370 



ANNUAL REGISTER, 



1805. 



Bridge-street, Black Friars ; and 

 the latter for cutting and maiming 

 Benjamin Chantry. On the pre- 

 ceding day they evinced a shocking 

 example of hardened depravity. 

 These wretched men, from the hour 

 of their confinement in the cells, 

 had expressed the greatest contempt 

 of their situation : When the keep- 

 er went in the morning to warn them 

 of their approaching execution, they 

 behaved in so determined and rio- 

 tous a manner, ihat it was necessary 

 to secure them with heavy irons (o 

 the floor. Hayward, who is sup- 

 posed to have procured a knife 

 from his wife while she was permit, 

 ted to see him, rushed upon the 

 keeper during the altercation, and 

 would have stabbed him with it, if 

 he had not left the cell. They ut- 

 tered the most horrid imprecataous: 

 and after declaring, in cant terms, 

 that they would " die game," 

 threatened to murder the ordinary 

 if he attempted to visit them. Their 

 behaviour in all respects was so 

 abandoned, that the attendants Mere 

 deterred from further interference, 

 and left them to their fate. At an 

 early hour this morning, both the 

 above prisoners being allowed to 

 walk in the press-yard, Dr. Ford 

 importuned Hayward to pray; 

 when the misguided wretch called 

 him by every opprobrious name he 

 could think of, and exhorted his 

 companion to die game. Tennant 

 shed tears, showed some contrition, 

 and suffered the ordinary to attend 

 him to the scaflbld. When the time 

 for quitting the court-yard ^arrived, 

 Hayward called to a friend to deli- 

 ver him a bundle, out of which he 

 took an old jacket and a pair of 

 old shoes, and put them on. 

 " Thus," says he, " will I defeat 

 the prophecies of my enemies ; they 



ha^e often said I should die in mjr 

 coat and shoes, and I am determined 

 to die in neither." Being told it 

 was time to be conducted to the 

 scaffold, he cheerfully attended the 



summons. 



having 



first ate some 



bread and chee.se, and drank a quan- 

 tity of coliee. Before he departed, 

 however, he called out in a loud 

 voice to the prisoners who wer« 

 looking through the upper windows 

 at him, " Farewell my lads, I am 

 ju.3t going off; Crod bless you !''— 

 " We are sorry for you,'' replied 

 the prisoners. " I want none of 

 your pity," rejoinid Hayward; 

 " keep yo'ir snivelling till it be your 

 own turn." Immediately On his 

 arrival upon the scafl'old, he gave 

 the mob three cheers, introducing 

 each with a " hip ho !" while the 

 cord was preparing, he continued 

 hallowing to the mob. It was 

 found necessary, before the usual 

 time, to put the cap over his eyes, 

 besides a silk handkerchief by way 

 of bandage, that his attention might 

 be entirely abstracted from the 

 spectators. Dr. Ford continued in 

 prayer with Tennant,Avho listened to 

 him, but did not join with him. 

 Just as the noose was placed round 

 his neck, he emphatically exclaimed, 

 " Lord have mercy upon me !" 

 Hayward muttered some words in 

 reply, which were not perfectly un- 

 derstood, but were supposed to be 

 said to Tennant by way of re- 

 proacli. He then gave another hal- 

 lo, and kicked off his shoes among 

 the spectators, many of whom were 

 deeply affected at the obduracy of 

 his conduct. Soon afterwards the 

 platform dropped. 



A mechanic at Bombay is said to 

 have discovered a process by which 

 to extract from the saw-dust and 

 shavings made in building a vessel, as 



much 



