The Sun. — London, England, 1831-12-05 00:00:00

I . N US DA ry, Bead —Arrived rewood, S Won, ,ober t, Bant;cn; imer, frc ion, was I ; crew ic AY.) PESSION AND CONDUCT OF BISHOP AND WILLIAMS, THEIR ECUTION THIS DAY, AND RESPITE OF MAY. ) °n th e highest authority we are enabled to 'lnce the real facts connetted with the eonfes °f th e cu l pr i t s Bishop and Williams, which ,1 1 ( 1 0 to the Rev. Theodore Williams, the vicar end ° in which they completely exculpate their Lion M ay f rom part i c i pat i ng i n their guilt. t‘,'hore-named respectable clergyman , B isho p illiams admitted having murdered three fed bein gs , b u t b o th strongly denied that they e i. cl thei r di a b o li ca l purpose in the manner had been stated by the newspapers—that no 'Plaiste r was used in depriving them of life. t hey had committed three murders, and that were found in Bishop's garden were to those whom they had slain. The , :unate being that fell a victim was a boy, of a town in Lincolnshire, who came up to • 1 1 cattle for Smithfield market, whom they With, and after making him stupid from the 0f drink, took him home, where they placed on his mouth to stop him from calling which they dragged him to the well of the garden, and held him heels upwards &ad.—The next murder that they com *SS upon the female, Frances Pighurn, whom m et at a public-house in Bethnal-green, and at so licitation she drank some liquor till she be ll'ther intoxicated—that they met her again Atment on the following night, and they 'lied her with drink, but she was not 4 sufficient state of stupor for them to effect n , -Ouse. Another appointment took place, the th i ghs, and then they gave her so much liquor eY succeeded in effecting their purpose. e ffected their end by holding her breath a °d conveying her by much force into the 4 °(- 1 pushed her head first into the well, her u p by the heels till she ceased to Rer clothes they buried in the garden, th ey were found by the Police. With re t° the Italian boy, they also confessed to has d him in a similar manner, and burying at - .„0 r emancir- from Lieti at Goveror Coy est 0 overnnleP" cAA' :HOD- f e cholera bspo, /11. I • °74 o eJ as e%P r ' he come pOC e ' new die unded 00 .fe of tbi 1 e an d acq d " A of blou" culprits, upon being asked whether or not 7erabl e companion May was at all impli uoth in very strong terms denied that at all implicated in the murder, but assisted in conveying the body to the for sale, and that he was quite innocent, exception; he had not the slightest know they had murdered the boy. May also his innocence, and that he had said all 4t Bishop coulds,the Rev exonerate him. th ese disclosure. Gentleman left the Wretches, and proceeded to the private 4here Baron Vaughan and Mr. Justice Little o;e in waiting, and to whom, and in the pre th the Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, and a select c t t i t f f . were admitted into their presence, read 1 4 b i es sion as he had it from the lips of the U e men. p, the admission of Bishop and 'Williams as to I: i ee nce of May, a consultation was immedi it —LI the as to what steps should be taken with re -44 ° n Hippy man. Was 4 ? ter some time had been occupied in the t afi ° ll ) resolved that a communication should *ded instantly to Lord Melbourne, stating of the confession, and we believe intimating 'rely of sparing the life of May, and we led that a reprieve is hourly expected. As's wife, who had been discharged from duri ng the morning, had an interview with able partner shortly after he had relieved by th e confession, and it is said their meet truly heart-rending. the confession was made, Mr. Evans, a I n toy s and hardware in Newgate-street, came New Count much affected, and presenting a bill to - Air. Wormier, asked him if the had, in their disclosures, mentioned 'tlem an who was alluded to in that bill. It ), 4 0 ' 1 1 offeri ng a reward of 501. f or t h e di scover y rg gentlem an , a re sident of Hampstead, tideuly last wen t out to t a k e a walk, and from to the present had never been heard of. °l ltner looked at the bill, and told Mr. Evans Aers had made no allusions at all that alluded Pfurtunate gentleman whom he sought. Mr. kwhose nephew it was had disappeared,) th anked Mr. Wontner, retired. above appeared in the Second Edition of of Saturday.] ten (FURTHER P ARTICULARS. o 'clock on Saturday morning the Rev. Mr. o, th l went to the prisoners, and remained with them o w " hours, during which he took in writing from MoUthS the communications made to him of 11 e prsisted in teir stateet f the pre- „ as y to e the boy being a drove m r, n in o stead of an i t ', l 4 : 'wor n to by the witnesses against them. And Itl)iicinc'wledged the murder of Frances Pigburn ; also T Whos e dress was found in the garden, and i a poor • . II "Y state that they " hocussed" their vctims, ' fll sterin g laudanum to render them insensible, suffocated them by throwing them head-foremost h ve lli which is in Bishop's garden. throughout most strongly protested his inno go after his conviction he said, "I have been guilty ti o : fie noes, and have led a profligate and wicked life, 'NI, ti er committtd murder. lam prepared to die like na I pray God to pardon all my sins, but I am S ay I have not to solicit his forgiveness for this ie t r k and Williams have declared that they had long 'e habit o f supplying the dissecting-rooms with i t : 4 Y never thought of adopting that horrid mode ag them f or which they are doomed to die this `"eY read i n th e ne wspapers the accounts of the i u 'Of that mo d e b y B ur k e an d hi s asso ciates at 4 ' 4'; They have also declared that all o ther resn : 1 14 I Q Loud on , w h en d r i ven t o extremities for k. a adopted the same murderous means to obtain I lth e '' ' he Rev. Mr. Williams says, that previous to the i t P ri soners ma d e con f e ssions to him, confidentially, ' T v ell prison, s imilar in nature to those above de -1 a a ii - i 7 almost t o an equa l extent. pd "en ascertained that Bishop several times endea tLirlveig le to his residence the sister of the young hood h° was some time ago missed from the neigh- NC Of Bethnal - green, a nd whose scalp and hair, itis ,Yri,„'vere those found in the privy, but fortunately Ld - n g woman resisted his importunity. He also pre rik : t . i. 11 Young woman to leave her place, under a . pro. Ile t f; t 4 e her . into keeping, but . she . felt compunctions, Tire, e d his overtures just in sufficient time to save Ikt;:Mraordin y change in the appearance of the pri- Z!v:i n t e e e , t . h . ey received sentence, has astonished all who rj*e s , them. Mr. Williams said on Saturday, that ihll:u ' 0 altered, that although lie had seen them . the 1 1 4 d ° ,, i ght at the bar, he could not have recognized " e again met them in any other place than the 'lt'd cells. Their agitation is awful, and, strange )tk, ea r l es e Wret c h es w h o h ave li ve d by supplying sub ,t4° Often i n so atrocious a manner, are now lior ,,L4' I't. a t th e idea of being dissected—that part of nee ' indeed, seems to dwell peculiarly on their . ~..Tl l l l ' 4-°I3II es terrible in the extreme. Numerous appli ..,4y, i, er e Made for seats in the chapel of Newgate . yes 'nil, Person s who have been led to believe that a raki, nea t be there obtained of the prisoners ; but no b ertriOn is reached in the cases of persons c ' i " to die for murder. p The " Burkites" heard r 11 1 1 11 '. 1 their cells, but they did not attend the chapel. Itbe f t. `'s , alias Head, one of the convicted murderers P4 , t h boy , in custody not long since charged ' ,At: -4441 g i " nio w a a house in a court situate near the :,°lltli t . n ad, and stealing the corpse of a widow's son, :rth;,fl3 ti : l e. Si xte T e h n e or seventeen , who who had died a day or had left her home for a t t he me ° nly, and on woman return found the corpse bad, "R 1 440 ~'"e a t, time, been stolen. Some of the female th e " r s then recollected that while they were standing . kih t : enurt skortly before, a man passed them with . a I, l ' l aect:snita_ staining something ' which . smelt very offensive, th u nen them to look particularly at the man, al ,it h e 'Y had no susp i c i on , unt i l the alarm was given, I ,Pti carrying off the corpse of the widow's son. r 8 - L . 4 w a'i immediately commenced, but without SUC -14,1 milt the description given, however, a policeman to _,lended Williams on the following morning, and he I nent'fi L ed by the females as the man whom they had seen near the house with a basket as stated. No trace of the body, nor of the manner in which it had been disposed of, could be discovered, nor any further evidence obtained, and, after an examination before a Magistrate, the pri soner was discharged upon a recognizance. Williams was horn at Highgate, and was apprenticed to a bricklayer— dissipation, however, led him to abandon his business and to become the associate of thieves. His conduct nearly ruined his mother; and after he had been repeatedly in custody on various charges of felony, about six years since he was apprehended in Shoe-lane, selling a copper which he bad stolen, and was convicted at the Old Bailey, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. Subsequently he was sent to the Penitentiary,which he left a few months since, and he then became a resurrectionist, and continued that horrid profession until apprehended. 'We understand he had only been married seven weeks previous to his ap prehension. From a momentary forgetfulness on the part of the Recorder, when passing sentence of death upon Bishop, Williams, and May, these wretches nearly escaped the ad ditional judgment of dissection. The Hecorder, in the usual manner, had ordered them to be hanged on Monday (this day), and was passing on to the end of his address, " and the Lord have mercy upon your souls," when Mr. Justice Littledale whispered tie the Learned Gentleman, who then stopped short in the concluding sentence, and ordered their bodies to be givers up for dissection. We had been extremely sorry if these monsters had escaped that fate, after death, to which they had consigned the bodies of their sacrificed victims. The prisoners (Bishop and Williams) have since ac• k❑owledged that all the clothes found in the garden of the cottage in Nova Scotia-gardens, belonged to persons who have been murdered by them. It further appears that in the course of an hour after the death of their victim, they were accustomed to knock out the teeth from the scarcely cold body with a gimlet. Bishop says lie never had au idea of murdering people for the sake of their bodies till he had read in the Papers the atrocities of Burke and his associates; and he adds that he does not doubt that the same course has been resorted to by almost every other resurrectionist. Bishop, in the cause of Saturday after noon, admitted that he had been guilty of five murders. He further stated that he had furnished from 500 to 1,000 subjects, but nearer the latter number, to the hospitals. It was strongly reported that he had made a full and co❑t complete confession to the Rev. Mr. Williams, but the s'atement was premature. The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, assisted by the City Marshals, Messrs. Brown and Cope, were busily engaged in adopting precautions to guard against the possibility of accident. 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His mother was a very good- looking woman, and was a laundress in the chambers ; she was particularly fond of her son, and when he was about twelve years of age she used to lead him about, fearful that any harm should come to him. He was educated at a boarding-school, and received a tolerable education ; he wrote an excellent hand, and at the age of fourteen he was employed in a professional gentleman's office, at No. 10, in the New lnn ; but he was always of a wild roving dis position, and whenever he could get away from his duties he was associating with the worst of characters about Clare market. This appeared to be his sole delight until he neglected the office altogether, and was consequently dis charged. He had at the time some good friends, who felt an interest in his welfare, but nothing could induce him to break off with his a , sociates ; and in stead of remaining a clerk, which be was well adapted for, he took a liking to be a butcher. The first place _ _ . . be got was at Mr. Roberts's, in Clare-market, with whom be lived some time; he afterwards lived with Mr. Price, in the same market, hut he never remained long in one place. At last he took up the trade of a " body-snatcher," and in order to carry on the business with the greatest facility, took a lodging in one of the houses in Clement's-lane, Strand, the back of which looks into the burying ground, situated in Portugal street, at the rear of St. Clement Danes' workhouse. Here he commenced business, and was very successful, but like many others, flushed by success, he could not keep his own secret, and would brag of the number of bodies he had got out of the burying-ground, at the back of his lodgings, of a night, and what sums he had sold them for. He at first made no secret of his profession, and considered it merito rious, till at last he found that he was detested and despised by every person. He then left that part of the town, and got acquainted with Bishop, and his associates. May was always considered a lively, interesting fellow, fond of jokes, and ready for any mischief, but his disposition was not naturally cruel, and no person who knew him a few years ago could believe that he would be the accessary to take away the life of the humblest individual. May's mother is dead, but we believe his father is still living. FURTHER DISCLOSURES--RESPITE OF MAY AWFUL SCENE IN NEWGATE. On Saturday morning Williams addressed a note to Mr Wontner, stating that be wished particularly to see him Mr. Wontner immediately went to the prisoner, and ob tained from him a long and detailed confession of his guilt as to three murders. Mr. Wontner, in presence of the prisoner, committed the confession to writing. The Rev. Mr. Williams was at the same time engaged in taking a similar written statement from Bishop, who confessed that be had been engaged in the same three murders with Williams, and was proceeding to detail the particulars of a _fourth, in which " a black man" (the negro already re ferred to in this paper) was the victim. Bishop was about to give the names of the other parties who were im plicated with him in the last-mentioned murder, when he was interrupted by the entrance of Dr. Cotton, the Ordi nary. Mr. Williams could net in the course of that inter view induce the convict to resume the thread of his narrative. Both these confessions exculpated May alto gether from being a party in any of the murders. Bishop and Williams declared that May did not see the body of the boy—supposed to be the Italian's— till the Friday evening the day after the murder. They denied that their next-door neighbour, William Woodcock, could have heard any footsteps or scuffling, as he had described in his evidence; and they asserted that after " hocussing" the boy with laudanum, in rum, he became "as dead as a log 1" In that state they car ried him to the well in the yard, and held his head under the water till they were sure that he was completely suf focated. Previous to going into the yard for the above horrid purpose, they both took off their shoes. They added, that during the whole affair there was no person in the lower part of the house but themselves (Bishop and Williams): they had, sometime previously, sent their wives to bed. The prisoners also denied the correctness of the medical testimony given on the trial. It will be remembered that the death of the boy was described in evidence as having been occasioned by a blow inflicted during life, on the back of the neck ; wheicas the prisoners assert, that this appearance of a supposed deadly injury was occasioned by the twisting of the neck to force the corpse into the trunk, immediately after it was brought from the well. They also say that extravasation of blood—such as that described by the surgeons—al ways occurs when a body is thus " doubled up while it is warm." Having received the confession, of which the above is a bare outline, and having heard the most solemn declarations from May of his innocence, the Rev. Mr. Williams and Mr. Wontner immediately waited upon Mr. Justice Littledale and Baron Vaughan, who bad been present on the bench, while the prisoners were tried by Lord Chief Justice Tindal, and were still engaged in trying cases at the Old Bailey. On hearing the state ments made by Mr. Wontner and the Rev. Mr. Williams, Baron Vaughan felt inclined to suggest to Chief Justice Tindal the propriety of recommending that a re s pi te s h ou ld be granted to May. Air. Justice Littledale believed, on the contrary, that the verdict was correct in the case of May, as well as in those of Bishop and Williams, and that the law ought to take its course. The Rev. Mr. Williams raid Mr. Wontner then waited upon Mr. Chief Justice Tindal at his residence, and upon communicating to him the statements which they had previously l a id hafore Baron Vaughan and Mr . Justice Littledale, the Chief Justice said he would, as early as possible, see the Home Secretary on the subject. This Learned Judge ap peared to concur in opinion with Baron Vaughan. It was next ascertained that Lord Melbourne was not in town, but as a Cabinet Council was to be held at two o'clock yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, no doubt was entertained that his Lordship would attend officially, and that shortly previous to that hour the Chief Justice would have an opportunity of conferring with him on the facts of this extraordinary case. During the whole of Saturday the Sheriffs, Under- Sheriffs, and several other official persons were decidedly opposed to any mitigation of the punishment of May, and indeed to any delay of his execution ; and it was expected that the applications that were being made in his behalf, would be frustrated by the positive opinions and predilec tions of some influential individuals. But yesterday (Sun day) morning the Sheriffs visited all three of the prisoners in succession, and the Under-Sheriffs, who are very inte . l- I li ge nt m e n, were engaged between three and four hours in taking down the statements of the convicts; the conse quence was, we understand, that the opinions of both Sheriffs and Under •Sheriffs underwent a decided change, as to May being implicated in the crime of murder.— They were consequently desirous that his sentence should be mitigated• The result of all these investigations was that yesterday afternoon, at ball-past four o'clock, a respite during his Majesty's pleasure arrived at Newgate for May, and his sentence will be commuted to transporta tion for life. Shortly after the arrival of the respite at Newgate, Dr. Cotton and Mr. Wontner went to the room in which the three prisoners were confined for the day. The Rev. Gentleman opened the paper and began to read it aloud : —the most anxious attention was paid to its contents by all the prisoners, but the interest manifested by May, who must have known that the fate of his miserable com panions was sealed, but had felt that there was still hope for him, was quite painful to witness—his agitation was dreadful ; but no sooner had Dr. Cotton repeated the words that the execution of the sentence upon John May shall he respited during his Majesty's most gracious pleasure," than the poor wretch fell to the earth as if struck by lightning. His arms worked with the most frightful contortions, and four of the officers of the prison could with difficulty hold him ; his countenance assumed a livid paleness—the blood forsook his lips—his eyes ap peared set, and pulsation at the heart could not be distin guished. All persons present thought that he could not possibly survive—it was believed, indeed, that the warrant of mercy bad proved his death-blow. Mr. Wontner and Dr. Cotton, who have of course witnessed many scenes of dreadful agitation during their experience among capital con victs, declare that they never before beheld any human being so fearfully affected. It was nearly a quarter of an hour before May was restored to the use of his faculties. At last, when recollection returned, he attempted to clasp his hands in the attitude of thanksgiving, but his limbs shook so violently that he found even that was impossible. His lips moved, but nothing but inarticulate sounds came from his tongue. The parties present soothed him with assu rances that they knew what he meant to say, and with earnest entreaties that he would calm himself, and not at tempt to speak. When restored to something like com posure, May poured forth his gratitude to God, and his thanks to the humane gentlemen who had interested them selves in his behalf. He then explained, that when the Rev. Ordinary commenced reading the warrant, he thought that all hope was at an end—that the ceremony was to signify to him that he must die—the sudden re vulsion of feeling when he beard the words we have quoted, caused him to swoon. He added, that on learning he was to be spared, he felt as if his heart had burst in his bosom. Ile declared most solemnly, now that he was out of jeopardy, as he had done before, that he had nothing to do with the murder for which he had been condemned to die. He had never been concerned—either directly or indirectly—in any murder, but he acknowledged that he had committed many sins for which the Almighty might have justly left him to suffer on this occasion. He hoped now to lead a better life, and to evince his gratitude to God by sincere repentance. It will hardly be credited that Bishop and Williams be- field this awful scene with an indifference approaching . . . . to apathy. The dreaful agitation of their less guilty asso ciate seemed to have no effect upon them, though it was remarked that the contortions of May must have brought to their recollection the struggles of some of their mur dered victims. Mr. Wontner now asked Bishop and Williams whether, as their companion was spared from death, they would still adhere to their previous declarations that he was an innocent man. They both replied decidedly in the affir mative. Mr. Wontner, in his efforts to ascertain the truth with regard to May, appeared at first to be daring the opinion of the public, fur the general feeling certainly was that May deserved death as well as his associates ; but no reasonable person can now entertain a doubt that May is at lea.t innocent of the crime of murder, and therefore has Mr. W., with his usual judgment and hu manity, done a service to the cause of justice, by exerting himself to rescue May from the fate that the other pri soners so richly merited. During the greater part of yesterday Dr. Cotton was in attendance upon the prisoners, and Mr. Baker also ren dered his assistance in administering religious consolation to the unhappy men. About seven o'clock in the even ing, the Rev. Mr. Williams arrived at Newgate, and re mained with them about three hours. The convict Wil liams exhibited a sullenness of demeanour indicating a degree of insensibility that could not have been expected fiom a person in so awful a situation. Bishop, on the contrary, seemed sunk in despondency—literally horror stricken. He repeatedly inquired "Is there no hope for me of forgiveness from God?" The clergyman said he could not venture to give him an assurance of mercy—a man approaching the presence of his Msker with his hands stained with the - bloodof his fellow-creatures, ought hardly to expect it.—Bishop then said, " Surely, Sir, there is a hope of mercy for a repentant sinner! Was not the thief on ^ the cross pardoned ?" " Yes," replied Mr. W., " but he had no knowledge of our blessed Redeemer till that mo ment, but you have from your earliest days been taught to know Christ, and have rejected his precepts. Besides, your's cannot be called a true repentance—it is incomplete —your's is more the fear of human punishment in conse quence of your offence having been discovered, than the re , pentance of a Christian. The first step towards a true re pentance is a full and open confession of your crimes. Still, I exhort you to pray with all the sincerity and fer vour you are capable of, and as the mercy of God is un bounded, your prayers may obtain favour in his sight." It will be perceived by the intelligent reader that the Reverend Gentleman has been striving, in the above ex hortation to induce the unhappy man to make a clear con science, as well for the eternal safety of the criminal's own soul as for the interests of human society. The prisoners, Bishop and Williams, confessed on Sa turday that all the deaths of the victims whom they sa crificed to the "interests of science," were effected in the manner we have already described, viz. by "hocussing" first, and then drowning or suffocating in a well. It was reported yesterday that Carlo Ferrier, the Ita lian boy, has been ascertained to be alive. It is stated that he is at present in a distant part of England. SPEECH OF THE DUKE OF SUSSEX, IN RE LATION TO THE TRIAL OF THE BURKITES. After the trial had concluded, and the Judges, Nobility, and other visitors, had retired to a private room, the Duke of Sussex (who had remained in Court the whole day, paying the most marked attention to the evidence) took occasion to express the gratification he had experienced at the manner in which the prosecution had been arranged and conducted. " I have (said his Royal Highness, ad dressing himself to the Lord Mayor) always made it a point of attending every trial of national interest that has occurred in the metropolis; and I have done so not only from a desire to become acquainted, as far as I could, with the laws of my country, and their practical application, but because in the station I till, I feel it to be a sacred duty to take a personal interest in every thing calculated to ef fect the character or the security of the people of this country. I have never, my Lord Mayor, been present at such inquiries without increasing the admiration with which I regard the criminal jurisprudence of England; the most perfect, the most intelligent, and the most hu mane system that human ingenuity or wisdom ever de vised. Upon the present occasions whatever pain I may have felt at the sad necessity for taking away the lives of the wretched persons whose crimes have excited so powerfully the indignation of the public, I cannot help feeling proud of being the native of a country where such a sentiment of indignation has been universally evinced, and where such disinterested exertions have been made to expose and bring to justice the perpetrators of crimes, happily, I trust, rare amongst us. In what other part of the world, indeed, could such a scene be witnessed as that which we have this day contemplated. The Judges of our land, the learned in our law, Nobility, Magistrates, merchants, Medical Professors, and individuals of every rank in society, anxiously devoting themselves, and co operating in the one common object of redressing, as far as human power can do so, an injury inflicted upon a pauper child, wandering friendless and unknown in a foreign land. Seeing this, lam indeed proud of being an Englishman, and prouder still to be a Prince i❑ such a country and of such a people." It is impossible to describe the effect produced by the Royal Duke's eloquent address (of which we regret we can only give the above imperfect sketch), upon the numerous and distinguished auditory to whom it was addressed. This day (Saturday), the Magistracy of the county of Norfolk are invited by the Lord Lieutenant to assemble for the purpose of forming some general plan for the prevention of fires, and the detection of the villains who perpetrate this most terrible as well as most heinous crime. We pray that wisdom may be vouchsafed to direct them to means the most effectual. —Norwich Mercury. We are informed that the murderer HoLLo• way, instead of being penitent, indulges in the foulest and most shocking language. About a week ago, seeing the female prisoner, KENNETT, pass his cell, he poured forth a volley of abuse, and said he hoped he should bang her ! KENNETT, we hear, persists in asserting her inno cence. The story of her being enciente is, we are as- Bared, a fabrication...—Bri,qhlon Gazette. THE EXECUTION. This being the day appointed for the execution of two of the unhappy men convicted for the murder of the Italian boy, every precaution was taken by the civil authorities to prevent accid, sits, anticipating an immense assemblage of persons to witness the dreadful scene. At midnight the workmen were employed in placing the drop opposite the Debtors'-door of Newgate, and a large space around it was barricaded to keep off the crowd ; the inside of that place was subsequently nearly filled with constables and marshal men. Barricades were also fixed at stated distances across the road from from Ludgate-hill to the place of execution, and from thence to Smithfield. The most intense anxiety was evinced by the more re spectable portion of the public to witness the execution, and every window in the houses that could command even a partial view was let at exorbitant prices. During yesterday afternoon large groups of persons were congregated in various parts of the Old Bailey, discussing the offence of the culprits ; towards night they increased, and at midnight a considerable number of persons ap • peared evidently intent upon remaining until the execution was over. As the morning advanced the crowd increased, and at four o'clock many thousand persons had assembled. From that time it appeared as if half the inhabitants of the metropolis were winding their way :coward the scene of death, and at the time of the executon the numbers ex ceeded all calculation. Every spot of ground, ever y noo k was occupied ; and the houses inside and out were crowded even to a dangerous extent. When the fatal drop was stationed in its usual place it was observed that three chains were suspended from it. As soon as Mr. Wontner, the Governor of Newgate, heard of it he ordered an officer to remove one of them, May hav ing been respited. This was done, and although it was then dark, it was instantly communicated throughout the vast assemblage, and a general cry of " May is respited" was uttered. The announcement did not seem to excite much surprise, although a few individuals expressed their disapprobation by yelling and hooting. A strong body of the police, who were to be stationed near the drop, were unable to make their way through the crowd, and they were obliged to be admitted by passing through the gates leading to the Old Bailey Courts, and through the private passages, to their station. It had been previously arranged by the Sheriffs (Messrs. Cowan and Pirie), that in order to afford every possible accommodatie&t for the reporters to the public Press, very few individuals besides were to be admitted within the prison : the reporters were admitted at a very early hour, and are happy to have this opportunity of expressing their thanks to the Sheriffs, as well as to Mr. Wontner, the Governor of Newgate, for the preference given to them. The Sheriffs, and Under-Sheriffs, arrived at about half past seven o'clock, when they immediately proceeded to the cells in which the unhappy men were confined. After spending some time with them and the Clergymen, the Rev. Dr. Cotton, the Rev. Mr. Russell, and the Rev. Theodore William., one of the culprits, Bishop, was brought into the press-room, attended by sonic of those gentlemen. Ile walked with a firm step, but seemed to be nearly insensible to every thing about him; during the process of pinioning, and taking off his neckcloth by the Sheriffs' officers, he never spoke or moved a muscle, ex cept once or twice he heaved heavily. Afterwards be was handed to a seat at one side of the room, and the Rev. Mr. Williams, who has been unremitting in his attendance upon the unhappy men since their con demnation, sat down beside him and engaged him earnestly in prayer. Bishop appeared to pay great atten tion to the pious exhortations of the worthy Clergyman. All we could hear him say was, " I have told all.' Ilia fellow-culprit, Williams, was then introduced by some of the Sheriffs' officers. This young man, who we believe was only 30 years of age, and appeared even iotuTer than that, had evidently undergone a great al- teration since his trial. Ilis countenance, which was very fair, and denoting any thing but a cruel disposition, was now exceedingly pale, and at times suddenly flushed. lie appeared to suffer much mental agony, and the tears %vete standing in his eyes; indeed he seemed so weak that he was partially supported by an officer, while lie walked to the end of the press-room, and his whole frame seemed to be much convulsed. His sufferings seemed much in creased while he was being pinioned, and during the process he turned to Mr. Sheriff Pirie and said, " I have made my peace with God—l deserve all I have got." Then to one of the Under-Sheriffs he said, " All I have told you, Jir, is true, every word of it." He then looked sadly towards his companion, Bishop, with tears streaming down his cheeks, exclaimed, " I have made my peace with God." He also spoke to the Rev. Mr. Williams, but in so low a tone of voice we could not collect what it was, but we heard him request the Rev. Gentleman to remember him to -- (we did not hear the name). Mr. Williams implored him to tell all he knew ;he replied that he had told all. Mr. W. asked him if there was any other murder with which be was con nected, and he replied, " I have told you all, Sir ; none whatever." The fervency with which he spoke these words induced the Rev. Gentleman to refrain from asking any more questions at that time. The melancholy pro cession then moved forward towards the Debtors'-door where the drop was placed, and melancholy indeed it seemed as it paced the long dreary and narrow passages of that vast building. On the way one of the culprits not seeing the Rev. Mr. Russell near him, expressed an anxious wish to Pee that gentleman again, and he was quickly by the side of the prisoners, and assisted in engaging them in prayer. Bishop ascended the drop first, with a faltering step, and the moment he was visible to the immense as- semblage, the most astounding yells, hootings, and cheers, that we ever beard resounded through the immense crowd, and the u proar continued until the drop fell. The exe cutioner placed the cap over his face, and fastened the fatal cord, the Rev. Mr. Cotton, the Rev. Mr. Russell, and Mr. Baker engaged him in prayer. Williams was next handed up, and the noise was if possible augmented until the drop fell, which very soon took place upon the signal of the Rev. Mr. Cotton, when the world closed upon them for ever. Bishop died without a struggle, but Williams was much convulsed for a few minutes. We understand that Bishop, who was much disturbed in his sleep on Friday and Saturday nights, slept very soundly last n ight ; he awoke but two or three times, and upon being asked by the officer in attendance whether be wanted any thing, he replied, " No," and went to sleep again. They were both often questioned respecting the poor Italian boy, but they strongly protested their innocence of his murder. The unhappy men appeared ever since their condemna tion to pay the most devout attention to the religious in struction of the Rev. Gentlemen who attended them, and from the moment of making their confessions, they appeared more resigned to their dreadful fate, and con sidered that they had unburthened their consciences of a heavy load of guilt. Among the few gentlemen who were admitted within the prison, were Sir Charles Paget, and two sons of Earl Grey. (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) The Sheriffs are in possession of very important parti culars relative to the conduct of the two culprits, which we u nderstand it to be their intention immediately to pub lish. Among the murders which they have confessed to we understand is one of a little child, whom they found in a destitute condition in the street, and covered with filth and vermin. This poor child they inveigled to Bishop's house, and destroyed in a similar manner to that of the other unfortunate victims. This morning Williams stated that there was one cir cumstance which he had forgotten to mention before, and th it was that they had got two men into Bishop's bowie, whom they plied with rum and laudanum, intending to murder them; but the liquor did not effectually operate, and they were obliged to permit the men to depart ; an exceedingly happy and narrow escape for them. The respite in favour of May was communicated to him about five o'clock yesterday afternoon by Mr. Wontner, and the effect it produced upon him was almost indesrib able, he became nearly lifeless, and it was a considerable time before, by the operation of restoratives, he could be restored to animation. He then became at one time frantic with joy, and at others sobbed aloud ; when he be came somewhat calm, he returned his gratitude to the Al mighty for his deliverance, as well as his thanks to those w ho had been instrumental in obtaining the respite. He added also ; that it was no more than an act of justice to wards him, for he sz,l4 innocent of the crime for which he was condemned, and wholly innocent of participating in any murder whatever, although be acknowledged that he was guilty of many ,tfences. Bishop and 'Williams yesterday afternoon parted with their wives for ever ! The scene was truly affecting. We believe Bishop's children have not been permitted to visit him in prison. Bishop, it will be recollected, was married to his step mother, after the death of his father. Among the contri butors to the fund for the relief of the widow, we under stand was the Duchess of St.'Alban's, who, besides giving a large donation settled a small annuity upon her, which we are informed she has hitherto received. During the severe pressure of the crowd in the early part of the morning, some of the barricades which bad been • erected across the street, broke down, and we learn that a man and boy were killed, and nine others so severely i n- jurcd, that it was deemed necessary to take them to the hospital. The writer of this was on Ludgate-hill as St. Paul's clock struck the hour of eight—the fog was then too thick to admit a view of the scaffold ; but the solemn tones of the bell were recognized as a signal that, at that instant, in all probability, the murderers were paying the forfeit of their horrid crimes. It is a disgusting fact, that this really awful moment was seized by a gang of thieves at the above spot, for the purpose of taking advantage of the excitement of the moment to commit depredations—a strong rush was made, that caused much alarm and confu sion, and there can be little doubt that the callous ruffians succeeded in obtaining a considerable booty. Some of the manufacturers of "last dying speeches and confessions" had, as usual, provided a plentiful supply of those veracious sheets for the gratification of peripatetic curiosity, and, as usual, some of them were sold even be fore the execution took place ; but, unfortunately, the spe culative typo not being aware that May had received a respite, included him among the dying penitents, and an elegant wood-cut at the head of the paper represented three culprits dangling from the gallows. THE EXTERIOR OF NEWGATE. To endeavour to form any calculation as to the num bers of the populace that were congregated in front of Newgate and its neighbourhood would be a fruitless task. From one end of the Old Bailey to the other was densely crowded, and the streets in the neighbourhood, although not a glance could be had of the platform or the proceed ings, were, from an early hour, rendered impassable by the throng of persons that were hurrying towards the scene of execution. Notwithstanding the many precau tions that were taken by the City authorities to pre vent accidents, we are sorry to say that many occurred ; but fortunately no lives were lost. At the end of Giltspur street, immediately opposite the Compter, a very heavy barrier was erected across the road for the purpose of counteracting the immense pressure of the mob, which in that direction extended to Smithfield. This barrier was fastened to two uprights that were placed two feet in the ground, by iron hopping, which was by no means of sufficient strength for the immense weight of the timber to which it was attached. The consequence was, that at the moment the culprits were visible on the gallows, the barrier was forced down, and a number of persons of both sexes fell with it. The screams of the females, and the confusion that ensued, was truly alarming. One female, of very respectable appearance, with her husband, were most dreadfully injured, the bar rier having fallen upon their chests, and a number of others of the mob pressing upon them. A city constable was also under the barrier, which rested on his abdomen, and his cries were most deplorable. In this dreadful situa tion did the sufferers remain for some minutes. A cry of " Stand back ; for God's sake, stand back !" was raised, but all to no avail, and people in all directions were trampling upon each other. At length some of the officers from the Compter came out, and with the assistance of several other officers, a space of ground was obtained, and the individuals were rescued from their perilous situation, and carried to St. l3artho'omew's Hospital, where they were promptly at tended to by Mr. Birkett, the dresser to Mr. Vincent, the principal surgeon, who had been in attendance all night to recieve any accident that might be brought in. Before nine o'clock every bed in Colston-ward was occupied by persons who had been injured at the moment the barrier gave way, and many of them more seriously so. The fol lowing are the names of the wounded : Patrick, Crandy, a lad, very severely injured in the knee and his arm broken.' _ John Lloyd, dislocation of the ann. Peter Murphy, a city constable, letter K, severely injured in the abdomen . . Richard Hitchings, extensively contused by being trampled on. John Drewell, leg broken and much contused by being trampled on. William French, with an asphyxia from an injury to the chest. John Rosindale, very severely injured by being trampled on. Mary Guest, shoulder dislocated. Solomon Hyams, very badly bruised. Joseph Parker, leg broken, and otherwise severely bruised. Richard Gee, very badly contused from being trampled on. A number of others were brought in much hurt, by being crushed under the feet of the mob, who, after being bled, were enabled to proceed to their homes ; but the above named persons are now in the hospital. According to law the bodies of the miserable men were left suspended til/ nine o'clock, when they were cut down. The moment the executioner presented himself on the scaffold for that purpose, the mob, which was still very great, set up a continued yelling and other noises, in tes timony of disgust and abhorrence of the miserable wretches. Immediately after a small cart, that had been in waiting in the neighbourhood, drove up to the plat form, and the bodies of the culprits were placed in it, covered with two sacks. The cart then moved on at a slow pace, followed by the Sheriffs and City Marshal, along Giltspur-street, to the house of Mr. Stone, No. 33, Hosier-lane,—the vast crowd yelling and making other discordant sounds as they proceeded. On reaching Mr. Stones' house it was with great difficulty the bodies cou'd be removed from the cart, the mob appearing anxious to get possession of them. The bodies were placed on a table, and in the presence of the Sheriffs (in conformity with their duty) an incision was made in their chests, after which they withdrew. The bodies will be removed to night—Bishop to the King's College, and Williams to St. Bartholomew's, to be anatomised. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND gave a grand dinner on Saturday at their residence at Kew to the Rus sian Ambassador and Prince LIEVEN, the Netherlands Am bassador and Madame FALCK, the Prussian Minister, Count DONHOFF, and a select party. The household of her Royal Highness the Duchess of KENT went into mourning yesterday for her Serene High ness the Duchess of SAXE COBURG GOTHA. The Cabinet Council held at the Foreign-office on Friday night was attended by the LORD CHANCELLOR, Earl GREY, Viscounts MELBOURNE, PALMERSTON, and ALTIIORP, the Earl of CARLISLE, Lord HOLLAND, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, the Duke of RicirmoND, Mr. STANLEY, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL. The Council broke up ut twelve o'clock. Another Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yes- terday afternoon, at the residence of Earl GREY, in Downing-street, which was attended by the same Cabinet Ministers, and also by Viscount GODERICII and Lord Duaiwt. The Ministers remained in deliberation till six o'clock. The Russian and Austrian Ambassadors had interviews with Viscount PALMERS'iuI+ on Saturday at the Foreign office. _ _ The Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas had an interview with Viscount MELBOURNE yesterday, at the Home-office. Viscount PAL?tiERSTON entertained a party of the Ca binet Ministers at dinner yesterday evening, at his resi dence in Great Stanhope-street. The Marquis DE PALMELLA had an interview with Earl GREY on Saturday at the Treasury. BRIGHTON, DEC. 4. This morning her MAJESTY, her Royal Highness the Princess AUGUSTA, Prince GEORGE of Cambridge, the Princess LOUISE, and the Royal suite and Household, heard divine service in the Palace Chapel. The Rev. Mr. WAGNER read prayers, and Dr. EVERARD preached an excellent sermon. Mr. GUTTERIDGE played the organ. His MAJESTY was not present. Friday the Marquis of CHArrnos and Lord JOHN TOWNSHEND had the honour of an audience of his MA JESTY ; then the KING, accompanied by her MAJESTY, took an airing in a carriage and four with two outriders, as far as Lord CHICHESTER'S Park, and back to the Palace. The Princess LouisE, attended by Lady MAYO, took a carrage airing. His MAJESTY sat to Mr. FRANCIS for his bust. General DALRYMPLE took leave and returned to town. The Marquis of CHANnos, Mrs. Frrzirnannitr, Sir GEORGE and Lady SEYMOUR, Mrs. and Miss SMITH, and Lord W. RUSSELL, had the honour of being included with the Royal suite and household in the dinner party at the Palace, on Friday evening. Yesterday their MAJESTIES took an airing in a carriage and four, with two outriders, proceeded along the West Cliff, f from o'clock.mthetce to Shoreham, and returned to the Palace after The Princess LOUISE took an airing, attended by Lady MAYO. Her Royal Highness the Princess AUGUSTA, accom panied by Miss WYNYARD, drove out for some time. Their MAJESTIES will leave the Pavilion to-morrow morning at ten o'clock for St. James's Palace. The Earl and Countess of MAYO, Sir ANDREW BAR NARD, and Sir HERBERT TAYLOR, will leave in the morn ing for London. The Earl and Countess BATHURST, Mr. BATHURST, Lord ARTHUR HILL, Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE DA'WSON, the Dowager Duchess of RICHMOND, Mr. and Lady JANE LA LIRENCB PEEL, Lord MARCUS HILL, Lord GEORGE HILL, and the Hon. EDWARD PHIPPS, bad the honour of dining with their MAJESTIES last evening. COVENT-GARDEN.—MiSS SHIRREFF made h,r second appearance here on Saturday night in the opera of Artaxerxes, and was received with much applause. tatK:' SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The fate of the wretched culprits who were.sen tenced to suffer for their atrocious and truly diabo lical crimes on the scaffold this morning suggests ome subjects of reflection to which it may not be useless at the present moment thus publicly to ad vert. The more immedi a t e consideration arisin g professional butchers surgical shambles is the o n f it hu of m t a h n e abpepinagllsingfocrastehoef the extensive nature of their traffic with the schools of anatomy, and the perfect security in which it had been heretofore conducted. When we hear of a system of murder which had long been carried on for the supply of subjects to the dissecting-rooms, we naturally ask how it was that the keen and in telligent eye of science was so dull and dark as not to penetrate into the practices of the ignorant and brutal purveyors of slaughtered bodies fur the pur poses of the dissecting-room ?We naturally ask how those clumsy drunken murderers imposed the fresh bodies of their victims not merely upon ana tomical porters or surgical students, but upon ex perienced surgeons and anatomists—themselves I teacher of the science which professes, in Courts of Justice, to be able to discover, in cases of homicide, the causes of death ? When we find, however, that those who devote themselves, as they say, to the interests of science, plead in their own exculpation a most unscientific ignorance of the causes of death, when that death has been inflicted Ibv the hands of the ruffians who are vulgarly called " resurrec tion-men," and that this ignorance makes them unsuspecting even in the midst of the most sw..- picious circumstances, we then wonder, not why the dreadful traffic was so long carried on in concealment, but why it was ever brought to a light. nato m s \ t i , s 7 e w :v r o e nd m e a r d n e ot how so the dupes many of u the s in rge feri o l i n a s a t a r nd e cities, but how it happened that there was one of the profession whom their villainy failed to deceive. There is, indeed, one anatomist who, fortunately for the public, was not to be imposed upon by the mur derous handy-work of the Burkites ;—one who has nobly and honourably done his duty to the public — to the real interests of science—to the cause of jus tice and morality—and to human nature itself. As long as the recollection of a crime which, until the recent discoveries at Edinburgh, was, like the crime of the " foul and midnight hags" in _Macbeth, " a deed without a name," survives even in the records of human depravity to make humanity shudder, so long will the name of Mr. Partridge be held in de served estimation for drawing the veil of the horrid mysteries practised in the temple of science, where the presiding genius that men regarded as a saving and beneficent spirit has been feasted with sacrifices only lit for a destroying Moloch. If, in ancient Ronne, that man was rightly rewarded with the " civic crown" who saved the life of a Roman citi zen, how deserving of a public testimony of respect and honour from his fellow-citizens is the man who, by vindicating the intelligence of science on behalf of the interests of humanity and justice, has prevented the destruction of the lives of an incal culable number of British subjects, by modes t f death the most revolting and barbarous? There ate writers who exhaust all their sympathies on what are called by pseudo philosophers—and, in our opi nion, ignorantly called—" the interests of science," and have, consequently, little commiseration to bestow on the victims of the system. They seem to look at Burking as useful in demonstrating the n. cessity of a change in the law, so as to remove the restrictions which are opposed to the disgusting traffic in dead bodies—and even to go the length of providing a compulsory supply of the bodies of the poor for the dissection table. As to legalising the traffic in dead bodies, it is a nice and difficult ques tion, though it certainly could be done at once by abolishing the law which makes it penal to have a dead body in possession for the purpose of dissec tion ;—but then the question arises, is it not better that anatomical science should remain imperfect than that any step should be taken to improve it which would have the effect of brutalizing the feelings of the people ? There can be no doubt that too much stress is laid by the anatomists of the present day upon dissection, and too little upon the advantages of other modes of study. The mechanical practice of mangling the human body gratifies the indolence of men who abhor the mental application which the elaborate works of the greatest anatomists require. I! is easy to cut up, but it is difficult to learn. We believe it will be found that exclusive or excessive attachment to the dissecting-room is not often pro ductive of the highest attainments in science. But it is said "Bunking must be prevented, and we must submit to any alteration of the law which will have the effect of putting an end to that horrid crime." We admit at once that legislative s'eps must be taken to prevent Burking, and we would begin by making it a severely penal offence for a surgeon or anatomist to pur chase, or have in his possession, a dead body that can be proved to have been Barked. We have said be fore that while there is any price for a subject, however small it may be, persons will be found ca pable of committing murder for that price, as we sec t hat some murders are committed even for the amount of a few shillings. If then the law were so altered to-morrow as to legalise the sale of dead bodies, yet the penal enactment which we have stated would be necessary still to secure the public against the crime of Burking. Nothing short of this, and the subjec tion of schools of anatomy to strict police regulations, can prevent the progress of the crime. It is in vain to say " Lower the price." This monstrous crime has taken root in our soil, and it cannot be eradicated as long as there is any temptation to wicked men, un less that temptation be counteracted by establishing a severe system of police surveillance over anato s•shnols. and by enacting such a penal law as shall allow the culpauie erPrice o f surgeons no longer to be excused on the ground of the original crime, to which they must make them selves accessories after the fact. No greater hard ship would be done to surgeons and anatomists by such a law than has been already recognised as rea• sonable in other cases. It is seldom that there is any thing like positive and direct evidence of guilty knowledge against a receiver of stolen goods. His guilt is generally presumed from the accompanying circumstances. Anatomists are men of science—they profess to be men of intelligence in their profession. They undertake, on criminal trials, to pronounce, where human life is at stake, with sufficient confidence, on the causes of death. This know ledge, and the discrimination which a scientific edu cation teaches, ought, under the suspicious cir cumstances in which Bunkers bring to the sham bles fresh and almost warm bodies, to afford ground for the legal presumption which convicts other guilty receivers. We believe that there are many sur geons who, tinder similar circumstances, would have acted like Mr. Partridge. As to such persons, a penal law would be superfluous ; not so as to others, whom no suspicious circumstances can in duce to aid the course of justice, as the history of Bunking, though yet imperfectly made known, abun dantly testifies. Another consideration arising out of the crime of the Bunkers is the fac t t ha t they made use of the vice of drunkenn ess as the prepara tory proc ess to the exterminatio n of their victims. Men, women, or children , t hat fell into the hands o o f t theseother intoxicating m riste spirit, until their senses werers, they plied with gin, or so m e gone and their strength incapable of resistance— arid no sooner was the work of murder accomplished, and the price of blood obtained, than the successful villains converted their ill-gotten gold into ardent spirits, and drenched the stings of conscience in profuse and beastly intoxication. If the dread of pestilence will not open the eyes of the lower classes of this country to the dangers attendant upon the infatuated love of intoxicating liquors, will they not turn from their fatal charm when they find that it leads them as helpless victims into the path of the vampires, who crawl forth from the churchyards, where they prey upon the dead, to prowl for the blood of the living 1 It is also a subject of serious consideration, and one which reflects deep disgrace upon the laws of England, that the punishment