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

OLYMPIC THEATRE.

As usual at this period of festivity, the pro -
prietor of this amusing little theatre produced
last evening a variety of entertaining pieces for
the gratification of the holiday folks. The pan-
tomime, under the direction of Mr. KIRBY, and
called The Enchantress, or Harlequin Cymon,
was ably supported by Messrs. T. and G.
RIDGWAY, as Clown and Pantaloon, and by
Mrs. H. BEVBRLRY, whose fascinating Colum-
bine, as well as Mr. KIRBY'S Harlequin, de-
serves great praise. We must not omit noticing
the scenic department, by Mr. Moßms, which'
displayed talent of a superior description, par-
ticularly in the. closing scene—" The Grand
Hall of Enchantment." The house was crowded
to an overflow, and the pieces severally met with
a good reception.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE.

This morning's market exhibited a scanty supply of the
undermentioned kinds of fish, and it was tolerably well
attended by buyers. The following were the prices:
trime Turbot, each ......
Ditto small, per do. 7 0 10 0
Cod-fish, each 3 0 15 0
Soles. per three pairs

COVENT-GARI
There was a good supply a
the trade was rather dull. 1
dearer than on this day ve'nni
and Vegetables little alteratioi
disappeared. _ _

o.d. s. d.
Potatoes (per ewt.) 36to 7 0
Cabbages (12 heads) 1 9 3 0
Ditto Red 2 6 4 0
Cauliflowers 1 9 3 0
Horse Radish (bundle) 2 6 4 0
Celery 1 6 2 6
flaw& i 2 0 3 0
Carrots ,12 banchos) h 0 8 6
Turnips 2 0 4 0
Coleworts or Greens 2 6 4 6
Leelis .. 1 0 SI 0
English Grapes (per lb.) 1 0 2 6

HAY MARKETS—( At per Load of Sfs Trusses.)
ST. JAMES'S.

Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £8 5 to .E 2 lb
Best New Meadow Itay 2 15 3 0
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay..- 1 10 4 6
Clover Hay 3 0 4 15
Oat Straw It Bto £1 10 I Wheat itraw 1 12 1 16
Meadow Hay from Ys. to ss. per load higher, Clover Hay Se.
lower than last quoted; in priced of Straw no alteration. A
gold supply, and a steady trade.

SMITHFIELD.
Corse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .£9 2 to .£5l 10
Beat New Meadow Hay 2 10 2 15
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 0 4 0
Cluver Hay (extra fine)....£s 0 —. Generally 3 5 4 10
Oat Straw .£l Bto £1 B—Wheat traw 1 8 1 1-2
Supply Ilmitod, trade dull, and prices last quoted.

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THE EDINBURGH MURDERS.

THE TRIAL OF WILLIAM BURKE AND HO
BI'DOUGAL.

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY. EDINBURGH. Eto4."
(From the Caledonian Mercury of Thursday.)
No trial in the memory of any man now lie!
has excited so deep, universal, and (we may sin%
add) appalling an interest as that of William Br,
arid his female associate, which took place yestergj
and of which we this day publish a very full
detailed report.
Of the extent of this interest it was call°
judge from what was every where observablei
Monday and Tuesday. The approaching trial ford''
the universal topic of conversation, and all sorts,„
speculations and conjectures were afloat as to froi
circumstances likely to be disclosed in the course
it, and the various results to which it would eft
tually lead. As the day drew near, the inter:,
deepened; and it was easy to see that the cann',
people shared strongly in the general excitetner
The coming trial they expected to disclose sal
thing which thay had often dreamed of, or imaging";
or heard recounted around an evening's fire, like
raw-head-and-bloody-bones story, but which to"
never, in their sober judgment, either feared of V
lieved to be possible; and they looked forward°
it with corresponding but indescribable emotion:
In short, all classes participated more or less in
common feeling respecting the case of this unhall./,
man and his associate; all expected fearful Ole;
closures ; none, we are convinced, wished for 5111
thing but justice.
So early as seven o'clock yesterday a considers
crowd had'assembled in the Parliament-square,
around the deors of the Court ; and numerous •r
plications for admission were made to the differs(
subordinate functionaries, but in vain. The me°,
hers of the Faculty and of the Society of Writers t°
the Signet were admitted precisely at nine, and flues
with the Jurymen impannelled the Court became.
once crowded in every part.
About twenty minutes before tea o'clock, the
prisoners, William Burke and Helen M'Dougal, We"'
placed at the bar. The male prisoner, as his nacre,
indicates, is a native of Ireland. He is a man 1!",,
ther below the middle size, but stoutly made, and
a determined, though not peculiarly sinister expre;
sion of countenance. The contour of his face,
well as the features, are decidedly Milesian. It
round with high cheek bones, grey eyes a good del'
sunk in the head, a short snobbish nose, and a rottna
chin, hut altogether of a small cast. His hair and
whiskers, which are of a light sandy colour, cote'
ported well with the make of the head and the conl' •
plexion, which is nearly of the same hue. He 1%,
dressed in a shabby blue surtout buttoned close to nci.
throat, and had, upon the whole, what is called
this country a wave rather than a ferocious or
pearance, though there is a hardness about the fed''
tures, mixed with an expression in the gray twink
ling eyes, far from inviting. The female prisoner,'
fully of the middle size, but thin and spare mod'
though evidently of large bone. Her features Pwr.,'
long, and the upper half of her face is out of pr`
portion to the lower. She was miserably dresee.
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in a small grey-coloured velvet bonnet, vety mul
the worse for the wear, a printed cotton shawl i!,.
cotton gown. She stoops considerably in her et
and has nothing peculiar in her appearance, excej
the ordinary look of extreme poverty and misi;
common to unfortunate females of the same degrafrA
class. Both prisoners, especially Burke, entered
the Court without any visible signs of trepidation,-
and both seemed to attend very closely to the por
eeediegs which soon after commenced.

The Court mot at precisely a quarter past telli
The. Judges present were, the Right Hon. the Ler
Justice Clerk, and Lords l'itmilly, Meadowbank,
and Mackenzie.
The indictment read as follows :

" William'Burke and Helen M'Deugal, both PO'
sent prisoners in the Tolbooth of Edinburfth, )'Ol,/
are indicted and accused at the instance of Sir Wir'
listn Rae of St. Catharine's, Baronet, his MajestP.
Advocate 'for his Majesty's interest: That albeit hi,
the laws of this and every other well governed reslol'
Murder is a crime of an heinous nature and severer•
punishable : yet true it is, and of verity, that you the'
said William Burke and Helen M'Dougal are bold
and each, or or other of you, guilty of the e°l
crime, actor or art end part : In so far as, on one
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other of the days between the 7th and 16th dayv v,
April, 1828, or on one or other of the days of the(
month, or of March immediately preceding, or
May immediately following, within the house
Canongate, Edinburgh, then and no.
or lately in the occupation of Constantine Burke;
then and now or lately scavenger in the employlt,
of the Edinburgh Police Establishment, you t"„"
said 'William Burke did wickedly and feloninOi
place or lay your body or persorb or part there°,
over or upon the breast or person and face of Oa!?
Paterson or Mitchel, then or recently before that tittle'
or formerly preceding, witlasabella Burnet, or Of
thington, then and now or lately residing in Leith
street, in or near Edinburgh, when she, the said 106%,
Paterson or Mitchell was lying in the said house, I,
a state of intoxication, did, by the pressure theree,,,
and by covering her mouth and nose with your bol
or person, and forcibly compressing her throat veil.,
your hands, and forcibly keeping her down, notwit"..
standing her resistance, or in some other way to die
prosecutor unknown, preventing her from breathiet
suffocate or strangle her ; and the said Mary Wei;
son or Mitchell was thus by the said means or ple
thereof, or by some other means or violence, th
particulars of which are to the prosecutor unknoern
wickedly bereaved of life by you the said Willie
Burke ;and this you did with the wicked aforethoeil
intent of disposing of, or selling the body of these;
Mary Paterson or Mitchell, when so murdered, td;
physician or surgeon, or some person in the
meat of a physician or surgeon, as a subject for or,.
section, or with some other wicked and felonious
tent to the prosecutor unknown. (2.) Further, eh
one or other of the days, between the sth and 261#
days of October 1828, or on one er other of the
of that month, or of September immediate') •
preceding, or of November immediately follete,;
ing, within the 110U80 situated in Tanner,
Close, Portsburgh, or Wester •Portsburgh,
or neur Edinburgh, then and now or lately in tbd
occupation of William Haire or Hare, then 00
now or lately labourer, you the said Wm. Burke ,
wickedly and feloniously attack and assault Jar:(
Wilson, commonly called ;or known by the nameyj
Daft Jamie, then or lately residing in tI4 housell
James Downie, then and now or lately porter, or"
then and now or lately residing in Stevenlawiti-cloo
High-street, Edinburgh, and did leap or throw rot'
self upon him, when the said James Wilson was
ing in the said house, and he having sprung up, /4/,,
did struggle with him, and did bring him to .tr•
ground, and you did, place or lay your body or PmV
SOH or part thereof over or upon the person or bin
and face of the said James Wilson, and did by t°,711
pressure thereof, and by covering his month 011,
nose with your person or body, and forcibly keepl
him down, and compressing his. mouth, n05e,,.016
throat, notwithstanding every resistance on..hier-•
and thereby, or in some other manner to the preec
cutor unknown, preventing him from breathing, OA
focate or strangle him ; ,and the said James Wilier
was thus, by the said means, er part of them, or
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some other means or violence, the particulars
which are to the prosecutor unknown, wickedly__, W
reeved of life and murdered by you the said A'
lianr Burke ; and this you did with the wick";
aforethought and intent of disposing •of or trellis!
the body of the said James Wilson, when so lull':
dered, to a physician or surgeon or to some pert%
in the employment of a physician or surgeon, 10 A
subject for dissection, or with some other wicker
and felonious intent or purpose, to the prosecnOi •
unknown. (3.) Further, oa Friday the 31st day Cf
October, 1828, or on one or• other of • the days
that month, or of September immediately prerediZ
or of November immediately following, vrithitr_t •
house then or lately occupied by you the said 1V11,:::
Burke, situated in that street of fortsburgkrl-

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