, for they made away with every Thing for drink. Arthur Murphey being a very idle Fellow, not willing to work, and she wanting Money of him, he bid her go steal, which wicked Advice she was too ready to comply with, and according went and stole a Hat, and brought it to him, which he immediately sold, and they spent the Money. She had one Child by him which is now dead. She was always a sober honest Body before she engaged in bad Company, but then turned a meer Reprobate, and was capable of doing any wicked Thing, as appears by the Fact for which she died. July 25 last, Mary Harris , about five in the Afternoon, met Hester Parker , in Bond-Stables , Fetter Lane , and carried her into the Fields to a bye Place by a Ditch, and pull'd off the Things mentioned in the Indictment, and on the Childs offering to cry, held up a sharp Knife threatning to rip her up if she made any Noise, after taking the Things from her, which the Child cry'd bitterly at the parting with, she began to flatter her, and asked if she would have a Plumb Cake or a plain one, and making as if she went for a Cake, left the Child, a Gentleman coming by, help'd her from the Ditch, and two little Girls went Home with her. The Child when she came Home gave her Father so distinct an Account of the Robbery, that he was determined if possible, to find out the Criminals, and accordingly enquired at all the Lodging Houses he could find. He tried if the Child could recollect any of the Streets the Prisoner carried her through, she remember'd Chancery Lane by the Trees, and Grays Inn Lane , and so on till she brought her Father to the Place where the Fact was committed. On a strict Enquiry at last, they found Mary Harris at the Castle Alehouse in Bloomsbury , and by her Direction took Arthur Murphey from his Master's Shopboard where he was at Work. The Money they got for the Child's Things amounted to no more than 2 s. which they immediately spent in Drink. This Crime of robbing and stripping young Children, is justly punish'd with the greatest Severity, for how often has it been attended with the most dismal Consequences, a favourite Child being in this manner taken away, has perhaps been the Loss of a Parents Senses or Life. Other Times perhaps the Child by being left all Night almost naked by these barbarous Wretches in the Fields, has lost its Life. Mary Harris was penitent, and when the greatness of the Crime was exposed, she wept most bitterly, as she had often done before, and declar'd herself truly penitent; she turn'd so blind with the Damp of the Cells, being almost naked, that she could not see to read one Word. She believ'd in Christ, repented of her Sins, and died in Peace with all the World. N. B. Tuesday Afternoon, Sept. 15, the Day before the Execution, as they were all devoutly receiving the Blessed Sacrament, a Reprieve came for Elizabeth Hardy . At the Place of EXECUTION. ELIZABETH HARDY being graciously Reprieved, the remaining four Criminals, after attending at Chapel, between 6 and 7 o'Clock, about 8 and 9 came down, and were put into two Carts; In the first Cart was John Hudson , with Mary Harris , alias Murphey , and in the second, was John Stephens , alias Henry Cooke , and Patrick Bourn , They all appeared very Serious and Devout, and with much fervency, implored Almighty God for Pardon and Forgiveness for their manifold Sins. Cook had been very ill, but was pretty well recovered, though he look'd dismally pale and sickish, as though he were half dead, yet answered very distinctly to all Questions that were put, among other Questions, he was ask'd, if he robb'd Mr. William Wittal , who lives at Totteridge , the 12th of November last, of a Gelding, a Guinea, and some other small Things, which he denied, affirming, that he had never so much as heard of that Robbery; being asked if he had any farther Confessions to make, he replied, he had already declared all he had to say. John Hudson declar'd he had never been guilty of any other Felony, but the stealing the Horse for which he suffer'd. Patrick Bourn still kept in the same Tone as before, making much Noise, so that I was obliged to desire him not to disturb the rest, after which he grew a little more Calm, and died a rigid Pa pist. Mary Harris alias Murphey , was almost dead before she was turn'd off, trembling and shaking to a great Degree, very naked, and in a most miserable Condition, she had nothing to add to her former Confessions. They all join'd heartily in the Prayers and singing of Psalms, and went off crying to God to have Mercy on them, and to the Lord Jesus to receive their Spirits. This is all the Account given by me. JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate . APPENDIX. SIR, THE following is the exact Account, how I first met with COOK the Highwayman, and in what Manner I dodg'd and pursued him, Step by Step, till he was taken up, and committed to Newgate. I am, SIR, Your humble Servant, MARTHA UNDERWOOD . GOING along Cheapside , about Six in the Morning, I met Cook just at Bow Church ; at first Sight of him I was greatly surprized, and started. Surely, said I to myself, it is him! However, I am determined, if I am not mistaken, and it is he, to follow, and see where he goes. Accordingly I crossed the Way, and took another View of him, and was convinced he was The Man. I crossed again, and followed him close, and had a great Inclination to seize him; but was fearful, no Person being nigh to assist me. When he came to Threadneedle-street End , he made a full Stop, to consider which Way he should go. As I was so close at his Heels, I was obliged to pass him, for Fear he should look back and know my Face; so went a little Way up Threadneedle-street , and after I had stood there a few Minutes, I found he went up Cornhill . I then crossed the Why, and ran before him, still keeping my Eyes upon him, thinking that if he should come straight up, and not turn down any where, I might get some of my Acquaintance in Leadenhall Market to assist me in apprehending him; but he turned down Castle-Alley I immediately turned back and followed him, but lost Sight of him, which made me set up a Run, and I overtook him again in Bartholomew Lane , and followed him all along London Wall , into a paved Court that goes to Moorfields ; he then turned up amongst the Brokers, and seeing two Porters standing still, I ran to 'em, and told 'em there was Cook the Highwayman, that I had dogg'd him a good Way, and how I came to know him, and begg'd they would assist me, and I would lay hold of him myself, and pull him down; but they made me no Answer, and while I was talking to them, he turn'd back again into Moorfields , and there I lost Sight of him, so that I directly left the Porters, and ran and overtook him again just at the Postern, and had liked to have run full upon him, but having a Glimpse of him, I ran up close to the Brick Wall, where I could see which Way he went, unperceiv'd by him; when he went forward I turn'd and followed him again, and thought to myself, if he did not begin to dodge me, it was now high Time for me to begin to dodge him; for it was the second Time of his seeing me, and perhaps if he saw me a third Time he would have a mistrust who I was, and what I was upon, and wou'd get away. He then turn'd down Hog-Lane, where I followed him, and kept close by the Sides of the Houses that he might not see me; he turn'd and look'd back several Times, but I kept my Eye upon him, and dodged him up into the Porches of the Houses; as I went along I inform'd several People who he was, but no Body regarded me. When he came into Bishopsgate-street , I went on one Side of the Way, and he on the other. He turned into one Mr. Taylor's, who sells Fine Ale. When I saw him go in there, I thought to myself it was too far for me to go to Leadenhall to inform my Acquaintance, because he might get away in the mean Time; so I stopp'd at one Mr. Atterbury's, a Butcher, over-against the House where Cook was drinking, and asked him who kept that House? He told me one Mr. Taylor. I enquired if it was a House of good Credit? He asked me the Reason of that Question. I told him for no Harm to the Man of the House. I then asked him, if he had never read of one Cook, a Highwayman, in the News Papers, who robb'd on the Essex Road , and was reported to have murder'd a Barber? He told me, Yes, he had; then, says I, that was him you saw go into Mr. Taylor's. He asked me how I came to know him? I told him that I liv'd within 2 or 3 Doors of him, when he kept a Shoemaker and a Leather-cutter's Shop, [at one Mr. Grint's, a Butcher at Stratford ] and also that he made me 2 or 3 Pair of Shoes. He then asked me, how long ago it was since he first set up? I told him about 6 or 7 Years. I said likewise, that last Lord-Mayor's Day I was in his Shop to buy a Pair of Shoes, but he had none that would fit me; that he himself would have taken Measure of me, but my Time would not permit me to stay. He asked me where I liv'd? I told him the Door this Side Mr. Jolly's, the Bird and Hand , and that I kept a Chandler's Shop there. He asked me how long I had liv'd at Stratford ? Almost all my Lifetime, says I. I informed him that I had lived as a Servant both with Mr. Holms and Mr. Rogers, Poulterers in Stratford. He then went over the Way to a Cheesemonger, and acquainted him what I had been saying. Well, says the Cheesemonger, let her take him, if it is him. I told him so I would, and I would go in first and seize him, and pull him down; which was my real Design, if he would let either of his Men go and stand at the Door, and come in to my Assistance, as soon as I had seiz'd him and pull'd him down, but he made me no Answer; I told him he might lay hold of any Man upon Suspicion. I begun to be mad in my Mind, to see them so indifferent, and told him he deserved to be robb'd himself, when he would give no Assistance to take a Man, whom I was possitive to be Cook the Highwayman, and who had not only done a great many Robberies, but also, as it was reported, was in Company when Mr. Cruikshanks, the Barber, was murder'd between Mile End and Bow . The Cheesemonger making me no Answer, I turn'd and said to the Butcher, that if he would give an Eye to Cook, and if he saw him go out, watch which Way he went, I would go to Leadenhall and bring 2 or 3 Persons, who knew him as well as myself. When I came to Leadenhall , I went to the Rose and Crown , and told the People that I had dodg'd Cook into an Alehouse, and could take him. One of them said to me, Pho! Pho! you foolish Girl, don't meddle with him, for as you go often up and down the Road, you may be murdered; and another who was in Company said, what Business have you with Cook? I reply'd, shall a Man escape that has been guilty of so many Robberies, and of Murder too? No, indeed, he shall not, since there is such an Opportunity of taking him. I then went into the Market, thinking to get one to go along with me. There I saw one of my Master's Men, I told him that I had dodg'd Cook into an Alehouse, and if he would go along with me, he and I could take him. His Answer was, he could not stay. I then acquainted 2 or 3 more of it, they asked me indeed how far it was where he was drinking, and when I told 'em, they said it was too far for them to go. Upon which I went to the Royal Exchange , and in the Way I had such a dread upon me, that I was hardly able to walk; if, thought I to myself, I should suffer a Man to escape (when it is in my Power to take him) who has been guilty of Robberies innumerable, as well as Murder, I should look upon myself in a Manner as guilty, of not only the very next Crime he should commit, but of every Crime he should hereafter commit, I will therefore immediately go and take him; accordingly I went forward, but when I came into Bishopsgate-street , I made a full Stop, and reason'd with myself thus. Why, said I, should I take away, or be the Cause of taking away a Man's Life, what Harm has he done to me? Yet again I reflected, 'tis not me who takes away his Life, 'tis the Law of the Land, and I do not do Justice to my Country, if I do not endeavour to take him, besides, he will have by far the Advantage of those poor sinful Souls, who are robb'd and murder'd, and sent out of the World with all their Sins to answer for, because he will have Time to repent, whereas they had none. Thus were my Thoughts in Confusion, 'till I came to Mr. Atterbury's the Butcher. Well, said I, I suppose he's gone, no, he replyed, he is still at Mr. Taylor's, and has wrote a Letter to a Gentleman at Haggestone , near Endfield . Well then, says I, now is the proper Time to go over and take him, before any of his Companions come, for I am told, there were 17 in the Gang when the Barber was kill'd, and if you'll assist me, I'll go and seize him directly; he had some dread upon him, and said, it was my best Way to go to the Constable, who was one Mr. Haines, and liv'd at the Rose Alehouse ; accordingly I went and staid 'till Mr. Haines got up, and told him, I wanted his Assistance to take Cook the Highwayman, or, the Devil in his Shape: While we were talking, in came Mr. Atterbury, who related to Mr. Haines, all I had said before, and told us, that Cook sat in the Right Hand Box near the Window, I advised 'em as they were Strangers to him, to go in and call for a Pint of Beer, and set as near him as possible, to prevent his having any Opportunity of making Use of his Pistols; I would have gone myself and seiz'd him, but was fearful he should know my Face, having seen me twice before, and so have attempted to fire his Pistols, but if I could have come cleverly at him, I would have stopp'd him from using 'em. Mr. Haines went directly to the House, and I went in immediately after, tho' before I came in, Mr. Haines had seized him, and ask'd me, if that was the Man, I told him Yes, that was the very Man Cook ask'd him, what he wanted with him? Mr. Haines said, I want to search you; search me if you will, says he, for I have nothing about me. By this Time Mr. Atterbury came in, when the Constable was searching his Left-side Pockets, but when he came to search his Right, he got up and made some Resistance, and said he should not search him. Mr. Haines replied, I insist on searching you, for I am charg'd with you as a Highwayman. Cook said again, he should not search him, standing up all the Time, Mr. Atterbury, who had a Broom in his Hand, held it up, and said, D-n your Blood! if you don't submit, I'll knock you down; be civil, and you shall be civilly us'd; then he suffer'd himself to be search'd, and they found on him five Watches, a green Purse with nine Guineas and a half, and 2 s. 6 d. in Silver, a Pocket-piece of an old Date, three Seals, a piece of a Silver hilted Sword, and some Pieces of Silver belonging to the Tops of Whips, the Name Pennyman, after he had search'd and found no Arms about him, I insisted on his taking him into Custody, till we could get farther Information from Stratford, for I was sure he was the very Man, and at the same Time I desired Mr. Taylor to keep his Doors fast and let in none but those he knew, for tho' he had no Arms, yet as he had sent a Letter, and it was reported when the Barber was kill'd, that there was a whole Gang of 'em, there might come some to his Assistance. In the mean while I went to Justice Chandler's to wait till they could bring him thither, which was in about half an Hour, and Mr. Haines after telling the Justice the manner of my coming to him, and giving him Charge of Cook, produc'd the Watches which he had taken upon him, and which the Justice look'd carefully over, and examin'd the No. and Maker's Names, asking Cook how he came by 'em, who reply'd he was a Gentleman's Son who liv'd at Birmingham , and that he dealt in Watches, and his Name was John Stevens ; being asked by the Justice how he came to bring those Watches to Town, he said, he did not bring 'em with 'em, but had bought 'em since at two Pawnbrokers. After the Justice had ask'd, and he had answer'd these Questions, I was called by his Worship to know what I had to say, when I related to him the manner of dgging him, how I knew him, and when I first became acquainted with him as related before. The Justice after asking me about several People at Stratford , and finding I gave him a good Account, he then desired to know what Cook had to say for himself; asking him if he could tell the Names of the Pawnbrokers he bought the Watches of, or could send for them, but Cook making a lame Excuse of leaving his Receipt at Home, and that he had forgot their Names; the Justice told him, shaking his Head, he believed indeed he did not know the Names of the People he had taken 'em off on the Road. While Cook was under Examination, News was brought that a Gentleman was without whose Nephew had been robb'd but last Friday, of his Watch, Money, Horse and Gloves; the Gentleman being brought in, and telling the Justice the No. of the Watch, and likewise the Account his Nephew had given of the Robbery, was desired to send for his Nephew, which he did, and the Moment Mr. Zachary came in and saw Cook, he said he was the Man who robb'd him of his Watch, Money, Horse, Gloves, Whip, Handkerchief, Bridle and Saddle: and that he threatned his Life, and told him when he robb'd him, his Name was Cook, that he was a Shoemaker of Stratford , and that D - n his Blood he would shoot him! Mr. Zachary told him he would give him all he had, and begg'd him not to use him ill. The Justice asked Mr. Zachary whether he was mask'd or unmask'd, he said unmask'd, and that he had advertised him in the publick Papers, describing his Person, as well as the Horse he had taken from him; on which the Justice wrote his Commitment to Newgate , where he was carried in a Coach by Mr. Haines and his Headborough, about Three o'Clock in the Afternoon, on Tuesday the 28th of July, when he was safely lodged, and carried over to the Master's Side; the first Thing he did was to cut the Gold Lace off his Hat, the Prisoners who were confin'd there, asking him the Reason of it, he reply'd, D-n me the People I used to rob will know me if I don't, because I generally robb'd in a Gold laced Hat. On Thursday Evening, by Cook's Direction, Mr. Zachary with another Gentleman, went to a Publick House at Mims beyond Barnet , to fetch, the Horse that Cook had taken from him; the Man of the House inform'd 'em, that Cook frequently lay there, that he had no mistrust of his being a Highwayman, but took him to be a Smuggler; that he generally came in between 7 and 8 in the Evening, called for a Pint of Wine, and set publickly at the Door smoaking his Pipe till he went to Bed. The following Account HENRY COOK gave of Himself, and of the several Robberies he committed, to the Printer hereof, Two Days after he receiv'd Sentence. I HENRY COOK , aged 27 Years, was born in Houndsditch , of honest, reputable Parents, who still live there; my Father having a great Number of Children, at least 19 or 20, now but Eight living, all which he has handsomely brought up. When I was of proper Age, I was put to School to a Gentleman in Sandy Court , near Houndsditch , with whom I continued, and was instructed, till I could write tollerable well, and had learnt Arithmetick, as far as the Rule of Three and Practice. My Father being in the Leather-Cutting Business , he instructed me in that Art, so far that I thought I was sufficiently qualified to act for myself. There being a Shoemaker's Shop to be lett at Stratford in Essex , my Father hearing thereof, at my Request immediately took it for me, stock'd it with Leather, and other Necessaries, for me to begin Trade; and at the same Time furnished me two Rooms with Goods. Here I lived very well, and had good Business for about 2 Years; then I got acquainted with the eldest Daughter of one Joseph Alexander , Beadle of Stratford , to whom I have been married about 5 Years, which, with the additional Expence of three Children, by that Time, had reduced me to so low an Ebb, and involved me so much in Debt, that I could no longer stand my Ground, for fear of being Arrested. Where to go for Refuge I could not tell, my Father's in Houndsditch being an improper Place, on Account I had taken up Goods in his Name, of as many of his Dealers in London , as I could get to Credit me; at which my Father was very much displeased, as I did it without his Consent or Knowledge. By this Time I had contracted an Intimacy with most of the loose and disorderly Sparks in and about Stratford , but particularly with one Y - g, an Apothecary, who then kept a Shop in Stratford, (now in London, near Monmouth-street.) With him, &c. of Nights, (after I had been secreted all Day for Fear of a Knap.) I used to go robbing of Gentlemens Fish Ponds, stealing Fowls, &c. till Mr. Monk, a Gentleman in the Neighbourhood, advertised two Guineas Reward for some Ducks he had lost, a also a Farrier in the Town half a Guinea, for some he had lost, &c. Being suspected by every Body to be guilty, and knowing myself so, I made up what Money I could, and retired to a Relation of mine, who keeps the Sign of the Rose and Crown , at Grays , down the River, where I was concealed about 2 Months. I diverted myself a-days in shooting of Rabits, &c. which was a good Pretence for my carrying a Gun, to secure myself from the Bailiffs, if they had scented where I was; not that I had any particular Malice against them, more than one who lives at the Foot of Bow Bridge , he having Actions against me, and protesting he would catch me, if I was above Ground, of which I was informed; whereupon I sent him Word to take Care of himself, for that I was provided with Pistols, &c. and that if he did not desist his Resolution in taking me, I would certainly make it my Business to lay wait for him, and blow his Brains out; of him I heard no more. Two Months being gone, and my Money all spent, I was at a Loss what Course to steer; however I resolved to venture Home to my Wife again, which I did about Eleven o'Clock at Night, when to my inexpressible Surprize and Grief I found a certain Person in the House, which at that Time gave me great Uneasiness, tho' I have since reflected I had no great Occasion to be so, however the World must imagine it did not a little surprize and confound me; but as my Circumstances were then so bad, I was obliged to be silent, but determined never to live with her more, for a Constancy. The next Morning about five, I went into the Shop, stript it of what I could conveniently carry off, and came directly to London , where I pawn'd them for 2 l. 10 s. Not daring to go to my Fathers, I went to one R – S -, a Gardener in Shoreditch , who married one of my Sisters: He very kindly received me, telling me he had before heard of my bad Circumstances, and would do all in his Power to serve me, with whom I staid about six Weeks, in which Time I had prett well made even with my two Pounds ten Shillings; how, or which Way to get more, I was in a Consternation to know, resolving not to go to my Wife again. As I was walking over Moorfields one Day, I espied a Brace of second-hand Pistols at a Broker's Shop, which I cheapen'd, and bought for 7 s. 6 d. After I had provided myself with Powder, Balls and Flints, I return'd to my Sister's, where I dined, and soon after took my Leave, and went towards Newington ; and a little on this Side the Town, I stopped a Man in the Dusk of the Evening, in the Foot Path, from whom I took 15 s. this being the first Robbery of that Kind I ever committed, the World must needs think it a little startled me. From thence I turned off for Finchley Common , intending there to stop the first Man I met, rob and take his Horse from him; which, luckily for me, fell out just as I would have it. I had not been on the Common ten Minutes, before I met a Man well mounted, who was a going towards Coney Hatch , it being dark, I sat down on the Road Side till he came up with me; I then rushed up, and seized his Horse's Bridle, demanded him to dismount and deliver his Money: He at first spur'd his Horse and would have forced him over me; but upon my threatning to blow his Brains out, he surrendered both Horse and Money, desiring I would send his Horse to an Inn at St. Alban's , where three Guineas should be left for the Person who brought it. I promised him I would, but after I had rode him a little Way, I thought him of more Worth to keep for my Business, than return to the Owner. I accordingly went forward that Night with my Horse and Booty, which was about 2 l. 15 s. to my Brother-in-Law, S - 's Mother, who kept an Alehouse the Side of Endfield Chase . Here I was kindly receiv'd, telling them I was obliged to fly for Debt, and must keep close that nobody must see me. Here I tarried two Days, and as they kept a Publick House, I lived after a very extravagant Manner. From hence I went down the Chace to Forty-hill , from thence towards Tottenham , between which Place I stopped a Gentleman, from whom I took about 6 Pounds, went on to London , set up my Horse at an Inn in Bishopsgate-street , and went and staid all Night at my Brother S - 's, who was surprized to see me have so much Money, and strictly examined me how I came by it. I desired him to be silent, which he was. The next Morning I took my Leave, and went and bought a Pair of Boots, &c. After which I set out for St. Alban's , and just on this Side the Turnpike, I stopp'd the St. Alban's Stage Coach, from whence I took about 8 l. At Night I returned to S - 's Mother at Enfield Chase , where I got the News Papers, upon Perusal of which, I found my Horse was advertised with a full Description, and three Guineas Reward, to have it paid by the Master of the White-Hart Inn at St. Alban's . A few Days after I turned out again with an Intent to take the first sightly Horse I could meet on the Road, which happened that Night upon Hadly Common , where I overtook a Gentleman, as I then thought him to be, whom I robbed of about 4 l. and then exchanged Horses with him. He told me what he was and where heliv'd, which was at a Publick House near Moorgate , as well as I can remember. A short Time after this, crossing the Country from Mims to St. Alban's , and being at the Bull at Mr. French's, one of the Passengers, an elderly Woman, who I had robbed in the Stage Coach, was in the Kitchen, where I at my alighting went. I recollected her Face the Minute I saw her, as I perceived she did mine, whereupon I directly ran to the Stable, and having saddled my Horse, I set out for Barnet . On the Road I struck in with some Company who were coming the same Way, with whom I joined myself. We had not rode together a Mile, before one challenged my Horse to be advertised, and that it was taken at such a Time and Place by a Highwayman; and he knowing the Horse and Owner very well, demanded of me to give an Account of myself, and how I came by the Horse, which I soon would have done, but there being in Company seven or eight, all well mounted, and who, if I had either shot him or his Horse, would inevitably have taken me; I therefore told him I lived in London, but had bought the Horse a few Days before, of a Man at the Bell Inn at Edmonton , where, if he would go with me, he might be satisfied of the Truth of what I said, I thinking thereby to get him to go over Enfield Chase , by which Means, as it was out of the strait Road to London, I thought the rest of his Company would have kept on, which if they had, I intended to have given him his Friend's Horse to carry Home, and have taken his in the stead, with what Cash he had about him: But in this I was disappointed, by all the Company going with us. When we came near the Bell, I was in a flutter to guess which was the best Method to disengage myself from my new Companions; when just as we all came to the Gateway of the said Inn, I clapt Spurs to my Horse, and turned down a Lane the Corner of the Inn, which came from Finchley Common . Their Horses being fresher than mine, very closely pursued me: I took to the Fields, and made for a Wood, when I wanted to have got therein, but could not get my Horse to leap; in which Time Four Men came within twenty Yards of me; whereupon I turned about, and fired a Pistol at them, (which did no Damage) and demanded them to keep off; at which they stopped. I called out and told them, there was their Friend's Horse; so I quitted him, and ran into the Wood; by which Means, with the Darkness of the Evening, I then escaped. After this miraculous Deliverance I went home, as I then called it, to my Brother-in-law S - 's, in Shoreditch , who judged something to be the matter with me, by the Confusion I appeared to be in. He taxed me hard with going on the Highway, but to no Purpose; I desired his Silence, or otherwise I must seek a new Lodging; after which Time, go or come when I would, he said nothing. Here I continued a Week, or 9 Days, without doing any one Thing to get a Shilling, in which Time my Mony was near exausted, the major part of which, I spent in Bawdy-houses, in and about Shoreditch , when I determin'd upon Finchley Common , being the Place of Action; when I came there, I saunter'd some Time upon the Common, without doing any Business, being a little fearful from the narrow Escape I had the last Time I was out, I suffer'd several to pass by unmolested, 'till it was almost dark, when I espied an old Man poorly mounted with a Basket on his Arm coming towards me; he I thought might have been at London at Market, and able to replenish my empty Purse, I therefore prepared for an Attack, when he came up with me after the Word of Command, to stop and deliver, I dismounted him, he protesting for some time to have no more Money than 5 s. whereupon I search'd him, and found above four Guineas, I took both his Horse and Money tho' a poor one, mounted and was going to my old Lodging near the Chace, intending to do no more that Night, but before I got off the common, just at the End of the Road which leads to Finchley-Town , I met a Man going but easily along, I stop'd and rob'd him of some Silver, and his Silver Buckles, exchanged Horses, as his seemed much better than mine, and so I soon found and left him mine to carry him home, he had not got half way over the Common, before he met the old Market-Man, I had just before rob'd of both Horse and Money, the old Man thinking it was me, said I wish you good Night, and good Success, the other answer'd, I hope better than I have just now met with, the old Man perceiving it not to be me, tho' his Horse, desired the Man to dismount, telling him, that was his Horse, and if he did not immediately deliver it, he should charge him with the Robbery, the other began to D-n and swear, there was nothing but Thieves and Highwaymen upon the Road; however, he gave the old Man his Horse and walked home on Foot, to the Axe Inn , in Aldermanbury , he being Chamberlain, his Name was Thomason, who in a short Time after had my Life in his Power, as I shall soon relate; I directly proceeded from hence to my Lodging on the Chace, where I spent that Night and the next two Days in Booting and Carousing with my Acquaintance, a pretty many by that Time I had there, the third Day in the Morning, I sent for the News-Papers, wherein I found my Mare advertised with a full Description of her, I put the News-Papers in my Pocket, saddled my Mare and came for Finchley Common , in order to robb, and exchange my Nagg with the first Man I mett, and should like his; when I came within 500 Yards as near as I can guess of the Place I took the Mare and rob'd the Man, I to my Astonishment! was seiz'd by him and three more before I saw them; the first Salutation I met with was a Knock on the Head, which brought me to the Ground, when being surrounded by a Mob before I could recover, I was forced to submit; they immediately upon searching me, found a Brace of loaded Pistols, Powder and Bullets, a Silver Watch and some Money, I was directly carried before a Magistrate, who committed me to Newgate ; but upon my requesting him, to return me my Money, he readily did, leaving my Watch (which was never own'd) and Pistols in the Custody of the Constable, a Person who liv'd about Finchley , and in October Sessions, 1740. I was Tryed at the Old-Bailey , for the said Offence, when by the Favourableness, of my then Prosecutor, in not Swearing I was the Man who robb'd him, altho' I was taken upon the Mare he lost, and I am well assured he could, had he been inclinable to it; I had nothing to say in my own Defence, but that I found the Mare turn'd up in the Road, and seeing the Advertisement which I then had about me, was bringing her Home, and as that was the first Time of my being call'd before a Court of Justice, my Father and Neighbours at Stratford , appeared in my Behalf, tho' I had my Landlady and four more from Enfield-Chace , to have swore if there had been a Necessity that I was at her House the Time the Robbery was committed, but as I was not positively swore to be the Man, I was discharged without their Assistance. Being thus happily deliver'd, to the great Joy of my Father, and seemingly of all my Acquaintance and Neighbours at Stratford , I was by them prevailed upon to return Home to my Wife and Family at Stratford , which I thought was the least Return of Gratitude I could make them, after shewing their Friendship in serving me. The very Day I was discharged I accompanied my Neighbours to Stratford , where for that Night we were very merry, they all hoping my narrow Escape would be a Warning to me for the future. I on my Part, promised to return to my Wife, and by my more than ordinary Diligence for the Time to come, to repair not only my Reputation, but my Circumstances; when we parted, they went to their seperate Homes, I to mine to my Wife, who was that Day Churched. The next Day I examin'd how Matters stood in the Shop and Book, which I found if possible, in a worse Condition than when I left them, by her lying in, and William Taylor the Man who managed Business , neglecting it in coming after me to Newgate , this I thought a poor Prospect, to perform my Promises in retrieving my Reputation and Circumstances. I examin'd the said Taylor, if there were any good Debts, which might be immediately collected, he reply'd not one as he knew of; how to act in this Case I knew not, whether to stand my Ground, or turn out again on the Road, when I resolved with myself to come to London, and purchase a Brace of second Hand Pistols, which when I had done, I thought I could have gone an Evening and robb'd betwixt my House and the Forrest, and return Home unsuspected, which I did for about a Fortnight, in which Time I had got and saved about 30 l. this I had a Thought of laying out in a Stock of Leather, &c. when consulting with the said William Taylor what was most wanting, and telling him what Sum I had to lay out, he freely told me how I came by it, and instead of adviseing me for the best as an honest Man, he reply'd, what signifies that Sum, lets go with you and make it ten Times as much, and then think of buying Leather. This was no sooner by him proposed, than by me accepted, I well knowing from his former Scene of Life in Smuggling, that I could have no properer Person for a Companion; he and I came directly to London, where we equipt ourselves with what was wanting and necessary for Gentlemen of our Profession, as we then stiled ourselves; that Night we return'd Home to Stratford without doing any Thing; the next Day I and my Man, as he insisted I should call him, not only from being the Manager of my Business in the Shoemaking Way , but from my Experience and Seniority in our new Profession. Going as far as Rumford , &c. with an Intent, as it was my fixed Maxim, to stop the first Man we met on Horseback, rob and dismount him, till we were both mounted, then stop and rob both Coaches and Horsemen, till we came near Home, and then turn up our Horses. The Sweets and Benefits arising from this new Profession, my Man Will soon found, for he wou'd often say when we had taken any Thing of a Booty, is not this better than Shoemaking Master? In this audacious Manner did we continue both Night and Morning, to stop most or all the Stage-Coaches, &c. on that Road, of which one Capt. Mawley, who had been before robb'd was appriz'd, he coming that Road in the Colchester Stage-Coach, had provided himself with Fire Arms, and conceal'd himself in the Basket behind the said Coach, in Expectation of our meeting 'em as usual. My Man Will and I had been out about two Hours before the Colchester Coach came by, in which Time we had stop'd and robb'd several that passed and repassed, of whom we could get no Horses, and knowing the said Coach was a coming, we agreed to take two Horses which were at Grass in a Field joining to the Road, having two Bridles, and one Saddle concealed in a Hedge near the Field, but before we could catch the said Horses, or either of them, we heard the Coach coming, when we left the Horses and ran to meet it, and just at Gallows Green we stopp'd it, I giving the Word of Command to stop, Will on the other Side demanding their Money, which he had no sooner done, than Capt. Mawley in the Basket behind shot him thro' the Head, upon which he dropp'd, which I seeing ran directly towards the Captain in the Basket, who saluted me with a Brace of Balls from a Pistol, which took me directly upon the right Shoulder, in which Hand my Pistol was, I being at some Distance, the Balls did not penetrate the Skin, only knocked me backwards, and numm'd it for the present; notwithstanding which I took up my Pistol in my left Hand, ran to the Captain, and would have shot him, but my Pistol missed Fire, by the Dirt getting in the Pan by the Fall; however I robb'd him of about 19 s. all in Silver, though I understand he denies loosing any Thing, however I declare it to be true, and as soon as I had done, I bid the Coachman drive on, which he did as fast as possible. I looked at my Man Will, and saw he was just expiring, he had then about 7 l. in his Pocket, which we had taken that Morning and the over Night, and which I wanted to have taken from him, but the Mob coming, I jump'd over a Gate, and crossed the Fields towards Upton; but before I got there, it came in my Head to return Home, and as it was very early in the Morning, to go to Bed to prevent a Suspicion of my being concern'd with my Man Will-Taylor. I had not crossed two Fields before I heard a Thousand People were alarmed with Will's being shot, and that I must certainly be the Man who was with him, and was escaped; however I ventured so near the Place as the other Side of the Hedge, where the Mob was gather'd, and carrying Will out of the Road. I had it still in my Head to go Home and to Bed, but some of the Mob called out, let's go and search Cook's Lodgings, at which saying, I thought it the most prudent Way to make of, which I did to the Sign of the L - and C - at N – G -. Here I secreted myself about three Days, in which Time I lived in so extravagant a manner, as to spend 5 l by which I was well esteem'd there, and might have been secreted to this Day had I Money sufficient to have maintain'd me in the same Manner. Here I sent for my Brother-in-law S -, and desired he would go to Stratford and enquire how Matters stood there; he readily comply'd, and at his Return told me, the Justice had been so good as to let my Man Will be buried, in as decent a manner as the Money he had in his Pocket when shot would admit off; and that there was Warrants against me, and I should certainly be taken if I went near Stratford . I promised him I would not, but on the contrary go to Sea, at which he was seemingly well pleased, and said, he would go to Doctor Y - in London, and try to get me some Money as he ow'd me, about 25 l which I had lent him when living at Stratford , my Brother used his Endeavours, but to no Purpose. Whilst I was here it came in my Head to go in Pursuit of the Constable who had got my Watch and Pistols, since the Time of my being taken, who I had such a Spite and Hatred against, that I was determined if ever I met him to have his Life; but Providence directed to the contrary, for I never could hear what was become of him. Going to Sea I thought a Hardship, especially for a Gentleman as I then thought I was entituled to by my Profession, and therefore resolved to continue as such, and revenge the Death of my poor Man Will, for whom I had a very great Regard and Esteem, not only from his Valour and Courage in the Profession of a Gentleman Collector, but for his civil Behaviour and good Nature, and had he not depended so much upon his Strength, his Reign might have been longer. When upon the Road, he instead of clapping a Pistol to a Man's Breast, would often take a Man by the Collar, and once as he stopt a Gentleman's Servant near Burntwood upon his Resistance seeing no Pistol, they both tumbled from their Horses into a great Ditch, I stood looking on some Time, till the Gentleman's Servant was too many for Will, I came up and presented a Pistol, which soon ended the Dispute, from whom we took a Basket, wherein was a Pound or thereabouts of Hyson Tea, Sugar and Plumbs, &c. and several Pounds of Starch, this was a Present for a Lady, as several other Things had been before, that I had robb'd People of, all which she was thankful for, and willing to take, had there been a thousand Times as much, notwithstanding she well knew how I came by them. Thus to revenge the Death of my poor Man Will, I provided myself with a good Nag, &c. went down to Rumford , in hopes of hearing there who was the Person that was in the Basket and shot Will, but could hear no further, than it was one Capt. Mawley of Colchester. I was at the Inn all Night when the whole Talk was about me, nothing but Cook was their Subject throughout the whole House. The next Morning several setting out from that Inn for London, who had lain there, and at private Houses in the Town, among whom was a Gentleman I had a great Suspicion was my bitter Enemy, Mawley. I let the Coach go on about half an Hour, I then call'd for my Horse, after paying my Reckoning, the Landlord bidding me a good Morning, and a safe arrival in Town, hoping I should escape the noted Cook and his Gang, I thanked him, and set out after my prey, the Stage-Coach, wherein was gone the very Antidote of my Soul; I persued with a Resolution, not only to shoot the Man I suspected, but for a certainty all in the Coach, when I came up with them, my Soul was so full of Envy, Hatred and Malice against him, that I scarce could bid the Coachman stop without blowing his Brains out; when I came to the Door of the Coach, I demanded which was Capt. Mawley, who had shot my Companion, and endeavour'd the same to me, I told them, they who were not He, had better discover which he was, otherwise I would destroy them all; when a beautiful young Lady who was in the Coach, fell upon her Knees, imploring my Mercy, and protesting he was not there, as did all the rest the same; this instantly excited my Compassion, and moved me to Pity. As I always had, and professed a great Veneration for the Fair-Sex, I put up my Pistol, desiring the Gentlemen to be speedy in giving me their Money, &c. which they did to the amount of above 30 l. all I demanded of the Fair-one, was a kind Salute, which she readily complied with, with which I took my Leave, telling the Gentlemen if Capt. Mawley was amongst them, for him never to venture out withou, Arms, for that I was resolved tho' at the Loss of my own Life, to have his, - and for that end, as well as to be revenged on some others, I went to London, sent for two old Companions in Vice, and Iniquity from Stratford , who had before wanted me to admit them into my Company; they no sooner receiv'd my Message, than they complied therewith, they having each an Acquaintance in London, who were hearty, stout Fellows, and would be glad to be admitted of the Society, which I readily consented to; they being short of Money, proposed going a Street-robbing, till they had raised a Bank sufficient to equip them for the Road; this I rejected, as being Generalissimo, and having the Command over them, by Seniority, and Election, after a short Debate, it was my Resolution to take the Road, which we all did, I having no Horse no more than they, Epping Forrest being the Place appointed, as I knew little or nothing of any other Road, except Finchley , about London, and beg that all the injured Part of the World who have been robb'd on any other round London, will believe the same; when I declare upon the Words of a dying Man, it's Truth. - My Men's Behaviour proved but indifferent, yet as I was in hopes by Experience they would improve, I continued them in the Society, 'till Friday before Christmas, when as we were coming towards Bow , from London , between Mile-end and the said Bow , we stopped a Coach, which was full of Children, as we suppose coming to Town to keep their Christmas; whilst I and two of my Men were robbing the Coach, the other two crossed the Road to the Footpath on the high Ground, where they stopped a Man, knocked him down, and by his Resistance, repeated their Blows in such a manner, that I cried out; for shame you Villains, don't kill the Man, which as I suppose he heard, cried out, for God Sake Mr. Cook don't murder me, I am your Neighbour, which by his Voice I knew to be Mr. Cruikshank's, of Stratford , I made all the Haste I possibly could, to prevent their Usage, but was too late, they had before done his Business; from whence, after a small Consultation at a Gate just by, we made the best of our Way for a Publick-house, near Hackneymarsh , where we stay'd all Night, and there we shared what we had got; the next Morning it was noised about that the Man was dead, which as he was a Neighbour, gave me great Uneasiness; I told the Villains who did it, what a horrid, barbarous Thing it was, at which they seemed little touched, upon which, together with some Difference, that arose about the sharing the Money, I left them, one of whom is since dead, as I have been informed, another gone to Sea, and the other two are now in or near London, whose Names and Occupation I must beg to be excused mentioning, as the Hand of Justice has not yet taken hold on them. Here our Society disolved, I thereupon went to my old Friends, at the C - and L -, on N – G -, where I wrote two Letters, the one to a Lady, desiring to see her, the other to my Brother in Law S -, desiring to see him; the Lady immediately came to me, in hopes (as I soon found) I had got a Booty for her, of which, when she found herself disappointed, upbraided me with borrowing a Pair of Boots to rob in, and never to return any Thing for the Use thereof. 'Tis true, she had borrowed a Pair of Boots for me, and I had not return'd 'em, but that makes the old saying good, if you do 19 good Deeds, and don't do the 20th, the 19 are disregarded, which was the present Case with my fine Lady, who as she had sometimes been pertaker of my unlawful Gain, thought she always must. My Brother S - not being at Home, I soon dismissed my fine Lady, who was loth to part from me, before I made her a Present, I had no more then, than about 6 l. which was rather too small a Sum for me to part with any; However, I gave her a Guinea, with an absolute Promise of remitting her the first Money I collected; at which she seemed very well pleased, took her Leave, with a strict Charge to be mindful of my Promise in complying therewith, which I solemnly protested to do, which was only to please her till I was gone from her, for fear of her getting me charged with a Constable, as she had often threatened when I had forgot, either to send her, or had made little or no plunder. From hence I proceeded to St. Albans , without attempting to do any Thing, having a deep Reflection of the horrid and barbarous Murder of Mr. Cruikshank's upon my Spirits; when I came to St. Albans being on Foot, I changed my Name to that of Wilson , and enquired at the Sign of the Golden Boot a Shoe-maker's Shop , for Business, she being an elderly Widow Woman, employed me, before I had been here three Weeks, the whole Town was in an Uproar about the taking of some Smugglers in the Town, I enquiring what was the Matter, some said they were in pursuit of Highwaymen, others of Smuglers; however, it so much startled me, that I thought it the most convenient Way to pack up my Necessaries and leave the Town. From hence I went to Wooburn in Bedfordshire , between which Place and Bedford Town in the Road I was overtaken by a Countryman well mounted, the Bridle of whose Horse I laid hold of, presented a Pistol to him, demanded him to dismount and deliver his Money; he with a great Stick he had in his Hand struck at me, which Blow I received with my Arm, at which I gave the Bridle a Snatch, which brought my Countryman down, notwithstanding which he resisted and had once like to have snatch'd my Pistol out of my Hand, but finding I was resolute and swearing I wou'd shoot him, he surrender'd both Money and Horse, which was to the amount of 50 l. but beg'd hard to have his Horse again, which was the principal Thing I wanted, so I mounted and road off telling the Countryman to sue the County, which I heard and saw in the News-Papers he did. From hence, I went to Birmingham , where I put up at the Swan Inn , having about 40 l. and liking the Town I was determin'd to stay there some Time; in a few Days I sold my Horse for 10 Guineas tho' he was worth more, and never should have desired a better for my Business. Here I took a Lodging, at a Publick House, having a Liking to my Landlord, who was a merry Companion, he and I talking about Trade and Business, thereby understanding I was a Shoemaker , he said, Mr. Stevens , (I then going by that Name) there is a Shop to be let over the Way, which will do for your Purpose; the next Day I took it and laid out most of my Money in Stocking it, and my Room, which when I had done, I was at a Loss for a House keeper, but that Piece of Furniture as well as any other I was soon provided with, whose Name was soon changed by all that knew her, from that of Molly Barrett , to that of Mrs. Stevens . Here I had a fair Prospect of doing well, and was encouraged and esteemed by all who knew me in the Town, but I and my new Wife as I then called her, minded the Gaiety and Pleasures of Life, in going from Place to Place to see Horse-racing and other Diversions, more than Business, 'till I had run and Raced away not only my ready Money, but my Stock in Trade, which put me in Mind of the old Saying, What is got over the Devil's Back, is spent under his Belly; and now to deceive the World in repairing my Circumstances to prevent any Suspicion of my being a Highway-man; I told my Spouse Mrs. Barrett, and the rest of my Acquaintance, that I had an old rich Aunt who liv'd in Herefordshire , and allow'd me sometimes a Hundred Pounds a Year, and sometimes more, which I received Quarterly, this every Body believ'd, I told of it. I thereupon prepared for my Journey, as they thought to Herefordshire , to my pretended Aunt, leaving Mrs. Molly my House keeper in Care of the Shop , telling her, I should return in a Fort-night or 3 Weeks; from hence to Northampton , I went in the Stage Coach, intending to visit my Lucky County of Bedford again, I stay'd here 2 Days in Hopes of meeting with an Opportunity to replenish my empty Pockets, when I was informed most of the London Dealers went the other Way, that is through Dun Church , with that, I set out for the same Place, where both Roads come into the main Chester Road ; here I stop'd a Man, robb'd him of 16 l. and took his Horse, which was a very good one, with which Booty I thought to return to Birmingham , but being overtaken that Night, by a Manchester Dealer, at the Horseshoe-Inn , at Daintry , who was going in the Country to buy Goods, we going both to the same Inn, supp'd together of a boil'd Rabbit smother'd with Onions and a roasted Fowl, after Supper, we drank two or three Bowls of Punch, a Bottle of Wine and smoak'd several Pipes of Tobaccoe, I knowing who must smoke for it the next Day, I used all the Arts and Means I possibly could to found the Depth of his Pockets, which he was too close to let me that Night; the next Morning we breakfasted together, (as I had told him the over Night I would accompany him to Liverpool in Lancashire ) set forward for Coventry , where at the White Bear we din'd, it being the Post House, as that was a fixed Rule with me to do, for the Benefit of the News-Papers. Here after Dinner we refreshed ourselves with a Bottle of Wine, and smoaked a Pipe 'till it was near 3 o'Clock in the Afternoon, whilst we was a drinking our Bottle after Dinner, I told my Fellow Traveller, it was a dangerous Road we had to pass that Evening, and therefore thought it very adviseable to conceal our Money in our Boots or some other secure Place; he at first refused, but upon seeing me put my Purse down my Boot, he drew out his Bag, which revived my drooping Spirits, my Wish was granted to a few Miles riding for Opportunity. He answer'd, and I will put mine down my Side-pocket, which he did; about 3 as I said before, we set forward intending to go that Night to Litchfield , we rode very lovingly 'till we came to a Place called Cookkows-Corner , which parts the Roads; here I told my Companion I was at my Journey's End, telling him he must draw to his Side-pocket directly for there was no Time to dispute his Answer was I really thought as much, and suspected it from the first Hour I came into your Company. I took his Bag wherein was contain'd (besides some Silver in his Pocket, which I left him to carry him to his Journey's End,) the Sum of 35 Guineas, besides his Watch, which I took, dismounted him and turn'd up his Horse; I should have taken him, but thought my own better, from hence I had not above 7 Miles to Birmingham , where I went that Night; my House-keeper was surprized to see me returned so soon, as was most of my Acquaintance, believing every Thing I had related about my Aunt was true; with this Cash, I restock'd my Shop, which by that Time look'd naked, and paid what Debts I had contracted in the Town, which put me in the good Esteem of all who knew me there, soon after I sold my Horse for 6l. after this, I contracted a Friendship with one Mr. Insal, who was very Friendly, and told me when ever I wanted a Horse to ride out, he had one at my Service; accordingly, I made bold with a Mare of his the next Time I wanted to make a Visit to my pretended Aunt, leaving mine to ride when Occasion offer'd, for which I must now pay no less a Ransome than my Life. This my so speedy leaving of Birmingham the second Time, was in some Measure owing to a London Dealer, who was there, enquiring who I was, and how long I had been there, which I did not greatly like. From whence I crossed the Country for London , just as Fancy led me, picking up what I could towards defraying travelling Charges, till I met Mr. Zachary, as he related on my Trial, (for the Particulars whereof I refer to the same) whose Testimony, as I am a dying Man, I declare to be true and just in every Particular. After I had robbed this Gentleman, the same Night I visited my old Friend at the L - and C - on N – G -, who was very glad to see me. The next Day, having a Fancy to try my new Horse, I took a ride to Epping-Forrest , where I robbed a Man of 4 s. and his Watch. But he declaing he had not paid the Turnpike, I return'd him Sixpence, and then directed him to turn down a Lane which leads to Hackney Marsh ; but before I was out of Sight, he turned about and came after me, which I perceiving, gave him the Meeting, and swore if he did not keep on his Road, I would blow his Brains out. His Answer was, that he was afraid I had directed him a wrong Road; I assured him of the contrary, and insisted on his Proceeding. The said Gentleman's Watch is in the Hands of Mr. Haines the Constable, to whom if he applys, he may have it again. Being thus near Stratford , and finding myself well mounted, I was determined to ride through the Town, which I did, seeing several that I knew, and who knew me, to many of whom I spoke, as they did to me. At Night I returned to my Lodging, the C - and L -, where I sent for my Brother S -, who was not then at Home. The next Morning I went to his House, but not soon enough to catch him at Home. I saw my Sister, his Wife, with whom I talked, and desired her to send her Husband to me at the C - and L -, when he came in: She thereupon gave me to understand, that somebody had given Information of my resorting to that House when about London , and advised me to leave it, which I accordingly did, and by her Directions went to one S -, a Relation of her Husband's, who keeps the Sign of the Badger at Mims Wash , where I was kindly received, upon letting them know who I was, and making use of their Names. Here I continued from Thursday to Sunday for my Brother-in-Law S -'s coming, which he then did; after some Talk, I told him that I had five Watches, which I begged he would take and secure for me. He then refused them, but told me if I would come on Tuesday, and send for him in the Neighbourhood, he would take them. When he was for going Home, I ordered my Horse to be got ready to accompany him, which I did as far as Finchley-Common , where we parted, and whilst we were a talking, a single Horse Chaise passed us for London , with two Men in it, which as soon as we had parted I pursu'd, and about the Red Lyon on Highgate Hill I overtook them, which being near the Houses, I desisted from stopping them there, but followed them thro' the Town and Turnpike till they came within a Hundred Yards of Whittington's Stone . I rode by them, and gave them the Meeting and Word of Command, which they were so far from complying with, that they whipt my Horse, and would have forced me into the Ditch; they kept whipping their own Horse, and went at a great Rate, notwithstanding which I got up with them a second Time, when I told them I certainly would blow the Brains of both of them out, if they made any further Resistance, which they not regarding, I fired and shot one through the Arm with a Brace of Balls, and would have served the other the same, had they not drove up to an Alehouse in the Road, the Sign of Old Mother Red Cap , and alarmed the People of the House by making a great Noise. He that I shot has been to see me since my Commitment to Newgate , who informed me he belonged to the Custom-House, and had then 50 l, about him, which it I had then known I would have had, or his Life, or both, notwithstanding his Alarm. He says his Name is Baker, the other who was with him I understand was one Mr. Wagstaff, who keeps the Sign of the Lord Cobham's Head , near Islington Fields , who by his Behaviour, seemed to be very ready to give me his Money, but his Companion making Resistance was the sole Cause of his being shot. Thus disappointed of my Booty, I returned to my Lodging at Mims , and staid there till Ten a Clock on Monday, then went for St. Alban's and came to London that Night by the Carravan, leaving my Pistols as well as Horse at Mims Wash , which was never before done by me to leave my Pistols. On Monday Night the 17th of July, I lay at the Bell Inn in West Smithfield , and on Tuesday Morning the 28th, according to my Promise, I went to meet my Brother-in-Law S -, about my five Watches; and the Reason of my going down Cheapside from Smithfield to Norton Folgate , was, that I repented leaving my Pistols at Mims , and thought to have bought a Brace behind the Royal-Exchange , which I should have done, had the People of the Shop been up. When I came to Mr. Taylor's, the Sign of the Wise Man of Gotham , I called for a Pint of Ale, and wrote a Letter to my Brother-in-Law S - that I was there according to Appointment, and called a Porter and sent it to him, when Martha Underwood , who formerly knew me at Stratford , saw me pass by Bow Church in Cheapside , who dodg'd and fixed me at the above said Mr. Taylor's, she immediately acquainted Haines the Constable therewith, who with Assistance came in and seiz'd me, and upon searching me took my five Watches and 9 l. odd Money from me, and carried me before Justice Chandler, who upon my being proved to be Cook the Stratford Shoemaker, by some out of that Town, and Mr. Zachary swearing to his Watch, I was committed to Newgate , which had been my old Lodging, about eleven Months ago, for five Weeks. Being thus fixed in my old Lodging, and became the common Talk of the Town, few out of Friendship, though Numbers out of Curiosity, daily visited me, to see and drink with me, with whom I spent all my Time, insomuch that I had little or no Sense or Feeling of my Misfortunes and wretched Condition, till about a Week before the Sessions, when I was in Hopes I should have been admitted an Evidence against my Accomplices, which Hopes I found would not avail, and which were the last I had, excepting that I could make my Escape out of Newgate ; for which End I consulted my Bedfellow Hall, whose Case I looked upon, and was informed to be as desperate as mine. We had no sooner consulted each other, than we swore to Fidelity, and the Rescue of one another's Lives, and the destroying of all those that should any Ways oppose us in the same; which we made no Manner of Doubt in effecting with Ease, by the Method we proposed, had we not been discovered the Night before we intended to have put our Design in Execution, which Design, could not have been effected without the shooting of two Persons, whose Pardon and Forgiveness I ask. The Miscarriage in this Undertaking I must confess, as my unhappy Companion Hall has often since charged me with, was in a great Measure owing to my ill Conduct in getting drunk every Day, and not being so close and secret in the Affair as I ought to have been in a Matter of such Consequence. For the Day the Man brought my Pistols to me from Mr. S - 's, at the Sign of the B - at M – W - as aforesaid. I had got them in my Pocket but was so drunk and indiscreet, that my Companion Hall was obliged to carry me up Stairs to Bed the Wednesday Night we was detected by the Keepers, &c. This I declare upon the Words of a dying Man, to be the Truth and Substance of my Life, as near as I can, through my Infirmity of Body, since my Conviction, recollect. The following LETTER was sent by Mary Barret , at Birmingham , to Cook, which is as follows, viz. THIS is to let y know that I receiv'd your Letter with some Satisfaction, and am glad to hear that you are in good Health, and had Pleasure in your Journey, for that is more than I have had at Home ever since you went till now as I receiv'd your Letter for I thought that Pens, Ink and Paper was very hard to find, and your Hands and your Thoughts was very much confin'd, that you could not write before, tho I did excuse the first Post day with a great deal of Uneasiness, for I was very sorry to think that I was forc'd to write to you, first upon such an Account as I did, the very Day after you set out; I wrote to you to let you know the Report and Scandal that was rais'd on you when you was gone, for some said you had stole a Horse, and rode away with him, and got a Hanger, and a Brace of Pistols, and was turn'd Highwayman, and durst not come no more to Birmingham ; it was best known to yourself, how that was, but I think you have got a very fine Character, by your going in such a silly Manner; by your Writing, you have not receiv'd the Letter, and if you have not, I desire you will go to Mr. Wilson, at Mr. Ward's, in Salisbury Court , at the Black-Swan , where you was to take that Letter for my Mother, and they will give it you I could tell no other Way to write to you then, and not hearing from you so long after promis'd, I was afraid that you was under Confinement, for you was promised very fair for it by Mr. Insal: I am very glad to hear that your four leg'd. Horse carried you easy to your Journey's End, you bid me be a good Girl, and mind Shop, till you come Home, I told you when you went, that I would as well as I could, and what I promise if I can, I will perform till you return, which I hope will not be long before you do, for you must think it is very lonesome for to have the Shop open from Morning till-Night, and nobody in it but myself, accept my Mother, and that you may think is but little concerning you, and you said your Thoughts was always on me, but I believe I have thought as much on you as you could on me, for my Uneasiness has been so great that I could not avoid it, but I hope you will think of me and these Letters, and return as soon as possible you can, for I am sure that it will be more to your Profit and my Satisfaction, to have you here, and I hope that your next Letter will let me know how long it will be before you return. I have never been at Mrs. Cotton's but twice since you went, for who could think of its being nothing else but a parcel of false Reports from the first beginning of it. My Father and Mother both join in Love to you, and long to have you at Home, that you may convince the World. All Friends desire to be remembered to you; let me know if you will have the Room kept till you come again, for Nurse wont let it to obody while you are away, unless she hears from you or me. So no more at present, from your loving and sincere Friend till Death, MARY BARRAT . Pray let me hear from you the next Post after you receive this, and I will make myself as easy as I can till I see you again; pray excuse my Writing, for I never wrote so much to any one before. July 18, 1741. N. B. I hope this will be a Companion for the Handkerchief. For Mr. John Stevens , to be left at Mr. P - 's, at the G – L - and C - in N – G - London. Not having Room to insert in HALL's Dying Speech the following LETTER of his to his Wife, the Night before his Execution, we think it will not be disagreeable to our Readers to insert it here. 12 o'Clock, Sunday Night. My Dear, ' I Am very sorry we could not have the Liberty of a little Time by ourselves, when ' you came to take your Leave of me; if we ' had, I should have thought of many more Things ' to have said to you than I did; but then I fear ' it would have caused more Grief at our parting. ' I am greatly concerned, that I am obliged to ' leave you and my Child, and much more in such ' a Manner, as to give the World Room to reflect ' upon you on my Account, though none but the ' Ignorant will, but rather pity your Misfortunes, ' as being fully satisfy'd of your Innocency in all ' Respects, relating to the Crime for which I am ' in a few Hours to suffer. ' I now heartily wish, not only for my own ' Sake, but the injur'd Persons, yours, and my ' Child's, that I was as innocent as you are, but ' I freely own, I am not, nor possibly can be in ' this World; yet I humbly hope, and fully trust, ' through God's great Mercy, and the Merits of ' my Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ, to be happy in ' the next. ' After I parted with you, I received the Holy ' Sacrament comfortably which Mr. Broughton was ' so good as to administer to me, who has also several Times before taken a great deal of Pains, ' to instruct me, and so has some others of his Acquaintance, by whose Assistance, and my own ' Endeavours, I hope God will pardon all my Sins ' for Christ's Sake, and admit me into his heavenly ' Kingdom. ' My Dear, some of my latest Prayers will be ' to God to direct and prosper you and my Child ' in all good Ways, so long as he pleases to let you ' live here on Earth, that afterwards he may receive you both to his Mercies to all Eternity. I ' hope I shall willingly submit to my Fate, and die ' in Peace with all Men. This is now all the ' Comfort I can give you in this World, who living was, and dying I hope to remain, Your loving and most affectionate Husband, JAMES HALL . To Mrs. HALL, at Mr. Wight's, in Princes-street , near Leicester-Fields . FINIS.

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A True ACCOUNT of the BEHAVIOUR, CONFESSION, AND Last Dying SPEECHES Of the 11 Criminals that were Executed at TYBURN , On Friday the 18th of December, 1691. ON Saturday the Ordinary Visited the Condemned praying for them, that the Lord would Convince them of their sinful and deplorable Condition, as having Intangled themselves in the snares of Death, by their Dissolute Practices, against all the warnings of Publick Justice on other Criminals, and that they would Endeavour to search their Hearts and call to Remembrance the secret sins, which had provokt the Lord to set them out, as monuments of his present severe, yet Righteous Judgement. On the Lords Day in the Forenoon, this Text was preacht on viz. the 60 ver. of the 119. Psalm, I made hast and delayed not, to keep thy Commandments. Whence eight particular false Opinions were confuted, which cause Persons, either to think Repentance needless, or to delay it, to the hardning of the heart by many deceits in sining. The Conclusion was directed to the condemned with very affectionate Counsel and made a good Impression on hem. In the Afternoon the Ordinary preach'd on the 12th. ver. of the 11th. chap. of St. Matthews Gospel. The Kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence, and the Violent take it by force. The Gospels Dispensation is called the Kingdom of Heaven, because it most clearly Reveals the present State of believing in Christ, for Righteousness to justifie penitent believing Sinners, together with their Regenerating Grace of implanted Holiness, and the inestimable rewards of the future State of Glory. From whence several Inferences were drawn in aggravating that Indifferency of Spirit, which most are guilty of, in neglecting this Coelestial Kingdom. 2. Second Head, about what particulars must this Holy Violence be exercised. 3. How we must Form and lay Siege Regularly to the Kingdom of Heaven. As the Original Phrase implys. Wherein were many Allussions practically improved. 4. The Inefficacy, yea danger of a false Superstitious Zeal, in the prosecution of Heavenly Concernments. 5. Directions how to Scale the Walls of Gods Coelestial Kingdom, by persevering in the Use of proper means. These were aid down, with many Encouragements drawn from Possessing, the Rich Treasures laid up therein. The Conclusion of the Sermon was thus directed to the Condemned. You have heard what that Holy Violence is, which takes the Kingdom of Heaven by force, yet, How have you Proclaimed and Prosecuted an open War against God himself, tho he hath entreated you to be Reconciled in Christ. You have Violated all the Laws of Humanity and Common Equity. You have by your Excesses in Sining drawn upon your selves a Violent and Shameful Death. And are these the Instances of Good Nature to your selves, liberty to sin hath been very sweet to you. Now mortifie outright in an holy Revenge, the whole body of your Corrupt Nature, strive to demolish the strong holds of Sin and Satan. You have been swift and earnest in pursuing a Course of Impiety, of which Repent. But you will never be ashamed of a well Tempred Zeal, by expiring your last Breath, in the Commendable Consumation of your short Race, in pios Exercises. The Kingdom of Heaven hath in a wonderful Condescention, made offers to you of Salvation, when Divine Justice might, as a Flaming Cherubin, have obstructed your Entrance, for your sloth and obstinate Contempt of it. Yet, it is not too Late, to make your selves happy, in the possessing of it, if you offer an Holy Violence, to make sure of it, according to the Rules of Gods appointment. On Monday, the Ordinary with another Minister Visited them, who stated the Nature of True Repentance towards Cod, and Saving Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, After several Prayers made for them, in the Afternoon they were required to give an Account what well grounded Hopes they had of a future State of Blessedness. On Tuesday they freely gave an Account what their Course of Life had been, and of some particular Sins, which they said, lay as an heavy burthen on their Conscience. I. William Harsey , Condemned for killing two Men, he said, he had pious Education which he had sinned against, he confess'd the Crime publickly, with great penitency, saying, that he had often prophaned the Lords-Day, and had been guilty of Excess in Drinking, that he was so when he killed the two Men, one of which was his Friend: And that his former Drunkenness had led him to Acts of Uncleanness, that he had been accustomed to most Sins, of which, he hopes that now he sincerely Repents. II. William Smith , Condemned for Fellony. He was Apprentice to a Vintner , after five years, he betook himself to Military Imployment , he said that he was guilty of all sins except Murther, he named Sabbath breaking, Drunkenness, and Uncleanness. He seemed Penitent. III. Mary Jones , Condemned for Shoplisting, she came as a Person of Quality , to avoid suspition of her Dishonesty, She said, She was brought up to make Hoods and Scarfs , but Marrying of an Apprentice, and supplying his Extravagancies with Money, She fell into Poverty, and so was induced to the forecited Felonious Practices. And that this was not the first Attempt in that kind. She seemed Penitent, and said, that if She might be sared, She would never follow the like way again, but whatever She suffered She would endeavour to live honestly. IV. Mary Mott , Condemned for killing her Male Bastard Child, she said, that he who begat it, promised her Marriage: When she was quick with Child, she sent him notice of it, but he ran away, and took no Care of her, so distrusting Gods Providence how she should maintain the Child, she put it up in a Basket, and exposed it in a Gutter, to starving. She said that she had an hard cruel heart, for which she now Relents, as also, for Sabbath breaking, for Drunkenness, and the frequent neglect of Prayer and all other Religious Dutys. V. John Barret , Condemned for Burglary, his Father was a Furryer, himself Apprentice to a Clothyer , he served only Four Years. Bad Company brought him to Sabbath-breaking Drunken ness, and Uncleanness: He did not take warning, tho he had been in Newgate formerly. He said, God had beed just, if he had cut him off sooner, and that he now mourns chiefly for offending God. VI. Thomas Taylor , for setting a Barn on Fire, and while the Servants came from the Dwelling House, to queuch it, he ran up into a Chamber, pretending to help to preserve the Goods, but ran away with them. He said, he was accustomed to Gaming from 12 years of Age, and that by reason of Idleness he would not be Educated to any honest Imployment. That he had rejected the good Counsel of his Parents, and joyned himself to bad Company, that he never regarded the publick Worship of God on the Sabbath nor any private Duty of Religion. That he was adicted to Swearing and Gaming, which Gaming occasioned, that he had been guilty of Drunkenness, and Whoredom, and all sins except Murther. That he was now ashamed of his very sinful Life, and desired me to pray for him, that God would make him horowly penitent for his secret sins, and all other he Impieties of his Life, whereby he had offended God, and given wicked Examples to others. VII. William Good , Condemned for Robbing a Person in Hackny-Fields . He denyed not the Fact, and confest that he had been of a dissolute Life, that bad Company Ruined him. That he had been guilty of many sins, and neglecting Religious Duty's. But now he repents of all sin against God, who hath spared him hitherto, but if he may now escape, he hopes God will give him firmness in his Resolution to Reform. VIII. Humphrey Malice , Condemned for Robbing a Gentleman in Chelsy Field . He said, he was born in Exter , and came to be a Gardiner in Westminster , after that he was a Soldier , and that the greatest sin of his Life was Drunkenness. That by perswasion of bad Company, he had his hand in the Robbery, but no share in the spoil. IX. Edward Booth , Condemned for the same Robbery, Exprest little sorrow, for that or any other sin. X. Richard Johnson , Condemned for several Robberies, being burnt in the Hand before, was not concerned for his bad Life, and withdrew himself from Chappel on Tuesday. XI. Anne Miller , Condemned for Felony and Bulgary, refused to come to the Chappel, saying she was a Papist. This is all the Acconnt I can give of this Session. Samuel Smith , Ordinary. Dated this 18th of December 169. On Friday the 18th Instant, these Eleven Persons were all Conveyed in Four Carts to Tyburn; in Order to be Executed, viz. Humphrey Malice , William Smith , Richard Johnson , William Good , William Harsey , Edward Booth , Thomas Taylor , John Barrett , Mary, Jones, Anne Miller , and Mary Mott . The first that was Tyed up to the Tree, was Mary Jones , who said but very little at the place of Execution; only declared, that she had been very well Instructed in her Duty heretofore by her Parents, to whom she never much hearkned, neither took notice of such Pious Counsels: as were given her, and falling into Lewd Company, brought her to an evil end. Mary Mott , was seemingly very Penitent, Crying out for Pardoning Mercy from God; for so bloody a Fact, as the Murther of the Innocent Child; but being overwhelmed with Grief, she could not express her sorrow for her sins, and particularly for that for which she Dyed. Anne Miller , being the next fastened to the Tree began to lament her untimely evil End, wringing her hands, bewailing herself for her former ill spent Life saying; she threw herself upon the Mercy of God' through Christ; for Salvation, not denying but that she justly Suffered, for she had been a very great Sinner, and she was therefore very willing to submit to the punishment of Death. Humphrey Malice , and Edward Booth , who were both Condemned two Sessions ago, for a Robbery on the High-way in Chelsey Fields ; upon on John Nelson a Joyner , whom they stript Naked, and beat him, and left him bound in a Ditch, and finding but 8 d. in his Pocket, they gave him several strips more, telling him that the next time he went abroad, he should put more Money in his Pocket, &c. They Robbed another Gentleman the same Night, in the same Fields, striping him in the like Nature, &c. All which they did not deny, but were wery sorry for the injury they had done, Malice said, he had been very disobedient to his Parents, especially to his Mother. Therefore desired Young People to be warned by his Suffering, how they carryed themselves towards their best Friends; adding that he was troubled more for his ill Carriage towards his Mother, then at the appearance of Death, &c. William Smith , was very much concerned for his Soul, and hearkned very diligently to the Instructions of the Ordinary, Exhorting all the Spectators to take timely warning (by his Ignominious Death) to prepare themselves for a better Life; Whiles he was speaking these words, a sudden Shout was given by the Multitude, Occasioned, by reason that there was some hopes of a Reprive, coming for some of the Prisoners, but that proved but a false Alarm. After this he said, further that there were several ill Persons about London; that used to buy the Goods that he and others had Stolen which gave great Incouragement to Thieves, for by Reason of such evil Merchandise, several poor Creatures had been brought to such an end, as he himself was just ready to undergo. This (he said) he did not speak out of any particular Malice against of any the Persons, but that all people might take warning by it, &c. John Barrett , was the next, who seemed not altogether so much concerned as the former, but yet he Joyned with the rest in the Prayers and Exhortations of the Ordinary. Richard Johnson , Formerly Condemned for stealing a Silver Cup. After he was Tyed up, contined very steadfast and in a devout manner, prayed very affectionately for himself, to the last Breath, but said nothing Publickly at the place of Execution. William Harsey , Declared that he was very sorry for the wickedness he had done, desiring the Spectators to take heed of Sabbath-breaking and Drunkenness, &c. For those were the sins that put him upon Endeavouring to take away the Lives of no less than three Persons at once, two of which Dyed, but the third thorow the Mercy of God Recovered, being only prickt upon one of his Ribbs. William Good , Likewise mae publick Confession, that he had been much addicted to the sin of Drunkenness, &c. For which he hopes he shall receive Pardon thorow Christ Jesus, and desired all good Christians to pray for him. Lastly Thomas Taylor , who Dyed for Firing of Barns, behaved himself very undecently and nhandsomely, all the way from Newgate to Tyburn, seeming very indifferently sensible of his Condition, but when he saw pale Fac'd Death begin to draw the Curtains upon him, he seemed to be a little alter'd, and owned the Facts for which he Dyed, adding also that he had set several Barns on fire besides, and committed many more Felony's, for which he hopes that God Almighty will grant him pardon. After this the Ordinary prayed very earnestly for them all and Exhorted them to pray for themselves, and to confess their sins for which they were to dye, then a Psalm of Penitency was sung, after which the Cart drew away, and they were all Committed to the Infinite Mercy of God. London , Printed for Langley Curtiss at Sir Edmondbury Godfry's Head near Fleet-Bridge . 169

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THE TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE BEHAVIOUR AND CONFESSIONS Of the Criminals Condemned, on Saturday the 16th. of October, 1686. At Justice-Hall in the Old. Bayly. And in the Second Year of his Majesties Reign. Fourteen of which, received Sentence of Death, viz. John Evans , W. Richard Johnson , Edward Newgent Michael Wakeland , Richard Norgrave , John Cooley Thomas Faun , John Wright , Edmond Anthony , Ann Philmore , Richard Richardson , Joseph Hensteys and Edward Skelton . Of which John Wright , Richard Norgrave , John Cooly , Michael Wakeland , John Clarke , alias Evans , and Anne Philmore , were in the Dead-Warrant to be Executed at TYBURN On Monday the 25th. of this Instant October, 1686. The other Condemned Criminals, are by His Majesty Graciously Repreived. THe Ordinary cannot but stand amazed at, and deeply deplore the incorribility of such sinner, who are so habituated in a course of sinning, that no Examples of publick justice can prevail upon them to take warning, not wilfully to pervert their ways, and yet their Hearts fret against the Lord, when he finds them out, and brings them to Condign Punishment, for their Atheistical promising themselves, impurity, in the hardning of their Hearts against all former Covictions, abusing even the sparing Mercy of God and the King, which ought to have led them to Repentance and Amendment of Life. On Saturday the 16th. of this Instant October, the foresaid Criminals were Condemned, and in the Afternoon the Ordinary visited so many of them as were willing to submit themselves to his Counsel and Prayers for them, to fit them for their approaching Death. He defined them that they would beseech the Lord, the Supreame judge of Heaven and Earth, by whose Smile Frown, Men live or die Eternally, that he would prevail upon them, to search and try their Hearts, and to call to Remembrance their former ill course of Life, for which he had justly suffered them, to run into such Notorious Crimes, which the Law of the Nation doth pass a Sentence of Death upon, and he warned them against that Advantage, which Satan would endeavour to get against them, by making them secure in a sinful State, as they had hardened their own Hearts, by the deceits of sensual Pleasures, and the prefering the fordidness of unjust gain, before the integrity of their precious Souls, to the hazarding their Eternal Destruction After other Advice given them, they seemed not to be so affected with their dreadful State, as went to be defined. Therefore the Ordinary prayed for them, that the Lord would remove their Stupidity, and make them to be more considerative of the Nature of their several Crimes; some having barbarously shed innocent Blood, which crys loud to Heaven for vengeance, and yet lesser sins are not inexcusable, because committed against the frequent Conviction of Conscience, and former sparing Mercy, so that they are become Guilty of great Ingratitude against God, and of and of a contemptious Self-cruelty, against their precious and immortal Souls. The Ordinary earnestly desired them to prepare their Hearts, for the serious and sincere improvement of the Dutys of the Lords Day, because most who publickly suffer, acknowledge that the Prophanation thereof did provoke the Lord to leave them to such Crimes as bring upon them condign shame and punishment and that in all probability, this Sabbath might be the last, which they had to observe solemny on Earth, that it might be a Pledge of enjoying an Eternal Rest of heavenly Felicity. After this, they were dismist. On the Lords Day, I Preach’d to them on the 5th. Verse of the 31ft. Psalm, into thy Hand I commit my Spirit, for thou hast Redeemed me, O Lord God of Truth. 1st. The Ordinary, explicated in what Sense our Redeemer on the Cross made use of these Words, and what were the Glorious Benefits which resulted from them, as they were Christs Sacred Assurances of his Fathers Fidelity, in fulfilling the purchased Advantages, merited by his sufferings, for the glorifying of his own humane Nature, and in his, virtually of all his Confederate Saints. 2dly. Why the Soul of the Righteous-man in this place? is most properly called his Spirit, where of three Reasons were assigned. 3dly. That by Virtue of Christs Redemptory Oblation of himself, He Consecrated to his Father the Souls of his Servants. That Christ virtually Recommended their Souls to his Fathers Care and Patronage, in the Resignation and committing of his own Spirit. God the Father hath such an high Estimation of his Sainrsat Death, that they are immediately translated into the beatisick vision, and enjoyment of himself. This, and all other Priviledges in a Glorious State of Blessedness, is meant by Christs Committing the Souls of his Redeemed Saints into his Fathers Hand. Hence was inferred, that they do not sleep in their Separation from the Body, but are rendred more sprightly, in glorifying God, and are more Happy in a perfect Assimilation to Him, which they account as the transcendent Reward of Blessedness. 2dly. Saints do account their Souls to be so precious, that they dare not intrust them to Patronage of Gods highest Favorites, but Commit them to the Lords immediate Hand, for their Protection from the last Effort of Satans Subtilty and Malice, who cannot pluck them from the inseperable Love of God in Christ. 3dly. The Spirits of Saints departed in the Lord, are immediatly Blessed: And no longer subject to Fear and Hope of Joy and Grief, of Rest and Pain, but in perfect Peace and Happiness: Having shot the Gulph of Death, are perfectly purified in their very Translation into Heaven. This is effected, as they are sealed by the Consummative Impressions of the Spirit of Holiness, and by the gratuitous Application of Christs All-sufficient Merits, joyned with his All-prevailent lntercession for their immediat Admission into Heaven. Otherwise, they would not be Blessed in their Death, as a Rest from all their Labours and Sufferings; if there remained any thing which could interrupt their Peace, or be able to seperate them from the Actual Blessed and Perfect injoyment of God himself. Therefore they rest secure from all possible Fears and Sorrows, as deposited in the Hand and Custody of the Father of their Spirits. This signifies all those kind, tender, and endearing Benefits, which the Attributal perfections of God can bestow upon his Saints, in their Life and at their Death, because they sat at his Feet, as the Supreame Law-giver, To learn and obey his Preceps Deut, 33d. Chap. and the 3d. Verse. Here was shewed what Arguments are solely in Christs Redeeming Love, to Encourage and oblige his Servants, to Commit their Souls to God at Death: Also what are those Divine Propertys in God, in respect of which, he infinitely excells the most faithful of Humane Trustees. Also what are the Prerequisite Qualifications, which constitute a sincere Intrustment of the foul with God, so as to accept it, by inflating it, in perfect and Eternal Blessedness. The Summary Heads of the Afternoon Sermon. Q. What are the Concomitant Acts of the soul, in the sincere Recommendation of it self, into the Lords Protection and favourable Reception of it, at the point of Death. Here the wonderful presumption of Hypocrites, was stated in their making use of this Recommendatory Prayer, having no interest in God, nor Conformity to him, but rather remaining false-hearted to him. Also the misery of the disappointment of false Confidences for Admission into Heavan, in many Respects. Then was presented the Confutation of many false Pleas offered by Hypocrites to God, for his Reception of their fouls under the Agonys of Death. Such who dedicate not themselves to the Lord in Obedience, while they are secure in their prosperity, cannot at Death support themselves with the Consideration of Christs Redeeming Love: It is granted, that all men have this Common Benefit by Christs Death, that it purchased a Reprieve from descending immediatly into Hell, as the demerit of the least sin: Yet, to be kept out of Hell during a short Life, is but a slender Redemption unless the foul be inflated also, by the Spirit of Regeneration (as forming the Answer of Good Conscience toward God) in the Grant of Eternal Life. It is very sad to consider, with what presumption Men bequeave their souls to God and Christ at Death, who were Satans Vassels, (all their Life Long.) Can such who love and practice any known sin, say at Death, Lord Jesus Receive my Spirit, when they had made a sale of it long before to the Prince of Darkness for very Vanity. Can this Bargain of sale made to Satan be easily Reversed, when the Heart is hardened and confirmed in a state of sinnning, and least able to unravel all the works of impiety, by a late Repentance. It is a Rule in the Civil Law, that no Vassal can dispose of any thing at Death, because he is not his own Free-man to dispose of himself: So With what Heart or Hope, can any man bequeave his soul to God, against whom he hath been more ungratefull and injurious as Satans Vassal, than cruel to himself in bartering it away, for any sensual pleasure or for did profit. Here the Ordinary press’d the Condemned Criminals to Reconcile themselves to the Supreame Judge of Heaven and Earth. No mean person will accept of any Charge or Intrustment from a dying Enemy, much less can it be supposed that God will admit any infamous sinner to be a Co-heire with Christ; in heavenly Glory. How canst thou bequeave to the Father of Spirits a degenerate soul, laden with Guilt, defiled with sin, and alienated to Satan, unless thou make a Renunciation of thy League with thy Lusts, and enter into Communion with God purely for his own infinite excellencies, before thou be forced to flye to him for Refuge in distress. Proud sinners oppose the strength of God, but humble penitentiarys submit in time to the terms of Reconciliation with the Lord, that they may become his Favourites in Life and Death: Otherwise the Intrustment of their fouls to him, will prove but a Dream of Happiness, and the disappointment of false Confidences, will more grieve and distract them than the loss of heaven in an ordinary way of security. Here were produced the Characters of such, who may with sincere Confidence, Commit their Souls to God at Death. Lastly, some directions were prescribed to the Condemned, how to meet their approaching death, with a serene Conscience, and a lively Hope of Future Blessedness. On Monday and Tuesday I Visited the Condemned, beginning and concluding my Discourses with Prayer, that God would awaken them from their Security, for I observed that they were little affected with my Preaching on the Lords Day precedent, for which I am deeply troubled, yet not altogether despondent of some Impressions to be made upon them. Some are of a different Religion, and refused to come under my help of Prayer or Counsel; they who did submit, were very slight in their answers to my Inquires, how they had spent their Lives. Such Account which any them gave. I now set down. 1st. Richard Richardson , Condemned for Murthering Mr. Howard, the Tryal may be seen at large, I assured him, that it would prove a dreadful Imprecation upon himself, if he did attempt to hide or extenuate so soul a Crime; I could not bring him to any acknowledgment. But I assured him, that the just God, never suffers any man to fall under the sentence of Death, unless it be for some secret foregoing Provocations. Therefore I charged him to search his Heart more strictly, to be ingenuous and sincere, in not concealing that Crime, or any other sin which might occasion it. I told him, that I suspected it was his Covetuousness which is the Root of all sin and mischeif. I told him that he usurped Power, in not having a Warrant to apprehend Mr. Howard, and therefore if he lost his Life by your exercising Cruelty in your Office, without any Resistance made by Mr. Howard you ought to repent of your unwarrantable apprehending and smiting of him as Murthering of him. He endeavoured to wave all my Arguments, to bring him to the acknowledgement of the Crime, yet confest, that God might justly leave him to fall under the said sentence of Death, for the many extravagances of his Life, particularly he named, his flighting his duty to God on the Sabath day, which held him in ignorance of the Concernments of his everlasting welfare. He did not deny that he had been ingaged in former Quarrels, wherein he had his Skul broken about a year since. Yet, he had been very Industrious in the Trade of a Black-Smith , but he repents that he took upon him the Office of an Hedborrow , for he thinks it occasioned much spight to him, among persons of an ill Life. I cannot give any farther account of him, only that he seems penitent, and fays, that if he die, he shall take it patiently, as submitting to Gods disposal of him, but if he may be spared, he will endeavour to amend his Life, for the neglect of which, he fears the Lord hath brought him to the sad circumstances, with which he is now encompassed. 2d. Edwerd Skelton , Condemned as accessary to the Murther of Mr. Howard, he is Repreived by the mercy of his Majesty. He confesses nothing , but rather affirms, that he doth not know, how Mr. Howard might fall by so untimely a Death, he resolves by Gods help, to walk more Circumspectly for the future, that he may redeeme that precious time which is granted to him by his Repreive. 3d. Thomas Fann , Condemned for stealing a Bay-Mare, he was one of the three who lately broke Prison. He was Borne in Huntingtonshire , aged 30 years or thereabouts, his Employment was in Husbandry , which he left and came to London to seek Employment, and bought Hair, of which he made Perriwigs , but he thrived not in this way, so growing idle, he contracted bad acquaintance, and to supply his vain expences, committed this Felony. He says, that he desires to repent of his Idle and prophane Speeches, and all other miscarrages of his Life, of which (he thinks) he should never have been sensible, had he not faln under this sad sentence, but if he may find sparing mercy, he hopes he shall betake himself to a better course of Life. 4th. Michael Wakeland , for setting upon a Waggoner, Binding him, and then Robbing the Waggon of Goods to a considerable value. He says he was Born at Hamstead , is Aged 25 years, that he had been a Day. Laborer , his Education had been very mean, so that he is ignoranr and stubborn, giving little signs of Penitence for his mispent time. 5th Richard Norgrave , Condemned for Joyning in the aforesaid Robbery of the Waggon, Born at Oxford , Aged 16 years, he was by Trade a Mason ; which Employment: he left, and within 12 Months past grew poor, and took to bad Company, he desires to be sensible of, and sorrowful for all his Sins , which (himself says;) have made him vile in the fight of God and Men; he acknowledges, that he cannot work a change in own Heart, that he hopes that God for Christs sake will have Mercy on him, and wishes, that he had longer time to amend his Life, which, if it cannot be obtained, be desires to submit to Gods will. 6th. John Cooley , Condemned for Joyning in the Robbery of the aforesaid Waggon, Born in Westminster , Aged 25 years, he says he was a Soldier in Ireland for some time, but he left that Employment because his Horse Died, and he was so poor, that he could not furnish himself with another, after which he fell into loose Company, that he was a breaker of the Sabbath, and guilty of other sins, for which he is justly come to condign Punishment 7th. Joseph Hensley , Condemned for picking for picking a Woman’s Pocket in Lumbard street , he was Born in Gloucester-shire , Aged 21 years, he made Glass-Bottles , and wrought a while for himself, but being given to ill Company, he became extravagant in his Conversation, he says, that he little minded the Service of God, and for not keeping to an honest Calling, he is now justly brought to Punishment. 8th. John Wright , Condemned for breaking the House of Mathew Pluck Efq. and stealing thence Goods of a considerable values he was Born in York shire , Aged, 27 years, he betook himself to Stealing, and having success in his evil Courses, he brake out of Prison, and thought to escape punishment that way, he remains very Obstinate, and without any relenting for his sinful Excreffes. so I cannot give any farther account of him, yet will not desist to pray that he may be fit to appear before the Judgment seat of Christ, where no Impetinent sinner can lie hid, nor be sheltered from the demerited wrath of God. 9th. Anne Philmore , Condemned for Drowning her own Child, being Nine weeks old, the manner of it the Book of Tryals sets forth, I took some time and pains upon her Commitment, to convince her of the unnatural Barbarity of the Fact, yet could not obtain from her any discovery of the Motives, which Satan imprest on her mind, to prevail with her to commit the Crime. I askt her whether it were fear of Poverty, that she could not maintain the Infant, she replied no, for she joyned with her Husband in getting a Livelyhood for four Children. Her Employment was to take home Linnen and to wash it , she said that had taken great pains in tending this young frward Child, which hinded her washing. I could her, how exceedingly froard Hearted and Rebellious sinner are against their Creator, and yet himself bears with such in his long suffering to lead them to Repentance, the consideration of this, might have prevailed with her not to have destroyed her Child. To the committing of which Horrid Crime, which Coveruousness of grasping more Employment than she could well rid out of hand, or ill Nature prevailed most I know not; she hath alway since her Commitment been of a sullen reserved temper, and hath not in my Discourses with her, nor Prayers for her, seemed sorrowful for such an fact Thus I have given an account of the Condemned Criminals, as fully as I could gather from their behaviour and Confessions relating to this Session. About 10 of the Clock on Monday Morning, they were put into three several Carts at Newgate, and conveyed to the place of Execution, where the ordinary prayed with them, and exhorted the Spectators to take warning by them; after which the Ordinary sung part of a Psalm, and so concluded with a Prayer, after which they were turned off. John Cooley , one of the Executed Criminals, did at Tyburn call for one viner a Waggoner, whom he formerly Robbed, and now desired his Pardon. Also he said that he had been a pophaner of the Sabbarth, and a very great sinner, he cleared himself to another person, that he did not Rob him. He acknowledged also, that he Robbed the Waggon of one Marzin Bozier , and that he never committed Murther in his Life. Dated this 22th. of October 1686. Samuel Smith Ordinary . This may be Printed, R.P. October the 25th. 1686. ADVERTISEMENT. Whereas in the Proceedings, at the last Session in the Old-Bayly ; there was mention made of one Jeffery Wakeland : These are to give Notice that it was a Mistoke in the Writing thereof; the right Name being Jeffery Wakefield and whereas it was said, that the Prisoner David Minace was in Drink when he Married Frances Manfell , and that it appeared so upon his Tryal. These to Certifie, that it was not proved he was in Drink, but only by his own Allegation. LONDON; Printed by Dr Mallet, next to, Mr. Shipton’s Coffe-House near Fleat-bridge, 1686.

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A REMARKABLE NARRATIVE OF THE Uncommon Behaviour, Life, and Character, OF JACOB ROMERT , WHO WAS Tried, Convicted, and received Sentence of Death, at the Old Bailey , 29June last, and was executed at Tyburn the 1July, Inst. For the MURDER of THOMAS THEODORE WENTWORTH : Being the Fourth EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY of THE RIGHT HONOURABLE Sir CHARLES ASGILL , Knt. LORD-MAYOR of the City of LONDON. INTRODUCTION. If thine Eye be Evil, thy whole Body shall be full of Darkness.If therefore the Light that is in thee, be Darkness; how great is that Darkness! AS in mathematical or physical reasoning, a proposition proved ex absurdo, or from involving you in absurdity, if you deny it, is allowed to be strictly demonstrated;So the same kind of argument holds good in trying moral or religious tenets: if by denying, them you are run into a contradiction or dangerous practice, they must be true.If by holding any set of tenets and acting thereon, you are drawn into contradictions and consequent practices, dangerous and destructive to mankind and yourself; they must be false. The case of the unhappy criminal now in view, may be tried by this test. The horrid Fact he was drown into, is as good as a demonstration of the falseness of the principle he was acted by, though he could not be persuaded to confess the falshood of the one, or the guilt of the other. In a nation where enthusiasm and obstinacy in false and dangerous opinions, has made such havock heretofore, and may cause as much more in the present or future times; an example like this should not be lost to the publick; should be set before them in its natural and strongest colours: and by engaging their attention on its deformity and danger, excite every sect; every individual among us to an examination, whether what he mistakes to be a light within him, be not a mere darkness, hiding from his all the genuine beauties of undoubted truth and unblemished virtue. The doctrine of immediate impulses, fancied to be derived from heaven, is now much advanced, cherished, propagated. and made a principle of action.If they are examined by this test of their absurd consequences and dangerous tendencies; they will prove themselves to be from the opposite quarter, from the spirit of darkness, disorder and misrule. What confusion, disorders, and miseries were actually brought on this nation, a little more than a century ago, by enthusiastic preachers and their followers; by enthusiasm let loose in all its frantic forms, and operating by a rebellious brood,If we were inclined to forget, or the monument of history were silent, and would suffer us to forget; the present scene of things; tending to act the same fatal tragedy over again, must strongly revive in our minds, and engage us to think seriously on the preceding signs, attending symptoms, and the mortal convulsions which ensued, and destroyed the most excellent constitution in the world. Principiis obsta,Sero medicina paratur, Cum mala per longas invaluere moras. When an unprovoked murder is pretended to be sanctified by an impulse from heaven, when it is obstinately denied to be a crime; and profession made that he should lie in the face of heaven, if he should say, that he was sorry for it: it is high time to try such spirits, and their impulses; because many false and deceiving spirits are gone out among us, from whose illusions and evil works, may the divine providence protect this nation, its Sacred Head, and all its parts, the simple, ignorant, and the unguarded; and reclaim and bring into the way of truth, all such as have erred and are deceived. We are apt to despise the first errors of a sect, and look upon them as a set of harmless, speculative opinions; when if we could view them in their consequences, we should see them teem with monstrous productions, and lead to a field of blood and horrid confusion. Of all the fiery durts of the wicked, none are more dangerous, made whose wounds are more incurable than those headed with the word of God, wrested and perverted: with such fiery darts he area to assail Him that was more than man; whose safe example hath tought us how to vanquish and clude such assault; by weapons drawn from the same spiritual magazine, rightly understood, and fair by applied: for which purpose the honest and well meaning, the pious and obedient, are assured of never fairling assistance, on this most reasonable and indispensable condition, If any man will do the will of God, he shall know of the doctrine whether it be of God: it if men will extinguisand counteract the light that is in them, the original light of nature and right reason, which is the gift of God, ever consonant and in harmony with his revealed will that low of love and kindness, which is the sum of the law and the prophets, absolutely commanding us to do to others, as we would be done by; and not to do to others, what they would not have done to us;If they will swerve from this, and them seek for authorities and countenance for suchpractice, in the holy scripture, they are justly given up to those deluding spirits whom they have obeyed, and given themselves up to; deceiving and being deceived, till the light they fancy to be in them, is over-cast with total impenetrable darkness. When men presume themselves wiser than their teachers for the contrary reason to that of the psalmist not because they keep the commandments of God, but because they violate them; they themselves may be convinced, and all the world be assured they are under a most pernicious delusion, and that all the light they fancy to be in them, is palpable darkness. The enthusiasm of methodists and papists, have been compared by authentic documents drawn from their own writing, with learning, judgment, experience and sagacity, sufficient to warn the world against we dangerous infection of both their principles and practices. The following account presents a farther argument drawn from fact to the same purpose; and may heaven prosper these, and all good means to promote the precious blessing, of truth, peace, and rightethat every person may learn to abide in their calling, with sobriety and patience; be content with their condition, and, if under the present pressures of this life, wait with the up right and pious job, all the days of their appointed time, till their change come, that by patient continuance to well doing, they may see the felicity of his chosen, and rejoice with the gladness of his people, and give thanks with his inheritance. A REMARKABLE NARRATIVE OF THE Uncommon BEHAVIOUR, LIFE, and CHARACTER, OF JACOB ROMERT . 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 county of Middlesex , at Justice-hall in the Old Bailey , before the right honourable sir Charles Asgill , lord mayor; the honourable sir Thomas Parker , knight , lord chief baron of the exchequer ; the honourable Mr. justice Wilmot; sir William Moreton , knight , recorder , and others his majesty's justices of Oyer and Terminer for the said city and county, on Wednesday the 28th, and Thursday the 29th of June, in the 32d year of his majesty's reign, Jacob Romert was capitally convicted for the wilful murder of Thomas Theodore Wentworth , by stabbing him on the left breast between the second and third, rib, with malice aforethought, giving him one mortal would three inches deep with a penknife, on Tuesday the 25th day of April last, whereof he languished unto the 11th day of May, and then died. Jacob Romert a native of Christiana in Norway , about 29 years of age, was bred a jeweller there, and has been to work at his trade in London about eight years, speaks English intelligibly and currently. He was to have been apprentice to his father, who was a jeweller in Christiana, but he dying, was bound to another of the same trade, with whom he served his time honestly and faithfully, and with a very good character; in testimony of which there remains in the hands of his wife, his indentures, and a certificate of his good behaviour during his apprenticeship, recommending him as an able and honest workman: from Norway he went to Sweden where he wrought at his trade about half a year, with good reputation, and then came to London . Before his departure from Christiana , taking leave of all his friends, he observed they made him no presents, as it is the custom of that country to do to friends going aborad; this perhaps was owing to their unwillingness to part with him, and his going without their consent; but he took it much to heart, saying he had been unhappy and ill treated from his infancy; so that when his mother offered him her present, which was only a book, he refused it, and went away; his mother seeing him go, called after him, "my dear Jacob let me take " my last leave of you;" but he refused to return. This I have heard he has of late been sensible of, and expressed great concern for it; and since his marriage he has written to her, asked pardon, and received a kind answer from her, with the book which she had first offered him, and a promise of farther favours when opportunity served. He is said to have four brothers in good credit; two of them chasers in gold and silver, and other metals; a third a master of a ship; and the fourth a minister in his own country. In London he has wrought with several master jewellers, and is said to be well approved for his diligent, sober, quiet behaviour, and for his skill and punctuality in his work: he wrought with Mr. Lavecourt two years, with Mr. Smeedle in Great Suffolk street four years, and about one year with Mr. Mazenough his last master, whose foreman Mr. D'Ingremont was a principal evidence against him. But his failing was that on any sudden dissrke or unaccountable fancy of his own, he would quit a master, and so disobliging him lose his favour, and a refuge for employment in time of need. About April was two years, he married a young woman of good character and behaviour, then lately come from the city of Yark , who was servant to one Mr. Rainbow his relation, who liked her better as a servant than a relation, and therefore resented this marriage, as did his two brothers; this was the beginning of his troubles; and though she was deservedly esteemed and loved by him, and proved a true helpmate to him in all his troubles, as he declared to his last day, yet his friends, refused to be reconciled to them, too much resembling him in an unhappy obstinacy of temper. An instance of her faithful care of him, which he himself told me the evening before he suffered, ought to be mentioned to wipe off any aspersions which may unjustly fall on her, as if she was the cause or occasion of his sufferings; viz. that she worked at her needle day and night, making caps at a penny or three halfpence a piece, in order to support him in the prison, and keep him from being turned down into the common side, among the filthy vermin, and more filthy conversation of the incorrigible and desperate part of the felons. She gives him the character of a kind and most loving husband, but that his singularity, and obstinacy in his own way, made her often very unhappy. Of this she relates an instance or two which by many will be deemed as incredible, as they are uncommon; but let her, and those whom she appeals to, answer for the truth of them. In the spring of the year 1757 he was arrested for board and lodging, and confined in the Marshalsea prison : and though his friends would have paid the debt and set him free, he refused it, and was there nine months, till at length, unknown to him, she beg'd his discharge of the creditor, who granted it. During his confinement she was delivered of a child, in a very distrest con- dition, and a poor lodging which she had hired near his prison; but here follows the wonder: On the 25May, four days after her delivery, he began to fast, and obstinately refused all manner of sustenance for forty four days, except pumb water only. His fellow prisoners judging it was either for want, or that he was determined to finish his life by fasting, frequently offered to share their victuals with him, which he as often refused with indignation, as he did all his wife's offers and intreaties to the same purpose. Thus he continued till weakened and emaciated to a skeleton, he was freed and forgiven by his creditor; and then by his friends carried to Paddington for the recovery of his health and strength, where he boarded with one Mr. De Fleau, and after some sickness, recovered his strength and a very great appetite. The same kind of fast she asserts he kept during last Lent; yet going to his work every day, and staying there during meal times, and when asked about going to his meals, he pretended that he would eat at home in the evening with his wife, while to her he pretended he had eat breakfast and dinner abroad, and would not sup, that he might rise earlier to his work. Thus she avers he went on till the last day of Lent, when he came home sfaint and sick and was put to bed; she offered to prepare him some gruel and wine, but he would have nothing but a red herring or two, and that, not till the next morning; after which he craved for such relishers till he recovered, and was able to eat twice the quantity of a common allowance, for a considerable time after. Something concerning his long fasting was mentioned by the witness D'Ingrement, on his trial, in asnwer to a question of the courtWhat he thought of the state of his mind, whether he were lunatick or of found understanding? to which he replied, that when in Lent last he used extraordinary fasting, he was asked why he did so? to which Remert replied, ask me no questions. So that his wife's account has at least so much foundation, attested on the oath of a witness, not to be suspected of partiality towards either of them: and when she was pressed by me with questions, concerning the credibility, or even the possibility of it, expressed her readiness to confirm what she said, on oath and appealed to Mr. D'Ingremont and others for the truth of it. He was committed 11May to Newgate , by justice Cox, for the murder of one of his fellow-workmen in the same shop with him in Craven street . 18May. Being sent for to prayers, he attended, and afterwards being questioned, said, that the fact was not done of a sudden, in a quarrel, or a passion, but in cool blood; that he had no malice against the man, but that he was perpetually teazing him as he sat at work with him, and would not let him rest, nor do his work quietly; that his circumstances in other respects were very uneasy and strait, his wife having resolved to go to service, was disappointed of her place; that he was promised a guinea a week by the master for whom he wrought, but was generally paid short of that sum; that however he knew not where to apply for work to better himself; and being made very uneasy, by the perpetual scoffs and foolish jestings of his shop-mates, he wished himself out of the world; and now that he had done something which he expected would bring that to pass, he said he had been ever since very easy and resigned. This account could not sail to strike any mind with horror, which was not under a delusion strong as his own. In order to clear him of which, and open his eyes, the horrors of the sin of murder were represented to him, and the divine judgment denounced thereon, that whose sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; that the circumstances of this fact of his, instead of alleviating, were great aggravations, even by his own account; for as he killed him deliberately and in cool blood, he had not passion nor the heat and tumult of a quarrel to plead; that it must be malice prepense, and a strong delusion of him, who is a liar and a murderer from the beginning, to persuade him to believe he could he easy or happy, with the guilt of bloodshed on his soul; that, what he had insinuated of his being a sorry, worthless fellow, on whom the fact was perpetrated, was another aggravation of his crime, for that thereby he had sent a poor wretched sinner, without warning or time to amend, impenitent, and hardened out of the world. To the first charge he replied, he knew and believed there is a most Righteous Judge, who seeth our hearts, before whom he and all of us must appear, and that he was well satisfied to submit to his judgment; and seemed easy, indeed by far too easy and secure, about the event; that as to the second aggravation, the man had some time to repent; for that he was stabbed 25April, and did not die till 11May, during which, he the prisoner, lay in the Gatehouse , at Westminster ; that during that time he had several messages of reconciliation and forgiveness passed between them; that the poor man proposed even to come to the Gatehouse to him, dying as he was, to shake hands and he reconciled, but that he answered he could have no pleasure in seeing a poor creature in misery. Being thus open to confess the fact in all its circumstances, it was hoped by attending prayers and proper discourses applied to him in private, he might gradually be brought to a sight and sense of his great guilt and strong delusion in perpetrating this murder, whether through splenetick malice, or fretful impatience, under the light and temporary afflictions of this life, which well endured, will entitle the patient sufferer to an exceeding weight of glary. But no! far from coming to such a temper, he refused the means; he refused to come to chapel, by any calls or invitations, except when moved by his own humour, which was very rarely, if at all, and then in a secret manner, unknown to me, as if on purpose to avoid farther conversation or instruction about his crime; nor did he admit of any, till after his trial, conviction and sentence, when removed to the press-yard, and more in my way. He had said indeed, that being a Lutheran , and of the Danish congregation, he would send for their minister; but it has appeared since, that he was not visited by him; tho' to do him justice, it is said, he wrote to that gentleman, signifying, "if he came that way he " should be glad to see him;" in consequence of which, a visit was intended him, but dissuaded by some of Romert's relations. When brought to the bar to be arraigned, had heard his indictment read, and was asked, are you guilty, or not guilty? he answered, "guilty to be sure," and would have pleaded guilty, but that he was told by one standing near him, "you are not now "to be tried, what do you mean?"and so was prevailed on to say, "not guilty?" otherwise there could have been no trial, nor could the circumstances of the fact appear, nor the court and jury have had means to judge whether he was a lunatick or not; so as to enable them to give a verdict, and pass judgmentOn the trial his behaviour, temper, and character, appeared to be much the same, with what is describ- ed and represented in this narrative; only whereas the witness D'Ingremont had said he was told, "he had been in prison once "for madness,"this his wife explained to me, to be no other than the marshalsea , where he was confined for debt, and kept his long fast in the manner before mentioned; she also related, that sometimes when her husband returned from working at his master's, he used to start un suddenly as if in agony, when thinking of Wehtworth, and say, I cannot work there any more I am so abused;his words are so wicked.Which seems as if he and great resentment against the deceased.His friends would have see'd counsel for him at his trial; but he declared "if any of them stood up to speak for him., he would speak against them." Thought it did not appear on the trial, that there was any quarrel between the deceased and the prisoner, yet, it was well known that the person stabbed was very culpable for having made a butt of this unhappy sufferer.It is an unlucky custom in most work-shops, where there is any number of hands, to have two characters to entertain the company and keep up the spirit of conversation, which may be called the butt, and the buffoon: where a heavy, splenetick, and ill tempered person is hit on for the former, it may prove of had consequence to the latter, or both. 30June. Visited Jacob Romert before morning prayers, and discoursed with him on the heinous nature and aggravations of the sin of murder.As to its nature, That it is the willful and unlawful taking away the life of a man by any means whatsoever: That it is a sin, 1st. against God, who is the sole author and giver of life, and whose authority alone can take it away; and therefore it is an offence against him, and an invasion of his right to dispose of life. That it is also an offence against the King's Majesty, who is hereby deprived of a subject, and who derives his power of life and deash from the King of Kings: it is a manifest injury too, done to society, and to the friends and relations of the deceased. Though he could not deny the truth of what was spoken to him on this subject; yet, he declared when asked, that he was not sorry he had done it, and that he never would or could be sorry for it, that if he should say, he was, he should tell a lie in the presence of God.Being asked again if he believed murder to be a sin? he acknowledged it was made so. Quist. By whom? Ans. By God. Then how can you expect to be forgiven if you do not repent? he answered, I did repent of it before I committed it. Every one may see the absurdity of this: I said to him, that is impossible; for then you would not have done it. Being pressed again to declare his repentance for this crime, he said, "faith" he never would," and gave me to understand, he was persuaded he had done right, as having acted from an impulse, or commission from God. That the world was wholly in the dark as to him, and his motives of action, and should remain for at present; but it would appear hereafter. It was to little purpose to urge to him, that this was a delusion of the devil; that he might see by the effect and consequence of this fact that it was very wrong and wicked: that he had hurried that unhappy person out of the world, prehaps in the midst of his sins; and himself was now going to appear, and answer for this sin at the great and dreadful tribunal, without the least sorrow or concern for it, that he had shortened his own days, in not waiting for the call and time of divine providence.He answered, that was the very thing he had waited for, and complied with. When urged to explain this, he insisted that he was not answerable for this opinion to any man; but was ready to answer it in judgment before the great God: but still insinuated that he had an impulse and immediate authority from heaven for what he did.It was then put to him, suppose every man should pretend so much impulses, and such revelations as you do; and in consequence of these pretensions, commit such actions, what a scene of blood and desolation must prevail over the world?To this he attempted not a direct answer, as indeed he could not; but said, no man could tell or understand what he had undergone, or suffered in the world, even from his infancy; and hinted that being weary of his miseries and sufferings, which he did not chuse now particularly to explain, he had taken this method to get out of this life. This reminded me of a practice reported by a gentleman of good credit to prevail among the Norwegians, Danes, and other neighbouring nations;when under difficulties and misfortunes, which make life a burden to them, they commit a murder, (generally by cutting some innocent child's throat) in order to suffer death, which they prefer to suicide, the practice of some other unhappy, misguided people; as judging it less dangerous to their salvation, and more possible to be repented of, than a death self-inflicted; though from the behaviour of the present criminal, his crime appears to be marked out as a presumptuous sin, and denied the grace of repentance. To confirm the above account, another creditable person assured me, he knew a man of the same nation imprisoned here for debt, who lying in a hammock, was by an unlucky fellow-prisoner cut down, and being burt by the fall, took this opportunity to let his bruises faster, and mortify, and by that means, with fasting and other neglect of himself, he died; and thus was delivered from his present troubles: alas! too evidently at the hazard of much greater to ensue.But to resume the conversation with the prisoner, he was told that he should patiently endure and improve his afflictions to quite other purposes, after the example of our blessed saviour, and of good and pious men, such as Job, who under the bitterest and sharpest sufferings in mind, body and estate,took up the holy and stedfast resolution to hold fast his integrity, and wait all the days of his appointed time.he answered, he had done so; and then broke off farther discourse. He expressed much uneasiness during this whole intercourse, said, it disturbed him, and made him worse; that he had longed for the day of his execution, for a hundred and more days, and that by such discourse his joy was interrupted, and it would be less happy to him; and that if I troubled him, I must answer for it. He was then desired to look into his books; (he had a Bible and a Prayer book in his hand) he would there find it was my duty to tell him the truth; to rescue him from the strong delusion he was betrayed into, and bring him to repentance, and salvation on sure grounds: shewing him at the same time, that God pardoneth, and absolveth only them that truly repent, Etc. in answer to this, he pointed out to me, Be ye merciful, Etc. Judge not.To which it was replied, this is mercy, to bring you to repentance and eternal life.This is judging righteous judgment. Friday in the afternoon, 30June, I visited him again, but as he sent me word he would not go up to the chapel any more, I went to his cell, and found him with his Bible and Prayer book, and the Prisoner's Director before him.Told him, I was glad to see him so well employed, hoped he understood them, and made a good use of them, by chusing out proper portions for his own case.As he had all along denied his guilt and danger, I thought it hight necessary to set it before him in a strong light, and desired him to turn to some texts which I should point out to him: he complied, and read Revel. chap. xxi. v. 8. " But the fearful and unbelieving, and the " abominable, and murderers, and " whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, "and all liars, shall have their part in the "lake which burneth with fire and "brimstone; which is the second death."On reading this, he said, it was well enough, but not applicable to his case. Why so? don't you know that murderers among other criminals, have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, Etc.Are you not convicted of murder?Did you not confess it?And ought you not confess it?And ought you not to repent and acknowledge you sorrow for it in order to obtain pardon, and escape this terrible sentence?All this he owned was very true, but he could not, or would not say, "that he was sorry for what he "had done," nor would he gave that satisfaction to me or the world; nor give any reason why he did the fact, or for this behaviour and resolution: for he said, it was not my business, nor did it concern the world.In vain was my labour to persuade him that it was my proper business and indispensable duty, to lead and conduct, and to admonish him; to be instant with him to repent, in these his last moments, that he might he pardoned in heaven, and give satisfaction to the world.That for this purpose, his repentance should be as publick as his crime, for his own sake, and a direction and good example to other sinners.All this he denied, saying, that was all between God and his own conscience.But to shew him his error in this respect, I pointed out to him Heb. xiii. 17. " Obey them that have the ride over " you, and submit yourselves: for they "watch for your souls, as they that must "give account, that they may do it with " joy and not with grief: for that is " unprofitable for you." He said, all I could say or do, could not save him without God.This was foreign and unnecessary for him to say, as no such matter was ever pretended to.He was then desired to read St. John chap. viii. ver. 44. which he did. " Ye are of your father " the devil, and the lusts of your father ye " will do. He was a murderer 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."He then began to lose his temper, and resent the presenting this text to him, as if the text could hurt him, if he did not feel the application of it to himself by his own conscience.He told me, be understood the scriptures much better than any man could teach him, for he had his instruction from God only, and did not want it by the hand of man.This he often repeated, insisting on it, and that the world in general were all in the dark. In the morning he had been asked if he did not desire to prepare to receive the holy communion, as he told me he had before communicated with the church of England. This question was now repeated, and he was exhorted to it as a necessary duty, and the truest consolation he could receive.But here the deluded enthusiast strongly broke out and shewed itself; while repeating to him the requisites to come to the Lord's table, he interrupted me and said, while he could communicate inwardly and spiritually, he neither wanted nor desired to perform it outwardly.It was in vain to repeat to him the express command of our saviour to do this: i. e. Eat bread and drink wine blessed and consecrated for this sacred use, in remembrance of him.This he evaded as he did the other texts by telling me, he best knew how to understand and apply them; and that no man could teach him better. On the whole he acknowledged this his behaviour was unaccountable, and not to be understood; nor did he think himself at all concerned to explain or account for it to the world.That he had reasons for what he did which satisfied him, and made his conscience easy; and that the time, labour, and words that I had spent on him, were so much lost, and thrown away.He talked confidently of answering for himself at the day of judgment, and that if I met him there, all would be clearly explained relating to him.When I urged him again to tell, whether he believed he had a commission from God for the fact, Etc. for which he died.He said if I tell, you will not believe me.I said, neither ought you to believe any spirit to that purpose; but to try the spirits whether they be of God; for the spirit of God cannot contradict himself, nor command things contrary to his own law.I then put the case; suppose others should imitate that example, and believe they had impulses or divine authority to commit murder; how dreadful must the consequences be to human life, and all society?Think on that, be abashed and repent of your error, and renounce your delusion!His patience would bear no more, he said, I did but interrupt his devotions and waste his time: having prevailed however to pray with him again; we parted in a friendly manner. Now let us suppose a man should be persuaded he had an impulse from heaven to command a regiment, or an army, or take upon him to be a civil magistrate; and in order to make way for himself, should stab the person, or blast the reputation of those in office, whom he would supplant or supersede, as some modern enthusiasts have long practiced the latter with impunity towards the officers of the church, what must be the consequences in the army or state? and is it safer or less hurtful in the church? On the morning of execution I sent to the criminal Jacob Romert to desire to know whether he would admit of a visit from me.He answered, provided I would ask him no questions, he had no objection to praying with me.But while I waited for the reverend Mr.the Danish clergyman to whom I had wrote to desire his assistance in behalf of the prisoner; he was so impatient to die, that the officers complied with his importunity (as the time was at hand) to put him into the cart, (in the mean time the messenger returned with an answer that the Danish minister was out of town,) on which I went immediately to the prisoner. He said to me at the gate, where I met him, you remember what I told you last night, (meaning I presume the conversation before related) I assented, and asked him if he desired any further offices or assistance, he said there is no occasion for it. Observing nothing but a nosegay in his hand,I also asked him, why he did not take a book with him? he answered I have a book within me, that is sufficient for me: knowing his temper I thought it in vain to dispute with him, or advise to any thing. He seemed rather to discourage than desire my assisting and praying with him at the tree.However I ventured to go, and there he joined with me in prayer for about half an hour; having repeated and required the same condition as before, that I should ask him no questions. In the course of our devotions, he repeated the Belief once, and the Lord's Prayer a second time, at his own particular request. In was in vain for me to attempt to read those proper texts of scripture, which I knew most necessary, and adapted to his state and temper of mind.I had experimental proof from out last night's conversation as well as the former ones, that he would neither hear nor apply them to himself;I contented myself therefore to do for him what he would bear, and seemed capable of receiving, by praying with him servently; and therein intermixing and inculcating those thoughts and duties of contritition and repentance, which it was highly necessary he should perform.In one of those prayers, when I came to these words, "O God how have I hased instruction? "and my heart despised reproof? and have "not obeyed the voice of my teachers." Prov. v. ver. 12, 13, he interrupted me, and desired to hear no more of that prayer, we therefore proceeded to others. Having again and again recommended his soul to God; he was asked if he had any thing to say? he said, no; "he was very "weary of this world, and longed to get out "of it." he was reminded to warn the people around him against anger, hatred, malice, or any practice or opinion, any discontent or distrust in God, which might betray them into such a fact as brought him to this sad and untimely end.He said first, "if they "will not take warning by seeing ,me in this "place, and suffering this punishment, they "will much less regard any thing I can say." However, seeming to change his mind and comply; he added, "Good people glorify "God, and be thankful to him for all things; "eschew evil and do good, then you will "fare well;" (meaning you will prosper and be happy. In all his prayers, he appeared more heavy and unattentive; less hopeful, lovely and earnest, than any one in those circumstances hitherto observed by me. At last he said, "I trust in, and am sure of God's "mercy because he is good."He took his leave, with acknowledgments of his satisfaction for what I had done for him, we parted, and he was quickly launched out of this world. This is all the Account given by me. STEPHEN ROE , Ordinary of Newgate .

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A True ACCOUNT of the BEHAVIOUR, CONFSSION, AND Last Dying SPEECHES Of the Criminals that were Executed at TYBURN, On Friday the 27th of January, 1692/1693 ON Thursday the 19th of January, Ten Criminals received the Sentence of Death. On Friday and Saturday the Ordinary visited them, and endeavoured to make them sensible of their several Crimes. After several Exhortations and Prayer, they were dismiss'd, with importuning them to prepare for the Duties of the ensuing Lord's Day. In the Forenoon was a Sermon preach'd on this Text, viz. Luk. 15. 7. I say unto you likewise, that there is more Joy in Heaven over one Sinner who repents, than over Ninety nine Just Persons who need no Repentance. The several Parts of the Text were Explicated. First, Who are meant by Sinners; viz. Such who are publickly notorious before Men; in whom a publick Recantation is requisite. Secondly, By Just Persons, are meant, Secret Sinners, known only to God and their own Consciences. These need not such eminent Degrees of Repentance as the former. For there are none so just, as to be altogether without Sin; nor is any Sin so little, and inconsiderable, as to need no Repentance. Thirdly, By Joy in Heaven, is meant, How pleasing it will be to God, and the blessed Society there, to observe Repentance in notorious Sinners. Yea, They rejoyce more in the Conversion of such, than over Ninety nine such just Persons who need no such Degrees of Repentance. The Reason is, because the Repentance of gross, prodigious Sinners sets an holy Example before others, to encourage their Hope in Divine Mercy, and to invite them to a sincere Conversion. Then was opened the Nature of true Repentance, in six gradual Parts. First, Conviction of Sin, which finds out the Disease. Secondly, Confession to God and Men, of the Injuries against both. This seeks the Remedy. Thirdly, Contrition, which evinces and demonstrates the Sincerity of both the former. Fourthly, Faith in applying of the Medicine. Fifthly, Reformation, which advances the Cure. Sixthly, Charity, which compleats and perfects it. In the Afternoon was a Sermon preach'd on 2 Pet. 1. 10. Wherefore, the rather, Brethren, give diligence to make your Calling and Election sure; for if you do these things, ye shall never fall. The Conclusion of which Discourse was thus directed to the Condemned. And now a few Words to you condemned Persons. How ought you especially to give all Diligence to make your Calling and Election sure, to secure an Interest in Eternal Life and Glory! You who have a great and difficult Work of Conversion to undertake, and go through with, and but a little, a very little Time and Season to effect it in. How ought your late Return unto God to quicken so much the more your Pace in holy Performances! You have the whole Course of an evil Life to unravel, to repent of, and reform: You have wicked Habits and Customs of Sinning to be sorry for, to get your Minds alienated from, to break off, and in full Purpose of Heart to relinquish, before you can have any well-grounded Hopes of Mercy and Forgiveness at God Almighty's Hands. And can you think this Change of your habitually corrupt and wicked Dispositions of Soul an easie Task, a soon accomplish'd Labour? Deceive not your selves: A sincere, thorough Conversion, a Godly Sorrow for Sin, such as worketh Repentance unto Life, never to be repented of, is much more than a few Sighs and Tears, and Implorations of Divine Mercy. It imports, besides this, all the Pangs and Agonies of a Second Birth, of a Renewed, Regenerated Nature. It implies a Broken and a Contrite Heart; an Heart pierced thorough with a sorrowful Sense of its vile Disingenuity and Ingratitude, in having grieved and offended that infinitely good God, who from time to time waited to be gracious unto the persevering Sinner; and strove by his Goodness, to lead him to Repentance. In short, Repentance implies as great Dislike, and Hatred, and fix'd Resolution against Sin, as ever was formerly the Affection and Settlement of our Hearts upon it. Repent you then truly and earnestly of your Sins: Have a lively and stedfast Faith in the Merits of Christ Jesus: Be free and ingenuous in the Confession of your Impieties: Humbly and importunately beg Pardon of them from God Almighty: Resolve unfeignedly to lead a new Life, could your Lives be continued unto you: Do what you can to undo the sinful Miscarriages of your past Conversation, by opposite Acts of Piety and Goodness: Be more sollicitous for the procuring your Pardon seal'd in Heaven, than for your Temporal Acquitment on Earth: Spend all your remaining Hours to the best Purposes: Spend them all in Self-Examination, in holy Reading, Meditation and Prayer: Let no Company, no former Acquaintance, hinder and divert you from your Preparations for a Blessed Eternity: Repent you, not only of Personal Sins, but also of other Men's; which you have been accessory unto, through an evil Example: Make all imaginable Reparation and Restitution of Goods unjustly taken from their Right Owners: Ask Forgiveness of those you have injur'd and offended, and die in Charity: Forgive from the very Bottom of your Hearts, as you expect Forgiveness from your Divine Judge and Sentencer: Become Paterns of sincere Conversion, in making a penitent and holy End, as formerly you have been Examples of wicked and profligate Living: Warn others from those evil Courses which have brought you to this deserved Punishment: Cast your selves wholly upon God's Mercies, and his Son's Merits, for Salvation: So shall you die the Death of the Righteous, and your Latter End shall be like his. I proceed to give an Account of the Behaviour and Confession of the Condemned Criminals. I. James Whitney , Condemned for Robbing on the Highways. He said, That he was born in Hertfordshire ; aged upward of 30 Years: His Employment was, to buy and kill Cattle to sell in the Markets . He declared that he had sinned against clear Light, and the strong Convictions of his own Conscience; which aggravated his sinful Course of Life. He confessed that he had been guilty of many Robberies, yet that he never killed any Person; and that he did refrain from wounding any Man, left he should die of his Wounds: And much lamented the wounding of a Person at his Apprehension. He was very willing to receive good Instruction, and to joyn in Prayer for the producing in him a fit Preparation for his Death. He came to the Chapel twice on the Lord's Day, and there behaved himself with great Devotion and Contrition, standing up with Attention throughout the whole Services of the Day: Taking publick Shame to himself for all the great Misrriages of his Life, shedding many Tears. On the Monday my self and another Minister visited him twice in his Chamber, declaring the Greatness of the Crime of Robbing on the High-way: That no Man can attempt, much less persist in it, without great Violence first offered to his Conscience. Telling him, that this Sin was an Injury to Humane Society, and the Obstruction of all Trading. That it put Persons in terrour of losing their Lives, and might, in their own just Defence, expose themselves to be murther'd. Upon which, he again solemnly protested, that he always declind any cruel Dealing toward those whom he robb'd. Being ask'd whether Poverty necessitated him thereunto? He answer'd, No: For as he never had Plenty before, so he was not distress'd with Want. But it proceeded from a covetous Desire to get Mony for his wanton Excesses. He desired to be faithfully dealt with, in reference to his Eternal State, because his Heart was deceitful, though he express'd abundance of Tears; acknowledging that these could not merit God's Pardon, nor cleanse away the Defilement of his Heart. He confess'd that God was just in thus discovering and bring him to deserved Punishment. He wish'd that his Death might be a Warning to Others, to withdraw from Evil Society; and that they might betake themselves to some lawful Employment, that they may not ensnare themselves in the like Condemnation. Upon my whole Observation of his humble Submissiveness to God's righteous Dealing, I do hope that he was a true Penitent, and a great Example to all other Criminals, not to remain obstinate in their sinful State, to the Abuse of that Respite of Time, afforded for their Conversion. II. Nathanael Grosse , Condemned for Robbing on the Highway. He was Aged 35 Years, or thereabout: Born in Oxfordshire . He said, That he was a Labourer in the Country; but coming to London , fell into Acquaintance of bad Company. He was at last prevailed with to confess, that he had been dissolute in his Practices, and had not regarded to serve God as he ought: But now he saith, that he repents of all his Sins, and hopes that God will pardon them. Being ask'd what Saving Faith and Repentance are? He gave a very slender Account. Therefore I instructed him in the true Nature, Properties and Effects of those Graces. He said, that he never kill'd any Man upon the Rad, or in any other place. Yet I told him, That Violence in depriving Persons of their Mony is a very great Crime, especially if Robbers are inur'd to it, and harden'd in it by Custom, being in hopes to escape publick Justice, which sometimes overtakes and apprehends them in their deepest Security. He was urg'd to discover his Associates, not yet taken; but refus'd it. Whereupon I told him, that his Repentance was much to be suspected. He replied, That he had made his Peace with God, and would not answer any more Questions. III. James Phillips , Condemned for Robbing on the HighWay: Aged 25 Years, or thereabout: Born in the City of London . He would not acknowledge what Employment he had been bred up unto. He sent for me to visit him in Newgate , before he took his Trial; pretending that he had some Trouble upon his Mind. I went to him; but finding him drinking in Company, he shifted me off, and would not admit of Instruction or Prayer. Whereupon I left him; telling him, that he ought to prepare more seriously for the Sentence of Death. After which, I took him apart, and endeavour'd to make him sensible of his evil Practices: But he was peevish, and would not, for the space of two Days, give any Account of his Life. On the Lord's Day he came to the Chapel, and there express'd little Signs of Sorrow for his Sins. On the Monday he express'd some Remorse of Conscience, yet would not instance any one particular Sin of his Life; saying, God only knew his Heart, and that he needed not to make any Acknowledgment of any publick Miscarriages; secret Repentance would obtain their Pardon. But I told him, that his Repentance ought to be as exemplary, as his Scandals to the Christian Religion had been notorious. I hope he will not persist at his dying Hour, in any obstinate Behaviour. IV, V, VI. The other three High-way-Men, Condemned, viz. John Fetherstone , Edward Poor , and Nicholas Nealand , would not give any Account of their evil Course of Life, having declared that they were Roman Catholicks : And though Edward Poor and Nicholas Nealand came to the Chapel, yet they express'd little Sorrow for their Sins, as being not awakned from their then Security by any Dread of their approaching Death. VII. William Turner , Condemned for Coyning false Mony. He was born in Staffordshire . He would not give any Account of his former Course of Life, being sullen. Bnt on Monday he said, that his Heart was much affected with the Preaching and Prayers on the Lord's Day, and that he now desired to be directed how to make his Peace with God. Whereupon, being told, that, in order thereunto, he must ingenuously acknowledge his evil Course of Life. He replied, That by Trade he was a Lock-Smith . Being ask'd if that did not prompt him to be more dexterous at Coyning, in making Instruments for the Promoting of that wicked Artifice? He said, No: It was only the following the Advice of others, who had used that Crime to gain Mony for their Riotous Expences: And that he had not long engaged himself in such a Crime, against the Law. He shew'd some Signs of Remorse, and submitted at last to good Advice for his Soul's future Happiness. VIII. Ann Merryweather , Condemned for High Treason, in Composing, Printing and Publishing the Late King James's Declaration. I cannot give any Account of her, because she was not brought to the Chapel: I suppose, being unwilling to appear, left I should enquire into her Conversation; as I did into others. IX, X. Ambrose Holland and Elkana Smewin , who were Convicted last Session for Robbery on the High-way, at South-Mims , were called to their former Judgment, and order'd to be Executed with the other Criminals. I can give little Account of their Penitency; they continued as unconcerned as they were when under Condemnation the last Session. I must leave them to God's All-discerning Scrutiny; hoping that, before they suffer a publick Death, they will be more wrought upon to bewail their sad Lives, and take an Ingenuous Shame to themselves for all their Provocations of the Most High. On the 27th of January, 1692. these Eight Persons, viz. Whitney, Phillips, Grosse, Nealand, Featherston, Poor, Holland and Smewin were carried in Carts to Tyburn , to be Executed for High-way-Robbing. But a little Space off the Gallows, a Reprieve was brought for Whitney; at which he seem'd to be much surpriz'd with such welcome News: He was immediately carried back, behind an Officer, on Horse-back. to Newgate . Turner was drawn in a Sledge, for Coining false Mony. He was an ignorant Person, but lamented his untimely End. Ambrose Holland was chief the Person who warn'd the People: Thus: My Name is Holland: Good People, take warning by me; I pray you take warning; I thought my self once as brave a Man as any; but God hath been too hard for me. I have been a very great Sinner, sinning against much Knowledge; which makes me now wavering, as to my Hope of Future Happiness. He cried out often, What shall I do to be saved? I have a treacherous and deceitful Heart, which makes me question the Sincerity of my Conversion. Oh! May not the several Curses and Imprecations which I have often wish'd on my self, now light on my Head. He desir'd all People to fear and serve God, that they might not fall into the same Condemnation. Poor dyed a declared Papist , and was very little concerned about his Future State. Nealand also, and Fetherston dyed Romanists , yet seemed to disclaim all Trust in the Merits or Prayers of any Saints. Smewin, joined in the Robbery with Holland, was penitent. Phillips, at last was affected with his bad Course of Life, and wept; confessing, That his former Security was occasioned through false Hopes given him by his Friends, of Sparing Mercy. Grosse was attentive to Instruction, and the several Prayers made for the Persons to be Executed. After which, the Ordinary sung a Penetential Psalm, and prayed several times; recommending them to the Mercies of God, and Merits of their Saviour. The Ordinary told them, That they would hazard thuir Salvation, if they did not discover any Murthers which were conceal'd, or Robberies design'd. To which they answer'd, That they knew not of any. Se after short Prayers for themselves, and their Desires of the Spectators to take warning by them, they were Executed. Ann Merryweather is Repriev'd by the Clemency of Their Sacred Majesties. This is all the Account I can give of this Sessions. Samuel Smith , Ordinary . Dated this 27th of January, 1692. ADVERTISEMENT. WHereas a Picture was lost on Saturday last, being the Representation of Flushing , one of the Provinces, or a Town in Holland , with the Sea encompassing it; a Packet-Boat under Sail, and a large Ship under Sail; and a little above the Ship it was torn about eight Inches, and but coursely sewed up: At the Bottom, near the Frame, there is a yellow Streak, whereon was inscrib'd Ulisingen. It had a gilt Frame, and fit for a large Chimney-Piece. Whoever gives notice of it to Edward Paige , Surgeon , in Goat-Court , upon Ludgate-Hill , shall be rewarded; and if bought, their Money return'd, and gratified for their Trouble. LONDON, Printed for L. 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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 28th of this Instant MAY, 1733. BEING THE FOURTH EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon The Lord Mayor for the Time Being. Number IV. For the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M.DCC.XXXIII. [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 Right Honourable John Barber , Esq; Lord Mayor of the City of London; the Hon. Mr. Justice Probyn; the Honourable Mr. Baron Comyns; the Honourable Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder of the City of London; 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-Barley, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the 10th, 11th and 12th of May, 1733, in the Sixth Year of his Majesty's Reign. Three Men, viz. Henry Hart , John Davis and John Jones were by the Jury found Guilty of capital Crimes, and receiv'd Sentence of Death. While under Sentence, they were shown the great Necessity incumbent upon them, to make a serious Preparation for Death: from the great Difference betwixt a Life of Sin and Wickedness, and a Life of Piety and Virtue, which consists in this; that the former consults only our present Interest, but the latter provides for our future wellbeing, and lays a sure foundation for our everlasting Peace and Happiness. The greatest advantage of a sinful Course is to be diverted a little, and pleasantly entertain'd for a small Moment, which in comparison of the vegetable and sensitive World is very short, but to be ballanced with Eternity is a meer nothing. Time itself has no proportion to Eternity, much less that span of it which makes up the Life of Man. Behold thou hast made my Days as a Span-long, and mine Age is as nothing in respect of thee, says the Psalmist. Psalm xxxix. 5. Although our whole Life were one continued Scene of Pleasure; 'twould be just nothing in respect of that part, which we are to act upon another Stage. This is all a sinful Life can pretend to, (for it can claim to nothing beyond the Grave but misery and destruction,) and when the little Span is measured out, all upon review we can say of it, will be to the Sense of that severe Remark of the Stoick, the Pleasure truly is past and gone, but the Evil remains, which is a most deplorable and afflicting Consideration. But this we speak only upon supposition, for seldom the Sinner enjoys this much; his whole Life is but a little Speck between Time and Eternity, and yet it is not the thousand Part he enjoys. The more usual Way of Sin is, in the End of the Feast to present us with a Death's Head; to afflict us with a bitter and long Repentance. A bad Conscience is a Companion troublesome enough, like the Hand Writing upon the Wall, enough to disrelish all the Feast; but much more when the Sinner has nothing to do, but attend to its lashes and remorses. And this in spite of all Diversions, will sometime be the Sinner's Fate, when the Pleasure is over, at some time or other, he will be fill'd with uncomfortable Thoughts and black Reflections. So that the Sum of a Sinful Life is a little momentary Pleasure, at the Expence of a deal of succeeding Trouble and Self-condemnation. And there is this great Aggravation of a sinful Life, or rather of the extream Folly of Sin, that although some of its Pains are eternal, yet all its Pleasures are but for a Season. But its quite otherways in the Practice of Religion and Vertue, which secures us to an eternal and never-fading Interest, even everlasting Happiness. She is pleasant in the Way, as well as in the End. Her Ways are Pleasantness, and all her Paths are Peace. Prov. iii. 17. But it is her distinguishing Glory, that she brings us true and solid Peace at the last, however an ill Combination of Accidents may defraud us of the other. For Vice has its Pleasures as well as Virtue, but herein lies the Difference, that Virtue only ends well. And this, by a wise Observation, the Royal Psalmist confirms, I have seen the Ungodly in great Power, and flourishing like a green Bay Tree: There's the present Pomp and Pleasure of Sin. But I went by, and lo! He was gone; I sought him, but his Place could no where be found: There's the unhappy Close of the merry Comedy. Then it follows as a Practical Remark upon the Whole; Mark the perfect Man, and behold the Upright; for the End of that Man is Peace; or as it is otherways translated, Keep Innocency, and take heed to the Thing that is right, for that shall bring a Man Peace at the last, Psal. xxxvii. v. 37. I also expos'd to them the great Evil of Theft and Robbery, and that they might know what was the proper Foundation of Right and Property, and consequently, of Honesty and upright Dealing in mutual Transactions between one another. I show'd them the Origine of Government, that it was of Divine Appointment, and therefore every Person is bound to submit to it. That it is necessary for maintaining good Order and decent Society among Men, upon which Account every body ought to Respect and Reverence it. I show'd them the great Evil arising from Theft and Robbery, because it is a Breach of the express Law of God, whereby we are discharg'd to rob or steal. God who is the best Judge of Humane Actions, and who best knows what is agreeable to right Reason, and the Nature of Things, hath establish'd this as one of those Laws, which are perpetually binding upon Mankind, that we should be just and honest in all our Dealings, by expresly discharging us to steal, i. e. we should no Ways be guilty of defrauding, cheating, robbing, or depriving our Neighbour, directly or indirectly; but on the contrary, we should be punctual in Performance of our Promises, to the utmost of our Power, by endeavouring to support, comfort and assist our Neighbour in his Wants, Necessities and Straits; yea, we ought not so much as to covet, or in our Hearts desire, the Estates or Goods of Others, which is the Origine or first Cause of Dishonesty, our coveting to acquire those Goods belonging to Others, to which we have not the least Pretence of any Claim or Property, in an unjust and unlawful Manner. Then I show'd them, that Honesty is founded upon the Nature of Man, as a rational Creature. For upon reflecting, that Men plac'd in Society, must not live at Random, and upon the Catch, like Lions, Tigers, Wolves, Vultures, Eagles, and such like Beasts and Birds of Prey; but that constituted Lords of this World, representing and being made after the Image of God, they must live in a decent, regular and orderly Manner. We infer'd, that Honesty is ingrafted into the Nature of Man, and those who deviate from this first Rule and Principle, are unfit for Humane Society or Conversation, and as luxuriant and hurtful Branches, they ought to be cut off from the Trunk and Body of the Tree. And then I made it apparent to them, That Honesty in our Dealings, is one principal Duty, to the Observation whereof as Men and Christians we are bound and called, &c. Then I pointed out to them, the manifold Losses and Inconveniencies to which unjust Dealings and Practices are liable. Men of such a Character lose their good Name and Reputation, The Memory of the Just is blessed, but the Name of the Wicked shall rot, Prov. x. 7. a hard Case, if the Memory of a Man be not quite extinguish'd, yet it meets with a much worse Fate, his Memory rots, i. e. the very Thoughts and Sentiments which others have of him, imply nothing but Abhorrence and Detestation, which, in some Manner, may be called a double Death, both to sustain the Loss of their temporal Life, and also to be kill'd in their good Name and Character, in the Opinion and Judgment of all reasonable and good Men. And again, a Man who covets, steals and robs the Goods of his Neighbour, sets his Affections on Things below, and in Effect renounces the Christian Religion. And as Robbing and Stealing is in Contradiction to the eighth Commandment, Thou shalt not steal, so it is a direct Breach of the tenth Commandment, whereby we are discharg'd, to desire or covet after the Estates and Goods of our Neighbour. For this is the Root and Cause of those many monstrously wicked Actions, which Men afterwards commit, coveting greedily after the Goods of Others, as the Apostle St. James declareth, but every Man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own Lust, and enticed. Then when Lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth Sin, and Sin, when it is finished, bring eth forth Death, Jam. i. 14, 15. Further, a Thief and Robber declares himself an avow'd Enemy to all Mankind, and he exposes himself to the Penalty of the Laws of all civilized Nations, as unworthy to breath any longer in the common Air; and which is yet worst of all, he is liable to eternal Death in another World, which infinitely exceeds all the Sufferings we can possibly endure in this Life: So that wherever atrocious Sinners are mentioned in Scripture, as having their Portion assign'd them with Hypocrites and Unbelievers, in that Lake which burneth with Fire and Brimstone for ever and ever, Thieves are listed up in the black Catalogue. They seem'd averse to confess their Sins, as I exhorted them seriously to make a free Confession, from Jam. v. 16. confess your Faults one to another. I show'd them that it was always the Practice of the Church so to do. That in Case of notorious Offences, under the Old Testament, Confession was requir'd, as we find in the Instance of Achan the Troubler of Israel; and in the New Testament, it is the express Command of Jesus Christ to confess our Sins to the Church, as a special Means to die in Peace of the Church, and in Favour of God, &c. I show'd them the Obligations they lay under, by their baptismal Vows, to serve God, and that they having been guilty of grievously transgressing these Vows, it was then their Duty to renue themselves by Repentance; and in Token thereof, to participate in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, in the Nature of which Divine and Heavenly Feast, I instructed them from those Words, And they continuing daily with one accord in the Temple, and breaking Bread from House to House, did eat their Meat with Gladness and Singleness of Heart, Acts ii. 46. When they had these and many other Exhortations, they all behav'd decently and gravely in Chapel, made regular Responses, and were very attentive both to Prayers and Exhortations. Davis was very much sunk in Spirit, and seem'd a little Negligent; but when I admonish'd him, he was equally careful with the other two. He turn'd Sick, and kept the Cell for a Day or two; but when the dead Warrant came out, and his Irons were taken off, he came to Chapel again, though with Difficulty. Henry Hart was also Sick for some Days, but as soon as he turn'd a little better, and he was eas'd of the Irons, he came close to Chapel, and behav'd very well both in Publick and Private. Upon Wednesday the 23d of this Instant May, Report was made to His Majesty in Council, of the three Malefactors under Sentence of Death, lying in the Cells of Newgate-prison ; when Henry Hart for assaulting (with William Morland and Robert Smith , not yet taken) Elizabeth Kelly , in a Field near the Highway, putting her in Fear, and taking from her a Blanket, Value 1 s. and 10 d. April the 5th, receiv'd His Majesty's most gracious Reprieve: The other two, viz. John Jones , and John Davis , were order'd for Execution. John Davis , was indicted for assaulting John Sadgrove on the Highway, in the Parish of Twickenham , putting him in Fear, and taking from him a steel Buckle, Value 1 d. and 3 s. in Money, April the 30th. He was a 2d Time indicted for assaulting Henry Mackrel , on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Bag, Value 1 d. and 5 s. and 6 d. in Money, April the 30th. He was a 3d Time indicted for a Misdemeanor, in assaulting, beating and wounding Robert Hinton , on the Highway, with an Intent to steal his Money and Goods, April the 30th. He was a 4th Time indicted, for assaulting, beating and wounding William Ludlow , on the Highway, with a Design to rob him. And he was a 5th Time indicted, for assaulting, beating and wounding John Fulbrook , on the Highway, with an Intention to steal his Goods and Money. 1. John Davis , about 28 Years of Age, born in Pembrokeshire , of honest Parents, who gave him good Education at School, in Reading, Writing and Arithmetick, to prepare him for Business; and had him instructed in Christian Principles. When of Age, he was put to a Blacksmith and Horse-Farrier , and serv'd out his Time honestly, and with Approbation of his Master. He apply'd to his Trade for some Time, and then he came to Town, and did not want Employment, having been very diligent and careful in his Work, and indefatigable in plying thereto, both by Night and Day, or whensoever he was call'd to work: And this his Masters whom he serv'd, and his Companions, who knew him and his Conversation for some considerable Time, solemnly declar'd upon Oath, when they appear'd as Evidence in his Favour. He wearied of his Business, either that it was too hard for him (as he pretended) or that he lov'd to be Idle and to pass an indolent Life, thinking, that by much less Labour, though expos'd to much greater danger of his Life at all Times, he might raise contributions on the High-way, and live much more easily and plentifully. He married a Wife, by whom he had some Children; and a little after his Marriage, he went a three years Voyage to the East-Indies , as Armourer of the Ship ; and (as he said) all this time he continued Honest, having never Stolen nor Robb'd any, either in his own Country nor about London; but that there was one Richard Cass , who came home in the Ship with him from the Indies, a vile Rogue, as he call'd him, who told him a great many fine Stories about going upon the High-way, and he being credulous, simple and void of the grace and fear of God, listned to his pernicious Counsels; and coming Home about a Year ago, or upwards, he serv'd as a Journeyman with Anchor-Smiths , and was very assiduous and industrious in his Labour; but the bad Counsel he had upon his Voyage imbib'd, still rolling in his Mind, and imagining to himself great things, and a much easier Purchase, though withal, much more dangerous and desperate, than to live in an honest, Industrious Way; he pretended to his Master and Fellow-Labourers, that he had not strength for such hard Work, but desir'd to go down into the Country to visit his Parents and Relations, and when he had recruited strength for his Business, he promised to return to his Master's Service. Accordingly he went off, and all his acquaintances thought he was gone to Wales , but instead of steering his course that way, (meeting with his old Companion) he provided himself with proper Utensils for the Highway, such as Pistols, and other destructive Weapons, and having got the use of a Horse, he rode off to raise Contributions on the Road; though in this manner of life he prosper'd but a very short while; for having committed some Robberies with Success, as not being discover'd, he thought of nothing but continuing in that wicked way; till upon the 30th of April last seeking for his Prey about Hounslow-Heath , he met with the three Waggons mention'd in the Indictment, and attack'd and robb'd the Waggoners, after he had us'd some of their Company in a very barbarous Manner, for wa of Money, in beating, abusing and wounding some of their Company, with firing a Pistol at them, so that if the goodness of God had not interpos'd, he had not only been guilty of commiting a Robbery, but Murther likewise. But Providence favouring the Innocent, would not suffer the Guilty to pass any longer Unpunish'd; for the same Night, immediately after the Robbery was committed, he was taken up at Kensington by the Watchmen, on Suspicion of his being one of the Highwaymen who robb'd the Newbery Coach; and as they were searching and asking him some Questions, the Waggoners came up and were positive that he was the Person who robb'd and abus'd them a little before, and afterwards carrying him before a Magistrate, he was committed to Newgate , and there kept to undergo his deserved Punishment. Though in the preceeding part of his Life, he had been Honest in abstaining from Theft and Robbery, yet he own'd that he was vicious in several other respects, such as Drinking two often to excess, keeping of idle Company, Gaming, too great a lover of Ease and Idleness, an aversion to constant Business or Employment, Sabbath breaking, and not giving due regard to the advices and instructions of Parents and other Friends; all which and many more are vices commonly incident to these abandon'd and wicked People. He confess'd also, that he was guilty of some other Robberies and several wicked Actions, in consideration whereof, he suffer'd most justly according to Law. He appear'd very discontented, and did not perform religious Duties, with such freedom and cheerfulness, as he ought to have done. I intreated him to resign himself wholly to God, and to submit to the divine Pleasure. He said, it was the Will of Man, but he hop'd for better things from God. I told him that it was upon humane Laws he Suffer'd, yet there were none of these Dispensations happen'd to Men by Accident, but that all afflictions were brought upon them by the Divine appointment, for holy ends and purposes, to correct our vices, and to inspire us with virtuous dispositions, and so to fit and prepare us for glory; upon which Account we ought to kiss the Cross, and to welcome the most rigid dispensations, as intended for our special good and advantage, not in the least to repine, but to say with the holy Prophet, why should a living Man complain; a Man for the punishment of his Sins? Let us search and try our ways, and turn out Feet unto God's testimonies. Having spoken to him to this purpose, he seem'd to rest satisfied, and Pray'd earnestly to God, to have Mercy upon him, acknowledging that the Punishment of his iniquity, was by far less than what he deserved, and therefore he willingly and with patience, submitted to his fatal Sentence. He was very unwilling to confess his Sins, but I convinc'd him with such strong arguments from Scripture and Reason, that with much difficulty, he at last promis'd to make a free Confession before he died. He declared that he believ'd in Christ as the Son of God, and the Saviour of Mankind; that he repented of all his Sins, and died in Peace with all the World. The following is the Confession of John Davis as he himself gave to the Ordinary of Newgate the Night before he died, being Sunday the 27th of May, 1733. I John Davis did agree with Richard Cass , as we came from the East-Indies in the Cadogan, to go upon the Highway with him; Cass sold his Wages before the Ship was clear'd off, which was six Weeks after her Arrival, and among other Things, bought a pair of Pistols with the Money. The same Evening we went on the Road together and met one Capt. Saunders riding a Horse-back at Peckham-gap , and took from him a Goldwatch, two Guineas, and five or six Shillings in silver; Cass shot the Gentleman in the Breast, and I did what I could to relieve him, and am heartily glad to hear that the Gentleman is well recover'd. Cass some Days after took the Goldwatch and sold it for six or eight Pounds, of which he gave me only thirty Shillings; This was done that Day the King took Shiping at Greenwich for Hanover . The same Night we stopt another Man, but took nothing from him; Cass was Blood-thursty, and would have kill'd him, but I prevented it, the Man being a Servant had no Money, so I let him go, in the mean Time Cass had almost broken my Arm with a staff he design'd to knock down the poor Man with. Cass then persuaded me to go into the Country, alledging that plenty of Money was to be got there on the Road, and put it in my Head to tell all my Friends, I was going in the Country to see my Pa rents and Relations. Then I bought a pair of Pistols, and went with him ten Miles beyond Marlborough, about three Miles East-side of Newberry, he spent all his Money; for which I quarrel'd and left him, but returning, found him there upon Tuesday following, having left him on Sunday before. I would go no further, so we return'd to London. Ten Miles this side of Newberry, about ten or eleven at Night there was a Man riding up, Cass run before, I pray'd him for God's sake not to shot, but immediately I heard a Pistol go off, but by good Providence the Man was not hurt. From this Man we took a half Crown and five Pence in Farthings. I said I would no more go with him, by reason he was too ready to fire. We came to Brentford , then he bid me go the Yorkshire Road , I left him and came to Rotherhithe the same Night being on Saturday, On the Monday Morning I went to work at my Business, Tuesday Cass came to me and desir'd me to go with him, which I would not do, but bid him go by himself, he promis'd to bring thirty Shillings more for the Watch, that's well says I, but go with you I will not, as for the thirty Shillings I never saw it. The Saturday following he promis'd again to bring me the Money on Tuesday, but in stead of that he went into Yorkshire . This was in the middle of July, from which Time to the middle of March I never saw, nor heard of him. Then as I was a bed he came to me on a Sunday Morning betimes, I ask'd him where he had been; this he would not tell, till my Wife went out of the Room, then he told me he had been robbing in Yorkshire, but his Uncle there compounded a Robbery for him, and then sent him to Liverpool with a Letter of Credit, where he stay'd not long, but went to Gloucestershire , where within Ten Miles of Gloucester he rob'd a Man of thirty Pounds: For this he was taken upon Suspicion, and after four Months Imprisonment in the Castle of Gloucester , he was let go, since they could not swear to his Face, yet he was very well fetter'd with weighty Irons all that Time, as the red Marks and Strokes or Lines upon them show'd. Cass being dismiss'd on Tuesday from Gloucester Castle, came to London on Sunday Morning. He would have me to go upon the Road with him again, otherwise he would have me taken up upon his Evidence; partly by over persuasion, and partly out of fear, I went with him. We went about a Mile beyond New Cross, where we stopt a Gentleman's sought the Whip, which I found, man's Servant, and took from him twelve Shillings and something more. I went home and my Wife knew nothing but that I had been a walking out a little. Two Days after he persuaded me to go out again, and upon the same Road we robb'd a Farmer of four Guineas, some silver, and some fine and coarse Sugar; we bound the Man's Hands and Feet in a Field, and left him. A Day or two after we rob'd a Gentleman's Servant of half a Guinea, whom we left in the same pickle with the Farmer before. Next beyond Elton two or three Miles we stopt an Exciseman, took from him six Shillings and six Pence, a Stock and a Silver Buckle. We bound him in the Wood, and about an Hour after we return'd and gave him his Horse and set him at Liberty. The Gentleman's Name was Atterley. From thence we went to Shooter's-Hill Road , where we met a Maltman, from whom we took thirteen Shillings, and to him I restor'd his Horse, which with Difficulty I catcht, he having run away. Sometime after we went to Gravesend , and from thence to Chatham a Foot, within a Mile of which we endeavour'd to stop a Gentleman riding full speed, and though we had the Horse by the Head, yet the Gentleman spur'd his Horse at such a rate, that the Bridle broke and he rode off. We went into the Wood, and in the Evening coming out we met a Man, a private Trader; whom we took into the Wood, and then rob'd him of his Horse, and three Pounds. That Night we came to London . The next Time we went out, one was a Horse-back, and the other on Foot to Craydon . In the Evening we came the London Road, and Cass mounted, stopt a Chariot and got not above ten Shillings, and the two Gentlewomen had no Watches, One of the two Gentlewomen handed me a Handkerchief, with a short black Cloke and Hood, a lac'd Handkerchief and a pair of Gloves; here Cass dismounted the Footman riding up after the Charriot, and gave me his Horse, Now we were both Horsemen. Toward Epping Forest we met a young Gentleman, whom we rob'd of Thirteen Shillings, and a Servant of Col. Raymond's, from whom we took four Shillings and a pair of Pumps, and chang'd the Gentleman's Horse for the one we got at Craydon . A little after we went upon the Kingstone Road and nigh Clapham, we stopt a Derbyshire Gentleman, from whom we took thirty Shillings, and a Silver Watch, here I dropting my Whip, I left the Gentleman with Cass, and There I met with a Baker's Servant who was order'd to wait there for his Master, who as he told us, had 24 l. about him. I stopt the Baker, but his Man escaping over the Hedge, cry'd out Highwaymen, &c. upon which I was obliged to ride off without any Booty, otherways I had been taken; for a number of People pursued us. An Hour after we stopt two empty Coaches upon the same Road. In the last the Gentleman sate upon the Box with the Coachman, we commanded him to come down, and took from him his Silver Buttons, which we sold for twenty-eight Shillings. Then we took 1 l. from a Gentleman in the Kentish-street Road , and after that went Home. Cass went to an Inn and was told that his Wife did design'd to take us both up. I went to Toby and his Dog and sent for my Brother-in-Law John Bowen , he ask'd me where I had been, I told him, at which he was surpriz'd. I advis'd him to take Cass, he would not do that, unless I went along, or surrendered, this I would not do. I went however to shew him the House, but he was gone. We waited 'till next Morning, I offer'd to take him where Cass was. So I found him with his Wife in Lambeth-marsh , where the Wife having taken the Watch and Money, swore she would hang us both, Cass hearing her express herself after that manner, beat her very severely: Here I shewed Cass to my Brotherin-Law, and we went to the White Horse at the back of the Royal Exchange . John Bowen follow'd us, and coming in took Cass, who by Persuasion of a Thief and Robber, to save himself, was to swear against Bowen and his Brother; but the Justice would not take his Oath, and indeed I never rob'd with any other Person but Cass, for we always turn'd out always together. Next Day I went and stayed three or four Days at Bristol , when the Hue-and-cry was out for me, that made me come back to save two innocent Men. I sent for my Wife, who advis'd me to surrender and save myself, this I thought not proper to do, but slipt off, and after that was forced to go by my self, my Character being so blown, that I could no longer be seen in Town, and Warrants being out against me to take me up. The last Robbery I committed, except robbing the Waggons, was in King-street Road , where I rob'd a Gentleman of 1 l. a silver Watch and his Horse, upon which Horse I was taken. This is all, except the Waggons that Davis could think on, as he said. John Jones , of Tottenham-Highcross , was indicted for assaulting William Vow , Gent, on the Highway, putting him in fear, and taking from him seven Shillings, April 14. He was a second Time indicted, for assulting James Collet , Esq; on the Highway, putting him in fear, and taking from him five Shillings, April 14. 2. John Jones , about 23 years of Age, of honest respected Parents at Kiderminster in Worcester-shire, who educated him well at School, in Reading, Writing, Latin, Arithmetick and such things as are proper to fit one for Business; but his good Education he improv'd to no purpose, having been always a perverse, naughty, good for nothing Boy; though beside his School-learning, his Parents were careful to have him instructed in the knowledge of Christian Principles, and taught him the fear of the Lord, which was, what he least of all minded; for he was a despiser of God and Religion, and therefore God despised and rejected him, and left him to himself, to fall into those horrid Crimes, which were the cause of all those miserable Misfortunes he fell into, and the shameful ignominious Death, to which his vile abandon'd Life justly Subjected him. When of Age, his Father being a Farmer in the Country, did not put him to any particular Trade, but bred him to Husbandry , and kept him at Home with himself, in which Way, as he said, he might have done very well, had he been Careful, since his Father was in good Circumstances, and capable to set him up in a Farm, and to put him in good Business; he had also a near Relation a Drover, who employ'd him sometimes in his Way, to look after his Cattle , and so brought him two or three times along with him to Smithfield-Market . Before this last Time, when he came of his own accord, without advising of any Body, and brought himself speedily to the fatal Tree. When I spoke to him in private, he wept much, and lamented the profligate and naughty Life he had led, which was the sole Cause of all the Misfortunes he fell into. He own'd that he had a strong disposition to all manner of Vice, having been notoriously disobedient to his Parents, or disregardful of the good Advices, which either they, or his other Relations, who were anxious of his welfare, were always ready to give him. He was also a Sabbath-breaker, seldom going to Church, and altogether unmindful of religious Duties: He lov'd idle Company, and was avers'd to follow any settled Business; he follow'd the conversation of wicked Women, and that was no small step to his future Misfortunes; he was notorious for Swearing and Blaspheming; a Vice, though it hath neither Profit nor Pleasure, which never fails to be the peculiar Badge of these wicked dispos'd People: In short, he fail'd in none of those Vices, which are the distinguishing Character of those abandon'd Wretches, who are liable to those fatal Misfortunes attended with a tragical Event; but the too common Vice, which was an inlet, and occasion of all his other Vices, was Drunkenness; for he said, that he was one of the most notorious Drunkards of any young Man alive, which was the occasion of his spending so much Money. That he was ready to take the most unlawful Course whatsoever, to supply himself with Money, to live at a very extravagant Rate, in Company of the vilest People; and this Method of Life having disoblig'd his Parents and Friends so much, and he wanting Money to prosecute his Lusts, and defray those needless Charges, which his extream Folly and Wickedness expos'd him to, form'd a desperate Resolution in his own Mind, without communicating his Intention to any Person, to leave his Father's House privately, which Design he accordingly put in Execution, and in order thereto, he stole away one of his Father's Horses, and rode up-straight to London , where he was not a long Time, before his Money began to run short, and then not knowing what to do, and not willing to return to his Father, whom he had disgrac'd, and disoblig'd so far already, he form'd a second Resolution to commence Highway Robber, and being provided with a Horse, he went out upon the 14th Day of April last, upon his first and last Expedition of that Kind, and meeting on this Side Tottenham, with Mr. Vow and Mr. Collet, going to Enfield , he stopt their Chaise, and robb'd them to the Value of 12 s. Hitherto, as he himself acknowledged, he dissembled and told most notorious Lies, in several respects; but Sunday the 27th Instant, his Conscience checking him, as he said, being the Day before he died, he desir'd he might have a private Word or two with me, and begg'd Pardon for all the horrid Lies he had made before, and for the Offence he had given to God and Man, and own'd, that for 3 or 4 Years he had gone upon the Highway, and particularly that for near three Years past, he had been Partner with William Gordon , the noted Highwayman, who was Executed the last Sessions at Tyburn; and particularly he desir'd me to take Notice, that he assisted Gordon in three Robberies lately committed, two of them upon the Road between Kensington and Tyburn , upon the Worcester and Glocester Stage-Coaches, from whom, beside other Things, they took a Trunk and Portmanteau; and that they came back, and went into the Fields on this Side the Turnpike, and hid the Portmanteau in a Brickkiln, and the Trunk in a Ditch, till a proper Time for taking them out of these Places; in which Robbery we shot one of the Horses. The third Robbery was on Enfield Chace , upon the York Stage-Coach, where they took about 10 l. in Money, and divided it 5 l. each, or little more: There were two Bills of 80 and 60 l. which they destroy'd, since they were of no Use to them. This he desir'd me to observe, because it was given out over the Town and Country, that a Woman, in Man's Apparel, was the Person who assisted Gordon in these three Robberies; and to discharge his own Conscience, and do common Justice to Mankind, he declared, as a dying Man, and who was immediately to answer at the great Tribunal of Almighty God, that there was no other Person in Company with Gordon, when the said three Robberies were committed, but himself, and as to that Woman, who is so much talk'd of, he said, he knew nothing of her, only he had often ask'd William Gordon , if she robbed along with him, which he always said, she never did; and Mr. Gordon, a Day or two before he died, made two or three Times, a solemn Declaration to me and Others, to the same Purpose; and that he verily believed, she never went Abroad to rob in Disguise or any other Manner of Way whatsoever. Jones own'd, That he had been a very wicked and profligate young Man, that from his Childhood, he had been a Thief and Robber, having committed a vast Number of Robberies, and most of them in Company with the late William Gordon , whose Partner he was, between two and three Years last past. Before, when I ask'd him, he deny'd that he knew William Gordon , or that he was guilty of any Robberies, saving that for which he died; and for such Dissimulation and notorious Lies, he declar'd his hearty Repentance, and begg'd Pardon of God and Man. Friday before they died, the 25th Instant, a Gentleman came to Newgate , and ask'd Jones, If he was the Man who attack'd him and another Gentleman, in a Chariot by Kentish-Town , as they were going to Highgate lately, and shot a Pistol in the Face of the other Gentleman, which hurt him very much, but by Providence they were both sav'd? He and Davis solemnly declar'd, They knew nothing of that Attempt. He behav'd always well, wept much, declar'd, That he was very Penitent for all the Sins of his Life. That he believ'd in Christ his only Saviour, and died in Peace with all Mankind. N. B. If there seem to be any Contradiction in the above Confessions, 'tis hop'd the candid Reader will not impute the same to the Writer hereof; but to the disingenuous and base Way of acting and speaking such vile and naughty People use. At the Place of EXECUTION. JOHN Jones had no more Confessions to make: Only he said he was Partner with William Gordon ; and that the Worcester and Gloucester Stages-Coaches, betwixt Kensington and Tyburn, and the York Stage-Coach on Enfield-Chase were rob'd by Gordon and him, and that no other Person had any Hand therein. This he said in confirmation of his former Confessions. He said also, That the Account he gave of his Parents was true, that they were People of Credit and Reputation in the Country, and that he was a great Disgrace and Reproach to them. John Davis had no more to add, but seem'd very Sick, as if he had been scarce able to Speak. This John Davis dissembl'd and play'd the Hypocrite egregiously, some days before his Death: he at sometimes lay in the Cell and would not come to Chappel; at other times he was carried up and down Stairs by one of the Runners, and when I went to visit and pray for him in the Cell, he affected the most pitiful looks and deadly Sickness imaginable; so that the Keepers pitying his Misery, knockt off his Irons several Days before his Execution, and when he came to Chappel, he was either carried upon a Man's Back, or supported by one or two Men, leaning on them with all his weight, being incapably as all Persons that saw him thoght he had not been able to move; and when he was in Chappel, he frequently retch'd and pretended to Vomit, so that every body thought him in a very dismal Condition, as to his Health; and he us'd to say, that he did not think he should live to the time of his Execution: The Morning of his Execution he was carried out on a Man's back, and two or three Men drag'd him into the Cart like a dead lump, and out of Compassion they did not tie his hands fast together, as is usually done. Under the Tree he was tyed up, but, as he pretended, not able to Stand, [he hung upon and was supported by two or three Men] he was loos'd and suffer'd to sit down upon the Cart in time of Prayers, which hath been often done before in such Cases: I observ'd two or three Men speaking to him through the Spokes of the Cart, for which I stopt a little, and reprov'd them sharply, for interrupting one in his devotions just as he was entering upon Eternity: The Prayers being over, they desir'd me to Sing some verses of a Psalm, and as I was beginning to Sing, at the 7th, verse of the 16th Psalm, he having a little before rais'd himself up, and Sitting upon the cross Tree of the Cart, put his Foot to the Side of the Cart, took hold of a spoke with his Hand, and jumpt over among the crowd in the twinkling of an Eye. The Officers and Spectators were all of them surpriz'd and astonish'd, and some of the People favouring his Escape, he ran very fast till he got over a Field, But the Officers and some Assistants pursuing hard, overtook him, and brought him back, two or three Men holding and pshing him forward, with his Coat off, his Shirt and other cloaths all torn, nothing on his Head, and in this dismal condition they hurried him into the Cart. I desir'd they would allow me to Sing and conclude, with recommendary Prayers to God in their last Moment; But some of the Officers, particularly two of them, who have no regard to the Souls of Men, caus'd the Cart to drive off in a hurry, as soon as the Executioner could do his Duty: Although Jones intreated for God's Sake that I would Sing a little and conclude with a few short Prayers, which Desire they were so far from complying with, that one of them gave me Scurilous, unbecoming Language; and another not only gave ill Words, but threaten'd me with worse Treatment: But this way of doing of such unreasonable Men to abuse a Clergyman in the exercise of his Office, 'tis hop'd the Honourable Magistrates will prevent for the Future. This all the Account, given By Me, James Guthrie , Ordinary of Newgate . FINIS.

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words OF FIVE MALEFACTORS, VIZ. JONATHAN DENNISON and MICHAEL RYLEY For a Street-Robbery, JOHN SWIFT for Shop-lifting, JAMES CHAPMAN , otherwise LILLEY , AND RICHARD FORSIT , For a Robbery near Marybone ; Who were Executed at Tyburn on Wednesday, June 15th, 1763. BEING THE FIFTH EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon . WILLIAM BECKFORD , Esq . LORD-MAYOR of the CITY of LONDON . NUMBER III. for the said Year. LONDON: Printed and sold by M. LEWIS, at the Bible and Dove, in Paternoster-Row, near Cheapside, for the AUTHOR. [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 goal-delivery of Newgate, holden for the city of London and county of Middlesex, at Justice-hall in the Old-Baily , before the Right Honourable William Beckford , Esq. Lord Mayor of the city of London ; the Honourable Sir Richard Adams , Knt. one of the Barons of his Majesty's court of Exchequer ; 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 18th, Thursday the 19th, Friday the 20th, and Saturday the 21st of May, in the third year of his Majesty's reign, eight persons were capitally convicted and received sentence of death, for the several crimes in their indictments laid, namely, William Smith , otherwise Turner , James Chapman otherwise Lilley , Richard Forsit , James Ward , James Brown , Michael Ryley , Jonathan Dennison , and Jonathan Swift . And on Wednesday June the 8th, the report of the said malefactors was made to his Majesty, by Mr. Recorder, when three of the said malefactors were respited, viz. William Smith , otherwise Turner , for sheep-stealing, James Ward and James Brown for two several robberies, and the other five before-mentioned were ordered for execution on Wednesday June the 15th. 1. 2. Michael Ryley and Jonathan Dennison were indicted for that they on the king's highway, on Thomas Smith did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and stealing from his person one hat, value 8 s. and one perriwig value 10s. his property April 21. The intelligent reader need not be informed that the heinousness of the crime is not to be rated by the value of the things taken, (as it too often is by ignorant or thoughtless people) but by the violent and inhuman assault on the person, in the king's highway, going about his lawful occasions, under the protection of the law; the fear and danger he may be thrown into, the wounds and bruises he may receive, or the loss of life, limb, health or time he may suffer, in consequence of such attacks, either in his own defence, or the recovery of his right, and the just and necessary prosecution of the offender, for the public safety; add to these, another aggravation, that these mischiefs too often arise from persons who probably are, or have been supported by their king and country for the defence of their fellow-subjects; and who should, in all reason, justice and gratitude to their country, as well as from considerations of self preservation, now turn their thoughts to the happy arts of peace; the exercise and improvement of trade, navigation, and colonies, for which so many new and hopeful prospects are opened. The fact laid in the indictment was too probably but one out of many of the same kind, perpetrated by these and such like enemies of the public peace; it was too strongly proved to be denied or controverted with any appearance of truth. Besides the two criminals named in the indictment, a third, Joseph Mates , was concerned in this affair, but was admitted an evidence. They were all three sea-faring men ; they had been on that afternoon playing at skittles at Stepney till seven in the evening, they then walked through the Back-lane to the ship and star in East-Smithfield , drinking at several alehouses as they passed along, and there also till ten at night, when they went towards Tower-hill , and there attacked two officers in their way from the custom-house toward Iron-gate , about a quarter before eleven, but were repulsed. These two, Mr. Branson and Mr. Williams, appeared as witnesses against them. Quickly after they met with Thomas Smith the prosecutor, a baker , and an inhabitant of St. George's, Wapping , as he was going home, about eleven, near the Butcher-row , East-Smithfield . Dennison came behind and gave him a blow on the side with his stick, and took his hat; Ryley knocked him down, and took his wig; while he cried out, Murder! thieves! they laid on him the more violently. The cry having alarmed others, these ran away as fast as possible; but were pursued by several, and all soon taken, secured, and committed. At first they pretended not to know each other, but afterwards owned they came together from Stepney , and pleaded, in alleviation, that the prosecutor had his wig again. Neither of the convicts persisted to deny this fact, or any part of the evidence after sentence was passed; but Dennison often blamed his excessive drinking that evening, as the occasion of his being drawn into it. When visited after conviction, it appeared that half of them professed to be of the church of Rome , and would not attend our chapel, except Ryley, who, at his own earnest request, was brought up to chapel on the first Sunday morning, desirous, as he himself expressly declared, to hear the word of God: he was commended and encouraged for this good desire, and instructed in common with the other four who belonged to us, viz. Dennison, Swift, Brown, and Smith otherwise Turner, without making any distinction; he seemed to give good attention, and be well affected, saying, he would be glad to continue to come up with these four. But it is observable, that after the first visit from the visitor of his own persuasion, he came no more, but kept his distance in all respects. A case, which we have often had occasion to regret, and wish to be remedied! For surely it is right and equitable, that as their clergy are not treated according to the letter of the law, and excluded from visiting them within our office and charge, so neither should they make an ungrateful use of this indulgence, nor preclude the free choice of their people, by prohibiting them to profit by our means. Dennison reported himself to be about 26 years of age; was a tall; well-made man; well-tempered, tractable, and willing to comply with any good advice, since he fell under my care. This is the more remarkable, and a matter of thankfulness to his friends, who thought him hardened and insensible when they visited him in New Prison . He was born at Leeds in Yorkshire , and bred up to the cloathing trade till the age of 17; had a sober, honest and religious education; but about that time of life he fell into idle company, and gave way to loose inclinations, and an unsettled life. He then entered into the army first as a dragoon , and continued so a year and half; but being hurt on horseback by the saddle, he was discharged; and enlisted as a footsoldier . It does not appear how long he continued in that capacity. It is too probable he quitted it without a proper discharge; and we hear of him next in the sea-service; to which he acknowledged to me, he had deserted from that of the military. He served his Majesty as a sailor 6 or 7 years, during which he was in most parts of the world: and also belonged to six several ships of war, but never received any wages, except about 6l. Being at a loss how to account for this, I questioned him farther; when he fairly owned, he had run from them all: nor could he stay on board any one of them longer than he had an opportunity to get off. This he imputed to ill-treatment; and asserted, that no private man would serve longer than he could not avoid it. On this point I reasoned with him, being of a quite contrary opinion, and that it is the best service in the nation. He then owned, it might be so in some ships that were well officered and regulated, but quite the contrary in others. Surely he must have had bad fortune who never met with one such ship in 6 or 7 which he had tried! He now professed himself to be fully sensible of his past follies, earnestly desirous to return to those good principles in which he was educated, and for this purpose constantly attended the service and instructions in the chapel, in which he behaved with serious attention and devotion. The other three converts of our persuasion did also duly attend; and it should be remembered, to the credit and advantage of poor James Brown now respited, that though he was very weak and emaciated, through a feverish disorder which seized him in the cell, and held him till after his respite, yet he made a hard shift to creep up daily to chapel, and it is earnestly wished that he, as well as the other respited persons, may approve themselves truly reformed from all their bad courses; and not totally unworthy of that mercy extended to them, in a renewed life. Dennison, when questioned, seemed daily more sensible of his sin and danger, yet not without hope of hat divine mercy which he professed to use his utmost endeavours to obtain. A few days after conviction and sentence passed, notice was given of the intended administration of the holy com munion; proper tracts were put into their hands; one on this subject to be used in their cells, which they now promised, and daily professed to make a good use of. But lest this should not be effectual, a course of daily instruction on that and other necessary subjects was added to this, and given them in common, at the time of prayers in the chapel. We were also often accompanied by several kind and good neighbours, who delight to frequent the daily prayers of the church, and especially on these sad occasions. To pray for, and assist, by their good example, these poor dying criminals, in the practice of a duty, to which they themselves, had hitherto, alas! been too great strangers. May such seasonable, pious, and charitable intercessors be blessed, and their number increased in every christian congregation! When the prisoners were visited, June the 9th, the day after the death-warrant was known, Dennison being asked, how he was, and how it affected him? answered, " It made no great alteration in " his mind, as he expected it, and had " done his best to prepare for it." And in truth he appeared calm and resigned, professing to believe that this chastisement was sent in mercy to call him from his sins to repentance, and the way of salvation. The respited men were this day particularly applied to and warned, " That " on themselves it must now depend, " whether they, or those devoted to a " speedy execution, had the better lot, " according to the use they should severally make of it; that if they should " return to their former wickedness, it " were far better to be cut off now, than " when loaded with new degrees of " guilt, aggravated by the abuse of " goodness and forbearing mercy; that " this respite is but for a moment, of farther trial, in comparison of eternity, " an eternity already in some sense commenced, in respect of the immortality " of the soul, and those rewards, or " punishments that must a wait it." But the real truth is, that the best intentioned, and most sincere amongst them, when respited and turned out of the cells, among a number of the common-side felons, find it very difficult, if not impracticable, to stem the torrent of wickedness, which too often prevails there over every good purpose or practice; all which, in every shape, is made the jest, the scoff, 'tis well if not the object of violence and persecution, to the prevailing majority. And these unhappy people often plead this in excuse for not continuing in the good professions they made, when confined to the cells, and under the fears of a speedy death: from whence, when removed to the common side, they become like a standing pool, unsupplied with fresh springs, or wholsome streams, covered up from the dew or rains of heaven, they stagnate, are tainted, and breed all manner of foulness. So are the minds and morals of these pining prisoners corrupted and debased, their bodies and constitutions withered and decayed, before they are delivered by death or transportation. "Wherefore it is the ardent wish of every humane and considerate person about this goal, whose eyes and ears bear witness to this sad case here represented (but with the utmost deference and submission to our honoured superiors in office and power, to whose exalted station these scenes rarely appear, and then diminished by their distance;) that the deplorable case of respited prisoners were laid to heart, frequently looked into, reported, and duly relieved, as to their wisdom shall seem meet: whereby much evil might be prevented, and much good produced; whereby these delinquents, being removed to some situation in our most extensive colonies, and usefully employed, might render some proportionable recompence to their country, and the world for the evils they may have done; and their lives, instead of being a burthen to themselves, and a pest to society, become a blessing to both." In the afternoon, of June the 9th, it was recommended to Dennison, to recollect what facts he could, and to confess them, for the quiet of his conscience, that neither the innocent might be blamed, nor the injured at a loss for any fact of his; especially as such confession, and his prayers for the injured, was all the satisfaction he now had in his power to make. In compliance with this advice, he acknowledged he had been out the night before this fact he was to die for, and had taken a hat and wig from a man near the watch-house , Tower-hill ; but said, he was never out before in London on this account, having been but a fornight returned from the West-Indias in the Hussar frigate, a French prize, now a merchant ship: he added, that a near relation of his had received 5l. 10s. prize-money, for him, a few days before he was cast and put into the cells, had visited him but once since, and then left him only one shilling for a supply; but this friend, after this, visited him again before he suffered, and satisfied him in this affair. He would now persuade me, that he was never before in this bad course; but, being afterwards better convinced, preferring the benefits of a true repentance, and the character of a sincere penitent, to all worldly considerations, he confessed several facts committed from the year 1759, when in the army quartered near Croyden in Surry ; wishing his bad companions, both in the army and navy , to take warning by him, and quit their wicked ways, and repent in time; he introduced his confession in this humble and exemplary form, which he wrote with his own hand: June the 11th, 1763. " O Lord, thou art the searcher of all " our hearts, and a discerner of the " very thoughts; and in whose sight " all things are naked and open, I do " in all humble manner confess all my " heinous crimes before thee." - Concluding with this prayer: " O God, be merciful to me a sinner! and lay not [this or] these sins " to my charge, I humbly beseech thee, " thro' the merits of thy Son, our Lord " and Saviour Jesus Christ, in whose " presence, I hear, is fulness of joy, and " at whose right hand are pleasures for " evermore. My will I now resign into thy hands, desiring that thy will " may be mine, both now and for evermore. Amen." After this he expressed his earnest desire to partake of the holy sacrament, to which being instructed and prepared as before mentioned, he was admitted on Monday the 13th instant, by which he was much strengthened and composed to wait for his approaching fate with a steadfast and calm resignation. Michael Reily , his partner in the crime and the punishment, was about 25 years of age, born at the Cove of Cork , where his parents, his wife and child, now live. He was impressed into the king's service by sea about a year and half ago at Cork , served on board the Florentine, under capt. Trelawney, who was so kind to interceed for his life, but was answered, that mercy could be shewn for almost any other crime rather than for a street-robbery. He professed himself of the church of Rome , and therefore few opportunities occurred of seeing his behaviour, or conversing with him. 3. John Swift was indicted for stealing 37 silk handkerchiefs, value 5l, the property of Lazarus Levi , April 26. This was the last of four indictments laid against the prisoner, all capital. The first was for stealing 85lb. wt. of sugar, value 30s, 1lb. wt. of tea, val. 7s, 7lb. of figs, 1lb. of Jourden almonds, 2lb. of nutmegs, the property of Thomas Dilworth , in the shop of the said Thomas. Charles M' Donald was indicted and tried with him, for receiving the 85lb. of sugar, and the 1lb. of tea, well knowing them to have been stolen, April 16. - James Grief , an accomplice, was admitted an evidence against Swift in this trial, but being unsupported by any other, he and the receiver were both acquitted. Swift was a second time indicted with Dennis M' Carty , for robbing Robert or Richard Walker , on the king's highway, of a hat, val. 1s. and a silk handkerchief, val. 1s. a pair of silver sleevebuttons, val. 1s. and a pewter-spoon his property, April 22. The two prisoners were acquitted of this indictment for the same reason, as of the former; tho' the aforesaid James Grief deposed, that these two, with him, committed the fact in Plough-court ; saying the prosecuter, being in liquor, was held by two of them, while the third robbed him. Swift was a third time indicted for stealihg 16 pair of worsted stockings, val. 40s. the property of Thomas Harrison , privately in his shop , April 26. It appears that he had committed this fact the same day with that laid in the 4th indictment, some little time before it, being taken by Lazarus Levi in the street near his own slop shop , at St. Catherines , quickly after he had stolen the handkerchiefs out of his said shop, with the two parcels upon him; he confessed he had got upon his counter when his back was turned, to reach the handkerchiefs. He was convicted of this indictment on the joint evidence of L. Levi, and Eliz. Harrison , wife to the prosecutor, who proved the property of the stockings. He was brought in guilty of stealing, but not privately in the shop. this took off the capital part, and left him open to transportation. But on the 4th indictment, he was brought in capitally guilty; on the evidence of L. Levi and his own confession to the prosecutor. Though this boy was scarce 15 years, and but little for that age, yet by the love of idleness and ill company, he became no small proficient in his bad practices. Stupid, incapable, and averse, as he appeared to better kinds of knowledge, he was sharp enough at this. This seemed to be his unhappy character, by his whole behaviour, and the best accounts I could learn of him. A loud lesson this to children to hearken to good instruction, to love and seek for useful knowledge with diligence; and to flee from bad company: And to parents to make their duty early familiar and pleasant to them. He was born in the parish of St. John's Wapping , his father a plain honest industrious man, has wrought as a journeyman cooper about 30 years with one master, near the hermitage, his mother died about 4 years since. He was put to a charity-school in Nightingale-lane , supported by the dissenters, to which he belonged about a year and half, by his own account, but his father told me three years, and yet when under my care, he said he could neither read nor spell, and scarce repeat the Lord's prayer. He was bound apprentice to the master of a sloop in the West-India trade for 7 years. Going out on a voyage to Martinico , they were taken by the French, and carried into Donain , and kept prisoners there 8 months, during which, his master (as the boy told me) being taken ill, partly thro' grief for his losses, died there. This lad, as his friends said, has been out four voyages, and still taken in every one of them, either going out or returning home. It was sometime after his return from captivity, before he was shiped again, and then going out was cast away in the downs, on Deal-beach , where getting ashore he came up by land to London , where he soon fell in with two young fellows and a lad, one Jack M' Kenzie who had been his schoolfellow, by whom, he said, he was drawn into this fact (or rather several facts) for which he is to suffer. His father complained, he could not keep him within bounds when ashore, as his friends say he had been 8 or 9 months, but kept out of their way. When his father saw him now and then clean dressed and better supplied than he could expect, he used to ask him, where do you get these things? I hope you do not steal; plainly warning him what his end would be, if he did. He has since said he got into a bad gang of more than 40; about which when I questioned the boy, he owned there might be about 10 or 12. Application having been made by his friends for a favourable report, on account of his tender years, &c. they were answered, that his case should be laid before his majesty. When they found he was however included in the death-warrant, they thought of applying to the throne for mercy, as I presume they did; but still feared, that as the number of boys, in this wicked and fatal course, has of late been very great and alarming, he must be made an example, to convince them that their youth shall not protect them. He daily attended the chapel, where particular care was taken to make his duty, and the instructions there given, easy and familiar to him; besides which he was put into a cell with one of the protestant convicts who could read to him, and was willing to teach him. This task was undertaken by Brown, till he was respited, and after him by Dennison; and each of them seemed to assist him to the best of their power. He was advised and permitted to be present and attend carefully when the communion was administred to Dennison and others, on the Monday before they suffered. This in some degree opened his understanding, and gave him a desire to perform that duty; for which purpose, being questioned at several times, after the plainest and shortest instructions frequently repeated to him, he came to a hopeful sense of the nature, design, and benefits of this sacred institution, and then, with the advice and approbation of several intelligent christians, was encouraged to prepare himself to be admitted to it the morning he suffered. It should have been mentioned, that his father and step-mother came to visit this poor young sufferer, the day before he died; when it appeared, by their account of him, that thro' a childish fear and the wicked habit of lying, he had misrepresented several parts of his past conduct and proceedings; that he had run away from that master to whom he was bound apprentice; and whom he reported to have died in a French prison; that he had learned to read tolerably, and write a little during the three years he was at school. This he owned, when asked again, but said he had now forgot both. His sorrowful father, when asked why he did not train him better, and keep him within bounds? answered, that he had done the best he could for him, and blamed the boy's unruly temper and behaviour: for that, after he ran away from his master, he had been six months lurking about; and when called to an account, and questioned by his father, pretended he belonged to this and t'other ship, now at Black-wall ; then, when detected in a lie, at Deptford ; and so evaded all their enquiries, till they found, too late, he belonged to a gang of bad company. To extenuate this charge, he told me, he had sometimes hired himself to work in a boat on the river , for his victuals and some money. His step-mother told me, she visited him on Sunday last; and when asked by her, what he thought of himself? he answered, he expected nothing but to die. Ay, but said she, that is not all! you have a soul to be saved, or lost forever; and that is what you should think of. But he, being made proof against such doctrines by the company he kept, turned his head and sneered. His father added, that he declared he never would impeach any of his gang, but would die as hard as ever a man died. As this account of him alarmed and troubled me, after so much labour as had been laid out on this poor young profligate; and as I understood, it was told me with a view that he might be brought, if possible, to a better temper, I took him closely to task again, as has been partly related before. In answer to this last charge of his resolution, to die hard, he denied it; and when explained to him with its dreadful consequences, he said, with many tears, and a most piteous face, God forbid I should die hard! and to convince me he was not so, he answered me any question put to him, viz. that he was guilty of all the four indictments which were now distinctly read to him, with some other facts besides, committed in the space of three months he had been in this way. And this gang, some of which he named, being the same he was indicted with, &c. who were his accomplices and had drawn him in; such as stealing some check shirts out of a slop-shop in Rotherhithe . He also confessed he had endeavoured to make his story better than it was, but would now tell the truth. This being his last evening, our best efforts were used to prepare him; with what good success it was hoped the next morning would prove. 4. 5. James Chapman , otherwise Lilley , and Richard Forsit , were indicted (together with James Ward now respited) for that they in a certain field and open place near the king's highway, on Samuel Corin did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and stealing from his person, one pair of leather shoes, val. 2s. one pair of iron buckles plated with silver, val. 6d. one hat, val. 1s. one perriwig, val. 5s. one half guinea and 2s. 6d. in money numbered, the property of the said Samuel against his will, May 10th. The prosecutor is a waiter belonging to Marybone Gardens , and lives in Water-lane , Fleet-street . He, with two other waiters, returning from thence, homeward, between 12 and 1, on a Tuesday morning, was attacked, beat or flung down, and robbed, in the field next to Marybone , by the three prisoners, and one William Smith , admitted an evidence against them. They were all seamen . Smith's evidence was confirmed by other witnesses. They had robbed two country carts in the new-road, the same night. They also knocked down Daniel Tibbuts , and Zephaniah Lambert , the other two waiters in company with Corin the prosecutor. They cut, and robbed Tibbuts, stripping him almost naked, but Lambert escaped, while they were busy robbing the other two. By drinking and quarrelling, and selling part of their booty in Rosemarylane , at the Horns and Horseshoe alehouse the same morning, they became turbulent and suspected; and one was apprehended by Mr. Cowman the landlord. Smith being taken before justice Pell, and ready to be committed, discovered his accomplices names and facts. They were all three taken the same day in Maynard-street , St. Giles's, at or near the King's-arms , by the direction of Smith. James Chapman , otherwise Lilleym , (this was a nick-name he got by merrily saying, as he used to do, entering a public-house, here I come like a lilly) was about 27 years of age, born in Northumberland , served his apprenticeship in a collier, to capt. Cook in the coal trade, and in the transport service , about five years commencing from the age of 17, having the character of an honest fellow and a good seaman. He was pressed into the sea-service at Plymouth , about the beginning of the war; served in the Aurora frigate 3 years and a half; and then aboard the Namur about two years and half, six years in all; was paid off at Portsmouth for both ships about nine months ago, and received about 50l. He came directly up to London with 45 Guineas in his pocket, and quartered about St. Giles's , where he spent it all in two months. A question being put, Why he did not go to sea when his money was out? It was answered, That he had prize-money due to him about 20 Guineas more for the Havannah expedition. His landlady (or mother as the tars call them) in hopes of fingering this also, persuaded him to stay with her rather than go to sea, but he never received it. His behaviour after conviction was sullen and sturdy; he laid him down in his cell for four or five days and would not stir, not even when sent for by his priest; who on this occasion went up to his cell and talked to him. His excuse was, he could not come for want of a shirt. Though this excuse was soon removed by a shirt being brought to him, he still refused to come for some time; at length, with difficulty, was prevailed on, and after this, kept attending pretty well to the last. Chapman was much given to drink and to quarrel and fight in his liquor, but when sober was quiet enough. The fact he sufferedfor, was reported by an accomplice to be his first; but this seems uncertain at best. When beforehand invited to join with us in prayer at the place of execution, he did not consent, but said, he had done his best, in his own way. Richard Forsit , about 24 years of age, was born somewhere near Richmond , and bred to the sea from the age of 13, being bound apprentice to capt. Dennis in the West-India trade , to whom he served four years, and then on a quarrel ran away from him at Antigua , and went on board a privateer, which was a French prize, called the Lampue, in which he served nine months, by which he had a claim to 80l. prize-money on the agent, Col. L - sl - y of St. John's, in in Antegoa; this he never received, nor left any will and powers to receive it; as I am informed, being unwilling his friends should know what situation he was last in. On his return home for the run, in a sloop he was pressed in the river , about 18 months ago, and served in the Swallow-sloop about a year, was paid off at Chatham about six months since; received 13 guineas, came directly to London , and spent it all in the purlieus of St. Giles's . A brother tar, who knew him four or five months, gave him the character of a civil quiet well-behaved man, and that he had not begun this bad practice above a week. After he had spent his money, in three weeks, he took to work with a scavenger at half a guinea a week, but not agreeing with his master, quitted that for a worse trade. His father is said to have been a travelling pedlar , his mother died about 13 years ago, he spoke of no relations he had left. This account came from a companion who pretended to know what he said; but it must be owned, he himself told me he was born in Dublin . Which is the true account, I cannot say. His behaviour in the cells was not quite becoming his circumstances in one respect; as he and Ryley used to lay wagers on various occasions of doubt and contest: and as several pots of beer were thus won and lost between them, they boasted they would stop and drink it in their way to Tyburn . But this kind of unseasonable indulgence is long since disused and abolished. Morning of Execution. SWIFT and Dennison, being brought down from their cells about seven, declared themselves to be well-composed and resigned, having spent the best part of the night and morning in reading and prayer; they went chearfully up to chapel. All that had been taught them for ten or twelve days past, relating to a due preparation, was now summed up in their hearing, and some texts proper to the subject read and opened to them, to revive and quicken their devotions. The lad explained his sense of the holy communion plainly and intelligibly according to his capacity, and expressed his earnest desire to receive it: and, having given satisfaction to the present congregation that he was a proper subject of it, he and Dennison were admitted, and partook of that holy ordinance in a devout and becoming manner. To which a word of exhortation and comfort was added to support them in the way. These two were carried out in one cart, and the other three in a second, about nine, and came to the place about ten. Dennison behaved with remarkable devotion to the last. At a proper interval in our prayers, he read a word of warning to the people, written by himself and entirely his own. " My friends and brethren, " I write these few words to you, that " you would take my advice. I intreat " of you, in the name of the Lord, that " my ignominious death may be a warning to you all; that you may cease to " do evil, and learn to do good, and " turn to the Lord with all your hearts, " and humbly confess all your sins and " unrighteousness to God, and pray un to him to give you that sincere repentance that need not be repented of. " And if you will not take my advice, " but keep in a wicked course of life, " you must expect to receive that dreadful doom pronounced upon you at the " great and dreadful day of judgment, " when the son of man shall come in " power and great glory, and shall cause " the last trumpet to be sounded, and he " shall say, Arise, ye dead, and come to " judgment; and the dead shall be raised; they that have done good, to the " resurrection of life; but they that " have done evil, to the resurrection of " damnation. " My friends, take my advice, and " turn to the Lord your God, whilst you " are on this side of hell. You hear the " dreadful doom of the wicked, if they " do not turn to God whilst there is hope. " I hope you will lay this close to your " hearts, and forsake all your former " sins, for Jesus Christ his sake, who " died for your sins. Amen." All this he spoke with deliberation and zeal, adding a prayer wherein he desired all present to join with him, (as they did) full of penitence, and hope; wherein he heartily thanked God for sending his son Jesus Christ into the world to save repenting sinners, professing it was by the grace of true repentance, he was enabled to call other sinners to repentance, and to declare the salvation of God through Christ. All that heard and saw him, seemed to be much affected. In a word; his last expressions and devout aspirations seemed strongly to demonstrate the Divine particular auroe of the more discerning wits of Greece and Rome, consonant to the sacred language of the breath of the Almighty; and the Spirit returning to God who gave it. The circumstances of a little lad suffering with him heightened the distress. He saw his afflicted father close to the caar, weeping and wringing his hands, the poor boy returned tear for tear; the multitude were greatly affected at the sight, many turned away and dropt a tear, unable to bear the sight with a dry unconcern. After Denison had ended, the boy spoke out and desired " all young people to take warning by him." He would have said more - to keep the commandments, and obey their parents, but was at a loss for words, and broke afresh into tears. The other three, Chapman, Forsit and Ryley, formed a little circle by themselves, as it were, to exclude our prayers, and seemed only to attend to something which one read or spoke for the rest. When invited to join with us in prayer, as being all christians on one foundation, Forsit answered, There is but one God, but many ways to worship him. He then added a word, by way of blaming his officers for non-payment of his wages and prize-money, for want of which he was reduced to necessity, and brought to his present fate; he desired none might reflect on the woman he kept company with. Being asked if he had a wife? he said he had one instead of a wife. Having again prayed for them all, and given them a final blessing, we parted, and they quickly suffered their dreadful sentence. 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 Monday the 22d of September. BEING THE Fifth EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. Sir EDWARD BELLAMY , Knt. Number V. For the said YEAR. LONDON: Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court, the Leg-Tavern, Fleet-street. M.DCC.XXXV. [Price Six-Pence.] [Missing page image] 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 Honourable Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder of the City of London; the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Urlin, Deputy-Recorder of the said City; and others of his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, and Goal-Delivery for the City of London, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, and 17th of September, in the Ninth Year of his Majesty's Reign. Twelve Men, viz. William Lewis , Joshua Dean , Isaac Dennis , Patrick Gaffney , Edward Togwell , Peter Matthews , Charles Connor , William Phillips , alias Clark, alias Matthews, John Whitney , James Farrel , Charles Hooper , and George Holloway , and a Girl, about 10 Years of Age, viz. Mary Wotton , were by the Jury convicted of capital Crimes, and received Sentence of Death. While under Sentence, I seriously exhorted them to consider their Ways, and turn their Feet unto God's Testimonies, more especially considering the heinous Crimes they had committed, and for which they then suffer'd the height of Disgrace and Calamity; they having been guilty of Murder, Rapes, Forgery, Robbery, House-breaking, Privately-stealing, and such other most enormous Crimes, as justly brought them under then fatal Sentence, and made them liable to God's Wrath and Curse, both in this Life, and that which is to come: Therefore I press'd 'em to fly from the Wraththat is to come to lay hold upon eternal Life, and to embrace the Offers and Calls which are given to us in the everlasting Gospel; since upon the due Improvement of the few Moments allow'd them in this World, no less depended than their future Happiness and Bliss, in that glorious Place of eternal Rest and Peace, prepared for the Saints and Children of God. I shew'd to them the Excellency, the Beauty, the Delightfulness of our holy Christian Religion, how that it is the only Scheme most adapted to the Manifestation of God's Glory, and the Salvation of lost Men; in the Contrivance and Execution whereof, the infinite Wisdom of the Divinity is visibly display'd. I desir'd them to reflect upon their past ways, how vicious, how diabolical, how impious they had been, and that however pleasant they might have apprehended a sinful Course of Life to be, yet in the Consequence they found it terrible, and in the Digestion bitter, as then appear'd by the great Hardships and Inconveniencies which they endur'd, which verified the Apostle's Reasoning, That the Wages of Sin is Death, but the Gift of God is eternal Life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. From this I took Occaso to shew them, what Pleasure and Delight there is in the Practice of Piety and Virtue; for although ungodliness may sometimes triumph over depress'd Virtue, yet certain it is, That Godliness hath the Promise of the Life that now is, and that which is to come; and that the Reflections upon a good Life is the only Thing which can give us Peace of Conscience, inward Tranquility of Mind, and an assured Confidence of attaining to the End of our Faith, even the eternal Salvation of our Souls. &c. I exhorted them to a diligent Preparation for receiving the blessed Sacrament of our Lord's last Supper, from these Words, 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. 1. Cor x. 16, 17. While many such Instructions and Exhortations were given, they attended in Chapel, and all of them were very attentive and serious at the Devotion and other Duties, having behav'd much better and more decently than those miserable People frequently do under the like Misfortune. The little Girl Mary Wooton, came to Chapel, but once or twice being very ill; till the Reprieve came, which of them making a most pitiful and dismal Appearance, like unto the black, horrid, vile and unaccountable Action they had been going about. The Constables took particular Notice of them, and getting their Names, they got a Warrant from a Justice of Peace; upon which they made diligent Search, and took them up as they could find them, and now three of that notorious Gang are Executed, and made a publick Example of Infamy, for attempting such a vile, abominable, inhuman Action. Togwell behav'd well under his Misfortunes, was careful in his Duty, and attentive to Prayers and Exhortations. He own'd. That the Wickedness of his Life call'd for such a severe Judgment. He declar'd his Faith in Christ; that he was a sincere Penitent for all his Sins; and died in Peace with all Men. 5. Peter Matthews , 22 Years of Age, born at Dublin, of honest Parents, who educated him to Read, Write, and cast Accmpts; and when of Age, he was put to a Shoe-Maker, to which Trade he serv'd out his Time, and afterwards liv'd there by his Business in an honest way for some Time, till about two or three Years ago, he listed himself a Soldier, in one of the Irish Regiments in France, commanded by General Dillon, where he served above a Year; but weary of the last Year's tedious and laborious Campaign upon the Rhine, he deserted from the Siege of Phillipsburg; though he own'd that the French treated them with abundance of Kindness and Civillity, and that they liv'd well enough upon their Allowance; but many of them being of a roving Temper, of which Number he was one, could not be contented, but lov'd to change about; and accordingly desirous to see England, where he had not been before, he came over hither, to follow his rakish and loose Courses, for which he met with his deserved Fate. He confess'd that he was very wicked in his Life; he was sick, and confin'd to his Cell for a Day or two; when I visited him, he appear'd deeply affected with a Sense of his Sins, and lamented over them, crying to God for the Pardon of them. He had not been guilty of any capital Crimes before, neither was he ever taken up upon any Account whatsoever. But being acquainted with this unhappy Company, who ravish'd the Woman, and complying, assisting or going with them, the same prov'd the Occasion of his untimely End. He hop'd for Salvation through the Mercy of God in Christ; was Penitent for his Sins; and forgive all Men. James Whitney , alias Pugsnose, was indicted for ravishing the above Margaret Mackullough, Widow, on the 6th of July last. 6. James Whitney , 29 Years of Age, born in Buckinghamshire, of mean Parents, who gave him little or no Education at School, so that he had not much Knowledge of Religion. When of Age, he was put to a Coach Tiremaker, and having serv'd his Time honestly, he liv'd by his Business, and married a Wife, by whom he had two Children. He was a wicked young Man among Women, a Swearer, and Blasphemer, and mightily given to drinking and keeping of idle Company, which was the Cause of his falling into those miserable Misfortunes, which ended in his Destruction. Rapes, it seems, were destin'd to be his Ruin; for about a Year or little more ago, he was present at a Rape of a Woman by Glare Market, about Midnight, where he receiv'd a Cut in his Arm. And this Rape upon Margaret Mackullough by Long-Acre, or Drury-Lane, he was also a Witness to, being in the Court where and when it was committed, and beholding the whole Tragedy as it was acted. But all this, he alledg'd, was by Accident, which at least proves, that he kept very ill Hours; and as improper Company, having spent too much of his Time in Night-Cellars and bad Houses, so that these Disorders could not happen in the Streets, at unseasonable Hours, without his seeing of them. He was very ignorant of Religious Principles, which I endeavour'd to instil into him, in the most easy and familiar way. He was most attentive in Chapel, and profess'd a real sincere Repentance for the Sins of his Life, crying and lamenting over his wicked Courses. He spoke of one cast for Transportation, who told him that he was one of them that ravish'd the poor Woman. He owned that he was concerned in the Rape, but was not willing to confess Particulars. He had a strong Confidence in the Mercy of God through Christ, was a true Penitent for all the Sins of his Life, and forgave all Offences as he expected Forgiveness from God. This Rape upon Margaret Mac Culloch was committed by a Set of Ruffians, who had been drinking all Saturday Night, the 5th of July last, and all of them being mad with Drink, and intent upon Mischief, they went into Long-Acre, and abus'd every Body, Men and Women, who came in their Way, as appeared upon their Trial; for they beat a Man and a Woman and knock'd them down, only for asking what they meant by such Rudeness? Having come into the Court, Margaret Mac Culloch came out at the Door of the House where she lodged, designing to go and buy some Mackerel; when they saw her, they immediately formed a Resolution to Ravish her; accordingly they took her into a Necessary-house at the end of the Court, which having a Partition in it they tore it down in their Madness, to expose their Sin and Shame in a Manner not to be express'd; this was between the Hours of Two and Three of the Sunday Morning following. They there threw her down, but she not being willing to comply with their devellish Intentions, one of them held her right Thigh, who was Matthews, as they swore against him, another held the left Thigh, two others held her two Arms, and a fifth held down her Head, till Edward Togwell abu'd her first, there being a great Number of them, they held her down in this barbarous Posture, until six others successively after Togwell ravished her, having left her half dead, and abused her in such a manner, that it is doubted if ever she can recover her Health again. Having done all this, some propos'd to throw her into the Dirt and murther her, they having stopt her Mouth with a Handkerchief that they had taken off her Neck, by cramming it therein with a Colley-Flower Stalk; but the rest kept them from doing Murder; they then run out to Long-Acre, cursing, swearing, blaspheming and quarrelling, till at length they fell a fighting together. And thus they spent that Lord's Day, which is consecrated to the Service of God, in Town and Country, as is already told, till at length they were taken up, and three of them brought to condign Punishment for their Villanies, (and as we hear) three more of their notorious wicked Companions are taken up and in Custody. The Particulars of this Tragedy as it was acted, a Woman looking out at her Chamber Window saw, and declared upon Oath, in Confirmation of what the Prosecutrix had sworn, and which several others also gave in Evidence against them. William Phillips , alias Clark, alias Matthews, was indicted for stealing a grey Gelding, value 15 l. the Property of Mr. John Winter . 7. William Phillips , alias Clark, alias Matthews, whose right Name was Clark, 35 Years of Age, of honest Parents in Dublin, who educated him at School, to Read, Write and cast Accompts, to fit him for Business, and had him instructed in Christian Principles. When of Age, he serv'd his Time honestly to a Taylor, and afterwards liv'd for some Time by his Business in his own Country. Some Years ago he came to London, and married a Wife, by whom he had three Children alive, when his Misfortunes befel him. He was acquainted with Mac Creigh, and many of his Companions. As for the stealing of Mr. Winter's Horse, he complain'd on the Evidence of the Boy, who saw him take him away at the Back of the Coach in St. Paul's-Church-Yard, alledging that he might be in a Mistake, and seemed uneasy at some other Things; but behav'd always with abundance of Submission and Devotion. He alledg'd, that he had very good Business as a Master Taylor at Limehouse, keeping commonly 7 or 8 Men at Work, and that he had no Occasion of going on the Highway, his Business having been still upon the growing Hand; and as to his Acquaintance with Mac Creigh, it was only upon Account of the Country, he having employ'd him sometimes, and wish'd him to the Employment of others; and that he only lodg'd at his House for 7 or 8 Days, as to his private Affairs, he did not enquire after them: And as to himself, he did not use to ride out, but to visit a Friend about Plaistow, commonly with his Wife, and an Acquaintance; and his Friend used to return the Visit, and stay a Night or two with him. He appeared very penitent, grave and devout. He declar'd his Faith in Christ; his Repentance for his Sins; that he suffer'd justly at the Hands of God for the Errors of his Life; and died in perfect Charity with all the World. The following is a true Account given to the Printer of the Robberies committed by him, with Mac Creigh. IN the Year 1728, he and another laying for Transportation in the Master's-Side of Newgate, found Means to break out from thence, and made their Escapes through the Turner's House adjoining thereto. He said that he was the Person mentioned by Mr. Mac Creigh to be concerned in robbing the Rt. Hon. the Countess of Strafford, and also Sir Henry Hankey's Son, and Mr. Coverley - and that about twelve Months ago he became acquainted with him in the following Manner. Being on the Road between London and Barnet, he met Mr. Mac Creigh, very well dress'd, on a fine Gelding, whom he stop'd, and demanding his Money, he said, I am one of your Profession; on which he replied, D-m ye, Sir, don't trifle with me, for I will have your Money, and to convince him Mac Creigh produced a Pistol out of each Pocket, and likewise a Crape; he then said, if you are one of us, go and rob that Coach, which was near them; accordingly he did, and returned; and said now, I hope you are satisfied, from which Time they contracted an Intimacy- and agreed to go out together. After they had committed this Robbery, they met a Grazier and a Butcher, the former had been in Town to sell Cattle; Mac Creigh said to Phillips, you have always had a Notion of robbing these Fellows called Graziers, I could never make any thing of them to any Purpose; go and try what you can make of that old Fellow, and in the mean time I will go and see what I can make of the Butcher; accordingly they agreed, Mac Creigh went and robb'd the Butcher of a small Matter, and Phillips went to the Grazier, and took from him between 30 and 40 Shillings which he said was all he had, and desired him at the same time to return him a small Marter to bear his Charges; Phillips replied he must first search him, which on doing he found a great Lump under his Ham; honest Grazier said he, have you had any Misfortune that you have such a Lump, who replied I have had it some Years, it is a Wen; O! says Phil lips I'll immediately cure it for you, which he did, by making the Grazier unbutton the Knees of his Breeches, and took from under his Ham in a leather Purse about 60 Guineas; now says he I have eas'd you of your Wn, let me see how you can walk, which the poor Grazier was obliged to do without his Money. After they had committed this Robbery they made off, and by a round about Way came to Kingston upon Thames, when they laid all their Plunder on a Table to examine it, which was to the Value of 100 l. in Cash, besides Watches, Rings and other things of Value. He and Mac Creigh robb'd one Mr. Sherrard, a noted Scarlet-Dyer in Southwark and his Son, of their Watches and some Money, which he own'd since his Condemnation; and Mr. Sherrard's Son was with him on Saturday last, and he informed him where the Watches were pawn'd, and desired his Wife to go with him, that he might have them, which she accordingly did. He likewise robb'd one Mr. Dansey an eminent Surgeon in Grace-church-street, and Mr. Bateman who keeps the Globe and Crane Tavern at Islington, in the Lower-street, there they took from Mr. Dansey about 15 s. and from Mr. Bateman about 3 or 4 s. and then rode off. On Sunday, between Five and Six o'Clock, Phillips's Wife by his desire brought his Son to th Press-Yard, that he might take his last Farewell of him; and as soon as he saw him, he took him in his Arms, and cried over him; and begg'd of his Wife to train him up in the Fear of God, and never let him neglect the Service of his Creator; and particularly to take Care when grown up, what Company he kept; which if he had done, had not brought himself to this unhappy Misfortune, nor to suffer such an ignominious Death. After which, he turn'd again to his Wife and said, he hop'd she wou'd regard what he said, and oblige him, it being his last Request, to bring both his Children (having another) up in the Fear of God. After he had done speaking, he took the Child again in his Arms, and kiss'd it, as he did likewise his Wife, with Tears in his Eyes, and said, Pray God bless you, and preserve you, and my dear Children. Charles Connor , was indicted for the Murder of his Wife, Isabella Connor , by beating her on the Head, Shoulder, Arms, Breast, and otherwise treating her barbarously and unmercifully, of which mortal Wounds and Bruises she died; and he was, by the Jury capitally convicted of Murder for the same. 8. Charles Connor , 37 Years of Age, born in Shoreditch, of honest Parents, who gave him a little Education at School, to read God's Word, Write and Cypher, and instructed him in Religious Principles. He was bred a Sawyer, which Business he constantly follow'd, and provided very well for his Wife and Children that way. He was two or three Voyages at Sea in his Majesty's Ships of War; having been in the Baltick, Mediterranean, and other Places. He married a Wife, who (to his Grief) prov'd the Occasion of his Death, and who bare him several Children, three of whom are now living, and on the Parish to be provided for. He liv'd in Shoreditch-Parish, where he was born, being belov'd in the Neighbourhood, and employ'd in his Business by all that knew him. His Wife was an honest Woman, and abundantly tender of and loving to her Children, and her Husband also; but her Misfortune was, as he alledg'd, to be addicted to drinking, and what Money he brought Home, being, 15, 16, or 17 Shillings per Week, he always gave it to her; but she was always wanting, and scarce made it serve his Family; upon this Account he reflected on her, alledging that she drank, and was too much inclined to Company. This she denied, affirming that she could not manage better; however, from Words upon this Head, they frequently came to Blows, which made her Life a Burthen. Sometimes she promis'd to rectify what was amiss, but never perform'd; and upon that Score he never neglected to beat her. She lately being brought to Bed, he complain'd, that he could not maintain an idle Woman and four Children, she being but seven Days lain in Bed, said, in a few Days she hoped, as she recover'd Strength, to help him in doing for the Family. He had no Patience, but in his Passion dragg'd her out of the Bed and treated her so ill, that she never recover'd the Hurts she then receiv'd. Not long after that, coming Home one Evening, she complain'd of her Son of Seven Years of Age, that he had been calling her B-h, whereupon he took something to throw at the Boy, but with it he gave the Mother a Blow on the Breast, of which she languish'd 'till the next Day and then died. She told some of the Neighbours, that her Husband had murder'd her; but spoke to him very kindly, expressing her great Dislike that some threatened to cause him to be taken up for Murder, hoping that the Neighbourhood would spare him for the Sake of his Children, and freely, and in a very friendly, loving Manner, forgave him. I told him, that her privately forgiving him, did not oblige the Law of God, and of the Land, to forgive him for the Sin of Murder; and therefore I exhorted him to repent, as a Murderer ought to do, and not to pretend in the least to extenuate his Crime. He was very calm and submissive, promising, by the Grace of God, to reform and make his Peace with God. He confess'd that he was a great Sinner, and beg'd Pardon of God and all Men. He was very sedate, and mightily troubled for what he had done, and particularly the sad Calamity he had brought upon his poor Children and Family. He behav'd with very much Seriousness and Devotion. He believ'd in Christ, hoping for Mercy from God through the Merits of Jesus Christ; he repented of all his Sins; and was in Charity with all the World. On Saturday Evening, about six o'Clock, his Mother and Sister came to see him; and as soon as they saw him, they both hung about his Neck; his Mother crying over him, and saying, Oh! my Dear Child, must I part with you for ever? Oh! What have you brought yourself to, and your poor innocent Babes, whom will be depriv'd of both Father and Mother. He reply'd, I hope God of his infinite Mercy will assist them; and if they put their Trust in him, he will be both. Dear Mother and Sister, I never intended to hurt my Wife, as I am a dying Man; therefore I hope God will have Mercy on my poor Soul. His Mother and Sister crying all the Time, and hanging about his Neck, and with some Difficulty they were got from him, repeating the following Words, viz Lord have Mercy on you, Christ have Mercy on you, and receive your poor Soul. The following is a Copy of a Letter he sent to Mr. Edmund Blizard , living at the Sign of the London Apprentice, near Hoxton-Square, in Shoreditch. September, the 18th, 1735. Mr. Blizard. THIS from your humble Servant Charles Conner, Sir, I return you a thousand Thanks for all your great Kindness to me and mine, which I hope God will Recompence you for it, the Prayers of Almighty God be with you, and yours, hoping the Lord will make you Recompence and yours; and I pray God Prosper you and yours, as long as you live for the extraordinary Favour done unto me, and mine; my Prayers to God for all Friends and Neighbours, hoping that they won't Reflect upon my poor Friends and Children, for my Misfortune that has befell me, which I never intended, nor did I ever think of coming to such a shameful End, which, I hope God in his Great Power will have Mercy on my poor Soul, and forgive me all my Sins as I put my Trust in him; and I begg of all Love that you would desire all such Friends, that shall come to see me Dye, that they will be so good as not to let the Surgeons have my Body, but to give me their Assistance, for my Brothers and other Friends have promised me so to do, which I hope in God they will, for my Desire is to lay by my Wife if possible I can; I begg of all Love that my Acquaintance that comes, that they will be so good as to assist my Body Home , which I hope in God they will, and in so doing I shall be thankful for it. So to the Lord I recommend my Soul, and the blessing of Almighty God be with you and yours for ever, Amen I pray God. But as for Elizabeth Also, and Mrs. Williams, I hope God will forgive them, for falsly ccusing of me in Court, saying I palled my Wife out of Bed the first Week she lay Inn, and made her Rise to dress my Sundays Dinner, which is as false as God is true, for I never offered any such Thing to her, nor have I ever struck her for a long while before she lay Inn, nor since till she told me the Boy called her B - h, which she desired I would beat him for his Sauciness. She seeing me in a great Passion, she was set on the Bd, and the Boy on the other side of her and rising to save him, by that means I struck her, but not with any design to her at all; but some Neighbours hearing that I had struck her, presently said that I had kill'd her; my Wife hearing of this, sent for me Home, telling me, she was Sorry that they should Charge me with any such Thing, and that she believed her Time was come, had it not happened so, and said, if she thought any Body should Reflect upon me, she should never rest in her Grave at Peace; and begged of God, I would be both Father and Mother to the Children when she was gone I promised her so to do, then she desired of me, that I would give her a little Wine, which I accordingly did; she desir'd me to drink to her, which I did; she then took me about the Neck and Kissed me, begging of God to preserve me and my Children, and said she did not Question my Care over them; and so I conclude in the Name of God, begging of all Friends to pray for me and mine, and in so doing, I hope God will Requite you for it. It is a sad Thing to be left Friendless, and had such Friends appeared as see, and knew the whole Nature of the Action, I think I never should have Suffered this shameful Death, which I now must Suffer. Mr. Blizard, I beg of all Love that you will come and see me before I Dye. I desire that you would let your Neighbours read this for Satisfaction. Is from, Your Humble Servant, Charles Conner . James Farrel , and Charles Hooper , were indicted for robbing John Wood , of his Hat, Wig and a pair of Buckles, on the Highway, near White-Chappel Mount. James Farrel Eighteen years of Age, of honest respected Parents, who educated him well at School, in every thing he was willing to learn, to prepare him for Business, and instructed him in Christian Principles. He did not go to any Trade, trusting to his Father, who had some little Estate or Business. He got into bad Company, who advised him to vicious Courses, particular of his Companion Hooper, and this proved his utter Ruin. He married a Wife without the Consent of his Friends, which was no small Disadvantage to him. He owned the Fact he was convicted of, but would not acknowledge any other Theft or Robbery, having had no Pretence of Dishonesty, since his Parents wanted not to supply him plentifully. They took the Hat Peruke and Buckles of Mr. Wood, as in the Indictment, and that the Buckles were found upon him, which made the Robbery clear upon them, without doubt. He was a poor young unthinking Lad. He behaved very well and christianly under his Misfortunes, declaring that he believed in Jesus Christ, hoping for Salvation in and through him; he sincerely repented of his Sins, and was in Peace with all the World. 10 Charles Hooper , nineteen years old, of honest Parents in Town, who educated him at School, to read, write and cast Accompts; and when of Age they put him to a Baker; but he not loving Confinement, in two or three years time left his Master, and took to idle Company. He sold sometimes Hankerchiefs about the Streets, and generally cheated and imposed upon Strangers; in this Way he got Money; but was so idly inclined, that he only went about two or three Days in a Week, dedicating the rest of his Time to loose and profligate Conversation. He confest the Robbery he died for, and two or three more, and that he intended to prosecute that manner of Life, tho' in this Justice prevented him He also owned, that he was of a very wicked Disposition, having been addicted to all those Vices, those unfortunate Creatures are liable to. Farrel and Hooper imputed the Misfortunes of young, until ing People about the Town, in a great Measure, to the Gin-Shops, where they meet with the vilest of Company, who altogether corrupted their Morals, and made them good for nothing. He acknowledged the Justice of his Sentence. When he received the Sacrament in the Chapel, the Morning they were executed, Hooper fainted away, as I gave him the Cup, but instantly recovering, he desired it again, and his Request was granted. These two last were Brethren in Iniquity, and did not seem so much affected as the rest, but when I spoke to them they behaved with the utmost Submission, and gave all the Satisfaction that could be desired. Charles Hooper declared his Faith in Christ; that he sincerely repented of all his Sins, and freely forgave all Men, as he expected Forgiveness from God. At the Place of EXECUTION. BEtween 9 and 10 o'Clock they were brought out of Newgate, and conveyed to Tyburn in four Carts, viz. Whitney, Matthews and Togwel, for the Rape in the first Cart; Farrel, Hooper and Lewis, (the first for robbing the Man near White-Chapel Mount, and the latter for a Burglary) in the second Cart; Gaffney and Phillips in the third; and Connor for the Murder of his Wife, and Dennis for a Street Robbery in the fourth Cart. They all appeared very devout and serious, both at Prayers and singing of Psalms. Patrick Gaffney and Peter Matthews were of the Romish Communion. They desired their Friends might not be reflected on, upon their Account, as did all the rest. Connor own'd that his frequent abusing and striking his Wife had killed her, and that he was heartily grieved for the same. William Phillips , alias Clark, &c. hoped the World would not make his Wife and Children suffer upon his Account. William Lewis desired, that the Woman in New-Prison who past for his Wife, might be admonished to reform and mend her evil Ways and turn to God. And also said, he had been a very great Sinner, and desired the Spectators to pray for him. And calling upon a Person whom he saw there, he said to him, You have deceived me; and one End of the Halter of the next Person that was tyed up with him touching his Face, he said two was too much, for that one was enough to hang him. They all went off the Stage crying out, God have mercy on our Souls; Lord Jesus receive our Spirits. After all Devotions were ended, James Whitney desired me to give them one short Prayer more; accordingly I repeated a Prayer, earnestly beseeching Almighty God to have Mercy upon them, to give them his holy Spirit, to guide them through the dark Valley of the Shadow of Death, and to commit their Souls unto the Hands of Angels, to carry them into Abraham's Bosom, that Place of eternal Rest and Peace, which is prepared for the Saints and Children of God. Amen. This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate. APPENDIX. The following is an Account of all the Robberies committed by William Lewis . HE said that about four or five Years ago, he and two more broke open a House in the City of Hereford, 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 entered 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 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 held in Custody, at the next Assizes was found guilty of the Felony only; for which he was whipt. About three or four Months after this, he and another stop't a Man on Horseback, within ten Miles of Bristol, who they had seen at an Inn, where they had been drinking, receive sixty Guineas; they went out sometime before him, and having come to a proper Place, stripped themselves to their Shirts by way of Disguise, and waited his coming, when he took hold of the Horse's Bridle, while the other demanded his Money; but the Man giving him only some Half-pence and a little silver, he said to him D - n you, you Rogue, what do you mean? I will have your Bit, (meaning his Purse) or I will shoot you, and shewing him a Brass-barrell'd Pistol without a Lock, it so surprized the Man 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. They afterwards went to the Place where they had left their Cloths, and he sewed the Money in the Waistband of his Breeches; they then went for Bristol, where the Person who had been robbed seeing him, got him apprehended, and being brought before the Mayor of Bristol, the Man not being possitive to him he was discharged. After his Discharge at Bristol, he went to France, where he listed himself a Soldier in the French King's Service, from which he deserted, and travelled 'till Night, when he came to a House near a Wood, and asked whether he could lodge there. The Woman of the House asked him what Country he was, he desired to know her Reason; she told him she had been informed that an Englishman had deserted from the French Army; 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 Gigger, 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 believed. The next Morning he went from thence, and concealed himself in the Woods 'till Evening, not thinking it convenient to travel in the Day-time, for fear of being taken for Desertion; from thence he got to the Sea-side, where a Vessel going off, he shipp'd himself on Board her, and came to England, 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, Robbed him.) Some Time ago he listed himself a Soldier in the East-India Company's Service, for which he received Five Guineas Entrance, and being put on Board, he took an opportunity of escaping from thence, by tying his Cloaths to a Board that belonged to the Ship, which he threw over-board, and jumpt after it himself, and swam to Shore. About a Year and a half ago he stabbed a Man in St. James's Hay-Market, for which he was committed to Newgate, where he continued 'till the next Sessions at Hicks's-Hall, and being tried for the same, was found guilty, and ordered to Clerkenwell-Bridewell to hard Labour for twelve Months; his Time of Confinement being near expired, his Grandmother dying, left him her Effects, which amounted to 40 Pounds and upwards, which he lodged in the Keepers Hands; the best Part of which he took away with him when discharged; but being at Liberty he soon spent it, and took to his old Course of Picking Pockets. That some Time in May last he knocked a Woman down in St. James's Hay-Market, intending to rob her; but she crying out Murder and Thieves, some People coming out of a Night-Cellar, he ran away, but being pursued, he drew a Hanger, and striking at them, they avoiding his Blow, he cut his own Shoe quite through, and one of them jumping upon him, took him; for this Fact, he was committed to the Gatehouse, where he continued for some Time. A little before this intended Robbery, 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 strip'd her and the Lodgings, and threw the Things out of the Window, and jump'd after them, and carried them off. A few Days after his Discharge from the Gatehouse, he and another broke open the House of Mr. Lee, in Short's-Gardens near Drury-lane, between 12 and 1 o'Clock, by wrenching two wooden Bars out of the Cellar Window, from whence they took three silver Tankards that were in a little Cupboard over the Cellar Stairshead; he said he went into the Cellar while his Companion staid in the Street to tipp Tommy, (that is to keep in if any Body came by) while he was in the Cellar, a Woman of the Town came up to his Companion and would have persuaded him to go along with her; but upon his giving her Sixpence and bidding her go, and he would follow her, she went away; after she was gone he came out of the Cellar with the Tankards, making a little whistle to his Companion as an Item that he had spoke (meaning he had got them) they then put them under their Coats, and carried them to the Longfields near Bloomsbury, where they tied them up in their Handkerchiefs, and from thence went to the Sign of the Cock at the Brill near Pancrass, where knocking at the Door, the Woman of the House looked out of Window and asked who was there, he answered Will. Lewis, I have got three Clinks to sell (meaning the Tankards) upon which she replied she would have nothing to do with them. From thence they carried them to Mrs. Morris's in Eagle-Court in the Strand, where they broke them to pieces and melted them down in Crucibles, which being weighed by her old battered Weights, which she kept for such Purposes, amounted to no more than 46 Ounces, though there were near eighty Ounces, and for which she gave them upwards of nine Pounds. The Sunday following, about Two o'Clock in the Afternoon, he and his Companion having agreed to take a Walk in the Fields, and coming thro' Crown-Court, Sohoe, seeing a Man in Liquor, he went up to him, and picked his Pocket of his Watch, which they pawned the next Day for 35 s. The next Day 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. Af ter they had been at Greenwich they came to Deptford, and took Lodgings at the Red-Hart-Inn, where they stayed two or three Days; but the Ladies thinking the Lodgings too mean for them, they returned to Greenwich, where they took Lodgings, in a Place called Back-Lane, to their Satisfaction, having agreed to pay 5 s. a Week for 'em; they had not been there above a Night before the People of the Neighbourhood came to desire their Custom, upon which he replyed, Aye, withal his Heart, provided they would use them kindly; and then ordered them to send in a Kilderkin of Beer, three Bushels of Coals, and a Peck of Small-Coal, 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 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, their Ladies were obliged to shift for themselves. In a Night or two after they came from Greenwich, they went towards Hide-Park, where meeting a Gentleman, they bid him Stand, his Companion 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, Gentlemen, 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 lost him, and went into the Fields towards Grosvenour-Square, and in or near Grosvenour-Street, they stop'd a Gentleman with the same Rule (they having at that Time no other Weapon) who not being willing to be robbed, 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 Persons Hats in it which they had just robbed 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 Shug-Lane, where he was treating a Woman of the Town with a Dram, and from thence went to their Lodgings at the Grayhound-Inn in Drury-Lane. The next Day they met again, and sold the Hats 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 Eleven o'Clock at Night, they met Mr. Durrant, a Cook, belonging to the King's Kitchen, whom they stop'd and robbed of a Silver Watch, half a Crown, and a Silver Pocket-Piece, which Mr. Durrant desiring them to return him, they refused; while they were rifling him, he desired they would not use him ill; they told him they would not, and that it was mere 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. From thence they came to Clerkenwell-Bridewell, his Wife laying there for her Fees, they discharged her, and went to Sir John Oldcastle's, where they staid drinking 'till Evening, and having parted with her, they went towards Knightsbridge (having provided themselves with Hangers and Pistols) where they stop'd a Man, from whom they took about 28 s. and a Bunch of Keys, which he desiring them to return, they gave him no Answer; he had not been gone from them a few Yards, but his Companion called after him, and bid him stop, who replying, What do you want? He said his Buckles; the Person replied, don't hinder yourselves, and thereupon came back, and his Companion took the Buckles out of his Shoes (which were Silver) and in lieu thereof returned him the Bunch of Keys, and bid him good Night, and made off; and came to a House near St. Clement's-Church, where they shared the Booty. And about Two o'Clock in the Morning, coming down Fleet-street, near Chancery-Lane End, they overtook a Gentleman in Liquor, whom they followed 'till they came near Water-Lane, where they pushed him down, and his Companion took his Hat from off his Head; but the Gentleman crying out, and the Watchman being near, he ran up Wine-Office-Court with it, imagining that the Passage at the upper End had been open, but finding to the contrary he endeavour'd to get over some iron Pallisades, at the corner House on the left Hand, but stuck by the Foot and Thigh (having thrown the Hat and a Hanger into the Yard) and not being able to quit himself, the Watchman came up to him, and seeing him, asked what Business he had there; and told him that if he did not come down he would knock him down with his Staff; but on his telling him that he lodged at Mr. Carman's, and it being late, was willing to make as little Noise as he could to get in, least he should disturb the Neighbourhood; this Excuse, and being well dressed, deceived the Watchman; who said to him, Sir, you appear like a Gentleman, but there being a Gentleman robbed in Fleet-street, and the Person that robbed him seen to come up this Court, I must desire you to go with me to him, to see whether he knows you or not; to which he readily complied, who being asked by the Watch man, whether he would charge him as the Man that robbed him, he answered, Aye, I think I will; but he telling him that if he had done him any Injury, he would make him Satisfaction, and at the same Time pulling out of his Pocket near a Handful of Gold and Silver, and shewing it, the Gentleman said, No Sir, I will not say you are the Man, you look too much like a Gentleman; upon his being discharged, he insisted the Gentleman should not go Home bare-headed, therefore took the Hat off of his own Head, and made him accept of it; after which he came to me in Fleet-street, and telling me where he had left the Hat and Hanger, I went and fetch'd them. We then went into Holbourn, and on a Bulk, near Gray's-Inn-Gate, divided that Night's Booty, which while we were doing, a Chairman came by, and said, Brave Boys, you have made a good Night's Work on't don't cheat one another; we then parted, and did not go out again for 2 or 3 Days, my Companion-being lamed by the Spikes. His Companion being recovered, they went to Berkley-street in Piccadilly, where they stop'd a Gentleman; but a Coach going by, they insisted he should go down the Street with them, which he did, saying, Gentlemen, don't use me ill, and I will go with you; from him they took half a Guinea in Gold, and 14 Shillings in Silver, and shook him by the Hand, and bid him good Night. From thence they came to Town, and parted for that Night. The next Night they went to Vigo-Lane, near Swallow-Street, where they stop'd a Gentleman, and took from him a Purse, in which was a Guinea, a Key of a Watch, and a Steel Seal, and about 8 Shillings in Silver loose in his Pocket, after which they made him sit on the Step of a Door, and take his Silver Buckles out of his Shoes, which they took from him, and bid him go down the Street, telling him, if he spoke a Word they would shoot him. The next Night about 12 o'Clock they went the same way again, and near the Duke of Queensborough's, they stopped a Gentleman, from whom they took a silver Watch, five Guineas, and a Coat and Breeches, which he had under his Arm, but he desiring them to be returned they refused him, and after having left him he cried out stop Thieves; upon which they threw the Cloaths away over the Rails, fearing if they were taken to be discovered by them, and a Chairman imagining that the Cry was Chair, ran and cried, who calls Chair, they then made off, and in a short time returned and fetched the Cloaths, which they found to be only part of a Livery Suit, which they had imagined to have been better, they being lined with Scarlet. The next Robbery they committed, was on Dr. Barker, whom they saw stand with two more Gentlemen at Slaughter's Coffee-house Door, in St. Martin's-Lane, near 12 o'Clock at Night, where waiting till they parted, they followed the Doctor to Thrift-street, where he laid hold of him on the left Arm, and the Doctor drew his Sword with his Right, and going to make a push at him with it, he retreated about a yard or two, and presented a Pistol at him, which his Companion seeing pushed him on one Side, and with his Hanger cut the Doctor over his left Eye, the Doctor having with his Sword cut a Bit of his Finger off, they then threw him down, and he saying Gentlemen save my Life, I'll give you my gold Watch; but his Companion insisting to have his Sword, also he refused it, saying, he would deliver the Hilt provided they would let him have the Blade; but being denied, they took the Sword away from him, his Companion telling him he would break the Blade himself and return it; after they had got the Sword they robbed him of his gold Watch and three Pence half-penny, and a Pocket Piece. While they were robbing the Doctor, a Woman looking out of a Window of the House where they stopt him, cryed out, are you not ashamed to rob a Man at my Door, on which he replied, you B - if you speak another Word I'll shoot you. Tey then made off. The next Night they met a Gentleman in New-port-street about 1 o'Clock whom they stopt and demanded his Money, he being surprized cryed, ha', ha' (being an Outlandish Man) and taking out his Watch himself by the Chain, his Companion took hold of the Watch, and the Person robbed by the Chain, when pulling he let go the Chain, and he seeing his Companion reel, thought he was running away; whereupon he run, and the Person robbed run after them a little way; but his Companion turning short with his Hanger in his Hand, soon made him go about his Business. The next Night they went to Little Chelsea, having Intelligence of a Linnen-Draper's Shop, which they intended to break open; but finding they had not Tools sufficient they came back to London, and in Leicester-Fields, the next Door to Justice Deveil's they stopt a Gentleman, thinking it to be the Justice, but found to the contrary; they robbed him of a silver Watch and 25 Shillings and 5 Pence 3 Farthings; then taking his Cane from him threw it away, and ordered him to go and fetch it while they went off another way; he said to his Companion D - n seize me, if it had been the Justice he would have shot him, for sending him to Newgate, from whence he was by an Order of the Court at the next Sessions at Hick's Hall carried up there, and tried, and sentenced to remain in Clerkenwell-Bridewell to hard Labour, for twelve Months. They then came home to his Lodgings in Brown's-Gardens near Monmouth-street, and shared the Booty, and his Companion taking up the odd Farthing, it put him into such a Rage that he took up a Pistol, and swore if it had been Six-pence he would have shot him. A few Nights after they met a Gentleman at the End of Crown-Court, near St. Ann's Sohe, whom they stopt, and took from him a silver Watch; but a Link-Boy and a Watchman comeing near, they made the Person come into the Court, not having compleated the Robbery, and there they took from him 9 s. but the Person telling them he did not know where he was, followed them, on which he shewed him a Pistol, and told him if did not go back again he would shoot him, on which he turned back quietly, and they made off. A Night or two after, finding nothing would answer their Purpose, coming through James-street, they observed a Peuke-maker's Shop with no Body in it, upon which they lifted up the Sash, with an Intent to take some Wigs away, but on his Companion's making an Entry, he hit his Head against the Sash, and only took away three or four Razors, and went away fearing the Noise he had made would alarm the House. This Booty they made a Present of. The Monday before they were taken they stopt Mr. Bathurst in Fetter-lane, near Fleet-street; the Watch just having gone the Hour of Two, from whence they took a silver Watch, 2 s. 6 d. in silver and some Half-pence, telling him if he offered to cry out they would shoot him; they also took from him a Handkerchief and Snuff-Box, which they returned him again, and he said they might return him any thing else if they would, for he would receive it; they then bid him go down the Lane, but he begging to go up, saying it was all the same, they permitted him, and heard him Ring about two Doors higher after having left him. The next Night they broke open a House in Gerrard-street, which they had been to view under a Pretence of Drinking; but having seen several silver Tankards in a Cupboard in the Bar, were resolv'd to have them: From whence they took only a Great Coat, the Tankards being removed, which they believ'd to be on the Woman's taking Notice of their Curiosity, they having over heard her speak to a Person the Day before, that she had some Suspicion of them. The next Night they stopt a Gentleman in North-street near Red-Lyon-Square, who resisting them with his Cane, his Companion cut him over the Head with his Hanger, and he supposing the Man to be too strong for him fired a Pistol, not knowing where the Ball might hit; shot him in the Back, but the Wound not being mortal, he turned about and ran after him, crying Stop Thief: Finding himself so closely pursued by the Gentleman and the Watch, who struck at him, he threw away his Fire Arms and made his Escape, his Companion having taken another Way, and hid his Hanger and Pistol in Queen-square; and coming up Gloucester-street, where hearing a Woman cry out Watch, was afraid to stir any further, for fear she should suspect him; but on the Watchman's asking what she would please to have, she said a Surgeon, and desired him to get one, for the Gentleman was sadly wounded, having had a Ball taken out of his Back by the People of the House, and that they were afraid there were more in his Body: Another Person at the same Time crying out, Are any of the Rogues took, and being answered No; he went back to the Place where he had hid the Hanger and Pistol and took them, and found me in Holbourn sorrowful, fearing I had shot him. He went Home that Morning, and acquainted his Wife with the ill Success they had met with, and that he had lost his Pistol, and desired her to pawn her Gown to buy another, but she refusing, he jumpt out of Bed, and cut it to Pieces. The next Night being Thursday, they stopt a Man near the New-Inn in Holbourn, who seem'd to them to be a Gentleman, (being very well dress'd,) but on his telling them that he was reduced, and upon any Enterprize would be willing to go with them, having told them where he liv'd; but not being satisfied they search'd him, and found what he had said was true. From thence they proceeded to Chancerylane, where seeing two Men part at the End of Cursitors-street; they followed the Person that went up that Street, taking it to be the Privatest, whom he stopt, but letting him loose after he had collar'd him, he made a Resistance with his Cane, when his Companion coming up they struck at him with their Hangers, not being willing to fire their Pistols for fear of Murder: He received several Cuts from them having defended himself with his Cane, and crying out, Watch and Murder; they were both forc'd to leave him, the Watch coming up from several Places, least they should be taken, making off with their Pistols and Hangers in Hand. From thence they went to King's Coffee-house in Covent-Garden Market, where they drank two Dishes of Coffee and then parted, it being Five o'Clock in the Morning, his Companion giving him his Hanger, telling him he was going into the Strand, where he should stay till about 12 or 1 o'Clock, and if he wanted any thing with him he would find him there. He said the Quarrel that he had had with his Wife two Nights before, in Relation to the cutting of her Gown, with the Persuasions of her Maid, occasion'd her to take out a Warrant for him, under the Pretence of going in Danger of her Life; but I found it was the contrary, upon which I was committed to Tothilfields-Bridewell for further Examination; about six Hours after his Wife having made an Information went with the Constable to the House of his Companion, who was also taken, and being carried before Justice De Veil, he told him, That he was a young Fellow that had lived in good Reputation till about six Weeks past, when he was seduced away by the said Lewis, for which he was very sorry, and would, without Hesitation, discover all he knew, if the Justice would make him an Evidence, which was accordingly granted; whereupon he discovered 9 or 10 Street-Robberies and Burglaries committed in the said Space of six Weeks, discovering also most of the People that had been robbed, which his Wife Margery Williams knew nothing of, but only in general, That they were Thieves. The Account of the intended Escape which the following Persons did dedesign to make out on the Master-side of Newgate, before the last Sessions. ON the 16th of July last, one Joshua Dean (who was last Sessions capitally convicted, for counterfeiting the Impressure of Stamps on Paper, whom her Majesty hath been most graciously pleas'd to reprieve, in Order for Transportation during Life) was removed from the Common-side of Newgate to the Master's-side of the said Goal; where he had not been long, before his fellow Prisoners understood that he had an extraordinary Knowledge in Mechanicks; on which the following Persons did inform him that they had a Design to make their Escape, and hoped he would be so kind as to assist them, viz. George Hutchenson , William Byrom , Charles Macdonal , Thomas Macreigh and John Jones , who were the chief Actors in the said Design; at which Time they shewed the said Joshua Dean that they could take of their Irons when they pleas'd, and also shewed him a Steel frame Saw, which was to cut the Barrs of the Windows; and likewise were endeavouring by several indifferent Ways to break out, particularly Htchenson attempted to get up the Chimnies, and in the Attempt he hurt his Breast and Shoulders, and informed the rest, that it was impracticable, by Reason of the Barrs that went a-cross the Chimnies; upon which Byrom replied, that he could cut the Barrs? Dean told them at the same Time the Difficulties they would meet with, and endeavoured to persuade them from their Enterprize, which he said, he thought on his Reasons, they had laid entirely aside. But soon after this they came to Dean again, and told him they had another Scheme, and said, Tho' you will not go with us, we beg you will be so kind as to give us your Opinion, for as it is not your Ward, it will no Ways affect you? Upon their Intreaties he went with them into the upper Ward, and there they shewed him a Window which looks into the Gateway; he told them, That it was impossible for them to make their Escape thro' that Window, altho' the Barr' were cut. After this they attempted to have made a Way into the Womens-side, and there to break thro' a Window, which some of the Women informed them it was very easie to do: But while this was in agitation, Mac Creigh (who was at that Time a Prisoner there) had contrived another Scheme for his Escape, which was unknown to the rest of his fellow Prisoners till he was gone, being in double Irons, and had so ordered it, that he could drop his Irons off when he pleas'd, he being best part of the Days drinking with some Company in the Cellar, a Person was in the Dusk of the Evening to come and see him, and while the Turnkey was opening the Door, Philips, alias Clark, alias Matthews, who was his Companion in his Robberies, was to come behind him and knock him down, and let out Mac Creigh, and thrust in the Turnkey, and lock the Door upon him at the same Time; but this was luckily prevented, for that very Evening it was to have been put in Practice, Mac Creigh was carried to the New-Goal in Southwark. After this Dean said he thought they would be easie and quite lay aside any Thoughts of attempting it again; but Mac Creigh had not been long gone, but Byrom, Hutchenson and Jones one Night were cutting the Barrs of the Window in the Ward were Dean lay, they making such a Noise, Dean got out of his Bed, and said, He would discover them if they did not desist, upon which they did, and went to Bed. Soon after this a noted Woman of the Town, being committed for several Misdemeanors, she had contrived to dress Byrom up in Women's Cloathes and to paint his Face, and when the Keeper came to lock him up in his Ward, he was to come down thro' a Hole which was made for that Purpose, and a Company was to be provided below in the Cellar to wait for him, that he might promiscuously go out with them unsuspected; but she or some of them she rely'd on, fell from their Promises. A few Days after this, Philips alias Clark, alias Matthews, was committed to Newgate and brought over to the Master's-side, on Suspicion of Horsestealing, when they began another Scheme by his Contrivance, which was the most effectual of any that ever was thought on, viz. Having cut a Way down into a Place call'd the Hall, which is under the Wards they lie in, and also a Way up into the Womens Ward, that is over the Mens Ward, they could get up and down without the Knowledge of any other Prisoner that come in after, and not be privy to their Design. Being provided with proper Tools, they could have made Way to get clear off, and would never have been so much suspected, because the Keeper did not imagine that any one could come into the Hall in the Night, they being lock'd up in their Wards, it being a Story higher; and there being no one to hear or see, they could do what they would at their Leisure, and was to have been furnished with Pistols by some of Philip's, alias Clark's, ali Mathews's Friends against the Night they were to make their Escape. Philips a few Days before having sent a Person to have something flatte at Mr. James's in Giltspur-street, on purpose to view his Yard, and the rest of his Neighbourhood that laid adjoining to him; his Shed where his Men work, being just under the Window of the Goal, which was the Place for their intended Escape, and if any did oppose them, they were resolved to shoot them dead on the Spot. The Keepers having Intelligence of their Escapes, went over to the Master's-side one Evening (with proper Assistance,) and found several Tools, as a Saw, a Chissel, and some Steel, which the Watch-makers use for Springs of Watches, and several other Things for their Design; after they had examined the Places about the Master's-side, they brought over the chief Contrivers, and put them in the Old Condemn'd Hold, and chain'd them down, and there they lay last Sessions. 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 Wednesday the 11th of this Instant, September, 1728. BY Virtue of His Majesty's Commission of the Peace, and of Oyer and Terminer, and Jail-Delivery of Newgate, at the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey , (before the Right Honourable Sir EDWARD BEECHER , Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Honourable Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder of the City of London; and John Raby , Esq ; Serjeant at Law ; with 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, and County of Middlesex) on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, being the 28th, 29th, and 30th, of August, 1728, in the Second Year of His Majesty's Reign. Five Men, viz. James How , alias Harris , Griffith Owen , Thomas Medling , Samuel Harris , and Edward Roberts , and one Woman, viz. Eleanor Reddey , were by the Jury found Guilty of capital Crimes, and receiv'd Sentence of Death. When under Sentence, they were instructed in the necessity of being holy, as God is holy, and blameless in all manner of Life and Conversation; for he who cometh to God, must believe that He is, and that He is a Rewarder of them who diligently seek him; and without Holiness no Man can see the Lord, Heb. 12, 14. I show'd 'em, that it was not sufficient to believe that God made and preserv'd the World, or that Jesus the Son of God vail'd himself with our Nature, and therein suffer'd and died for our Sins; for the Devils believe and tremble, St. Jam. 2, 19. But that a sincere and hearty Faith must be attended with good Works; for Faith without Works is dead being alone, St. Jam. 2. 17. And by consequence I let them see, that if we intended to enjoy God hereafter, we must be like him here, by ordering our Lives according to his holy Laws; and by imitating Christ Jesus, that perfect Pattern of Holiness and Virtue, separate from Sinners, and now (as a reward of his Obedience) made higher than the Heavens. Heb. 7. 26. I show'd them also, that they were early dedicated to God in Baptism, yet having now broken their baptismal Vows in infinite Particulars and in a heinous manner; the only remaining Duty proper to make up the great breach, which was made betwixt God and them by their most notoriously wicked lives, was to repent sincerely of all their Sins, particularly those scandalous and capital Crimes for which they then suffer'd, and for which the just Judgements of God had over taken them. I exhorted them patiently to suffer the Afflictions brought upon them, in consideration of Christ's Sufferings, who having no Sin of his own, in order to save us from Sin, and to purchase a right to eternal life for all true Believers and sincere Penitents, suffer'd the heavy load of God the Father's wrath to be poured forth upon him: And why then should a living Man complain, a Man for the punishment of his Sins? Since our Sins deserve, not only temporal, but eternal Death; if the mercy of God in Christ Jesus prevent it not. I advis'd them also to renew their baptismal Vows, by partaking in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, which is a proper commemoration of the Sacrifice of the Death of Christ, and which would dispose them for the everlasting communion and fellowship of Almighty God, if they receiv'd it faithfully, believing in the Virtue and efficacy of Christ's death and sufferings. I also let them see the great evil of Theift and Robbery, from the nature of the thing, as destructive of all humane Society and good Order; and from the terrible consequences thereof, as being capital by the Laws of the Land, attended with many other the most excrable Vices, and incurring the penalty of eternal Death, if Repentance, by the Grace of God, prevent it not. While these and many like Instructions were given, all of them appear'd very devout and attentive when in Chapel. They who could read made regular Responses. Samuel Harris was most of the time very Sick, and confin'd to the Cell, not being able to come up; but when I visited him, he declar'd himself very Penitent, as did also the other two Highway Men Owen and Medling. How attended always at Chapel, excepting three or four times, when he pretended Business: I desir'd him only to mind the one thing necessary, and to lay aside all Thoughts of this World, which could be of no service to him. He said, that he spent his Time in Reading and Praying Night and Day; but desir'd to be excus'd, because of some small Affairs which were necessary to be done. Roberts behav'd with decency, and apparent Devotion. Eleanor Reddey was an ignorant, stupid Creature. Upon Thursday the 5th of September, the Report of the said six Malefactors was made to his Majesty in Council; when Edward Roberts of St. Paul's, Covent-Garden , for privately stealing a Silver Watch, Value 5 l. a Pearl Snuff Box, and 15 s. in Money, from the Person of Rowland Evans , receiv'd his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve. The remaining Five, viz. James How , alias Harris , Griffith Owen , Tho. Medling , Samuel Harris , and Eleanor Reddey , were order'd for Execution. James How , alias Harris , was indicted for feloniously stealing to the Value of 5 l. out of the House of John Spencer : To which Indictment he refus'd to plead, pretending he expected to be admitted as an Evidence; but tho' his Crimes were too notorious for that Liberty to be allowed him, yet the Court were unwilling immediately to order him to the Punishment which the Law directs on such Occasions, but order'd the Sentence should be read to him, and indulg'd him with Time to consider of it; the Preamble is a follows: " That the Prisoner shall be sent to the Prison from " whence he came, and put into a mean House stopt from " Light, and there shall be laid upon the bare Ground, without any Litter, Straw or other Covering, and without " any Garment about him, saving something to cover his " Privy Members; and that he shall lie upon his Back, and " his Face shall be covered, and his Feet bare; and that one " of his Arms shall be drawn with a Cord to one Side of the " House, and the other Arm to the other Side, and that his " Legs shall be used in the same Manner; and that upon his " Body shall be laid so much Iron and Stone as he can bear, " and more; and that the first Day after he shall have three " Morsels of Barley Bread, without any Drink, and the " second Day he shall drink so much as he can three Times, " of the Water which is next the Prison Door, saving running Water, without any Bread, and this shall be his Diet " until he die. The next Morning he considered of all ill Consequence which would attend his Obstinacy, and pleaded Guilty to the Indictment. James How , alias Harris , 37, or 38 Years of Age, born (as he said) at Windsor , of honest Parents, who gave him good Education in reading, writing, and other things needful to be known, to fit him for Business, and instructed him in the Christian Religion, which in the latter Course of his Life was the least of his Study. When of Age, he was of such an extravagant Temper, that he did not apply himself to any particular Business or Employment, till at length to screen himself from the Imputation of Idleness, he went to Sea , and there being of a robust Body and fit for hard Labour, he behav'd himself indifferently well, and to the Satisfaction of his Officers, and got some little Preferment among the Seamen, and (as he said) if he had cultivated the Favour of his Officers, particularly the Admiral, in whose Ship he was, he had a fair Prospect of further Preferment: But not loving to be confined to any particular Business, he chose rather to come home, and take himself to his rambling way of living upon Purchase, as judging it easier to rob another of a good round Sum at once, than to be oblig'd to earn his Bread in an industrious and honest Way. He had been several Times taken up and imprison'd, upon Suspicion of stealing and thieving, he being dextrous at breaking open Houses, and picking all manner of Locks, when he had got in. He was a Prisoner in Newgate some Years ago, and being then under Sentence of Transportation, he forg'd a Letter, as from a noble Lord to a Gentleman of Honour, desiring him to be set at Liberty to serve as a good Hand on Board of one of his Majesty's Ships, but the Imposture being discover'd before he got out of Prison, he was order'd to Clerkenwell Bridewell , to work at hard Labour there for two Years, but there they would not receive him, as believing him to be of a sturdy and ungovernable Temper, who would be forming Means for his Escape, whereupon he was return'd back again and confin'd in Newgate , during that Time or longer for this Villany. This Forgery (as he said) was done by the Advice and Contrivance of two others. He own'd, that he had been profoundly Wicked from his Childhood, having been disobedient to his Parents, and unwilling to comply either with their Advice or the Council of his Friends, who wish'd him well; but being of an ungovernable, unweildy Temper, and addicting himself wholly to Covetousness, he would not keep himself in good Service, nor any Business; but still follow'd his old Trade of Thieving and Robbing, which brought him in the readiest Gain. Besides the Robbery of which he was convicted, which he confess'd judicially; he own'd that he had committed many more, he having had no other way of maintaining himself and his Family, but by the Purchases he made that way: And among others he affirm'd, that he was the Person who robb'd Mrs. Dawson in Wapping , of the Plate, Money and Papers, of which Robbery Eleanor Reddey was convicted, upon her own Confession, and upon her swearing it against William Read as her Accomplice, who was acquitted. He said, that he had several Papers of Mrs. Dawsons, and some of her Plate, which he offer'd to restore, if she would procure a Reprieve, either for himself, or for his Fellow Convict, Eleanor Reddey . I told him, that I believ'd it was not in her Power to do either of these Things, and that if he did not restore these stollen Goods to Mrs. Dawson, when it was in his Power, he could not die in Peace of the Church, and that (as Men would most justly judge according to the Tenor of the Gospel) he left the World at Enmity with God, and declar'd himself a Reprobate, as dying finally Impenitent. Whatever Arguments or Reasons could be advanced that way, he persisted obstinate. I seriously exhorted him to Repentance, and in Testimony thereof to do Justice to those he had injur'd, to the utmost of his Power. He answer'd in a civil Manner, but with an inflexible peremptory Obstinacy. He seem'd to have been a Fellow of good Understanding, and capable of good Business, if he had not employ'd his Wit in the Service of the Devil, and to the worst of Purposes. I reprov'd him also for using undecent and virulent Expressions against Persons, who were not so favourable to him as he thought they might have been, and whom it no ways became him to reproach in such a Manner, and he not having those Signs of true Repentance which were requisite. A little before he died he began to relent and turn more Flexible, but it is to be feared, that it was only in Point of Civility and good Manners, which was all I could make of it. The Night before he died, he appear'd more Penitent and Contrite than formerly; and after many Intreaties and pressing Reasons us'd, he gave to me a large Box full of Papers belonging to Mrs. Dawson, which he desir'd me to keep carefully, they being of considerable Value, and restore them to the proper Owner. Since he made Restitution of part of what was stollen, I urg'd him to restore the Plate also; that he said he could not do, for that it was dispos'd off, and he knew not how to recover it. He died professing Penitence, Faith in Christ, and that he was in Peace with all the World. He said that he could not die with Peace in his Mind, till he gave some kind of Satisfaction to Mrs. Dawson. Griffith Owen , Samuel Harris , and Thomas Medlin , were Indicted for Assaulting Richard Barker on the Highway, puting him in Fear, and taking from him five Pound in Money, on the 3d, of July last. Griffith Owen , was a second Time Indicted for Assaulting Doctor Edward Hulse on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a silver Watch, value forty Shillings, Two Guineas, and Eight Shillings in Silver, on the 13th, of July last. Richard Barker Depos'd, That having taken Observation of them drinking at the Coach and Horses at Tottenham , and suspecting them to be loose People, he knew them to be the same by the Moon-light, as they came up some time after that, to Rob him about a Mile from Edmonton- Church ; although he told them that he knew them, yet they pull'd him off his Horse, and Rob'd him of five Pound and Six-Pence, and that the next Morning he found Seven-Pence in the Place were he was Rob'd, which he suppos'd in their hurry, they had drop't. William Hyat Depos'd, that suspecting these Three to be Highway Men, upon the Description which Doctor Hulse, and Mr. Barker gave of them; He took them up upon Suspicion, and then Mr. Barker Swore to them. Doctor Hulse Depos'd, that they Rob'd him of his Watch and Money, and that one of them, who was Owen, had a Scar in his Face. Thomas Bennet depos'd, that the Prisoner was the Man who got upon the Coach Box and beat him, and afterwards Rob'd his Master; they could not be contented with that, tho' they beat out one of his Teeth, and then broke his own Whip about him. Henry Greenwood confirmed these Depositions; but he could Swear to none but Owen. The Jury found all the three Guilty. There was a fourth Person in Confederacy with them who is not yet taken. Griffin Owen , not full Twenty years of Age, as he inform'd me, of honest Parents, who gave him good Education at School, in Reading and Writing, and Instructed him in Christian Principles. When of Age, they Bound him Apprentice to a Butcher in Newgate Market , with whom he Serv'd out the most part of his Time, although not with that Exactness and Respect, as he ought to have done. Till of late, he gave himself wholly up to Wickedness; leaving his Master, and joining himself with his two Associates, and Fellow-Sufferers, and a Third who made his Escape when the other Three were Apprehended, for Robbing on the Highway: Which way of Living they follow'd but a few Weeks before they were taken; having (as they said) only committed Six Robberies, of which they made about Twenty Pound, which they Spent or Divided equally among themselves. He could give no Reason, why he Engag'd Himself in such wicked Courses, especially, since he well knew the Danger of such desperate Enterprizes; but that it was a violent Temptation of the Devil, attended with an Inclination to Idleness and Bad Company; particularly Harris his Companion, who first Advis'd him; which wicked Advice, he had neither the Grace nor Sense to Resist. He own'd, that it was not the want of any Thing Necessary, which prompted him to such a bad Course, since his Parents gave him what was Needful: But the want of Consideration, and keeping themselves always in Liquor, so that they were like so many mad Men, that knew not, or gave not themselves Time to think upon what they were doing, or what would be the Consequence of it. He confess'd, that he had always been a very wicked Boy, Disobedient to his Parents, and Disrespectful to his Master; that he neglected the Ordinances of God and Man, and did not observe the Sabbath, which was a great Uneasiness to him: In short, he own'd, that he had forsaken God, and therefore that God had most justly Forsaken him, and given him up to those miserable Calamities which befel him. He always behav'd with a deal of apparent Devotion and Sincerity, and express'd an earnest desire to partake of the Blessed Sacrament. He said, that they liv'd most Miserably, being always in Fear of being Apprehended, while they follow'd their unlawful Ways. He confess'd himself one of the chief of Sinners; declar'd that he sincerely Repented of all his Sins, believ'd in Jesus Christ his only Saviour, thro' whom he expected Salvation, and Died in Peace with all Mankind. Thomas Medlin , Thirty Nine years of Age, born of mean Parents, who gave him but little Education, so that he could neither Write nor Read; he was put to some Handicraft Trade which he left, and took himself to be a Labourer to the Bricklayers , by which means he Supported himself and his Family; till falling in with wicked Women, and turning a Slave to Drink, and accustoming himself to idle Company, he could not any longer apply himself to settl'd Business: But being intimate with Harris, and complying with his Hellish and destructive Counsel, he join'd himself into the Gang of Highway Robbers, which hurried him to his Ruin. He said, that he had not been notoriously Wicked in the former part of his Life, and that till of late, he was never a Thief or Robber, and but for a few Weeks before, he was Apprehended in Company with his Fellow Sufferers on the Highway. He also own'd, that they had very poor Living during that Time, and that he justly Suffer'd for his wicked Deeds. He acknowledg'd himself a very great Sinner in Drinking, Whoring, Cursing and idling away his Time, for which the just Judgements of God had fallen upon him. He declar'd, that he was very Penitent for all his Sins, that he believ'd in Jesus Christ, to be saved through his Merits, and that he forgave all Men any Offences which have been done to him, as he expected Forgiveness from Almighty God. Samuel Harris , Twenty-Nine Years of Age, of Honest Parents, who Educated him in Reading and Writing, and Instructed him in the Necessary Principles of Christianity, was of no particular Trade, but serv'd Bricklayers in Company with Medlin, and then it was, that the Contracted an intimate Familiarity; and that Harris propos'd first to Medlin his wicked Designs, to which Medlin and Owen, readily agreed, without thinking upon the fatal Event which they knew would befal Them. When I reprov'd Harris, for his great Wickedness in Inticing Others, to betake themselves to those desperate Courses: He said, that they were all equally Guilty, and that none of them could, or ought to Blame each other, it being our own wicked Inclinations; the Truth of which, the other Two acknowledg'd, Harris said, that he had been as wicked a Person, as any upon the Face of the Earth, that there was scarce any Sin he had not Committed, and that he was at least equal in Impiety to the vilest Creature. He was much afflicted with Sickness, but always profest a very deep Repentance, as his two Associates did, owning that the Calamities which befell them were most Just, because of their sinning against much Light and Knowledge, and the Convictions of their own Consciences. Harris died apparently Penitent, believing to be saved thro' the Merits of Jesus Christ, and in Peace with all the World. Eleanor Reddey , of St. Dunstans, Stepney , was indicted for privately and feloniously stealing two Silver Tankards, two Silver Mugs, a Silver Cup and Punch Ladle, and 7 l. 16 s. in Money, on the 22d of July last, the Property of Jane Dawson , in the House of Isabella and Jane Dawson aforesaid. Isabella Dawson depos'd, that she heard Eleanor Reddey confess before Justice Jackson, that she open'd the Door of the House, when her Mistress, Jane Dawson was in Bed, and let William Read into the House, and that she stood and saw him take the Plate, whilst she watch'd to see if any Body came. Sarah Thompson depos'd to the same Effect, that she consented to his taking away the Goods, and sign'd her Confession without any Compulsion. John Hooper the present Executioner, depos'd also to the same Effect. William Read , no Evidence being against him, was acquitted, and Eleanor Reddey , found guilty. Death. Eleanor Reddey , 38 Years of Age, of mean Parents, was a Posthumous Child, her Mother at Wapping , put her to School, but she would not be kept there, and was always of the most disobedient Temper to her in the World; altho' otherwise, as both her Mother and she said, very obliging in her Carriage to every Body else. She denied that she had ever been a Thief, or that she had otherways wrong'd any Body to the Value of a Farthing. As to her taking upon herself the robbing of Mrs. Dawson, she said it was by the Persuation of some Women in the Neighbourhood, who desir'd her to do it, and afterwards to accuse William Read , by doing whereof they assured her that she would save her own Life, if she became an Evidence against him; and being afraid that some Body would swear against herself, believing what they said, and being otherwise a silly, ignorant, and timorous Creature, comply'd with their Advice, and by this Means became the sole Author of her own Misfortunes. I exhorted her to be Ingenuous, since she was to answer to God for her Declarations in a short Time, and withal told her, that if she lied in her Confessions, the great Judgment of God came upon her, in suffering her to fall into the Snare which she laid for another. The Truth of this she own'd, but otherwise deny'd the Robbery. She was very Ignorant of religious Matters, I did what I could to instruct her, but she made but small Progress. She appeared very Penitent for her Sins, and lamented her own Folly and Wickedness, but denied that she had been notoriously Wicked in her Life. She died in the Faith of being saved through the Merits of Jesus Christ, Penitent for her Sins, and in Peace with all the World. At the Place of Execution, THEY were all very Devout and Serious, and adher'd to their former Confessions; only the Woman Pray'd to God to be Merciful to her Soul, and seemingly with a sincere Heartiness forgave all the World: As likewise James How , desir'd it might be Inserted in the Dying Speech, That although he had been a great Sinner, and had committed many Crimes himself; yet his Wife to whom he was lawfully Married, knew nothing of and never concurr'd with him in his villainous Practices; and therefore he hop'd that she and his Posterity should not suffer upon his Account, since they were Innocent with Respect to the Enormities of his Life. This is all the Account given by me, JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate . London : Printed by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Black-Fryers .

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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 Monday the 19th of September 1720. ON Sunday, September 18th, being the Day before their Execution, I preached to the Seven Malefactors. Cast away from you all your Trangressions, whereby Ye have Transgressed; and make you a new Heart and a new Spirit; for why will ye dye, O House of Israel? For I have no Pleasure in the Death of him that dyeth, saith the Lord God; Wherefore turn your Selves, and live Ye. Ezek. 18. 31, 32. FIRST, I consider'd the Injunction, Cast away from You all your Transgressions, and showed the Reasonableness of it, from the natural Vileness of Sin, which in its self is detestable, if it was not forbidden in Holy Scripture; 1st, As it is disagreeing from God; 2dly, As it is contrary to the Nature of Man; and 3dly, As it everts and ruins Society in the World. I reminded Them, how Sin makes us Wretched and Unhealthful in this Life. Whence the Drunkard's Dropsy? Whence the Gout that afflicts the Gluttonous Debauchee? As for the Misfortunes which more flagrant Sins bring on Man, I need not recount them to You, whose present unhappy Circumstances too plainly speak them. SECONDLY, I considered the Consequence of Casting away our Sins; which is, The having a new Heart and a new Spirit; or as Christ said to the Ruler of the Jews, who came to him by Night, the being Born again, not of the Flesh, but of Water and the Spirit. John 3. 3. I endeavour'd to show them, that Regneration was Real, When a Man perceives and feels his Sins about him, and wonders how he could be blind to them so long; When he is terrify'd at the Number of them, and hates and detests himself for them; When he considers his Sins he burst into Tears, when he remembers the Mercy of God he is as much in Joy; By degrees, the World grows trifling to him, and Heaven valuable; The Company of loose Men is insipid, and the Company of God delightful; till he can say with the Psalmist David, As the HART panteth after the Waterbrooks, so longeth my Soul after thee, O God. Psalm 42. v. 1. THIRDLY, I considered the Thing to be avoided by these Commands; that is, Death;---For why will Ye die, O House of Israel? I reminded the Malefactors, that Death is but the Consequence which naturally follows upon Sin; as the Apostle says, The Wages of Sin is Death, Rom. 6. 23. Nor had Death entred into the World without Adam's Transgression, Gen. 2. 17. But that Death which is chiefly to be avoided, is the Death of the Soul; since one Death is but a short Pain, the other is endless Torment: I requested them therefore, if Death is to be fear'd, to fear rather that sort of Death which is Worst; and if Life is desirable, rather to desire that Life which is Longest and even Eternal. FOURTHLY, I considered the tender Love of God to Man; - For I have no Pleasure in the Death of him that dyeth, saith the Lord. I observed to them the Happiness of Christians in so mild and delightful a Religion: Moloch was a God who must be satiated every Day with Blood, and required his Votaries to make their Sons and their Daughters pass thro' the Fire unto him. This was a fatal Worship, a cruel Virtue; But our God points out to Us Heaven in an easier Path; we are required to act nothing but what is agreeable to our Natures, and Beneficial to the Society we live in. I advised them to avoid Despair, and entertain a lively Hope. FIFTHLY, I endeavour'd to perswade All to the Issue of the Whole, viz. to turn themselves and live; to turn from Vice and the Paths that lead to Destruction, and to live in the Kingdom of Glory; Where the Simple Man will shine as bright as the Man of Learning; where the Beggar will sit on the same Seat with Emperors and Kings; and where the Malefactor, in regard to his Repentance, will enjoy the same eternal Satisfactions, as the Man of Honour and Reputation. SIXTHLY and LASTLY, I apply'd my self more particularly to the Prisoners under Sentence of Death; Advised them to Patience and Resignation, nor to attempt an Escape from Confinement (as some had lately done) at the Expence of Innocent Blood. I entreated them to spend all that Night, which was to be their last in this World, in earnest Tears and Supplications, and not to come Unprepared in the Morning to the Blessed Sacrament: and to be careful to keep awake the Sacred Ardour the Sacrament would inspire, all the Way they went to the Place of Execution. I reminded them, that the Devil would be particularly busy at that Hour, but if they withstood him but a little longer, they might hope to be eternally out of his Power. 1. James Wilson ) was condemn'd for robbing a Sailor, in the Night time of a large Quantity of Gold. He said he was 29 Years of Age, Born at Eley , 10 Miles from Cambridge , in which Town he was put Apprentice to a Glazier ; But taking it into his Head one Day, that his Master was a very severe and wicked Man, he left him and went to Sea , where, he said, he might have found good Encouragement. Two Days before he dy'd, he told me that one thing had much concern'd him, which was, that he had told Me and others a false Name, for his Name was Bernard Wellom . He added, that he had been a Robber about 2 Years; But for 5 or 6 Years before, had given himself the liberty of Pilferring and privately Thieving small Matters, for which he was several times committed to Houses of Correction. He said, that he was found guilty at the Old Bayly , the 27th of April last, for stealing a piece of Beef of twelve Pound weight on the 9th of the said Month, from one Mr. Watts. The May following he was one of the Malefactors Transported. I told him, I had heard that the Captain and all the Sailors were Murdered, when the Insurrection was made by the Malefactors, and they return'd again into England . Upon this, he told me, that as he was to answer it to God, That Fact was exactly thus. The Captain having very few Sailors on Board, was oblig'd to employ some of the Malefactors: They found means to loose their Comrades at a certain Signal given; and seizing on the Captain, Mate, &c. took Possession of the Ship: The Captain, or Master, desired them at least to spare his Life; if they would consent to that, he would carry them to what part of the World they thought fit. They then told him they would not go to Virginia, but to Vigo. The Master, the Mate, &c. were then relas'd, and manag'd the Ship all the Voyage to Vigo, as before when bound to Virginia. But a Storm rising near Vigo, The Malefactors were forced to get in the Long-Boat, and escape to Cape Fenestre , a League from Vigo, to which Place they went in several small Boats. At Vigo they met the Captain, who appear'd very Affable and Sociable; But on a sudden he caus'd them all to be apprehended, but Two; and declared that he had lost on Board several pieces of Gold, some Rings, and a Watch. His Goods were soon produc'd by the Persons in Custody, upon which he discharg'd them All; And that same Day in the Evening, walk'd about with them in the Streets of the Town. This he did aver, was the true Account of that Insurrection, which has been so differently reported. 2. John Hamer alias Howmer, was convicted of the same Fact with James Wilson . He said he was not 30 Years of Age; that he was Born in St. Olives Parish in Southwark , where his Mother now keeps an AleHouse; that he had a Wife living, but no Children by her. He said he was 'Prentice in London to a Waterman , after which he went to Sea ; That he was some time in New-England ; went thence to Jamaica , where he continu'd 4 Years; from whence he went to the Mediterranean. He then, he said, return'd to England , and fell to wicked Practices (which he own'd he had not before been altogether free from). He told me, that he broke open a Gentleman's House at Battersea , and stole some Goods. He also said, that he robb'd a Linen-draper's House (I think) in Southwark ; and added that these 2 Robberies were committed about 3 Years ago. After this, he said, he took up a Resolution to live Honest, and accordingly bought him a new Boat, and plyed upon the River in it, till about half a Year ago, and then he found the Devil's Instigations too strong for his Resolutions. He confest the Fact he stood convicted of; but said he was never given to rob in the Streets, or on the Road, but the Sailor was his Acquaintance, and told them as they went along, that he had so great a Quantity of Gold about him. This Man was much remark'd by those who came to Chappel for a stubborn Person, of a very careless and audacious Carriage; If that was true, I must yet say, that as often as I talk'd with him, he did not continue that Behaviour. 3. James Norridge ) was condemn'd for robbing a House of several pieces of Plate, &c. to a considerable Value. The Account he gave me of himself was as follows. He said he was not 30 Years of Age; that he was Born in a Village in Derbyshire ; and was taught to Write and Read English, which was all the Education he had. He said he was Transported in May last, with the other Malefactors, for robbing a House (I think) in Lime-street . He freely confess'd both this and the former Crime, and desired I would give him my Prayers for the Pardon of them. He then desired some Directions, for he intended to Receive the Sacrament, having twice receiv'd it before. Three Days before his Execution, He desired to speak with Me in Private; he there told Me, that he had something to impart to me, that had lain at his Heart and made him very Uneasy, so that when he went to Pray or to Read, he could not do either with Attention; this Sin (he said) was, The robbing a Church in Leicestershire ; That he went into the Chuch with others to Prayers, but stay'd after the Doors were shut, then he stole two silver Candlesticks from the Altar, and lay conceal'd with them all Night, and the ensuing Morning, till the People came again to Prayers, with whom he went out undiscovered. He desired me to explain the Nature of this Crime, and if it did not require a particular Prayer to obtain God's Pardon for it: After I had given him an Answer to the best of my Capacity, He told me, that he had in his Breast another Crime, But if some Persons concern'd with him in it would give him leave, he chose rather to defer the mention of it, till immediately before his Execution. 4. John Holliday ) was convicted of having unlawfully return'd Home, having been transported in May last. He said he was above 40 Years of Age; born at a Village in Scotland, some Miles on this side Edenburgh . His Business in England was the carrying a Pack about the Country loaded with Cloth : These Goods, he said, he procur'd by several illegal Methods, of which he was Convicted and Transported: and own'd whatever Linen he bought, he never had an Intention to pay for it. He said, when he return'd Home, his only Design was to fetch his Wife; for he had lived so indifferently in England , that he knew no part of the World where he could live worse. He said, when the Malefactors took Possession of the Ship, Anthony Goddard , James Wilson , and others, were the only Men concern'd in it, and that they made him pay 5 s. before they suffer'd him to go a-shore; and added that he took nothing out of the Ship, but a Penknife, which might enable him to defend himself if attack'd on Land. He said, he had follow'd ill Practices about 6 or 8 Years, having very rarely paid for any thing he bought; for he was a Prisoner in the King's Bench, which gave him an Opportunity of pursuing his ill Courses, and skreen'd him in them. He told me, he could neither Write nor Read, nor even say the Lord's Prayer quite thorough. At first he was very fully determined not to receive the Sacrament; But afterwards dreamed a certain Dream, which had disposed him he said thereto. 5. Anthony Goddard ) of St. Clements Danes , was also condemn'd for illegally returning Home, having been sent over-Sea the last Transportation of the Felons. The little Account he would give Me of himself was, That he was 27 Years of Age, Born in the Parish of St. Mary-Ova's ; That he was bound ' Prentice to a Butcher , but took a foolish Liking to a Woman of a Leud Character, and after he left her, associated himself with others of equal Viciousness, who seduced him to wicked Practices, and were the Occasion of his coming to such a scandalous and untimely Death. He said he had a Wife with whom he had lived free from other Women for some time; He added, that some Persons had very much scandaliz'd her, as if she was as Vicious and wicked as he himself; but he seem'd desirous to clear her. He also told me, that he had long forgot his Trade of a Butcher, and that if he was of any Employment, it was that of a Seller of Brandy , Which he had practis'd for some time. He said he had been guilty of many great Crimes, which he did not care to mention to me; and that he had been twice cast for his Life. 6. John Tomlinson ) a Soldier in the first Regiment of his Majesty's Guards, was condemn'd for robbing Thomas Elliot on the 9th of August last, of a Coat, Buckles, Neckcloth, &c. He said he was about 25 Years of Age, born in Ireland , where his Mother now lives; That he was taught perfectly to Read and Write, and then put Apprentice to a Smith ; but he not liking that so laborious Occupation, and having a severe Master, ran away; and being encourag'd by his Friends, continu'd a while at Home, and was then bound ' Prentice to an Attorney in the County of Cork ; But having there too (as he said) a severe Master, and wanting Victuals, he also left Him: Then coming into England , he served a Gentleman of Fortune . But being dismiss'd thence, where he had lived at Ease, he was at a loss for a Livelihood. At length he resolv'd to list himself in his Majesty's Service; but 4 s. a Week being very insufficient to maintain him in the easy and luxurious Manner he had so lately lived, he confess'd he had not been Innocent for a considerable Time, being addicted to Thieving and Pilfering small and (as he then thought) Insignificant Trifles. He confess'd the Fact; and said he had been committed to the Savoy Prison , suspicion of having Broke into Hampton-Court , where his Grace the Duke of Newcastle's Apartments were robb'd, because a certain Rod (which he took out of a Fountain) was found upon him; and from his Grace's Chambers had been taken Curtains, and such like Goods. Being discharg'd, he was drinking with some by the Savoy, when he heard of Elliot's lying Drunk, at the Gate; He said, That his Friend James Barry put it into his Head to carry Elliot to a Cellar, and take his Cloths, and that the same James Barry (who ran from his Bail and is not yet taken) sold the Cloths, but that he robb'd Elliot of them. He appear'd very Penitent and very earnest in his Devotions. 7. Robert Jackson ) of Paddington , was convicted of robbing John Andrews , near Tyburn , of a Watch and Seal, on the 15th of August last. The Account he gave me of himself was, That he was a single Man, of a Family very Responsible which had always been in Reputation; That his Friends had given him a liberal Education; That he was afterwards put Apprentice to a Surgeon , to which Occupation he served 7 Years; But meeting with small Encouragement in his Business, he was reduc'd to Extremities very severe, and oblig'd to think of other Methods for a Maintenance. He therefore went into a Man of War to Lisbon , After which he was at Hamburgh , in Denmark , and in Sweden ; but not finding Satisfaction in any of those Places, nor meeting with Encouragement equal to his Expectations, he return'd Home, and fell into vicious Courses. He always affirm'd, that he never was in any Gang; and that he never rob'd with any Man but one Tomkins. He said, that but 8 Months ago, he had an Offer of a Surgeons Place in a Man of War, but he unhappily refus'd it. He appear'd very Solicitious about his Soul, and making his Peace with God: Saturday before his Execution I attended him at 8 o'Clock, and taking him apart, found he had been very careful in preparing Himself for the Holy Sacrament. And I then gave him a Paper I had been Writing, about it, and he was very diligent in reading and explaining it to those who could not read, in the Condemn'd Hold. Their Behaviour at the Place of Execution. I Was desired by Letter to ask Robert Jackson if he did not rob a Coach and Four, on the Uxbridge Road . I put it to Him, and he own'd he did rob such a Coach on Honey-Hill , some Villages in Sight; and that he took from the Gentleman one Guinea, and two half Guineas, and from the 3 Ladies some small Matter, as he remember'd a little Silver; and he believ'd he might say, The Lord have Mercy upon me; for he commonly used that Expression, and detested himself for the Vices his Necessities forced him to commit. James Holliday ) He said before he dyed, that Himself, with 2 Men, Chess and Williams rob'd the Bristol Mail, about 3 Years ago. This is all the Account to be given by THO. PURNEY , Ordinary and Chaplain . ADVERTISEMENT. THAT W. K. Joynes, Gent. Pro the Original Office (for Purchasing and Improving Estates in England, Ireland, and other Parts of his Majesty's Dominions) kept at Mr. Matthew West , Goldsmith , at the 7 Stars , Clare-Street , Clare-Market , gives Notice, that those Gentlemen nominated as Directors, that shall exchange the enting Receipts for Promisary Notes of the said Mr. West, on or before the first of October next, shall be Confirm'd, or otherwise they will be Excluded, and other Gentlemen chosen on or before the tenth of October next, and the whole Management to be under the Inspection of the said Directors; for that end each Purchaser pays 25 s. and if they dislike either the Management, Directors, or the Security, the said Mr. West will return the said 25 s. again without and Deduction, for which Money according to the Proposition, each may receive 3, 4, 5, 7, or 10 l. a Year for ever: Here no Person can be excluded, for he never pays more than 7 l. 10 s. for his Shares in the said Land; which Property is assign'd and convey'd by Leases, or such Conveyance as shall be agreed by the Directors, by Advice of Council Learned in the Law; and their Property Enroll'd in the High Court of Chancery. Besides the Advantage of the Improvement of Lands already treated about, the Advantage of Buying or Selling of Estates will be a very considerable Augmentation. To that end the Proprietor hath appointed Mr. David Dempster , his Agent , who attends at the Custom-House Coffee-House , Dub in , at usual Hours, from whence he will transmit to the General Office at Mr. West's, an Account of such Estates as are to be Purchas'd, &c. Also an Office will be fix'd at Edenburgh for the same Use, which will be of a very great Use to the Nation in general; all which will be Transacted and Transmitted with the greatest Secrecy, Postage being Paid Any Person that hath any Quantity of Lands from 5 Acres to 2000, lying near the River of Thames side, may apply to Mr: West, if proper for Planting of Potatoes Wilow and Ozier, &c: as also for Erecting of Mills and Work-Mouses. LONDON : Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , a little a below Bridewel-Bridge , Black-Fryers .

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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, OF THE MALEFACTOR, Who was EXECUTED at TYBURN, On MONDAY the 5th of this Instant July, 1736; BEING THE Third EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon . Sir JOHN WILLIAMS , Knt. Number III. 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 Jail-delivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Honourable Sir John Williams , Knt. Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Hon. Mr. Justice Probyn; the Hon. Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder of the City of London; the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Urlin, 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 Jail-delivery of Newgate, for the said City and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 10th, 11 th, and 12th of June, 1736, in the Tenth Year of his Majesty’s Reign. One Man, viz. George Watson , was by the Jury convicted of a capital Crime, and received Sentence of Death. While under Sentence, he was instructed from these Words, Then said Jesus unto his Disciples, If any Man will come after me, let him deny himself and follow me, St. Matt. xvi. 24. From this I desired him to take Notice of the Person speaking, who was no less than Jesus Christ, our great Lord and Law-giver, the eternal Word and Wisdom of the Father, Who being the Brightness of his Glory, and the express Image of his Person, and upholding all Things by the Word of his Power, when he had by himself purged our Sins, sat down on the Right Hand of the Majesty on High, &c. Heb. i. 3. Next the Persons to whom Christ spoke were his Disciples, these who were instructed by him in that Holy Religion, which they were to communicate to the World, and to which all Men, prosessing the Name of Jesus, ought to give diligent Heed, as they must answer to God for the Talents he has given them to improve. Then I took Occasion to shew, that the Terms of the Gospel are, to take up our Cross, which hath an Allusion to the Cross of Christ, upon which he suffered for our Sins; so that till we intend to be the Disciples of the Holy Jesus, we must in Imitation of him, Who was wounded for our Transgressions, and who was bruised for our Iniquities, willingly and chearfully submit to whatever Punishments, whatever Calamities or Afflictions, God in his divine Dispensations, is pleased to inflict upon us, as intended for our special Good and Advantage, to reclaim us from Sin, and make us like unto Christ, in denying ourselves to this World, to the Grandeur, Pomp, Magnificence, Riches, Pleasure, and Vanity thereof, to be like unto this our great, yea our infinitely great and good Example, holy, humble, servent and devour, as God is holy; and blameless in all Manner of Life and Conversation, approving ourselves with Consciences void of Offence towards God and towards Man; and thus having renounced this World, and every Thing therein, which is ready to divert our Minds from the Simplicity which is in Christ, the sincere Christian is willing to part with every Thing that is near and dear unto him, and to follow Christ whithersoever he goeth, and whithersoever he pleases to call him; Then Christ is to him a God of Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification, and Redemption, 1. Cor, i 31. then his Thoughts are settled upon Heaven and Happiness, and the Glory of the Life which is to come; then he esteems all Things as Loss in Comparison of Christ and him crucified, reckoning them as Dung, so as he may win Christ and be found in him, not having his own Righteousness which is of the Law, but that which is thro’ the Faith of Christ, the Righteousness which is of God by Faith: Then it is, that heavenly Meditations, and divine Ejaculations, spiritual Raptures, and holy Resolutions, become the chief Business and main Employment of his Life; then the Life he leads in the lesh, is by the Faith of the Son of God, who hath loved us and given himself unto Death for our Sins; then he decicates himself wholly, Soul and Body, unto God, even as an holy, living, and acceptable Sacrifice, which is our most reasonable Service. Having by these, and many such Consideration, endeavour’d to bring him to a Sight and Sense of his Sin, and to dispose him for a true Repentance for the Errors of a mispent Life. I represented to him the grievous aggravating Guilt of that most odicus Sin of Murder (that of which he stood convicted) as may be seen in the first Act of this Kind that ever was committed; Abel’s Blood crieth from the Earth, as God tells Cain, 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 Murderers, as appears, Deut. xix, 12, 13. The Land cannot be purged of Blood, but by the Blood of him that shed it; and therefore though in other Cases the flying to the Altar secured a Man, yet in this of wilful Murder no such Refuge was allowed, but such a one was to be taken even thence, and delivered up to Justice, Exod. xxi,. 14. Thou shalt take him from my Altar, that he may die. And it is yet farther observable, that the only two Precepts the Scripture mentions, as given to Noah after the Flood, were both in relation to this Sin; that of not eating Blood, Gen. ix, 4, being a Ceremony to beget in Men a greater Horror of this Sin of Murder, and intended for the preventing of it. The other was for the Punishment of it, Gen, ix, 6. He that sheddeth Man’s Blood, by Man shall his Blood be shed ; and the Reason of this Strictness is added in the next Words, For in the Image of God made be Man; where we see that this Sin is not only an Injury to our Brother, but even the highest Contempt and Despite towards God himself; for it is the defacing of his Image which he hath stamped upon Man. ay, it is the usurping of God’s proper Right, and Authority: For it is God alone that hath Right to dispose of the Life of Man; was he alone that gave it, and it is he alone that hath Power to take it away; but he that Murders a Man, does, as it were, wrest this Power out of God’s Hand, which is the highest Pitch of rebellious Presumption. I let him see the Heinousness of this Sin, from the exemplary Punishments many of the first Rank have met with for the same, and how strangely it hath been discovered, very often their own guilty Consciences proving their Accusers; and it hath been seen in many, who, after the Commission of this Sin, have never been able to enjoy a Minute’s Rest, but have had that intolerable Anguish of Mind, that they have chosen to be their own Murderers, rather than live in it. These are the usual Effects of this Sin even in this World, but those in another are yet more dreadful, where surely the highest Degrees of Torment belong to this high Pitch of Wickedness: For if, as our Saviour tells, Matt. v, 22. Hell-fire shall be the Portion of him that shall but call his Brother Fool, what Degree of those Burnings can we think proportionable to this so much greater an Injury? I instructed him in the Nature of the Christian Religion Sacraments, how we were all dedicated to God in Baptism, and that it is a necessary Duty incumbent upon us, to renew our Baptisinal Vows, by partaking in the blessed Sacrament of the Lord’s last Supper, wherein Christ’s Sufferings and Death are represented to us in a visible and lively Manner, and wherein all the Virtue and Efficacy of Christ’s Death and Sufferings are exhibited and seal’d up to every true Believer and sincere Penitent. While these and many like Exhortations were given, George Watson attended constantly in Chappel, and though he could not read, neither was very knowing in Religious Matters, yet he was most attentive, apparently serious and devout, both in Time of Prayers and Praises, and when I instructed him; and upon all Occasions he behaved with a deal of Humility, Modesty and Civility. Upon Friday the 2d of July, Report was made to the Queen’s most excellent Majesty in Council, of George Watson , a Malefactor, lying in the Cells of Newgate , under Sentence of Deaths, and he was ordered for Execution. George Watson , otherwise, Yorkshire George, was indicted (with John Hemming , and Robert Hemming , not taken) for assaulting Samuel Alexander , and giving him with a whip, value 6 d. one mortal Wound on the upper Part of the left Side of his Head, of the Length and Depth of one Inch, of which Wound (in the Parish of St. Luke, Middlesex ) he died , May 17th, 1733, in the sixth Year of his Majesty’s Reign. I. George Watson , Fifty-five Years of Age, of honest Parents, fire Miles from Hull in Yorkshire , had no Education at School, and not much Knowledge of religious Matters, neither was put to any Trade; but when of Age, he serv’d Gentlemen in the Country; and having past his Time some Years nigh to the Place of his Nativity, he came to London as a Gentleman’s Servant , and from thence he went down to Kent in the same Station, where he liv’d for some Time, and did labouring Work in the Country, till at last he settled, and commenced Farmer in the Isle of Shippey , where he married a Wife , and had some Children, his eldest Daughter, now in Shippey with her Friend, and in Service; and his Son abort fourteen Years of Age, in Service of a Gentleman upon Finchley -Common; these two were of the first Marriage; his Wife dying, he married another Wife of the Isle of Shippey , about six or seven Years ago, when he thought fit to give over his Farm, (upon Advice of those whom he took to be his Friends, though in effect they now appear to have been the Reverse) and to convert all his Stock to Money, which he was to employ in the Smuggling-Trade , they having persuaded him, that there was much more Money to be got that way, and that he could not fail enriching himself soon: This Advice he follow’d to his Destruction; after he took this Resolution, he never was easy in his Mind, but was perpetually in Trouble, and expos’d to the Danger of his Life; he and all his Companions having been a sort of abandon’d, desperate Men, resolv’d to hazard their Lives upon every Occasion, when any Soldiers, or Custom-house Officers, endeavour’d to disturb them in running uncustom’d Goods. George, after throwing up his Farm in Shippey, apply’d himself wholly to Smuggling, in which however he had been cencern’d almost since he was a Boy, particularly all the Time he liv’d in the Isle of Shippey, which was Twenty-seven Years, at the End of which Time he brought his Family ear this Town, and took a House in Finchley : There they have dwelt since, and of late, that his private Trading might not be taken Notice of; he has pretended to be a Dealer in Horses, having had pretty good Skill that way, and furnish’d several Gentlemen in that Neighbourhood with fine Horses. This or any other Business he did, being for most Part but a Pretence, that he follow’d most, took greatest Pleasure in, and had most Advantage by, viz. his Smuggling, might ot be observed. George was a tall, well made, stout Man, and fit for such desperate Enterprizes, as that Sett of Men, viz, Smugglers, daily set about, and upon that Account he was esteem’d by the rest, who for Distinction, with Allusion to the Country he was born in, call’d him Yorkshire George. As to the Murder of Samuel Alexander , the Watchman , by Bunhill fields , or Bunhill-row , upon the 17th May,1733; he acknowledg’d, as George Walker swore against him, that he was upon May 16, three Years ago, in Company with 15 or 16 Men of their Gang, who rode together from William Yarrow ’s at Red-hill , between Cobbam and Ripley , cross the Country to Highgate , where they parted, being 15 or 16 Men, and 20 Horses, going for London to dispose of their Goods to the best Advantage: Watson, Walker the Evidence, and the two Hemmings’s, keeping together till they came to Bunhill Row , about which Place they lost some of their Tea, Walker swore it was George Watson ’s, was taken and carried off by two Watchmen; upon which Two, who used to serve them, whom they call’d Tom the Shoemaker, and Bess the Carrier, from whom the Tea was taken, made a Complaint to them that their Tea was seized: Then all the four went in Pursuit of the two Watch and Samuel Alexander had the Misfortune to be killed, by the Blow of something that was heavy and blunt, and this the Evidence explained to be the But-end of Watson’s Whip, with which he broke in Pieces some Part of the Skull of the Left Side of the Deceas’d’s Head, of which Wound he died about twelve o’Clock at Noon the same Day, being the 17th of May, 1733; Walker did not say that he saw Watson do this, only that George Watson told him he had broken the Shaft of his Whip upon one of the Watchmen, or that he had nointed one of them handsomely, or Words to that Effect. George Watson seemed to be displeased, alledging, that the Proof was not clear, and denying some Part of Walker’s Evidence. I told him that the Proof was such as is commonly given in ambiguous Affairs of that Nature, as Murder must be allowed to be, few Men having so much Ingenuity, as plainly to declare that they committed Murder upon any other Person, unless the same appear upon Evidence some other Way, the common Proof in such a Cafe being only Circumstances and Presumption, which were not wanting in his Affair, the same being confirmed by the circumstantial Evidence of Edward Laurence , Jonathan Everet , in the Porch of whose House Samuel Alexander was killed, and Mrs. Mary Taylor , though they could not positively swear to the Face, it being about three in the Morning, when it was dark and duskish, which also was the Occasion of some Difference abont the Colour of their Horses; and had not John Wilson the surviving Watchman , got over a Wall, as they on Horseback were furiously pursuing them for Recovery of their Tea, which was carried off and concealed in narrow dark Alleys, where it was impossible to trace their Foot steps, or to find out how the Tea was disposed, had not Wilson slipt off very narrowly, in all Probability, he had undergone the same Fate with poor Alexander, who went into Mr. Everet’s Porch, whence there was no Possibility for his Escape from the desperate Blows he got on his Skull, which kill’d and murder’d him at once. Mr. Watson made but a mean Defence, as to what was said against him, alledging, that he met with John Hemming and George Walker , who told him, the Watch had taken away their Tea in Bunhill-Fields , and that they had beat one of them sufficiently, who they were afraid would not recover. But this was only retorting the Argument upon them, which Walker used against himself; and although Watson Inclined to reflect upon the Evidence, yet he offered his Evidence against the rest, having been taken up some Months agoe upon an Extent of 450 l. and seeing his Life in Danger (as being already in Prison in Newgate ) for the Murder of Samuel Alexander , in which he knew himself to be concerned, he was willing to have cast the Blame upon another, but in this he was prevented by George Walker , who had given himself up for a voluntary Evidence, so his Offer was rejected. In Extenuation of his Guilt, he only said he had not any Thought or Design of Murder, but whatever happened was by Accident of a Quarrel, upon Account of the Watchmen taking some of their Tea, which was his Property, but as to the giving the unhappy Blow, he could not be positive who gave it. I convinced him, that his being equally concerned in the Quarrel, upon which Murder ensued, made him equally guilty of the Fact with any of the rest, though he had not killed the Man with his own Hand, and that the Law admitted of no Accessary in the Cafe of Murder, all present, or any Way concerned, being equally guilty and also liable to Punishment. The Truth of all this he owned, and heartily forgave every Body, not retaining the least Rancour or Malice in his Heart against any. Three or four Days after Sentence, his Wife came from the Country to see him, having left the House at Finchley; she met with him in the Press-Yard as he came down from Chapel; at meeting both of them shewed the greatest Tenderness imaginable, the Wife crying in a most lamentable Manner. They embraced each other very tenderly, and with so feeling a Sympathy, that all the By-standers were sensibly affected at such a melancholy Sight. The Day before he suffered, he, with a Gentleman who desired to partake with him, received the Sacrament of the Lord’s-Supper, in a very devout Manner: Just as the Service was ended, some of the Runners belonging to Newgate told him, that his Son was come to Town to see him before he died. He complained to me, because they had told his Son of his unhappy Misfortune, not desiring to see him in the Height of his Distress, and he was so perplexed and disturb’d, that he sighed, groaned, and wept; and when he went down Stairs meeting with the Boy, who was about Fourteen Years old, they both cried most bitterly. Though George behaved very Christianly under his Misfortune, yet I never observed him weep, but at the first meeting with his Wife and eldest Son. He owned that the Smuggling Way is a most dangerous Course, and that upon many Occasions, they fought with the King’s Officers and Soldiers, when many were wounded and much Blood spilt on both Sides, but denied that ever Manslaughter or Murder ever happened when he was in Company. About five Years ago he was taken up on Suspicion of Murder, there having been a Man shot on the Coast in Kent , and he was kept in double Irons in the New Goal in Southwark for Three or Four Months, there having been at that Time a Design to try him at Maidstone Assizes But he making it appear, that at the Time when the said Murder happened, he was at London , under Cure of a Surgeon, for one of his Fingers, which was almost quite torn away by a Whip accidentally twisting about it; which Instrument, viz. a Whip, hath proved ominous and fatal to poor Watson another Whip proving Occasion of the Loss of his Life in an ignominious Manner. He grievously lamented for his Wife and young Children, besides a Son and Daughter of the first Marriage, who are of some Age, capable to do a little for themselves, having two young Infants and his Wife big with Child. He was a loving Husband and a tender Father, and very careful in providing for his Family. He owned that he passed a rude wicked Life among the Smugglers, who led him into a very vicious debauched Way, in drinking to Excess, swearing, quarrelling, and fighting. He said his Wife was a very good virtuous Woman. He was altogether illiterate, and could neither read nor write, yet he had more Knowledge than many of these unfortunate Creatures, and gave very diligent Heed to Instructions and Exhortations, and was most thankful for all the Pains taken upon him. He declared that he hoped for Salvation by the Mercy of God, through the Merits of Jesus Christ; that he sincerely repented of all his Sins, and died in Peace with all Men. At the Place of EXECUTION. THE Morning that he went to Execution, I read Prayers to him in the Chappel, where he appear’d very serious and devout; after I had done praying by him, he came down from Chappel, and had his Irons knock’d off in the Press-Yard, from thence he was put in a Cart, between Eight and Nine o’Clock, and carried to Tyburn; when he came to the Place of Execution, he seem'd to be shock’d when he saw the fatal Place, where he was to make his Exit; after he had been there some short Time, I went into the Cart to him, and pray’d by him, and sung a Penitential Psalm, and then prayed again to him; after I had done, I asked him if he had any Thing to add to his former Confessions, he reply’d, he forgave all Men, and he hop’d God would forgive him. Likewise he hoped no Body would be so unchristianly to reflect upon his Wife and four Children, which was his last Request; and he hoped God of his infinite Mercy would protect them, and preserve them from all Evil. And lastly, I thank you good Sir, for your Care of me, since I have been under these unhappy Circumstances. He went off the Stage, crying out, that he heartily forgave all the World; and God be merciful to my Soul. Lord Jesus receive my Spirit. This is all the Account given of this unfortunate Person, By Me, JAMES GUTHRIE . Ordinary and Chaplain of Newgate . APPENDIX. THE Case of George Watson being somewhat extraordinary; in Regard to his being he only Smuggler that for many Years has suffered at Tyburn , the Publick will probably be well pleased to know the Sense this Man had of his Misfortunes when he found Death inevitable, and consequently to conceal or misrepresent the Truth. He was a Man of a tollerable Capacity, and was therefore easily brought to comprehend that the Life he had led, was flagrantly wicked, inasmuch as it was directly opposite to the Laws of God and this Kingdom. He said one great Occasion of his betaking himself to Smuggling, was the Situation of the Place where he liv’d, which afforded him frequent Opportunities of running or of concealing run Goods: That of late Years it was become so common a Practice, that few People looked on it as a Crime, farther than as it was dangerous, and that the great Profits accruing from this Practice, made the Danger of it less considered. He said therefore, the best way to hinder Smuggling, was to prevent its being beneficial; since if there was still a Possibility of making much Money in a little Time, there would be bold People ready to run all Hazard on that Account. He often deplored the Misfortune they were under in the Country, or not understanding thoroughly the Iniquity and Danger of Smuggling, as a Sin against God, and a Crime against the Law. He said it would be a great Charity of Clergymen, who had Benefices in the Isles of Sheppey and Thanet, and other Places on the Coast, to inform their ignorant Parishoners of the Obligations they are under, to live honestly by some lawful Employment, and not to think of getting Bread by defrauding the Government of what is its Due, and thereby daily commit Injustice, and at the same Time hazard the Commission of Murder and other Crimes. That these Discourses could not fail of having a proper Effect upon the Minds of poor Men, well enough disposed in themselves, till through the Prospect of great Gains, and repeated Persuasions of Men of soul Hearts and fair Tongues, they are once brought to enter drunk or sober, on a Scene of Life which is not after to be forsook. He complained likewise, that the penal Laws were not commonly understood, or generally known through the Country, so that tender hearted People were prevailed on to do that as an Act of good Neighbourhood, which was punishable in itself, and being afterwards threatned for this, were easily drawn to other Things to make themselves amends. He suggested that if the penal Laws, relating to the Customs and Excise, were put into a plain Book, and left in the Vestry of the Church in Maritime Places and elsewhere, it might be of great Use; for it is somewhat hard, at least in the Opinion of such Folks as he, that Men, at the Peril of their Lives in some Cases, and of their Goods and Persons in all, should take Notice of, Acts of Parliament, they can have few Opportunities of Reading. He protested that he was very well satisfied with the Justice of that Law by wish he died, and of all the Laws against Smuggling; but he said, it were to be wished shat People of Estates and Distinction, who had all the Opportunites of knowing the Law they could desire, and at the same Time under no Temptation to break them, would curb their Inclinations for run and prohibited Goods, and not buy for the Sake of some Abatement of Price, or Beauty in the Commodity, Teas or Silks inctured with the Blood of poor Men: It lay in their Power he said in a great Measure, to repress this Evil, for Smuglers like Thieves, would no longer have any Desire to sin, when through Want of Receivers, all Hopes of Profit were taken away; for as he observed, what Likelihood can there be of suppressing Smugglers, when hardly one Gentleman in five, but has a run Handkerchief in his Pocket, and while the best Families in the Kingdom make no Scruple of drinking their Tea, provided they can have it safely and two Shillings in a Pound under Price. He was far from blaming the Evidence (Walker) who swore against him, for he owned that he had applied to two Magistrates in order to have made the same Discovery himself. He was very affectionate towards his Family, and very desirous of vindicating himself from the Imputation of Things he had no Hand in, such as the Murder of one Mr. Hill a Custom-House Officer, for which he had been taken up, tried at the Assizes at Maidstone for the County of Kent, and acquitted. He declared, that if People knew the Fatigue, the Danger, and Trouble of Smuggling, they would be very cautious how they engaged in it; Since within the Space of a few Years, he had been confined in fix several Goals, and been put to the Expence of a Thousand Pounds at least to procure his Liberty; so that he concluded, that with half the Pains and Industry, necessary to get Money in this, a Man might live in an honest comfortable Way, without running the Hazard of killing others, or being kill’d himself. On Sunday Evening, about Five o'Clock his Son a Lad of about 14, came to see him, he was at first very much discomposed, but recollecting himself by degrees, he spoke to the Lad kindly, and with much good Sense; he told him that there would be but few who would reflect on him for the disastrous Death of his Father, and that on the contrary, most People would pity him for it, and be inclined to do him all the good they could; that it would be his Duty to make a right Use of this, to avoid loose Company, to go regularly to Church, and to think of getting his Bread honestly at some good Trade, since he would not be left destitute in the World, but would have the Means provided him of living honestly if he pleased, he then prayed God to bless him, to make him a Comfort to his Mother, and an Assistant to his Family. He afterwards spoke to a Neighbour that came with came with his son, took Notice of the Kindness of the Action, in taking upon him the Care of an unhappy Man's Child, intreated him to think of some proper Trade for his Son and to see him bound to it with the Money left him by his Relation; his Neighbour said he would, and she wed at the same Time, the greatest Compassion towards the Father, and Concern for the Son. Mr. Watson professed a great Readiness forgive all such as had any way injured him, believing it the only Means by which he could merit Forgiveness in the World to come; and he seemed to take great Pleasure in the Hopes that the late Act of Parliament, would effectually put an End to the pernicious Practice of Smugling, and prevent any unhappy Man from falling undesignedly a Victim to Justice, as he had done, for the sake of People who have dealt that way. (many of whom will, no doubt, read this Dying Speech) It may be proper to take Notice, that by this Act all Persons, who have incurred any Penalty by clandestine running of Goods, making false Entries, or abusing Officers of the Revenue, before the 27th of April, 1736, are indemnified by this Act; but in case such Persons, after taking the Benefit thereof, shall afterwards be guilty of the like Offence, then they shall be liable to Prosecution, not only for the new Offences, but for the old likewise, and in Case these Offences, incurred by the Laws now in being, Transportation, upon Conviction of the like Offences, the Offender shall suffer Death. In Regard to the wicked and dangerous Practice, now common on the Sea Coasts, and in the Neighbourhood of trading Towns in this Kingdom, for Persons to assemble themselves in Arms, with Intent either to run Goods, or to prevent the Officers from seizing them, it is by this Act of Parliament provided, that a Justice of Peace may, on Information upon Oath, that three or more Persons have so assembled, may grant his Warrant to apprehend them, and if he shall see just Cause may commit them to the County-Goal, without Bail or Mainprize, 'till delivered by due Course of Law. And in Case such Persons shall be convicted of assembling in such a Manner, to assist in running of Goods, then they shall be transported as Felons for the Space of seven Years; and in Case they return before the Expiration of that Time, shall suffer Death, For the better apprehending and taking such Persons, a Reward is to be given of Fifty Pounds, payable upon Conviction, as also Fifty Pounds to any Person maimed or desperately wounded in attempting to apprehend such Offenders, and Fifty Pounds to the Executors of any Person killed on such Occasion; two or more Persons passing, within five Miles of the Sea, or any navigable River, with a Horse, Cart or Carriage, loaden with Six Pounds of Tea, five Gallons of Brandy, or other Spirits, carrying offensive Arms, or being masqued, shall be transported for seven Years; any Persons lurking within five Miles of the Sea, or a navigable River, on Information given to a Justice of the Peace, that they are justly suspected of waiting there to assist in the running Goods, may, by the said Justice of Peace, in Case they can give no satisfactory Account of themselves, their Callings, or Employments, be sent to the House of Correction, there to be whipp'd, and kept to hard Labour for any Time under a Month; Watermen, Carmen, or others, employed in carrying of Goods, Wares, or Merchandize, that have not paid Duty, are to pay treble the Value of the Goods, and if they are not able to pay that, are to be sent to the House of Correction, there to be whip'd and kept to hard Labour for any Time not exceeding three Months. 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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 2d of July. BEING THE FOURTH EXECUTION in the MAYORALTY OF THE Rt. Hon. MICAJAH PERRY , Esq ; Number IV. For the said Year. LONDON : Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , near the Leg-Tavern , Fleet-street . M,DCC,XXXIX. (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 . Micajah Perry , Esq ; Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Hon. Mr. Justice Probyn; the Hon. Mr. Baron Thompson; the Hon Mr. Justice Fortescue; the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Urlin, Deputy-Recorder of the City of London, and others his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and rminer 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 Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the 7th, 8th, and 9th of June, and in the Twelfth Year of his Majesty's Reign. Five Men, viz. James Caldclough , Joseph Morris , William Carey , James Wint , and Jarvis Hare , a Boy, were by the Jury convicted capitally, and received Sentence of Death. While under Sentence, they were exhorted from these Words, Verily every Man at his best State is altogether Vanity Psal. 39. 5 From which we show'd them that the Vanity of Man appears in many particulars, as 1st, From the two opposite States of Life he is commonly placed in, either of Prosperity or Adversity, in the last of which he is repining, discontented and uneasy, because he sees other Men in a State of Life superior to himself, and therefore envies their flourishing Condition: But in prosperous Estate, Men is too often puffed up with Pride and Loftiness, disdaining all the rest of the Inferior Part of Mankind, and looking down upon them as from an high Mountain with Scorn and Contempt. 2dly, The Vanity of Man appears from the uncertainty of his remaining here upon Earth, where we have no sure Habitation, being here to Day, and To-morrow we are carried off, and there is no more remembrance of us. 3dly. From the uncertainty of humane Fortune, which was illustrated from diverse Instances of sacred and prophane History. 4thly. From the fatal Catastrophe and Overthrow of the greatest Men, who at any Time have been in the World, &c. From these Considerations, they were exhorted to Patience in Adversities, since Afflictions are appointed by God, to bring us to a due Sense of our Iniquity, that so we may come to a hatred of Sin and of our evil Ways, and draw near to God from whom we have so deeply revolted, who is always willing to embrace penitent Offenders, which like the thoughtful Prodigal, shall return unto him. They were exhorted to prepare for Death, from these Words, And I heard a Voice from Heaven, saying unto me, write, blessed are the Dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth, Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their Labours, and their Works do follow them. Rev. 14. 13 The different Fate of those who die in the Lord, who are Godly in Christ Jesus, and of them who are Enemies to God, unacquainted with the Ways of the Lord, and who will not have Christ to rule over them; was insisted on the one being full of Terror, Confusion and Consternation, having nothing but an evil Conscience, an angry God, and a fearful waiting for of Judgment staring them in the Face, ready to take Vengeance upon them, for the abominable and attrocious Villainies of an ill spent Life, void of the fear of God, and any due regard to Man; whereas those who have liv'd in the fear of God, a Life of Faith and Dependance upon him, and as the Apostle expresseth it, For our rejoicing is this, the Testimony of our Conscience, that with Simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly Wisdom, but by the Grace of God, we have had our Conversation in the World, and more abundantly to you wards. 2 Cor. 1. 12. These who have thus approved themselves unto God, need not be afraid of Death, but they can hear their passing bell without Disturbance, the Voice thereof is no more to them, than the Voice of God to Moses, go up to Mount Nebo and dye there; no more, but, go up and dye; for now he feels the Approaches of that Salvation with Joy, which before he had wrought out with fear and trembling, as I have patiently waited for thy Salvation, so now hast thou made me partaker of thy Salvation, O Lord! and therefore, Glory be to God on High, Peace on Earth, and rood Will towards Men. Though they had no right to claim any Title to so great Blessings, yet I comforted them with the Promises of God's Mercy in Christ, who hath declared himself to be a God merciful and gracious, long suffering and patient, slw to anger, plentiful in redemption and mercy, no ways delighting in the Death of a Sinner, but who rather would that they should repent, be converted, and live, and that will by no means clear the Guilty. Exod. 34, 5, 6, 7. Two of them, James Caldclough , and Joseph Morris , as they were convicted for a Highway Robbery, so they were in effect guilty of Murther, having left Mr. Swafford, one of the Persons they robb'd for dead, and who in all probability, would have died, had not George Banks , the other Person abus'd and robb'd by them at the same Time, returned, with some other Person, and carried him into a publick House, where they sent for a Surgeon, who took proper Care of him: I advised them therefore to repent as Murtherers, the atrociousness of which Crime, the most heinous of all others, I fully exposed to them, as an Usurpation upon the Prerogative of Almighty God, who is the soveraign Lord of the Life and Death of his Creatures, a Sin for which no Reparation can possibly by made, and which, before the Law of God was promulgated by Moses, God himself commanded to be punished by the Hand of Man, Whoso sheddeth Man's Blood, by Man shall his Blood be shed; for in the Image of God made he Man. Gen. 9, 5, &c. All of them were admonished of the Nature of their Offences, that Theft and Robbery is destructive of all human Society and Conversation, and wherever Government is regularly established, in all Empires, Kingdoms and Commonwealths, punishable with the highest Penalties. In order to prepare them for the Sacrament, they were informed of what the Apostle says, But let a Man examine himself, and so let him eat of that Bread and drink of that Cup, 1 Cor. 11 28. Upon this they were told, that the special Business we have to do in this Sacrament, is to repeat and renew that Covenant we make with God in our Baptism, which although we have in many Ways, and in many Instances grievously broken, yet it pleases God in his infinite Mercy to suffer us to come to the renewing of it in this Sacrament; which if we do in sincerity of Heart, he hath promised to accept us, and to give us all those Benefits in this, which he was ready to bestow in the other Sacrament, if we had not by our own Fault forfeited them. Since then this is the renewing our Covenant, it follows, that these three Things are necessary towards it, 1st. That we understand what the Covenant is, 2dly. That we consider what our Breeches of it have been, and 3dly. That we resolve upon a strict Observance of it, for the rest of our Life, &c. While these and many like Exhortations were given, William Carey , James Wint , and Jarvis Hare , constantly attended in Chappel, Wint and Carey behaved well, and were attentive to Exhortations and Prayers; Carey always appear'd very serious, and penitent, and though sick and weak, he scarce ever absented from the publick Worship, and was miserably poor and destitute of every Thing. Jarvis Hare , was a witless, naked, childish Boy, and could not be brought to any due Sense of his Sin and Misery. The two Soldiers James Caldclough , and Joseph Morris , were most of the Time Sick and confined to the Cells; when I visited them, altho' it was not very safe to do it, because of the Heat and confin'd Air, they own'd themselves great Sinners and penitent. Upon Thursday the 28th of June, Report was made to his Majesty in Council, of the five Malefactors lying under Sen tence of Death in the Cells of Newgate, when James Wint for stealing two Men's Velvet Caps, value 8 s. a Child's ditto, value 5 s. two Velvet Hoods, value 12 s. and 26 striped Linnen Handkerchiefs, value 18 s. the Goods of John Malton , in his Dwelling-house, April 5; and Jarvis Hare a Boy 12 or 13 Years old, who had been three Times before tried for the like Crime at the Old-Bailey, for stealing a Grey Gelding, value 20 s. the Property of William Row , May 12, receiv'd his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve; the remaining three, viz. James Caldclough , Joseph Morris , and William Carey , were order'd for Execution. James Caldclough , and Joseph Morris , were indicted for assaulting Josias Swaford and George Banks , on the King's Highway, putting them in Fear, &c. and taking from the said Swafford a Hat, value 2 s 2 Guineas, and 5 s. in Money; and from the said Banks five Guineas, and 13 s. in Money, April 9. 1. James Caldclough , about 23 or 24 Years of Age, born at Durham , of honest Parents, who would have given him good Education at School, but he was of so reprobate and ungovernable a Temper, that he soon forgot the little he learn'd in his Childhood and Youth, and could neither Read nor Write. When of Age he was put out Apprentice to a Shoemaker in Durham , but was so inclined to Idleness and rambling, that he only serv'd a Part of his Time, and being of a pretty good growth, about five Years ago, he inlisted himself for a Soldier in Colonel Folliard's Company, of the second Regiment of Guards, where he serv'd till taken up for the Robbery and Felony, which brought him to his fatal and disgraceful End. He was a Youth of very vicious Dispositions, so that he and his Brothers reduc'd his Father, (who was a Maltster in good Credit to very low Circumstances, and the keeping a little Ale-house. The unhappy Convict whilst here in Town, kept the worst of Company both Men and Women, the former were a Gang of the most notorious Thieves, Street-Robbers, Highwaymen, and House-breakers, could any where be found; and of the latter among many others, who as may be presum'd, had no Advice or Example to give him, there was one whom he call'd his Wife, but she never came to see him under his Confinement, her he did not blame for any of his Misfortunes, neither commending nor dispraising her. He was a Man altogether negligent and void of Religion, of which he could give very little or no Account, having scarce ever gone to any Church, or Place of publick Worship, never thinking upon the Sacraments, or any other Seals or means of Grace. He sometimes wrought at the Shoemakers Business, at which he was so unexpert, not having applied himself to his Trade when an Apprentice, that he could only stitch and do some little Things; he at first deny'd the assaulting and robbing Josias Swafford and George Banks on the Highway, as was sworn against him, altho' this he died for, and Banks swore to his Face, having known him before; yet falling sick, and not able to attend in Chapel, as I visited him on Monday the 18th of June, in the Cell, he own'd the Justice of his Sentence, and that all in general was true as was sworn against him, sincerely begging Pardon of God and Man for his great Transgressions. I exhorted him in God's Name to repent, not only as a Robber, but a Murderer, having left, Mr. Swafford for dead upon the Highway, welt'ring in his own Blood, so that if speedy Relief had not come, he had died in his Wounds, not being able to rise, or any ways help himself. At this Time he was a little out of his Senses, and spoke some Things incoherently, but as to his Confession he spoke it very distinctly, and with a great deal of Grief and Concern. As to particular Confessions he was very unwilling to make any, saying he had confessed his Sins to God, and would do no more, and whatever could be alledg'd to convince him was of no Effect, since he was either incapable or unwilling to listen thereto; he blessed me for giving him good Advices, and praying for him, and declar'd that he beliv'd in Christ, repented of his Sins, and was in Peace with all Men. 2. Joseph Morris , convicted for the same Robbery with the above Caldclough, 27 Years of Age, of honest Parents in the Country not far from Town, had indifferent good Education at School, where he learn'd to Read, Write, and cast Accompts, in order to qualify him for Business, and was instructed in the Principles of Religion; some Friend or Acquaintance bound him to a Sadler in Holborn , were he serv'd most of his Time honestly, and with Approbation, till falling into an Intrigue with a Woman, to screen himself from Prosecution, one Day when his Master sent him out to receive some Money, he inlisted himself for a Soldier in the same Company with his Fellow-Sufferer Caldclough, and the Evidence against them both William Robinson , which three it seems, contracted too strict a Familiarity afterwards, and became Brothers in Iniquity. After Morris had enter'd himself for a Soldier, he immediately return'd to his Master and told him what he had done, with the Cause of it, and faithfully deliver'd him the Money he had been receiving; he was very sick and weakly, and seldom came to Chapel, but when he came was very attentive and devout; he work'd frequently at his Trade with his old Master to whom he was Apprentice, and sometimes with others, wanting for nothing if he could have been contented; he marry'd a Woman who bore him three or four Children, and who came to visit him during his Confinement, but there had been such Differences between them, that by no Means he would allow her to come in his Presence to speak to him, but another young Woman with whom he cohabited last brought him Necessaries, and he seem'd desirous of her Company; she al so had a Child by him, but all the rest of his Children were dead; he also at first deny'd the Fact for which they died, but this he only did faintly, alledging some trivial Excuses, or pretended Inconsistencies in the Proof, as his Companion also did; but afterwards growing so sick, that he was confin'd to the Cells, when I visited him on Monday the 18th of June, he confessed the Fact on the same Day and Time when Caldclough also own'd the same, I asked him if he acknowledg'd the Justice of his Sentence? He answer'd yes, he did; I exaggerated the Crime, what an unmanly, cowardly, and barbarous Thing it was for him and Caldclough to draw their broad Swords, and slash and cut a naked, unarmed Man, without any previous Quarrel, and that therefore considering this with the other gross Irregularities of his Life, whatever Judgments and Misfortunes had befallen him, if a hundred times more, they were most justly inflicted upon him; he confessed that his Sins were very great, that his Mind and Conscience were grievously oppressed, and he cry'd most vehemently and ardently to God to have Mercy on him the chief of Sinners. I also advised him to repent of the Sin of deserting his true Wife, and living with another Woman, this he deny'd, tho' the Truth thereof was well known, since they had both frequently call'd upon him as their Husband; he acknowledg'd himself to have been a very great Sinner in divers Respects, that he kept the worst of Company, having associated with the most notorious Thieves and Highwaymen about the Town, as well as accompanied with many of the vilest Prostitutes who walked the Streets, which most abandon'd Company of Men and Women, could not fail of suddenly precipitating him into Disgrace and Misery. As to the Robbery for which they died, he and Caldclough own'd, as is herein after related. He confessed that he had committed a great many other Robberies, tho' he could not be induc'd to tell Particulars; he was not so oburate, but a little more easy in his Disposition than Caldclough. He hop'd for the Mercy of God through Christ, declar'd himself griev'd for the heinous Offences of his Life, and that he died in Peace with all Mankind. William Carey was indicted for stealing a Gold Watch, with an outside Case made of Silver, value 6 l. two Gold Pendants for Watches, value 12 s. two pair of Crystal Buttons set in Gold, value 10 s. two Guineas, and 4 s. in Money, a Gold Ring set with 8 Stones, value 18 s a silver Watch Chain, value 12 d. a pair of Cloth Breeches, value 12 d. Goods of William Elliot , and a brown silk Camblet Coat, value 10 s. a Scarlet Le-Pell Waistcoat, value 4 s. a pair of brown Silk Camblet Breeches, value 12 d. and a pair of Serge ditto, value 12 d. the Goods of George Goodman , in the Dwelling-house of George Lumley , January 12. 3. William Carey , 36 Years of Age, born of honest Parents in the County of Wicklow in the Kingdom of Ireland, not far from the City of Dublin , had good Education at School, to Read, Write, and cast Accompts for Business, and was instructed in Christian Principles, agreeable to the Church of England. When of Age he was not put to any Trade, but did Country Work with his Father, who was a Farmer, and liv'd well in that Way: The Father dying, he plied his Father's Business, who left him enough to cultivate the Farm, and marry'd a young Woman of the Country, who was of good Parents, and had some Fortune with her, with which and what he had of his own, they might have done very well; but being young and unexperienc'd took not due Care in the Management of Affairs, which made every Thing go wrong with them, and he loving the Sea left his own Home, and went some short Voyages along the Coast, and having but little to look too at Home, most of what he had being squandered away, he left his own Country and came to London , where having before had some Knowledge of the Sea upon the Irish Coast, and some short Voyages, he went as a Sailor on Board an India Man, about 7 or 18 Years ago, and has been several Voyages to China and the Indies ; he had also been at Gibralter , up the Streights, upon the Coast of Guinea , in the Northern Plantations of America , the West-Indies , and most Part of the known World. In his last Voyage he had the Misfortune to be one of the Crew of the Sussex I did Man, which the Captain, Officers and Soldiers left not far from the Coast of Madegascar , only 16 or 17 of the Sailors remain'd on Board the Ship, alledging by the help of God they would bring her safe Home to England, all who left the Ship came Home with another India Man, who happen'd to be passing by, this was done the last Year when the India Fleet came Home, and now some of them that came Home this Season gave out, that the said Sussex India Man is on her Way homeward with these 16 or 17 Men, But this is only an uncertain Report, which if true, will no doubt be greatly to the Advantage of the Adventurers. Caregot no Wages upon this unlucky Voyage, but has been ever since loitering about the Town, few Men caring to employ him. For 18 or 19 Years past was now and then travelling between London and Ireland to visit his Wife and Children, for his Wife is now living in the same County of Wicklow, nigh the Place of his Nativity, with a Child or two; and during that Time he had been four Times in China , or the East-Indies . During all these Voyages and some others, as he represented the Matter, he was always honest, and of an unblemish'd Character in his Dealings between Man and Man. As to the Robbery for which he died, he did not deny the Fact. He was very sick and weak all the Time, yet he constantly came to Chapel, excepting two or three Times, and behav'd decently, Christianly, and with great Devotion both at Prayers and Exhortations, professing himself sincerely penitent for all the Sins of his Life, especially the Crime he died for; he had no Friends or Acquaintance to visit him, only a Gentleman or two came once or twice to see him, and gave him a little Money, he was miserably poor, and destitute of every Thing, and to appearance was a contrite Penitent; he talked of having given some Gold Dust to Mr. Elliot, but asking him whence he had it, he could make no Answer. He declar'd his Hope of Salvation by the Mercy of God, thro' the Merits of Jesus Christ, that he sincerely repented of all his Sins, and heartily forgave all Men. At the Place of EXECUTION. THEY were carry'd to the Place of Execution between eight and nine o'Clock in the Morning, and before they went out they all receiv'd the Holy Communion, behaving christianly, and in a becoming Manner. They were all three carried in one Cart, Morris and Caldclough adhered to their former Confessions, and earnestly desir'd all Young People to take Example, and beware of such wicked Courses as had ruined them, which if not forsaken, would inevitably bring them to the same fatal Calamity with themselves. William Carey said much to the same Purpose, that he had no more to add, only his Sentence was just, and he forgave every Body. This is all the Account given by me JAMES GUTHRIE , Ordinary of Newgate . APPENDIX. The following is an Account of the Robberies which were committed by JAMES CALDCLOUGH , and others (who have been Executed) which he gave some Days before he was taken ill. HE was first introduced into the unhappy Company which has brought him very justly to an ignominious Death, by one R - d T - ns, who told him, if he would go with him, he could help him to a very good Dinner. This was on a Sunday, about three or four Years ago: The new Comrade was introduced to the rest of the Gang, and dined upon a Quarter of Lamb, two Fowls, and a Goose; T - ns had informed them that the young Man was provided with Arms, which the Company at that Time much wanted, and for that reason they were very glad of the Assistance of their new Pupil. After Dinner they agreed to take a Walk out in the Fields towards Newington; two of them went into an Alehouse in Newington Road , while the others went to Mother Redcap's, pretending Business there. In the Evening they returned, and joined Company together: When they came to the Sign of the Cock at Shackle-well Road, one of them told the new Scholar, that he must stay a little behind with two of their Companions, who would bring him to them again at the End of Hoxton. When it began to be duskish, they carried him into the first Field between Newington and Hoxton , where he saw the rest of the Company. In passing that Field, they met two Gentlemen and a little Boy, whom they ordered to stop, and immediately presented a Pistol at one of the Gentlemen, and another attack'd the other with another Pistol; the Booty was only one Watch, for they neither of them had any Money. No one else was attacked that Night, but went dirctly to a Publick House in Brick-Lane , where they sat up drinking all that Night. Their young Companion having brought in his Arms for the Use of the Society, they imagined they could make better of their Business if they followed it on Horseback; but wanting Horses, they resolved to look out for some. To this end, three of them were dispatched to see if they could provide themselves in Kent; near Canterbury they took two fine Geldings, which they brought to London , and set up at an Inn near Moor-fields . Some little Time after this, four of them went down to Welling in Hartfordshire , where they broke into a Barber's Shop, and took out eleven Whigs, value 14 l. two of which they lost in going to Enfield . Two of them rode the two stolen Horses, the other two walked after them, and found one of the Whigs upon Enfield Chase , which one of them had dropped in riding thither. When they got home, one of the Whigs was sold to a Relation of one of them, and the rest were divided by Lot among the Company. The next Robbery was committed by four of them in Hackney Church-Fields , where they stopped a Gentleman, and took from him his Watch, a Guinea, and 6 or 7 Shillings in Silver. Then they went on, and robbed another of his Watch, three Half Crowns, and 18 d. after which they all went to the Publick House in Brick-Lane . The next Fact was committed on Horseback, three of them hired three Horses at an Inn in Whitechapel , from whence they rode to Epping-Forest; where they stopped a Coach with two Gentlewomen and a little Miss in it. The Footman behind would have made Resistance, but one of them threatned him with his Pistol, and made him quiet; then they robbed the Coach of 13 Shillings, which was all the Money the Ladies had between them: They ordered their Men to be quiet, and told the Robbers, They attacked them in an unlucky Time, for they had but very little about them, which they should be welcome to, provided they would not use them uncivilly. As they were returning home, they overtook the Woodford Stage-Coach making towards Lord Castlemain's, and it appearing full of People, they resolved to attack it, and thought it would be safest to do it on Foot; for this end they dismounted, but the Coachman observed them, and suspecting their Design, he turned with all the Speed he was able into the Town, and disappointed them. Then they mounted again, and made towards the Backside of Wanstead , where they overtook another Coach which they determined to rob, but were prevented by some Butchers, who were returned from Leaden hall-Market, and kept up all the Way with the Coach. This was on a Saturday Evening, and that Night some of their Company parted (for that Night) from the Publick House in St. John-street , Spittlefields . The next Evening (Sunday) they visited the Road between Shoreditch and Tottenham High-Cross . The first Person they stopped were near the Watch-house by the Brick-Kiln, where from 3 Men they took three Guineas, eleven Shillings and a Watch. That Night they were all armed with Horse Pistols, each charged with three Slugs, though oftentimes they went without them, and had neither Powder nor Ball among them. The same Evening they attacked a single Man, who told them he lived in Exchange-Alley and begged not to be ill used. They took from him a Guinea and four Shillings in Silver, leaving him the Silver Buckles which were in his Shoes. Then between the Cock and the Warwick-Castle in Newington Road , they robb'd a Man of 9 s. and a little above Mother Redcap's they fell upon six Men and two Women, whom they so terrified with their Pistols, that they suffered themselves to be robbed of about 11 l. At Stamford Hill they stopped a Man with a Basket of Pears; upon searching him they found but 18 d. which they returned him, and made him a Present of Half a Crown to put to it Near Tottenham they stopped a Man on Horseback, and took from him 9 s. and his Whip, because it was an extraordinary good one; and before they got to the Blackmoor's-Head, they took 3 s. from two Men and a Waterman; then they returned to London , and lay at the Publick House in Brick-Lane that Night. As soon as their Money was spent, they all resolved to go out again on Horseback; accordingly two Horses were hired at the Green-Dragon by Hick's-Hall , and three at the Dragon in Whitechapel . They agreed to ride to Finchley-Common , where they stopped the Barnet Coaches, but got very little from them. Then they overtook a Gentleman's Coach by Mr. Horton's House (the Brickmaker) and made the Coachman stop, but finding the Coach empty, they gave the Man a Shilling to drink, and bid him drive on. Having but little Success this Evening they returned home, and put up their Horses. But The next Day they all went out again on the same Road, they stopped the Barnet Coaches again, and got no more than 18 d. and two Half Crowns from all the Passengers. In their return to London they stopped two Highgate Coaches, just below Whittington's Stone; from the first Coach they took 9 s. and a green Silk Purse, but the Passengers in the other had no Money that they could find. From hence they came directly to London , and the Sunday Evening following, they all went on Foot into Hackney-Church-Fields , where they stopped a Gentleman who was very well dressed, and made a fine Appearance; he burst out into Tears, and wept plentifully, telling them, He was in more Distress than they were, having no more in the World than 18 d. to support Life. One of them had taken his 18 d. but the Company relented, and returned it to him, with Half a Crown more out of their own Stock. After this they met a short elderly Man and a Woman, and robbed them of a silver Watch and 14 s. which was all they got that Night. Some few Nights after this, two of them were drinking at the Red-Lyon Alehouse in Aldersgate-street , each depended upon the others having Money to pay the Reckoning, but when they compared Notes, neither of them had a Farthing. Upon which they had immediate Recourse to their old Method of raising Money; for they called for another Bottle of Wine, and having often used the House, they said they had five Minutes Business to do at a little Distance, and would return presently. They left their Wine in the Room and walked up towards Islington , where they met a Man who told them, he had but very little about him. They told him, they only came out for a little Money to pay a Reckoning, and at present a little Matter would serve their Occasion. The Man, when he found he was to be searched, roareout,-Murder! Thieves! Thieves! and made a great Resistance; however, they found he had a Watch, and as he made an Out-cry, they had only Time to take that, and run off; when they came to look at the Watch, they found it Gold, and one of them pledged it at a Publick House near S t. Paul's for two Guineas, then they returned to the Red-Lyon , and paid the Reckoning. Now the Company began to disagree among themselves, for two of them having sold the two Horses stole from Canterbury, and sunk the Money, two of them determined for the future to rob together; another of them went down into the Country to his Friends, but not being able to stay in the Country without practising now and then, he wrote to one of them, and let him know, that if he would meet him on such a Day at the Red-Cow between Coney and St. Alban's , he would assist him in getting 30 or 40 l. He met him accordingly at the House appointed, where they both waited till the Warwick Pack-Horses came by: The Carrier suffered the Horses to travel on, while he staid to drink at the House; in the mean Time one of them went after the Pack-Horses, cut open a Truss, and took out a Bale of Silk and a Bundle of Linnen, which they secured for the present, and then returned to the Red-Cow , and drank with the Carrier whose Horses they had robbed. While the Confederacy between these Villains subsisted, they were informed, that a Gentleman near Hartford was very rich, and had some Horses which would be useful to them. Upon this Information three of the Company were dispatch'd to see what they could get: They got into his Yard about 11 o'Clock at Night; the Gentleman heard them, and asked them from a Window, What Business they had there? They told him, Their Business was only to go through his Yard. He immediately fired a Gun with Powder only, upon which one of them was frighted out of his Wits, and ran off as fast as he could; the rest went round to the Study Window, where they apprehended the Money was kept; but the Gentleman was there as soon as they, and with his Servant kept such a constant firing from the Window, that they were obliged to make off after their other Companion, least the Noise might awaken the Servants at a Brickmaker's House, which was not very far from this House. It is undoubtedly expected by the World at his going off the Stage, he should say something to the Fact which he suffer'd for. First, he desired the World, especially those that were Spectators of his untimely End, to prevent the like Shame to themselves here, and that which is more to be feared, in the World to come; that they and every of them, by a speedy Repentance, would betake themselves to that strict and sober Course of Living, that admits of no manner of Exess: And that all whose Hands this may come to, would often remember, and lay it close home to their Thoughts, that the neglect of that great Duty, was the Bait made Use of by the common Enemy of Mankind, for his Destruction; being at the Time this barbarous Robbery was committed, so much in Drink, that he knew not what he said or did. The Robbery which he died for, was committed as follows, viz. He acknowledged it was done by Robinson the Evidence, Morris and himself, on the 9th of April last, about half an Hour after eight o'Clock. They had been drinking that Night at the suttling House at St. James's , and they talked about going to the Gore, and robbing the first Person they should meet. Accordingly they went through the middle Park, and along Kensington Road , till they came past the Halfway House. Then they looked back, and saw Mr. Swafford, and Mr. Banks coming up; they did not know either of them then, - but the Persons they saw, prove to be those Gentlemen. When they first discovered them, they were a pretty many Yards behind them; upon which they turn'd back and met Mr. Swafford first; Caldclough and Morris with their Swords drawn, and without saying a Word, both fell to cutting Mr. Swafford, 'till they had brought him to the Ground; one of them thrust his Hand into his Pocket, and took out two Half Crowns and some Half-pence, and then he said, I have got it! When they had robb'd him, Mr. Banks coming up, they attack'd him, and robb'd him of five Guineas and about thirteen or fourteen Shillings in Silver; when they had so done, Mr. Banks made off towards Kensington ; but meeting an Acquaintance, asked him if he had seen Mr. Swafford; upon which, his Friend replyed, he had seen nobody. Mr. Banks acquainted his Friend that he had been robb'd, and if he had not met Mr. Swafford, he was fear'd he was murder'd; upon which his Friend went with him to see for, where they both found him wallowing in his Blood, and very much cut, and his Nose hanging into his Mouth. After the Robbery was committed, Robinson, Caldclough and Moris, went directly over the Hedges into the Fields towards Chelsea , and when they got to Chelsea Horse Ferry , there they helped the Ferry-Man to pull up the Drag, and they crossed the Water to Lambeth , and under the Archbishop's Wall, they divided the Money. From Lambeth they came to Stangate , and there they crossed the Water again, and then parted, and every one of them went Home to their Lodgings. P. S. To this Confession he subjoyn'd and follows, I humbly beg for the Lord's-Sake, that all you young Men that I leave here behind, that you will take Warning in Time, and avoid those Houses and all ill Company, and remember my last dying Words, least some of you come to the same End, which I pray God you may not; for this that I suffer, is but the just Punishment of my Wickedness in this World, and I do declare to the Word, that I never was guilty of Murder in all my Life-Time: And I pray God that every body whom I have wronged (Mr. Banks, but more especially Mr. Swafford) will forgive me; for were I able to make Satisfaction, I should be very willing for to do it; but as I am not, I hope my Life will be Satisfaction to them all; and for whomsoever have wronged me, I do from the bottom of my Heart, forgive them and all the World, for what Injury any Man has done me. And I die in Charity with all the World, and the Lord Jesus receive my sinful Soul. James Caldclough . Cells in Newgate, June 12, 1739. The following LETTER James Caldclough sent to his Father, whilst under Condemnation in the Cells of Newgate . To Mr. PETER CALDCLOUGH , in Durham . Honoured Father, THE dismal Circumstances I am now under, put me under a Necessity of giving you this Trouble; but had I taken your Advice in Time, it would be happy for me. I am now under Sentence of Death in Newgate , for a Robbery committed along with one Joseph Morris , who was a Soldier in the same Company. It is in vain to deny the Fact to you, or plead Innocence, for there, were three of us together when the Robbery was committed, and one turned Evidence against me and Morris, and we are both now in the Cells of Newgate , and don't know when we shall die. Now I beg of you for God's Sake to make what Interest you can with Colonel -, and the rest of your Friends, to save my Life if possible, and get me off for Transportation: If you could get the Colonel to write up to my Lord -, I may, perhaps, be saved. Let me have an Answer as soon as possible, and let me know, whether you have any Hopes of saving me. Dear Father, I must own I have followed bad Courses sometime, which I was brought to by lewd Women, as most young Men are, who come to an untimely End. I shall not trouble you with any more untill I hear from you. And am your most unhappy, Dying Son, James Caldclough . The under-written LETTER the abovesaid Prisoner sent to his Wife a little before his Execution. Dear Molley , I Am sorry you were so ill, as not to be able to come to see me all this while; but one Misfortune or Affliction seldom comes alone. If you are any thing better before I die, I hope you'll come to see me, for I have something very particular to tell you. I should die much easier in my Mind, if I was assured of your not being with Child, but I fear you are. Don't fail coming on Sunday Evening if possible, for we shall die on Monday next. I am now very weak, and have been so sick, that I could not go to Chapel for this Fortnight past. My Dear, I think the Sight of you would revive me. I hope no body will reflect upon you for my unhappy Courses or shameful Death, for it would be a great Wrong, as you never knew my Intrigues. I beg you'll let me have the Satisfaction of seeing you before I die, and you'll oblige, Your loving, tho' unhappy, Dying Husband, James Caldclough . The following LETTER, the Prisoner, during his Confinement, got a Person to write for him. Dear NANNY, YOUR Absence gives me a vast deal of Uneasiness, to think I can't have the Happiness of seeing you now I am in this unhappy Condition; all the Friends in the World should not keep me away from you, which I believe you are very well assured of, for the seeing of you would enlighten my Heart as much as his Majesty's Reprieve; so I beg you will not shun coming because you have no Money, for I know Persons can't always get Money; so I beg if you have any Value for me, not to detain yourself from coming to me, which is all the Comfort I have in this careless World. Ball and Charles Cross is in the Cells, and desire to be remembered to you. Pray my Love to your Mother and to all Friends. I have no more at present, but my Prayers for your good Success, and these are my Prayers till Death. The Cells, From your dying Friend, June 16, 1739. James Caldclough . The following Account WILLIAM CAREY gave of the several Robberies committed by him. HE said, he and another was concerned in robbing a French Man of Quality in the Road to Hampstead , in a two-hors'd Chaise, with a Coachman on his Box, who was attacked in the Dusk of the Evening by us; we exchanged several Pistols (the French Gentleman behaving himself very gallantly) and continued the Fight till the Ammunition on both Sides being exhausted; the French Gentleman prepared to defend himself with his Sword, and we were almost out of all Hopes of obtaining our Booty; my Companion getting behind the Chaise, secretly cut a square Hole in its Back, and putting in both his Arms, seized the Frenchman so strongly about the Shoulders, that I had an Opportunity of closing in with him, disarming him of his Sword, rifling and taking from him between forty and fifty Pistoles; we not being satisfied with that, we ripp'd the Lace off his Cloaths, and likewise took from the Coachman all the Money he had about him. Once as I was travelling in the West Country, in the Capacity of a Quack-Doctor, with a little Chest of Medicines, which I intended to dispose of in this Manner at Westchester , I happened to go to an Inn about twenty Miles short of that City; a London Wholesale Dealer, who had been that Way collecting Debts in, came to the very same Inn; he had not been long there before I got myself into his Company, he seemed very well pleased with my Company, and with the merry Stories which I told him, that he desired I would breakfast with him in the Morning; accordingly I did, and I took Occasion to put a strong Purge into the Ale and Toast which the Londoner was to drink; he desired me to partake of it; I told him I never took any thing in the Morning but a Glass of Wine and Bitters. When Breakfast was over, he called to the Ostler for his Horse, and I offered to accompany him, and told him I could easily walk as fast as his Horse could trot; he readily told me he should be glad of my Company. We had not gone above two Miles, before at the Entrance of a Common the Physick began to work; the Londoner alighting to untruss a Point, I leaped at once into his Saddle, and galloped off both with his Horse and Portmanteau. I baited an Hour at a small Village 3 Miles beyond Chester , and avoided passing through that City; then I continued my Journey to Port-Patrick , from whence I crossed to Dublin , with about Threescore Pounds of ready Money, a watch, which was put up in a Corner of a Cloak-bag, Linnen, and other Things to a considerable Value. After I had spent my Money, I came to London again, and had not been long in Town, before I came acquainted with two Persons, whom I do not care to mention (hoping they will reform and take warning by my unhappy Fate) who persuaded me to go into the Country to see what we could get; accordingly we set out for a Place called Stamford , and attempted to commit several Robberies by the way, but had no Opportunity. After this we went to Baldick , where we broke open a House, but found very little in it besides a watch; we staid but one Night, and the next Day we made the best of our way for London , and we being necessitated for Money, we pawned the watch at an Inn on the Road for 18 s. When we came to Town we committed some Robberies on the Highway: The first I was concerned in was between Straford and Guilford , but did not get above six or seven Shillings. Another Robbery was on the Barnet Road and on the Kent-Road , but got no Booty of Signification. After this Robbery I and my Companion committed a Robbery on the Enfield Road , and another soon after on a Gentleman near Vaux-Hall , which was the best Booty we got of the Robberies, for we got a silver watch, a Pair of Silver Buckles, and some Silver; my Companion sold the watch for 30 Shillings in the Country, but he sunk the Money. This Day is Publish'd, Printed and Sold by JOHN APPLEBEE , in Bolt-Court , Fleet Street . SELECT TRIALS at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bailey, for Murders, Robberies, Rapes, Sodomy, Coining, Frauds, and other Offences, from the Year 1720 to the present Time; chiefly transcrib'd from Notes taken in Court, with genuine Accounts of the Lives, Behaviour, Confessions and Dying Speeches of the most eminent Convicts. These Trials, &c. are not to be met with in any other Collection. In Two Volumes, Price 14 s. These Two Volumes contains the TRIALS of Hawkings and Sympson, for robbing the Bristol Mail, with an Account of all their Robberies. Spiggot, the famous Highwayman, that bore 350 Pound Weight on his Breast. Butler, Barton, Fox, Hawes, Wright, Colthouse, Drury, Warwick, Yates, Armstrong, Beck, Edwards, and many others, all famous Highwaymen and Street-Robbers. Arthur Grey , the famous Footman , for Burglary with an Intent to ravish Mrs. Murray. Dr. Kraafe, Pritchard, Simmonds, Cooke, Ellis, and many others for Rapes, all very entertaining. Capt. 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The infamous Catherine Hays , who murdered her Husband, and lay with another Man the very same Night. Mrs. Sherman, for giving Poison to Mr. Chovet. Vevers, the Bricklayer, on all his Indictments. Mary Hendron for marrying Miss Morris to an Irishman, against her Consent. Blind Cowper and Harpham, and others, for Coining. Russel, for a Misdemeanour, in endeavouring to carry away Mrs. Benson. William Hales , Esq ; and Parson Kinnersley, r Forgery. Atkinson for the Murder of his Mother, at Charing-Cross. With a great Number of diverting TRIALS of Whores, for robbing of those that pick'd them up; and several other remarkable ones for the Highway, Rapes, Murders, Burglaries, &c. 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