The Old Bailey Sessions closed on Tharrday; when tie Recorder
passed sentence on the remaining criminals, the two most notorious having been already disposed of. Three were sentenced to denth,—twO for housebreaking, and one for robbery from the person. Three were sentm iced to banishment for life,--amcng whom was Lavers, the Exeter man ; for fourteen, and 97 for seven years. - Thomas Reilly, the man accused some time ago of muraciing his wife, was found guilty on Monday; and was eXecuted on Wednesday. From the time of his committal, the cceduct of Reilly was very deco- rous. Pre had been for fifteen or sixteen years a housekeeper in Compton Street, Clerkenwell; where he carried on, with great indus- try, the business of a shoemaker. Reilly was brought up a Catholic, but leaned towards the Protestant faith : when questioned as to his wishes with regard to the attendance of Mr. Rolfe, the Roman Catholic priest, he pointed to the Bible, and declared that his only hope of mercy was to be derived from that book, and that no confession to mortal man could avail him ; and he therefore respectfully declined the attendance of Mr. Rolfe.
On Tuesdny, Melee the carpenter, who urns charged by Hezerd and Co. with forging a lottery-ticket (the yartiet,lars of the ease were given in tile Police account of it), was flied for the alleged offonee; ,when the Jet, without hearing out the evidence, returned an instant verdict of " Not. Guilty." The verdict seemed to be extremely acceptable to the audience, who applauded loudly on its being announced.
Stnithers, the murderer and incendiary, was executed on Monday morning, pursuant to his sentence. He made, it is said, a full confes- sion of his crimes, in a letter to the lady of Mr. Sheriff Pine.
• A man who was tried at the Old Bailey on Wednesday, for stealing wax candles from the 13011Se of the Marquis of Londonderry, was ac- quitted on the ground that they were partly sperm. The foreman of the .Tury happened to be a tallow-chandler ; a most fortunate accident for the prisoner.
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