lords, whether the Queen was‘ tlieobject or not,"-’
was the most infamous in its7-‘nature that _co'uld.b’é
imagined. Informer times billsiof Pains and
Penalties had always the apology of.-conflicts be-
tween tlifferent claimants totliep t_hijone, but here
was ‘no ciiiillict, unless between the people and the
gupporteris of thefbill; thoughhe believed in his-_
._conscietir:c_tliat, there was but one, human being
in-the country heat-tilyln its favor. Another ex-
cuse for these bills of old had been a crime known
,0 ‘,.he law s. of the land—-treason : but in‘this’case
it was not even adultery, but adulterous inter-
io_otirse,.tbough, t_i'dultery itself was merely a ‘civil
injury’, and for which only under particular cir-
cumstaiices could reparation be obtained. Adul-
tery was no crime known to the laws of the land,
‘nor could a,Quc-en or any other indiviclual be pros-
ecuted for it. N_ot»morc than 20 years agoa hill
had beet-. ineffectually brought in to render. it a
icriine‘, yet now an attempt was made to punish a
— Queen as-if-she had offended against the law. He
‘would 5,", as Lo,-,1 Digby had said iiitlie case of
‘Lg-,;d r‘.;',,‘,_{}',,,-(l, ‘Cod keep me from passing judg-
‘mcnt upon a man foi-an cxpost facto crime,’ ad-
ilini; w.hat_he (Mr. Creevy) would add also, ‘ Let
:1l\C$TIrl:tl‘l{ be set on the -door where the’ plague is,
and lctihimi who will enter die.’ What he felt
on tliizrsubject was felt by all : one seiitlmsllt P01"
vadetl alliclassesg and as far as the hilt liadgonc,
it was impossible to look at it not only without
abliot'rence, but without absolute contempt. In
"the first place it contained an all~':gati'on of the
iQu_een’s indecent conduct in all parts of the world;
she had ‘carried on an adulterous intercourse in
no fr.-iver than thi;.ce quarters of the globe; and
in support ofthis.was brotigh_t forward the wretch-
ed pcrjured evidence, which strained to the very
_ utmost, amounted only to one scene on the deck
of a polacca, which was capable of a most easy
and natural explanation. So help him God, he
thought the Queen as il'll’lO'(‘2tIli_0l crime in this
‘particular, and in all others, as the most spotless
female thelworld ever produced. He did not be-
{Bieve that there was one word of truth to all that
ztlie misereible ltalians had been hribcd and per-
siiadcdfto swear. The next allegatimi was, that
the conrluct of the Qu. on bad r‘.<:gta<lcd the char-
acter of the country; lhfil ll!“ “"0-'“l‘ (‘ll ll“: ‘"1’
tion were at stake; and-a faslidiotis (‘Ollll1 St‘-
j)lll‘(‘. in itself, and so aiixious for the l.'rtll‘l'.§‘ of all
the rest of mankind, was to drag the lliitisli l’ar-
liiinicut througli the dirt and filth of this iiiqniry
to (ll'~.'0l'CC and degrade the qiiec'.;--initial‘ the pre-
i,¢_~nr_.c. that the riational_boiit.ii' had been tainted and
stillicd by her deportiiieiit. Most l‘t}l‘l‘lll"-t‘.l(’ly for
that naiioii.il honor, not a single Eiiglisli witness
had been c-.=.lled who did not sweat‘ iliilts 50 fat‘
from d£g't'tt(llHg the honor of the cotiiiti‘_i‘, they
had never seen in her conduct any thing in the
slightest degree"; izidecorous or tict‘ogutrir_v. A
third point coiituined in the preaiiiblc it‘:i_fis that the
Queen had violated her duty to the hitig; but
what duty did she owe to one who, under his own
hand, had confessed that he had_turned her out
of doors. , Thatslie owed allegiance to the lilh,C',',
as his "subject, was not to be (llSp'.‘.iC(l_. but that slit;
owed duty to the King, he (‘.\’l|'. C.) most strenu-
0ttsi_V_tleIil‘;'<l, nor would he be any party to try
her for a supposed breach of it. Yet this ll0l.l5C‘,
as well as ihelords, were to be driven into the
inquiry; but without power to administer an oath;
rithout judges to assist in points of law; with
the public opinion on the score of corruption and
influence, most decidedly against it, he hoped it
would never consent that in such an assembly the
. Queen should be put upon her trial.
‘ Mr. Scarlett said hodid not intentltov enter in-
to any fllSCl.lS$l~')ll; but one obscriation on the
proc~.~cdiii=,§s of the l-‘tzcrs he was entitled to make.
lily the report ‘on the table it appeared that cer-
tain qtl3’.~ilOllS had‘ been put to the judges, which
sliowed tit;-.t the other house had been cngagecl
in an iitquiry of a very suspicious ll'.llll|'C respect-
ing the (‘.(3l.lCCii~lll of evidence by clis_li0no:'ablc
means, until it ,,-.~«,-__-. stopped by an objection from
the cotmscl for the prosecution. He could only
say, that if he had been counsel for prosecution
against the inc-anest subject of the realm. and had
been told that the defendant possessed the p!l‘t'l’t:l'
of provi_ng that some of the testimony had been
obtained against him by corrupt pt'acti&+cs.tl10ttglt
he could not, pt-rli:-.ps, bring-it home to the pros-
ec.ii't-or, he sliotiltl think that he did no honor to
his client if be interposed an objection to its pro-
duction. ff L-.n_v suspicion of the kind existed in
a penal proceeding, to end in the LlL‘gl‘:l(lull{fll of
an indivitluul, he should hold that he betrayed his
duty as a public prosecutor, if he iiiterposed an
objection to cvideiice to remove or confirm tliat
suspicion. If such should be the line of his duty
in a private view, how much more did it become
the character of the government, employed in es-
tablishing , a.cliai'ge against the Queen before a
branch of the legislatiire, and by the public offi-
cers of the crown. If, after this experiment, the
bill was pas."-ze.-zl in the Lords, it would disgrace and
degrade ibt; House of Commons to receive it.
, , LONDON, Oct. 24-.
T/ic Qucc7z’3- dc;/‘once close-tl.--Oiic act of the
g,-52,1 (1,-mna, which has so long. (lt:I‘n'dn(lt'(l the ini-
divided attetitionof the nation, has reached its
close. Mr. Broughain yesterday announce‘-d, that
in consequence of the abseiice of the Ballot] d’En-
ds, (whose evidence we are well .assurcd, would
not have served the Queen’s cause) he could pro-
ceed no further. The Attorney General being
‘called upon by the Lord Chancellor, expressed a
wish to be allowed time to call Col. Brown, and
the other members of the t‘viil'.tn Conimission,
in order that they might expl;-.in their conduct
before he called his witnesses to disprove the
statements of those for the defence, and proceed
to his ‘general reply. Many of her Majesty's
friends had previously inanifested an anxiety that
soiinei such course as this should be pnrstied, and
‘loud cornplaints had even been urged against the
supposed injustice ofnot investigating the condtict
of those gentlemen ht-fore the tci-initiation of the
proceedings. But_what will they think when they
find that Mr. Br :u"gliain-, who was so anxious to
imestigate their cond‘i1'_ct, is now on a sudden most
’fei'ociotisly opposed to it, atid when the desired
‘course is only mentioned, demands, with almost
supei'-huinaii effrontei=y, ifthnt is a Court of Jus-
tice, in which such a’ proposition can be enter-
itained for a moment! And why all this fttriotis_
'ar'id senselees opposition? Because, truly, Col.
' Brown is‘ iioflti his trial, and tliereforc the Queen.-:
is r.o_t_to,.bc keptin suspense that he may be vin-
dicated». ' ‘ ‘
_ _ '.; _'l"‘ROM_,EUROPE. .
:;;_;,. The ’ shipfzlaiiiesf,Monro_e,'arrived_at New-York,
’,sa_tiled _)'roi‘n','Liverpool on the 4th November, and
brings-London papers-to the evening of tlie,2d.
V A H “ CASE 01‘ THE Qiinnx. ' '
Oiiillié 25th Oct. Mr‘. Deninan summed up
the evidence in favonof the Queen; attlie close
of wliicl_i he said, ‘ that he would call upon their
Iiordsliips to examine into the defence set tip by
her Majesty‘; and when he looked at the substan-
tative case that had been proved on her behalf, he
was hold to say that there was an end to the bill
if tliei'e-~tvt-re'eitliei- common sense or common
justice in Englaiid. ‘ ‘Why, he would ask, di‘d not
the advocates for the bill produce the distinguish-
ed English attendants on the Queei-t ?,'\Vas he to
be told that such witnesses were immaterial, and
proved nothing touching the main facts of the
case? He asserted,'oii tliccontrary, that they gave
those facts at most decisive negative, and showed
the utter "impossibility of an adulterous inter-
course. The Counsel for her Majesty had done
more than they would have been called upon to do
in any Court ofliistice, when they condescended
to give an answer to such persons as hadlbccn
placed at the bar on the other side. On every
single point where it was possible to shew false-
hood, that falsehood had been distinctly exposed.
There were certain witnesses who had not been
called byliis fi-ieii(ls—-—simply because the case for
the defence was already pi'ovctl',‘aiirl they did not
think it decent or consistent with the })l'lnCl[)l€S
of justice, to overloatl the minutes already so un-
wielcly, by admitting that they were bound to go
a single step further. He would ask what could
justify the passing of this bill ? He would say that
there was not one page of evidence in the whole
volume to warrant their Lordships in giving it
their sanction—-'there was not a single piece of
evidence proceeding from any respectable quar-
ter, that had not been answered or explained ; and
the inventors of the most minute fzibiications had
been followed witli success tl-trough many of the
wiiidiii_g;s and iiitric-.ite rainificatioiis. \‘./as there,
he would ask, any man who could read the evi-
dcnce agziiiist her l\'l.-.jesty, without it perfect con-
viction that she had been most mzilipnatiily tra(lu-
ccd ? Their f..ord:~,liips '-ad but one course to pur-
sue, and that course -.-as straiglit forwartl ; it was
to acquit hut‘ l\‘l.ijcst_v at once of tliese odiotis
charges.’ ln concltiding his long and eloquent
'.I(ltll't:5S, Mr. l.}eniii‘a:i iiiadc the the following ap-
peal totlie llnusc-—‘ This has been, my lords, an
iiiquiry unprc-cc-:leiite(l in the history of the
~.vorld; the dov.'n-setting and up-setting of this
illustrious Lady have been scduously and anxious-
ly watched ; she utteretl no word that had not to
pass tlii'oii_o_h severe ordeal. I-ler daily looks have
been remrnked, and scarcely even her thoughts
escaped the tinpziialleletl and disgraceful assiduity
of her enemies. It is an inquisition, also, of a
most solemn kind. I know nothing in the whole
race of liuinan af’f.iii's, nothing in the whole view
of eteriiity, which can even remotely resemble it,
but the great day when the secrets of all hearts
shall be disclosed! And if your Lordsliips have
been fimiislicd with powers, which, I might al-
most say, scarcely Oinniscience itself possesses,
to arrive at the secrets of this female, you will
think that it is your duty toimitate the justice, be-
n‘-elicence, and wisdom of that bcnignant Being,
who, not in a case like this, where innocence is
manifest, but when guilt is detected, and vice re-
vealed, said, ‘ lfno accuser can come forward to
condemn thee, neither do I condemn thee ; go,
and sin no more.’
On the 25th, Dr. l'.u.sliiiigton followed Mr.Den-
man in a speech which occupied the whole day,
and closed the dcfeiice. On the 27th the Attor-
ney General comiiiencetl hisrcply. which he did
not finish till the zrlicrnoon of the 28th; wlicii he
was followed by the Solicitor General, who occu-
pied the time till 2 o’clpck on the 30th,.and closed
the case. The Qi’iceii’s Counsel. then desired
pet-mission to bring forward some new evidence
respecting the Baron Ompteda, which was refus-
ed by a majr.-i'it_v of l29 ; and the House of Lords
immediately azljotirned tothe 2d of November.
They met agaizi on the 2d, ‘hen the st-cond
reading of the bill took place, and the debate on
its passage was opened by the Lord Chancellorin
a long spcecli, in which lie expressed his convict-
ion of the Queen's guilt. He was followed by
1.of(l Em-/.'z'rzc, who pi'oceediitg to speak of the
estimctiy of Majocci, when he sticldenly paused.
Tliis was not’ partic-.ilarly noticed at first, as it ap-
poured as if liis Lordship was looking over the
minutes placed on the table before him ; but af-
ter some time had elapsed, without resuming his
speech, some of the l’cers became alarmed, and
rose from their seats to proceed to him. The
anxiety of the whole house was then amused, as
the Earl fell forward on the table in a senseless
state. There were cries of ‘open the windows,’
—‘ some water.’ Lord Erskine was raised, but
his speech and color were gone, and he was car-
ried into an adjoining room. The house adjourn-
ed for a quarter of an hour, when Lord Erskine
being no ‘better. the discussion was resumed by
Lord Latidcrdalc.
In this state, the last London papers received,
leave the proceedings at 2 o’clock on the after-
noon of the 2d Nov. Capt. Rogers informs that
intelligence had reached Liverpool before he sail-
ed, that the Bill PASSED the I-louse of Lords the
same afternoon; and that the information was
contained in a postscript to the London Traveller
of the evening of the 32d.
' Great excitement continued in London.
Times of Nov. 2d says--‘ It is said tritimphantly,
we hear, that Ministers will carry,tlie second
reading of this wicked and ominous Bill. W'ell,
be it so: wliat-does it signify? \Vill any man
think the worse of the Queen for it ?' And the
Traveller says——‘If the Bill against the Queen
passes, England will have ceased to be under the
goveriiment of law.’
The Queen had been confined by illness, and
was visited for the first time since her return by
the Pl'l_llCC Leopold. . ‘
I The papers contain a large list of disasters to
the shipping on the English coast, during the
gales the last pf October. ‘Ne are sorry to add
that many. lives were lost.
‘ An article front Minorca of the 19th October,
mentions‘ the arrival of a Dutch frigate there from
“Algiers, bringing intelligence‘ that a plot against
'#l'2j1'(3'i§P__t2)"l1E1'(l been discovered’, and that the con-
ispiralors were in custody. The Aigerine squad-
‘! a
had not t_i'ausp~ired.
The
ion was about to put to sea; on what destination’
15'
. .
L, *7‘ The accotints of the revolutionary",proceedings V —
in Portugal, b‘;gl_q;;cited_,extradrdinavylsgnsatiolts
in 'V,ieiin‘aZ‘-'fThe archtljucliess Leopblditia haying
-married the crown prince of. Porttfgal, -is deittin--
ed, perliaps, to become queen of tliatkingdom,
Lord Boresford, on his return froingvthe Brazils
to Porttigal,.was refuseda landing at Lisbon, un-
der a pretence by the new government, that in
the existing state of things his lortlship’s plerson
miglit'be“'subject to insult. But it is said this is
not the real cause. it was understood at Lisbon
that LOl'(l'BCl'lSfl3l'(l brought with him from "Rio
Janeim additional powers from the King. which
would give him a control over the whole kingdom
little short of monarchy ; atid this belief, whether
utcll founded or not, seems to have given decision
to the refusal to land and enter the capital. His
lordship, with se‘veral of the English officers at-
tached to the Portuguese army, have gone to
England. ‘ i '
Accounts from Milan state that the Sicilian in-
surgents, frorna total incapacity of further strug-
gle, had yieldedto the propositions of their sove-
reign. A
Advices from Naples are to Oct. 1-0,. There
was a bloody contest at Palermo on the 25th Sept.
at which time Gen. Pepe, comruaiider of the Ne-
apolitan army, advanced and occupied the sub-
urbs ofthe city, after killing and putting to {light
all who defciided them.
truce was sent in, but, not i'eturning,' the troops
attacketi the city and burnt several houses. Ne-
gociatioiis were again coinmeiiccd, btit on a sud-
den, in the afternoon of the 523th, the gates were
shut, and the Palermitans rccommeiiced hostili-
ties. On the ad October, Gen. Pepe threw in
bombs ; on the 5th new negociations were coin-
menccd ; and on the 10th a telegraphic dispatch
was received at Naples, dated Palermo, Oct. 6,
announcing that all was nearly terminated. ' The
city had surrendered, and the troops of General
Pepe entered and occupied the forts. The whole
Sicilian fleet of gun boats, it is said, were taken or
destroyed before the troops inarchcd against the
city.
A pai'agi‘apli from 1‘-.oine,g)c'.. 1.ltli,says--‘It
is reported that Austrian troops are immediately
to arrive at Anconoa, and on the other hand that
a considerable corps of Neapolitans are approach-
ing our frontiers.
The Aiistrian Cabinet shows no signs of amity
towards the constitutional gore! I‘-men! of Naples.
l‘rinces Buffo is still acknowlcdetl as minister at
that court, notwithstandiiig the King of Naples
has long since appointed another in his place.
The interview of the Sovereigns was to take
place on the 28th October. ' V
The Emperor of llussia has ordered a new
levy ‘of four men from every 500, ainouiitiiigto
96,000. ’ . .
"Madrid accounts are to the l6tli Oct. The
Cortes had agreed to the proposition for abolish-
ing political societies or club: ; have voted to per-
mit thcreturn of the 9'?’ LX-(lC|3Ull(‘-5 ; but they
are to be deprived ofall places, pensions, honors,
fsc. They have also adopted a resolution for rais- ,
inga loan of 200,000,000 of reals, to meet the ex-
igenccs ofthe year. The King, it issaid, had re-
fused his sanction to the decree of the Cortes, for
the spppressioii of Monastic orders. — _
During the disctissior- against the Monks, In
the Cortes of Spain, the, pious fathers‘ availed
themselves of the delay, and carried from the
Moiiasteiics all the niovt-able goods upon ‘which
they could lay their hands‘. Many millions of-
propti‘ty, it is said, will thus be lost. to the govern-
ment. ’ ‘
On the 2(.tli of October, a royal orclirrancc was
isstied in France, granting an anint.-sty for all for-
est offences, in commemoration of the birth of
the Duke dc Botirdcatix.
According to letters from l’£1llS»_tli‘e. French
g‘0\’t'l‘lln!‘:'lll'lS about to send an expedition to Mad-
agascat', to found -a colony in that island. Two
sdns of gm; of the Matlagascai‘ Cliiefs,wlio have
been educated in Fi‘aiicc, arc to return home with
the expedition.
The Sophine sloop of war, arrived at ‘Ports-
mouth from Jamaica, brings most disti'es's1-ng ac-
counts of the m_ortali‘.y on board the different
ships on that station. The Sophine lost many of
her men.
Tlie N ort/1 l'f"r.’st 15.2:/zc(l£.'z'o:z.——"'he Hccla and
Griper have been spoken in Davis’ Straits» h0m€-
ward bound. It seems they wintered in lat. 7.5,
N. long. 155, ‘W. They were daily expected in
Eiiglaiid.
LONDON, Oct. 28.
Notwitlistaiiding the silence of the Madrid pa-
pcrs, it appears certain that ilic Florida Treaty,
made, it will be remembered by Mr. Unis, and to
which, last year, King Ferdinand withheld his
sanction, has now been ratified. By this treaty
the United States obtain legal possession of East
and V‘Vest Florida; butwe are unable to state
how the questions relating to the validity of the
Duke (le Alagons’ grants of land, and the Louisia-
na boundaries, have been disposed of, or whether
any additional articles have been ailixcd to the ori-
ginal trcaty.-—.'lIarn. C/t7‘07l.
_ —-no4o—- 1‘
Front ]'[avmm.-—lt was reported at the last
dates, that the 1"."oricIa Treaty had been ratified by
the Cortes.
In the Vice Royalty of Mexico, the electionfor
Deputies to the Spanish Cortes was completed in
the month of September.-—-C/I¢l?'1c’8IT071 C010‘.
E.<iqzcz°7nau.1.‘ Indz'a7z.':.—-On Moiiday tlie13tb inst.
the schooner Five Brotliers, Capt. l-ladlock, of Mt.
Desert, Maine, arrived at New-London. Capt.
lrladlock lately rettiriied in the schooner from a.
sealing voyage. He left Davis’ Straits lat. 62, N.
lon. 7.2, VV. on the ]0t|i ofOctober last. A Chief,
whose name is Koonanux, of the Esquimaux Iii-
dians, with his wife and child, from Davis’ straits,
were persuaded to accompany Capt. H. under a
promise of returning, and arrived here_ with him.
They are now exhibited in this city. They are
dressed entirely in seal skins, according to the
manner of their tribe. The skins are curiously
arranged, and neatly sewed together with sipews.
The chief wears on his head a cap made in the
form and of the skin of a_loon. _ One of their
dogs, part wolf and part fox, is with them. The
Esquiinaux travel in sludges, drawn by these an-
imals. They have also with them one of their
canoes,‘about '19 feet long, neatly covered with
seal skins. They form an exhibition’ interestingv
toithe curious observers of the tvarierl natives of,
_ I
out‘ conriti'y.—-..7t"u.-u-- Lo2zr1or: Gazctrc. V.
On the 26th a flag of’
“ ,1 ' -7 “New-Yoitit, Dec. 14.
O’ ‘C'aifl}_qfI,;RandaIl.=-On Tuesday, at a Court of
-Oye'r*andTei-miner, held at the City Hall, before.
Wm. VV.'jVan=Ness, one of the Justices of the
Supreme Court of Judicature, C._D. Colden,May-
‘or, Peter A,‘ Jay, Recorder, and Samuel Tooker,
one of the Aldermen‘ of? this city, came on the
trial» of Dr.Arunah Randall, indicted for the mur-
_der of Henry G. Disbrow, one of the constables
ofthe Tenth \Vard. The following is the outline
oftbe case as it appeared in evidence. ‘An exe-
cution had issued out ofone ofthc ward courts,
against the prisoner, and delivered to an’ollicer‘by
the name of Slawson, who, with another persoti,
went to the house of Randall on the 18th Nov.
last. On iiiforrning the prisoner oftlie nature of
his crrand, be stated, that it was not in his power
to pay the'am‘ount then,'but that he would pay it
on that day week. , The officer then left the house
without making the levy. On the 25th, he went
again to the house, arid once -or twice pi-eviousm
'tlie2.’3th, but could not gain admittance; atwhich
times he spoke to a woman at the window, who,
on the trial, turned out to be the prisoi1er’s wife.
She alledged that he had not received the money
where he expected, -and some other excuses,
which induced the officer to suspect that some
ti-ict would be. played him, and determined to en-
ter the house. Accordingly he broke open the
back door, when he was immediately ordered by
the prisoner to leave his house, at the same time
approaching him with a hatchet in his hand. The
ofiiccr, with the person with him, and who was
the witness in the case, retreated-—-the prisoner
following them’--a_nd, when they had nearly reach-
ed the last step to the door, the prisoner aimed a
blow at the head of the ofiicei-,.uith the hatchet,
which he warded off with his arm, in which lie
recei_vcd a dreadful wound. The witness imme-
diately took the officer to a surgeon, with whom.
he left him, atid proceeded "towards the Police of.
lice for autlioriiy to apprelie_nd the prisoner. On
his way thither he stopped at the 7th and lotli
wards district courts, where he met several off}.
cers of the Police, who told him that he might
arrest the prisoner without a warrant. Accord-
ingly, lie, with l‘-lenry G. Disbrow, the deceased,
constable ofthe 10th ward, with some other per-
sons, proceeded to the house of the prisoner, and
immediately broke open the door, without first
deinanding entrance, at least it did not satisfacto-
rily appear that he did so. On entering the
house hc_clisco'vei-ed an axe, which he took pos-
,_session of, supposing it to,,,l)e the weapon which
the prisoner had ivtiiiiidedltilaivsoii with. At this
time the prisoner was on the stairs, commanding
them to leave his house, and occasionally throw-
ing hot water at them. The deceased then put
down the axe, took offhis coat, and was pm¢;e,1;,1.
ing towards the prisoner, who was still on the
stairs, and who declared to him, if hepersisted in
coming up, that he would split otithis brains.—
The deceased push:-d'on, when he received two‘
wounds on his head from the prisoner, which/I‘
a few days after terminated his existence. // '
The prisoner was ably defended by MessrsJ.l?-
l3- Ogden and “I'm. Price, and the prosecufon
conducted by the District Attorney. The hry
was charged by-Judge-Van Ness, who, in li'ro'o-
servations, rleclaied, that ‘the first bi-eulringgnto
the house, by Slawson, was illegal ; that if alof-
ficer was killed in the lcgaildischarge of his tty,
it was murder. though he was not prepared teay
whether an officer had "a legal right to break pen
ahouse, even after a lcvyhad been made. . '),‘\\.ar
the deceased was in the full discharge of his
in going to apprehend the pi'isonei', lor the wot
inflicted on Slawson, wi.hout a process, and it \
‘liisduty so to do ; but that the breaking open ll
door, without first re‘quiri‘ng admittance, wasl
legal, though he was still of opinion that had t
prisoner tilled‘ the decent.-etl zificr he hzul enter
and (ll\’CSlC(l l:.iinself of the axeaiirl coat, and pr
vious to his i-ztteniptiiig to go up stairs.it was nitl,
der, but left the jury to draw their own concll
sion betwcczii the two cases. He also stat-ed, thli
it was not necessary always to have a process
iappreliend a person who had committed a similu,
violence ;-that the laws were not made for tlitl
city only, \\ here process could be easily obtained}
but for the whole country, and when magistratcsl
resided at great (lislttncc, freqiiently, from ivticieg
the crime was committed, and to wait for a pro-}
cess might enable the culprit to escape. l
The-Judge elucidated many points of law irr
the course of his charge,wliich was very full and
explicit, and stated to the Jury, in case they were
not fully convinced as to the malice of the pris-
oner againstthe deceased, they might return a
verdict of manslaugnter ; but ifthe Jury was of.
opinion that he had acted only in defence of his
person and property, and had only used sufiicien-t
force to expel them from his house, it should be
their duty to acquit him. The Jury then retired,
and in about ten minutes returned a verdict of‘
guilty ofmanslaughter. The prisoneris upwards
of sixty-six years of age, a native of Connecticut,
and fought at the battle of Lexington’. Col. Loo-
mis proved his being acquainted with him in the
American army, 44 -years ago.-.x1dvoca.te. -
[Randall was sentenced on lVednesday last to
ten years imprisonment in the state prison.]
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fIz'g/rway Idolibcry .’--M r. Elkannh Platt, col-
lector, at Huntington, L. I. \ on returning home
from the eastern part of the town in the evening
oftlie 29th ult. was stoppedhy two men, WllO»SClZ-
ed his horse by the reins, pulled him off, and
robbed him of about _380 dollars, all the money he
had. Mr. Platt fell on his head when pttllctl from
his h0l'S<-‘s and the villains escaped leaving him
very much injured.
On the evening of the 8th inst. Mr. Gould, of
Smitlitoivm Was stopped as he was returning from
his work, by a man who clenianded his money.
Gould told him he had none,on which the fellow
commanded him to. deliver him any thing he had
about him. Gould having nothing but a pair of
shears, concluded to comply, by laying them on
to the rascal’s head, which was done so effcctiially
as.to lay him sprawling on the earth. ' After
which, fearing accomplices might be near, Gould
thought proper to secure a retreat.
Dr. Treon, of Dayton, Ohio, was convicted at
the last court of having seduced a young female
oftbat place, and sentenced to pay $1450..
Flour was selling at’ Alexandria on Saitjrduy
week, for 3 dollars 75 cents per barrel.
not been so low for .tl1e*last 20 years.
It has
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