The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-09 00:00:00

ARRIVA I.

OF THE

GREAT WESTERN

_-(EXPRESS FROM BRISTOL.)

BRISTOL, FRIDAY.
'DEATH - OF LORD SYDEN HAM.
:,.kontreal Papers received at New York on the
24th ult. announce the death of Lord Syden ham,
:::.GovernOr-Genefal of the British North Americas►
rrovlnces He had not recovered from the
.i:.'Scygre, accident which he met with by the fall
..f.:tfrotn-his horse ; lock-jaw was brought on in con-
seqUenee, and he died at his residence in King-
ston on the 10th of September. The sudden and
- lamentable event had caused universal sorrow in
the provinees.
The Court for the trial of, Mr. M'Leod

was to open at Utica on the 27th September, and
''..the trial to commence on the Ist October. The
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n,rgeneral belief was that he would be acquitted.
id . Vbe Prince de Joinville arrived at New York
on the 19th September, and was gladly welcomed
4‘l:
-by hisieountrymen as well as the Americans. A
. t :IT b*, York raper gives the following account :
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.-1.
,iTh:e- 2rrival of Prince de Joinville, very pro-
perly induced' a meeting of his countrymen at Del-
monico's .on Tuesday evening, agreeably to a call
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tr. Which: appeared in this paper. Resolutions, we un-
,,,. dtiritaiid, were passed, expressive of a desire on the
• g.,ip,,,:g:of the. meeting to pay their respects personally
s,fto
,the,:Prince,..and to ask his presence at a banquet
they 'Proposed to offer him. These wishes, were of
~,,,,e ucfe,,communicated to him, through the Consul of
15,i r4uee,:whe yesterday transmitted the reply, announcing
Ai.,,, at; the Priuee would receive a deputation from the
hostheting,.. and all his countrymen, on board La Belle
Poure, and that a steamer would be ready to convey
s.,..there,thither, from pier No. I, at one o'clock to-day.
- . IThe other news from that quarter are not of
much importance. The United States Bank
',..;.Shares, or rather the shadows of Shares, had fal-
lea still lower. On the 25th they were down to
51 -I. The only extracts of importance are sub-
, joined....
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The Great-Western left New York on the
25th, and reached Bristol this morning at seven,
having
.inacle'the passage in twelve days and.
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twelve, hours. She had rather a rough passage,
She bringst.a.passengers, and New York papers
to 'die ‘2sth; Ten days later than the last arrival.
~. K.Eront the New,: York Journal of Commerce.)
.TRIAL OF ALEXANDER APLEOD.—The Circuit Court
and Court'of Oyer and Terminer, which is to try Alex-
ander M'Leod on an indictment for murder, alleged to
have been committed at Schlosser, in this State, on the
night of the 29th of December, 1837, commences its ses-
sion at Utica next Monday (Sept. 22).
From a list of 48 jurors, 12 will be drawn for the trial
of M'Leod. M`lienzie, in his Volunteer, says, "I never
heard of one of them till now." He, however, expresses
the opinion that M'Leod will be convicted.
According to the laws of New York (says the Volun-
te,ir),, M'Leod,d, if convicted, cannot by the help of his
British and Websterian friends, carry the matter into
the federal courts at 'Washington, for if he was at
Schlosser he came voluntarily into a sovereign State,
committed murder, was not kidnapped, but voluntarily
returned and was arrested, and is therefore in the same
situation as if he being a native citizen were indicted in
.the State.
We are not among those, if any there are, who ex-
Peet that this dispute will result in war,--yet there is
110 advantage in blinking the dangers which do in fact
- exist, There are dangers, and they are serious ones.
Alere is danger from this very case of M'Leod.
..lhere is danger from the Boundary Question. There
mind'3thuger from the general irritation of the public
tion , both in this country and England. Neither na-
is in a mood to bear so much from the other as they
were five years ago. Both are proud, self-confident,
and self-willed. An unfortunate turn of events may
Precipitate a war, contrary to the wishes and original
intentions of the parties. There are many on both sides
Cr' the Canada line, who will do their best to complicate
)Paffairs, and render a pacific adjustment impossible. If
Leod should be either acquitted, or, on being con-
lrieted, be immediately pardoned, we have no doubt the
affair will pass off' in the fOrm of diplomacy ; but if he
should be executed, of which we believe there is no pro-
' bability; than lookout for breakers.
THE APLEOD TRIAL.
'This important trial will take place next week, and in
consequence of. the illness of the Chief Justice, Nelson,
Judge Gridley will preside. We also learn that there
exists ne doubt among those who have examined all the
- testimony, that he will be acquitted. Thus will end all
difficulties in relation to M'Leod's apprehension and in-
dictment.

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(From the Journalof Commerce.)
MR. Pox AND THE M‘LEOD AFFAIR.
There is 'nothing in the late news from England that
tocontradicts the intelligence received from Halifax, viz ,
it despatches were preparing for Mr. Fox of a nature
bring the affair of M'Leod to a crisis.
°a the contrary, all that has publicly transpired goes
•tooonfirin the supposition that the British Government
intends to hold the Government of the United
States to the principles of national law as avowed
°Y Mr. Webster, as all knowledge of the individual
State of New York is disclaimed in the transaction.
It is Purely a national affair, and we have yet to learn
Whether Mr. Fox has received instructions
to remain
his Post, awaiting the decision of a Circuit Court of
.."8 State, which, whatever may be its results in this in-
:idua.l case, leaves the principle undisposed of,
all main
/It, the right of any Power to make individuals person-
responsible for public acts of duty, performed under
derorders of the national authorities of their country.
If the British nation submits this case to the jurisdic-
hi% Of New York, she must be prepared to permit the
tnalt course to be applied to Sir Allen M'Nab, Cap-
fo_,Mrew, and the forty-five individuals who
hit.77t his force in the attack upon the " Caro-
d'p,44' of whom, coming within American juris-
whirl'', may be seized and tried, a contingency
;ty happen any day; and thus we shonld
yew dilemma, of Great Britain protesting
-tirtznst the erecution of the sentence of a court whose j uris-
ii°ll she had tacitly admitted in the case of M Leo(' ;
tl:p.,consistenc:, to await the consequences of which,
14 ehster retains at his post. These are probably
delicate negotiations" which have been going on
k.Y. at Washingt.n, and are most likely still pending.
label'in
ltobert Peel, the present Prime Minister of Eng-
li his speech in Parliament on the 27th August,
esificantly intimated that there were matters under
Lorlission, of a nature no yet to be promulgated, and that
d
Palmerston's cautirns replies to Mr. Roebuck
7e 7e an thing but full or satisfitctory."
Englend desires the naintenance of peace, is un-
'ttastionable ; we have yet to learn whether she will pur-
Aft: it at leavesifi of a. principle, which for ever
.a,ai wards the brave defenders liable to be ar-
thgle,d as felons before any foreign tribunal, for doing
"litY in Obedience to the orders of their superiors.
fliti..Puo this pivot turns the whole affair. Men who re-
naiiVllitnige or the, probabilities of Mr. Fox counte-
tou long or. protesting against a course which places his
the.above dilemma.
411,2,i'Oritish nation is arraigned, in the person of
teiru
,; can she go through the ordeal of a criminal
h4iirnu if convicted, sue for, or receive mercy at the
1,17ef the Governor of an individual State ?
Ixot .ho truly desire the preservation of peace, will
Xitervss upon her such an indignity as the trial of Mr.
ITwottld in anyevent entail.
°giand admits ate principle involved in the de-
ep nt trial of Itr. M‘Leod, the Pacha of Egypt,
aft
GOvernor of one of his provinces, may here-
Uta eyery: .officer of the British fleet which
Acre; and try and' hang them as " murderers."
"fie.*ltrkith Sultan, or any of his Pachas, may pursue
measures to redress the " outrage " upon his
-Llav(trino. Neither of. these hostile acts had the
teiz:4`4:l Of. a formal declaration of war, and they were
e. just as " illegal " as the attack upon the

OFFICIAL.
• ,APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
I:',l„•'";,_'gernon Sydney Robertson, Marshal for the Eastern
•7et of Louisiana.
Zi1..4 te_ O. bß.obb i n" s 'POSTMASTERS.
; at Lowell, Massachusetts.
-ii7 444111 trun W. Hale, at Newburyport, Mass.
C..Beardsly, at Auburn, New York.
~. biti.„ aktiv-...111 OF LORD SYDENHADL—The Montreal papers
Yesterdayß morning contain the first ancnoeuunmcnes-
a-" Of death of Lord Sydenham, and their columns
oce all dressed in deep mourning on the melancholy.
derizt3„joe'n• The journals of all parties concur in consi
4clieo.rtbe event as one deeply to be deplored.
Xipx I, °Ea BOAT RUN DOWN IN THE SOUND
from
ISTatvir3/14'---The steamboat Belle on her passage fr
tikci-o-re,o to New York on Thursday morning, about
artery-- c„`,Z,eit, ran over a small sloop boat, and upon backing
entiratZ to the boat no person was found in. her. -f
Ileteoti Z. 31011 board were drowned. The voice of one
~..7Vlr4.treh,_44ard as the sail boat was passed over.
tb knot-Cr:Walters, while having some altercation
•"t the 7th ~ Person in Juniatta county, Pennsylvania,
22ciiie,rion Thl.at'itilt, was stabbed in fourteen places by a
.....-"l'e the ,`4ereant named Bill Ruggles, who
.came up
,7alteralovc first-named persons were quarrelling. Mr.
14 the ta- ,7etl- of his wounds some days after, and Ruggles
deadltebe,r4-41,11tifile escaped, in"4,"wson, of Fouquer county, Va., was found
been e" that county on the 19th inst., his head having
ofildZbed an his brains beaten out, while in the act
been e„ „,Ilig at ad pring. The murder i believed to hve
to krisoTl Itlitted by a female slave that he was carrying
•
.:sioltnA:`;l3h:t}:xer:osioic.—We learn from the Nashville
gr7' - a SertOOS accident occurred at the residence,
,41t, I3uford, Esq., in Williamson county. Some
Iti GE Rem, sent into the cellar to stop a leak in a bar-
' nand', elst.7, and in searching for it the flame of the
' an ezir 7"e* 11l and
with the spirit, and occasio_n.ed.
ilk. *lion, which killed five of the negroes •, three died
it. gw, ii,___
l'he o,„__-gure, isnd the other two lingered about a day.
Alit ;fire -..onninicated .to the house, but was soon ex-
bY lencthering it with some green tobacco
the. r
'LL'Tlielikbciiiiit e!ll ..
ises
-44401eiut.. nuts, Of Comiecticut recently assembled
IAI ' - ccm'etion,And nominated Francis Gillett, of
didittes 0_ -.4ldderl, Yale, jun., of Meriden, aft their for *l, tioYeritOr Ind Ltaut.-Goveraor of that State.

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