The Scene at Newgate. [BY A SPECIAL REPORTER.]

THE EXECUTION.

This morning, at eight o'clock, in Newgate Gaol, Israel Lipski, the self-confessed murderer of Miriam Angel, was hanged. Although executions aro so frequent in Newgate thafr ( i&cteous black structure

upon which tthoy toleo place is never dismantled, this morning's incident is not devoid of interest, partly on account of the race of -the culprit, many years having elapsed since a Jew was sent to the scaffold in London, and partly on account of the mystery winch, till last night's confession of the prisoner set all doubts at rest, enveloped the case. It was not surprising-, thercforo, to find persons present at the scone who otherwise would certainly not have troubled themselves to visit "Newgate at so early an hour of the morning, and on so bright a day. Incidentally it may bo remarked that all the arrangements for the execution were excellently bupervibed by Mr Alderman, Sir H. A. Isaacs, the Sheriff, and that no needless horror wa i added to the necessarily gloomy ceremonial. Whether for Christian or Jew about to dcpai t this life at the .hands of the common hangman, the passing boll of St. Sepulchre's Church is tolled "at? for n. parting soul" whenever an execution takes place at Newgate, and at a quarter to eight o'clock ibis morning its dreary tones sounded loudly thiough the Old Bailey. A great crowd had collected outside the gaol — oulerly, but a little excited— and its member* towards eight o'clock could be seen, by tho^e who waited in the warder's lodge, to be craning their necks forwaid to see if tfie "Black Flag 1 ' weie yet hoisted, in the public-houses a 1 oaring tiade was being done ; for those «who had come to see the evidence ot LipshiV deatli were for the moat part of the cla^s w hich patronhe the beer and gin-shop. Quietly the police w alLed backw aulb andforwards, kecpi-ig the throng irom piecing upon the gates 01 the gaol, and gently removing some curious individual w ho had come to the wai dor's lodge on the faint chance of gaining admission on some M'ch frivolous plea as wanting to <-ec Mr Vhiywnul, or the Sheritf, or the Under-Shu-ill", and who would not go away till the surong but quiet arm of the law remo\ed him. Tolling slowly, the bell seemed to mo\e the minute bouts along, till at last the warders who had charge of those of Ub who waited in the lodge signified that it was time for u& to he moving u> the scadold-yard. The Sheiiti (Mr Alderman Isaacs), with the Under-Shenlf and a small party of gentlemen, had passed by the grated door which shut us in, and had gone to the condemned cell, where Berry was waiting to pinion the culpiit, and the hand-, j of the dial noted that the time of Lip&ki wa- now getting veiy short. Our ionic to the yard lay by a circuitous 1 passage, which pa^ed by sonic of the examining rooms of the gaol, and it certainly struck me that the walk \\ hich the eulput had <o take to the place of his death wu- a long one. Having othei criminals hanged, 1 had certainly a fear that the icsult would bo some faintness of the condunned man, and that wo should be v, it-ne-^e- of the painful scone ; it was a long w alk for us. "What," I thought, "w ill it be 101 Lipski !"' The appearance of the yard v.^eoitamly, however, a surprise, and, at thu ii->k of appearing somewhat frivolous, a pleasant surprise to me. When last L vih at Newgate a black hideous scaiiold had giected me on cntciing the execution yaul ; i% long lepulbive sttucture, which with '•teps to mount and a nanow diop to stand upon, was calculated to chill the heart not only of the doomed, bur. the beholder. But this morningallwasalteicd— a neat shed with a sloping loof and a falling window , so supported that, when standing on the diop, only the face and shoulders of the culprit could be .seen, had been erected in one coiner of the yaid ; the steps had been done away with, the enhance to the shed wat o:i a lovel with the iloor, and the diop opened into a deep brick -built cellai in the ground. It was, ot any rate, not a repulsive place to die in, or to look at. It had nothing of the dread accessories of death about it: there was no open giave for the culprit near it ; butior a rope which dangled near the drop, and which, curious ton late, was not used, theie was nothing w hate\er to indicate that it was the official execution place for murderers. Slowly the bell tolled 'as we took up our places at the side of the shed, while some, who were .Tows, opened their prayer-books, and began to iccite the Hebiew prayers for the dj ing. Eight o'clock was now striking, and "the hour of the condemned man had arrived. Suddenly those who were standingnearest the door of the pat-sages thiough which we had passed lifted their hats, a sine sign that the funeral procession of the prisoner was coming. Here lam bound to "ay thcro was a marked relief fiom the horrible accompaniments of the Christian execution. Usually, the first sounds that aro heard of the approach of such a cortege as that which we were nowawaiting aro the wailing notes of the clergyman as he recites the most dolorous parts of the English Buiial Ser\ice. " Man that is born of a woman " falls upon the eav in its most painful cadences, cutting the trembling culprit to the heart and troubling the minds of all onlookers. But this morning thpre was none of this annoyance. Slowly and silently advancing, there appeared first two warders directing the way, then a Jewish clergyman, habited in the graceful Eastern hat and gow m , softly reciting the prayer (in Hebrew) which begins, "Hear, oh Israel, the Lord our God is one God. Blessed be the name of His glory and His kingdom for evermore." There is no uncomfortable noise ; the sound comes through the corridor into the yard with a musical cadence ; it soothed the spectators as it seemed to quiet the prisoner. Lipski followed, pinioned tightly but supported on either side by two warders who led him along slowly, and with much tenderness. 1 was much struck by his appearance, which altogether belies the extraordinary likenesses of him which appeared in a paper which caters for sensation. I had expected to see a somewhab dark and elderly - looking man, of European Jewish typo, come into the corridor, instead of which there appeared a tall, thin, and very young-looking man, with light sandy hair, thin moustache and beard of the some colour — the very typs of the actual Jew of the Holy Land.