Edinburgh Phrenological Society It was denounced as an attack on faith and morals... read today, it must be regarded as really rather more orthodox in its teaching than some of the lucubrations of the Dean of St Paul's and the Bishop of Durham". Phrenologists from the Society applied their methods to the Burke and Hare murders in Edinburgh. Over the course of ten months in 1828, Burke and Hare murdered sixteen people and sold the bodies for dissection in anatomy lectures. Burke was executed on 28 January 1829, while Hare turned King's evidence; Burke was publicly dissected by Professor Monro the next day,
Trams in Edinburgh Princes Street and Leith Walk, to Bernard Street, Leith, replacing a horse-drawn carriage service. Edinburgh Northern Tramways began the first cable-hauled tram services in January 1888. The Levenhall to Port Seton section was replaced by motor buses. Expansion in the 1930s added routes Gorgie to Stenhouse, Braids to Fairmilehead and North Gyle to Maybury. At the time of closure, the total tram route was 47 miles long. The Corporation's last electric tram ran on 16 November 1956. After six years in which the controversial scheme suffered from long delays and over-spending, the new Edinburgh Trams system finally began operation on