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 this Instant March, 1729 .

BY Virtue of his Majesty's Commission of the Peace, and Oyer and Terminer, and Jail-Delivery of Newgate, at the Sessions held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily (before the Right Honourable Sir ROBERT BAYLIS< no role > , Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London ; Mr. Justice Price; Mr. Baron Cummins; Mr. Justice Probyn; Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder of the City of London; and John Raby< no role > , 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 26th , 27th , and 28th of February , and Saturday, Monday, and Wednesday, being the 1st , 3d , and 5th of March, 1728-9 , in the Second Year of his Majesty's Reign.

Fourteen Men, viz. Peter Kelly< no role > , John Edmonds< no role > , William Lythe< no role > , Timothy Cotton< no role > , William Marple< no role > , Charles Cook< no role > , James Mace< no role > , Nicholas Dawlin< no role > , Robert Blake< no role > , Henry Geahogan< no role > , John Bowling< no role > , William Sparrow< no role > George Galley< no role > , and James Ferris< no role > , and two Women, viz. Mary Dudmash< no role > , and Eleanor Oldfield< no role > , were Capitally Convicted, and receiv'd Sentence of Death.

While under Sentence they were instructed, how that it was necessary for them to reform and amend the Evil of their Ways and Doings; for that all Men being by nature Enemies to God, and consequently. Obnoxious to the Divine Wrath and Vengeance; and they having committed Sins of a more heinous Nature, as the Scripture expressethit; they having corrupted themselves, their spot not having been the Spot of God's Children; and they having been a perverse Generation. Therefore, they were liable to a double degree of Punishment. Then I shew'd them that the only way to escape this terrible and severe Judgment of God, was, to apply themselves with the utmost Vigour and Sincerity, to the great Work of their Souls Salvation, while any short space of Time remain'd, since their Work they had to do, was of the highest Importance, their time very short, and their strength but small, nothing less depending upon the improvement of a few remaining Moments; than the eternal Salvation or Damnation of their Souls, &c. I insisted on the horrid Sin of Murder, from the Prophet Nathan's Application of his Parable to King David, 2. Sam. 7 12. Thou art the Man. I let him see the atrocious Nature of this Sin, how that it was a Breach of the express Law of God, Thou shalt not Kill, or as it is otherwise express'd, Thou shalt do no Murder: I shew'd him the Injustice, the Cruelty, the Inhumanity, the Barbarity of this most atrocious Crime, and that however, secretly Murder might be Committed, yet the vengeance of God always pursu'd the Murderer, so that seldom, if ever, he escap'd exemplary Punishment in this World: Accordingly the first precept God gave to Noah after the Flood was, not to suffer the Murderer to pass unpunished, Gen. 5. 6. Who so sheddeth Man's Blood, by Man shall his Blood be shed; For in the Image of God made he Man. I took occasion to shew that Murdering and taking away the Life of our Neighbour unjustly, was encroaching upon the Divine right of Almighty God, who is the only Sovereign Lord of the Life and Death of his Creatures, Deut. 32. 39. I kill, and I make alive. I reflected upon the hellish Cruelty of such a Sin, as endeavouring, what in him lies at once, to destroy both the Soul and Body forever; if the mercy of God in Jesus Christ prevent it not. I told him how that this Sin, in an especial manner, must certainly excite Hell upon Earth in the Breast of the Sinner, his own conscience like a Legion of Devils, still Racking and Tormenting him, and presenting to his Eyes the Image of the Murder'd Person, so that his Life becomes a Burthen to himself, and like Cain the first Murtherer, Gen 4. 13. His Punishment is greater than he can bear. I exhorted them all to an ingenuous Confession of their Sins, and to that purpose I used many, most pressing Motives and Arguments. I inform'd them how that they were early Dedicated to God in their Baptism, to deny themselves to the World, the Flesh and the Devil, and to Dedicate their Souls and Bodies unto God; and how notoriously they had broken their Baptismal Vows and Engagements, and that therefore they ought now to renew themselves by Repentance, and in token of their sincere Repentance, to receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, as a sure Pledge and Symbol of that everlasting Communion and Fellowship, which blessed Spirits shall have with God in the other World.

When these and many such instructions were afforded them; Peter Kelly< no role > , John Edmonds< no role > , and John Bowling< no role > , could not read, but behav'd themselves gravely, and seem'd attentive and serious in Chappel; Timothy Cotton< no role > , William Marple< no role > , Robert Blake< no role > , William Sparrow< no role > , George Galley< no role > , Mary Dudmash< no role > , and Eleanor Oldfield< no role > made regular responces in time of Prayer; Charles Cook< no role > , James Mace< no role > , and Nicholas Dawlin< no role > , were miserably Poor, and Cloathed with Rags, and being Sick, they came seldom to Chappel, but when they came, they behav'd themselves decently, as they did also at other Times, when I visited them in the Cells; James Ferris< no role > was most of the time Sick, and declar'd himself very Penitent both in Publick and Private; William Lythe< no role > never came to Chappel, having been confin'd to a Couch, by reason of a Swelling and violent Distemper in his Feet and Legs, but as I daily visited him in the Cell, he always appear'd very Penitent; Henry Geahogan< no role > was sore afflicted with Poverty and Sickness, yet he constantly attended in Chappel with apparent Devotion.

Upon Sunday Night, the 16th Instant , William Sparrow< no role > and George Galley< no role > found Means to break out of the Cells, and make their Escape, by lifting up two Deals in the Floor, and digging through two Brick-walls, upon which the Cells are founded, and then conveying themselves into the new House, not yet inhabited, adjoyning to the Cells,