The Sun. — London, England, 1828-12-27 00:00:00

EXECUTIONS AT CHELMSFORD. (From the Chelmsford Chronicle of yesterday.) At nine o'clock this morning the following victs suffered in front of the New Prison : .'Michael C'ashon and John Brien, for the violent . assault upon their employer, Mr. William Green hill, at East Ham ; and Robert -Oades, for horse stealing. Cashon is 25 years of age, was horn at Tippe rary, in Ireland, where his father lives ; has a wife, and one child about fifteen months old, living at Bristol, but he is ignorant of the means by which they are supported.; this man can neither write nor read. John Brien is 26 years of age, was born at Water ford; he has a father, but is ignorant as to his resi dence ;' he is a single man, equally ignorant as his tompanion in crime. Robert Oades, according to the statement he gave when lie entered the prison, is 33 years of age ; was born at Egham, in Surrey; said he had a wife and seven children, the oldest 17 years of age, the youngest 17 months ; that he had been confined in Kingston gaol, charged with being an necessary in horFx-stealing. He refused to state where his fa mily resided, but it has since transpired that his wife (who is a very decently dressed and well-be haved person) some time since kept a chandler's shop at Chigwell, but had of late been living-with her husband at Reading, in Berkshire. Oades can both write and read ; he has been frequently visited by his wife, fire of his children, and his brothers. The Irishmen have been attended by two Catho lic priests ; they seem resigned to their fate, and have s from the hour of condemnation, manifested much contrition, not entertaining the least hopes of a commutation of their punishment for the offence, which, indeed, was of so sanguinary a description, as to demand the sacrifice of their lives to the in jured laws both of God and man. It has been ob served, that it is not possible for these men to stiffer in proportion to the venerable gentleman who so providentially escaped their murderous hands, with the power of bringing them to justice. We are happy in being able to state that Oades has shown, at intervals, a better sense of his situa tion. His wife took her farewell of him on Wed nesday evening ; the circumstance brought on a great struggle, which even his hardened mind found great difficulty in cdntending with. He vaned after his wife repeatedly, and, when out of eight, threw him self down upon his bed, where he appeared to suffer much. He has since said that he was sorry he had not paid greater attention to the exhortations of the chaplain, and yesterday, during a most im pressive discourse, he was observed to shed tears. —The text was particularly appropriate to his case, being from the first chaptar of St. Luke, verse 79 : —" To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet unto the way of peace." • As Oades walked from the chapel lie said to his fellow-prisoners, " Good bye, good bye, good lads." During Thursday night the prisoners were con stantly attended by persons who read and prayed with them ; and at an early hour yesterday morning the Rev. Chaplain and Mr. Neale, to whom they ex pressed their deep gratitude, visited them. At six o'clock the new drop was erected on the roof of the prison ; at eight the prisoners were removed into separate cells, attended by the different Clergymen. Oades was then so feeble as to be obliged to be supported on each side ; be nevertheless joined fre quently in prayer. At nine the ceremony of pinion ing the wretched men was performed—the awful procession proceeded from that part of the prison across the yard to the lodge, Cashon and Brien walking with the two Catholic Clergymen, and Oades supported by two men, and attended by the Chaplain. At half-past nine, Foxon, the executioner from Newgate, appeared on the drop, and in a short time he was followed by the criminals, who were placed under the fatal, beam ; and the signal being given during the reading of the Burial Service, the tinhappi men were launched into eternity, appa rently without a struggle. While the executioner was pinioning Cashoti's hands, he exclaimed, " Pull them tighter; you may as well tie them as tight as you can, and mind I don't suffer much." He was first on the drop ; and in the midst of a prayer he broke off, and said, " You have not put the knot right." He after wards complained that tile knot ought to he under his.ear, not his chin. The Rev. Mr. Foley having assured him that all was right, he concluded his prayer, and then resigned himself into the hands of the executioner. After hanging the usual time, the bodies were cat down : that of *hake will be deliver ed to his brother; the other two bodies will be in terred at Springfield. Mr. Goulding, a very active police officer, from Reading, in Berkshire, who apprehended' Oades, then assuming the name of Hunt, visited him yes terday. The prisoner declined giving hiin any in formation; his conversation consisted chiefly in as serting that he was a murdered mail. Nearly twenty applications have been made by persons for infor mation, to neither of which would he:pay the least attention. Cashon and Brien, notwithstanding they denied the crime when first apprehended, pleaded guilty when placed at the bar for trial. The humane mo tives of the Learned Judge in urging the prisoners a second time to retract their plea, have been produc tive of some severe animadversions. "At this stage of the proceedings, (says the author of them,) when to doubt the guilt of the prisoners was impossible -when the whole Court must have been tilled with horror at the ferocity displayed towards a feeble and unresisting old man, Mr. Justice Vaughan again addresses the prisoners, and urges them to retract their plea. The prisoners, however, appear to have had a somewhat more clear perception of right and wrong than the Judge ; and Cashon repeating the plea, said, " It is my first offence; but I know I am guilty, and I will not die with a lie in my mouth." The evidence having been concluded, the prisoners were informed by the Judge that to spare their lives was impossible, and he besought them to employ the few days remaining to them in prayer and repentance. When will the monstrous absurdity and even im moral tendency of this practice be perceived by our lawyers ? When will it be felt that the real object of judicial proceedings, is to maintain the right and to punish wrong—not to bold the balance between punishment and impunity, or to give the offender against the law a chance of escaping if. he can ? Never, whilst the maxims of common sense are made to give way to the sophistries of special pleading, and the niceties of technical forms. Religion instructs us that cons fession is the sinner's duty, and reason tells us that it is the surest possible evidence of, guilt. If there be any thing of merit in it than can mitigate the punishment of the offender, in God's name let him have the benefit of it : if the safety of society re quired the enforcement of the utmost rigour of the law, let not the culprit's last days be deprived of the moral grace which attaches to contrition, by putting a ' lie into his mouth.' If Mr. Baron Vaughan's ad vice had prevailed with the prisoners, and by means of any technical loop-hole, an acquittal had en. sued, would not the world have justly held th e J u d ge res p on sible for any mischief which might have arisen from setting the ruffians at large again ?" No less than 22 prisoners have been committed to the New Gaol since the 19th instant, making a grand total now confined of 260, all of whom iw.r took of the usual Christmas prison dinner given yes terday. The thermometer fell in the course of Thurs day night from near 50 to 34, being a difference of sixteen degrees. A plan has been proposed for making a com plete change in the road from Gloucester to Monmouth, so as to entirely avoid several very loug and steep hills, called the May Hills. This, if carried into effect, would mate rially expedite the communication between L-indon and South Wales, and make a difference of at least half an hour iu tke oilival of the wail ip that part of the coaxal, zor 2 i 4 *llllt4 LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1828. The letter of the Duke of WELLINGTON to Dr. CURTIS, which we published in our yester day's columns, has occasioned the most extraor dinary sensation throughout Ireland. It is there looked on as altogether favourable to Emancipation, has astonished Mr.O'CoNNELL, electrified the Association, and called forth from fie different Liberal Journals, the most unqua- lifted expressions of satisfaction. The passage which the Catholics seem most to rely on, is that wherein his Grace asserts his earnest wish that the Question should be settled, from a firm conviction that such settlement is essential to the welfare of the State. And most justly we conceive, is reliance to be placed on this passage. It has proceeded volun-: tarily from one of the most powerful Minis ters that England has ever known, ar.d though it be subsequently qualified a little by the. confes sion of the writer that he sees " no prospect of such a settlement," yet when we come to reflect upon the whole bearing of the letter, in connection with the conversion of Mr. DAWSON, the rumoured apostacy of Mr. PEEL, which even the staunchest of that gentleman's supporters have not ventured to contradict, the failure of the Brunswick Clubs, and their late sulky show of mode ration—there can be but one opinion on the subject, viz.—that the Duke of WELLINGTON both as a man and as a Minister, is zealous for Catholic Emancipation. This point conceded, it follows that Eman cipation must be obtained. Even when the Duke was comparatively insecure in his seat, he had influence enough (by taking, in our opinion, an undue advantage) to 'overthrow the Liberals. Surely then, when he is now firmly fixed in the good opinion of his Colleagues and the country, he can succeed in his endeavours to obtain Eman cipation—especially when all the intelligence and good feeling of the kingdom is with him. The French Papers contain some i►rmation from the East, indicative of the Emperor of RUSSIA'S determination to prosecute the war next Spring. For this purpose his Imperial MAJESTY has refused Count WITTGENSTEIN permission to visit his estate, because it is abso lutely necessary that he should remain at his post to organise the Army. According to these accounts the Russians have still a body of from 30 to 40,000 men on the right bank of the , Danube. This, if true, completely falsifies the reports of the total destruction of the Russian , Army in Bulgaria. Indeed we apprehend, that bad as the condition of the Russians has been, it has been made still worse by wilful misrepre- scntation. Private letters from Vienna state, that ac cording to the information brought by the Turkey Mail on the 17th, it was understood that the GRAND SEIGNIOR would not listen to any pro , posalsfor peace—nor would he accede to the paci fication of Greece through the interposition of the Allied Powers. The most flaming accounts were published at Constantinople of the enormous losses sustained by the Russians in their retreat from Shumla, and other points of the seat of war. If the SULTAN hopes to be as successful in the next campaign as in the present, he is likely to find himself much mistaken. His present good is much more attributable to the gross mismanage ment of the Russians than to any good ge neralship on the part of his own people. The Turks have merely endured a passive virtue at best—they have not performed any signal feat— nor dared to meet the Russians boldly in the field of battle. 'Under these circumstances the SULTAN will do wisely not to hazard too much, but to rest satisfied with his good fortune. The obstinacy of the SULTAN is said to have had the effect of lowering the Metalliques to 941. Gold at Vienna was in great demand for Turkey. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY. FROM LLOYD'S. DRAT, DEC. 26.—Wind S.—Arrived the Cicero, from Quebec. The outward-bound remain. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 26.---Wind S.--Arrived his Majesty's ship Zebra, from the Mediterranean. FALMOUTH,DEc. 25.---Wind W.N.W. to W.S.W. Sailed his Majesty's ship Pallas, with sealed orders; his Majesty'sship Challenger, for New south Wales; the Zephyr packet, for Rio Janeiro, &c. ; the Sky lark packet, for St. Domingo, Jamaica, &c.; the Princess Elizabeth packet, for the Leeward Islands; the Sandwich packet, for Lisbon ; the Elizabeth, Holmes, for Smyrna; and the Solace, Cross, for St. M i cha el's. PooLE, Dm:. 26.---Arrived the Neptune, Martin, from St. Andrew's, N. B.; Syren, Roe, and Ruby, Roe, from Netvfoundland. BRISTOL, Dm:. 26.---Arrived the Tom Cod, from Africa ; Eolns, Cutcliffe, from New York ; Sarah, Nicholson, from Messina; John and Henry, Brown, from St. Michael's ; and Mary and Sally, from Lisbon. The Samuel, Whitbread, from Quebec to Lon don, abandoned at sea, was driven on shore the 21st inst. on the coast of Galway, and went to pieces; most of the cargo expected to be saved. The Riga, Barclay, from Riga to London, driven on shore at. Lister, near Fahrsund the 3d inst., and it was feared would be lost with cargo; crew saved. The Syrragus, Smith, from Riga to London, was totally wrecked the 3d inst., on Lister, near Fahrsund ; crew saved, and most of the cargo expected to be saved. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWlitr.il CLOCZ. For some time after the commencement of busi ness this morning the English Funds remained nearly stationary, and Consols were, for the first hour, 87ft a ; after this period the market became heavy, and an evident disposition was shewn to a decline in price, which, being followed by a very heavy sale of Reduced for Tuesday next, caused them to go down to 874, but a trifling re-action has since made them 87i, and the market continues to look un healthy. India Bonds are 70 2; and Exchequer Bills, 70 pm. In the Foreign Funds there has been nothing of importance transacted ; Brazilian Bonds are 63i ; Buenos Ayres, 48 ; Portuguese remain quite stationary at .53f ; and Russian, 944 f. There is nothing new to state in the Mining specu lations, nor any alteration in prices. Three per Cent. Consols, shut ; Ditto, for Account, 871- ; India Bonds, 70 2 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 70 pm. kouxrux.—Braxilian, 631 I ; Buenos Ayres, 48 1; Milan, 24 5 ; Colombian, 23 1 ; Danish, 62+ 3 ; French, Five per Cent. 106+ 7+; Three per Cent. 74 1;,. Greek, 161 Ce 17; Mexican, Five per Cent., 25 6 ; Ditto, Six per nt., 32+ ; Peruvian, 18/ )9 ; Portu guese, 53+ I ; Russian, 951 ; Spanish, 10 +. Mricits.—Anglo Mexican, 771 5_ die. ; Brazilian, 36 8 pm. ; Bolanos, 70 90 pm. ; Colombian, 11/ 101 dis. ; Real Del Monte, 150 per share; United Mexican, 231 21 die. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols remain 87k, rather sellers, but scarcely any business. It is our painful duty to-notice the rumours which exist of the final stoppage of the Banking-house, which has been for some time the subject of reports in the City. It is added that one of the partners is said to have taken himself out of the way with a very large amount. Despatches were brought by a King's Mes senger yesterday evening for the Earl of Aberdeen, from the Right Hon. Stratford Canning. The meesenger ar rived at the Foreign Office between five and six o'clock, and also brought despatches for Sir G. Murray, from Sir F. Adam, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. The Earl of Aberdeen, after the arrival of the despatches; proceeded to the residence of the Duke of Wel lington, in Downing-street, and had a conference with his Grace, The King's Christmas bounty was distributed on Monday and Tuesday to 800 aged men and women, at the Almonry-office, Whitehall, by Mr. Hanley, the Secre tary to the Lord High Almoner. The Spanish Minister, on a special mission, and the French Charge d'Affaires, had interviews yesterday with the Earl of Aberdeen, at The office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Mr. Secretary Peel visited the Duke of Wel lington yesterday at the Treasury. It is rumoured in the fashionable circles of this neighbourhood, tbst the Bev. Earl Nelson is about to lead to the hymeneal altar the relict of the late Bar low, Esq., son of Sir R. Barlow, of Canterbury.—Kent ' Herald. A report prevails, which,. we trust, will prove unfounded, that a sailing-boat, having upwards of twenty persons on board, was lost on her passage from Kinvarra bo Galway, and that all on board unhappily perished.— Con naught Journal. it is understood that the Duke of Welling. ton has an intention of reducing the number of the Com missioners of Excise. The Marquis de Barbacena: dined on Wed nesday,-at Windsor, with the King, and every thing augurs well, whether the change has been, wrought by the Mi. guelites' Violent conduct, the belief of his death, or the miscarriage of Lord Strangferd's mission. The strong re semblance which the young Queen bore to the Princess Charlotte had a most striking effect upon his 141ajesty.- -Times. The birth of a son and heir to the noble House of Gower has been the signal of rejoicing at New pd.—Shrewsbury Chronicle, THE PANTOMIMES. COVENT•GARDEN. The day after Christmas—dear to youth for two things—Christmas-boxes and Pantomimes, was ushered in yesterday in the metropolis, with additional joy, both on account of the fine weather and the absence of any prevailing calamity of a domestic or political nature. Everything betokened happiness throughout London—and this happiness was concentrated in Covent-garden Theatre to a pitch of mad dening ecstacy. After the stupid play of Jane Shore, the Pantomime was introduc ed. . But before we eescribe the pleasures of the evening, we cannot help express ing our great surprise that the Managers of our Theatres should persist in giving the play, which nobody cares'about, before the great and indeed the only attraction of the evening—the Pantomimd. It is bad policy, bad management, and we think detrimental to the interests ofthe theatre. If pleasure be the aim of the Managers in bring. ing forward Pantomimes, why not make that pleasure perfect by ushering the source of delight as early as possible before the audience ? Nol9ody goes to see the play, but to trait for the Pantomime. A play is a tedious tax upon the patience of the audience, and is defensible upon no principle of good taste or good po licy with which we are acquainted. Young people are most anxious to see the Pan tomimes, and their comfort, as well as that of their friends, would surely be best consulted by being able to go home at tcn o'clock instead of waiting till that period before the Panto mime commences—and then trudging home at midnight. We would strongly recommend to the Managers of theatres to make the experi ment for a fortnight at least, of beginning with the Pantomime. It would be to their own profit, and conducive to the public advantage. Those who chose to stay out a Play after the Panto. mime might wait, but they would be like trees in the wilderness—few and far asunder. The new pantomime at this theatre is founded on the nursery story of Littlellted Riding-hood, and in some degree upon a French melodrame called La Rose &Amour, which was very popu lar here and in Paris some years ago. No pan tomime can be orthodox which does not begin with a Conjuror ; and Mr. Farley, who knows the rules of his art too well to break so important a one, has introduced a wizard, whose misshapen son, Humpo, has fallen in love with Rose (Miss EGAN)—not the little Rose of the story, but a beautiful young peasant, who has turned the heads of half the country. The parental affec tion of the Conjuror induces him to favour his son's passion ; and he does this in a way which none but a wizard would think of, by changing him into a wolf. •Mr. PARSLOE acts this beast rery ingeniously ; his movements and his figure are rather more like a bear's, and his resemblance to that meritorious public per former who climbs up the pole at the Zoological Society's gardens is so close, that it must be the result of imitation ; it is nevertheless very curious, Rose has two other lovers, one a Fat Miller of Roues► (Mr. BL ANCHARD), and the other the favoured one, Colin (Mr. EI.LAR), his ap prentice. She passes through Rouen in her way to her Grandmother's cottage, and here an amus ing scene ensues with the Miller and his Man. Colin clears the field of his rival by fastening to his belt the rope by which the sacks of corn are craned into the granary. and the fat man is hoisted aloft to the great content of the lovers, and the infinite amusement of the audience, who seemed to relish this practical joke as much as any of the tricks in the pantomime. Rose proceeds on her journey, followed by both her lovers, and watched by the wolf, who, disappointed ofseizing her, in her way through the forest, reaches the cottage before her, gains admittance in the old way, and doers not eat up the grandmother (young GRIMALDI), which, considering their relative dimensions, might be difficult, even in a pantomime, but frightens her out of bed ; and dresses himself in the old woman's night-cap. Rose then arrives, and nearly falls a prey to the wolf, when Colin and his fat master arrive and rescue her. The wolf's papa saves him from the danger which threatens him, and the Genius of the Rose takes Rose and Colin under her protection. The metamor phoses then ensue. 'Rose and Colin arc Colum bine and Harlequin, the Miller is Pantaloon,the Grandmother Clown, and the Wolf becomes a nondescript character, new to the pantomimes, called Blanc et Noir, with which title his party coloured dress corresponds. The wizard bestows upon him a magic girdle, which enables him to change his shape at pleasure--a privilege of which, however, he makes but little use. In this character Mr. PARSLOE displays some feats of extraordinary activity. The other actors of the scene were as success ful in their several avocations. GRIMALDI as Clown, BLANCHARD as Pantaloon, ELLAR as Harlequin, and Miss EGAN as Columbine. We have not space to-day to enter into a de tail of the various tricks and oomicalities of the evening, but the whole went off with decided success. The scenes were in general very well painted—some of them with the most gorgeous exuberance—and produced a very striking effect. Robert's moving panorama of the Russian army's march to Turkey was painted with all the variety incident to so important and sadly-diversified subject. " Last scene of all"—the Palace of RO SCS —was unusually brilliant an d e ffe ct i ve . Th e home v and th e p antom i me announce d f or ‘a s crowd e d , evening with most c o rdi a l ap plause. i FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS, (From the Gazette de France, dated Dec. 25.) JASSY, DEC. .5.—A courier from St. Petersburgh has brought to Field• Marshal Count Wittgenstein an Imperial rescript, in which his Majesty replies in the most gracious. terms• in a very flattering manner to the General, that in the present circum stances, when it is absolutely necessary that he should be at his post for the re-organization of the troops, an office in which no person can take his place, it is quite impossible to grant him even a short leave of absence which he had asked for, to visit his estate. The same despatch informed him that his .Imperial Majesty has sent a courier to .the Countess his consort, with a permission for her to come and join him at head-quarters. The Russian troops daily arrive from the right bank of the Danube which immediately go into quarters. The Metro politan Bishop of Moldavia has received 1,000 ducats from the Emperor, to be distributed among the convents, for the purpose of having masses per formed for the repose of the soul of the late Empress Maria. Generals Witz and Soffiroff left Jassy en the 4th of December, to raise and form recruits in Bes sarabia. Count Pahlen and Messrs. Dascheoff and Min ziacki are expected here (in Jassy); and imme diately after their arrival, the changes in the ad ministration, which have already been announced, will probably take place, as symptoms of the plague have again manifested themselves in Wallachia. The Russian quarantine on the Pruth, which is only 16 days, has been prolonged to 30 days, and is enforced with great rigour; so that several divisions, which were to pass that river and go to more dis tant cantonments, have received counter orders, and will remain for the pres,ent in Moldavia. According to letters from Galata, a Russian corps, between 30,000 and 40,000 men, remains on the right bank of the Danube, including the garrison of Varna. This corps occupies the whole road from Varna to Issacktcha, communicating with the gar risons of Ibrailow and Matchin. It is added, that a considerable corps of Turkish cavalry, from Shumla, joined with part of the garrison of Silistria, was advancing towards Hirsova.' FRENCH FuaIns.—PARIS, DEC 24.—Firo per Cents. 106 f. 75e.; Three per Cents. 73f. 90c. ; Bank Stock, 1,367 f. 50c. ; Neapolitan Rentee, 77f. 60c. Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 25c. ; three Months, 25f. sc. PRICES OP IRISH STOI Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent 5 6 17.4 Gov. Stook, 34 per cult - Ditto, New . 4 per Cent IOIN Gov. Deb. 3% per cent 95. Royal Canal Stock 4O yi Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent - Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. COURSE OF EXCH Amsterdam C.E 12 2 Ditto, at sight.... ........ 0 Rotterdam 2U. 12 2 Antwerp 12 21 llamburgh 31.5.1313 Altona 13 1:4 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 45 Ditto 2 U. 25 10 Bordeaux 25 75 Berlin Frank fort on Maine, Ex. M 151 Petereburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, etbrtive 1. 2 M. 10 3 Trieste do 10 3 Ya rid 37!4 Cad's.. Filboa Barcelona 1.6 V, Seville 36.3A Gibraltar 46 KS, DUBLIN, DEC. 24. 13t:Patrick In.'s/. (per oh.) I Royal Irish Ditto 'National Ditto — Patriotic Ditto — Hibernian Bank — Provincial Ditto — Royal Iriah Mine. — Imperial Mine — Mining Co. of Ireland ,Commercial Building% •--- Arrived. Due, 2 Hamburgh 0 0 Holland Jamaica 0 Leeward Ulan& 0 Mahon 0 I Malta • 0 , 0 Mexico 0 Waterford 0 NOE TEBTERDAT. Leghorn IS Genoa 25 40 Venice 47% Malta — Naplts Palermo per oz. 14 9 ) Lisbon Oporto 44% !Rio Janeiro 13ahin 3sst, Buenos Ayx C 6 Dublin, 21 daps' eight I% Cork 1; BULLION, PEIR OZ. £. P. cl. Portugal Gold, coin... 0 0 0 ,Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 104 New Doubloons 0 0 0 ''ew Dollars ,Sihrer, bars, itandarcl 0 0 0 Arrived. Due. O America 0 0 Brazil O Buenos Ayres i I Dublin 0 O Flanders O France 0 O Gottenburgh... • Guernsey&Jersey 0 HIGH WATER. AT LONDON * BRIDGE TO-MORROW., Morning ...ift minuted after B. I Evening.... 39 minutes after O. DRURY-LANE. After the performance of Lovers' Vows, in which Mr. CooPEn performed the part of Ba ron. IVildenheim with spirit and discrimination, and Mr. KEAN, jun., that of his illegitimate hon—the new Christmas Pantomime, entitled The Queen Bee, 07 Harlequin and Me Bee hive, was produced. This is of the average or der of pantomimes, that is to say, neither very excellent nor very execrable. It is a temperate mean between both. The plot is of course a -whimsical jumble of wildness and absurdity ; in ~~ volving, however, one ludicrous incident, that of the family of Harlequin, the senior members of which, .who are most prodigiously fat, and would nearly, if not quite, rival the prize Ox in obesity; occasioned much entertain ' »tent. With regard to the tricks, there are few worth mention, the best is that of the Bottle Imp, who is supposed to drop from the clouds, and haunt the Clown and Pantaloon, greatly to their discomfiture and the delight of the young fry, who were plentifully besprinkled through the house. The scenery is in parts excellent, and especially do we fel our selves called on to do justice to the moon light view of the Queen Bee's Palace, which is rich, beautiful, and characteristic to a de gree passing expression. .With regard to the moving Diorama, representing an excurnion from Portsmouth to the Rock of Gibraltar, and taking in views of the Isle of \\Tight, with the Yacht Club in full sail, the Needles, the Freshwater Cove, the Nelson flag-ship, and other objects of a highly attractive character; we must confess we were rather disappointed. Bits of the scenery are no doubt excellent, particularly the tacking to windward of the Falcon yacht, - and the noble man of war the Victory; but altogether 'the• diorama is on too contracted a scale ; it is scarcely more than half the size of the average scenes ; and a great part of its impressiveness is thus necessarily neutralized. The acting x•as, throughout, unexceptionable. Miss RYA L makes a very graceful and elastic Columbine (her dancing is exquisite, and Mr. HOWELL a re spectable Harlequin. Messrs. USHER and SOUTHEY, as clown and pantaloon, exerted themselves with great comic effect ; as also did the American dwarf, an extraordinary anomaly, whose agility and proportions are both like Mr. Hunt's blacking, matchless. The house was crowded, and the Pantomime was favourably but not warmly received. ADELPHI. The pantomime at this sprightly little theatre, which owes its origin to the doggrel nursery rhymes of " Taffy was a Welchtnan, Taffy was a thief," was very deservedly successful last night. One scene in particular, intended as a satire on the " march of intellect," called down the most marked expression of applause. The dancing of the Harlequin and Columbine is good, but by no means first rate. The scenery is splendid, the tricks passable. Pit, boxes, and gallery were crowded to suffocation. COBURG. The Pantomime produced here last night, called Harlequin and Jack th e C and Killer, is a production of considerable n6erit, and pro mises to have a run. The scenery and general decorations are more than usually splendid, and the tricks lively and, in some instances, novel. We have neither time nor space to Kay more at present, than that the Pantomime is the produc tion of Mr.T. DIBDI N, the manufacturer of the far-famcd Myher Goose. SURREY. Mr. ELLISTON'S pantomime this season does justice to his liberality and good taste. It is splendid and showy in the extreme, full of amu sing tricks and transformations, with one or two panoramic scenes, of which Stanfield himself might be proud. The pantomime is founded OR the well-known tradition of the Golden Goose, and is entitled Harlequin and the Goblin Mine, which, of course, conveys the idea of dreirms, spirits, good and bad angels, and all that is diabolical and de lightful. The chief recommendation of the piece is the excessive beauty of its scenery, which none of the minor theatres surpass. Miss PERRY, as Columbine, did every justice to her part ; nor must we omit to notice, in terms of very deserved praise, the Pantaloon of Mr. HEN-. DititsoN, which was a truly laughable piecelof acting. The house, as might be expected, was crowded to excess. IEN MARKET. it this morning's market, but Table Apples and Leeks were fight ; in prices of other Frnit n. Pears seem to have quite s.d. s.d. Spinage (half sieve) 0 9 tol 6 Onions 9 0 3 6 Apples 3 6 10 0 Sweet Oranges (100) 2 0 8 0 LemNis 6 0 12 0 English Walnuts 1 0 2 0 Span. Chesnut/ (peck) 5 0 10 0 French ditto 3 0 7 0 French Walnuts 4 0 6 0 Spanish Haalenuts 5 0 10 0 hibists (19. b.) OLYMPIC THEATRE. As usual at this period of festivity, the pro - prietor of this amusing little theatre produced last evening a variety of entertaining pieces for the gratification of the holiday folks. The pan tomime, under the direction of Mr. KIRBY, and called The Enchantress, or Harlequin Cymon, was ably supported by Messrs. T. and G. RIDGWAY, as Clown and Pantaloon, and by Mrs. H. BEVBRLRY, whose fascinating Colum bine, as well as Mr. KIRBY'S Harlequin, de serves great praise. We must not omit noticing the scenic department, by Mr. Moßms, which' displayed talent of a superior description, par ticularly in the. closing scene—" The Grand Hall of Enchantment." The house was crowded to an overflow, and the pieces severally met with a good reception. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE. This morning's market exhibited a scanty supply of the undermentioned kinds of fish, and it was tolerably well attended by buyers. The following were the prices: trime Turbot, each ...... Ditto small, per do. 7 0 10 0 Cod-fish, each 3 0 15 0 Soles. per three pairs COVENT-GARI There was a good supply a the trade was rather dull. 1 dearer than on this day ve'nni and Vegetables little alteratioi disappeared. _ _ o.d. s. d . Potatoes (per ewt.) 36to 7 0 Cabbages (12 heads) 1 9 3 0 Ditto Red 2 6 4 0 Cauliflowers 1 9 3 0 Horse Radish (bundle) 2 6 4 0 Celery 1 6 2 6 flaw& i 2 0 3 0 Carrots ,12 banchos) h 0 8 6 Turnips 2 0 4 0 Coleworts or Greens 2 6 4 6 Leelis .. 1 0 SI 0 English Grapes (per lb.) 1 0 2 6 HAY MARKETS—( At per Load of Sfs Trusses.) ST. JAMES'S. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £8 5 to .E 2 lb Best New Meadow Itay 2 15 3 0 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay..- 1 10 4 6 Clover Hay 3 0 4 15 Oat Straw It Bto £1 10 I Wheat itraw 1 12 1 16 Meadow Hay from Ys. to ss. per load higher, Clover Hay Se. lower than last quoted; in priced of Straw no alteration. A gold supply, and a steady trade. SMITHFIELD. Corse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .£9 2 to .£5l 10 Beat New Meadow Hay 2 10 2 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 0 4 0 Cluver Hay (extra fine)....£s 0 —. Generally 3 5 4 10 Oat Straw .£l Bto £1 B—Wheat traw 1 8 1 1-2 Supply Ilmitod, trade dull, and prices last quoted. 4~ ~~ . •,3 • THE EDINBURGH MURDERS. THE TRIAL OF WILLIAM BURKE AND HO BI'DOUGAL. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY. EDINBURGH. Eto 4 ." (From the Caledonian Mercury of Thursday.) No trial in the memory of any man now lie! has excited so deep, universal, and (we may sin% add) appalling an interest as that of William Br, arid his female associate, which took pl ace y es tergj and of which we this day publish a very full detailed report. Of the extent of this interest it was call ° judge from what was every where observablei Monday and Tuesday. The approaching tri a l for d ' ' the universal topic of conversation, and all s orts,„ speculation s an d con j ec t ures were a fl oat as to f r o i circumstances likely to be disclosed in the course it, and the various results to which it would eft tually lead. As the day drew near, the inter:, deepened; a n d it wa s eas y to see t h at the cann', people shared strongly i n th e genera l exc i tet ner The coming trial they expected to disclose sal thing which thay had often dreamed of, or imaging"; or heard recounted around an evening's fire, like raw-head-and-bloody-bones story, but which to" never, in their sober judgment, e ith er f eare d of V lieved to be possible; and they looked forward ° it with corresponding but indescribable emotion: In short, all classes parti c ip a t e d more or l ess in common feeling respecting the cas e o f thi s unhall./, man and his associate; all expected fearful O le ; closures ; none, we are convinced, wished for 5111 thing but justice. So early as seven o'clock yesterday a considers crowd had'assembled in the Parliament-square, around the deors of the Court ; and numerous •r plications for admission were made to the differs ( subordinate functionaries, but in vain. The me°, hers of the Faculty and of the So c i e ty o f W r i te rs t° the Signet were admitted precisely at nine, and flue s with the Jurymen impannelled th e C ourt b ecam e. once crowded in every part. About twenty minutes before tea o'clock, the prisoners, William Burke and Helen M'Dougal, We"' placed at the bar. The male prisoner, as his nacr e , indicates, is a native of Ireland. He is a man 1!",, ther below the middle size, but stoutly made, and a determined, though not peculiarly sinister expre; sion of countenance. The contour of his face, well as the features, are decidedly Milesian. It round with high cheek bones, grey eyes a good del' sunk in the head, a short snobbish nose, and a r ottn a chin, hut altogether of a s ma ll cas t. Hi s h a i r and whiskers, which are of a light sandy colour, cote' ported well with the make of the head and the con l ' • plexion, which is nearly of the same hue. He 1 % , dressed in a shabby blue surtout buttoned close to nc i . throat, and had, upon the whole, wh a t i s ca ll e d this country a wave rather than a ferocious or pearance, though there is a hardness about the fed'' tures, mixed with an expression in the gray tw ink ling eyes, far from inviting. The female prisoner , ' fully of the middle size, but thin and spare mod' though evidently of large bone. Her features Pwr.,' long, and the uppe r h a lf o f h er f ace i s out o f pr` portion to the lower. She w a s mi sera bl y d re see . .; in a small grey-coloured velvet b onnet , vety m ul the worse for the wear, a printed cotton shawl i!,. cotton gown. She stoops considerably in her e t and has nothing peculiar in her appearance, exce j the ordinary look of extrem e p over ty an d m isi; common to unfortunate females of the same degrafr A class. Both prisoners, especially B ur k e , en ter e d the Court without any visible signs of trepidatio n, - and both seemed to attend very closely to the po r eeediegs which soon after commenced. The Court mot at precisely a quarter past te ll i The. Judges present were, th e Ri g h t H on . the Le r Justice Clerk, and Lords l'itmilly, Meadowbank, and Mackenzie. The indictment read as follows : " William'Burke and Helen M'Deugal, both PO' sent prisoners in the Tolbooth of Edinburfth, )' Ol , / are indicted and accused at th e i ns t ance o f S i r Wir' listn Rae of St. Catharine's, Baronet, his MajestP. Advocate 'for his Majesty's interest: That albeit hi, the laws of this and every other well governed resl ol ' Murder is a crime of an heinous nature and severer• punishable : yet true it is, and of verity, that you th e ' said William Burke and Helen M'Dougal are bold and each, or or other of you, g u il t y o f t h e e° l crime, actor or art end part : In so far as, on one ,;( other of the days between th e 7 t h an d 16 t h d a yv v, April, 1828, or on one or other of the days of the( month, or of March immediately preceding, or May immediately following, within the house Canongate, Edinbur g h, then and no. or lately in the occupation of Constantine Burk e ; then and now or lately scavenger in the employlt , of the Edinburgh Poli ce E sta bli s h ment, you t"„" said 'William Burk e did w i c k e dl y an d feloninOi place or lay your body or persorb or part there°, over or upon the breast or person and face of Oa!? Paterson or Mitchel, then or recently before that tittl e ' or formerly preceding, witlasabella Burn e t, or Of thington, then and now o r l a t e ly res idi ng i n Leith street, in or near Edinburgh, w h en s h e , t h e sa id 1 06 %, Paterson or Mitchell was lyi n g i n t h e sa id h ous e, I, a state of intoxication, did, by the pressure theree,,, and by covering her mouth and nose with your bol or person, and forcibly comp ress i ng h er t h roa t veil . , your hands, and forcibly keeping her down, notwit".. standing her resistance, or in som e o th er way t o di e prosecutor unknown, preventing her from breathiet suffocate or strangle her ; and the said Mary We i ; son or Mitchell was thus by the said means or pl e thereof, or by some other m eans or v i o l ence , th particulars of which are to the prosecutor unknoern wickedly bereaved of life by you the said Willie Burke ;and this you did with the wicked aforethoeil intent of disposing o f, or se lli ng t h e b o d y o f these; Mary Paterso n o r Mitch e ll, w h en so mur d ere d, td; physician or su rge o n , or some person i n t h e meat of a physician or surgeon, as a subject for or,. section, or with some other wick e d an d f e l on i ou s tent to the prosecutor unknown. (2.) Further, e h one or other of the days, between the sth and 2 61 # days of October 1828, or on one er other of the of that month, or of September immediate' ) • preceding, or of November immediately follet e ,; ing, within the 110U80 situated in Tanner, Close, Portsburgh, or Wester •Portsburgh, or neur Edinburgh, then and now or lately in tbd occupation of William Haire or Hare, then 0 0 now or lately labou rer , y ou t h e sa id W m . B ur k e , wickedly and feloniously attack and assault Jar:( Wilson, commonly called ;or known by the name y j Daft Jamie, then or lately residing in tI4 housell James Downie, then and n o w or l a t e l y porter , or" then and now or lately residing in Stevenlawiti-clo o High-street, Edinburgh, and did l ea p or th row rot' self upon him, when the said James Wilson was ing in the said house, and he having sprung up, / 4/ ,, did struggle with him, and did bring him to .tr• ground, and you did, place or lay your body or P m V SOH or part thereof over or u p on th e person or bin and face of the said James Wilson, and did by t°, 7 1 1 pressure thereof, and by c over i ng hi s month 011, nose with your person or b o dy, an d forcibly keepl him down, and compressin g hi s. mout h, n05e,,.016 throat, notwithstandi ng ever y res i stance on.. hi er - • and thereby, or in some other manner to the preec cutor unknown, preventing him from breathing, O A focate or strangle him ; ,and th e sa id J ames Wilier was thus, by the said means, er part of them, or °. • some other means or v i o l ence , t h e part i cu l ar s which are to the prosecutor unknown, wickedly__, W reeved of life and murdered by y ou t h e said A' lianr Burke ; and thi s y ou did wi t h t h e w i c k"; aforethought and intent of disposing •of or trellis! the body of the said James Wil son , w h en so lull': dered, to a physician or surgeon or to some pert% in the employment of a physician or surgeon, 10 A subject for dissection, or with some other wicker and felonious intent or purpose, to the prosecnO i • unknown. (3.) Further, oa F r id ay t h e 31 st d a y Cf October, 1828, or on one or• other of • the days that month, or of September immediately prerediZ or of November imm e di a t e ly f o ll ow i ng, vrithitr_t • house then or lately occupied by you the said 1V 11 ,::: Burke, situated in that street of fortsburgkrl- nig c gerY, or D iorgi Aye : With r eral bpor Clara In el will will hanc befo may whit 'erd Judie find Wit/ illitt defe Wi a wen Lon tire] Prin th e mad tip. ] wou erci I orda the whi, son( chai the by 1 of I i n He the eI Fri 1311 min shi ROT if hei Lri in ho ev hii rrn Pa an lel ,~ '~