The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-26 00:00:00

.TETIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDA It, MARCH 2,6, isti.

MEMORANDUM OF INSTANCES
IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES HAVE
PURSUED ENEMIES, OR ALLEGED CRI-
AIII`,IALS, ON NEUTRAL TERRITORY.

In June, 1817, an expedition, fitted out a.iainst
Fiorida by the Spanish Americans, and commanded by
General fyl‘Gregor, obtained Amelia Island from the
authorities of Spain by capitulation. The garrison sur-
rendered as prisoners of war, to be sent to Augustine,
or to the Havannah.— State Papers, 1816, 1817,
page 814.
Tice American Government immediately despatched
a force against. these Spanish American., who were in-
formed that orders had been issued by the Government
of the United St rtes for taking possession of the island,
and that, in the event of their consenting to evacuate it,
they would be at liberty to depart.'
Amelia Island was is coasequ,nce surrendered, under
protest, by G,ncral Aurv, " Commander-in-Chief of
the fortes at Fernandina," to the American combined
forces, in December following.—State Papers, 1817,
1818, pages 748, 733. _ _ .

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The American Government justified this proceeding,
on the ground that the Spanish American expedition
was a " mere private, unauthorised adventure," and
that East Ficri,ia, which lies eastward of the Missis•
sippi, and is bounded by the United States and the
ocean on every side, hal been the subject of negofa-
;ion with the Government of Spain, as an indemnity
tor losses. by spoliation, or in exchange for territory of
equal value, westward of the Mississippi."—Slate
Papers, 1817, 1818, page 172.
A similar estabiishment formed by tie S;‘anish
Americans et Galveston, in the Gulf of Mexico, was
also ordered to be suppressed by the American Govern-
ment, upon the ground that the place was within the
limits of the United States, "as we contend," under
the cession of Louisiana ; and it was at the same time
stated, in a Message of the President to Congress, that
" the imperious considerations which produced this mea-
sure, would be explained to the parties whom it might
in any degree concern."

In May, 1818, forcible possession was taken of the
Spanish Fort of St. Marks, in West Florida, by the
American troops
_under General Jackson ; he having
received information " that a party of Seminole In-
dians (with which tribe the United States were en-
gaged i❑ war), bad threatened to seize that fort,
and that the Spanish garrison was not in sufficient
strength to defend it against them."
The Government of the United States observed to
that of Spain (which had suspended the negotiation be-
tween the two Courts, in consequence of the proceed-
ings of the American forces in Florida) with reference
to St. Marks, that " by all the laws of neutrality and of
war, as well as of prudence and of humanity, General
Jackson was warranted in anticipating his enemy, by
the amicable, and, that being refusel, by the forcible,
occupation of that fort ; that there would need no cita-
tions from printed treatises on international 1 tw, to
prove the correctness of this principle, which was en-
graved in adamant on the common sense of mankind,
which no writer upon the ltws of nations ever pretended
to contradict, and which none, of any reputation or
authority, ever omit to assert."—State Papers, 1818,
1819, pages 337, 475.
It ww; on taking possession of St. Marks and Su-
wany, that the remarkable caws occurred of the two
British subjects (Messrs. Arbuthnott, " an inmate in
the family of the Spanish Commandant of St. Marks,"
ajid Ambrister), who were made prisoners, and were,
after being tried by an American court-martial, for
having excited the Indians to hostilities against the
United States, both found guilty, and sentenced to death.
Upon a consideration of the case of Ambrister, the
Court mitigated his sentence to flogging and imprison-
ment.

General Jackson, the Commanding-General, approved
the sentence upon Arbuthnott, and the first sentence
upon Ambrister, but disapproved of the reconsidei•ation
of the latter, "it appearing, from the evidence and
pleading of the prisoner, that he did lead and command,t
within the territory of Spain (being a subject of Great
Britain), the Indians in war against the United States,
those nations being at peace." His decision adds
" It is an established principle of the law of nations, that
any individual of a nation making war against the citi-
zens of another nation, they being at peace, forfeits his
allegiance, and becomes an outlaw and prate.
Arbuthnott and Ambrister were accordingly both put
to death on the following day, at St. Marks.—State
Papers, 1818, 1819, pages 462, 475.

In May, 1818, Pensacola and the Fort of Barancas,
in West Florida, were also taken forcible possession of
by the American troops,—the former " with only the
show of resistance," the latter by capitulation ; the gar-
risons of both being conveyed to the Havana at the ex-
pense of the American Government.—Stale Papers,
1817, 1818, page 1160.

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The occupation of these Spanish possessions was jus•
tified by the Government of the United States on this
occasion, upon the ground that, "as almost the whole
of the Tribe of Seminoles inhab:ted the country within
the limits of Florida, Spain was bound, by the tre ity of
1795, to restrain them from committing hostilities
against the United States ;" that as she was unable to
fulfil this obligation, her " inability to maintain her
authority over the territory and Indians within her
limits, ought not to expose the United States to other
and greater injuries;" and that, " where the autbori
of Spain ceased to exist, the United St ites had a right
to pursue their enemy, on a principle of self-defence."—
Slate Papers, 1817,. 1818, page 1091.

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" The right of self-defence," says the President, (in
one of his Messages to Congress,) upon the subject of
the Seminole War, " never ceases. It it amongst the
most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to in-
dividuals. And, whether the attack be made by Spain
herself, or by those who abuse her power, the obliga-
tion is not the less strong."
" In pursuing the savages to an imaginary line in
the woods, it would have been the height of folly to
have suffered that line to protect them. Had that
been done the war could never have ceased. Even if
the territory had been exclusively that of Spain, and
her power complete over it, we had a right, by the law
of nations, to follow the enemy on it, and to subdue
him there."—State Papers, 1818,1819, page 95.
The Spanish Minister at Washington protested most
strongly against these violations of the territory of the
King of Spain. He denied that any encouragement or
protection had been given by the Spanish authorities to
the Seminole Indians, between whom and the United
States they did not even know that a war had com-
menced ; and he called upon the American Govern-
ment forthwith to restore to Spain the places which had
been forcibly wrested from her, and the property which
had been found in them—to make indemnity for the in-
juries and losses which had been occasioned by the in-
vasion, and to punish the General and officers by whom
the outrages had been committed.—State Papers, 1818,
1819, pages 229, 230.

The American Government, in reply, reiterated the
grounds upon which it justified the occupation of the
forts : the Spanish Minister was, however, informed,
that Pensacola would be restored to any person duly
authorized, on the part of Spain, t. receive possession
of it, and that St. Marks would be surrendered to any
Spanish force sufficiently strong to hold it against an
attack from the Indians.—. Slate Papers, 1818, 1819,
pages 233, 238, 332.
But the American Government decliEed to inflict
punishment, or to pass a censure, upon General Jack-
son, whose conduct was " founded on the purest pa-
triotism, and whose vindication was written in every
page of the law of nations, as well as in the first law of
nature,—self-defence." On the contrary, it considered
that it had a right to claim from Spain (and which the
American Minister ut Madrid was instructed to de-
mand), the punishment of the Spanish Governors who
had aided and assisted the Indians, in the hostilities
against the United States, whom it was their duty to
have restrained.—Slate Papers, 1818, 1819, page 339.

THE INTRUDER AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
—Soon after the boy Henry Jor.ei raid his first visit to
Buckingham Palace, his father, who occupies a small
tailor's shop in Derby-street, Parliament-street, was
waited upon by Mr. Fenimore Cooper, the celebrated
American novelist, who said that from the freaks he had
been guilty of he had no doubt, he was a sharp enter-
prising lad, and if the father was wiliiag he would take
him with him to America, aid make his fortune. When
Mr. Cooper called again the boy was introduced to him,
and he expressed his disappointment at seeing, instead of
a clever active boy, a dull,. undersized runt, remarkable
only for his taciturnity and obstinacy. Upon being asked
if he would go to America, he declared that he would
not, hence Mr. Cooper t rok no further trouble in the
matte r. Shortly after this the father was visited by the
stage-manager of a certaia minor theatre, who informed
him that they were getting up a piece for representation
to be called intrusion; or, a Guest Uninvited; and they
were willing to give the real intruder a I.be:al salary to
make his bow to the. audience, as they anticipated his
presence would add gr. atly to the attraction. This offer
was refused by the father, some one having offered to get
him a situation with a builder in Coventry-street, to which
place the boy sub,equently went. Many persons, amongst
whom is the father of Jones, is of opinion that he obtsins
admission to the Palace by means of the kitchen entrance
in Pimlico, and that he is acquainted with some of the
scullery•-boys, or other attaches of the kitchen. There
can be Itttle doubt tut he got in this way on the last
occasion, for a quantity of cold victuals was found upon
him, indicating that he had paid a visit to the kitchen,
which it would have been impossible for him to have done
had be scaled the wall, as is supposed, on Constitution-hill.
CAPITAL INDICTMENTS.—On the motion of
Mr. Kelly, a return has been laid before the House of
Commons of the number of persons capitally indicted, ac-
quitted, convicted, and executed, during the three years
ending 1840, for arson, burglary with violence, robbery
with violence, cutting and maiming, and other injuries with
intent to murder, and piracy vd,ll intent to minder. The
numbers convicted were-22 in 1838, 16 in 1839, and 23
in 18-10; of whom only two were executed, one iii 1838
and the other in 1839, both for cutting and maiming.
TIIE NIAGARA HOAX.—The author of the
Niigara h: ax is said to be a Mr. Nichols, who once
edited a scurrilous parer in this city, and has for some
time past ptfalished and edited the Bugalonian, au un-
principled sheet, in Buffalo.—Boston Mercantile Journal.

MR. M,LEOD.

We hlve, within these few days, had an opportunity of
conversing with a gentleman recently arrived from Canada.
who was an eye-witness of the burning of the piratical
6ieam-boat Caroline, on the 29th December, 183/, and
who is a'so intimately acquainted with Mr. M'Leod.
Both our informant and Mr. Alexander M'Leod were on
duty that day rear Chippewa, the former baring the com-
mand of a body of thirty men, with whom he was ordered
to cruise on the neighbouring waters ; but neither of them
.rN ai aware of the intended cutting out of the Caroline, or
there is little doubt that both would have been engaged in
the affair. Indeed, our informant was told by Mr. M'Lead
on the following morning, that he (M'Lcod) was not one
of the party, but that if he bad been called upon, he
should have cheerfully obeyed, as the vagabonds on the
Island had, the day before, fired several shots at him, whi!c
rowieg round in an open, unprotected boat. Mr. M' Leod
:s a Scotehman by birth, and has served in the British
army with great distinction, having raiiel himself, by his
own good conduct alone, to the rank of sergeant-major;
and our informant describes him as a most gallant and re-
solute man. In his capacity of Deputy-Sheriff for the
district of Niagara, he had frequent opportunity of exer-
eitiag these qualit'es, called as he was by his dury to deal
with the loose and vagabond population that inhabit the
American r-He of the bounden-. This had rendered him per-
sonally obnoxious to many who have now pursued him with
?rich rr lnltless and outrageous fury; and those who know
the character of the frontier population will ns t
wonder to learn the apprehension which prevails, le.t
men should be found to swear on the trial that M•Leod
was present with the party which cut out the Caroline.
An instarce—which would be laughable but for its revolt-
ing profligacy—of the little regard set by these p'cople
upon oaths—fell once within our informant's own observa-
tion. An American trader presented at the Canadian
Custom house a forged invoice (unhappily, a common
practice) for the purpose of fixing the ad valorem duty to
which his goods were liable,—and he swore to its troth.
By an unlucky chance, however, he dropped from his poc-
ket-hook immediately eterwards the genuine invoice, and
did not diicorer las mistake till he rejoined his companions
out of doors, when he coolly avowed what he had done,
and lamented his ill fortune. With witnesses of this kind
at hand, there is much to fear for the safety of M'Leod.
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Our informant has relited to us various instances of Mr.
M'Leod's gallantry and daring, one or two of which will,
we are sure, interest our readers. A few months only be-
fore the burning of the Caroline, Mr. 11I'Leod Ead to serve
a writ on the captain of a small steamtr plying as a ferry-
boat between the two shores, when, at the request
of the captain, he good-naturedly consented, in order
to spare the feelings of the hitter, to take lunch on
board, so that his prisoner migi.t Fonfidc the care of
the vessel to the mate, and then slip off quietly, with-
out exci ing observation. Mr. M'Leod accordingly
wat,t below, when presently lie discovered the trees
flitting rapidly by ; for the fact was that the rascally
Yankee was coolly conveying his good-natured captor
to the American shore. In one instant Mr. 11141.4?od was
upon the deck, and in another had knocked the steersman
down and seized the tiller himself, which he then em-
ployed to guide the boat to the Canadian shore, his well-
known bravery deterring his prisoners from further ister-
ference. On this occasion he narrowly escaped being
carried by the current over the Falls, and whets remon-
st,•ated with by his friends fur the tisk that he had run,
hi! quietly tol I them that " he would have had as good a
chance at swimming as the rest." On another
when some distiribanc occur:ed among the free negroei,
who are numerous in the Niagara district, Mr. M'Leod,
aided by our informant alone, actually took and lodged in
prison no less than seventeen of the rioters I
On the day before the Caroline was burnt, our inform-
ant was dining with a friend in the Canadian village of
Chippewa. Shortly after they left the table, it was struck
by a cannon-ball fired from Navy bland. Shall we
then be told that those subjected to outrages likelhis were
to lock quietly on, while they saw with their own eyes a
piratical vessel convey arms and ammunition to the rebels,
which arms and ammunition were to be subsequently em-
ployed against themselves?—Brighton Gazette.

enormous slopes of this cutting has been adopted, to avoid •
the danger at'eodant upon the mode which most of the in-
habi+ants of this town will remember was in use for a simi-
lar purpose at the New Eeglttad cutting on the Shoreham
Branch rif the Railway, where rnea wete tt± be seen as-
cending and descending a plank pl .ce I on the Slope, sup-
ported, it is true, by means of a rope attrched to their
barrows, but still in such a precarious manner as t ) excite
in the beholder a shuddering apprehension for their saLt::.
All this is atoiderl by a simple contrivance, winch also
facilitates the removA of the earth. A triangular
stage, with the upper bed horizontal, and la go enough
to take three or four barrows, and a second site with
the same angle at the slope, is drawn up the in-
claed plane by means of horse power, at the same time
that a second stage is descending with the empty barrows.
The whole busines is thus c,rried on without the slightest
danger or apprehensi,o, beFi -!es ,ff!cting a great swung of
labour. Proceeding south, ard, we come to a large err-
ha !kment, and then to mother cettiag c rrie I through
Folly Hill, where, as well as at. the Hayward's H rath
cutting, the materials are so hard as be only remov-
able by blasting. Upwards of thirty cwt. of pawder is
consumed in this way in a week ; and the blasting it
sometimes carried on to such au exto rt, that the ex-
plosions resemble the continued firing of musketry in a
feu de joie. The hardest rock is at Hayward's Heath ;
and from the stone quarried there a bridge near Folly
Hill his been cons.ruc:cd. Continuing southward, an-
other embankment is seen of great height, and it is
one of the largest on tl.e railway. A second viaduct oc•
curs in this pa,t of the lie-, spanning the centre
part of the valley of Vale Pool, and joie i. ig the two
portions of th's embankment. It consists of eight arAes
of the same dissensions as those of the larger viaduct over
the Ouse Valley, and, like it, is highly ornatLeatal to the
adjacent country. Tire largest emhankrneat on the line is
still farther south it being carried over a valley a mile and
a quarter long, and consuming a million yards of earth.
Tnis brings us to the Hassocks station, where the Messrs.
Thornton have erected workshops and a temporary foun-
dry. Here they cast all their iron and b. ass work ; and
here, also, any repairs that may be required to the locomo-
tive engines which are wed for removing the earth, arc
executed. A second-class station is to be constructed
here for the convenience of the inhabitants of Lewes,
Ditchling, Hurst, and the neighbouriy country; and we
understand that. the Messrs. Wigney, brewers, of Brighton,
have in contemplation the erection of a large bo:el near
the spot.
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The whole of these works, from the Hayward's Heath
Tunnel to the Hassocks, are comprised in the first con-
tract of the Mes:r•. Thornton, by whose skill and energy
the difficulties of this portion of the undertaking are fast
overcome. This contract will be the last to be complead;
and although the work which still remains is of vast ex-
tent, still, when regarded in conjunction with :what lia; al-
ready been achieved, it sinks into comparpt've insignifi-
cance; and we arc lammed that the opening of the line
throughout to Brighton will not be delayed by the work in
this portion beyond the time stated by the Directors,
namely, the month of August.
Continuing down the line, we find in the second con-
tract of the Messrs. Thornton the work in what may be
termed a finished sta..e A large cutting occurs in this
contract, composed of 220,000 yards of carth.
Clayton Tunnel is also nelrly finished ; and we Lear
that it will be ready to be opened in about two months.
Thence to Patcham, the line is so far advanced that a
few weeks only will be required to execute the remaining
work ; and the same may be said of the portion that inter-
venes between Patcham and Brighton. The short tunnel
under Major Paine's planta,ion will also be ready at about
the same time as the tunnel at Clayton.
At Brighton, the Grand Station is built; and both the
in'erior and exterior finishing and decorations trzve al-
ready commenced. Iron passenger-sheds arc also in
course of construction ; and the terminus is beginning to
assume a finished aspect. In fact, the general appear-
ance of the works on the line, the energy aid skill
bestowed on the unfinished portion, and the result of in
quiriss on the subject, all warrant us in looking for a
speedy termination of this great undertaking, from which
Brighton will, we confidently anticipate, date a new era of
prosperity.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—LEirrs, MARCH 24.
CROWN COURT.

Edward Ridley, 44, labourer, was indicted for stealing
a sheep, the property of Mr. Brayne, a farmer at Wor-
thessly.
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Campbell appeared for the pro-
secution.

From ►he evidence of a number of witnesses it appeared
that the sheep in question was stolen horn a flack, and, on
search being made, a quantity of mutton, evidently form-
ing part of the stolen sheep, was found in a sack in
another field. The evidence against the prisoner was,
that the sack in question was proved to have belonged to
him, and in his house was found an old shoe of a very pe-
culiar kind, which corresponded exactly with the tracks of
footsteps from the field where the sheep was killed to the
spot where the mutton was found in the sack, and a cord
with wool upon it was found in his pocket.
The prisoner made a most ic.genious defence. He said
that he picked up the old shoe and took it home, and
threw it in the washhouse, and his children played with it ;
and he commented upon the fact, that although the foot-
steps were traced from the field to the sack, that there
were note traced from thence to his house, which would
have been the case if he was the thief. With regard to
the sack, he said he had hung it up to dry in his yard, and
somebody stole it.
Lord DENMAN having addressed the Jury, they re-
turned a verdict of Not Guilty.
The moment the verdict was pronounced the prisoner
dropped upon his knees, and exclaimed, " Thank God—
thank you, my Lord 1 and thank you Gentlemen of the
Jury I"
John Peacock, aged 47, a person employed in the Post-
office, at Steyning, was indicted for stealing a shilling
from a letter, the property of her Majesty's Postmaster-
General.

Mr. Barry appeared fur the prosecution, and Mr. Clark-
son for the defence.

It appeared in evidence that the prisoner was employed
by the postmaster, at Steyniug, to carry out letters, and
in consequence of a gentleman, residing at Etbrston,
havirg frequently lost money from letters, an arrange-
ment was made by which two letters, each containing a
Ailing, should be addressed to him from Brighton, the
coin having previously been marked. One of the letters
never came to hand, and a shilling answering the descrip-
tion of that put into the missing letter was afterwards found
in the prisoner's possession, but as the prosecutor could not
swear positively to the idcnty of the shilling the prisoner
was acquitted.

CIVIL SIDE.
(Before Mr. Baron PARKE.)
THE QUEEN V. FRANCIS AND ALFRED GALL.
This was an indictment for an assault against the de-
fendants, who are a•torneys, and very respectably con-
nected in the town of Lewes, and the proceedings ap-
peared to create great interest.
Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Peacock appeared on behalf of
the prosecution, and Alr Platt and Mr. Clarkson were
severally retained by the defendants.
It appeared from the statement of counsel that the pro-
secutor of the present indictment was a gentleman named
Fullager, also a solicitor in Lewes, and in partnership with
Mr. Gall, sen., the father of the defendants. The latter
had also been engaged in the firm, but some disagreement
took place, and they retired from it, and set up in business
in London, and it seemed that they were anxious to have
the London agency of the Lewes business, but Mr. Ful-
-1 ger opposed the preceding, and this, it appeared,
created an ill feeling on the part of the eefendants
against that gentleman ; and in the month cf No-
vember they proceeded to his office in Lewes, where
one of the defendants accused him of having made use of
some disrespectful observations respecting him, and wanted
him to retract them, and upon his rcfusirg to do so, he
brandished a stick over his head, and said he might en-
sider it as intending to insult him, and that he was real),
to give him " satisfaction," if he chose to demand it. The
prosecutor still persisting in his refusal to retrret the ex-
pressions imputed to hint, it appeared that he was at length
struck by the defendants, and hence the present pro-
ceeding•.
The above facts having been proved by the witnesses,
the Jury returned a verdict of guilty.
Baron PARKE said he should take time to consider his
judgment, and he directed that the defendants should ap-
pear this morning to receive sentence.

The cl-fendaat—s were accordingly placed at the bar, and
Mr. Baron PARKE, after remarking upon the circumstances
of the case, directed that each of the defendants should
should pay a fine of 501. to the Queen, and that they
should, in addition, he imprisoned for one month.
The defendants, who are stylish young men, seemed
quite astounded at the sentence of imprisonment, and they
were handed over to the custody of the gaoler.
At a later period of the day, Mr. THESIGER said he was
instructed to apply to the Court, by the prosecutor, fJr a
remission of that part of the sentence of the Court, im-
posing imprisonment on the defendants. The prosecutor
had no des!re that they should suffer such inconve-
nience as this punishment would entail upon them, end he
considered that the ends of justice would be vindicate' by
the infliction of the fine.

Baron: PARKE, however, said he had attentively consi-
dered the matter before passing the sentence, and he re-
fused to make any alteration in it.

NORTHERN CIRCU.I7'—LANcAsrxn, March 24.
Richard Boothman, James Wilkinson, Thomas Riley, and
Henri/ Bidekaigh, were indicted for the wilful murder of Jo-
seph Halstead, at Colne, on the 11th of August last. A second
count charged 13oothman with the murder, and the other pri-
soners with aiding and abetting him.
It appeared in evidence, that about a week before the event
serious disturbances had occurred in the town of Colne, and
the Magistrates thought fit to send for the military, who re-
mained from Friday to Sunday. On the evening of Monday
the Magistrates received such information as induced them to
swear in seventy special constables, among whom was the de-
ceased, a respectable tradesman of the town. The Riot Act
was read first at the Old Church, and then about a quarter
of a mile further. A distance further on. was the New
Church, from the fence which iron rails had been torn.
The Magistrates and Constables proceeded awn _Nineveh—
street to Cross-street, where they heard the spring of a rat-
tle, and heard a considerable noise and the discharge of fire-
arms, and soon heard that a man had been killed. From the
ti.ne the deceased was sworn in he was accompanied by a special
constable named WU. In Cross-street they were followed
a few yards by the mob. A violent blow was aimed at. Wild
with an iron bar, which so alarmed him that he went home.
The deceased was then standing at the door of a man named
Hawksworth, who looked out of his window, and saw a man
down on the ground, and the mob making exclamations, " Kill
him." Some said, " Don't kill him." Others, again, said,
" Kill him," and he was killed. The deceased was subsequently
found on the ground by a man named Snowden, with his head
beaten to pieces, but Snowden was driven away by the mob
while endeavouring to get it into ahouse, but the body was so
disfigured that Snowden could not recognise him. Three police
officers will prove that Boothman was in the mob, and that
he struck the blow which brought the person down who was
standing at Hawksworth's door. He then ran away, and
dropped an instrument, and an instrument was taken upat the
place. With respect to Riley, a man who had known him be-
fore, followed him. lie fell, and a piece of wuod was
dropped, and he was secured. As to Wilkinson, the evidence

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is various. A .4peclia nim6d Pm-og, pa,3sed by
him. lie was subsequently found in bed, 4.lld.6'ili4et st4111:!1
with blood. There was also a pair of wet shoe, wigt nitss
upon them, the ownership of which he denied. In a cr.,dlo,
Under a pillow, was found a wai-tceat stained with b1,,0,1. On
the roof of the house was foticil a shirt sta;ned in part with
block!: His hat had been lanielted oft by it oonstable.
subsequently said to tin tiffier; cashould riot hale dor!, it,
but the man sent me to the Holler itf COrfeetion for piityi-g at
football." It will be proved that. in January; 1840, he bad
been sent to the House of Correction for two months on au it
hiftilatintt riven by the deceased. Some information was given
as to the prisoner Riley lining out of the way, and he was not
found till February, when he wits taken ho Halifax, !kith a
wound in his head, which hi! said he had got ill the sitcet.
Ile afterwards said that on the day of the occasion he Will
ciming to Colne, and met the mob, who put a weapon hoc)
his hant, when he was .knocked down at a door in Cross-
street. The next morning a piece of iron, covered
was found about. 200 yards from the spot where the deceased
was kited. _ . _

Evidence also was given to show that in January, 1840, -Ite
prisoner Wilkinson had been convicted and s •riteuecd to :Ivo
months' imprisonment, under the Malcious Tiespasi Act, tin
the infirmation of the deemed.
The evidence against the prisoners Riley and Bidehalgh was
such as to connect them with the riot, but. as it did not fix
them with any actual violence to the deceased, his Lord-hip ac-
quitted them.
Mr. WILKINS then addressed the Jury on behalf of Booth-
man and Wilkinson, and his Lordship having summed up the
evidence, the Jury, after a e insiderablti retirement, returned
with a verdict of Guilty against Bouthman, and acquitted WU-

Sentence of death was immediately passed upon Boothman.
Ri!ey, and Bidehalgh were then arraigned upon
an indictment for a riot, and severally pleaded guilty.
Wilkins n was sentenc,d to eighteen and the other two to
twelve calendar months' imprisonment and hard labour.