The Sun. — London, England, 1829-01-03 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER RACES. Desirons, despite all labour and expence, of laying before oUr sporting readers the earliest intelligence connected With sporting enbjecis, we have received fro►n York a list of the nomination of the Great St. Leger for 1629. The torainittion already received amount to 81 ; and it is pro bable there will be some additional names from London and Newmarket by to-morrow's poet. The following are the nuir.bers for the different stakes ChamNgtie Stakes, S't ; Doncaster Stakes, 16 ; Four- Year old StArs, 3 ; Doncaster Racing Club Stakes, 4 ; Clevelsod Stakes, 13 ; Two-par old Stakes, 33 ; Gas eoigre Btakes, 9; Filly stakes, 10; Sweepttakes of 90 "'Ts. otta, 2i ; Stakes far four-year olds, &c. of 23 sous. each., 8. THE GREAT ST. LEGER STAKES. A Sweepstakes of Q, moo. each, for three-year old colts Bat. till). fillies Bat. 3114—St. Leger Conroe. R. Ot•ot.venor's I). c. Parr:wons, by Master Henry Mr. J. Gibson's b. c. by Filho do Puts—Mrs. Clarke Townroveis b. c. Tranhy, by Blacklock—Orville Loh! Scarborough's hr. c. Cistercian, by Catton—Paynator loird Scarborough's ch. f. by Pilgarliek, dam by Whisker Ler,l Scarborough's hr. f. by Catton— Dick Andrews Mr. Loy'A eh. c. Thatcher, by Blacklock, dam by Comas 31r, B tird's bl. r. Scotun, by Fitz-Orville—Marchesa Mr. March:lan's b. e. Bay 'Walton (late Marcus) by Filho Mr. Nowell's gr. a. Roundwuist, brother to Longwaist Mr. Nowell's It. c. by Walton—Rosanne Mr. Newell's f. by Orville or Walton--ais. to Troubadour Mr. _Novell's br. f. by Walton—Brown Duchess ?P.r% .1014zsoit's hr. to Meraury, by Filho—Loo Choo :,,6'rd Cleveland's hr. c. Voltaire, by Blacklock—Phantorr. Lord Cleveland's by. e. Tainhotr, by Blacklock—Alfana Lord Cleveland's h. to Stotforth, by Octavian —Sir Pant Lord Kolbnroc's hr. a. by Sololonsko—:Otorgiana Lord Kellernes gr. a. by Via -Dena—Nell Melden Mr. Darr:etre hr. f. by Illacklock—Arabella Mo. C. Attwood's hr., a. Leonardo, by Alijer...Lady Here's Mr. C. Attwood'a br. a. Screw), by Abjer—Loretta Sir R. Dodrworth's b. c„. Yoking Patrick, by St. Patrick Sir E. Doalsworth's h. c. Foundling, by Filho da Pato Air. St.' Paul's r. f. by Orvilie—Arbutus's darn Mr. Hontdaworth's hr. f. Lady Lonima, sister to Borodino 14-r. Hooldaworth'e eb. f. Fortitude, by Whisker —Fortuna Sir T. Stanley's b. e. by Whieker—Kit-Cat's darn Mr. Terrier's b. c. Navarino, by Blachluck—Comos Doke of Leeds's ch. c. St. Patrick—Rotlacantha Mr. T. 0. Powlett's hr. e. Penhill, by Jack Spigot. Mr. T. 0. Powlett's bl. f. by Jack Spigot—Mi.s Fanny Mr. Ridtlall'a ch. c. Lawn Sleeves, by Doctor Syntax Mr. Ridttall's cit. e. Zodiac, by Centaur, dam by Eaton Mr. Riddell'a h. c. Principe, by Whisker—Princess Mr. Ridadalc'e b. f. Clotilde, by Tramp—Neva Mr. Ri4iadale's ch. c. Tyke, by Tramp, darn by Cervantes Mr. Gully's br. c. Baltic, by Borodino Mr. Gttfly's h. f. Douation, by Bsrodirao Lord Fitnwilliatn'a b. f. sister to Mulatto, by Cotton Lord Milton's hr. e. llydalgo, by Cervantes—Yaleutins. Ur. Wilson's cb. c. brother to Reformer, by Whisker Mr. Peirre's b. c. by Frolic, Quicksilver's darn Con : King's ch. a. Madcap, by Blacklock or Tramp Major Yarborglt's hr. a. Pilgrim, by Blacklock Mr. Haywood's b. a. &traduced, by Cervantes Mr. Petro's eh. e. Rowtesa, by Olacan Ur, Petre's br. a. Cobbler Will, by Tramp Mr. Armitage's h. e. Netherby, by Cervantes. Lord Normanby'a cti, f. Florence, by Blucher MMr. W. Richardoon'a hr. f. Juliana, by Peter Lely r. Walker's gr. a. by Cannon Ball—Williamson's Ditto Mr. J. Scott's ch. f. Apollonia, by Whisker—My Lady Mr. Whiteheod's hr. n. St. Nicholas, by Shnovood Shaftoe's h. c. by. Lowry, darn by Whitworth Itlr. Chilton's b. e. I)un Jose, by Don Juan Mr. W. Fox's hr. a. by MacdtifT, dam by I3eningbrough Mr. Robinson's eh. c. Bolivar, by Blacklock—Tramp Mt. Bailey's br. c. Bridle, by Filho or Magistrate Mr. Gibbeson'a I). f. Lady Sarah Gibbeson'e br. e. Wandering Boy, by Oisean Mr. Gaitcoigne's b. a. by Smolensk°, dam by Waxy Mr. Gascoigna' ch. e. by Tramp, Coral Mr. Gascoigne's bl. f. by Smolensk°, Louisa Load Wilton's b. e. Felt, by Langar, sister to Starch Mr. H. Edward's eh. e. Hibernian, St. Patrick Lord Langford's b. e. Sir Hercnles, by Whalebone Lord Sligo's b. f. Vat, by Langer, Wire Lord Sligo's b. e. Prince Eugene, brother to Stelae Mr. Peirse's b. a. by Canon-Ball, darn by Camillus Mr. Earnahates br. 1. Elastic, by Waverley Mr. Realey'a b. a. by Grey 'Walton, dara by Colons Mr. Wetherell's ad. f. by Peter Lely, darn by Vermin Mr. Watt's b. e. Wodeublock, by Blacklock Mr. Watt's b. f. A:Tagalong, sister to Memnon M. Kirby's b. e. by Blacklock, Sheba's Queen Mr. Dryden'a:b. o. The Poet, by Catton Macbeth Lord Egremout'a b. e. by 'Whalebone, dam by Frolic Mr. Bower's be. a. Tit:flour, by Tramp, darn by Waxy Mr. W. Bnlkeley's hr. e. Shenkin, by Whisper Lupino Mr. Pettit's ch. a. Post Obit, by Woful, Posthoma LITTLE-GO OF YESTERDAY. FIUHT Rences's THE SPRIG' Or SHAMEOCI AND GIL EON, roe 1. .....sine.—Theme men met yesterday in a tield behind the Crown, Holloway. Gillon WAS seconded by Bill Bateman and Jack Gibbon ; the Sprig was stip ported by Ned Stockman and Jem Raines. The fight was a manly one, tip-standing and hearty, and was kept up for two hours and a quarter, when it was alleged that the Sprig had committed a faux pas, by giving Gillon two or three blows when he was on the ground, which caused a wrangle. The b.ittle-money was given np to Gillon by the stakeholder ; hut a meetin abort the bets is to take Flux! to-night at H g arry Uolt's. YAU DELL •ND DIJIHA Y DOWNlB.—Last night, at Tom Gaynor's, the fourth deposit in this match was made good. Yantlall was present, and looked in good health. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. AT TOiNTILENTS you TNE INSUINC) REEL. Majesty's Stag-hounds, on Monday, at Brick Bridga, s ' 2 ltr the Forest ; and Friday, at Salt-hill—at half-past ten. If lot pravented by the weather they will meet at the same P lace on the follol ' aing day. The Brighton Harriers, on Monday, at Patalm ; Wed naaday, near is Raoe Con roe ; and 'Friday, at the Dyke— at half -past ten. The Brookside Harriers will continue to meet every Monday, at Newmarket ; Wednesday, at the Lewes Race Conran ; and Friday, at Telleaceinlie Tye—at half-past ten. Mr. Meynell's Hounds, on Monday, at Foatou; Tlinrs 'lira at Calton; and Saturday, at Blithfield—at half- Past te a . .t h aWoreeatershire Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Bishop's Woad ; and Thursday, at Grafton Church—at half-past tea. Lord Petre's Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Landon-hills; Thnrsday, at Downham ; and Saturday, at Margaretting. The Packeridge Month, on Monday, at Birchanger ; Wt(l ntulay, at Winekee, near Hadham ; and Saturday, at The half-put ten. lha Granaden Hounds, on Monday, at Everaden-town ; and Friday, at the Kenos;—at ten. Earl Fitawilliana'a Hounds, on Monday, at Elton New I,n ; I ` )l ‘' ulay, at Q a "c 4 ; anti Strawday, at Balwick—at ten. and y ,„, arooronglia Hounda, on Monday, at Croxhy 1) , (1 7 ; ^ "lneaday, at Kettleby Thorp ; Friday, at Kin- Theg li and Saturday, at Rye-hill—at eleven. Cra `tn Hounds, on Monday, at Lily ; Weslneeday, at Lye Hi the !I Friday, at Chilton Lodge ; and Satur day, at florae Shaaa, y Loorn at half-past ten. Lord Anoton's Honnti ore Monday, at Sibeon ; Tees day, at Bnrlpage ; Friday, at Thorpe ; and laaturday, at Detford Town End ---at half-past ten. The Cheshire Hounds, on Monday, at Barr-bridge; Wednesday, at Shavington ; Thursday, at Comberrnere; and Saturday, at Wrenbury Village—at half-past ten. The Ang Imea Hounds, on Monday, at the Star Inn ; Wednesday, at Dragon -hill ; and Friday, at biadoe Ina— ba half past ten. Lord Scarborough'. Fox-hotinda, on Monday, at CI n tuber honse ; Wednesday, at Gate Wood ; Friday, at Grove ; and SAtariay, at Sandheak Park—at half-past ten. General Wm. Fitaroy's !founds, on Monday, at Brialey ; Wednesday, at Sporie Town's End; and Friday, at Mr. Deceit, litileisant--at eleven. The Westatve Stag-hattade, on Monday, at Dunham Lodge-gate ; and Frid a y, at t h e Kennel—at half-past ran. Mr. Alien's Harriers., on Monday, at Eastwinch ; 11414 Friday, at Shernborxiss—at eleven. The Qeora lionada, on Monday, at Allexton-hall ; Weolaesday, at Borten-ball ; Tharaclay, at Stankin-hall ; 41441 Friday, at Arnesby—et half-past ten. Sir John Cape's !founds, en Monday, at Bear Place, ii er , heic h ; w a a aet alay, at Basildon-park ; aad Friday, at tit, Mule Bowe, Aucklabnry—at half-peat tea. Jr. Free-mill/I's Harrier., on Monday, at Charlton ; Tharaday, at Denchworth ; and Saturday, at Cnrbridge gato-._at eleveci. The Vine Hounds, on Monday, at Popham Beacon ; 'Wednesday, at Grotto Coppice; and Saturthy, at West Sherbourne Church—at ten. 'The Emit Saseex Hounds, on Monday, at Hellingly— a quarter before eleven. Mr. Boycott's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Thatcher's ' Wood • and Friday, at Cantle-hill — at half-pe a t ten. This Shropehire Hounds, on Tuesday, at Pythian't gate; Wednesday, at riardwklc Orange ; Friday, at sun borne Castle; and S:itti:.d:ty, ttti, —at lialf-pamt ten. Mr. IVickstead's Fox-Ilttund4, at Crewe; and Friday, at Bridginrre htt!r t ist tt n. Mr. Densey's ll(undt;, n n Itirsday, at Er1 . 71,11.1%-;,te ; and Friday, at Wilier:kr t-n. Mr. King's Hotrnd.:, on l'ilegday, at Oxon-hon.:to ; and Friday, at Llinekland 13eacon—at ten. Mr. G. Uwe's Hounds, on Tnesday, at fitowlingtort— at ten. Mr. 11. M. Cbailirick'i Fox-hounds, on Tueetlay, at Tambora Park ; and Friday, at Ckelmsley Wood—at half past ten. Sir George Sitrell's Fox-Lounds, on Tneeday, at Win gercrorth ; and Friday, at the Ksnnels—at ten. The Badsworth Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, nt Pollington ; Thursday, at Robin Hood's Well; and S.:turd-Iy, at Frys ton—at malt-past ten. The Burton Bradstock Harriers, on Tuesday, at Corn comb Down; and Friday, at Toiler Water. The Blackmoor Vole Hounds, ats Tuesday, at Zears Green; and Friday, at Plumley Wood—at ten. Upton-upon-Severn Harriers, on 'friesday, at Castle morton ; and Friday, at the Kennel—at ten. Lord Harewood's Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Cross roads; Thursday, at Barnhani Moor; and Friday, at Tocktrell—at ten. • Mr, Lester': Harriers, on Wednesday, at the Shoulder of Mutton ; and Saturday, at Mr. Clapeott's Farm—at half-past ten. Sir T. Sykefi's Fox-bounds, on Wednesday, at Flaxton ; and Friday, at Nlillington—at ten. THE WEST-PORT MURDERS. (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) (Flom the Edinburgh Evening Courant.) It is a matter of general and unfeigned sur prise that the sanguinary traffic of Burke and his crew should not have been sooner stopped by those with whom they were in the practice of dealing. The suljects which he offered for sale were unin terred-- they were taken tyr in full health—some of them had about them vis;ble signs of recent mor tality; and,to the practised eye of professional skill, marks of a violent death. The corpse of Daft Jamie was, it appears, recognised in the class-room by a student who had actually seen him alive two days before. Now, how could this fact be possibly known without exciting instant suspicions ? Were there not here good grounds for investigation, and for setting on foot an anxious inquiry as to the source from which such a supply of dead bodi ce was derived ? Some questions appear indeed to have been asked at Burke respecting the body of Pater son ; and he grew angry, and threatened that he would supply them no longer if he were thus troubled. Here was farther ground of suspicion. Being again pressed, however, he framed a lying story, that he had purchased the body from the house where she died ; and this we are told sa tisfied all doubts. In this case they must surely have been easily satisfied. Did those who questioned Burke really expect that he wee to tell them that he had committed murder? Did they imagine that be would ever be in want of a lying story to hide his rillainies ? The plain course was to hare followed up the inquiry—to have asked what house he got the body from, and to have pro ceeded instantly to that house, either to verify his story, or to convict him of falsehood. On this sub ject the public are agitated to an intense degree; hard reflections are freely and fearlessly thrown out against those who had dealings with this man, and it is only by a thorough investigation into all the .circumstances, not only of the murder, but of the subsequent sale of the body, that their characters can be cleared of the stigma under which they at present labour. It is needless to add, that the me dicel faculty, generally, are above all suspicion. When Burke was removed from the Court-room to the lock-up-house, he was considerably agitated, and, throwing himself upon his knees, addressed a raver to God, whom he had so grievously offend e d. uring the rest of the day he was composed, and even spoke cheerfully to the police-mun who had the charge of him. He expressed his joy at the acquittal of M'Dougal. He also said that the Irish woman was murdered, not by him, but by Hare, in the manner described in Hare's testimony ; but ad mitted that, during the shocking operation, he held hands. He confessed that he had participated in many more murders than those he had been in dicted for; and said, that after his mind was com posed, he would make disclosures, which would im plicate several others, besides Hare and his wife, in the same crimes as those for which he was doomed to die. Ho was asked, how did he feel when he was pursuing his most horrible avocation ? He replied, that, in his waking moments, he had no feeling, but that, when he slept, he had fright ful dreams, which previously he had been unaccus tomed to. The fact is, that the wretch, when awake, by means of ardent spirits, steeped his senses in for getfulness ; and his excessive use of spirits accounts for his absolute penury at the time of his being ap prehended. He expressed a wish that one of his Counsel, whom he mentioned, would call upon him, that he might furnish him with notes of his life and adventures, as he was desirous to have his history published. At night he had short fits of sleep, during which he raved, but his expressions were inarticulate, and he grinded his teeth in the most fearful manner. Whenever he awoke, he was in a frantic state, bnt always recovered his composure ; and in the course of the evening he read two chap ters of the Bible. At two o'clock on Friday morn ing he was removed in a coach to the Calton Hill gaol, and put upon the gad. As before his trial, Burke had intimated his intention to destroy himself, he has, since his conviction, been constantly watched by a person stationed within hie cell. Burke, who is aged 32 or 33 years, was born in the parish of Orrey, county of Tyrone. His parents were of the order of peasantry, but respectable in their station. He was educated in the Catholic faith ; but, as a worthy Irishman, of the same re ligion, observed to us—" Since he came to Scotland his person was never known to darken a chapel door." He received good education for one of his rank, and seems a man of some intelligence. At one period, he made considerable sjms of money in the West Port, by writing begging petitions. Burke was originally brought up a weaver in Straban, but, tiring of that sedentary employment, he became a baker. The board teeing toe oppressive for his head, he deserted the baking trade, and entered himself a private in the Donegal Militia, in which his brother Constantine was a non-commissioned officer, and in which he himself served for five years. During most of that time he was a servrent to one of the officers, and acquitted him self with such propriety as gained the respect of all who knew him. He married, during the same time, a woman in Ballinha, county of Mayo, by whom he had two children, who are (lead; but his wife still survives in Ireland. Soon after his ar rival in Scotland, Burke engaged as a labeurer on the Union Canal, when he came to reside in Edin burgh, about eleven years ago ; but he has been oc casionally absent from that city for long periods. He pretended to be a cobler, but how he learnt the trade, or whether he ever learnt it, is known to no one. When he was upon the canal, he engaged in the trade of a resurrectionist, and practised it more or less until he entered upon the wore horrible ono of murder, the one, from its brutalizing tendencies, being a fitting preparative for the other. Previ ously to eighteen months ago, ha lived at Peebles, and went daily to road-making in the neighbour hood of Inverleithen. He then came to reside in Hare's house, and it was there he was first initiated by Hare, in the mysteries of kidnapping and murder. Of Bare little is known, his adventures not hav ing been no diversified as those of Burke. He was born in the neighbourhood of Londonderry, and re ceived a decent education. He came to Scotland to work at the Union Canal, and never rose higher than the rank of a labourer. He was in the custom of going to the country with a horse and cart, havin g crockery, for which he took old iron, and sold it to dealers in this city and the surrounding I country-. There is no doubt that for a long time past he has supported himself, and lived in profii gacy, upon the profits of murdering. A few years pgo, he connected himself with her whom he calls his wife, who had just become the widow of an Irishman of the more of Log, who kept a stall in the Grassmarket. She also is of Irish origin. Shortly after Log's death, and the commencement of her connection with Hare, she bore a child, which people in the neighbourhood assert (and upon very strong grounds) that she murdered, and that there would lie no difficulty in establi.shi►ig the case against her. It is singular that Hare's mother and sister arrived the other day in this city, on a visit to him; and it was not till they were within two miles of it that they were apprized of what had happened. Constantine Burke, who is now at large, labours under great depression of- spirits, and dread of the violence of the mob. He has been discharged from the employment of a scavenger, and received from the Sheriff a small sum to enable him to convey his family from Edinburgh. He always was a sober, most industrious, and poverty-oppressed man, which demonstrates that he had no connection with the crimes of his brother. It has been fully ascertained that he was absent front his house at work when Paterson was murdered within it. He admits that he once took a chest to Surgeons' Hall, being con ducted to the place by his brother and Hare, but without knowing its contents or its destination. He received 10s. for his trouble, which opened his eyes to the nature of the commodity he had been made the vehicle of; and he then declared that he washed his hands of all connection with their transactions. His impression then was, that they were simply re eurrectionists. He appears to be a very simple, in genuous, and kind-hearted individual; and the rank he bore in the army should speak loudly in his fa vour. It would be cruel in the extreme were the poor man to suffer on account of atrocities which he detests, committed by a man to whom it is his mis fortune and sorrow to be related. On Tuesday M'Dougal, who is still lurking about town, applied at the gaol to have an inter view with Burke, but was refused. Burke, since he went to gaol, has been remarkably composed and devout. The other day the Rev. Mr. Marshall of the Tolbooth church, and the Rev. Mr. Stuart, Ca tholic priest, called at the gaol to see him; and, on being asked which he would wish to converse with, he replied that he would hare both. It will afford some satisfaction to the public to know, that Hare and his wife are kept in close con finement, in separate cells, in the Calto►► gaol. No person is admitted to see them ; and there ca►► be no .doubt that if the Lord Advocate can procure eridence to convince a jury that they have been guilty of any other murders than those charged in the indictment on which Burke was tried, they will yet be visited with the punishment they de serve. Tke above statement is chiefly abridged from n contemporary of yesterday, and we have to add some farther particulars. There are several stories in circulation which have no foundation in truth.— In particelar, it has been stated that Burke denied any active participation in the murder of " Daft Jamie." 'Elia is not true, as we know, from the best authority, that he confesses himself guilty of all the charges in the indictment ; and, in particular, of his being a principal in this, as in various other murders. As far as we can learn this atrocious system has been carried on for about a twelvemonth past; and it does not appear that more than 13 persons have been murdered. The greater portion of these were females, there being only four men, poor wanderers from Ireland, and a boy imbecile in his mind, exclusive of " Daft Jamie." The females, in addition to those already mentioned, were, let, a drunken ein•ler-gatherer, decoyed, it is said, by Hare's wife, into a stable, rented by Hare, where she was murdered by Burke, Hare's wife standing outside the door, and watching through the key hole the accomplishment of the bloody deed. 2d, Jean Macdomgal, a young married female, and niece of the proper husband of Macdougal. 3d, Another female, reported to be a relative. It has been sup posed that Burke and his associates sold no bodies except of those whom they had murdered. This is a mistake. They were dealers in bodies, which they contrived to procure in such a manner that no suspicion was excited. The woman Macdougal waited on the Sheriff both on Saturday and Mon day, to give information against H are . r Last night she left town it second time, in a canal boat, accom panied by a police officer as far as Slateford, for Redding% near Falkirk, her native place. (From the Glasgow Courier.) The trial of Burke discloses a scene of horror un precedented in enormity in the annals of this coun try, and fixes a stain upon our national character, which immediate and further investigation, accom panied by punishment prompt, severe, and terrible, can only, can scarcely, wipe away. Let who will suffer, let who will be implicated in the crime and the consequences, the wholesystem, of which the con duct and proceedings of Burke form but a small part, must be exposed. Thera must be nothing left to imagination. The truth, and the whole truth, must be made known, and this in a manner that can nei ther be suspected nor disputed. Unless this is done, the public mind so dreadfully excited, and the public feeling awl character so dreadfully wounded, can never rest satisfied. Sufficient, and more than sufficient, has been disclosed to show that deeper and darker scenes of guilt and crime remain hid from the public eye, and which the public honour and public safety requires should be exposed and pu nished. The judicial authorities of this country, however painful the task, have no alternative left them. We neither pity nor envy the situation and the feelings of those medical men in Edinburgh, who have by some means or other, got themselves brought into notice by these tc:rible disclosures. (From tila Caledonian Mercury.) Every hour some fresh tale of horror reaches us. Since our last we have been told of many things— (aye, and told, too, by Anatomists)—calculated to freeze the very blood in our veins. Murder upon system—murder almost by wholesale, has been car ried on in this city for the last year and a half; and not only has it been systematically committed, to an extent which it is appalling to contemplate, but it has been perpetrated upon the most refined princi ples of anatomical science, and with a knowledge of the functions and organs of life, which few ordi nary medical practitioners possess, and which must have emanated from some higher source, yet on suspected or unknown. In fact, this is the most fearful, as it is the most melancholy and deplorable attribute of the crime; and it is one circumstance among many which calls loudly, and trumpet-tongued, for further investigation. The horrid circumstances which have been stated to us in regard to victims the disappearance and murder of whom have not yet been brought to the knowledge of the public, we for the present refrain from me►itioning, in the hope that the Lord Advocate will redeem the so lemn pledge which he gave to the Court and the country in the course of the late trial ; but matters have now coma to such a pass, and a system of such infernal iniquity has been revealed to us, by those whose dearest interest are concerned in hav ing the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, unravelled, that, unless some steps are speedily taken to bring to justice all those who have been concerned in it, we shall feel ourselves called upon to throw aside every feeling and every wish to spare by which we are now restrained, and to dis elose facts which we have reason to believe are al ready known to the legal authorities, but which, openly proclaimed to the world, they can no longer hesitate or refuse to investigate. To show the in dispensable necessity for a full explanation we beg our readers to attend to the mode in which it was proved at Burke's trial that the late murders had been committed. To render our statement intelli gible, however, it will be necessary to give some preliminary explanations. At every inspiration, the ribs of the chest or thorax are dilated by muscular action to an e;:tent of about one-f►fth larger than immediately after expira tion, and in cases of a full or strong inspiration, to nearly one-third. A paqial vacuum is thus pro duced, and the atmospheric air rushes in by the trachea to till the cavity in the diaphragm, the recipient of the air inspired, and to oxygenate the blood. In murder upon scientific principles, there fore, the first point is to compress the ribs of the thorax so 83 to prevent this dilation ; and if the compression be powerEl, it will of itself be turflicient to destroy life in a few minutes, without the applica tion of pressure to the throat at all, and without leaving on the body any external marks of violence. Even a full grown bull might he destroyed in this way in a very short space of time ; for independently of the necessity of respiration to the support of life, the blood, for want of oxygen, instantly be comes poisoned, and this of itself would occasion inunediate death. lf, however, to this compression of the ribs of the chest be added what 1);-. Christison called " throtling," or the simultaneous application of pressure to the trachea, nay, if the head were even thrown back so as to strain the windpipe out of its position, without any application to the throat nt fall, the consequence of the use of both means would be the immediate extinction of life. But mere " throtling" without compression of the chest, though it might produce deaf!' if carried the length of literal strangulation, would always leave external marks of violence, and might, as in the case of Daft Jamie, lead to a struggle perilous to the assassins themselves ; while the combination of both—of the compression of the chest and the trachea—is . equally easy and effectual, and is, moreover, the only mode in which the assassin could accomplish his deadly purpose without leaving traces of his murderous work on the body of his victim. We pray our readers to compare this desciiption with the mode in which Burke is proved by tile evidence on his trial to have proceeded in the mur der of Margery Campbell or Docherty. He threw himself upon her body, with his knees upon her chest, to compress the respiratory organs, in the manner above mentioned ; and at the same instant he grappled her by the throat : he prevented by his weight the expansion of the ribs, and at the same moment ha stopped the canal which communicates with the external air, thus insuring the almost imme diate and easy extermination of his victim. The clicking sounds that were heard must have been oc casioned by the sudden pressure npon the chest of the unfortunate woman when Burke threw his weight upon her, expelling violently the air contained in the lungs ; for after that she could have uttered no sound, and must have died in the gripe of die assas sin in the course of two or three minutes. And, in further illustration of the efficacy of this scientific mode of perpetrating murder, we may allude to what is stated and believed to hare taken place in the case of Daft Jamie. From his impatierice and impe tuosity the assassin missed his intended aim of plant ing his knees on the breast of the poor victim, and only grappled him by ttie throat. The consequence was, that the muscles of the chest being unencum bered, and the rest of the body free, the poor crea ' tura was able to exert his whole strength, and a des perate, a mortal struggle ensued, in the emirs° of which several severe external • wounds were inflicted on him. But had the assassin been as deliberate as in the case of the woman Docherty, the result would hare been the same*. Now, we ask, who taught Burke, a common Irish labourer of the very lowest class, to commit murder after a fashion, the science displayed in which is a subject of wonder and dismay to many of the most skilful anatomists in this city, with three of whom we have conversed in regard to it, and found them overwhelmed with horror and amazement. — Who, we say, taught Burke ?—for, that he was tutored as to the mode of committing the crime, no human being c.in entertain a shadow of doubt. We will answer the question,—it was Hare! But the same question again returns, who taught Hare, a person of the very same country and class with Burke ? This is a point to be resolved by the Public Prosecutor alone; and we adjure him, by the regard he is known to bear to the law, by the solemn pledge which he gave at the late trial in the face of the Court and the country, and by the sacred interests of eternal justice, to lose not a moment in taking steps to have it resolved. With unspeakable astonishment we have learned thu Hare is only detained in jail for his own personal protection until after New Year's day. But we cannot permit ourselves to give credit to the statement, notwithstanding we hare heard it from quarters where accurate information in regard to such matters is usually obtained. We would fain think it impossible. This subtle fiend was Thirke's master in the art of murder, and he has been longer engaged in the trade than his apt scholar, who is now delivered over to justice. We know, too, and are ready to state, where and to whom he offered murdered bodies for sale, recklessly admitting that they had been " popped," or in other words mur dered by him and his associates. Daft Jamie was murdered in his house, and in that assumption he was a principal, cot an accessary. But it may be said there is no proof. We utterly ridicule this idea. We know there is proof, and the mode in which it may be obtained has been pointed out to one of the honourable and learned Counsel for the Crown. Two individuals have been named, whose apprehension would lead to the unravelling of the whole of this great mystery of iniquity; from them every information necessary may be obtained neces sary to insure the conviction of this monster. We have heard it alleged that the Officers of the Crown became alarmed at the gigantic system of crime which, in the course of their inquiries, began to unfold itself; and that not knowing whither it might lead or whom it might ultimately implicate, and front a regard to the credit and honour of the country, they have been induced to stop short with the conviction they have already obtained, and to " smother" all further investigation. This, how ever, is mere stuff. As to the consequences said to be dreaded from pursuing the inquiries which had been opened up, we are sure that we speak the pub lic sentiment when we sly justice ought to be done ut whatever cost; and with respect to the honour of the country, we cannot conceive a mode in which it will be mote effectually Lased than by interposing to quash a matter of such terrific magnitude as this, and to leave suspicion to fancy horrors still more appalling than even the dreadful reality. A contemporary of Monday, speaking of Burke and his associates, says,." This gang of murderers found it Necessary rtt times to deceive the Jbudomista into a belief that the subjects sold had come from a distance." No such deception :vat ever practised! We have conversed on the subject with three of the most distinguished Anatomists of Edinburgh, who most solemnly assure us that no such deception was ever attempted upon them ; and that it could not by possibility have been " practised," because they would have infallibly detected and as certainly re fused every such subject. Moreover, they state that it is impossible to obtain before interment bodies which have died a natural death ; at least, that in the course of fifteen years' experience, they hare only known two instances in which such bodies were pro cured. The strongest feelings of human nature, they say, are opposed to it; and even if this were not the case, there are extrinsic difficulties (we need not specify them, as they must be easily divined by all who know any thing of the modes in which the Schools of Anatomy are regularly and legiti mately supplied) which render it quite impracticable. The inference from this is obvious. Uninterred bo dies:offered for sale would, from experience of the in superable difficulty of obtaining them, have roused their suspicion, and prcvmted the possibility of their being deceived in the manner stated by our contem porary. In illustration of this we may add, that the body of the unfortunate woman Campbell or Do cherty was offered for sale to a most respectable Teacher of Anatomy i n this city at or near one o'clock in the morning of the Ist of November (she " That such traces and marks were left on the body of Jamie is sufficiently proved by the fact, that his body was kept four or five days in spirits before it was laid on the dis secting table. The effect of immersion in spirits, we need scarcely say, is to remove the lividity consequent on exter nal bruises or contusions, to corrugate the skin, and to give it all one uniform colour. hail been murdered, as nor readers will remember, I;et,vixt 11 and 12 o'clock on the night of the 31st October;) that is, in less than an hour and a half after site had been murtbred ; and fifteen guineas rcer c , , demanded for the body ! hut our friend, after putting a few qne,tion , , to the fellows who waited upon him, peremptorily and tstt , rnly refitted to pur chase it any price, or to hare any thing whfttever to do with it. One of the fellows who waited upon him on this occasion was a conspicuous witness at the late trial, aril stated, upon oath, that all he learned from Burke when he called at the house of the latter about midnight was, that Lurke " had something there (pointing to the bed) for the Doc tors, which would be ready in the morning." To the gentleman in question, however, an hour or thereby after the murder was committed, he stated that the body he wished to dispore of was the body of a woman ; and that he had " a desperate gang" in his pay, through whim he could procure sit many subjects as he wished for. (From t 1), Glasgow Courier.) We return to this subject with fear, and with pain, and with shame and with horror. The narra tives in our present number give us the particulars of no fewer than six other murders committed by Burke and his associate Hare, each attended with g eater cruelty and barb::rity than the other. Besides three, we are here informed that Hare has confess ed himself kuilty of twelve different murders: Burke of many; and that within two years he had sold to one intlividual from thirty to forty bodies, which hail never been interred, and which there seems no room to doubt he had obtained by deliberate murder ; and we are told, moreover, that otl-,er n.isereants were' also on their own account, engaged in this trade in human blood ! The anatomists and dissectors to whom these murderers sold these bodies may say what they will, but they will never succeed in persuading any rational being that they could not have been aware fro: the appearance of the bodies that they must have come to death by violence, or, if it is possible that they could be so scientifically ignorant ; then, we say, the honour and the safety of the population of our coun try imperatively demand that they shall be placed before the public, and a special act of the Legislature procured to prohibit them from studying the science of anatomy, or from ever again coming ticar a human body, either as teachers or scholars, in any thing that appertains to either anatomy or medicine. The country will demand inquiry. We hold in our hands a letter from Haddington, which informs us, that a requisition is already lodged with the Provost of that Burgh, to call a meeting of the in habitants, in order " to take into consideration the nature of these dreadful deeds, and what measures may be necessary to prevent the perpetration of such diabolical crimes in future." Such meetings, says the respectable writer of the letter alluded to, " will, I hope, be general anti immediate. The country is outraged, and the desperate assassins must he exposed, and punished to the very utnost." So we say—so every rational being must say, on this occasion. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF HYDRO PHOBIA AT LOUGHBOROUGH. (FROX OUR REPORTER.) The attention of the Faculty of Leicestershire has been considerably excited by the death of an indi vidual at Loughborough, in that coancy, under the following peculiar circumstances :—lt appears that the deceased in question, an itinerant vender of tin wares, whose name was Grange, a resident of Loughborough, was proceeding, about six months ago, through Mount Sorrell, a small town between Loughborough and Leicester, with his stock in trade upon his head, when a large dog, of the cur species, attacked a smaller one, which was following at his heels ; the tinman, in order to save his faithful little servant from the jaws of the savage cur, stooped to lift it from the ground, when the cur seized him by the lip, which was bitten severely. The wound was sore for upwards •f a week, and at length healed. Nothing more was thought of the mat ter for four or fire months subsequently, when on various occasions he mentioned to his ac quaintances that a fancy continually haunted him that he would die in a similar way to Mr. Bryan's, of Six, Hills; alluding to a farmer who some time ago died raving mad from the effects of a dog's bite. He also expressed his fears that the ferocious cur which had bitten him months previously at Mount Sorrell was in a rabid state. The deceased being a man accustomed to indulge rather freely in his pota tions, his repeated assertions that he should " die mad," were treated by the persons to whom he made them with derision, supposing him to be in toxicated. However, on Monday last, the unfortu nate man was suddenly taken dreadfully ill, and be gan to betray the usual symptoms of insanity attending this horrible malady. He occasionally barked similar tola dog—frothed at the mouth, refused all sustenance, and recoiled at the appear ance of water. He was sensible of his situation at intervals, cautioned his attendants to bo aware of him, and having expressed his conviction that his death was at hand, he gave orders for his funeral, and threatened the surgeons with his re-appearance after death if they dared to touch his body with the knife. The physicians and surgeons by whom he was visited resorted to the customary means in casts of hydrophobia, which seldom prove efficacious; but their endeavours to save him were of no avail, the poor fellow expired in the greatest agonies on Wednesday last, being but three days from the first symptoms of hydrophobia appearing. Dr Pecch and Mr. Palmer, two eminent profes sional men, of Loughborough, opened the body, which they examined with the most minute care, but there were no appearances of disease in the least, on the contrary the interior seemed in a per fectly healthy state. The deceased was a widower and had no family, and is stated to have been some time since in good circumstances, Mr. Secretary and Ma. Peel left town yester day morning for Brighton. Since the beginning of the year three new periodical publications have appeared in Moscow., each twice a month : the Atenei, by Parisi", devoted to scien tific literature and bioAraphy ; the Ruskei Zretel, Spectator, by Kalaidovrich, fur history, antiquities, and general literature ; and the Nordische Bulletin, Northern Bulletin.—All2. Lit. Zeit. THE CoLLossEum.---A meeting yesterday took place at the Collosseum in Regent's-park of Mr. Horner's private friends, assembled for the purpose of suggesting some plan fir the raising of the funds necessary to complete this grand exhibition, which may be said to be of a national character. The several gentlemen who attended, after having been allowed to view the panorama, front the three tiers of circular galleries, representing a bird's eye view of London from the top of St. Paul's, the execution and large dimensions of which excite astonish ment, met at the lodge, when, after much desultory con versation, Sir S. •Bentham took the chair. Front Mr. Horner's own statement it appeared that he was plunged into his present dilemma by the disappearance of Mr. Stephenson, who had promiseti him extensive supplies, • but who, instead of keeping his word, had amused him with promises which he did not perform, and, instead of adding to the means which he lately pa/scaled to complete his works, had rather curtailed them. Front all that transpired it appeared that about 6,0001. and six weeks' time, were Alone wanting to finish the stupendous under taking ; hut, after the suggestion of various plans, by the issue of tickets or the obtaining of subscribers, the meet ing adjourned, under the impression that Mr. Horner would be able to supply all his wants by means of private negotiation, the persona who attended the meeting being naanimonsly of opinion that so magnificent and lucrative a concern would readily find the small amount required for its completion, in so wealthy and enterprising a country as this, the moment the circumstances of the case were ne,le known, supported as the projector was by persons of the highest rank, as well as others distinguished by their professional acquirements. It would seem that Mr. Hor ner. had his hands completely tied by Mr. Stephenson's presence, and the latter, not having fulfilled his promises, has been the chief cause of the exhibition not having already been opened for pablie view. SPIRIT OF MR LONDON JOURNALS. It is possible that the intelligence which we are now going to communicate might have reached us at an earlier hour had not an accident happened to our messenger. But it could not have been in time for yesterday's journal, and bad news, it may be said, always comes Soo* enough. We cannot be deceived in the ix curacy of our intelligence—would we :eight ! We should hope that we had character enough in the country to shelter us from the effects of one rtfistake, but we fear it iii too true that Lord Anglesea is recalled from if ?land ! The blow that is struck in that country will rebound hit her It is too late in the morning to say min! ! at present : we shall reserve ourse l ves till Monday, when we shall discuss the sub ject with the caution that it merits—with the caution and reserve which men ought, trom regard to their own influence, to show, wh o t, , speak on an event, the dies, of which i - "tt soon appear, and may by chance contradict ,heir dj, predictions, r, predictions a tl a ie t y pr l c ia s z c f o ir t il. strong were Lord Anglesea s convictions of the necessity of doing something for the Ca , tholics, that there could be no question about thia h t s u : 4 ) his retirement on the opening of Parliatww, unless it were made known that a favourable consideration of their claims would be en tertained. Well, a month before Pnliament meets, there conies forth a letter from the Duke of Wellington, acknowledging the propriety and i t m o ,l re n s i t ty tl t i o e C a a o tli s r o , dc claims, but p po re l t ic e ) n r d ° i f ng lay h i i l s ig from an ali prehension of the angry passions now afloat on the subject. The result, therefore, is obvious, — the retirement or recall of Lord Anglesel, .tht Lord-Lieutenant, whose continuance in Ireland would have been painful beyond expressi..so under a change ofthose cot:lnsels which his Lord ship had understood were in 3ilent progress to wards consummation. From permral regard, indeed, the people of Ireland might basp wished him to 4ssntinue among them, under their afs flietion and his ;—an affliction which they (salt know he would have averted if he could ; bat political consistency forbad the indulgence Vf . any sympathetic feelings. The Duke of Wei lington's letter, therefore, may be considered as I:i7- act of recall, though the precise eignification or announcement of it has taken place subse quently.— Tillie& The Scotch papers still dwell upon the ex traordinary murders at Edinburgh. It appears that Helen M'Dougal, by way of avenging the death of Burke, is anxious to furnish such evi dence as may convict Hare. It will turn out, we suspect, that the horrid trade has neither been originated by nor confined to Burke and Hare. Neither of them were resusrettion men, or known to resurrection men. How, then, could they—lrishmen and strangers in t(lin-' burgh --become initiated in the trade of .§elling bodies, or become acquainted with the assistant: of the anatomical teachers ? Though they had heard of such a thing, they would have bect afraid to make their first attempt with a muss dered body for fear of detection end seizure :* they must have been initiated into the arcana of a trade established by others, who had first been introduced to the anatomists as resurrectionists, and who, from the difficulty of obtaining the dead, had fallen on destroying the living. We observed, the other day, that medical men could not possibly ascertain whether death prateeded from natural causes or from violence ; and Woi see that the Medical Gazette, in alluding to the observations of a contemporary (the Times), as , suming the possibility, says—" This is writ ten in ignorance. So far from it being possible to determine the question at a glance, as would be necessary for such purpose, the investigation pro posed is one of extreme difficulty, and one which would often be absolutely impossible to conduct to any satisfactory conclusion, even if it could be instituted at all under the circumstances sup posed." One of the worst features in the cha racter of the rich people of this country is, a dis position to foster the prejudice of the lower or ders in matters which do not affect their own interests, and to make the people believe, by their manner of treating the subjects of these prejudices, that they are of more wig:pence than might otherwise be conceived, from a sort. of Machiavelian notion that the lower orders, while not occupied with prejudices, may be oc cupied in prying into the conduct of tl.tir supe riors, and that a seeming deference to their errors may flatter them into an idea that their power is more extensive than it is. We never see any respect shown for these opinions when these opinions happen to clash with the views and interests of the great. It is known by the great that money will always command the first professional skill ; and if a man reach profes sional eminence, it is nothing to them whether he attains it by bungling experiments on the poor, or by experiments on dead subjects. It was well stated, by Mr. .Abernethy, we believe, that before a man can be a good surgeon, he must mangle either the dead or the living. We have reason to believe that the poor of this country, notwithstanding the attempts to inflame their prejudices, possess by no means that dread of dissection which their superiors attribute to them ; and that there is very little reason for supposing that bodies might not be obtained here with as little offence as in France, the Netherlands, and Germany, the three most civilized countries of the Conti nent. The Medical Gazette o')serves—" The remedy is this—to convey into the hands of the anatomists, in the most considerate, decent, and guarded manner, the unclaimed bodies of all who die in such a way as to leave no linger ing trace of regret in the minds of survivors.— Let there be no anticipation of this fate hanging over the dying and the desolate ; let the question be decided in hospitals and parochial dead houses, where daily experience shows that the sympathies and inquiries of friends seldom reach. It would be an absurd affectation of sensibility to deny that a 'very large proportion of tho se wh o die in public Institutions are so hardened by misfortune and disease—sometimes by crime— that the same feelings would not be outraged in the proposed disposal of their bodies, as may be wounded by meddling with those who sirs!) from the hands of mourning relatives and watchful attendants. Let it be always remem bered that this a point which cannot concern the .dead, but it Owes its existence entirely to the passions —often, as we have shown, to the caprice of the living." lf, as is asserted, the only legal supply " does not equal the thousandth part of the demand," and medical men are obliged to " beg, buy, borrow, o : s t ea l the ifset," the Le gislature are impeaiously called on to secure tl.e community from the horrid consequences which must inevitably follow fro m th e difficulty in 0 1,.. taining a supply. The crimes of a civilized people are methodical, and indicate, generally, that If any m a n carefully t c o oo t l he cal t c l t b r j la e t e i t o , n h . e