The Sun.
London, England, 1831-12-02 00:00:00

LONDON BRIDGE.

The report of the Committee underwent consi.
derable discussion ; after which the Court ad•
journed.

THE MURDER OF FANNY PIGBURN.

B OW-STREET.

Yesterday afternoon Mr. Pilcher, a surgeon, who
is either a partner in, or otherwise professionally
connected with, Mr. Grainger's anatomical theatre
in Webb-street, Borough, appeared before Mr.
MINSHULL, and stated that he had read in the
mewspapers the confession made by the porter
Shields as to his having brought the body of a fe-
male subject to Mr. Grainger's on the morning of
Sunday, the 9th of October. This statement was
perfectly true, for a body answering the description
of that described by Shields was purchased by Ap-
pleton, the dissecting-room porter, from the prisoner
Bishop, one g
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gistrate, that about three weeks ago, and before any
suspicion had existed respecting the body in ques-
ion, he (Mr. Pilcher), on learning of the murder
of the Italian boy, called upon Mr. Thomas, the
Superintendent of the Police, and stated to him that
such a body had been received at Mr. Grainger's
dissecting rooms, and the circumstances under which
it was purchased.
Mr. Thomas admitted that Mr. Pilcher had made
such a communication to him.
Mr. MiNsituu, asked Mr. Pitcher if he had seen
the body prior to its dissection ?
Mr. Bieber said that the body was received on
the Sunday morning, and that he did not see it until
the Monday morning. Neither did he observe any
marks of violence upon it; it appeared, however,
much fresher than bodies usually were, and he con-
cluded that it had been stolen from some dead-house
or bone-house shortly after death. Mr. Dunn, the
pupil by whom the body was dissected, was present,
and would state the appearances which it presented
to his observation. It was Appleton's opinion,
when he purchased it, that the body had never been
buried, but stolen ; and his reason for believing that
there was nothing wrong in the transaction was that
Bishop accepted part of the money, and called on
the following day for the remainder.
Mr. Thomas observed that it was quite out of the
question that the body could have been obtained
from a dead-house or a bone-house. He had traced
the circumstances connected with this murder, as
far as he possibly could; and, from the inquiries he
had made, he had ascertained that the deceased
Fanny Pigburn left the house of Mr. Chaplin, in
Church-street,Bethnal-green,at half-past nine o'clock
on the night of Saturday, October 8; and that
about half-past eleven Bishop and Williams were
seen dragging a drunken woman answering her de-
scription towards Nova Scotia-gardens, and that
cries of murder were shortly afterwards heard from
the direction which they had taken. The body
sold, therefore, the next morning, it was no more
than reasonable to presume, was the body of this
woman. From facts that had come to his know-
ledge, he had reason to think that suffocetion was
produced by immersing the poor creature's head in
water; and this notion was supported by the fact
that the vessels of the heart were gorged, an effect
which drowning would hare produced.
Mr. Pilcher nodded his head in assent.
Mr. MINSIIULL asked whether Mr. Pilcher be-
lieved the death in this case to have been the result
of violence ?—Mr. Pilcher said, that he was not
able to forte any judgment on the point, as it vas
the custom for Appleton, and persons in his situa-
tion, to wash and prepare the body for dissection,
bodily
until
lration would destroy all traces by which
violence could be detected. Not having seen the
after it was prepared, he could not, of
course, say whether or not violence had been used.
Mr. Mtrestwet, observed that in coming forward
as he had done Mr. Pilcher had acted very properly.
His statement was quite satisfactory so far as it
went, but still it would be his (Mr.Minahull's) duty,
at a more fitting opportunity, to further investigate
the matter.
Mr. Pilcher said, that the Magistrate might exa-
mine Mr. Dunn, the pupil, if he thought proper
to do so.

Mr. ICIINSHULL, however, declined, observing

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Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk
- Yorkshire and Linealn,liire
- Grinding

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INDIAN CORN, per 44011).
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MALT, per Imperial quarter
IMPORT OF GRAIN for the Week ending Nov. 28.
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wife, friendly, and beneficial measure, on the part
of the Ministers towards the people.—(Hear, hear.)
Nlany Unions, it was well known, had trenched
very nearly upon the confines of the law, and their
awn body were nearly on the point of doing so. In
that case the Ministers must have discharged their
duty, however painful, and have instituted legal
measures against their best friends. The Prochuna-,
tion has had the effect of putting nil the Unions
upon their guard, and he trusted that it would the
'fetter enable them to meet the great emergency of
'he times, in a strictly legal, loyal, and constitutional
manner. It was proper that lie should here state
.vhich he did most positively, that neither himself
nor any other member of that Council possessed
the slightest knowledge or intimation that such a
measure was in contemplation, until they saw it in
print on the day after they had abandoned the plan
of organization. He (Mr. A.) confessed that he
at first felt considerable surprise at seeing it ; but,
fefiecting on the legal difficulties which were sur-
rounding the Union, and the embarrassments which
any violation of the law by great masses of the
people would occasion to the Government and to
the cause of Reform, he saw at once the Proclasna-

don was a wise and judicious measure. They must
observe that it did not at all interfere with that
Union, as it at present existed, nor with any other
Union of a similar kind. It was true, that his and
their excellent friend, Mr. Lawley, their county
Member, had called upon him (Mr. A.) and told
him that the organization would be illegal, if
adopted. Mr. Larrley called upon him on the very day
the project of an organization was published in Bir-
mingham, and, upon asserting that it was illegal, he
(Mr. A.) had assured him that if that were the case,
he was quite certain that no member of the Council
would recommend its adoption. lle (Mr. A.) then
consulted Mr. Parkes, who confirmed Mr. Lawley's
opinion, and offered his gratuitous legal services at
their next meeting. In proof of the strict desire of
the members of the Council to obey the laws in all
respects, he would remind them that he had not
said a word upon this subject on the evening in
question ; but that the Council, immediately on
hearing the argument of Mr. Parkes, had forthwith
rejected the plan submitted by die Committee, with-
out he (Mr. A.) having mentioned his communica-
tion with Mr. Law•ley to more than one or t►tio in-
dividuals among them.—(Hear, bear.) He, theie-
fore, repeated to them that the Council had acted
from a strict and rigid respect to the law, unin-
fluenced by any supposed intimation of the inten-
tions of Government. Certainly it would be to him
and to all the members of that Council, a great
honour to be supposed to be in the confidence of his
Majesty's Ministers, and to be favoured with their
confidential communications; but he disdained to
claim or receive honour for himself, if it was to be
bought at the expense of a man, whom, of all man•
kind, he was most inclined to respect and revere.—
(Hear.) It was also stated, in some of the oppno-
sition papers, that some one or more of his Ma-
jesty's Ministers had subscribed to the funds of
the Union, and Lord John Russell was absolutely
named as having contributed 501. This was a
gross falsehood. That Council had never received
one shilling from any Member of the Adminis-
tration, or from any person either directly or indi-
rectly connected with them.—(Hear.) With regard
to the proposed organization, which they had wisely
abandoned, he must beg to observe that it had no
illegal or unjust objects—it arose entirely out of ihe
lamentable events which occurred at Bristol, and the
rejection of the Reform Bill in the Lords; and as
the political horizon then looked very black, it was
deemed right to guard, as far as possible, against the
fearful consequences which might be apprehended
trom a second rejection of the Bill. They had the
satisfaction of knowing that they had done their duty
and neglected no possible measure which might
tend to the preservation of the peace and happiness
of society.—(Hear, hear.) The gloomy prospects
before them a few weeks ago had induced them to
attempt improvements in their Union; but he was
happy to perceive that the clouds were now dis-
persing—and he could not but agree with his friend
Dr. Wade in considering the proclamation itself as
good omen, or rather as a proof that every thing
►vas going on right.—(Hear, hear.) With regard
to any possible mutilation of the Bill, he did not ap-
prehend it. Earl Grey had lived to the age of 66
years without a stain—he had pledged himself to
ill the great provisions of the Bill, awi it was quire
certain that by those great provisons he would, either
stand or fall. Another ground of charge against
I Ministers was that Lord .lohr► Russell and Lord
Althorp had corresponded with him as Chairman of

the lininn. He (Mr. A.) knew no wrong in such
correspondence, if true—for surely the 'distinguished
Simation which he (Mr. A.) had the honour to hold
did not shut him out from the courtesies which one
gentleman owed to another. Much had been saidabout
the excitement which the -Ministers were charged
with producing in the nation. This was also false,
It was their predecessors and present opponent; tvho
created the excitement, and not We Ministers.
When Earl Grey and his cc:lirAgnes entered office,
they found society on the verge of dissolution; and
if it had not been cor the interested opposition of
their rivals, k was his (Mr. A.'s) opinion that the
existing excitement would have been allayed before
now. It was the giant
guilt oi the change of the
currency which had produced the excitement,—it
was the cruel and destructive attempt to 'compel this
deluded nation to produce 16,000 togs of solid gold
in the disehnrge of its public atld private taxation—
it was this enormous anti destructive burden pres:i-
mg with its mortal weight upon every mantle, and
every sinew, and every nerve, and .2t-ery throbbing
artery of the Country, which had produced the ex-
citement which was now threatening the foundations
of society. The Ministers had had nothing to do
in making this excitement. It was the money laws
breaking 'down the price of labour on the one hand,
and the corn laws bolstering up the price of bread
on the other, which had worn out the patience of
the nation, and had at last produced that glorious
excitement which he trusted would shortly terminate
in the liberty and happiness of all.--(Cheers.) Mr.
A. then proceeded to state that he had suspended
the petition to the King agreed to at the last meet-
ing, in order to consult the Council again respecting
the proprieting of presenting it. He had feared it
might be deemed intrusive by their excellent Sow-
reign, or by his Ministers, and he was exceedingly
unwilling to take any step having any tendency of
that kind, fie would read the petition again, and
leave it to the Council to determine. Mr. A. then
read the petition, at the close of which—
Mr. BENJAMIN HADLEY, Honorary Secretary to
the Union, said be rose for the purpose of propos-
ing the adoption of the petition now read.. Again
and again he would repeat, that the only safe and
certain reliance for the people was on themselve•
'alone.—(Lord cheers.) Believing, as he did, that
the sentiments contained in the petition would, if
acted upon, greatly strengthen the hands of Mi-
nisters, and effectually rescue our beloved King from
the insolent domination of those great enemies of
the people, the factions Lords Spiritual and Tem-
poral ; and thinking it the solemn duty of this
Council to make this last appeal to his Majesty,
which would seive to convince the country that
they had !eft nothing undone that could contribute
to die advancement of the great cause they all had
so much at heart, he strongly recommended the im-
mediate adoption of the petition. Mr. Hadley sat
down amid loud cheers, and proposed the following
resolution :

" That the petition to the King, now read, be adopted
and signed by the Members of this Council ; and that the
Chairman be requested to forward it to Earl Grey with
the greatest despatch." _ _ _

The Rev. Dr. WADE seconded the petition, which.
after a short conversation, was carried unanimously.
The Rev. T. M. 3PDONts.r.u. gave notice, that
on Tuesday next he should bring forward a motion
in support of the subject of the 101. franchise.

BRIGHTON, DEC. 1.

Their MAJEsms are in the enjoyment of excellent
health and spirits at their Marine Palace.

Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, their MAJESTIES left the
Palace in a carriage and four, with two outriders (by the
North gate), proceeded on the Lewes road through Stan-
more-pat k, and returned to the Palace about two o'clock.
Her Royal Highness the Frincess Auc USTA, and Prinet
GEORGE, did not leave the Palace during the day.
The PI ince►s LOUISE enjoyed a carriage airing along the
East and West Cliff for some time.

Nam, s were left by the following nobility and gentry
at the Palace :—The Earl and Countess of Beverley and
the Ladies Percy, Lord John Townshend, Lord and Lady
Maryhorough, Lady Clarendon, Lord and Lady de Roos,
Lord and Lady Louth, Lady Mary and the Misses Pette,
Viscount Newark, Hon. Mrs. Lushington, Colonel Brother-
ton, Sir Joseph Wheatley, Sir Charles, Lady, and Miss
Burrell, Mr., Mrs., Miss Whitmore, and Captain Bagot.
Last evening their MAJESTIES entertained a large party
at dinner, in honour of St. Andrew's Day. Sixty-eight
sat down to dinner, including their MAJESTIES, the Royal
Suite, and the following :—The Duke of Argyll, Duke of
Montrose, Marquis of A ilesbury, Marquis of Queensberry,
Lord Belhaven, Lord Lake, Earl Bathurst, Earl of Kin-
noul, Hon. Colonel Henry Murray, Lieut.-Col. Wats,n,
Lieut.-Clonel Grey, and the officers of the Scotch Greys,
Lieut.-General Sir .1. Fraser, Admiral Douglas, Mr.
Aberdeen, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Marjoribanks, Mr.
liaillie Himilton, Mr. Drummond, Lieut.-General Sir
William Keir Grant, Lieut -General Sir Robert M•Far-
lane, Major-General Hepburn, the Right Hon. Charles
Grant, Lieut.-General Pringle, and Mr. Robert Grant,
and the officers of the Guards.

The SUFFCX Militia assemble this day at Chichester for

training.
The Earl of Du NDONA rn, the Earl and Counte.s of BE-
N rat.xa-, the Earl and Countess of BELHAVEN, and the
Marquis and Marchioness of CA am)+, RTIIEN, remain at the
Bedford. The Earl and Countess of SHREWSBURY are ex-
pected this day.

An evening cotemporary has put forth a sort
of skeleton of the alterations about to he made in the Re-
form Bill, which will be again introduced to the con-
sideration of the Legislature in the course of next week.
We give the paragraph in another column, and consider
the alterations, if correctly reported, to be judicious and
satisfactory. The existence of the counties, without any
division, will also form an additional improvement in the
original form of the Bill ; and we have reason to believe
also that Ireland will receive a considerably larger addition
to her representation than that which is stated by our co-
temporary. The few days, however, that are to elapse
before the Bill in its complete and final shape will be sub-
mitted to Parliament, render it a matter of comparatively
trifling import whether our information and that of our
contemporary be, or be not, correct. What the public is
anxious to ascertain is, whether the great principles of the
rtjected Bill are preserved in that which is now to be sub-
mitted to the consideration of the Legislature ; and on that
point we can confidently state, that the pledges given
previously to the prorogation of Parliament by Lords
GREY and Bitoucieam, respecting the efficiency of the
new Bill, will be amply and most honourably fulfilled.—
Morning Advertiser.

We hear that the Reform Bills are ready, and
that they will probably be read a second time previous to
the adjournment for the Christmas holidays. We believe
that the census of 1 831 will be taken as the standard of
Population ; eight new Members will be given to Scot-
land, and five to Ireland ; the full number of the House
as it stanch at present will be continued, and, of course,
some additional English towns will have Members.
Some boroughs from schedule B will be removed to
schedule A, and the 101. qualification will be taken in a
more simple manner than at first proposed. The pay-
ment of taxes as well as rent will probably be required,
and a certain holding necessary to the exercise of the
franchise. These are all the particulars we can collect,
and, eel tainly, they all appear to us to be improvements
on the late Bills. The only thing which now seems ne-
cessary is that the Reforming Members should be urged
to attend in their
places, notwithstanding the incon-
venience to which it may subject some of them. The
majority should, if possible, be greater, but certainly not
less than on the second and third readings of the rejected
Bill. All parties seem anxious that this great and mo-
mentous question should be settled with the least possible
delay.—Morning Paper.
SCOTTISII HOSPITAL.--Wednesday being
St. Andrew's Day, the annual festival of the Scottish Cor-
poration took place. The funds of this charity are appli-
cable to the relief of all natives of Scotland, their wives
and children, being residents of this metropolis or its
vicinity. The Duke of Goanost was expected to pre-
side at the entertainment, but the Secretary
received
from his Grace a letter, saying, that if his attendance
were deemed of importance he should, rather than forfeit
the good opinion of his countrymen, travel 600 miles for
the purpose of being present ; but he hoped that after so
long residence in London as his late Parliamentary duties
imposed on him, the Corporation would accept his apo-
logy. In the absence of the Noble Duke, the Hon. Wm.
FRASIER took the Chair. There were about 200 gentlemen
present, and the subscriptions announced were of a very.
gratifying amount, though few of the persons of rank or
i nfluencet connected with Scotland were pre ent,

Cases. Died.
From the Commencement of the Disease, on -
the `with October, 1831
(Signed) C. STEPHENSON,
Secretary to the Sunderland Board of Health,

We learn by the Austrian Observer that
Sultan MAnstouD, who has oflate had Hercu-
lean difficulties to contend with, in the perpetual
revolts of his Paellas, instigated, no doubt, in
some degree, by Russian intrigues, has at length
reduced the Pachalic of Bagdad to obedience,
taken the city itself by storm, and made prisoners
DAUD PACHA, and his son.

His Majesty the- King of HOLLAND still
withholds his assent to the treaty separating Bel•
gium from Holland. His obstinacy bears much
resemblance to that of the English Tories, with
whom, if report speaks truly, he holds a more
friendly communication than with the English
Government, and like whom, (lest his courage
should be doubted,) he will probably shOrtly an-
nounce a determination " to die in his last ditch."

How stands the case, however, between his
Dutch MAJESTY, the Belgic people, and the
Powers of Europe ? On what pretensions does,
or rather did he found his claim to the Belgic
throne, and the allegiance and affections of the
Belgic people ? Was it on legitimacy and Di-
vine right ? Was he not a foreigner in Bel-
gium till the year 1814, when the Allies, having
agreed that Belgium should not remain annexed
to France, bestowed on him a sort of feudal
sovereignty, unable to concur in any other dis-
position of the spoil ; and did he not thenceforth
rule by a sort of mongrel title, legitimate on the
'right bank of the Scheldt, and non-legitimate
on the left ? Were the Belgians consulted, and
!in what way ? Did not his MAJESTY convoke
an Assembly of the States, and propose for their
acceptance certain Articles as the basis of a Con-
stitution ? Were they not rejected by a ma-
jority of the Members present ? Did not his
MAJESTY then decree, that the absent Mem-
bers should be considered as having voted for
the Articles, and that they were accepted ?
Did he not tax the Belgic people to pay the in-
terest on the Dutch debt ? Did he not govern
Belgium wholly by Dutch Ministers, and ex-
clude all Belgians from office ? The better to
display Dutch supremacy, did he not ordain
that the Dutch language should be used in the
Belgic courts of justice, which language the
Belgians did not understand ? Did he not
quarrel with their churches ? Did he not en-
slave their press ? Were not these some
of the blessings of Dutch rule in Belgium ?
Could it then be matter of much surprise
even to his MAJESTY, that the Belgians,
when CHARLES X. was expelled the throne,
feeling that a free and powerful State sympathised
with their wrongs, seized the first moment to
throw offthe yoke, and assert their independence?
The despotic Sovereigns of Europe, who
have calmly looked on, and now rejoice at the
fate of Warsaw, would equally rejoice if the
same fate still awaited Brussels,—but were his
Dutch MAJESTY another Autocrat, and able to
enact a like part, would the French people, and
dare the French Government, permit it ? Dis-
appointed in his efforts to regain possession of
the Belgic throne by treaty, counter-revolution,
and force, has he not sought, and does he not
still seek, to enthral all Europe in a war, as
other worthies sometimes endeavour to promote a

We have some advices from Mexico which
are of interest to our commercial readers. A
circular from the Department of Justice recites
that great abuses having been committed in the
sale of shipwrecked vessels and their cargoes at
Vera Cruz, it is directed that all vessels and car-
goes shall remain in possession of the owners, or
if preserved for them by others, that an inventory
shall be first taken i❑ the presence of the Alcalde,
or in his absence in that of respectable citizens.

The contributions and list of subscribers of
various societies are published, which have been
organized for the purpose of promoting manu-
factures, in compliance with the recommendation
of Government.

A proposition to permit the Government to
emit bills at a premium of five per cent. per
month, to the amount of two millions of dollars,
payable at designated places in money, or in
duties laid, or to be laid, was discussed in the
Senate on the 3d September, and adopted by a
large majority.
The Congress of Tamanlipas have declared
Don FRANCISCO V. FERNANDEZ, and JUAN
N. MOLANO, duly elected Governor and Lieu-
tenant-Governor of the State.

The Treasury Report is a very voluminous
document. It appears from it that the receipts
of the year have amounted to 12,200,000
dollars. It is estimated that the expellees of
the year beginning July 1, 1831, will amount to
20,499,680 dollars, and will fall short of last
year by 8,000,000 dollars. The conclusion of
the report presents a favourable picture in every
respect of the improvement in the revenue and in
the finances during the last economical year.
The 16th September, being the anniversary of
the declaration of independence in Dolores, the
streets and houses were ornamented, and the city
of Mexico was illuminated the same evening.
On the same day the communication was com-
pleted between the mine Rayas or Guanahuate,
and the work intended to connect it with the
mine called the Canon of St. Simon. This
communication would be of great advantage to
the whole Republic. The Governor of Zaca-
tecas gives a good account of the working of
the mine of Ascura. He complains, however,
of the want of workmen. A spirit of industry
is said to pervade the remotest parts of the Re-
public. The State of Queretaro was about
renewing its ancient woollen manufactures with
great advantages. The large cotton manufac-
tures which arc to be established near the capital
were to be soon commenced. In Pornaro
Marquili, on the Pacific Coast, in the
Michoacar, an enterprise was on foot to esta-
blish a pearl fishery.

A proposition in Congress to abolish the
Bank des Ayes was undergoing much discussion
in that body and in► the State Legislature.
The report brought to Jalapa of the first effect
of the representations of Colonels ARISTO and
DURAN created much uneasiness, which was
soon terminated by later advices. Congratula-
tory messages were sent to the Congress from
Legislatures of other States on this occasion.

The Governor of the State delivered an in-
teresting address, at St. Louis Potosi, at the in-
stallation of the Junta Protectora, for the en-
couragement of industry, particularly in the
branches of mining, agriculture, and the useful
arts. The want of funds only, he observed, had
prevented the rich mineral treasures of Potosi
from being advantageously employed.

We understand that the cause of KEMBLE
v. CHAPMAN, for infringement of the patent rights of
Covent-garden theatre by the latter, when proprietor of
the Queen's theatre, is set down for trial on Tuesilay
next. Considering the time that has elapsed (two years)
since the ground of action occurred, and that Mr. CHAP-
MAN has long ceased to be connected with the Queen's
theatre, we regret that Mr. KEMBLE should have been
advised to continue the proceedings.
The Fire King, M. CHABERT, died on Sa•
turday—the cause, an internal inflammation, by taking
pboophorus..—Bettl* Chronicle,