THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c.

BY Virtue of the King's Commission of the Peace, OYER, and TERMINER, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, held before the Right honourable Sir WILLIAM CALVERT< no role > , Knight , Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Honourable Sir THOMAS DENNISON< no role > , Knt . the Honourable Baron CLIVE, Mr. Justice BIRCH, RICHARD ADAMS< no role > , Esq ; Recorder , and other of his Majesty's Justices of OYER, and TERMINER, and Goal Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City of London, and County of Middlesex, at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey , on Thursday the 11th , Friday the 12th , Saturday the 13th, of April in the 22d Year of his Majesty's Reign; LAURENCE LEE< no role > , PETER MURPHY< no role > , JAMES PEN ROY< no role > , PATRICK HAYES< no role > , and JOHN ROGERS< no role > , were capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death accordingly.

LEE< no role > , and MURPHY< no role > , being of the Roman Catholick Persuasion, have been attended by a Romish Priest, according to the usual Custom; and HAYES< no role > , the Day after the Warrant for Execution came down, was at the Persuasion of his Aunt and the said Priest, induced to come in to die in that Persuasion; tho' he had before declared to me that no one should prevail with him so to do, in Presence of JOHN ROGERS< no role > the Day before. ROGERS< no role > seem'd sensibly affected with the Unhappiness of his sad Fate in this World, shewed great Marks of Repentance.

On Wednesday the 28th Instant , the Report of five Malefactors was made by Mr. Recorder to his Majesty, when he was pleased to order the four following for Execution, viz. Laurence Lee< no role > , Peter Murphy< no role > , Patrick Hayes< no role > , and John Rogers< no role > , on Monday the 3d of July .

His Majesty was pleased at the same Time to grant a free Pardon to James Penroy< no role > , it appearing that the Prosecutors