THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and dying Words of the Malefactors, who were executed at Tyburn, on Friday the 17th, of this Instant, April, 1730 .

AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol - Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Honourable Sir Richard Brocas< no role > , Knt . Lord ? Mayor of the City of London ; the Hon. Mr. Justice Price; the Hon. Mr. Baron Thompson; the Hon. Mr. Justice Probyn; the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Raby; and others his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol-Delivery for the City of London, and Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey , on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, being the 25th , 26th , 27th , and 28th of February, 1729-30 , in the Third Year of His Majesty's Reign.

Nine Men, viz. Richard Hawson< no role > , William Newcomb< no role > , Peter Rivers< no role > , John Carter< no role > , Francis Hackabout< no role > , Stephen Dowdale< no role > , Ferdinando Shrimpton< no role > , Robert Drummond< no role > , and Francis Chartres< no role > , and one Woman, viz. Elizabeth Doyle< no role > were Convicted and found Guilty of Capital Crimes by the Jury.

Elizabeth Doyle< no role > was indicted for returning from Transportation, and pleaded guilty to the said Indictment. She receiv'd Sentence of Death with the rest, but being assur'd of his Majesty's most gracious Pardon, she never attended in Chappel, and was set at Liberty upon a bailable Warrant, upon the third or fourth Day after they receiv'd Sentence.

They were exhorted to believe in Christ Jesus, as the Son of God, equal to the Father, and the only Saviour of lost Mankind, who suffer'd, that we might rejoyce; who died, that we might live; who rose again, that we might awake from the Death of Sin, and live unto God, unto Righteousness and Holiness of Life; who ascended unto Heaven, that we might eternally Triumph with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost in his heavenly Kingdom and Glory: This Doctrine I press'd upon them, as being the Ground-work and Foundation of all Christianity: For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and Men, the Man Christ Jesus; who gave himself a Ransome for all, to be testified in due Time. 1 Tim. ii. 5, 6. They having been of very corrupt Lives, I told them the only way to escape the Wrath to come was, to reform and amend the Evil of their Ways and Doings, to repent 'em of their past Sins, and firmly to resolve (if it should please God in his Providence to spare them) upon a new Life for the future, to double their Deligence in improving the short Time allow'd them, by the Lenity of their Judges, in working out their Souls Salvation with Fear and Trembling; which is the readiest way to procure God's Favour, whether with respect to this World, or the Life to come. I shew'd them the great Evil and Mischief of Theft and Robbery, which if it were allow'd, would utterly subvert and overthrow all civil Government and Society among Mankind; and as to the dreadful Consequences, with respect to those who are found Guilty of such horrid Crimes, I let them see, that a Thief and Robber is stigmatiz'd all the World over, with a note of Infamy and Reproach, and wherever he can be apprehended and convicted, he's reputed unworthy to live any longer, or to breathe in the common Air.

Drummond, and particularly Shrimpton having been convicted of Murder and Robbery; I represented to them the Barbarity, the Cruelty and Inhumanity of that heinous Sin. In all other Sins one may make some Reparation, but in case of Murther, there is no possibility of Satisfaction, since one being depriv'd of his precious Life, he ceases to be any more in this World, and being thus hurried out of Time, the Murderer does, what in him lies, to destroy both Soul and Body at once; and if God should suddenly strike him with a Thunderbolt from Heaven, for exercising such Cruelty upon his Fellow-Creature, made also after the Similitude of God, with what a Face should he appear before the tremendous Divine Tribunal, and how just must he own his eternal Confusion and Condemnation to be? I shew'd them how the Vengeance of God pursues the Murderer, as is evident in the Instance of Cain, the Family of the Kings of Judah, Ahub King of Israel, and Judas Iscariot, who betray'd Christ and many others: and that seldom, if ever, the Murderer escapes Punishment even in this World, I spoke upon the Sin of Uncleanness, how unreasonable, how brutish it is, and that it alienates the Mind and Affections from God: But the Ears of some, who very much wanted this Admonition, were altogether shut to such Exhortations. I instructed them in the Nature of the Christian Sacraments, that they having been early dedicated to God in Baptism, and having broken their baptismal Vows in innumerable Instances, it was necessary to renew themselves by Repentance, and in Evidence of their Sincerity, to partake in the other Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, wherein Christ and all the Blessings of the New Covenant was ensur'd and made over to them I was at a considerable deal of Pains in speaking upon this Subject, of which they were very ignorant, and when they had attain'd some competent Knowledge, most of them were very desirous to receive it.

While under Sentence, Those who were constantly at publick Devotion appear'd Grave, and made regular Responses, as they could, but with an awkward Grace, and did not seem to be so deeply affected, as Men ought to be in such deplorable Circumstances. Ferdinando Shrimpton< no role > was sick and in a high Fever for some Days; he appeared always very desirous of Devotion and Instruction, and was earnest to come up to Chappel, which he did before he was able to walk, by the assistance of his Wife and others, and behav'd himself decently. Peter Rivers< no role > and John Carter< no role > appear'd very Sullen and Morose, only one of them was sometimes a little officious in directing a little Discourse to his Visiters; but so soon as he saw that he was ob