z .. ..-‘as-fii.‘.a...... ....-''.c. .. i...... ,.
er, she saw and
- sometimes the other of
we had a very go
Tiiieeler, lohn 'Csboi-n,- .lolin Miles, Ambrose
Cl‘li_ompson, John Hubby, John_.Boyvton, Samuel
.. layes, Eleazei-_ Sla_wson_, Johii Belding, John
\Vake_man, Joseph Ro\vlé.nd., j. '
f'1‘h"i;ee other per_sons,v,i‘; ,:V .Goo_dyMiller,Good-
wife alias Elizabeth Clawson, and Mrs. Staples,
were also indicted at the same teifmzofthe court.]
The testimony intrbduced iii‘ support of the
chai'ges contained in the iiidictittents, is exceed-
ingly voluminous. There were probably 200
depositions taken, and_ we must therefore.se_lect
only tlieniost interesting andamusing. It is as-
toiiisliiiig to find the degree of excitement that
‘prevailed on this occasion. The whole colony
was apparently in an uproar; apd ‘all appeared
fully to believe‘-in the existence of witches among.
thern, to the manifest affliction of the good people,
some of whom the wicked shrews would divert
tlienfielves by-knockingdown with an appoplexy,
‘,5, hi, b1owi'n_g up like a hat, or by tumbling pver
with an ‘e'pit'epsey.’__ jg V-Vives positively testified
that their husbands were bewitclied, and husbands
in mm iesiifiekl the same of their wives-yopng
ladies wereikept two thirds of the time languish-
ing under the ponderous weightof the night-mare
or dancing with the histericks ;-S\_va1.ns were
grievously annoyed in their courting-lrolics, and
frequetitly lost their way liome-—-infants were
pinched, squeezed, twiiclied out of shape by the
. St. Vitus dance, or disfigured by the rickets. In-
deed, terror and disease stalked abroad" at noon-
,_i;,)‘.,' through the whole settlement of Compo, and
fact throughout the whole county of Fairfield.
Calves, pigsland cattle shared the same fate ; and
man). an; me afiidavits we have read‘, describing
with the utmost positiveness and sincerity, the
‘ fantastic tricks’ played bl’ “W55 l’”°" *’“l’“T“l5'
And all the evil was traced .directly to Merc.v.Dis-
borough, and her familiar si‘sters,C-ood wife Claw-
sfifi, Goody Millet‘, and Mrs. Staple.-3. . .
. T1,»; following is a part of the testimony tak-
en down at the ti‘ial.j -
c The testimony of Hester Gromcnt, aged 34
years or thereabouts, testificth, that when she lay
sick sometime in May last, she saw about mid-
hight 5,. P39,’ ,1"; widow Staples, that is the shape
or her Mon. and the shape of Mercy Disho-
rough, sitting upon the floor by the two chests,
that stand by the sid of the hous, in the iner rtime,
and M,-_ ....—’s shape, dancing upon the beds feet,
with a white cup in her hand, and performed some
three times. Sworn in court, Sept. 1:5. I692.
Attest, JOHN ALLYN, Secretary.
Cg;1m,~in‘c B-ranch,:.ged I7 years or tlicreabouts,
testifieth and saith, that some time this last som-
felt C-oodwife Clatvson and Mar-
cy Disbrough afllict her, not together, but apart,
by scratching, pinching and wringing her body ;
and further saith that Goodwife Clawson was the
first that did afiiict her, and afterwards Marcy
Disbrough, and after that sometimes one, and
V them 1 and in her afflic-
tion: if-,o,',gh it was night, yet it appeared as light
as nc‘on‘e day. b'W.01'“ in C°‘“'tt 539“ l9’ 1592'
Ayttfiglfii ‘JOHN ALLYN, Secretary.
t‘ 1‘ Dat-icl Sellcck, wat i _
Branch, at the house of David VVestc_ott, in’ com-
" party wfth 13£5t'afiani (lOtli testify, that ii)‘
ve night wh‘en' s_d Katfi'ari'ne was i_ri'her fit, she
iobking Off the bgd’ g,‘-Wed Goody Millet-, hold tip
your arm hyer‘, that the black dog may stick ye
better‘. Again she saycdi G0 , _
tho’t so much before now--I am sure you are a
witch, for you have got 3 100$ “H under Y°ll"
arm. Then" s'd Katliarine coi_niiigto herself. wee
asked lief‘ V'i'l‘.'dt_ she saw ;‘ she answered that she
saw Gocdye Milllei‘ ,su'ccl,é a black dog, and that
she had a long uiider .he1'taI‘me- '1l1C|l I
tuck [took] the light in m_y‘h'I\!1(l.-V _=m(1"V€“t PM
in the other rume [room] upon f-om? vocation-
and passing two or three times apross a rtime, I
heard ye sd Katharine screme out. Then 1 tuck
ye ugh,’ and went into ye rume, and found Al)‘l'a.
2_i-ma Finch setting upon ye bed. and sd Ixatliarine
lying across_ his feet. And seeing him lool:_\'.6|"l'
pale, I asked _\vli_al “'85 Ye mam-’-" 3 ““‘lrl“.3 5‘_"3_'fd
that lying upon the bed he heard sd Ixathamle.
5;,-emc out, and looked up and saw :1 ball of fire as
big as his two liiiids pass a Long ye Simmer to
ye hearth and then’ van‘n'islith away. Then‘ alter
asmall space, the sd l<Ia'tl'iai'ine came to liei'self,
and wee asked her what she saw when she Vscrem—
ed out, She sayed that she saw Gooddy Cla'\v‘son
come in with fiery eyes. iigutnm I l)"’-‘W23’ UP‘
on the bed by ye sd Kathartiie, all(l‘4:_Kb'l)l”allat'n t
Finch lying upon ye chest-. 1 f€_lt 3 l’'‘1‘{l“.“g ‘"
my side. Then the sayd Katharine holding her
gagd 6,“. ye bed, sayde, Gooddy Miller give mee
the thing that you pricht Mr. Selle.ck.withall:
then s'hetti‘n'g her hand. Ab!"-*ham_F{'“3_l‘ kelcl“
hold of her hand, and we found a pin in it : also,
‘wlieii she put out her hand there was nothing that
we could see’. Then after a small space, ‘she
cant‘: to herself, and I asked her why she pricltt
fne ;" §he}~ans"wered that she did not, and that it
was Gooddy Miller. M ._ _
‘ Standford, August 33,. I692. .
‘ The other is ready to give 'oath‘to the above
testimony. Sworn in col.1,".[.i 5,991‘ J5," ‘T 9?‘
‘ JOHN ATJLYN, Sec y.’
c lmwapd Jesop, aged about 29'years,’ testifietli,
ma; being at Thomas_ Dtsboyow 5 house at Com.
P405, Sometime in ye beginning of last; WlDlCl‘,.m
15¢ evening, he asked me to ta,-it-Y‘ and sup with
hing-;: and th‘-are 1 saw a pigg roasting, that look-
ed verv well, but when it came to ye table (where
' ' ‘ or] life) it seemed to me to have
no skin upon it, and looked. yery strangely‘; but
when ye sd Disbnrrow began tocut lf'g'_)".e 5k”? (‘P
my apprehension) came again upon it, _and_it
seemed to be as it was when it wasflupon the spit,
at which strange alteration ofllfe Pl?-’._I ""a5_m“°,h
concerned. However, fearing l0 fll5Pl°33_“ _.h‘5
wife refusing to eat, I dideat. some of the pig ;
and .ye same time lsaac'Sliei'\vopd being there,
and Disbtirt‘ow’S Wife '-'\T!_d llc d'3°°“f5l”.§ 99”’
cerning a certain‘ place of Scripture, and I being
of ye same mind that Sherwood was conect‘f1“_'3
we place of Scripture,__and,Sherwpod telling hei-
‘wg--,;e ye place of Sci‘1'pt'ure vvtes, she lirought a
bible. (‘mart was of very large print) to. mcto read
ye particular Scripture ;._.but though I had a gong
light, and looked directly u’pon__ ye 130014: *1 009!
not see one letter; but looking 1190?! 1lai';’f“l?
when in her liand, after shehad turned over a low
jeaves, I could see to read it Above“ A yard off.
Ye same night going home artd_com1n‘5 ‘° (*°.{“'
‘poh Creek, it seemed to be high water; 'wheie-
-upon I went to a con-‘none, that was aboutten _rods
of (which lay 090" Such a 1239*‘ .33" °"."“."‘“l" I
could have shoved it‘ int'o‘_th'e creek with ease,)
and though Ilifted with all my migfizan lift
one end ‘very high from ye ground," Icou,l‘d-tlliy up:
_means’_pusli it into the creek; and- then -tthézwfé-.=
ter seemed so loe yt I might ride over, ;‘wh'éi-eijp-
on _I went again to the water side, but then'it-ap-_-
peared as at first, very high ; and tlieiijgoing-to
ye ca_nnooe again, and. finding that I could notfget
had often been, and knew ye way as well as before
my own dore,tand had my _old cart-liors; yet 1
could not _keep him in yeroad do what I could ;
but he often turned aside into ye bushes, and then
went backwards, so that tliough I kept upon my
hers and did my best jendeavorjto get home, I
was ye greatest part of ye night wandering before
I got home, altho’ I was not much more than two
miles. Fayrefield, September 16, 1692.
‘ Sworn in Court, Sept. 15, I692.
‘Allest, JOHN AIJLYN, Secretary."
The testimony was generally of a similar char-
acter to the tbregoiiig, with the exception of sev-
eral aflidavits, wliicli went to show how strangely
the swine, calves and cattle, were affected by the
malicious en'cliantmen'ts_ of tliese, sorccresses.—
For the good people fully believed, that,
‘Harm’d by their -ioill, t/re vvas/big ‘cattle die,
' ‘./Ind droo/2 and la7zgz‘fz's/1 t/trough their evil eye.’
These afiidavits, and a‘ number relating to the
cruelties practised by them upon children, we did
not think it worth the while to copy. But the
testimony, thus far, was not deemed suflicient to
make out the case so as to warrant a conviction.
Accordingly resort was had to a more sure and
certain test of the guilt of the prisoners. This
test was the wise and infallible device prescribed
in such cases by ancient usage, of throwing the
persons suspected of withcraft into the river,wlien
if they sunk and drowned, their innocence was
fully established. But if, on the contrary, they
floated when bound hand and foot, the proof of
guilt was irrefragable and conclusive. These
‘children of Satan’ were therefore doomed to the
watery trial. VVe know that it has been strenu-
ously denied that tests of this kind were ever re-
sorted to; but the following depositions, copied
literally, will ptit that question to rest.
‘ Mr. John Wakcman, aged 32 years, and Sani-
uel Squire, made oath that they saw Mercy Dis-
borow put into the water, and that she swam up-.
on the water. This done in court, Sept. 15,1692.
‘ Ttsli JOHN ALLYN, Secretary.
‘ The testimony of Abram Adams and Jona-
than Squire, also is, that when Mercy Disborow
and Elizabeth Clawson were bound hand and foot,
and put into the water, they swam like a corck ;
and one labored to press them into the water, and
they buoyed up like corck.
Sworn in court, Sept. 15, 1692. 1 A
‘ Attest, JOHN ALLYN, Secretary.’
Here, then, the prisoners, or at least; two of
them; having *buoyantly’ passed the watery or-
deal, tlietestiinony was complete and conclusive.
The court, however, not wishing to act in so
important a matter, with aiiimproper degree of
haste, adjourned, to give both themselves and the
thing with C-at1,a.ine jury a suitable period for reflection.
The Court assembled again on the 28th of Oc-
tober, 1692, at the same place ; and the jury, to
whom the causes had been committed, were call-5
ed upon to render their verdict. Eli2‘ab'eth Claw-
son, Goody Miller, and Mrs. Staples were acquit-
oddv Miller I never ted. But for different was the fate of Mercy'Dis-
' boroogli.
dict of guilty, as appears from the following ex-
tract from the records of the court.
In regard to her they returned a ver-
‘ The jury being called to make a retnlrn of
their indictment, that had been committed to
them concerning Mercy Disborough, they return
1
the indictment, with familiaiity with Satan.-.-—
‘The jury being sent forth upon a second consid-
eration of their verdict, returned, that they saw
no reason to alter their verdict. but doe find‘ her
guilty as before. The court approved oftheir
verdict,and the Governor passed sentence of death
upon her.’ - "
Whether the unfot tunate woman was executed
we could not learn from any of the papers which
we found. There was, however, a memorial to
the General Court, in her behalf, praying for a
pardon, an‘d setting forth various weighty reasons
tvlfy a pardon ought to be granted. This docu-
ment was drawn up with considerable ingenuity
thou h extensive was not universal.
2 . .
-—-‘$709-
./Ifi-z'ccz.—--\Ve lalietthe subjoiiied extracts from
"a work recently [Jl_Ji)llKSl‘iC(li in London, entitled
* Travels in the ctiuiitrics of Senegal and Gambia,
by fllfr. Mollien.’ The traveller is a Freucli oili-
cer who was shipwrecked on the coast of Africa
in the year 1816'. His narrative is altogether high-
ly curious, but whether implicitly‘ credible, we
will not undertake‘ to determine. It describes ex-
cellent qualities, in general”, to the‘ Africaii popu-
lation which he visited, and represents the great-
er part as seeing for the first time, in him, a white
man. llis experience with respect t'o—tl'i"e im-
pression made by his colour, and cast of feature,
was the same as that of Burckhardt. The women
almost universally expressed disgust at his white
skin 3 he overheard some of them discussing the
point whether it would be possible for them to live
with him as a husband, though he should bestow‘
a huge dowery. His aquiline nose and thin lips‘
were objects of derision or pity. A useful lesson
might be drawn from these facts. ' fie found the
belief pretty common that the whites lived in
ships on the ocean, and had no terra firma of their
own, and that they eat the slaves whom they pur-
chase on the Afi'icaii coast. Several of the instan-
ces of native hospitality which he relates, are as
striking and affecting as those commemoiated by
Mungo Pai'l:. He gives to the Foutatoro’ Slafei
spoken of in the following extracts, a population
of two‘ tnillioiis.‘ The class of Griots mentioned
in {He last oftheiiiis not, we uppreliend, without
a coumerpart: in some oth'er countries".---JVat.Gaz.
_‘ A barbarous custom prevails in F outatoro ; a
slave wl'fo wishes to change his master, seeks to
this practice, my fellow traveller owed’ his deaf-
ed the auditory ‘canal’.
l next attack.’
itiiito ye creek, Ijthouglit to ride round where I”
-tendanct: tipon the Indian Council, we have this
hat they find the prisoner GUILTY‘, according to l-‘hie G793‘ Sl’l.l.‘l’-i nib."-'1, 11¢ firs! made them: did
and ability ; and shows that this singular delusion, _
cut off the ear of the man whom he fancies; if
he succeeds, he becomes the property or that pf;i~- .
son ; and his old master cannot reclaim him. 10
ness ; two slaves had cutoff‘ each an ear, close to
the head‘, and the woundiiif healing, had obstruct-
" This i'n"an‘ was unfortu-
nate, from" his reputation for good nature ; he
must now be careful of his horses, for it will be
these animals whose‘ ears the fugitive slaves will
- _ __ _ T£tlid*aifiong'the Moors, there ex-
_s_tS a-V.$,or§i',0fE3f!?§é?Inasonry, the secret of which
glhas-i_i'evei‘ beenfr-evealed ; theadept is shut up for
3 ilaysiin a hut; he is allow.e_d_ to eat but once a
day; he‘-sees no peyson, excepting a slave ap-
po'int€d.to carry him his food ;_if he acquit him-
self with honor, he is admitted. Inthe villages
where persons of this fi'aternity reside, they act
as conjurors, and ar_e called Almousseri. I asked
an AliIt0,uSSci‘l to explain‘ his secret, but he an-'
swered, that if he revealed it, his brethren would
dvestroy him.’ . _. - ‘ . _ 1
‘_ Another class of_pe_ople act a curious part in_
Fo.utatoro,;' these are called Diavandos. They
inhaliitthé villages of Senopole and Canal, and
are the groits of these parts., _ Though doofned,
by their profession, to contempt, they have icontri-'
-'v'ed to'_render tliemselves formidalile by the as-
ccndancy which they have acquired over the pub.
lic opinion,through the medium of praises or sat-
ires. These are proficients iii the Arabic lan-
guage, and zealous Mahomedans. Their traffic
in praises and inveciives was a source of emolu-
ument. If one of these demanded any favor from
the king, he will not refuse him.’
......¢(..~,f;£.j_.
, MOUNT ZION, Geo. June 30.
We regret to learn that the Creek Nation in
Council, have refused their permission to the es-
tablishment of schools and a missionary station in
their country. Their jealousy of the intentions
of those who wish to benefit them, is not in this
case unnatural, nor was it altogether ‘unexpected.
They have heretofore been compelled to make
larger cesslons of territory than have been made
by any other tribe, and from being powerful in
point of numbers, they are now reduced to com-
parative ‘insignificance. A considerable part of
the state of Georgia, the whole of the states of
Mississippi and Alabama formerly belonged to
them. and they fear that the attempt will be made
to annex the small portion‘ that yet remains to
them, to one of these states. -
We are indebted to the politeness of Rev. Dr.
Brown for the following extract of aletter address-
ed to him by‘Rev. Messrs. Thomas C. Stuart and
David Humplireys, mission-aryland agents, em-
ployed by the Missionary Society of South Caro-'
lina and Georgia, to effect the establishment ofa
missionary station in the Creek Nation.
' FORT MlTCIiELL, C. N. May 24, 1820.
Rev. and dear Sz'r—-After four days constant at-
day received an answer to our propositions. VVe
‘presented the documents from the Secretary of
VVar, with your address ; explained the whole
plan to them, and endeavored, with all the inge-
nuity we possessed, to convince them of the pure
and benevolent intentions, not only of govern-
ment, but also of the society by. whose appoint-
ment, and under whose direction we were acting ;
holding forth, at the same time‘, the great advan-
tage arising from their acceding to the proposed
measure. They heard us patiently, and after de-
liberating on the subject, told us that our request
could not be granted. They looked upon us with
a jealous eye, and as the forerunners of some
scheme of the white people to get their lands.-"-
They alleged, that should we obtain permission
to establish a School on the proposed plan, after
some years we might demand a compensation for
our trouble and expence in educating their chil-
dren, and as they have n‘o money, we could take
their land for payment. As to our proposition to
teach them the art of agriculture, they said they
knew eiibtigh of that to support themselves, and
that wasias much as they wished. VVith regard
to their réligi'oti,s instructioii, they observed, that
not give the meansjofinzitruction, and therefore it
was his will that tliey:_i‘eina_iii.as they now are.-—
These and l1l1llly‘Ol‘lIC.l'_ objections of similar na-
ture were brouglft forward, \vh'icli_we endeavored
to answer, but." it was iii vain to airgut: with them-
The lialf blood lIiLllaiis_ai't: getieially anxious
to have their chi'l(‘ltjen educated, but theyfiwere
afraid to use their influence in o_tir bélialf, lesttthey
should be considered as leaguing with‘ lll'e‘_'.Vlllll€
people against the full blood Indians. _ General
M’Intosh‘ Wits, at this council made commander
in chief of the Creek nation. He told us thatlat
some further period he would give us permission
to establish schools amongst them, whatever
miglitjbe the consequence. We are apprehen-
sivc, however, that it will require a considerable
lapse of time before establishments can be made
on the plan which the.society proposes. They
are extremely jealous of the white people, and
every attempt to obtain land from theui will meet
with opposition. \Ve have therefore concluded
to visit the Chickasaw nation before we return.
\Ve are both in good health, and although we have
to encounter hardships, yet we feel no disposition
to relinquish the work in which we are engaged.
. T. C. STUAR'l‘,
D. HUMPHREYS.
The Mission School at Elliot, in the Choctaw
Nation, promises to be of great usefulness. The
school which commenced in April, 1819, with 10
sc‘l'iolars, had increased to'60 the last ofNov. ; and
xfiaiiy more applied, but could not be admitted.
The Clio'ctaws are very anxious to have their
children instructed. It is said there are 1000
children in the. natioii ready to go to SCh001. 50
soon as a sufiicient number are established to
receive them. The impiiovement ofall the schol-
ars at Elliot is very encouraging. Sixteen can
read with a good degree of correctness, in the Bi-
ble, and others are in various stages of improve-
ment, from the syllables of two letters to easy
reading lessons. The scholars are also taught to
labour——the boys the art of agri”eulture_, and the
girls various kinds ot_l_iol‘l'se\f~?0t'l<,s sewing: SW0’
hing, Sec. About 100, Including the schol-ars'an_d
the family, regularly attend public worship. V The
number who seek for admission into this school,
and are turned away for the want of meanjs to ‘re-
ceive. them, plead powerfully to the friends pf
man _-and-of the Redeemer, for assistance _to aid
in "a work so gloriously begun.‘ r i
From our North Western Frontz'cr.
Governor Cass has‘ concluded a treaty with the
chiefs of the Chippawa nation, for the cessioti of
the Sautf of St." Mary to the United’ StatCS- 1 his
point is of great importance to out'_g0vet'_nme_nt;
for the preservati'on' of peace and tlfriendsliip with
the’ upper nations. The land a'rou‘nd__the baut is
said to be well adapted to the cultivation of wheat
caught there daily—-tlieylare delicious, and aria"
the chief food ofithe inhabitants. fGov. Cass all
his party left the_ Sam on the 17th. ult. for Fon‘dcl_
Luc. It was reported that a peace had been coit-
eluded between the Sioux and Chippewa natioii€3-
.7 - 43W . in‘ ‘ °
. .. _, _. NEW-YORK, July 22.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
_ Tl‘? Ship Martlia,'Capt. Sketchley, arrived lagg
night in 33 days from Liverpool, bi'ihging*intelli-’
gence near a month later than before received;
lhe_editors of the ,Met-cantile Advertiser have
recclvtfl papers to the‘, i5_th of June. _ _
. F}'€“.Ch l?‘-ll"?-TS Of the; $,tli_o__f June, state that
I-0l}V€.l W115 executed on the 7th, in presence of
an immense multitude. '
ft-tie at'i'ival of the Queen had patised a g,.ea'é
ferment In England. Soon after her arrival, the"
Queen communicated to the house of Commons"
the following message. But no decisive meas-
ures had been takeirat the last dates upon that, oi‘-
the message oftlie King, which follows. liiucli
interestin discussion took lace in ' ~ '- 1
with whicfi the papers are aliiiost fillepcfllhdmcma
1‘ The Queen thinks it necessary to inform the
House of Commons, that sli__e has been induced to
return to England, in consequence of the nieas-l
tires pursued against her honor and peace fol‘
some time by secret» agents abroad, and lately
saitctioneti by the coiitlpct of the government at
ltorlne. In adopting this course her majesty h-as’
d( no otlienpurpose whatsoever but the defence
9f h°_" Ch3"aC_lC"i_and the maintenance of those
lusl “gills which have devolved upon her by the
tleatli of ‘that i-evened 1\rlpnat'ch, in whose high
ionoram uiisliakejn affection she had always found
her stiiest siippoit. Upon lier'ap,.j‘.d,, the Queen
is Slll'pl‘l:'xCtl to find that a message has been sent
down to l’arliament, requiring its attention to
written dccuinents ; and she ‘learns wizfi still
greater aSl0lll$lln}€lif,illaf there is an intention of
proposing that those should be l't.‘_fcl‘i'ed to a select
committee. It is this day M; years since me
first charges were brought forward agaiiist her
Majesty. Then, ‘and upon every occasimi, du,-ing-
that long period, she has shown the utmost readi-
ness to ‘meet her accusers, and to court the full-
e_St ln_quit'y into her conduct. She now also de-
sires an open investigation, in which she may see
bothtlie charges and the witnesses against llCl‘——-
a ])I'l\llegc not denied the meanest subject ofthe
realm. lti the face of the Sovereign, the Paylia.
ménti and the country. she solemnly protested a-
gainst the forii‘iation_ofa secret tribunal :0 egg.
mine documents privately prepared by he,» ad.-.
‘'€Y‘5'~"'1€5: 35 3 llroceeding unknown to the law of
lhe lfiflflafmtl a flagrant violation of all the princi-
ples of justice. She relies with full confidence
upon the integrity of the House for defeating the
only attempt she has reason to fear. The Queen
cannot forbear to add, that even before any pm.
ceedings were resolved upon, she had been treat-
ed in a manner too well calculated to prejudge
her case. The omission of her name in the Lit-
urgy, the withliolding the means of conveian-cc"
usually afforded to all-the branches of the Royal
Family, the refusal even of an answer to her ap-
plication for a place of residence in the Royal
ml3“5l°175a and the studied slight, both of English
ministers abroad, and of the agents of all foreign
powers over whom the English government had
any influeiice—inust‘be viewed as measures =de-
signed to prejudice‘ the world agaitist her, and
could only have been justified by ttial and convic-
tion.’
On the 6th, the following Message was ivécgiv-
ed in both houses of Parliament.
‘GEORGE rt.
‘ The King thinks it necessary, in consequence
of the ariival of the Queen, to communicate to
the House of Lords certainpapcrs respc_cti'n_g¢ the
conduct of her lVfajes:t_v since her departure from
this kingdom, which he l'€C()i'Ill'nCl‘l(lS‘ to lli:: ge,-35.
cus and immediate consideration of the I-louse.
‘ The King has felt the most anxious desire to
avert the necessity of any disclosures and discus-5
sions which must be as painful to his people as
they can be to himself; but the step now taken‘
by the Queen leaves him no alternative.
, ‘ The King has the fullest con'lidenc'e that, in
consequence of this comnitinication, the House
of Lords will adopt that course of proceeding-
whicli, the justice of the case, and the honor and
dignity of his Majesty’s crown may require.’
. — . . L LONDON, June 13.
flrrival oftlzc Queen.-—-In our last, we announ-
ced the arrival of her Majesty at,Dovcr, at it o’-
clock on Monday n_ioi_ning; at 6, a deputation of
the inhabitants waited upon l'_ier and presented a
congratulatory address" on her arrival, to _WlilCll‘
she replied in appi'opriaté'tei'tns. ‘The Queen as-
cendctl her carriage at half past 6, and was drawn"
by the populace quite out oftown, amidst the loud
and reiteiated cheering of an immense concourse.
proceeded towards Canterbury.
nearly dark; the horses were, however, taken’_
from -the carriage, and the Queen was drawn tliro’
the main street. Her Majesty alighted at the
Fountain Inn, where the Mayor and Corporation
awaited with a congratulatory address, which was’
presented in due form. Her Majesty soon retir-
ed to rest. Early yesterday morning, prepara-
tions were inade for her departure. The people
would not permit the horses to be put to the car-'
riage, but insisted upon drawing her majesty-com-
pletely through the town. Every window was
thronged with spectators, and though the morn-
ing was unfavorable, the streets. were also crowd-
ed- with well-dressed people. The scene was ve-
ry imposing, and her P-lajesty appeared greatly
affected. Tliroughevei-y village on the route to.-5
wards London, the _s2i’mé en'tl'i'usi'as"m prevailed.
On arriving at tire‘ Green Man,‘ Blackheath, hcr
Majesty's carriage drew up, and she 8l_lg.l’lte§]_._.
The attraction now grew more intense, and in or.’
der to prevent confusion, and allay the thirst of
curiosity, the Queen, after partaking of some re.
frc-s‘hment,appeai'ed at one of the windows of the
iiin. The crowd, at once satisfied and animated‘
by her appeat'a_tit':e, burst iiit-‘o aj vehement and
protracted shout of applause. ‘After a delay of
about 20 minutes she resumed h'er °ourney. As
the w_eath'er had now cleared tip, and the rays of
the sun increased the splendor of the scene, the
'cai‘I‘_iage was thrown open, and every one gratifi-
ed’ with an immediate view of her. The accl_ania~
tions were nowrenewed, and continued without’
interruption till‘ the entire cavalcadc reached the
.métropolis, when‘ they swelled into yet lotidez‘
and corn. Great quantities of white-ft-sli are
,-
Thc horses were then put in, and the cavalcade
When her Majesty reached Canterbury, it was
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