The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-11 00:00:00

THE LATE MURDER.

DISINTERMENT OF Tilt BODY OF MR. WEARE.
It has been mentioned in some of tl►e liaiiers
that the body of Mr. WRann was disinterred on
,Tuesday
se'nnight, but the statement has been treated in others tts an
" idle report." At Hertford, last week, where it might lieve
been supposed the fact, if true, would have been known, it
certainly was generally disbelieved. On inquiry, however, we
find that the remains of the deceased were actually lifted froth
the narrow cell to which they had been consigned, with the
usual rites of sepulture, in Elstree Church-yard.
In consequence of a supposed defect in the chain of evidence,
from which it was apprehended that it could not be proved that
one of the parties accused had been seen in company with Mr.
Weare, on the night of the murder, it was judged necessary
to open the grave in order to afford the ostler at the White
Lion, Edgeware, an opportunity of seeing the corpse, as two
persons, one of them supposed to be Mr. Weare, had called
there in a gig on the evening of the 24th of October, and the
ostler was of opinion that he should know the face of either of
them again.

Before the exhumation took place, some of the parties spoken
to on the occasion were in doubt whether it would be of any
use to inspect the body in its then state. A Medical Gentle-
man overrulled this, by declaring it to be his opinion that the
corpse would be llama nearly as perfect as when it was origi-
nally committed to the earth.

The disinterment having been determined upon, it was judged
expedient to avoid giving unnecessary publicity to the pro,
cectling, and it Was agreed that the sepulchre should not be
re-opened in the day time. Pursuant to this resolution, at Mid-
night on Tuesday, the parties who were to perform and to witness
the disinterment repaired to the church yard. The night was dark
and the weather most inclement. Storms of rain anti bail assailed

the individuals who had taken upon themselves the unpleasant
task ; but these did not dispose them to abandon the design.—
To lift the coffin from its resting-place was a work of no small
toil and difficulty. The grave was nine feet deep, and for the
purpose now in view it was necessary to dig a much larger pit
than had originally been prepared. From this circumstance,
though every practicable exertion was made, the work pro-
ceeded but slowly, The secret bad been so well kept, that
none of the neighbours approached while the labourers were
seeking the coffin. No one was present but those appointed
to conduct the undertaking. The individuals who attended
were, Mr. Clutterbuck, the Magistrate; the Clergyman of the
palish ; Mr. Ward, the Medical Gentleman from Vtratford,
who had given evidence on the Coroner's Inquisition ; a second
Medical Gentleman, the Assistant of the former; Mr. Field,

the landlord of the Artichoke at -Cisme, who acted as Foreman
on the Coroner's Inquest; the Magistrate's Clerk; the Uoder-
taker, the Ostler of the White Lion, the Grave-digger, and five
or six Labourers.

When the men had got almost to the coffin, they had to con-
tend with several impediments which caused unloCked for
delay. It was found the grave contained a great deal of water,
and the earth which surrounded the remains of the deceased,
was not easily removed out of the way of the labourers. A
very spacious hole was at last formed, and a rope was passed
under the head of the coffin. It was then supposed that little
exertion would be sufficient to move it; but from the immense
Pressure which it had sustained, It was deeply bedded in the
Soil, and was so heavy from the water it contained, that the
efforts of those who at first attempted to lift were wholly no-
' ggory. It demanded the strength of eight or ten men to raise,
it On ezat. Ity great exertion this was at length accomplish-
ed, and the coffin, which had been nearly full of water, was
hmught up. •

The lid was then unscrewed, and the corpse once more sub-
mitted to inspection. We forbear to enter into any minute
description of the ghastly spectacle which now met the view,
when the lights were brought close to the deceased. The secrets
of the charnel-house are too awful for the general perusal of

those who yet live, and we therefore draw a veil over the ap.
peculiarities of the scene. It is sufficient to say, that
when the contents of the coffin were looked upOn, it was in.
stantly obvious to every one that recognition was impossible.
The ostler approached the wasted remnant of mortality, but to
no purpose. Unusually rapid decomposition, occasioned, it
was supposed, by the water in which the body was found imf.
mersed, rendered all the toil which bad been undergone utterly
useless. The lid of the coffin was then replaced and screwed
down, and the body was again lowered in theigravc. No time
was lost in throwing the earth in, but from the immense (plan-

tity which had been disturbed, the men did not reach the final
completion of their task, till about a quarter before seven in

he morning.

When all was nearly over, it began to be known that the
grave hod been opened, and numbers of persons repaired to
the churchyard. These were not content with reporting the
simple facts, but a variety of false statements were presently
put in circulation. Amiihg these it was given out that the re-
surrection men had stolen the body of Mr. Weare for anato-
mical purposes; and whop this had been negatived, it was very
confidently believed that the grave had been opened to ascer-
tain the truth Or falsehood of the abSurd story circulated by
some penny speculators,, that Mr. Wearo was alive, and had
kept out of the way while the cry of murder was raised, i.,
order that he and some of his companions might win a bet
which they had made. The real cause has been already cor-
rectly stated.

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the engravings (which are numerous) are first-rate.

14ONGEVITIC.—In our obituary of last week,
we noticed the recent death of six persons in this county, whose
united ages amount to 539 years.--(Maidstone Gazette.)
Early on Monday morning, a fire broke out in
a barn at flall.green, near Birmingham ; the damage is esti.
mated at 400!. The fire was occasioned by a boy, Wait ten
years of age, lighting straws by the lanthern, some of which
fell on the ground.
Last week a Lady of colour appeared before
be Magistrates at Rochester, to make a complaint
of her husband going on board the Cambridge,•
and leaving her destitute of subsistence. In
the course of her examination it appeared that
slut had been 11 years on board the Cambridge,
during the late war; the last four years she was
captain of the maintop.

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THE SUN.

SOLEIII QUIS DiCEILZ FALSUM 4UDE.IT

LONDON,
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, ist3.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

We have received by Express the Dale of
yesterday, and the Quotidienne, Drapeau Blanc,
the Courier Francais, and Orilla:nine, of Tuesday.
By the first of these (the Etoile), we are inform-
ed, at the very moment that some of our co-tem-
poraries are considering that the policy of FER-'
DINAND, especially, as respects the debts of the,
Constitutional Government, is fixed and un-
alterable, that he has suddenly dismissed his Mini-
sters,--has sent Don VICTOR PAEZ packing to a
Bishoprick, and even deprived him of his office
of Royal Confessor,—and has constructed a new
Ministry in which there is at least a *spark of
, liberality to cheer the gloomy despotism to which
Spain has been again subjected. The Eloile seems

to have been astounded by this important intelli-
gence, fur it has simply given it insertion in
its columns, without offering
one single Nike-
tion upon the causes to which it is attributable
or on the results to which it may give rise.--
The following are extracts :
• (From the Etat qf Yesterday.)
MADRID, Dec. 3, 1523.—(8y an E.Ltraoldi.
nary Courier.)—Last night the King of Spain
changed his l‘linistry. The Marquess de Ca`a
Irujo is appointed l'ilinister for. Foreign Affairs,in
place of M. Saez ; M. de la Cruz, (Lieutenant'
General), is appointed Minister of War; Ere'
dia,Minister uf G race and Justice; M. 13allesterog
(Ex-director of the Rentes) is charged With tie
Department of the Finances. The Minister c"
Marine, M. Salazar, alone retains his place. Tit'
Director-General of the Posts is also changed.
MADRID, DEC. 4.—Don Louis Salazar 10
countersigned the Decree which creates the
Alinistry, and which replaces the Provisional
Ministry created by the Regency.
Don Martinez cue Villele is appointed Gofer`
nor of the Royal Council in place of the Duke
del I nfautado, who had given his resignr.tiou
(dirmission) of the Presidency of the Council Of
I Castile.

Don Victor Saez is named flishop of Tortola'
Don Victor Saez ceases to exercise the f°.
lions of Confessor of the King, but retains tio
honour of being a Councillor of State.
The Council of State is re-established. 'rk
King himself retains the Presidency of the Coon'
The Infant Dolt Carlos shall have the
quality of Assistant with that of President, in tbe
absence of the King. This iirerogative is
tended also to the Infant Don Francisco de 1,8111.
. The Councillors are the Duke of. San Carlos,
Don Juan Perez, Villamil, Don Antonio Varga,'
Laguna, Don Antonio Gomez Calderon, 1) 0
Juan de Error Don Joseph Garcia de la Torre,
Nu Juan Antonio Rejas.
The Seerettiries of State shall be Memb"rs of
-

the 'Coon di Of State.
The Decree which re-establishes end apPol"ts
the Council of State is signed " Casa to?'"
Price of 'French Bentes on Tuesday, after the close of .a=
ExChange, 01 f. 40 c.
16th of
The King, by a Decree given the
14/nls'er
November, and communicated, by the
of the
of 'Marine to the Captains of the. fior`P
iugdocii, on the 20th of the
estahlithes the receipt% front the r4;l'l-
r°
*-
9°C t°l"i e
the
awl o all others, in all the Putt of vain U
Same footing as before the 7th oi Match, Je
O. da.
Paths, Dec. 01\lonsieur and the DUke
Angouleme have departed' to-dap re's' rFOtaniv..
9ione month, re-

bleau.
(From the Quotidienne of Tevlall')
VlENtweenNA, Nov.NOY. 28.—Communications
'rrieste and the lonian Islands are ,about to!
established by regular packet boats which will
sail from Trieste for Corfu and vice versa.

(From the Drape= .:lane.)
tisjtlL
astVolldEsNhNmAentNtboav't tf-1)17e."-fa‘Leus Illinevregailuern oftcil
i:s:
mentionedin the proceedings agabist 111(' la
Queen off
some very considerable England,
h estatesn eiirne ( V
BI ess°assraesl: 19a'o'cl
thol'
'that he proposes to establish himself in

Russiaii province.
nher
We are assured that the Count of S rabro a
4t
has refused the post of .Austrianster
Madrid. fifteo

llussr.t.—A. Society has obtained for
il Ong 111
years the exclusive privilege of "a/ -3! ,CaP
steam vessels the Wolga, the lianct, :tud 1-I' for
Ni;fi. ter
plan Sea. Count Nesselrode, the '''''l6 her'
Foreign Affairs, Narichkin the Graltd Cl°l- !-
lain, and the Lieutenant Generals Count °I it)0:,
1 this
I
zow and Kamarousky2 are Memberg "'
portant Association.
lanßd.otteiri,ttleartseirGovernor of Barceill:3' :
(From the Oriflamme of Dee. 9.)
p:sseetlt
I SsvitZ
Turin the 28th October, on his WRY ''' t (II"
013'
from Leghorn annot
Ex-Emperor Iturbide is livin, it} :10' 5111° '
n
magnificent country-house. r
4, to .
Ant.. ~ i,,
dttpeienorsinnliintild froml
dependence
oGndsceeßrreuToninr Trieste, epEaCtr::pluorEtß prevail'..3e.ik gs('' . t. 11%el e file' h-cfrY '1
"
~:ernment have ahressed to the Cal,ncl" o;Notc,„1,q01 ,''',
ion, and Saint retersburgh, an impart' ,1.,0 pol","„r t''''
they demand of those rowers to recogn:l", will ollm"Pt vs'
rotsuGnporceeewceerall'. wifluicirilthneirt
ri,a9xtspti.ttltle3:l;,:7;l4ileb:et;4l,?ejlic.ilio at
Lord Strangford to announce to hint 00,*;,, the , lst%
befallen to thc Russian Consul Illeztiall Letling'll ' a ri
Transylvania, which prevents hint from Pr°'"" ~,30,f
traorthrtary AI I tKion to Constantinople; „ the Ai11'"•0,,7
illAmun, Dr.c. 1.--It is stated. ttst itif detasitdiro
have remitted a note to our Governrcep!, ?0, sever' fj0i.,,,i0
the capitulations concluded by the Frcoc'i ;',',,' yrisldell"Pr
the- Constitutionalists, and the vartuo t' their """ tit°
punctually executed. It is also said that_
ire.ietits I,
expressed a wish that Spain should be 4 1.4 . ertio
: - ~,,t ot lit' 0
verument. beat --, ,fhe . p
The Empecinado who was arrested hos,,barleo• 010'11' ille
is said that the Royalist army is to Oe ''''„i,, a tbc,:jr.at ‘"
Royal Guards does no other duty du:n to , 'Trrcs. '
is said as certain that the Bishop t I oll'i'hi;
, 01
. iPP
lit
li x.re„lency, has received orders to q pit 1113' r
• ellee ''' t'
The following private ititeel74o.olllkiir,l::
account of the changes of fh ' e%po' iir
.., ris DI r
has also been received Prof-0-3' nt ' 0
(I„,,,errve ,tirc
PAnts, DEC. 9.----The .4-,-- - iiiten,-
i r We' '
which arrived to-dig brotlig'l"