The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-10-08 00:00:00

TENTH DAY.

This day Simeon Poole, Mau-ice E. Belknap, and
Edmund B. Dana, ail of whom resided in the state
of Ohio, in the neighbourhood of Blenheihasset's
I s'an.l, were examined As to the aasemblage of men .
at that place.
From all the evidence hithtlrto introduced it haw-
ing appeared that Col. Burr was not on the island at
the time when the overt aZI of treason was charged
•to have been there committed; and it being ac-
knowledged on the part of the United States, that he
was not preserr ; Col. Burr and his Counsel objeae I
to the admissibilsty of any further evidence, on the
ground that the rroof of any connexion between him
and the man assembled on the island, or of his hay
in)fro.strived or procured them is essemble, would
not be sufficient, (even on a supposition that they
acre guilty of treason,) to conviti him of an overt ea
of treason in levying war against the United States.
This objeaioo gave sire to a r&st inapertaut de.
bate, on the event of which the ultimate tate of the
toils' in a great degree depends.
It was opened by blr. M• 111 a learned, in-
genious, and elaborate speech, which lasted full Eve
hours, and consumed the rest of the time allowed to
the session cf the Court.

•00. 21.

ELEVENTH DAY:

Mr. %Vietnam continued his srgoment. (tviacti
w 4, not finished yt sterday.) and concluded about It
n't Inc k I the session co: ;he Court bating commenced

at tell.

The points rf law contended for by Lim, in the
ceurse of his haw and interesting discourse, were,
generally. that treason i* levying war against the
United States, cannot be committed without the
employment of &dual force; that, under the defini-
tion of treason, in the Constitution of the United
States, orcwaries (who would be so denominated in
allies of felony) are not to be considered as trinetplis,
in case of 'Novi; that no person can be charged with
treason in levying war against the United States,
upon the !:.round of his counselling or procuring the
overt ad of treason, or being accessary thereto,
either before or after the fad; and that a person ac-
cused of acttessosial or derivating treason, cannot be
tried and convicted without producing a record
of the convidion of the principal agent in the overt
ad.
He also entered into as examination of the evi-
dence, so far as it had been introduced ; and endea-
voured to thew that no ad of levying war against
the United States was proved to have been com-
mitted at 31,44-e 4,s •,e is island. _ .

The Counsel for the United States otirded
to his arguing on this part of the inquiry. side*
the irry alone. and not the Core, were to judge of
the weight of the evidence ; but the Court declared.
that whether the argument w•as tom& or in•
corral, they were compelled by their duty to
hear it.
A'ter Mr. Wickham had finished. two wit-
nesses were introduced on tha part of the United
States (Israel Miller and •Purley Howe,) for
the purpose of completing the evidence rel 4.
vv. to •the assemblage of men on Bleararhassett's
island.

Mr. It AP DOLPH then continued the debate on the
part of Col. Boer, until near three o'clock.
Mr. HAT then moved the Court to allow the
Clunsel iur the United Statzie time until Monday
next, to enable them to make the necessary prepara-
tions to answer the great variety of arguments which
had been adinced.

On this motion a desultory conversation took
place, in which a number of curious and some ludi-
crous remarks were made. The Court at length de-
cided in favour of the motion. The argument,
therefore, will be resumed on Monday. The Court
is to sit on this day (Saturday) at 12 o'clock, for
the purpose of arra.going Mr. Blennerhassett.
More legal knowledge. more ingenuity, and
more suhticry w-,r, perhaps, never before witnessed
in any Court. The musty records of three centu-
ries were uulolded. and those almost-forgotten au-

thorities were introduced to decide tie tate of
Aaron Burr. _ _

It is understood, that Mr. Ilpy will, on Mon-
day, follow Messrs. Wick! am and Randolph—wh•
will be followed by the Counsel for the prisoner—
and thus continue, until the whole arcane of law
Atoll be explored in the discussion of these import-
ant prim s.

Itotn. the course pursued by Mr. Wickbads, it

is the opinion of many, dad li!ennerhessott, if the
Counsel for Burr should be driven to the last ex-

tremity, will he sacrificed to save the neck of the
traitor. Throughout his arguments, be represent-
ed Biennerhassett as the principal ; sad as the law
will admit of no accessory in treasnn. Diu not be-
ing ptesent at the commission of the overt act, they
eintended that be cannot be guilty. Comma sense
reir.ilts at this monstrous absurdity.

SURREY SASBIONS.

KINGSTON. OCT. 6.

The Bench was unenrovonly well fine i, j Ho WAS
Ev trice, Esq. presided, and was supported by 22
Magistrates, among whom were—Lo-da Leslie and
William Russell, 61r Jcseph Mawtoy, Colonels Gait-
skill and Kensington, and Serjeant Ooslow.
The priacipal part of the day's business was the
examination of the county acc•oints; in tbe course of
iaveetigatir.g theta a question arose.** I low far, un-
der the As of the 434 ol His present Majesty, the
Treasurer of the County was bound to reimburse
Parish Officers for the advances they had made, un.
der that As to the wives mid families of
men." It was held, that unless the account was
claimedand cettitie.l within the period of six months.
they were a t entitled to recovers or the 'f reasitrer
liable to pay. The parishes will therefore lo.e
about 1003 i. from the officers not being awar: to
this provision.