... to the scaffold. then entreated that his fellow-prisoners, who had been playing with him, might allowed accompany him to chapel He confessed with great calmness, and listened with attention the discourse the clergyman. On his way to the scaffold, he showed ...

... felt desire to morder his parent. He reflected seriously on the of accomplishing his unnatural purpose. His first plan was to kill his father with a pitchfork; but he conceived that that weapon might not sure enough*;-—this idea he gave up for the stabbing ...

... return- * with a friend named Harrington from the fight at Warwick on Thursday, was thrown out a chaise near Daventry, and killed on the spot. Harrington had a thigh and leg aridities a hopeless state—Josh. Hudson arrived London on Saturday, and is fast ...

... matricide. Semis Vigny, farmer, twenty-five years age, living at Mallet, was convicted of having, the Gth of August, voluntarily killed his •mother, Jeaun Pengy, by stabbing her with a knife. was condeniued to death, and the expense of the trial. The decree ...

... EKTBAORD.VA.tY PRESERVATION. —On Tuesday afternoon, Mr. «t pcrinlcnding the workmen employed at. t. M«gnre‘» race, part of the scaffolding winch gave wav, and fell from height of upwards of f«t Into th area; strange say, he sustained no other injury than aft ...

... a burn that runs near by; also part of body picked up a field nearly a mdc distant.. The horse which stood the waggon was killed. was hurled to a distance of forty feet; and the shoes of the fore and hinder feet of that* Side which was next the door of ...

... habitation where the parties were reputed to be man and wife. March 14. —Death caused by Fanaticism.— Henry Lee was charged with killing Daniel Grimshaw, a child of 15 days old. —It appears that a sect, called the Johaunahites, disciples of the late old dropsical ...

... maliciously shooting William Evcritt, gamekeeper to Sir E, Stacey, Bart, on the night of the of December last, with iiiteut to kill him.. He waa found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged. WATSBFOKS. —Patrick Irish was found guilty of the wilful murder of Philip ...

... perceiving that the dog was scarcely able to move about, so highly had it been fed, advised the informant to take care not to kill it with kindness. The poor woman said, she did all in her power make it comfortable, not only on account of her respect for ...

... dashed through one of the windows a scaffolding in front of the house, (which at present under repair.) some men endeavouring to rem it, the annual attempted to. helnrn the same way it came, and doing slipped off the scaffold into the street, and was considerably ...

... when he passed the man who lolls the hell, nor did he even evince the slightest emotion tip to the moment of mounting the scaffold. The necessary preparttiona haring been made, be turned round and shook hands in the mot' cordial manner with his youthful ...

... looking, man was brought to this office, charged with having attempted self-destruction, and, it was also feared, with having killed his own son, aged nine years. It appeared that two of the patrol, on Sunday evening, saw the unfortunate man standing on ...