EXECUTION OF WILLIAM BURKE.—At four o'clock on Tuesday morning Burke

was conveyed from the:Calton-hill gaol, to the Lock-up-house, the only persons present on the occasion being those in attendance upon the criminal. The criminal was strongly ironed ; indeed his shackles were of unusual mag- nitude and strength. The composure, or rather hardened insensibility of the wretch continued unshaken, until his " dead clothes" (a suit of sables fur- nished hint at the expense of the city) were produced, when he showed con- siderable emotion. With the exception of this transient indication, however, he remained perfectly composed during the rest of the day. On Tuesday evening, long before the erection of the gibbet commenced, many people had collected in the Lawn-market ; after the work began their numbers increased, and crowds continued observing the progress of the operation until its completion. When this was effected, the crowd gave three loud cheers. The joiners in the shop of the tradesman employed to erect the scaffold consider the work so hateful, that they generally cast lots to determine who are to be the hobsons ; but we understand that on Tuesday several of the men solicited to be employed in the erection of time gibbet for the great West Port murderer. The anxiety of the public in regard to the exe- cution of Burke was so great, that at a very early hour on Wednesday morn- ing, people from very remote districts, came in crowds to the Lawn-market; and about seven o'clock continous streams of spectators, eager to witness the finale of the monster, might be seen flowing, or rather rushihgby every street and avenue leading to the place of execution. Never. we believe, was such an assemblage seen ; not even upon the occasion of the execution of Mary M'Kinnon, who also suffered for murder. During the whole of Tuesday night Burke maintained the same dogged tranquillity, and slept soundly a con- siderable part of Wednesday morning ; but at length he manifested some im- patience for the arrival of the time when his earthly career was to dose. In the course of the night he said, with much apparent earnestness, "Oh that the hour were come which is to separate me from this world!" About half- past five his irons were struck off; he had been exceedingly desirous to be re- lieved of them, and as the fetters fell from his limb he exclaimed, turning up his eyes towards heaven, " So may all earthly chains fall from me !" Between six and seven, the Rev. Messrs.Reid and Stewart entered the Lock-up-house, and thereafter the former spent a considerable 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 appearance of agitation or dismay was discernible in his countenance or manner. There were present at the time Bailies Child, Chrichton, and Small, and one or two official persons besides ; who were shortly afterwards joined by the Rev. Mr. Marshall and Mr. Porteus, chaplain to the Calton-hill gaol. Before the latter gentleman arrived, however, Burke had engaged in devotion with much apparent fervour, assisted by the Rev. Messrs. Reid and Stewart, who followed up prayers with some serious exhortations. In the course of these devout and pious admonitions, Mr. Reid used the words, " You must trust in the mercy of God," upon which the un- happy wretch heaved a long, deep-drawn aspiration, or rather suppressed groan, which too plainly betrayed the anguish and despair that lurked about his heart. This portion of the religious exercises having been gone through, Burke

expressed a desire to retire for a little to another apartment; but while going thither he was interrupted by the executioner, Williams, of whose presence he did not until then seem to have been aware ; upon which he said " I am not quite ready for you yet." Williams, however, followed hint, and Burke re- turned in a few m'nutes with his arms pinioned. A glass of wine was then offer- ed him, when he bowed to those present, and drank " farewell to all his friends." 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 time scaffold, a loud shout was raised, in which the whole mass of spectators (amounting cer- tainly to more than twenty thousand) immediately joined. When the culprit himself appeared ascending, the stair towards the platform, the yells of exe- cration were redoubled, and at the moment when he came full in view, they rose to a tremendous pitch, intermixed with maledictions such as " the mur-

derer! Burke him! choke him ! hangie !" and other expressions of that

sort. The miserable wretch, who looked thinner and more ghastly than at his trial, walked with a steady step to the apparatus of death between his confessor, the Rev. Mr. Reid, and the Rev. Mr. Stewart, accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Marshall, and seemed to us perfectly cool and self- possessed ; so much so that in crossing from the Lock-up-house to the postern entrance into Libberton Wynd, where the pathway was wet

him to a side, in order to place him exactly on the drop, he looked round a the man with a withering scowl which defies description.—The executioner then proceeded to untie his neckcloth, and not at once succeeding, Burke said to binI, "The knot's behind," which were the only words he uttered. At this moment, the yells, which had been almost uninterrupted, became tremendous, accompanied with cries of" Hang Hare too—where is Hare ;" and he seemed somewhat unsteady, whether from terror or debility we cannot say. He ma- nifested!cousiderable repugnance to have the cap drawn over his face, and it was not without some little difficulty that this part of the fatal preparations was completed. When every thing was ready, and the assistants of the exe- cutioner had withdrawn, he at once gave the signal, throwing the handkerchief to some distance from him; and was instantly launched into eternity. He was turned off at exactly a quarter-past eight o'clock, and the falling of the drop was accompanied with three savage shouts, the echo of which still rings in our ears. His death struggle was brief, notwithstanding that, either Irons the unskilfulness of the executioner, or the change of position on the part of the murderer himself, the knot of the noose had slipped from under his ear to behind his neck ; and be evidently died, like his own victims, from suffo- cation alone. Ile gave several convulsive heaves, however, to each of which the spectators responded by another shout of triumph, appearing to gloat over the dying agonies of this miserable and most guilty man. At this mo- ment a person dressed in a great-coat was hallooing and encouraging the mob to persevere in these manifestations of their feelings, from a window on the second floor of a house, a little to the eastward of the scaffold, on the opposite side. This individual, who seemed anxious to render himselfconspicuous by prompting fresh ebullitions of the popularsentiment, persevered indefatigably in his exertions until the body was cut down ; but the vengeance of the mob ap- peared to have been satiated with the death of the criminal, and the shouts, though renewed at intervals, gradually became fainter and fainter. After remaining suspended for exactly three quarters of an hour, the body was lowered down, amidst the renovated shouts of the populace, into a rude coffin, and immedi- ately carried on the shoulders of men to the Lock-up-house, in order to be thereafter conveyed to Dr. Monro's Anatomical Theatre ; which took place at an early hour this morning. A few minutes afterwards the crowd dis- persed. When the body was lowered a scramble took place—an unusual occurrence in this country—among the assistants under the scaffold, for portions of the rope, a handful of shavings from the coffin, or any other such miserable relics of this atrocious criminal. Such was the anxiety to Se- cure a place from which to witness the execution, that so high a price :IS a guinea was paid for one window, while some were disposed of by retail at the rate of 2s. fir/. for permission to have a look. Placards were displayed in the neighbourhood of the scaffold, of "Windows to let," even up to the sixth and seventh floors.—Caledonian Mercury.

KING'S THEATRE.—This fashionable place of entertainment opens to- night with a very strong corps. Pisaroni is nue of the finest singers on the continent, and divided among the Parisian critics the prize with Sontag, not- withstanding the blushes and blue eyes of the latter. alonticelli is not so well known ; she is said, however, to be a soprano of the first rank. We shall

hear. Donxelli comes instead of another artiste, whose surname rhymes to jelly," and all we wish is that he may possess as good a voice and as pleasing execution. Fame speaks highly of him.

Signor Spagnoletti has been taken so seriously ill as to prevent his leading to-night at the Opera. Mr. Mori has consented to take his place till his health is restorel—Morning Journal.

DRURY LANE THEATRE.—No dramatic representation being permitted on the anniversary of the decapitation of Charles I., a selection of music, sacred and profane, was last night performed at this house. The first part consisteh of a portion of Handel's splendid oratorio of Saul, which was executed, hold in the vocal and instrumental department, with great talent, and was received with all the applause which so tine a production roust ever command. The celebrated Dead March was admirably- given, and the concluding chorus, "Gird on thy sword, thou Man of Might," was powerfully effective. The second part was to have been selected front the new oratorio of Joseph; but as Mr. Colman asserted a right, in his official capacity, to peruse and license the oratorio, a thing perfectly unprecedented, Mr. Hawes withdrew it, until it shall be decided whether Mr. Coleman is authorized to adopt such a pro- ceeding by the act of the 10th of Geo. IL—Tenes, Saturday.

The public, it is unnecessary to say, haw, as long as our not very " young remembrance" carries us, been in the habit of listening, both at Drury-lane and Covent-garden, to the Messiah, the Creation, nay, even to "leis and Ga- latea—an oratorio, as it is called, not only far more dramatic in its character, but mythological into the bargain—yet no shnoniacal " two guineas" have been called for to sanctify the performance. We do sincerely hope andle- lieve that the officious interference of the pious author of Broad Grins, &c., will in this case be eventually defeated.—Citobe.

Mr. Liston has met with an accident ; (Os foot slipping as he was getting out of his carriage, a fall was the consequence, by which he received a severe injury in the shoulder. Mr. Peake's new farce has in consequence been postponed till Tuesday:note—Globe.

Charles Wright had a masquerade at the King's Theatre on Monday night.

DEATH ON WILLIAM SHIELD.—This amiable man and eminent composer died on Sunday morning, at the advanced age of eighty. Mr. Shield was Master of his Majesty's Band, composer of the Birth-clay Odes, &c. his dra- matic compositions were very numerous and eminently successful. He was a very superior performer on the viola.

Mr. Dykes, one of his Majesty's Messengers, attached to the Foreign Office, died on Thursday morning at his house in the Vauxhall-road. The ap- pointmeut is in the gift of the Secretaries of State, who present it in rotation. It is Mr. Secretary Peel's turn to nominate a successor to Mr. Dykes.

Mr. Johnson, the eminent stone-merchant of Millbank, Westminster, to whom London owes half its pavement, died on Friday morning.

Rachael Frances Antonia Lee, commonly called Baroness le Despencer, was yesterday morning found dead in her bed, in Green's hotel, Lincon's-inn- fields, to which she ad retired on the previous evening, in apparently good health.

Princess Metternich died at Vienna on the 17th inst., in consequence of a milk fever. She had been married only eighteen months, and was not quite twenty-three years of age.

Frederick von Schlegel, who had arrived from Vienna at Dresden, with the intention of deliiering lectures during the winter, died on the 9th inst.

COMMANDER OweN.—Letters from Jamaica mention the death, by his own hand, of Commander Edward Owen Johnes, who was serving in command of the Nimble schooner upon the West India station. This unhappy officer put an end to his life by firing a pistol at his head. He had recently been pro- moted to be Cotnmander of his Majesty's ship Southampton, the flag-ship of Sir Edward Owen, and, had he survived a few days longer, would have learnt the news of his promotion.

Among the victims of cholera morbus at Bombay, are Sir E. West, the Chief Justice, and Mr. Justice Chambers. The death of Mr. Bridgeman, Advocate-General, is alga reported. The Bishop of Calcutta is about to return to England, in consequence of ill health.

Mr. H. Grattan, M.P., has had a pleurisy, an erysipelas, and a nervous affection, and has lost' ninety ounces of blood. He is therefore in an ex. tremely delicate state.—Idreenzan's Journal.

DON MIGUEL'S Meisel:le—The 'Minister who arrived in this country some time since from Lisbon, with credentials from Dun Miguel, as King of Por- tugal, but whose appointment was not acknowledged by our Ministers, con- tinues, notwithstanding, to reside in London, and has taken a house for a length of time ; and, although he has not personal interviews with our Minis- ters, he is in constant correspondence with the Earl of Aberdeen and the Duke of Wellington. There are about fifty natives of Portugal in frequent consultation with Min.—Morning Paper. TIIE DUKE OF NORTHUMBELA NO.—S01110 years ago, his Grace called on a tradesman in Long-acre, and asked if he had nut au ine,asioushiedel of a life- boat (for which Government had offered a reward of 2,0001., and which had bean claimed and obtained by another persons). The trackman, without at all knowing to whom he was speaking, replied that he had, arid forthwith showed him into the room where the model was placed. On examining it, his Grace found that the model differed but in a very trifling degree from the one sent by the person who had obtained the reward of 2,0004 On express- ing his surprise that the person he addressed had not claimed the reward, instead of him who had got it, since the model before him was clearly the original, the tradesman replied that, knowing he who had obtained the re- ward was a poor man, lie had no wish to interfere, but freely left him to • benefit by the model. Has Grace was much gratified at this iestance of generosity in a tradesman; and he told him, he was so satisfied of his inte- grity, Oust if at any time he could be useful to him he would certainly assist him. Not lung afterwards, this tradesman discovered a new mode of obtain- ing spermaceti oil ; but not having funds to carry the discovery into practice, he availed himself of the Duke's offer—waited upon him—stated the circum- stances in which he was placed, and obtained an order on his Grace's agent for 10,0001., giving the Duke's solicitor proper securities. The project was forthwith carried into execution ; but in the end it was found, that, though oil could be obtained, its cost was so great that any hope of profit was entirely out of the question, and the 10,000e was irretrievably lost. Much consulta- tion among the tradesman and his friends then took place as to the course to be pursued to enable him to repay the money ; at last, when almost in despair, he resolved to wait on the Duke himself—he did so—laid the whole transaction candidly' before him, and solicited three years to pay the money. The Duke immediately said, in the most affable and kind manner, " Sir, I am sorry your hopes have been disappointed : I had flattered myself the project would have answered your expectation. I know you to be an honest man, and shall not therefore inflict an injury where I intended to confer a benefit." Saying these words he arose, took the securities irons a bureau, and threw them behind the fire—Brighton Gazette. The Duke of Northumberland nmet with a trifling accident on his journey from London to Aluwick, last Saturday, by the overturning of his carriage between Ferryhridge and Aberford.

Museeeseece.—A lady in Yorkshire has recently offered to subscribe 50,0001. towards the endowment of an university in that county, and a noble earl has professed his willingness to give a similar benefaction.

Gee EROS ITY--A poor woman, NV110 had three sons in the army, was al- lowed by each one shilling per week out of their pay, and received it of an army agent. Some obstacle stopped the allowance, and she wrote immedi- ately to the Duke of Wellington. The obstacle was soon removed. and sine received an immediate answer, that she wined, on application as usual, receive the three shillings per week out of her sons' pay, and also three shillings per week out of the pay of his Grace.—Perth Courier.

It is said that Sir William Curtis hall Mewed his life in different offices for 100,0004 A meeting of the Norfolk Brunswick Club took place on Thursday at Norwich, Lieut.-Col. Harvey in the chair. A petition was unanimously agreed to against further concession to the Catholics.

The Catholics of Liverpool have expressed their entire disapproval of the conduct of the British Catholic Association, in offering to consider of " se- curities."

The Catholic rent continues to average 5001. or 6004 a week. One thousand dollars have been recently received from the frincle. of Ireland in New York ; and seven hundred dollars from the Irish Emancipation Society in Maryland.

Mr. Stephenson's horses and carriages were sold on Thursday, at Bartholo- mew's Hospital, and brought rather ,high prices, after considerable competi- tion. The dark brown chariot in which Stephenson and Lloyd were driven to Bristol naturally excited the greatest competition ; and several persons ap- peared extremely anxious to get into the carriage, or stand on some part ofit. They would, no doubt, have thought it still finer to stand ins the defaulter's shoes, and to bear his money-bags.

CONCESSION TO POPULAR Plant Dices.—It appears that a strong prejudicial feeling exists against the Medical Institution in Sheffield, in consequence of a report which has been maliciously SCE afloat, that three or four dead bodies are coucealed on the premises. We have authority, however, not only to contradict such report, but also to state, that it is the determination of the members of the Institution not to allow any dissectionao be carried on in their rooms fulfil the Legislature has provided some adequete means of supplying the medical practitioners with subjects.—Sheffield Courant.

IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.--A few days since, a subscription was made among the prisoners in Wlsitecross-street Prison, to enable a woman to return to her !sense, who was brought from Sudbury, sixteen mile.; from London, for a debt of only 16s. and was confined twenty days, leav:itg Iiiree children at the charge of the parish. Last week, a man seventy years of age was taken out of an almshouse and brought to the Ludgate side.

A free pardon has been granted to the two Frenchmen tried at the last Westminster Sessions; grounded, it is said, on the objectionable manner in

which the case went tv the jury.

AUSTRO■ITALIAN Jesrice.—It will be remembered, that M. Schutz, the husband of the excellent opera-singer of that name, was robbed of a deal of money, last season, by his servant. M. Schutz has with better luck than usually attends such misadventures, recovered back the whole of it. The servant fled to Milan ; and the police there having received instructions from this country, apprehended him, and communicated the fact to Prince Ester. hazy ; offering at the same time to'send him over to England to undergo a trial, upon being paid by M. Schutz the expenses of transmission. M. Schutz declined this offer, and proceeded according to the Milanese law. No money was found on the servant; but it was conjectured that his father, who held a small property in the neighbourhood of Milan, might be co"gnizant of the theft. His house was searched, and part of the money taken from M. Schutz was found in it. The authorities then confiscated the property of the father (as accomplice after the fact,) and with the produce of the sale of it, returned to M. Schutz the whole of the money he had lost, together with the expenses which he had incurred in consequence.

A SPEAKING Doct—In the year 1815, soon after the battle of Waterloo, a dog came into this world, and in honour of the hero who achieved the greatest victory of modern times, he was named "Wellington." This dog is still in existence, is now of course upwards of thirteen years of age, and is domi- ciled within two or three hundred yards of our office-dcor. Nothing par- ticular was observed about " Wellington," except an unusual degree of sagacity, until about fourteen days ago. Last week we were invited by his owner to pay him a visit, as he said, "to hear Wellington speak I" We say we were invited to hear a dog speak ! Now, though we are not aware that we are more credulous than our neighbours, we accepted the in- vitation ; and, though we were not above twenty minutes in his company, he pro- nounced our Christian name, which happens to be" William," nearly a dozen of times, with as much distinctness as the generality of animals with only two legs. We have repeated our visit to him since, and he. again repeatedly did us the honour to mention our name. On one of these occasions we were accompa- nied by two friends, Mr. Thomas Affleck, merchant, and Mr. Baird, writer, who were as incredulous as we were at first, and as much surprised, and who can bear testimony to what we now state. We have also been informed that the dog has been visited by Mr. Ill'Whir, merchant, Dr. M.Dellan,,Mr. Ill'Ewitig, house surgeon in the infirmary, arekseveral others. And we sin-, dertake to direct those wishing td satisfy theinselveS of. the fact into the com- pany of "Wellington" at any time, when their Om senses will ensure conviction. We state the fact as true upon. what is not to be questioned—our editorial honour! We would have given the owner's name publicly, but, although we have been forbid to do so, we have his full authority to give it to any respectable person applying privately. Marvellous and incredible as this may appear. and we are aware it must do so to most of people, the family in whose keeping he is give the following aocount of his first attempt at pronunciation :—One of the young men in the family, of the name of William, to whom the dog was much attached, and whom he at the same time feared, finding him lying on the rug one evening, gave the dog a gentle push with his foot to make him get out of the way, on which the dog under- growled a little, and, on his attempting to give him another push, he uttered William's name very distinctly. The family were surprised, and the animal, in the course of a few seconds, after receiving a little caressing, repeated it, and has continued to. do so when desired, ever since.—Dunzfries Journal. (Not the Dumfries Courser.) PANORAMA OF PARTS.—Among the many pleasant recollections of a che- quered life, we know none stronger than those afforded by our first visit to Paris ; and those recollections were most vividly renewed by a view we took the other day of Mr. Burford's exquisite little panorama of that city. It is not a mere representation of stocks and stones, or a dull picture of still life, but it exhibits a considerable portion of humour. The time of painting is well chosen—the Fete of St. Louis; and the details without being crowded, are sufficiently ample and various. The contest between the Gallic Jehus for the honour of conveying " Mi Lor Anglais" is worthy the pencil of the veritable George Cruickshank ; while the voiture volante, which honest John is most pressingly invited to ascend, gives a perfect idea of the slowest loco- motive engine in being. Part of the architectural minutia of the cafe at the angle of the Course de la Rehm and the Champs Elysees, form as perfect a bijou of scenic illusion as we ever saw. Confined as must be the scope of the artist who attempts to delineate the interior of a city, yet Mr. introduc-

tion has contrived to give breadth to his view by the happy ntroduc-

tion of the distant villages of Passy and Medd Montant (the Camberwell and Clapham of Paris), as well as a prospect of the crest of Mont Martre. There is also a mournful as well as a mirthful interest attached to this picture: the spectator all but treads on the spot where the blood of the unfortunate Louis Capet and that of his consort was poured upon the earth in full view of two of their splendid palaces*. But enough of the grave, as we are discussing a gay subject—Lutetia Felix: and we therefore admonish every man, woman, or child who has ever seen Paris, and whose purse contains a spare splendid shilling, forthwith to give it in exchange for the gratification surely to be derived from a visit to Mr. Burford's Panorama of that queen of cities—From a Correspondent.

* The Tuileries and the Palais Bourbon.

The Court of Premiere Instance pronounced, at its sitting this day, for the nullity of a marriage, celebrated at the hotel of the English ambassador, be- tween a young Frenchwoman (Mademoiselle Duraod de Saint Rose) and Mr. Sheppart, an Irishman. M. Berryer junior had stated, at a previous sitting, the facts of the case. In the absence of the father of the family, and after having in some degree fascinated the mother, Mr. Sheppart had led to the altar of the British embassy a young female barely sixteen years of age. This union took place in 1823but since that period, Mr. Sheppart, who appears to have got embarrassed, became a bankrupt at St. Pelagie. M. Durand de Saint Rose, having been informed of what had occurred, demanded that the marriage should be annulled. Mr. Sheppart let judgment go by default. The Court, taking into consideration that the marriage was not preceded by the' publications required by law, that it was not celebrated by the competent civil authority, and that the father of Mademoiselle de Saint Rose had not given his consent, pronounced the nullity of the marriage, and of the civil contracts which preceded it—Paris Paper of Saturday.

REWARD OF VIRTUE.—The Paris Philanthropic Society, known by the name of Loge des Freres 1.7nis Intimes, at a meeting on the 17th instant, ad- judged two prizes for acts of virtue. One was granted to a widow for having, although extremely poor, supported a man upwards of eighty years of age ; and the other to a hairdresser in the Faubourg du Route, who from the age'

of twelve years has supported his mother, sister, and two brothers, and af- forded relief to a poor woman his neighbour.

A mask taken upon the face of Jean Jacques Rousseau after death, recently fetched, at the sale of the late M. Houdon, 500f. The purchaser has since refused an offer of 15,000f. for it.—Galignani's Messenger.

The President of Greece is forming schools of mutual instruction in all directions.

A memorial, forty feet long, from the state of Baltimore, against the present auction system in the United States, was lately presented to the Congress.