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. L tiosToN, SEPT. i 7.—Acc,onts from Richmond to the 7th state, that the Court were proceeding through the. difficulties of . eMpantiAng a Jury, for the trial of Cbl.Buite,iat a charge' of Mhdemeanor. Almost 'every one stuntifoned ti is challenged, and excused . ; as having already made up their , minds on the subject to be tried. A Col. WILKINSON ;Was asked by Col.;l3eart, " Have you imbibed any pre judices against in.? Ans. 1 have.—Ques..Strong ? Afis. Very'. strong. ---(dues. And. still retain them Atm., YeS ; and I am sorry we cannot have a touch at, you for the treas'oll." • Y. Illaniworrn, Seer. t 2. The President has made his return to' the subprena daces tecum. It fully sup: ports the Attorney General , in his argument against the delivery* certain confidential :letters called , for Coicnel - Runs.: it is• however accompanied by extract;' "as he deemed pro* to' communicate; acid which, as he says', can Moire" be considered as baring any bearing to the trial for a misdemeanor. The Jury being colleaed, the trial- for a mis demeanor was opened by the Atturney-General, on the gth, and his witnesses brought up. After a short examination of one or two of the witnesses, a - motion was made by the - Counsel of COL BURR, that the :intnxintition of env -further testimony be suspended., ou the'ground, t hat the accused could •only. be charged as, an. acce.ssary in the a& of settip4 on fOot 'ab expedition against the Spanish Provi ices ;••and- as the knows. no- necessaries' in misdemeatinur, it is unnecessary to proceed any fur ther with the.witnesses. Qn this motion an argu . Plenrwas entered into . , and continued until last eVen in. 'lt will be again resuined'th'is day, and .proba bly not closed, until to-morrow. ' • • B 6 wrms,. SEPT. 24:.--Accounts from Richmond are to,the 14th, at which time the Courtstood adi• Punier!, until copies of the opiniOn of the Chief Jus tire, thrthe..arguthent 'of 'the ailnii§sibility of evi dence 'could be p rep ared for the Counsel on both '• A ft er quoting many learned law authorities, the Opinion closes with these dedu6tions-: , "..It is the ' opinion of the Court that the decla rattons of third persons nit terming a part of the transafition, aed net made in the presence of the ac- . cused,:cannot be • received as evidence in this case. " That the ads of accomplices, except so far as they prove the character or abject of the `expedition, Oratot be givenioevidence. " That- the aets of the 'accused in a different dis 'lie, which 'constitute in themselves substantive ,eNtiefOr a prosecution, cannot be given in evidence, unie'vt they go directly to prove the•charga laid in the:indidnient: " Thai, any legal testimony Whicl) . sheWs the ex pePtion to be military, or to have been designed agair . it the dominiens of Spain, may be received: " Tteit any testimonyshewiog that the accused performed within the distria any one of the act's charged in the indiatnetit, may be received. " Gentlemen Will }mini: , how to-apply these' prln,• , 'ciples. Should any, difficulty occur in applyiog , `them, the particular case will be brought betb i re the Court and decided." . • 'thoce the above; We have received the RicleMond gteirer; which gives us the . proceedings of the Done` to• the 115th, It states, that after some fur ther eitaniination of witnesses, 'Mr. HAY declared hinnielf willing to submit the case to the Jury, since the opittiOn .of - the Cotirt had rendered it im proper tei p roceed with the • *hole testimony 01-1 1 e eled.. The Stay aacordiugly retired . , and in about twenty minutes returned -with a verdi& of I'6 t Guitty. Mr. RA' then informed the Court, that he was not done with the Prisope -- r)that he should move I f& his commitment to that place for trial, .where.the military expedition It said to have beam'Ctimpleted—that he should combine in the Eante - motion, Messrs. SuiTH dtid BLANNEEHAssET, Mid otobably Mr. litrroN ; and that he should : haVe 'Ho difficulty in. entering a IVolle Prosequi to their trials• fer a Misdemeanour. The Courfthen adjourned. The:Cotirt of Ingttiry on Commodore ro t; is to convene at Hampuin, 06t. Copt. MURRAY, President. • . by a vessel arrived at New T.lndon, information i•'> received of the death of VICTOR HUGHES, Ou -11430r. of Cayenne. - NRW YoRK, SEPT. 6.--,The boat which boarded th e Othello, Was purchased and fitted out in this City by fOur Frenchmen, and' her crew coisiit-d chiefly of deserters from the Pattiot"and L'Aete.: `.Times sailed (roll` this Mort o n the, night' of the Ist tit August, in pursuit, as they alledge, of an English brig the() supposed to be in the Bay, bound out not. finding the brig, they were afraid to.proceed to sea on account, of the British Ships of War off the Capes, and returned up the Bay. The Othello, • • they say, was 'represented to them as British pro perty ; but discovering the error, they were induced to give her up. The Captain, who was part owner, end two other owners,•Witli a sailor, tied on board the Patriot -(Waving made their escape froni the boat just before she was taken possession of by the VolunCeers from the city), where they were secur ed, and sent by the Commodore under guard of Lieutena'nt CaLuoON - , to the French Minister,, who inunediat;:ly directed they should be delivered over to the civil authority": they.were then received by the Register Of the City. (the Mayor being sick), and by hint committed to prison. .• The preW origivally consisted ,of 2 t persons , are in cbnfinethent, and a search is making'after the remainder. In aontirmation of the accounts from Albany, of the hostile disposition of the Western Savages, we : have seen a Letter from a Gentleman at the seat of • Government, stating, that an Indian War is 'mo- . Mentarily expeOeti ; and that the Governors of se veral of the Western States and Territories have t!eett ordered to make a detachment froMthe foithe purpose of repelling any aggressions that may made. is, stated that these Savages have been excited to h ost i l i ty by a pretended Frophet among t Petn, Who say s t h at t h e, E ng li s h, F re n c h, an d Spaniard s , are the descendants of the Good Spirit; that - the l mut Am er i cans are t h e creatures. o f t h e 1 1 , ked Spirit, and ought to be 4estroyed.—(Uttile4 Lualrs Gazette.) ScJigke crApy, 'SEPT. We have been ta.V -1 v bi l u it 7 l ,. , of 4 t ir . a Gentletnan of- the highest Tess - -peeta4 , city, 'with the subsequent Extra& of a I/It ' f otiiil l r s i r„ ... ( ?_ . his ion at Detroit. This 'Letter air wn" we have published relative to' shews, that, in ease of a roptute ,Nvith Great Bri— 'min, we shall have to combat -the," mercilesi.. dian Savages, Whose known rule,of warfar k an 'undistinguished destru&ion of_ all ages, sexes, and Conditions." . ,•!` DNTROIT, AUG. • 1 I.—We are very Much alarmed at the movements of the Indians in the `lndian country. Information from .ditferant quar ters has been received by the Governor, all which .agree in stating; that the Indians have a line of com- • munication from St. Joseph's to the Lake of the Woods, and . that they have colluded in some places in great numbers, with intention to strike on , some American post or settlethent. It is generally be lieved their objed is this place. We are all employed in picquetting and build ing block , hotises for 'the defence of the town.—,--- Should they- attack the town, I:am of opinion it will be•able to holdout but a short time. We have in the Fort only eigitty soldiers, which are not suf ficient to man more than half of the Fort at one time. The inhabitants are determined to fight to the-last, man, before they will give up to the Savages. It is reported there are at Sagana woo Indians, in one body, waiting for the word to strike.. • We were this morning alarmed, about- two o'clock,' by a man from the country, who reported, thstt the, Indians were within half a mile of the town ; the' drums beat the alarm, and the whole town colluded, amounting to-about 200 men, not half of them armed, and some with axes; &c. when we had:the satisfaaiOn to be informed by the Go, vernor, that the, alarM originated from a quarrel be tween two straggling Indians and- a Frenchman, and that it was a false alarM. I ant this moment going to work on the Fortifications." A Letter, ,received in Glasgow on Saturday, from an Officer 'at 'Copenhagen, .dated Sept. 23, says—. " All the Prizes are now rigged and laden, and most of them, in the Roads. We are busy in lading the transports with naval stores, and, after they are all full, a great deal of valuable timber must necessa rily be left., We expect to re•einhark in a fortnight .ur three weeks. Our time will be. out by the 20th o.'tober; .but, if necessary;, we are entitled to take more, 'as the Danes have broken the Capitula tion, by attempting-to conceal some of their Vessels of War. .Only the day before . yesterdcy - W6 found ten beautiful Corvettes; hauled up in one, of their :canals, quite in the • middle of the town, and elis ,guised. The weather is extremely - badi yet the troops arc in excellent health." Tar: THEATR JORDAN, with a zeal highly honourable to her feelings, resumed her station last night. at Drury-lane Theatre, as Belinda in cite Comedy of .All in Ike IProng, Her looks 'l;ore t4ces of her recent indisposition ; but the same zeal Which induced her. to return so SOOll to the Theatre, ;Ittiituated her eiforts, and she-supported the charac • ter throughout with that humour, spirit, firmness, and point, which uniformly 'cliaraaterize her acting: wits of course received with the warmest up plauae her entrance, which indeed properly ac. , companied the whole of her performance Miss .DortdArr, for the first time, appeared in the charac ter of Latie/ Restless, and represented its suspicious vigilance and jealousy with. tbrcible effect. ley is a part very well suited to the powers of Le- LISTON, And he rendered it.prominent in the piece. .W ttouGterewrepresented Sir John Restless with his usual 'good sense and observation of life. The house 'bad a very elegant ,as well as numerous au ► - dience. CovENT;GARDeN:-J;--Mrs. DicrtoNs, whose anti sical talents are well known to the public, but who has considerably improved them by, study and prac tice, ,returned to this Theatre last night, and per tknnid. Mandane in, the Opera of Artaxerxes, a :work,yr.hich does so much honour, to the composer, that Justice has not been rendered to his genius by sotr?e public tribute to his memory. Mrs, PI6CONS gsVe the airs with admirable skill, and in several 'of them ;was encored. ' Her delivery of the iveitatives; And her general support of the character, secured her abundant applause from the audience, and, entitle her to a very favourable report indeed for' her merits as an" actress.--4Ncotoow acquitted himself very ably, in Artuees ; etriakaries was well' sustained by likt.t.Astv; and TAytox deserves a very commendatory. notice 'for his merit in Artaxerxes, Missßovrobv displayed improving talents in he little part of &infra. The general merit of the perfOrmati.-x, and the peculiar excellence of- Mrs. DI'CRONS, deserved a better audience.—The dioi s r Day follinved, and wds rendered highly di vertilig by the htimour and spirit of MUNDEN and Mrs. CD. lirimact in Sir 44dant and Lady„Coptest , , z Mni.v IN has obtained a permanent footing on The Both Theatre. . As this dayla the Anniersary of the ever-Memo rable Battle. of TRAFALGAR, CarittliO MOORSOM, 'Chief Secretary to Lord MuLoaAvie, gives a' grand dinner to his Lordship and a. numerous party of Naval.Ofticers, on the glorious occasion, at his house in 'Queen street, ,Westminster. The following tot•rtblt, event is said to have hap pened last night at Hotiaeitkoh, in Hertst—A man who bad been courting a. maid-servant being re, *led, in a paroxystn of rage maimed her in a very shocking manner. Two Ladies came to her assist ance, .and the fellow in revenge cut the throats of both, and mangled ap old Lady who was drawn by their cries to the spot. He has been taken into custody., J 4 the dramatic world,, it must be an extrnordi nary .good pertOrtuance that. can support, through the attention of an. audience. The Lottery ,Draina, which commenced yesterday morning, for the present season, at Coopers'-Hall, was of this superior description. its great interest consisted. in an !almost uninterrupted announcetnent . of Prizes through the day's drawing—and which interest will be equally great on .Friday next, arid, indeed, .on every successive, day of performance, from there not being T wo. Blanks to aPrize. CORN EXCITANGR I OCT. t.--The supply of Wheat :to-day is • inconsiderable, and few arrivals; but the trade, as of late,, continues heavy at a gradual . declension in price; Barley is rather dearer Malt 'as inn-last ; some veryfine neW at 'Bos. per quarter ; White Pease are likewise lower, few Grey, and: dearer; in Beans little alteration ; there are several fresh. arrivals of Oats, and this article is at somewhat iesv prices ; Flour as our last, tine American 345 L to 3''‘.'s.'.per barrel. . • The Cornet which now appears aboveoir western 'horizon' in the evening, though in apparent size not ) ' 4 -tr , Ter than a star of the Second magnitUde, will pro p :ba-bly continue visible some weeks,* and engage the attention of all the astronomers iii Europe ; and should it approach nearey the earth, may excite the 'surprise and alarm the tears of the umltitude.: - Comets, according, to the observations of the most celebrated astronomers, are solid opaque bodies, of ditferent magnitudes, and are principally distin guished from the planets by their outline bent more irregular, and. by a long track of a luminous matter, called theirtail, which Sometimes stretches a great way across the heavens, and always issues from the body upon the side farthest from the snit; The number of Comets belonging to our system is not yet accurately ascertained; but it is supposed that there are about 450 7 - 7 -the orbits of Sty of which have been already calculated, and the period of their te• vehition ascertained. Like the planets, they also rove-round the sun, but in very long ellipses, ap proachieg very near it in one situation, called their perihelion; and receding to an immense distance in anotherthe extremity of which is termed their aphelion. The orbits of the comets are- in general inclined to the plane of the ecliptic, in large angles, and consequently they are not likely to give any disturbance to the earth, though furinetly their ap pearance gave birth to very serious apprehensions. It was the very accurate Observatiohs made by Sir Issac Newton; on the great CoMet of 1680, which first proved them to be a kind of planets moving in very eccentric elliptical orbits, and with accelerated velocity as they apprOach their perihelion. That re markable Comet was supposed to be the same which had appeared in 06,-in the time of Henry 1.; in the year 531, in the Consulship of Lampadius ; and in the year 44 B: C. before Julius Caesar was murdered. Its next appearance will be in. the year 2255. The Comet which appeared in 17se was pretty. accurately predieted by the learned Dr. Halley,' and' may again be expetted to appear abbut the year 1835. The illustrious Newton calculated, that. the heat of the great Cornet of 1680, hilts nearapproach to the sun, must hive been 2000 times greater than that of red-hot iron ; consequently, if we suppose that Comet to be of the same dimensions with the earth, and to cool no faster than red-hot iron, it would re-. quire upwards of a hundred million of years to cool; and from its periodical revolution in' the short space 0f'576. years, Must remain forever in a state of the most violent ignition. This cornet, according to Halley, " in passing through its southern node, came within the length of the sun's sernidiameterl of the earth's orbit." Had the earth been then it, t bat part of her orbit, nearest to that node, the mutual, gravitation of two such large bodies with sr , rapid a tuotion as that of this comet, must not only liar de ranged the plane of the earth's orbit, but by coaling in contact with ..the earth (there are comets which, are supposed never 'to come within' the bounds of our solar system) the.shock must. have reduced this . beautiful frame to its 'original chaos, or transport it beyond the Ihmts of the Georgiutti Sidus, into the boundless depth of infinite space. Comets may serve as conductors of that subtle and aElive fluid from. the sun wale most remole regions of the planetary system %, or if, as stirne haVe Maiutain . ed, light be a Modification Of the elearie fire, they iireysoaltatr atmosphere ,w aurae andlrorr and d back the light emitted' from prevent the decrease which must ensut from the prodigious velocity with Which the particles of light are constantly streaming lorth • from every part of the sun's-surfaeet The celebrated, La Lands says, the number-of Comets which haVe. - been observed since the invention of 'telescopes is so great, that it may be doubted whether .they should be reckoned by hundreds' or by. thonsancts. Their .use, in the system 'of nature, though' un known to us, must, doubtless, be of the first kn . portance. The Comet lately discovered has' been very•dis tinCtly observed in Scotland, and particularly on the., evening of Monday the 12th init. when the follow ing phenomena were distin4ly ,seen from Stob's Castle, itoxburghshire. It becarde immedi • ately after twilight, at a considerable elevation in the heavens, nearly due west, and set - about one ' half past eight o'clock, .within a' few- degrees of north-west. The 'nucleus, or star, whed -Viewed through a Small telescope; appeared about the size of a star of the first magnitude, but less vivid, .and ,of a pale dusky colour.. The atmosphere Of \he, Comet, owing to the limited power of the telescope, was barely perceptible. . The tail, dady increasingin 'magnitude and Splen dour, as the cornet approaches - the slits,. appeared . sometimes extremely brilliant, seething to' be a vi bration of luminous partieles; somewhat resembling the Atuora Borealis, and at other times almost' to disappear. From the arch described by the Comet in the heavens, in the short spaced two hours, its velocity must be immense. By the 'nearest corn ! . putation which circumstances and situation allow,. ed, supposing the comet to be as tar distant' as the Sun, or abont 12,000 diameters of the earth, it must be moving in the present stage of its peri helion at the amazing velocity of nearly a million of miles an hour, or upwards of 16,000 miles a mi tatte Such astonishing rapidity is indeed almost in conceivable ; but the velocity of the Cornet observed at Palermo, in 1770, by Mr. Brydone, was still more remarkable, which, in 24 hours; described an arch in the heavens of upwards of 50 degrees ill length,' and Was computed by that ingenious Gentle man to be moving at the rate of a 0 millions of miles in .a day, or upwards of 40,000 Miles in a minute! With a telescope admitting a large:quantity of light, the nucleus was diltinaly perceived nearton thin: the luminous matter Which formed the tail stir.; -rouged the whole body - of the comet; the outline of the tail was well defined at some . . distance trom the point.of divergence: Near the northern side a Small 'telescopic star was seen about 15 SeCools appa reatAistattce from the tail. Two small stars were also I ..near the head Of the comet. Had the comet re t uain . -: ed ranger'above the horizon, the dire of its path might have been readily Marked by these stars. The tail resembles the eletric aura, or a bright ray. of the Aurora Borealis, • It is highly probable that it is not tortned'by - heated vapour, as sortie have SuppOsed,. but by an immen*e stream of elettrie fluid, emanating from the body of the comet, it a direction opposite to the sun. The brilliancy of the stars is not dilninWted, nor does their . light suffix any refraaiou vlieti seen through the tail of a cornet. Tnr. following fisilinit4 of the Treatment which. some of our etientrymensexpertenc.eo lu 401,tett as a proot:of the hostile leOing, of . the Danish (werti t ment, and which, strange to , ay, on a ccanparison -with the French i , is, favot.mtble to the latter... It. Wfis , comtnimicated by a (lentle'man who luckily escaped from the proscription. 1 ",,On the secret deperiere of the•EpgEsh Billow amore: Agents front Altoria, on Thursday tee tole of i Aug 'these of our countrymen who found it ioeon • vement or hazardous toattecupt leaving irmitediaiely ,r -the Danish provinces,availed themseivesof alai +war- . tress of IlembUrgh to be ready foe a sudden depor - lure, it neeessarl. it Was not, however, generally believed ihrt the Danish Go'erntnept would have recourse io measures 'of violence. • But oil ,Suoeay 4 - • the' I 6h, towards (v.ming, en'Estrifettearriyed'at Ale tuna from'Keil, and it was remarked by some, whore personal. danger or friendly 'solicittide rendered ob: s servant, that the very aelive Fiend. of the Mona Po- lice and the pricipalefficers bad a couference at the house of the President of the Chief Ceurt of Justice; - and a little before midnight the secret was betrayed, that preparations were making for seizing every ,‘ Eiiglishinan in his bed the next morning. The in- ' quisither began, iii Matt, very early—in some.hoeses • at three;• a list of all Fereigpers residing at , with their residence, having been made out a feW days before: was without much effect, for the few hours respire: had been spent with an attivity equal to the danger: Goods were conveyed by, land :. and water into places of safety -; and the individuals who had only their boxes to remoVe,,foniel means to convey them to friends' homes. Sterie,whO were • unwilling to lose- a night's repose were content to :shift their lreigings, while others strolled in the a& jacent fields, or,slept in stables or out-houses, end the greater part were by day-breik on the Ham.: burgh territory.; Only nieeteen persons, .it semis were factually seized, and of those a great part con sisted ot:a class of persons whom it could not be the intent* of the Danish Gevernment to molest. But . the mandate was executed with indiscrinthrating ex , attness. PersonS who had purchased the p r ivil eg e. of, Danish citizenship, and teurneymen manufaaue ref's, who had been originally seduced out of Eng land in defiance of her penal statutes were likewise seized. ,Provisions haVe since been published in fa-... • your of both classes of sufferers, but they are still .• placed In a situetion sufficiently unpleasant ; so that in the Danish States, as well as in so large a, portiere of:the Continent, a disgust has been raised w:lich• will b i bier L to et -event a - pernicious eraaice of • esp.iiriatien tiee4 all the sevreity a 9ul lam inform - ! tien. can etieet. - • • • • "In the mean time the greater number of those against whom the Decree, was intended; had sought shelter in Harobergh. phenomenon! Peace fill merchants ere, driven ay Trent a country are enriching, and _English suujeCts fly for,pretedien to a French Mershal. Our information reaches to the close of Aeg.- and at that time, we believe, thi.e'proteetion haiVnot. • been violated in a single instance ; nor - did' the fugi tives make, any attempt at concealment. A knot of Englishmen was to be seen every day on the Ex"- ' change. It was reported that a list of them was pre- - Sented to the Prince of PONTE CORVO (Marshal 13Pft, • NADOTTE), accompanied with a request that they should be delivered up. The Marshal, rt was said, answered, '" It is a trumpery business, 'and too low for me to take any concern in." " It may seem to require explanation how•Hain iiudr could be a later place of refuge than Alttnia, and a French military less strid than Danish magi strates. The fact is. and this serveseelso to explain • the facility of transporting English goods . through Germeey, that the French, have never ce*d to be considered itethese countries as strangers and foes'. The great body *of the people are.never better pleas than when theyean thwatt and vex their ietrusive visitors. • In , Hainhe'rgle , for instaece, the people were -haPpy to see an Englishman under their reefs ; 'and the city magistrates were r e ady to give them every • aid in, their. power. Even the Jerench Officers and - soldiers themselves heveeotit of,France, ttzell; ex cept in the discharge of the_ duties expressly ' e s t i u p on tl len r. ,No one except a • dUtiailier would give himself the trouble to seize English geods ; nor had an Easelislenan any . tree to fear unless he. were one of tire Gens d'ekneerie. In Holstein' it was very different , the geeat body of the `people loyal sehjeds attached to their Government. 'We r ! ",. kuow;•iedeed; that individuals - evinced a generous anxiety it. rescue their private:friends from . the pur pesed arrest ; but- we - are 'persuaded .that a single was. harboured hours after the order to arrest. was published." It wad an the same day that the last Mail !eft Torinin. got. As this town is much nearer Kral than Mama is; the Order of Aries; mast love Fes llvti Tomiltver, witi n u hours alter the departure esf the Packet. Saturday evening, a 'poor man,. named Gurnett,' was so shockingly bruised hy a fall of chall:„, in a,pit at SOutherhatn . COrner, Bussex,. where he was at work, that his litb . was delpaired Of. Lady GAGE, who was passing. in her crirricle at the time the acci dent happened, on, being acquainted witti , i ts extent, immediateltturnecl her carriage, and with. that phi-, lanthropy.. and tenderness of heart for which her Ladyshipia ea deservedly distinguished, drove up to the house of Mr. Honsorz, surgeon, vhor she sent to the, poor titan's assistance, and otherwise contri buted tolls rehef britcr kind munificence. , . .11_ I MATRO4O.O .- . 1 'he following state o f matrimony I in SOuth Britain i s copied tram a ,volume of triage tines for )736...—Things must eurely have been very different, At that time, 'from what •we, hope they are at present.. wives eloped from their husbands - - ._ • ' 1362 1 Husbands ran away froin.their wives . - • 2361 Married pairs in a state of separation fkrrit each other 4 t2o Married pairs living in s state of open 'war under the same roof - - . r Married pairs living in a state of inwkrd hat re d f or , i each other, t hoogit concealed from the world Married pairs living in a statc'of coldness atid PAM ferenve for cacti other - - - stoop Married pairs reputcdpappy in the esteem:Of the i world 1,1,313 ib2,320 Married pairs comparatively happy Marritd pairs abso t wiy eritircty happy blez Ats Last week as an elderly man, named-Borrer, was crossing the street near 'he. King's - . Head Inn, at Horsham, he received such a violent bruise from the pole of a pit-elvai ie which was passing at the time, that he. died in consequence a few days afterward.