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London, England, 1829-01-31 00:00:00

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- • IiIiIr,CUTION OF WILLIAM BDRg-L,,
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...smolt Tile CALEDONIAN sinitenltY. -
ii, , This •atrocious murderer, whose hands were more
deeply dyed in innocent blood than those of any other
homicide recorded in the calendar of comes, underwent
the sentence of the law yesterday morning, at the oriel
place. of execution; and horn the subjoined narrative
of the ,concomitants of the tragedy, it will be seen that
the.circumstances attending his•exit were as extraordi-
nary as his guilt was transcendent and unprecedented.
Eistottally and in his real • character an ignoble,
base, mean-spirited wretch, this wholesale assassin, by
- the mere extinction or obliteration. of eve: y moral
principle and feeling of his nature, and by -a con.
genuent. abandonment of the faculties bstoivesl upon.
hank to the commission of ;time, has • succeeded in
obtaining.. • " a bad • pre-eminence'"-- even - among
those, who had • prostituted.'antrdesilded• far •higher
. ai.srlassorents'to the. %%ITS of :iniquity; and a name,
which. ungbt•Wever to have been heard. of beyond
the precincts of the lowest .and meanest compact.
Runt of. society, is now damned to immortal infamy,
and stands out•in strong relief from the Itolg and black
catalogut•of those• who•have most signalised themselves
by their daring violation of the laws both of GOD and
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of man. In fact, it was reserved for this incredible
monster and his associate fiends to reduce murder to a
ssatemoimi to establish a regulir traffic in the bodies
in their 'victims. Orduary homicides slay from pas-
Sign) or revenge : the murders they commit are the pro-.
duct ,ot .anuogovernable and over .mastering impeller,
which I..utis teason from her seat, awl, in. thelwilslooe-
fl ct of guilty passiumprecipititessthem into the commis.
mon of acts which are ondooner done than they would
perhaps give the UniviiikeWii Gilley undone; but Bulk
and lustre! Wise-se the hoc rid and anomalous distinction
it ssf.haeingoouttous.the palliation of passion, or of•-any
o . ether motive which a just 'siew of human infirrnity
can admit in extenuation, and from a base and sordid
lute of gain, and of acquiring tl.e means of rioting in
ptofhgacy and noquity of every sort, established a traffic
in hicsid.-uptin principles of cool calculation, and an
utter recklessoess either of Goer ar-man,• which would
have-done no discredit to blamition. himself. Hence it
is. that Burke is perhaps the only criminal who has died,
not oily without•exciting an emotion of pity in a buinan
bosom, but amidst the curses both land and deep of the
assembled.tbousands who witnessed the ignominious
termination of his guilty career. The wild shouts of.
exultation. • which 'saluted bum upon his appearance
on the , scaffolo,• and which roil in his ears with
still fiercer acclamations when the world was secs.
ing on him for ever, mud, have appalled even the
heart ofier•seithin• his' worthless bison), and sounded as
the knelt if aludgnietietis come where the spirit, of the
slain would rise up before him to demand a just rem•
betion. i.:Yot at that -awful mime. t, when hi. dm:: of
blirbd nit* have itisen before him, and when the un-
known arture 'mutt have presented itself to his mind as
the past was about to close, the wretch seemed almost
calm,. and looked defiance, nay, scorn at those who,
yielding, to their overpowering sense of his crimes,
blasted tis last moments sith -their shouts of wild
, triumph andexultation. But justice is not .yet satisfied.
' The otranimous woke of society demands other victims
and innocent blood still callefor vengeance on the heads
.of other-mind vets; nor will- any 'artifices or, tricks. of
lea, however nice and ingenious, be stiffieient.toappaaw
the cry thet.hes been now raised; and to which every
hart responds from its inmost -core. ' - -
At four o'cloek on Tuesday. morning Bwke Was COD.
verd !tom the Calton Bill Jail to. the LoCkseis house,
the only,perinns present on the occasion being those in
attendance upon the criminal.. Tire criminal was strongly
, Ironed; Indeed hiatiacklesweretf unusual magnitude
and strkiith. '.The composure, or rather hardened iso,
sensibiliff: trite wretch .continued unshaken, until. his
• " de-ad-Clothes" (a su.t of sables furnished hint-at the
espense Of- the City) were prodirced, when he showed
considerable emotion. With the exception of this tran-
sient IntlicitiOn, hiswever, he remained perfectly com-
posed during the re.t of the day.
Tuessfay eiening," long before the erection of 'the
gibbett e;,itimenced,! many people had collected in the
' Lannmarket: after the work begap, their numbers in-
, treated; end crowds c' ntinued observing the progress
of the aeration moil its completion. When this was
effected the crowd gave three loud cheers. The join-is
in the shop ef the tradesman employed to erect she
scaffold confider the was k so hateful that they generally
cast lots to deter mine who are to be the hobs. ;is; but,
we understand that on Tuesday Several of the men soli-
cited to be eraphoed in the election of the gibbet tar
tbe g
reatWest Pint murd, rs r.
The /wifely if the public in regard to the execution
.of Ride Was.l.ogicat,•ther, et -a very early hour yes-
terday morning people hews very remote districts came
• in crowds up the,Lturn.nterket;Arnd ••bout seven o'clock
tontinianus sue:tins of spectators, eager to witness t' e
finds al the monster, might be seen fl ,wing, or rattier
rushing by every stir Was d avenue leading.to the place
of execution. Never, we tesieve, was such air assem-
• blage seem not even upon the occasion of the execution
• of -Kay M•Koinor, who, as a cunt. naporary Observei,
lied rust the 'advantage of so indulgent a Jury as that
. a hich A, qumed, Holed. M I) mgal.
During 0)71, whole or "fueiday night Burke main•
tained the site dogged wanquillity, and slept soundly
a coniiderable 'part of NlT,tinesday morning; but. at
le..gth helhanifested some iropatience for the arrival
of the tinse.when his earthly career was to close. In
throw:eve if the night Ise . said, with much apparent
esti:eat:mt., -' Oh that the hs•ur were come Which is to
separate toe from the world I" About half past five his
irons weie stuck off; he had been exceedingly desirous
In be teneved claim, and as the fetters fell from his
limb, he exclaimed, turning up his eyes towards Heaven,
"So may all earthly chains fall from met" Between
six and *ciao o'clock, the Reverend Messrs. Reid and
tiikiiiri entered the Lock-up-house, and thereafter the
I 'ismer sy ent.a.coosiderable time with him in his cell. At
seven Burke walked with a firm step into the keeper's
room, followed by his confessor; and at this moment no
arpearance of agitation or dismay e as- diacernible in
his countenance or manner. There were present at the
tune !Lilies. Child, Crichton, and Small, and one or
to official persons be•ides ;'who Were shortly afterwards
r jolted by die Reverend Mr. Marshall :arid Mr. Put-
`t woos, Chaplain to the Caltonhill jail. Before the latter
Gentleman arrived, however, Burke had engaged in de-
votion with much apparent fervour, assisted by the
Reverend. Messrs. Reid and Stewart, who followed up
prayers e i h some set ious exhortations. In the course
of these devout and pious admonitions, Mr. Reid used
the words, "Yon must trust in the mercy of Goo;"
upon which the unhappy wretch heaved a long fleep-
.dsawn inspiration, or rather suppressed groan, which
too plainlybetrayed the anguish and despair that lurked
about his heart. He seemed to have a secret feeling
theilie was too deeply shirk in crime to be entitled even
to hope in the infinite mercy of Heaven--his tided sic•
knowledged the truth of the obseriatioet while his

gulty, and perhaps at *hell conscience bade hint doubt
at that mercy being extended to him.' '

This portion of the religions -smokes having been
gone through, ButAcexerssedai .desii'e to retire for a
little to another apertmenirbilikliile going' thither
he was interrupted by the executioner, Williams. of
whose presence he 'did nut until then seem to have
been aware; upon which he said " I am not quite
teed, for you yet." Williams, however, followed him,
and the unhappy man returned in a few minutes with his
arms pinioned. A glass of sine was then offered him,
When he bowed to those present, and drank 44 farewell
to all his friends." 11. i ies Crichton and Smith, who had
previously gone out, now retutned in their robes, with
white rods in theft hands; noon which Bloke expreised
his gratittide to the Migistrateigenerally, and to Bane
Binalfin patticular, for the manner in which he had
beettlieated; adding likewise his acknowledgments to
bMr. Rose, the •Governor of the Gaol; Mr. Fisher, the
Deputy Governor, and Mr. and Mrs. Christie, of the
Lock-up-bouse, for their unremitting and kind attentions
Exactly at eight o'clock the melancholy procession
left the Lock-up-house; and 'as soon as it was observed
advancing up Libberton Wynd by the part of the mob
close to the railing which surrounded the scaffold, a loud
shout was raised, in which the whole mass of spectators
(amounting certainly to mote than twenty thousand),
immediately joined. When the culprit himself op
'seated ascending the stair towards the platform, the
yells
of execration were redoubled, and at the moment
a hen he came lull in view they rose to a tremendous
pitch, intermixed with maledictions, such as "the mut-
-deter ! Barks him ! choke him 1 bangle! 'sand other
Itzptessions of that sort. 'the miserable wretch, who
liaiked thinner and Moreghastly than at his trial, walked
slat a steady step to the apparatus of death between his
confessor, the Rev. Mr. Reid, and the Rev. Mr. Stewart,
accompanied by the Reverend Mr. Marshall, and
seemed to us• perfectly cool and self-possessed ; so much
so, that in crossing Isom the Lock. up-house to the postern
entrance into Libberton Wynd, whet e the pathway was
,wet from the .rain and thaw of the morning, we
semi' him picking his steps with thz greatest ease.—
, Arrived on the platform of the scaffold; however, he was)
apparently somewhat blenched by.the appalling shouts
.and yells of execration with which he was assailed, and
cast a look of fierce and even 'desperate defiance at the
speCtitors,who re-iterated their cries, intermingled with
maledictions such as we . have already 'described.
Halving taken his station in front of the drop, he
kneeled withlis back towards the spectators, his Con-
fessor on his right hand, and .the. other Catholic Cler-
gyman on his left,' and appealed to be repeating a
fiitiworprayer, dictated to him by one of those Re.
emend persons; Mr. Marshall, in the mean While,
offering up a fervent supplication to Heaven in his be-
half.
This occupied several minutes, at . the expiry.
which fie was aasisted to mount the drop, and the
sitecutioner. comas need his preparatory operations.
.One elute persons *ha assistedhim to ascend having
lido, roughly-pushed him to a side, in order to place
bierOzatili on the•dropdie looked wand at the man
with a withering scowl, which defies all description.
10-The executioner then proceeded to untie his neck-
cloth, .and not at once succeeding, Buike said to him
that it was tied behind, which were the only words
he uttered. At Wm' moment the tells, which had been
Ambit uninter roved, became tremendous, accompanied,
with et ies of " Hang Hare tuo..-where is H ire r. and,
be seemed somewhat unsteady, %licher from tenor Of
debility we cannot say. He manifested considerable re,
nognance to have the cap drawn over his face,and it wai
Sot without some little difficulty.that this part of the fat
Keparations was completed. When cart), thing was
ready, and the assiatauts of the executioner had with-
drawn, he at once gave the signal, throwing the,
handkerchief to some distance from him ; and was
instantly launched into eternity.. He was tinned off
at exactly a 'go:titer past eight o'clock, and the falling
of the drop wan SICCOM? tilled with three savage sb
the echo-of which still rings in our ears. His death
struggle was bri.,f, notoillistanding that, either from-
theunakilfulness of the executioner, or the change of
position of the mursielOt himielf, the kn t of t• e noose
'd flipped lions under his ear to behind his neck;
and he evidently-died, like his own victims, from suf.
focation alone. He gave serpent' convulsive heaves,
however, to each of which the spectators responded
by smother shout of triumph, appeiting to gloat rivet
the dying agonies of this miserable and most guilty
man. At chic moment we oli•er ved a person dressed in
a drab great coat hallooing and encouraging the mob
to persevere in these manifestations if their f clings,
from a %judow on the second floor of a house, a little
to the eastward of the scaffold, on the opposite •ide.—
This individu.l, who see me 'd
anxious to render himself
cempicuous• by prompting field) ebuilitimis of the popu-
lar sentiment, persevered indefatigably in his exertions,
until the biady was cut down;. but the'vengeance of cite.
mob appeared to have been satiated with the death of.
te cr al, and the shouts. though renewed at inter•
vale, gradually became fainter and fainter. Alter re-'
moaning suspended fur exactly three quarters of an hour,
the body was hovered dowo amidst the renovated shouti
of the populace, into a rude coffin,. and immediately
earned on the -shoulders of men to the Lock-up H use,
in order .to be thereafter conveted to Dr. Monio's Ana-
tomical Theatre, which took place at an early hour this
morning. .
A few minutes after Wards the crowd dispersed ; and
it is
.certainly matter of congratulation that no disposi-1
to riot was exhibit, d; nor dad the slightest accident
occur that we have braid of.

. ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
FROM 7116 BCOI624ANs JANUARY 29.

Furtuant to sentence passed in die High Conn of
Justiciary, Burke this morning suffeied the last sen li
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trete 9f the law, at the common place of execution,
I head of Libberton's Wind. From the hour in which
he beard that his associate Hare was to be admitted
an evidence against him, he abandoned all hopes of
acquittal, and resigned himself to his awful fate.—
Wr en consigned to the silence and solitude cii his cell,
he eagerly availed himself of the consolations of re-
legion, and sedulously prepared the awful change
he 14,45 soon to undergo. Sincerely anxious to hear
of the promises of pardon and acceptance which the
Gospel holds out to the contrite and repentant sinner,
un one occasion when a Catholic Priest and the Reis.
Mr. Marshall arrived at once at the jail, he exclaimed,
4 Admit them both." In a short time, however, hedis•
.ensed with the visits of Mr. Marshall, and resolved to
die professing the faith of his forefathers. Though he',
tacked freely over his murders at all times, he spent much
of his time in reading such books as were left by his 'spi-
ritual instructors, and in deep and serious meditation.
Heavily manacled as lie was, and confined to the mur-
derer's diet, bread and water, he uniformly manifested an
astonishing calmness and contentment. One Gentleman.
by whom be was visited, rental ked that his cell was very
cold, "Yes, yes," be promptly replied, " but since mat+
ters have come to this, I.mu.t just bear it all." Though
dreadfully a/Meted by an excruciating disease.,' and
`tom :tied by the approach of an ignotnutoor death,be,

acted. with del.beration, and talked with perfect ea i
berme 'at all. times. : '
• Shortly after mid-day, yesterday, preparations com-
menced at the place of execution. Strong poles were
fixed in the street, to support the chain by which the
crowd was kept at due distance, and on this occasion
the space inclosed was considerably larger than usual.
By halt past ten o'clock at night, the frame of the gib-
bet was brought to the spot ; and as the night was very
wet, there was no time lost by the workmen, and by
twelve o'clock, the whole preparations in this depart-
ment were completed. exceedingly anxious were
all ranks, that in utter disregard of the " pelting of the
pitiless storm,"the operatives were constantly surrounded
by a great assemblage. When their labours were
finished, the crowd evinced their abhorrence or the mon-
ster Burke, and all concerned in the West Port murders,
by three tremendous cheers.

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At 411 early hour on Tuesday, he was taken in a coach
from theganl on the Calton-hill tothe Lock-up, a prison
immediately adjacent to the place of execution. He
spent the day in silence, reading, avid devotion, and la,t
night he slept soundly for several hours. Anr•ut seven
o'clock the two Catholic Clergymen arrived, and were
admitted into the cell, and t'sey wet e soon after followed
by the Rev. Mr. Marshall. The religious ceiertionies
being performed, he talked dimly, declared that death
had no terrors, and expressed a hope of pardoa and
happiness.
By six o'clock this morning a number of reople had
Itaken their places, resolved to brave the Intl mency a.t
the weather, rather than lose a satisbc of y view of the
execut on. For some days p•eviotis, greet iirtereA bad
been used to obtain vs indua s,•cornaianding a full view
of the scaffold, the cost varyiu4 according to the local
position, from fi to 20r. Crowds of people cortiout d
to arrive, nr t only from all parts of the city, hut from
all the neighbouring towns; and by eight o'clock there,'
was certainly not less than 20,000 persons within view'
of the scaffold, among whom were an unusual number
of females. The scene at this time was dr eply impres-
sive. No person could without emotion sot vey such .
vast_assenablage, so closely wedged together, gazing on
the fatal apparatus, and waiting in anxious and solemn
silence the arrival of the worst of murdeteis.
Daring the night Burka stated, that he was happy
that be bad at last been arreste.l in his career ut carne
and brought to justice. Though he haJ been a great
offender, yet he rested on the atonement of the SAVIOUR
for salvation. When the irons were knocked off, t e
exclaimed, " Thank Grin there are off, and all will be
off shortly." .
P.evrous to his being pinioneJ, he expresied the
warmest gratitude to the Magistrates for the spiritual
consolation they had afforded him, and also to Captain
Ruse, the Governor, and Mr. Fisher, Deputy Governor
of the Jail, fur the kindness and humancy with which
'hey had indulged him, so far as was consistent ail' the
stern sentence of the law.

Shortly after eight o'clock, the procession set out for
the place of execution. Bellies Cuctiton and Small,
with a party of town officers, first ascended the scaffold,
and they were followed by Burke, supported by the
two Catholic Clergymen. He was dressed in decent
black clothes, and was perfectly firm and composed.
the moment he appeared, the crowd set up an al..
palling shout, which continued for sever.,l minute'.
The murderer and the-Catholic Clergymen then knelt
down and spent a few 'ninnies in devvtion, and she re-
ligious exercises were concluded by a pra)er from the
Re*. Mr. Marshall. Daring the time a deep silence pre-
vailed among the assemblage, but the d-votions were
succeeded by vshernent cheering irom every quarter,
mingled with groans and Inisse,. When the cheer. had
subsided, the wretched man was assailed w th ever)
pithes if contempt and ablintrence. As soon is the
etecutioner. proceeded to do his duty, the cries of
XI Burke him, give him no rope." and many ntl eis of a
similar complexion, were vocileiated in voices loud
with indignation. Burke, in the mean tine, sood per-
nerdy tt moved, and gazed around till the cap was
drawn over his face, and shut the world lot ever Irons
his view.

The executioner having completed his preparation;
and placed the signal in Burke', hand. the Magistreti s,
IMinisters, and attendants left the scaffold. Toe crowd
again set op another 'wig • and loni cheer, which was
followed by tries for " Hare, Hate," " where is Hare ?"
Hang Hare," and so on. Burke lifteJ his hands and
ejaculated a prayer of a few sentences—then erapt the
~napkin, and momently "the &op tell.
The struggle was neither long nor apparently se.
were; but at every convulsive motion, a loud. huzza
arose from the multitude, which was 1 times re
peated even after the last agonies of humanity were pest.
During the time of the wretched man's tuspensioi , not
a single imication. of pity was observable Among tl e
va•t crowd-9n the contrary, every colo.ttnance wore
the lively aspect of a gsla day, white puns and
jokes on the oceasiots we r freely t ensiled. ab ut,
and produced bursts of langbier and merriment, which
were not confined to the juvenile spectator
Burke Hare to •i!" " Wash blood from the land
"One cheer more!" and similar exclamations, we e
repeated in different directions, until the culprit was cot
down, about nine o'clock, when one general and tre-
mendous bona closed the awful exhibition—and the
multitude immediately thereafter began to diaper e.
• it is gratifying to be able to-add, that not the slightest
accident occurred. Captain Stewart, his Lieutenants,
and a strong party of police, were in-attendance tons
the scaffold from earl hour, and owing to Mr.
Stewart's most•rly arrangements, tend, d greatly to the
quietness and/egulirity which prevailed.
• We have just seen a statement, signed by Burke last
night, in the k. ek:up, in presence of Bailie• Small, the
Rev. Mr. Porteous. and Mr. James Burn, in which
Burke sires, that the declaration made by him beioie
the Shall, contains the only statements that can be
relied.on,: •
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CHARACTiIittIiTIC ANZCDOT6.—When Dr. EHREN-
'sae, the Prussian traveller, was in Egypt, he said to a peasant,
" I suppose you are quiet and happy now? the country looks like
a garden, and every village has its minaret." " Goo is great!"
replied the peasant; "our master gives with one hand; and takes
with twos
We understand, from good authority, that the Bishop
of Catcarva will return Immediately to England, in consequence
of ill health. We are also informed that it is hi. Lordship's inten-
tion to resign. finding the climate of India injurious to his consti-
tution.—BrigAts* Gazette.
Archdeacon Singleton. who accompanili the Duke
of Northumberland to Ireland, as private secfetary, is
the son of the late Governor Singleton, of Laodguard
Fort. The Reverend Gentleman encoded the Duke of
Not thumberland in the same capacity of private secre-
tarpon Iris Grace's embassy to Paris. He has not been
At any time, or in any way whatever, mixed up with
politics.
As the Champion coach was stopping at Oxford, on
its way to London, en Saturdjay night last, Abe guard
(Vaughan), while 04ting.to.a Gina-ern-an passenger that
his trunk swatpettfratl”afe, and in the ate of pointing
out4its position.Ooltroociuddealy dropped down and
expired, though apparently in perfect health the moment
befoie . -7. • . .

QE,BT4Xff. .• •
Yesterday folenron, e.hti_men were brill:tilt to the
Thames Poke 011 ice, by a strong e;cnit r,t Marines
anJ Police. from Dep ford. to which place they had
been brought (tom, Sierra L-one, in his Majesty's ship
the Plumper, chargeJ w ith piracT.

Ali the pristine's are fine deterrained looking men,
and were heavily itoz:eJ. Three Ate Amongst them seven.
teen E glishinen, one Tishman, and two men t colour.
By order Mr. EttonittP, the Sitting Magistrate,
their irons were knrcked off, and it ey wee orought
before him for examination two o'clock.' Mr.Jovei,
,solicitor to the Admiralty, Captain John Deacon; sd-
puty M 'retail to the Court of Aimiralty, and Copt•
mander William Turner, of his Majesty's brig the
Black Joke, whit.h vessel ,captu:ed them, were in at—
tendance. A Mr. Skinner, ni• Union st.teet. Newington,
announced himself, although not specifically engaged,
as attending in the capacity of at rney, to watch the
case of the prisoners.

Being called upon to give then names, they did so as follows—
John Clement, chief officer; William Snow, seamen ; 'MAIM At
Castor,. ditto; George Frederick Fowl., ditto; Wiliam Wikon,
prise-master; John 'ruiner, seaman; Michael Nolan, ditto; John
Hudson, ditto; Thomas Stag Medley, ditto ; Williain Ca iet-, d.tto ;
Charles William i'drs :ns, ditto ; Augustus Warner Eaton, sur-
geon; John Williams and John Robinson, metes; Joseph lii.hop,
Robert Freeman, George flay, George Williams, Thin. thwAhi.
wad Gecrga Mindy, seamen.
Mt. BSOOttlls asked if any person had any charge' to
make against the pi isoneis ?
Capra n Deacon !lauded in the wai rcist directed to
him, and signed by two Lords Conisisi,.inners if the
Admir Ity, Lord Ilse kltck and Admiral Sir J. Cleik,
by which he.eras directed to ;swells-Mt 2 t prisons (IX n
harges."9l piracy. br• ught to Deptford in strain v. siel
from Pori amouo ; the priso: eta were those peisors•.:
Commander William racer, late of the Black Jitke
brig of war, wit, then swoon., and sta ed that be was
a Commssoder isi the Navy. and on V e ‘2B h. of
Align t commanded the 'Pack Joke, a. te.idei to the
Sybes:e, on the toast of Attica; aid he cli •rged ate
prisoners with having fired, piratically, at his vessel.
The psis° ens were tie itavigatois or crew ot.a.piratitAl
schounei. On th• day mentioned he saw tw.i schooneis
.nd a 'brig
.lying at anchor ; at that time be 1.4 J
..ot his c.ilours hoisted ; the sch .o ter, called r e
Piesident, fi,e.l a gun across his mAst•h-Ad ; he then
caused his c.ilours to be hoisted, the ensign At •tlie head,
and the pennant at the mast-head. The schooner.
atid 'again, and hoisted French colours, %Ouch she
lowered, and put up Spanish colouts. this was about
dusk in the evening ; and the schooner continuing to fire
he b re up. The test morning, at day break, he ea e
to action with the piratical yes el the Pre• tde, t, bssarsted
and took psss,esion of hs r. The other scho .liet, w hi.:h
carried seven guns, and the brig two guns, c,cdprJ. lie
corrieJ them tiro Sets a Leone; the p. i suite s Arse all
in the schooner he cal toted, and were bi..ugnt to th.s
country in Vie Plumper and Clinkei.
By Mr. liaonarr—The prisoners were all engaged iu kin on
his MajestVsSig that day.
Mr. Jones intimated that be ha,l not any other witnesses in At-
tendance upon this charge: there were oilier charge, of piracy
against the prisoners.
Mr. Baumar intimated to the prisoner, that they would be re-
mantled fur another ezantination. They, be said. were at !slowly
is say what they pleased; but whatever they said would be noted
down. ,
Clement, the Chief Officer of the schooner, said be wished to
make a statement:- • • -
Mr. Ilanuele—lf you say any thing, you are aw.re it will be
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taken down in writing ?
Clement—Very well. Sir; be it to. lie then enured into an
extremely Ling narrative. delivered with a great ilea' of intent-
g, lice, in which he said, that on the 25th Augu-t Ia t, the seh•loiter
Pre.ident, baying two pt is,. in charge, was lying at Whyiloet
the omit of Africa. A inig,wbich eventually vowed to be the' BiArk
Joke, n 0... in .tglit ; she -.Alva before the wind until within ball pls.
shot, still h Mug the Braz Ilan colour.. flying. The wib.i•nec was tying
with the maintop to the nid.t, in order to spe..k the brig,which has, .4
in her colour., took in some sail, and bore away to the ssoidwaid.
l'he schontier (ben bred a gust to bring her to aril hoisted Buenos
A preen c.lours. The brig d.el not an-wer, and the ach.nner eshohn.d
the private ,igtial at the toie.snaot, to see ii the brig was a line-nos
Ayrean ivateer. She di I not .n.wer, and the oheiotter Willt• its
duct', and kept up a CA 01111,1111 fire during the night', an d .1
twelve- o'clock the Black Joke t. eked, and burr dawn ul,uti
and we struck at half-past four, and were I.lteit by
The Mack Joke went in pursuit. of the prise hies its pew-es-tea of
us, and captured her.,vsithout having any colour. dying. • The
schooner bred upon. the Black Joke, becaute she was tit:stelered
to be a Itr.ridisn. •

lVilli.nt Wilson, the Prize Master of the schooner PresiJent,
then entered huo an extremely 'Monte detail of the action, and said,
about half past 12 o'clock on the day of the 22. h, a sail was seen
bearing down upon them ; he went aloft with a glass to escrow.'
what she was, and iD the course of half an hour made out that she was
a square rigged vessel. He considered her to be nto of the iir..zt-
liau which was expected there every el.y. Ihe tratiees . long
the coast made signals by smoke' and hoisted crcour.. to strata us
that an enemy was on the coast. As the strange- sail approached the
schooner, he discovered a large, Braziiiin ensign noiceel. Captain
Broughton, who was killed in the action, cod. red the seiner.. r
and prize. to get under weies, and sailed to the windward, making
two tack.; at about half-p est five o'clock the ach.uner hoisted pri-
vate s:gnal, after which she and the prze bore away to the sou•h.
ward. lie awn learned that the vessel was a brig, with Brazils-a
colours at her mast head. The brig hau'ed these colours down,
and never hoisted any other. Captain Broughton ordered a long
gun to be fired over the brig, about dusk, which was Atones
and the brig took in
,her main tack, but did not hoist any co-
lours. When the schooner fired the guts, the Buenos A)ror colours
were hoisted 011 her and the two brigs. Mier the lapse tat a
law mimics the schnover fired another gun. The brig set out her
top-gallant sails, and fired a long gun across the sedee Der. The
crew then considered rto he the Spanish be ig F. nice. This opinion
was coufir flied by the brig's making sail from us. Test acheamer
fired another gun, which was returned by the bldg. fu ash. it
time after the Wig tacked, ranged a head of the schooner, and,
crossing her bow to the leeward, gave her a broadside on the
larhoard how, which killed one man. The brig then commenced
the action by a rail lug Ere, and Captain Broughton Leitch them
I five or six times. The brig unly attracted with all eighteen potord
shot, which cut the rigging. The prisoner then described the ac
thin. when the Black Juke attacked Aid captitred the sell, orser.—e
He said the Black Joke newer hoisted any pithier' after she had •
taken in the Brazilian ensign ; nothing like al g was seen: and
had he hoisted hi+ colours to windward they no rld have been seen.
It was titer-fore impossible to tell ui what natioie th, y w. re. Wlu •
Captain Broughton was killed, Mr. t. lemon to. .k the command,
mid he ordered the colours to be struck. lie heard some persons
in the brig say to the boarders, a kill every d— sou of a b•-••••••
you find on board." As he retreated below a person fired a-ti tol,
after him.

BIROONT to Ccmmao.'er Turner—When the shot came
over the ig..ck Joke, were him Majesty's colours flying on board
her? Turner—Yet, they were; the colours were flying at the peak.'
Mr. Jurors said, be would now require that the prisoners should
be remanded to prison, In nr.i.r to give him an opportunity of col-
lecting the necessary evidence.
Mr. HOODOO' observed,that tb:s was an extremely Important case.
Mr. Joins said, it was a very important one, and he mot Nu.
stmt.. to obtain every evidence possible against the primness.
The eyes of all-Europe wets directed to the proceeding of that
day, and every investigation would be expected into the cam.
There were other charges against them, and he expected to be at!.
to bring home another, namely, that of plundento; a Portuguese
brig.—Same conversation arum, and it was said that the plunder
of the Morning Sar was perpetrated by a similar schooner. The
prisoners were all remanded tn"the House of Correction until
some other vessels should arrive with pirates upon similar charges:
which are expected next Week. The prisonen appeared to treat
the matter very lightly.

The KING of Pima* made matt' irquider of Sir
Nauseous Join respecting America, saying, " What sett of place
is it? How do you get at it? la it-under ground or how?"
The Earl of WINCHELSEA has sent a letter to the
Mayor of Cork, thanking him for the Freedom of the City, with
which the Corporation had honoured blip for
_his clinking on
Penenden Heath. .
Accounts from Wkraaw:stita, thiethe Army of the
Baltic. uoder-Geoeral SACKIIII, has received orders to
march for tkAgath. .
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