The Sun.
London, England, 1807-10-21 00:00:00

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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. ' •
• B6wrms,. 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 prepared for the Counsel on both
'• After 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 betbire 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 proceed with the • *hole testimony 01-1
1 eeled.. The Stay aacordiugly retired., and in
about twenty minutes returned -with a verdi& of
I'6t Guitty. Mr. RA' then informed the Court,
that he was not done with the Prisope-- r)that he
should move If& 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
rot; 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
the 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 on 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 hostility by a pretended Frophet among
tPetn, Who says that the, English, French, and
Spaniards, are the descendants of the Good Spirit;
that-thelmut Americans are the creatures. of the
11,ked Spirit, and ought to be 4estroyed.—(Uttile4
Lualrs Gazette.)
ScJigke crApy,
'SEPT. We have been ta.V-1
vbiluit7l,.,of4tir.a Gentletnan of- the highest Tess- -peeta4
, city, 'with the subsequent Extra& of
a I/It
' fotiiillrsir„...(?_.his ion at Detroit. This 'Letter air-
wn" we have published relative to'