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ROYAL ACADEMY.—In consequence of the re-
gretted indisposition of Mr. FUSEL!, the intro-
ductory lecture to the course upon Painting was
postponed, and Mr. TURNER yesterday evening
delivered his second lecture upon the science
of Perspective. The former part of the discourse
consisted of the explanation of the Professor's ab-
stracted ideas of Form. The simple elements of
Form were then adverted to, for the complete
explanation of which the definitions, axioms, and
many of the propositions of the first Book of
Euclid, were recapitulated, and the lecture
concluded with the demonstration of some theo-
rems, selected from various parts, as most nearly
related to the science in consideration. Mr. SOANE
was ly the Chair.
Mr. MAY WOOD, who performed a short time
during last season at Drury-Lane Theatre, ar-
tired at New York on the 4th of last month.

AMERICA;

TRIAL OP ARBUTFINOT AND ANIBRISTER.

MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF A SPECIAL
COURT,'ORGANIZED AGREEABLY TO THE FOL-

LOWING ORDER :
" Adjutant-General's Office, Fort St. Mark's,
April 26, 1818.
HEAD-QUARTERS—DIVISION OF THE SOUTH.
" GENERAL ORDER.
" The following Detail will compose a Special
Court, to convene at this Post at the hour of
twelve o'clock, M. for the purpose of investigat-
ing the charge against A. Arbuthnot, 'Robert
Christopher Ambrister, and such others, who are
similarly situates!, as may he brought before it.
The Court will record all the documents and testi-
mony in the several cases, and their opinion as
to the guilt or innocence of the prisoners, and
what punishment (if any) should be inflicted.
" Major-General' E. I'. Gaines, President. •
" Col. King, 4th Infantry. " Col. Dyer, Ten. Vol.
" Col. Williams, Ten. Vol. " Lt.-Col. Landsay, Cur. A'y.
" Lt.• Col. Gibson, Ten. Vol. " Lt.-Col. Elliot, Ten. Vol.
" Maj. Mublenherg, 4th Inf. " Maj. Fanning A'y.
" Maj. Montgomery, 7th Inf. I " Maj. Minton, Militia.
" Capt. Vasbon, 7th Inf. " Capt. Crittenden, K'y Vol.
" Lieut. J. M. Glassel, 7th Infantry, Recorder.
" An Orderly will be detailed front General
Gaines's Brigade, and the Court will sit without
regard to hours.
" By Order of Maior-General Jackson,
" ROBERT BUTLER, Adjt,-Gen."

Fort St. Mark's, 2Gth April, 1818.

The Court convened pursuant to the foregoing
order, when, being duly sworn in the presence of
the prisoner, and he being asked if he bad any
objections to any Members thereof, and replying
in the negative, the following Charges and Spe•
cifications were read :

CHARGES AGAINST A. ARBUTHNOT, NOW IN CUSTO-
DY, AND WHO SAYS HE IS A BRITISH SUBJECT.

" Charge Ist. Exciting and stirring up the
Creek Indians to war against the United States,
and her citizens, he (A. Arbuthnot) being a sub-
ject of Great Britain, with whom the United
States are at peace.
" Speccation.—That the said A. Arbuthnot,
between the months of April and July, or some
time in June, 1817, wrote a letter to the Little
Prince, exhorting and advising him not to com-
ply with the Treaty of Fort Jackson, stating that
the Citizens of the United States were infringing
on the Treaty of Ghent, and, as be believed,
without the knowledge of the Chrief Magistrates
of the United States ; and advising the Upper and
Lower Creeks to unite and, be friendly, stating
that William Hambly was the cause ot their dis-
putes ; also advising the Little Prince to write
to the Governor of New Providence, who would
write to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent,
through whom the United States would be called
to a compliance with the Treaty of Ghent, and
advising them not to give up their lands, under
the Treaty of Fort Jackson, for that the Ameri-
can Citizens would be compelled to give Uti to
them all their lands, under the Treaty of Ghent.
" Charged 2d.—Acting as a spy, and aiding,
abetting, and comforting the enemy, supplying
them with the means of war.

" Specification Ist.—ln writing a letter from the
Fort of St. Mark's, dated 2d April, 1818, to his
son John, at Suwany (marked A.), detailing the
advance of the army under General Jackson, stat-
ing their force, probable movements, and inten-
tions, to be communicated to Bowleggs, the Chief
of the Suwany ToWns, for his government.
" Specification 2d.—ln writing the letters mark-
ed 8., without date, and C. with enclosures, 27th
January, 1818; and D. called a Note of Indian
Talks,' and E. without date, applying to the
British,Government, through Governor Cameron,
for munitions of war, and assistance for our ene-
mies ; making false representations ; and also ap-
plying to Mr. Bagot, British Ambassador, for his
interference, with a statement, on the back of
one of the letters, of munitions of war for the
enemy.

Charge 3d.—Exciting the Indians to murder
and destroy'William Hambly and Edmund Doyle,
and causing their arrest, with a view to their
condemnation to death, and the seizure of their
property, on account of their active and zealous
exertions to maintain peace between Spain, the
United States, and the Indians, they being citi-
zens of the Spanish Government.
Specification Ist.—ln writing the letters mark-
ed F. dated 26th August, 1817, G. dated 13th
May, 1817, and H. threatening them with death,
alleging against them false and intamous charges,
and using every means in his power to procure
their arrest. All which writings and sayings ex-
cited, and had a tendency to excite, the Negroes
and Indians to acts of hostility against the United
States.—By Order of the Court,
" J. M. GLASSEL, Recorder."
To which charges and specifications the pri-
soner pleaded Not Guilty.
The prisoner having made application for
Council, it was granted hitn ; when the Court
proceeded to the examination of the evidence.
John Winslet, a witness on the part of the pro-
secution, being duly sworn, stated, that some
time before last July, the Little Prince received
a letter, signed by a Mr. Arbuthnot, advising the
upper part of the nation to unite with the lower
Chiefs in atnity ; and stating the best mode for
them to re-possess themselves of their lands would
be to write to him (Arbuthnot), and he would
send their complaints to the Governor of Pro-
vidence, whence it would be forwarded to his
Britannic Majesty, and he would have the terms
of the Treaty of Ghent attended to. He more-
over stated his belief, that the encroachments on'
the Indian lands were unknown to the President
of the United States. The witness also identifi-
ed the signature of the prisoner in a letter to his
son, marked A. and referred to in the first speci-
fication, in the 2d charge, and heretofore noticed
as the same with that sent to the Little Prince.

The witness, on being further interrogated,
stated the language of the letter alluded to, to be,
that the British Government, on application,
would cause to be restored to them their lands,
held in 1811, agreeably to the forms of the
treaty of Ghent.
Q. by the prisoner.—Who is the Little Prince,
or is he known by any other name?—He is known
by the name of Tustenukky Hopin, and is the
second Chief of the nation.

Q. by the Prisoner.—Where is the letter you

allude to, or in whose possession ?—lt was kit
in possession of Little Prince when I last saw it.
Q. by the Prisoner.—Has this Little Prince no
other name than what you state ?—Not that I
know ot. ,

Q. by the Prisoner.—Do you swear that the
letter alluded to was addressed to the Little
Prince ?-1 do not; it was presented me by the
Lirtle Prince to read and interpret for him, which
1 did.

Q. by the Prisoner.—Are you certain that the
letter vated that the Chief Magistrate of the
United States could have no knowledge of settle-
ments made on Indian lands, or injuries commit-
ted ?—The letter stated that to be the belief of
the writer.

John Lewis Phosoix, a witness on the part of
the prosecution, being duly sworn, stated, with
regard to the Ist Specification of the 2d Charge,
that being at Su wany, in.the town, about the 6th
or 7th of April, he was awakened in the morning
by Mr. Anthrister's receiving, by the hands of a
negro, who got it from an Indian, a letter from
St. Mark's, at that time stated by Ambrister to be
from the prisoner.
Q. by the Prisoner.—Did you see that letter, or
hear it read did see the paper, but did not
hear it read.

Q. by the Prisoner.—Did you state that the
letter was received by an Indian express ?—So the
black man that delivered it said.

A question being raised by a Member of the
Court., as to the jurisdiction on the third Charge
and its Specification, the doors were closed, and,
after mature deliberation, they decided that this
Court are Incompetent to take cognizance of the
offences alleged in that Charge and Specification.
Peter B. Cook, a former Clerk tb the prisoner,
and a witness on the part of the prosecution, be-
ing duly sworn, stated, that about December or
January last, the prisoner had a large quantity of
powder and lead brought to Suwany in his vessel,
which lie sold to the Indians and Negroes ; that,
subsequent to that time, which be cannot recol-
lect,' Ambrister brought for the prisoner, in his
(the prisoner's) vessel, nine kegs of powder, and
a large quantity of lead, which was taken posses-
sion of by the Negroes• The witness also iden-
tified the following letters, referred to in the
foregoing Charges and Specifications, marked A,
B, C, D, F, G, and H, as being the prisoner's
hand-writing ; also the Power of Attorney, No.l,
granted by the Indians to A. Arbuthnot :

(A.)—From A. Arbuthnot to his son, John Arbuthnot, dated

Fort St. Mark, April 2,)818, Nine in the Morning.

" DEAR JOHN,—As I am ill able to write along
letter, it is necessary to be brief. Before my arrival
here, the Commandant had received an express
from the Governor of Pensacola, informing bitn
of a large embarkation of troops, &c. under the
immediate command of General Jackson, and the
boat that brought the dispatch reckoned 18 sail
of vessels, off Appalichacola• By a deserter that
was brought here by the Indians, the Command-
ant was informed that 3000 men, under the orders
of General Jackson, 1000 foot, and 1600 horse,
under Gen. Gaines, 500 under another General,
were at Prospect Bluff, where they are rebuilding
the burnt fort ; that 1000 Indians, of different
nations, were at Spanish Bluff; building another
fort, under direction of American officers; that
as soon as these forts were built they in-
tended to march. They have commenced.—
Yesterday morning advice was received that
they had appeared near —, and taken two
of the sons of M'Queen, and an Indian. Late
in the afternoon three schooners came to anchor
at the mouth of the River, and this morning the
American flag is seen flying on the largest. lam
blocked here; no Indians will come with me,
and I am now suffering from the fatigue of com-
ing here alone. The main drift of the Americans
is to destroy the black population of Suwany. Tell
my friend Boleck that it is throwing away his
people to attempt to resist such a powerful force
as will be down on Sahwanee ; and as the troops
advance by land, so will the vessels by sea. En-
deavour to get all the goods over the River in a
place of security, as also the skins of all sorts ;
the corn must be left to its fate. So soon as the
Sahwanee is destroyed, I expect the Americans
will be satisfied and retire ; this is only my opi-
nion, but I think it is conformable to the demand
made by General Gaines to King Hatchy some
months since ; in fact, do all you can to save all
you can save, the books particulatiy.
" It is probable the Commandant will receive
some communication from the vessels to-day,
when he will know more certainly what are their
motives in corning off the fort. I think it is only
to shut up the passage to the Indians. Twenty
canoes wept down yesterday, and were forced to
return. The road between this and Mickasucky
is said to be stopped.—Hillisajo and Himathlo
Mico were here, last night, to hear what vessels;
they will remove all their cattle and effects across
St. Mark's river this morning, and perhaps wait
near thereto for the event.

" I have been as brief as I can to give you the
substance of what appears facts, that cannot be
doubted : to enter into details in the present mo-
ment is useless. If the schooner is returned, get
all the goods on board of her, and let her start off
for Monster Creek, in the bottom of Cedar Key
Bay. You will there only have the skins to hide
away. But no delay must take place, as the vessels
will, no doubt, follow the land army, and perhaps
even now some have
, gone round. I pray your
strictest attention, for the more that is saved will
be eventually more to your interest. Let the
bearer have as much calico as will make bins two
shirts, for Iris trouble; he has promised to deliver
this in three, but 1 give him four days.
" I am, &c.

" A. ARBUTHNOT."
(B.)—From A. Arbuthnot to C.Cameron,Goernor Bahamas.

" SlR,—Being empowered by the Chiefs of
the Lower Creek Nation to represent the state of
their Nation to your Excellency, that you may
be pleased to forward the same for information of
his Majesty's Government—to whom alone they
look for protection against the aggressions and
encroachments of the Americans—l beg leave to
submit to your Excellency the enclosed qepre-
sentations, humbly praying that your Excellency
will be pleased to take an early opportunity of
forwarding the same to Great Britain.
" 1 am instructed by Bowlick, Chief of the
Sahwanee, to make the detnaud kerein enchant!,