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CONFESSION OF PRITCHARD.
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CONFESSION OF PRITCHARD. Srr3aOIaJn is the full confession made by the condemned criminal Pritchard, now lying in Glasgow Gaol for execution on the 28th inst. It will be remembered that he made another confession on the llth inst., but that is withdrawn, and a truthful confession made. Here it is in fully " Confession by Edward William Pritchard, and made in the presence of an All-seeing God, and of the Rev. T. Watson
Oldham, Samuel, Burslem, ::;tatl’orùshire. Pugh, Richard, Llandovery, South Wales. Reid, Kenneth, Montreal. Stafford, Thomas Edward, Long Bennington. Stuart, Robert, Woolwich. Thorp, Disney, Maldon, Essex. Williams, Eyton Owen, Llanrhaiadar, Denbighshire. At this meeting of the Court, Mr. John Hilton, F.R.S., Surgeon to Guy’s Hospital, took his seat as an Examiner, in the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. James Moncrieff Arnott. The following gentlemen were admitted Members on the
Reid, my present spiritual adviser, on the 19th day of July, 1865, at Glasgow Prison, for communication to the proper 26th inst. :authorities. I, Edward William Pritchard, in the full possesAndrews, Richard Jas., Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire. Middlesex.
Beck, Marcus, Isleworth, sion of all my senses, and understanding the awful position in Branson, Henry John, Sydney-street, Brompton. which I am placed, do make free and open confession that the Denne, Henry, Sandwich, Kent. sentence pronounced upon me isjust ; that I am guilty of the Elphinstone, Robert, Streatham, Surrey. Gowing, Benjamin, Lowestoft. death of my mother-in-law, Mrs. Taylor, and of my wife, Grindrod, John Albert, Rochdale. Mary Jane Pritchard ; that I can assign no motive for the Haydon, Nathaniel Thomas John, Bovey Tracey. conduct which actuated me beyond a species of terrible madHeald, Samuel Linley, Brighouse, near Normanton. Hicks, William T. G., Toddington, near Dunstable. I hereby freely and fully ness and the use of ardent spirits. Hill, Frederick Adolphus, Wookey, Somersetshire. state that the confession made to the Rev. R. S. Oldham on Kinnear, Richard, Weston-super-Mare. the llth day of this month was not true, and I hereby confess Kinsey, Robert Henry, Canterbury. that I alone, not Mary Macleod, poisoned my wife in the way Lyddon, Charles, Exeter. John Thomas, Aberystwith. Morgan, in evidence at that death out Mrs. trial ; my Taylor’s brought Palmer, Clement, Haddiscoe, Norfolk. was caused according to the wording of the indictment I furRichardson, Arthur, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire. ther state to be true ; and the main facts brought out on my Rust, Henry Robert Glover, Weathcrsiield, near Braintree. Rutherford, William, Edinburgh. trial I hereby fully acknowledge, and now plead wholly and Sanders, Geo. Cooper, Moulton, near Northampton. solely guilty thereto, and may God have mercy on my soul ! Weekes, Henry, Brompton, Kent. I pray earnestly for repentance not to be repented of, and for The following gentlemen have just passed the preliminary forgiveness from Almightv God, through the intercession of examinations in general knowledge:our blessed Redeemer, Mediator, and Advocate, Jesus Christ F. D. Adkins, E. W. Alabone, H. H. Backhouse, W. M. Beor, H. B. Bailey, the Lord and Saviour. Fellow-creatures, pray for me, and let Francis Bone, J. A. Bell, T. T. J. Bull, W. C. Blaker, E. H. Brown, C. H. I have now to record Beardshaw, E. A. Brash, F. R. Bernard, H. A. Cavendish, T. D. Cooke, me add I am in charity with all men. A. E. Cumberbatch, G. D. Deeping, E. H. Downing, G. A. my humble thanks to all who have taken part in any way for Samuel Cresswell, A. H. Evans, T. R. Edmundson, F. T. Fisher, Richard Fletcher, my interest. First to their Lordships the Judges for their Dundas, John Fisher, Innes Griffin, Wm. Gill, C. J. Green, C. F. Grindrod, Timothy great patience, forbearance, and careful consideration of my Hamilton, Henry Harris, H. A. Hawkins, H. F. E. Harrison, W. H. Heygate, S. T. Huggins, H. B. Hawkins, Philip Havens, William Jones, Jas. James, and of the to all the I to the gentlemen case, officials ; jury ; cannot help mentioning the Clerk of the High Court of Justi- F. E. Jackson, W. H. Jenkins, J. R. Joseph, S. C. Jones, A. E. Kynaston, Percival Kingsford, H. R. Ker, M. H. Laxton, G. D. N. Leake, David Levison, ciary, the Governor (Mr. Smith), of the Edinburgh Gaol, the Hervey Lowndes, Edward Madeley, Lewis Mackenzie, F. J. Naish, William C. J. Newton, Wright Nicholson, A. W. Orwin, J. E. H. Pughe, chaplain, Rev. Mr. Russell, Head-warder Nelson, Warders I, Nettle, Urban Pritchard, W. A. Parker, W. H. Pearce, T. F. Pickering, F. P. F. John Livingston and Mackintosh ; the Governor of Glasgow E. B. Robertson, J. G. Rimell, E. R. Rowland, William Radcliffe, Ransom, Mr. Mr. Prison, Amour, head-warden; chaplain, Howell Rees, Stirling ; A. H. Sandiland, Edward Skinner, Thomas Snaith, J. A. Smith, Mr. Doran ; his assistants, Messrs. Hogg and Troup ; War- I E. B. Sproule, George Stone, J. C. Skinner, Henry Sewill, Reginald Taylor, ders Mutrie, Thomson, &c.; to Drs. Leishman and Dewar, R. W. Thomas, G. S. Thom, T. S. Townsend, Edmund Vialls, Thomas J. W. Watson, W. W. Westcott, W. E. Williams. surgeons to Glasgow Prison ; and Dr. Simpson, of Edinburgh Whittington, Gaol. To the non-officials my heartfelt thanks are specially APOTHECARIES’ HALL.—The following gentlemen due; to the Rev. Dr. Miller, of Free St. Matthew’s, Glasgow; passed their examination in the Science and Practice of Mediand to other ministers who had written me, not adding their cine and received certificates to practise on the 20th inst:names ; to Dr. Norman M’Leod, may God bless him ; and to Byrne, James, Little Ilford, Essex. my own immediate faith-professors, Rev. R. S. Oldham and Ilott, James John, Robert-street, Hampstead-road. Rev. T. Watson Reid ; to the police authorities-SuperintenNanney, Lewis Charles, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Pughe, David Roberts, Aberdovey. dent M’Call and police at the central office, Glasgow ; to SerSpurgin, Herbert Branwhite, Thrapston, Northamptonshire. geant Stewart, of the Edinburgh police force ; and the sheriffAs an Assistant:officers Wilson, of Glasgow, and Ferguson, of Edinburgh ; and Bindloss, Geo. Fred., Leighton-road, Kentish-town. to many others whose courtesy and kindness I cannot forget; The following gentlemen also on the same day passed their above all to Sir Archibald Alison, Sheriff, &c., for his humane, gentle treatment while undergoing his legal duties. May each first examination:-John and’ all accept the thanks of a dearly penitent sinner, and may Bingham, Joseph, University College. Mayer, Henry Charles, Meath Hospital, Dublin. Heaven be their reward, is the last prayer of Edward William Moore, Walter, Westminster Hospital. Pritchard. Pinder, William Parker, University College. "JoHX STIRLING, Governor, Witness. "JOHN ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.-A competitive exa’’ EDWARD GEARY, Warder, Witness. "EDWARD mination of candidates for commissions in the medical depart"JOHN MUTRIE, Witness." MuTRiE, Warder, ment of her Majesty’s army will commence at Chelsea Hospital on Monday, August 7th. SWANSEA INFIRMARY. A new infirmary is to be erected at Swansea. 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offered Prof. Bernardino Gomez, of Lisbon, following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examina- the title of Baron, which the professor, however, respectfully tions for the diploma, were admitted Members of the College declined. at a meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 25th inst. :- ’ We regret to state that the PROF. MALGAIGNE. Anderson, William, Newca,si’Je-on-Tyne. Ashton, John Henry, Margate. health of this eminent surgeon is far from improving. He has Berry, Other Windsor, Canonbury-road, Islington. just resigned his surgical chair at the Faculty of Medicine of Butler, William Harris, Old Charlton, Kent. Paris. Creighton, Thomas, Niorpeth. Gimson, Thos. Stevens, Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-square. A VOLUNTEER TO STUDY THE CHOLERA AT ALEXHett, Geotfrev Brigg, Lincolnshire. ANDRIA.-Dr. Henry Favre, the editor of La France ff6dicale, Hoffmeister, William, Cowes, Isle of Wight. Hope, John, South Shields. has just proceeded, at his own expense, to Alexandria, to Humphrey, Arthur, Balham Hill, Surrey. watch the progress and nature of the epidemic cholera now Jackson, Robert, Catchg-ate, Gateshead. Jones, Edward Seott, Weston-super-Mare. prevalent in that city.
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CONFESSION OF PRITCHARD. Srr3aOIaJn is the full confession made by the condemned criminal Pritchard, now lying in Glasgow Gaol for execution on the 28th inst. It will be remembered that he made another confession on the llth inst., but that is withdrawn, and a truthful confession made. Here it is in fully " Confession by Edward William Pritchard, and made in the presence of an All-seeing God, and of the Rev. T. Watson
Oldham, Samuel, Burslem, ::;tatl’orùshire. Pugh, Richard, Llandovery, South Wales. Reid, Kenneth, Montreal. Stafford, Thomas Edward, Long Bennington. Stuart, Robert, Woolwich. Thorp, Disney, Maldon, Essex. Williams, Eyton Owen, Llanrhaiadar, Denbighshire. At this meeting of the Court, Mr. John Hilton, F.R.S., Surgeon to Guy’s Hospital, took his seat as an Examiner, in the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. James Moncrieff Arnott. The following gentlemen were admitted Members on the
Reid, my present spiritual adviser, on the 19th day of July, 1865, at Glasgow Prison, for communication to the proper 26th inst. :authorities. I, Edward William Pritchard, in the full possesAndrews, Richard Jas., Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire. Middlesex.
Beck, Marcus, Isleworth, sion of all my senses, and understanding the awful position in Branson, Henry John, Sydney-street, Brompton. which I am placed, do make free and open confession that the Denne, Henry, Sandwich, Kent. sentence pronounced upon me isjust ; that I am guilty of the Elphinstone, Robert, Streatham, Surrey. Gowing, Benjamin, Lowestoft. death of my mother-in-law, Mrs. Taylor, and of my wife, Grindrod, John Albert, Rochdale. Mary Jane Pritchard ; that I can assign no motive for the Haydon, Nathaniel Thomas John, Bovey Tracey. conduct which actuated me beyond a species of terrible madHeald, Samuel Linley, Brighouse, near Normanton. Hicks, William T. G., Toddington, near Dunstable. I hereby freely and fully ness and the use of ardent spirits. Hill, Frederick Adolphus, Wookey, Somersetshire. state that the confession made to the Rev. R. S. Oldham on Kinnear, Richard, Weston-super-Mare. the llth day of this month was not true, and I hereby confess Kinsey, Robert Henry, Canterbury. that I alone, not Mary Macleod, poisoned my wife in the way Lyddon, Charles, Exeter. John Thomas, Aberystwith. Morgan, in evidence at that death out Mrs. trial ; my Taylor’s brought Palmer, Clement, Haddiscoe, Norfolk. was caused according to the wording of the indictment I furRichardson, Arthur, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire. ther state to be true ; and the main facts brought out on my Rust, Henry Robert Glover, Weathcrsiield, near Braintree. Rutherford, William, Edinburgh. trial I hereby fully acknowledge, and now plead wholly and Sanders, Geo. Cooper, Moulton, near Northampton. solely guilty thereto, and may God have mercy on my soul ! Weekes, Henry, Brompton, Kent. I pray earnestly for repentance not to be repented of, and for The following gentlemen have just passed the preliminary forgiveness from Almightv God, through the intercession of examinations in general knowledge:our blessed Redeemer, Mediator, and Advocate, Jesus Christ F. D. Adkins, E. W. Alabone, H. H. Backhouse, W. M. Beor, H. B. Bailey, the Lord and Saviour. Fellow-creatures, pray for me, and let Francis Bone, J. A. Bell, T. T. J. Bull, W. C. Blaker, E. H. Brown, C. H. I have now to record Beardshaw, E. A. Brash, F. R. Bernard, H. A. Cavendish, T. D. Cooke, me add I am in charity with all men. A. E. Cumberbatch, G. D. Deeping, E. H. Downing, G. A. my humble thanks to all who have taken part in any way for Samuel Cresswell, A. H. Evans, T. R. Edmundson, F. T. Fisher, Richard Fletcher, my interest. First to their Lordships the Judges for their Dundas, John Fisher, Innes Griffin, Wm. Gill, C. J. Green, C. F. Grindrod, Timothy great patience, forbearance, and careful consideration of my Hamilton, Henry Harris, H. A. Hawkins, H. F. E. Harrison, W. H. Heygate, S. T. Huggins, H. B. Hawkins, Philip Havens, William Jones, Jas. James, and of the to all the I to the gentlemen case, officials ; jury ; cannot help mentioning the Clerk of the High Court of Justi- F. E. Jackson, W. H. Jenkins, J. R. Joseph, S. C. Jones, A. E. Kynaston, Percival Kingsford, H. R. Ker, M. H. Laxton, G. D. N. Leake, David Levison, ciary, the Governor (Mr. Smith), of the Edinburgh Gaol, the Hervey Lowndes, Edward Madeley, Lewis Mackenzie, F. J. Naish, William C. J. Newton, Wright Nicholson, A. W. Orwin, J. E. H. Pughe, chaplain, Rev. Mr. Russell, Head-warder Nelson, Warders I, Nettle, Urban Pritchard, W. A. Parker, W. H. Pearce, T. F. Pickering, F. P. F. John Livingston and Mackintosh ; the Governor of Glasgow E. B. Robertson, J. G. Rimell, E. R. Rowland, William Radcliffe, Ransom, Mr. Mr. Prison, Amour, head-warden; chaplain, Howell Rees, Stirling ; A. H. Sandiland, Edward Skinner, Thomas Snaith, J. A. Smith, Mr. Doran ; his assistants, Messrs. Hogg and Troup ; War- I E. B. Sproule, George Stone, J. C. Skinner, Henry Sewill, Reginald Taylor, ders Mutrie, Thomson, &c.; to Drs. Leishman and Dewar, R. W. Thomas, G. S. Thom, T. S. Townsend, Edmund Vialls, Thomas J. W. Watson, W. W. Westcott, W. E. Williams. surgeons to Glasgow Prison ; and Dr. Simpson, of Edinburgh Whittington, Gaol. To the non-officials my heartfelt thanks are specially APOTHECARIES’ HALL.—The following gentlemen due; to the Rev. Dr. Miller, of Free St. Matthew’s, Glasgow; passed their examination in the Science and Practice of Mediand to other ministers who had written me, not adding their cine and received certificates to practise on the 20th inst:names ; to Dr. Norman M’Leod, may God bless him ; and to Byrne, James, Little Ilford, Essex. my own immediate faith-professors, Rev. R. S. Oldham and Ilott, James John, Robert-street, Hampstead-road. Rev. T. Watson Reid ; to the police authorities-SuperintenNanney, Lewis Charles, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Pughe, David Roberts, Aberdovey. dent M’Call and police at the central office, Glasgow ; to SerSpurgin, Herbert Branwhite, Thrapston, Northamptonshire. geant Stewart, of the Edinburgh police force ; and the sheriffAs an Assistant:officers Wilson, of Glasgow, and Ferguson, of Edinburgh ; and Bindloss, Geo. Fred., Leighton-road, Kentish-town. to many others whose courtesy and kindness I cannot forget; The following gentlemen also on the same day passed their above all to Sir Archibald Alison, Sheriff, &c., for his humane, gentle treatment while undergoing his legal duties. May each first examination:-John and’ all accept the thanks of a dearly penitent sinner, and may Bingham, Joseph, University College. Mayer, Henry Charles, Meath Hospital, Dublin. Heaven be their reward, is the last prayer of Edward William Moore, Walter, Westminster Hospital. Pritchard. Pinder, William Parker, University College. "JoHX STIRLING, Governor, Witness. "JOHN ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.-A competitive exa’’ EDWARD GEARY, Warder, Witness. "EDWARD mination of candidates for commissions in the medical depart"JOHN MUTRIE, Witness." MuTRiE, Warder, ment of her Majesty’s army will commence at Chelsea Hospital on Monday, August 7th. SWANSEA INFIRMARY. A new infirmary is to be erected at Swansea. The committee have purchased a site of two and a half acres; and the building is to contain 100 beds. -
Medical News.
ROYAL COLLEGE
OF
SURGEONS
OF
HONOUR DECLINED.
ENGLAND.-The
-
It would appear that the
offered Prof. Bernardino Gomez, of Lisbon, following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examina- the title of Baron, which the professor, however, respectfully tions for the diploma, were admitted Members of the College declined. at a meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 25th inst. :- ’ We regret to state that the PROF. MALGAIGNE. Anderson, William, Newca,si’Je-on-Tyne. Ashton, John Henry, Margate. health of this eminent surgeon is far from improving. He has Berry, Other Windsor, Canonbury-road, Islington. just resigned his surgical chair at the Faculty of Medicine of Butler, William Harris, Old Charlton, Kent. Paris. Creighton, Thomas, Niorpeth. Gimson, Thos. Stevens, Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-square. A VOLUNTEER TO STUDY THE CHOLERA AT ALEXHett, Geotfrev Brigg, Lincolnshire. ANDRIA.-Dr. Henry Favre, the editor of La France ff6dicale, Hoffmeister, William, Cowes, Isle of Wight. Hope, John, South Shields. has just proceeded, at his own expense, to Alexandria, to Humphrey, Arthur, Balham Hill, Surrey. watch the progress and nature of the epidemic cholera now Jackson, Robert, Catchg-ate, Gateshead. Jones, Edward Seott, Weston-super-Mare. prevalent in that city.
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