The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-02 00:00:00

WEST-PORT MUTRI)EIiS.

CONDUCT OF BURKE AFTER CONDEMNATION.
After the trial, Burke and M'Dougal were re-
moved to the leek-up-house ; Hare and his wife fol-
lowed, and were lodged in a different apartment.
Burke had hardly been seated, when looking round,
he said to the officers who had him in charge, "this
is a cold place you hare brought me till."
oiticert had been long inured to morel turpi-
tude, to bacchetedian frensy, anti wickedness of every
deecrietion, but lying§ as he then wee, under :sen-
tence of an ignominious death for a crime of ttnpa-
ralleled atrocity, his unseemly ievite struck them
with horror, and one of them rebuked him sharply
for his conduct. Burke stated, that from the mo-
ment he he and that Hare had been admitted an eel,
dense, he was aware that escape was impossible,
and he was prepared for the worst. It was stated
to him, that as he had for some time lived a life of
unexampled wickedness, a fair confession of his
crimes, a:A an accurate account of his life, might
be read with interest, arid be of service to man-
kind ; and he replied that he would make no
confession whatever till he had consulted his
priest on the subject. He stated that ho con-
sidered was the most guilty of the two,
for, said he, " he murdered the first woman,
he persuaded me to join him, and now he has mar-
shored me, and I will regret to the last hour of nay
existence that he did not share the same fate." One
of the officers stated, in Burke's hearing, " I think
1 could never wish to see that man forgiven who
could murder that poor harmless good-natured idiot,
Daft Jamie." Here the wretched man stared ise.
tenth on the officer, and replied with peculiar em-
phasis, "My days are numbered—l am soon to die
by the hands of man--I have no more to fear, and
can now have no interest its telling a lie, and I de-
clare that I am as innocent of Daft Jamie's blood as
you are. He was taken into. 's house, and
murdered by,him and his wife; to be sure I was
guilty in so far, for I assisted to carry the body to
—, and got a share of the money." He stated,
in answer to direct eeeetious of course, that it was
the general plan to took after poor and wretched
strangers, who were not likely to be inquired after
by any person of consequence; but promptly re-
fused to state whether or not ho had been concerned
in any other murders than those with which he was
charged in the indictment, or whether he was in the
practice of going to the country for the purpose of
enticing poor wanderers to his house, till he had
accocnosittilt:dorh i
the m•ieos.
dto
in which
gave rather
v,,hichhepu a
put the different
poorv,.o.
man Campbell to death, from that given by his ac-
complice Hare. He stated, that after the sham fight
was over, she was thrown down on her back, that
Hare seized her by the legs, that be forced the
mouth of a bottle into her throat, and poured down
whiskey till sluewits chocked or nearly so, and that
he himself then sat down on her face, *topping up
her nose and mouth so completely that she died in
a few minutes. About three o'clock he inquired if
he might be permitted to offer up e sheet prayer :
his request was instantly granted, and a:!'• unhappy
man prayed with great fervour for a few militeAle--
In the course of his prayer, ho implored forgirenew
for the wicked life he had led, and more especially
for the great crime for which he was about to suffer
on the gibbet. Ile also entreated that his wretched
partner iu guilt might be brought to a full sense of
the crimes of which she had been guilty,—that who
might repent, and atone as far as it was in her.
power to do so in this world, by a life of quietness,
piety, and honest industry. At his request, the offi-
cer read about half a dozen chapters of the scriptures,
to which he paid great attention, occasionally say-
ing, " That passage touches keenly on my crimes."
When preparations Isere making for his removal .
to the jail on the Calton-hill, he requested the
officers to visit him in the prison. On being in-
formed that there would be no admittance to him,
he said, " well, well, though I should never see you
again, you will see me on the 28th January, at the
head of Libberton's Wynd. I have now only Three
weeks to live, and I wilPenot weary greatly for that
day." While in the lock-np-house, he expressed
the greatest dread of the heavy irons in the eon-
demned cell. On reaching the jail, however, he
was secured in the usual way, and every possible
precaution will bo used lest he should in some degree
defeat the ends of justice by suicide, and add self-
destruction to the appalling list of murders to which
he has been asses ears. No person has since beets
permitted to hold any conversation with him, except
his spiritual instructors. Though he has been brought
up irk the Roman Catholic faith, and has intimated
his resolution to die a member of the church, in a
belief of whose principles he has been educated, he
receivers the visits of the Rev. Messrs Porteous and
Marshal, with the same pleasure he does those of
the Rev. Gentlemen of his own persuasion. He
pays due attention to their exhortations—reads the
Bible,
.or some religious book, constantly in their
absence, and is making every preparation for the
great and awful change which he must soon undergo.
After making a good deal of inquiry on this paitt-
ful subject, tve are inclined to conclude that the gum-
ber of murders perpetrated by Burke and Hare, have
been greatly over-rated in most of the acconnts that
have lately been current in this city.
It will afford some satisfaction to the public to
know, that Hare and his wife are kept in close eon.
finement, is separate cells, in the Calton jail. No
person
is admitted to see either of them; and there
can be no doubt that if the Lord Advocate can pro-
cure evidence to convince a Jury that they have
been guilty of any other murders than those charged
in the iedictrocnt on which Burke was tried, they
will yet be rieited:with the punishment they deserve.
Such has been the public anxiety to be minutely
acquainted with details of these murders, that after
the trial had been published by four separate papers,
and notwithstanding the simultaneous publication of
two papers on the same day—on Saturday last
our extra sale amounted to nearly six hundred,
A:cotstnrot.

MINISTEDIAL ARRANGEMENTS.— The
Duke of Wellington, and several other distinguished public
characters, are gone on a visit to the seat of the Earl of
Westmorland, iu Northamptonshire, to enjoy the sport of
pheamant shooting. From Northamptonshire the Noble
Guests are to repeat their visit to the Marquis of Chandos
(what will the Courier say to this?) ; but the place of
re-union will be Stowe instead of Wootton. The indefati-
gable Mr. Holt:lee, of course, fornis •ne of the party at
both placed.
" Ecce iterum Crispinue, et est hie Pskpi vocundus
Ad partes,"
In fact, whenever and wherever any work is to be done, the
lest.nained Honourable Member is an inseparable appen-
dage. We believe the Stowe party will comprise the
same names as the former one at Viroott,m, with a sibgle
exception.---Morning Chronicle.
We understand th,t the bankers here are now
discounting approved bills at four per cent.—Null Packet.
ST• JAMES'S PARK.—AB soon as the im-
provements are completed, and the shrubs are all planted,
the wslks will be thrown open to the public, under• the
same restrictions as are observed at Kensington Garden%
and a light iron bridge will be erected over the Canal,
which will prove a valuable acquisition to the iithabitents
of the lower parts of westmiloter.
A gentleman residing in this neighbourhood
was assured, whilst at Rome by one of the bookers is
that city, that the English spent there at ]rant 500,000/.
in the course of one winter. Mr. M'Cullech regards this
as no evil ; the tradesmen at the West end of London
mold tell hies differently.—Briglacei Gazette.