He appear'd extreamly grieved and very penitent for the many Offences of his Life, and expresses a sensible Concern for the Disgrace his Death would bring upon his Family, and for the Affliction it was to his good and religious Friends; adding that a Letter sent to him from his Brother, when he left London, having found his Endeavours to save him was in vain, and which Letter he read to me, had more ct his Heart, if possible than a Thousand Deaths.

HE assured me, That, as I directed him, he spent all his Time below, in Prayer to God, and in Reading to the other Malefactors, especially to T. Rice, who was not able to Read; that he made the best Use of certain written Forms, proper for Men in his Condition, and frequently call'd upon the rest, to joyn with him in those Prayers. Before he died, he said, He earnestly desired to receive the Holy Sacrament, which he did, with much Devotion, and seem'd perfectly resign'd to this World, and desirous to enter into a far better.

3. THOMAS RICE< no role > , of St. Olave Silver-Street, was convicted of privately stealing out of the Shop of John Albright< no role > , two Gold Rings Value 38s. on the 27th of April last , being indicted also, for stealing from Thomas Tearl< no role > , a Silver Milk-pot, Value 27s. on the 18th of June last .

He was about 35 Years of Age, born of reputable Parents, who would have given him a tolerable Education, but that his Mind was unhappily in capable of receiving it; he said he was put Apprentice to a Waterman , but could not Settle a-right to that Employment; after which he kept a Brandy Shop , and could not easily turn his Mind to what was sober and regular; having his Sences in some Measure taken away, on Account of a Young Woman he was in Love with, who died the Day before he was to have marry'd her, and upon whose Grave he laid every Night, for half a Year together.

He could not Write or Read, which as some among them were Romans, he accounted the greater Misfortune to him. However, as he was able, he seem'd to use his utmost Efforts and Endeavours, in order to obtain another Life, as his Expectations were gone with Respect to this. He told me, he earnestly requested the other Prisoners to read and pray with him; and spent every Moment in suing for Pardon, for the various Sins of his Life. He acknowledged the Offence which he was convicted of, but said that he had resolv'd for some time, to retrieve his Life: The Estate that was fallen to him, would have put him in a Capacity of doing this: He added, had his Life been continued, as the Matter stood, he was only solicitous lest his Wife and Child should be defrauded of that Estate, which according to Justice and Equity, his Father should receive, and after his Death should bequeath to them, his Wife and Child.

When he came to dye, he lamented that certain Persons had so unaccountably infus'd into his Mind Expectations of Life, and had afterwards deceived him; but, he said, he hop'd he was not damned thereby, but that God would even yet accept him.

4. JOHN MOLONY< no role > , was Convicted of assaulting W. Young, Esq; in Little Queen-street, between 1 and 2 in the Morning, and on the First of this Instant July, and taking from him a Gold Watch, Value 50 l.