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-The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Power of Conscience, by Thomas Bedworth
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-Title: The Power of Conscience
-       exemplified in the genuine and extraordinary confession of Thomas Bedworth
-
-
-Author: Thomas Bedworth
-
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-
-Release Date: August 23, 2020  [eBook #63018]
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-Language: English
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-***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE POWER OF CONSCIENCE***
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-Transcribed from the 1815 Wm. Hone edition by David Price, email
-ccx074@pglaf.org
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-                                   THE
-                           POWER OF CONSCIENCE
-
-
-               EXEMPLIFIED IN THE GENUINE AND EXTRAORDINARY
-
-                                CONFESSION
-                           OF THOMAS BEDWORTH;
-
-        DELIVERED TO ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF NEWGATE, THE
-        NIGHT BEFORE HIS EXECUTION, ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1815, FOR THE
-
-                                  Murder
-                          OF ELIZABETH BEESMORE,
-                             _IN DRURY LANE_.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                     RELATING HIS HORRIBLE SUFFERINGS
-      UNTIL COMPELLED TO SURRENDER TO PUBLIC JUSTICE BY THE CONSTANT
-                         SUPERNATURAL VISITATIONS
-        OF THE MURDERED WOMAN, AND THE FREQUENT APPEARANCE OF HER
-
-                               APPARITION.
-
-                 [Picture: Man with expression of terror]
-
-                         FROM THE ORIGINAL PAPER,
-                 NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF THE PUBLISHER.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-     Including interesting Particulars of BEDWORTH’s former Life, his
-   behaviour before Execution, and _an original and full_ Report of the
-             _Common Serjeant’s_ Address on passing Sentence.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                                _LONDON_:
-                 PRINTED FOR WM. HONE, 55, FLEET STREET,
-                      By J. Swan, 76, Fleet Street.
-                            _PRICE SIXPENCE_.
-                                  1815.
-
-
-
-
-THE
-EXTRAORDINARY
-LIFE AND CONFESSION
-OF THE LATE
-_THOMAS BEDWORTH_,
-AS RELATED BY HIMSELF, BEFORE GOING ON
-THE SCAFFOLD.
-
-
-THE following brief statement of the life of an almost obscure
-individual, drawn up from his own lips, is published not from any wish to
-diminish the just indignation and natural horror excited by the dreadful
-crime of _murder_, of which he was found guilty by his own confession, as
-well as by the Verdict of the Jury, but from an anxious desire to develop
-such particulars as exemplify the sad consequences of ungoverned passion
-and depraved pursuit.  However different from all rational views that
-extraordinary portion of his relation may be which details the frequent
-_horrible appearance of the murdered woman_, there is no more reason to
-doubt his solemn belief of the reality of the TERRIBLE APPARITION than of
-any other part of his edifying Narrative.  The criminal related the whole
-himself, in compliance with the wishes of _one of the principal officers
-of the prison_, whose humanity and attention he gratefully acknowledged,
-and who had long expressed a desire to know his melancholy story.  He
-commenced his relation about midnight before his execution.  He solemnly
-and earnestly, as a dying man and in the presence of Almighty God,
-protested the truth of every circumstance, and the whole is here
-faithfully given as he delivered it.  Although scrupulously examined upon
-the _supernatural appearance_, which was reasonably conjectured to be the
-effects of his disturbed imagination and wounded conscience, he eagerly,
-positively, and repeatedly asseverated it to be a fact as certain as that
-he was then in the cell, to die that morning.  This his full confession
-upon the brink of his falling into the grave, was taken down in writing
-in the presence of and by the direction of _the officer_ before
-mentioned, and the _original paper_ is now in the possession of the
-_publisher_, and is as follows:
-
-
-
-
-THOMAS BEDWORTH’S CONFESSION.
-
-
-THOMAS BEDWORTH was born in the year 1764, in the parish of _Bloxidge_,
-Staffordshire.  His parents were of honest reputation and industrious
-habits, and could well afford to instil into his mind the principles of a
-good education; but to this he was obstinately averse, and they not being
-firm in their purpose, he successfully opposed every attempt that was
-made to furnish him with that knowledge of good and evil, without which
-he fell a sacrifice to the consequences of sensual indulgence, and
-expiated a crime, conceived in jealousy and stimulated by intoxication,
-on the scaffold of Newgate.
-
-Arriving at the age of _fourteen_ years, he was placed as an apprentice
-in the town of _Walsall_, in Staffordshire, near Birmingham, to learn,
-with a respectable tradesman there, the art of bridle, bit, and stirrup
-making.  In the year 1782, his father having died, and the term of his
-apprenticeship being expired, he went to _Birmingham_, where he was
-employed a considerable time.  Being of an unsettled disposition,
-however, he left that place, and went to _London_, where he soon
-afterwards obtained employment in the manufactory of _Mr. Rowley_, of
-Prince’s Street, Drury Lane, where he remained until the year 1795.
-
-At this period, and during his residence in London, Thomas Bedworth was
-united in marriage, to _Mary_, the daughter of _Mr. Bainer_, a
-respectable tradesman in St. Anne’s, Soho, but, again becoming restless
-in his mind, he left London, and having gone a distance into the country,
-he, in an unguarded moment, enlisted into the _Fifeshire Fencibles_, then
-commanded by Colonel _James __Durham_.  With this regiment, he visited
-most parts of Ireland and Scotland, as well as this country, but finally
-left the regiment in 1803.  In the course of this period his wife
-continued with him, and they had _three_ children.
-
-After Bedworth’s discharge from the army, he left his wife with his
-friends, at Walsall, and went to Birmingham, whither, however, she
-followed him.  In a short time, Bedworth went to London, in search of
-work, and entreated his wife to remain in the country, and there await
-his success.  She consented, and he had not arrived many days in town,
-when he obtained employment from Mr. Birch, of Rupert Street, Haymarket.
-Here, however, he had not long been engaged, when, unfortunately for
-Bedworth, his employer failed, and he immediately formed the resolution
-of going to _sea_.
-
-In the year 1804 he entered the Navy, and in the course of his service
-suffered many hardships, and was in several severe and celebrated
-engagements with the enemy.  But, however the last sanguinary act of his
-checquered life may have stained his character, he had at least the
-reputation of being a good seaman, and it was also his pride, at the
-moment of his narrating these facts, that he had faithfully performed his
-duty to his country.  He continued in the service until the year 1813,
-and at that period received his discharge, and was made an out-pensioner
-of Greenwich Hospital.
-
-It was now his melancholy fate to learn, that, instead of joining his
-long-absent partner, and spending the remnant of his days in domestic
-peace, a widely different lot awaited him.  His _wife_, the partner of
-his bed and the parent of his children, had, during his absence, formed
-an illicit acquaintance with another man, to whom she was actually
-_married_, and had _three_ children during her unlawful union.
-
-_Bedworth’s_ horrid reflections, in consequence of this discovery of his
-wife’s unfaithfulness, distracted his mind; and the very means he adopted
-as a consolation, became a train of circumstances tending to the
-commission of the crime, which, with bitter tears, he repented, and
-atoned for by an ignominious death.
-
-In time, his mind became more calm, and he seriously bethought himself of
-settling into regular habits, which a seafaring life had deranged, and
-subsisting upon his pension, and by his industry.  He once more,
-therefore, obtained employment in his own trade, but, to his
-irretrievable mishap, became acquainted with _Elizabeth Beesmore_.  This
-unfortunate woman, _who was also married_, was _the sister of his own
-wife_.  Her husband, _John Beesmore_, had grossly neglected her, as well
-as a _child_, which remained in her care: he had not only denied her and
-her infant the necessaries of life, but had also declared his
-determination of never more residing with her, or even in the
-neighbourhood where she might be.  Her case naturally excited the unhappy
-Bedworth’s commiseration, and he took advantage to complain of the
-conjugal infidelity and baseness which his _own wife_, her _sister_, had
-manifested _towards himself_.  The similarity of their situations induced
-a sympathy in Bedworth’s mind; common acquaintance ripened into a kinder
-intimacy, and he ultimately became attached to her.  Bedworth then
-proposed that she should place herself and her child under his
-protection, and that they should consider each other as a wedded couple.
-With this offer she complied, and, while she solemnly swore to unite her
-fate with his, and never to hold communication with her husband, but to
-be faithful to Bedworth, as his wife, he as sacredly pledged himself to
-be a husband to her.
-
-_Thomas Bedworth and Elizabeth Beesmore_, thus connected, lived together
-until the month of April, in the present year, 1815, being a space of
-about two years and two months.  At this period, _John Beesmore_, the
-woman’s husband, who had hitherto been employed in the town of
-_Wedgbury_, in Staffordshire, came to London.  He discovered the retreat
-of his discarded wife, and contrived to communicate to her and
-_Bedworth_, a repetition of his formerly-expressed determination not to
-cohabit with his wife, and also an assurance that he would not disturb
-the connection which she had formed with _Bedworth_.  _She_ also, at this
-critical period, took occasion to renew her vows of attachment and
-fidelity to _Bedworth_, whom she justly represented as having saved
-herself and child from starvation.
-
-In a short time, however, the affairs of _John Beesmore_, the _husband_,
-became unfavourable; he was out of employment, and he applied to his wife
-to afford him pecuniary assistance from the earnings of _Bedworth_.
-This, after some hesitation on her part, she complied with, and
-_Bedworth_ made the discovery, that his little property was daily wasting
-upon a man, whose neglected wife and child he had supported, whom she
-herself had most solemnly renounced, and in whose fortunes or
-misfortunes, she had sworn never to interest herself.
-
-Here commenced a dreadful spirit of jealous bickering and hate between
-the unhappy _Bedworth_ and _Elizabeth Beesmore_.  Unable to endure the
-insults offered to his feelings, by the renewed acquaintance of
-_Beesmore_ and his wife, _Bedworth_ determined no longer to be the means
-of her husband’s support.  He abandoned the society of the deceased, and
-took a private lodging.  His heart was agonized, his mind distracted, and
-_Elizabeth Beesmore_ discovered him in his retreat, in this state, and
-visited him.  She herself was in a very distressed condition—she renewed
-her sentiments of affection towards him, and trusted he would yield her
-some assistance.  A multitude of conflicting thoughts now agitated his
-mind at this meeting.  It is difficult to say whether pity, jealousy, or
-indignation, was most predominant.  At length he took compassion on her.
-She had some refreshment with him, he gave her some money, and she
-departed.—Her renewed protestations of regard towards him, he considered
-as the mere affectation of attachment: his mind became hourly more
-unhappy, and he at length flew for relief to that source of treacherous
-consolation, the _gin-shop_.  For many days he remained in an unsettled
-state of mind, neglecting his work, and occasionally visiting _Elizabeth
-Beesmore_, in a state of intoxication.
-
-On the 19th of _June_, he called on _Elizabeth Beesmore_, at an early
-hour in the morning, but not much in liquor.—On this occasion she
-received him not only with coolness, but contempt.  She informed him,
-tauntingly, that she was about to live again with her _lawful husband_,
-and desired that he would not again come to disturb her, or the house in
-which she was.  He answered her coolly, that it was not his intention to
-disturb _her_, he only wished to disturb _himself_, and would immediately
-leave her, and proceed to the only enjoyment he had left, namely
-_liquor_.  He then took his leave, and, having drank to excess, retired
-to his lodgings, and went to bed.
-
-On awaking the next morning, the 20th of June, his mind was on the rack:
-besides, the powerful effects of the former day’s intoxication, jealousy,
-and indignation deprived him of reason.  In this state of distraction, he
-walked up and down his room, and at length formed the horrible resolution
-of murdering _Elizabeth Beesmore_, the cause of his distress.—With this
-intention, having furnished himself with a shoemaker’s knife, which he
-found in the house where he resided, he put it in his pocket, and
-proceeded to her lodgings, in _Short’s Gardens_, Drury Lane.  On his way
-thither, he met with a woman who worked at her needle with the deceased,
-and they went to a public-house, and drank gin together.—After parting
-with her, he went elsewhere and drank a quantity of beer, so that, by the
-time he reached _Elizabeth Beesmore’s_ apartments, he was in a state of
-inebriety.—She, upon his arrival, perceiving his situation, prevailed
-upon him to go to bed, and, during the time he lay there, she sent for
-_gin_ several times, of which he drank freely.  In the course of the
-morning, her son came into the room and struck and insulted him several
-times, while on the bed, which aggravating _Bedworth_ exceedingly, she
-ordered her son to quit the room.  Soon after he had gone, _Bedworth_
-rose with an intention of leaving the house, but found that his coat and
-shoes had been taken away while he was asleep.  These he asked for, but
-she refused to let him have them, and he left the house without them, and
-went to an adjoining public house and had more gin.—He soon returned to
-her apartments, and she prevailed upon him to drink some tea, into which
-also she infused _some gin_.
-
-At this period, _Bedworth’s_ mind was dreadfully unsettled, and he once
-more laid down upon the bed, but the irritation of his feelings would not
-let him rest.  In a short time he again rose and peremptorily demanded
-his shoes and coat.  These _Elizabeth Beesmore_ gave him, and strongly
-advised him to go home without delay, and go to bed, in order to attend
-work the following morning.  He left the room, and she followed him down
-stairs, where they had some conversation.  She returned up stairs, for
-the purpose of bringing him an apron and a handkerchief, and, upon her
-again descending the stairs, he told her he wished to speak with her in
-the kitchen.—She replied, she must first put on his handkerchief, which,
-having done, they retired to the kitchen.  Each remained for a moment in
-mute anxiety.—The unhappy woman, however, broke the pause, by clasping
-her right arm round his neck and embracing him, at the same time saying,
-with much agitation, “_O my dear Bedworth_!”  These were her _last_
-words, uttered in the last minute of her life.  She kissed him during his
-conflict between jealous passion and strong affection: _his_ injured
-regard and _her_ perfidy rushed upon his mind; her deceptive embrace
-maddened him: whilst her kiss was warm upon his cheek, he suddenly drew
-the knife from his right hand pocket, and, as he supported her head with
-his left arm, he, by _one_ rapid and determined cut, across her throat,
-_nearly severed her head from her body_!—She fell lifeless, to the
-ground, without a groan!
-
-Scarcely had he raised his hand from the bloody deed, when remorse seized
-him.  He instantly meditated self-destruction, but as instantly,
-imagining a possibility of escape, he abandoned that intention.—“Thanks
-be to God,” said the unhappy criminal, as he related the intention that
-he had momentarily indulged, “I was not permitted to do this, and thereby
-deprive just vengeance of its retribution.”—He put the bloody knife in
-his pocket, whilst he looked at the blood rushing from her throat, and
-quitted the house.
-
-_Bedworth’s_ first steps of _flight_ were directed into Spa-fields, where
-he remained until dark, and then returned into _town_.—Passing over
-_London Bridge_, he, for the first time, bethought himself, that some of
-the blood of his victim might be upon his clothes.  He therefore examined
-his dress, but found that all parts had escaped, except his apron, which
-he pulled off, and tossed through the ballustrades of the bridge, into
-the Thames.  He then wandered through the _Borough_, over _Blackfriars
-Bridge_, and afterwards over _Westminster Bridge_, and thus roving about,
-he, by day-light, the following morning, reached the Regent’s Park, where
-he threw the _knife_ into the Canal.  From the Regent’s Park he pursued
-his way to _Hampstead_, where he passed the whole of that day about the
-fields, and where he also determined to pass the night.—About eleven
-o’clock, while in a hay-field, where he had betaken himself to rest, he
-was suddenly disturbed by the deep groaning of one, as in great agony,
-whose voice was exceedingly like that of the deceased, and he passed the
-remainder of the night in much disquietude and alarm.
-
-Early on the following morning, he pursued his route toward _St. Albans_,
-and thus spent the remainder of the day.  At night he once more fled, for
-a hiding and resting place, to the fields, where having laid down, he was
-disturbed by a dreadful noise, similar to that which he had heard the
-night before.  This was now accompanied by the voice of the murdered
-woman, who emphatically said, “_Oh Bedworth_!  _Bedworth_! _what have you
-done_?”  The address was followed by other expressions, complaining
-bitterly of having been hurried into another world, and particularly
-these words: “_You have deprived me of all the happiness of this life_.”
-He was so far persuaded of the _reality_ of this visitation, that, “_in
-the name of_ GOD,” he entreated the horrible phantom “_to go to rest and
-leave him_!”—Unable to sleep, he arose at an early hour, still wandering,
-and _returned towards London_.
-
-It was the time of the general illuminations for the late battles, and
-_Bedworth_, entering the city about _nine_ o’clock in the evening,
-traversed the streets, to divert his distracted imagination, by gazing at
-the lights.  Thus wandering about, he retired to Smithfield, in order to
-pass the night in one of the sheep-pens.  Here, however, he had scarcely
-laid himself down, when the _murdered woman appeared to him_ with a
-dreadful noise, and bitter exclamations!  His entreaties and prayers
-were, on this occasion also, most earnest, that she would “_commit
-herself to rest_, _and cease to torment him_!”
-
-Unable to rest, he arose from the earth, left the sheep-pen, and walked
-towards _Islington_, in which place, and at _Highgate_, he spent his time
-until the following evening, and once more _returned to London_, again
-viewed the _illuminations_ in the city, and again wandered about, until
-half-past twelve o’clock, when he directed his course once more towards
-_Islington_ and _Highgate_.  No new scene, however, or course which he
-pursued, could lighten the load of his crime, or chase away the guilty
-horrors which pursued him.  On this night, while walking up _Highgate
-Hill_, the _murdered woman again stood before him_!  Imagination may
-paint, if it can, the horrible feelings of _Bedworth_ at this moment.
-_She walked with him_, _side by side_, until they reached the other side
-of the hill, and then _taking the hand of the miserable man_, _placed it
-upon her severed throat_, and groaned and mourned deeply!—Driven to
-despair, he fled into a _field_, where he threw himself down upon his
-face on some hay, hoping to elude at least the sight of his ghostly
-pursuer.  Such, however, was the consequence of guilt, that _he felt her
-lying by his side_ and crouching against him!
-
-After spending the whole of the last-mentioned day and the _next night_
-in indescribable horror, without being able to leave this situation, he
-_again came into London_, on the following morning; and—it would be
-incredible, if it were not true—he actually _applied_ at the _Justice
-Room_, _Guildhall_, for a “_walking pass_” to Wolverhampton!  Such was
-the fact, and being told, upon application, that he must come the next
-day, he retired for that night into the fields near _Islington_, where
-his rest was rather less disturbed than before.  The next morning he
-again applied at _Guildhall_ for a _pass_, but, after a strict
-examination, as to who he was, and where he last slept, he was ordered to
-go before the Magistrates at the _Public Office_, _Queen Square_.  This
-he instantly _did_, and having there undergone the usual enquiries, he
-actually succeeded in obtaining a _pass_!  At the moment the whole town
-was in alarm at the atrocity of the _murder_, when _Police Officers_ were
-in pursuit of him, and _placards_ were posted in every direction,
-describing his person and dress minutely, and offering a reward for his
-apprehension; at this moment he applied to the _Police Office_ for his
-pass, and obtained it from the Magistrates themselves, without being
-suspected!
-
-Possessed of his pass, _Bedworth_ set out for his native country.  He
-slept the first night in _Kentish Town_, and the next morning pursued his
-journey towards _Coventry_, receiving at each town, through which he
-went, the relief to which his pass entitled him.  He arrived in
-_Coventry_, on Monday, the 3d of July, and slept there the same night.
-The following morning he pursued his route to _Meridan_, about twelve
-miles from Coventry and six from Birmingham.  From thence he _went back_
-to _Coventry_, where he _again slept_, and, on the 5th arrived at
-_Horseley_.
-
-During these travels and retravels, conscience was still crying
-vengeance, and though he, for a while, flattered himself, that he could
-familiarise himself with the horrors of his mind, if not eventually
-stifle them, he still anticipated the dreadful expiation of his life, for
-the _murder_ he had committed.  Terror, shame, and remorse were the
-conflicting passions which accompanied him in his escape; but the
-violence of these having in a great measure subsided, reflection assumed
-a more rational seat in his breast, and now it was that he began to look
-with a steadier eye upon the deed he had perpetrated.
-
-From Horseley, _Bedworth_ once more _returned_, on the 5th July, _to
-Coventry_, but his compunctions, while on his way to the latter place,
-had become so alarming and irresistible, that he finally resolved to
-_surrender himself to justice_.
-
-For this purpose, on the morning of the 6th, he went before the _Mayor of
-Coventry_, and made a full confession of his guilt.  The candour and
-ingenuousness with which he related his horrible tale, occasioned doubts
-of its truth in the mind of the Magistrate, who, with much humanity,
-supposed it might be the imagined story of a perverted intellect.  He
-was, however, put into confinement, and, proper enquiries being made, was
-forwarded, in custody, to London, and arrived at the Bow Street Police
-Office, on the 11th of July.  Here he confessed, fully, before Mr. NARES,
-the Magistrate, the murder of which he had been accused, and, in the
-presence of others, signed his confession.
-
-In concluding his narrative, which has been related with the strictest
-accuracy, from his own lips, the unfortunate culprit added, “I have now
-been most justly condemned, for this foul and barbarous murder, and after
-surrendering my forfeited life to public justice, I have only to look to
-that awful moment, when I shall meet my Heavenly Judge, whose merciful
-pardon I hope for and implore, through the merits of Jesus Christ, the
-Redeemer.—Amen!”
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-The TRIAL of _Thomas Bedworth_ took place on _Friday_ morning, the 15th
-of September.—Mr. JUSTICE HEATH, Sir S. LE BLANC, Mr. JUSTICE BAILEY, and
-the COMMON SERJEANT were on the Bench.
-
-The facts which were adduced in evidence were not so strong, although
-they in some measure confirmed the truth of the foregoing confession.
-The best evidence that could be given by the few witnesses who were
-examined, went to a presumption that _Bedworth_ effected the bloody deed
-with a razor, and it was so stated in the indictment.—This, however, did
-not prove to be true; but Mr. JUSTICE HEATH, in summing up, observed,
-that this was immaterial, in point of law;—the charge implied being, that
-the prisoner had done the act with a _cutting_ or _sharp_ instrument.
-
-Throughout the trial _Bedworth_ manifested a good deal of agitation; but
-this the Editor ascertains to have arisen in consequence of the evidence
-of two women, who made, as he supposed, some misstatements, as to _time_,
-on the day whereon the murder had been committed.  Indeed, such was the
-effect of these trivial inaccuracies upon his mind, that he _twice_
-solemnly addressed the court, calling upon God to witness, that the women
-had _forsworn_ themselves in this respect.—This conduct was _mistaken_,
-_by the court_, as an attempt to deny his guilt.—But the fact was
-otherwise, and the whole tenor of his conduct in prison, from the time of
-his surrender, in July, as well as his confession, furnish the best
-proofs to the contrary.
-
-The trial did not last an hour, and Mr. JUSTICE HEATH having charged the
-Jury, the latter almost unhesitatingly returned a verdict of—GUILTY.
-
-The wretched man was then asked by the clerk of the peace, what he had to
-offer in an arrest of judgment by the court—to die according to law.
-
-The prisoner replied, in much agitation, “nothing beyond the false
-swearing of the women.”
-
-_The_ RECORDER _being absent_, a short explanation then took place upon
-the bench, as to the passing of the sentence.  Mr. JUSTICE HEATH, who
-tried the prisoner, declining to perform that duty, and the COMMON
-SERJEANT expressing a wish to evade the painful task, never having been
-called upon to execute it.  It was however, at length, settled that the
-COMMON SERJEANT should pronounce the sentence of death, and, in doing so,
-he addressed the prisoner to the following effect:—
-
-    “_Thomas Bedworth_,—After a painful investigation of the crime which
-    has been laid to your charge, a humane and impartial jury of your
-    country, hearing the evidence adduced against you, as well as your
-    own voluntary confession, have thought it their duty to find you
-    GUILTY of the horrid crime of MURDER!
-
-    “We see that, in all ages of the world, a terror has been held out
-    against those persons whose ferocious and unbridled passions have led
-    to the shedding of innocent blood, and that the life of the guilty
-    has been demanded in retribution—a retribution however which scarcely
-    atones for the foul deed.  This is exactly the situation in which you
-    are at present awfully placed, but it is sincerely to be hoped, that
-    the motive which induced you to make a full and unreserved confession
-    of your guilt, arose from devout and serious reflections upon that
-    eternity to which you are fast hastening.  Your appearance in this
-    court, to day, before the bar of man, may have for a moment drawn you
-    aside from that truth you had hitherto asserted, and induced you to
-    attempt a denial of it, yet I do most charitably hope, that as you
-    had been led to disclose the weight of your sin and guilt, as read to
-    us this day, so you will now reflect upon the dreadful consequences
-    of that _confession_, and turn, with full purpose of heart, to
-    serious repentance and prayer.  And let me inform you, that the
-    repentance you are called upon to evince, is not a mere sorrow for
-    the consequence that would await our crime, but a sincere and hearty
-    sorrow for this and other crimes which you have committed, and for
-    which you must shortly give an account.
-
-    “It is now my painful duty to acquaint you, that your time in this
-    world is of very short duration, but you have the consolation to
-    know, that it is not too short, or too late for repentance, and for
-    pouring out your soul, to your Maker, in supplication and prayer,
-    before you are called to appear at his awful tribunal.  The mercy
-    that is thus held out to you, you ill deserve, as, in a moment of
-    jealous rage, you hurled into quick eternity, the wretched victim of
-    your passion and lust—sent her to her dread account, without a moment
-    for repentance of her numerous sins—without even time to implore the
-    mercy of her God, for the base and guilty connection she had formed
-    with you!
-
-(_Here the prisoner lifted his eyes towards Heaven_, _struck the bar with
-his hand_, _and_, _bursting into tears_, _bowed assent to the remark_.)
-
-    “I have now only to beseech you that, as soon as you leave that bar,
-    you fall before God, on your bended knees, and, with thorough sorrow
-    and conviction, implore that mercy you so much require.  In your
-    prayers you will be assisted by a pious man, who will zealously aid
-    your applications to Heaven.  Fly to him for his advice, his
-    assistance, and prayers—you need them all—and let the conduct of your
-    future hours, in this life, be so devoted, as to prepare you, through
-    the mercy of the Redeemer, for that awful eternity which shall
-    shortly receive you.
-
-    “There is now nothing left for me, but to pronounce upon you the
-    dreadful sentence of that law, which you have so grossly violated,
-    which is:—_that you_, THOMAS BEDWORTH, _be taken from hence_, _to the
-    place from whence you came_, _and from thence_, _on Monday morning
-    next_, _to a place of execution_, _where you shall be hanged by the
-    neck until you are dead_.—_Your body will then be delivered over to
-    the surgeons_, _for dissecting and anatomising_, _according to the
-    statute_.  And may the Lord God Almighty, through the merits and
-    intercession of the _Redeemer_, have mercy upon your soul!”
-
-The prisoner heard his sentence with great firmness, but, at the
-conclusion, seemed deeply affected, and wept bitterly.  After regaining a
-moment silent at the bar, he assumed an air of resignation and,
-respectfully bowing to the Court, retired.
-
-He cordially shook hands with some females and others, as he passed to
-one of the condemned cells, where he evinced a resignation and calmness,
-in every respect suitable to the death he was to die.  Soon afterwards
-the _Rev. Mr. Cotton_, the _ordinary_, in virtue of his office, visited
-him, and in the evening he was called on by one or two religious
-characters, who had serious conferences with him.  He continued constant
-and fervent in prayer throughput the night, except at those times when,
-exhausted by weakness and strong feeling, he sunk occasionally to rest.
-At intervals he related some extraordinary circumstances of his varied
-life, which were taken down in writing from his lips.  He was asked to
-give a full relation by the _respectable officer of the prison_, to whom
-he afterwards completely detailed it, but he for the present excused
-himself, by saying that the number of persons, religious and otherwise,
-who were visiting him, prevented him from delivering it, then, as he
-wished.
-
-_Saturday_ was spent by him chiefly in devotional exercises, and in
-receiving the kind and charitable visits of religious characters.
-Throughout the whole of this day and night, he displayed great piety, a
-repentant disposition, and strong faith in the mercy of Heaven.
-
-On _Sunday_ morning, _Bedworth_ sent a message to the _ordinary_,
-entreating permission for the “_convict school boys_” to come near his
-cell, and join him in singing a hymn.  This was of course complied with,
-and they repeated their singing, at his request, on Sunday evening, when
-he joined the children, and expressed himself much happier by this social
-act of devotion.—The number of youths who united their voices in these
-gloomy vaults amounted to about _thirty_, and such sounds, floating
-through the dreary passages, might well have been supposed to impress,
-not only the criminal, but the children themselves, with edifying
-thoughts.  The _Rev. Mr. Cotton_ remained several hours with _Bedworth_,
-on Sunday evening, and his labours were succeeded by two gentlemen, who
-were dissenters, one of whom remained with him throughout the night.  On
-this occasion he was reminded of his promise to completely detail his
-_narrative_ and confession, previously given in these pages, which he did
-with perfect composure, with an apparently entire recollection of the
-events of his life.  Having done this, he continued incessantly in prayer
-and religious conversation.  He sang with his companion two or three
-hymns, and he repeated, and sang with great fervour, the Hymn beginning,
-
-    “Jesu, lover of my soul,
-    Let me to thy bosom fly,” &c.
-
-As the morning dawned, Bedworth conversed with much animation, and
-amongst other things, asked his friend, whether he thought the _populace_
-would assemble in any great number to witness his ignominious death?
-Being answered that it was likely there would be many, he remarked, “_I
-would that the poor creatures would remain at home_, _and pray for_ ME,
-_if not for_ THEMSELVES.”
-
-At _six_ o’clock on _Monday_ morning, the _ordinary_ again attended
-_Bedworth_ in his cell, and continued with him in prayer, until half-past
-seven, when one of the sheriffs also visited him.  After remaining with
-him some moments, the latter retired to assist in the necessary
-preparations, and _Bedworth_ was again left in prayer with his companion.
-The crowd, now assembled to witness the execution, was very considerable;
-though certainly it did not amount to _half_, perhaps not _one-third_ of
-the number collected upon the occasion of the extraordinary execution of
-the unfortunate _Elizabeth Fenning_.
-
-At about three minutes before _eight_ o’clock, _Mr. Newman_ arrived at
-the Justice room, in the Old Bailey, to announce the time.  The High
-Sheriff, _Mr. Leigh_, and the two Under Sheriffs, Messrs. _Leigh_ and
-_Rooke_, proceeded to the cell of the criminal.  _Bedworth_ walked forth
-with uncommon firmness and resignation, and, with a countenance open and
-serene, advanced towards Mr. Sheriff _Leigh_, whom he cordially shook by
-the hand.  He very much facilitated, by his activity and presence of
-mind, in knocking off his own irons, after which he walked with composure
-towards the executioner, who bound his arms, and tied his halter round
-his body.  He then requested one of the officers to give to a
-fellow-prisoner, his pair of _leggings_, or leathers, to protect the
-flesh from excoriation by the fetters, and with them his remembrance and
-prayers.  After expressing his deep sense of his sinful life, and the
-crime for which he was about to die, and expressing strong hopes of mercy
-and pardon hereafter, the dead bell tolled, and he moved on, in the
-customary procession, to the scaffold.  The _ordinary_ prayed with him
-whilst they passed through the dreary avenues, _Bedworth_ walking with a
-firm, undaunted step, and bowing, in silence, to all whom he observed
-within the dreary passage.  On the _scaffold_, he manifested the same
-firmness, but directed his eyes imploringly towards heaven, while the
-executioner made his fatal preparations: the _ordinary_ continued a few
-moments in prayer with him, and, the awful signal being given; he was
-launched off, in the act of fervent supplication.
-
-                       [Picture: Drawing of ghost]
-
-               Just Published by W. HONE, 55, Fleet Street,
-                    _La Pie Voleuse_.—Price Sixpence.
-
-THE NARRATIVE of THE MAGPIE; or the Maid of _Palaiseau_, being the
-History of THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE, founded upon the circumstance of an
-unfortunate Female having been _unjustly sentenced to Death_, on strong
-PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE.  _With a_ PREFACE, _and curious_ ANECDOTES.
-
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-Narrative.  On the performance of the MAID _and the_ MAGPIE at the
-Theatres, it was represented amidst _unanimous and repeated shouts of
-applause_, and, “many incidents were seized on by the audience, who
-thought proper to apply them to the case of ELIZA
-FENNING.”—_Anti-Gallican Monitor_, _September_ 3, 1815.
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