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was alarmed by the intelligence that his house was attacked
he had taken it as the first and readiest weapon that pre-
sented itself for his defence. In doing so he had:not been
actuated by any feeling of malice. In his own conscience
he stood acquitted, and he trusted the jury would support
and justify the feelings of his mind, by declaring, by their
verdict, that they thought him innocent of the crime now
laid to his charge.
Several witnesses, who had known the prisoner from
20,te49 years, gave him a most excellent character for
humanity and generosity.
The Jury, aftera short consultation, acquitted the pri-
, goner.
YORK, FitthAv, JULY 14.
(rßom 01711. OWN CORAFSPONDENT).
This being the day appointed for the trial of Leonard
Wilkinson, far the murder of Mr. Carter, at Finghall, in
the North Riding, on the 29th of May last, the Court was
crowded to excess. The case excited great interest, more
especially as one striking peculiarity attended it—the ap-
parent indifference of the murderer with respect to disco-
very.
It seems that after committing the act, and even
when a price was set on his head, he not only continued
in the same place, but even ventured within the doors of
the house where his victim lay murdered ; and even per-
sisted in wearing the same dress in which the act was per-
petrated.
The Jury, after a few minutes deliberation, brought in
a verdict of " Murder," and he was accordingly ordered
for execution on Monday next.

COLOMBIA.

(From the Caraccsus Papers.)

A LAW FOR ESTABLISHING CERTAIN PORTS, PORTS

OF DEPOSIT.

The Senate and Chamber of Representatives of the
Republic of Colombia,assembled in Congress,—lnasmuch
as the establishment f ports of deposits, presents advan-
tages not only to importers, by permitting the re-exporta-
tion of such goods and merchandise as do not find a ready
sale, without payment of import dutibt, but also to the
people in general, inasmuch as they will thus be regularly
provided with such goods as they may require—have
thought fit to decree,, and hereby do decree :
Art. 1. The following ports are declared ports of de-
posit for all kinds of goods and merchandise :—On the
Atlantic coast, Puerto Cabello and Carthagena : on the
coast of the Pacific, the port of Guayaquil.
_ . _

Art. 2. All. goods and merchandise may be imported at
the aforementioned ports as bonded goods, and placed in
the stores of the Custom-house, where they must remain
until the owner, consignee, or agent of such goods anti
merchandise shall demand them, whether wholly or in part,
for the purpose of selling or of re-exporting them.
_ _

Art. 3. In case of recovering the goods for the purpose
of offering them for sale, the import duties shall be paid by
instalments agreeably to the law on the subject, but the
dates of these iustalinents shall only be calculated from the
day on which the goods were taken out of the Custom.
house. In case the goods or merchandise be withdrawn
from the Custom-house with a view of re-exporting them,
whether to any other ports of the republic, or to foreign
ports, they shall not be liable .to....the payment of import
duties in the ports of deposit; but should they be after.
wards introduced to any port of the Republic, they must
there pay the import duties in the terms provided by the
law respecting imports.
Art. 4. All goods and merchandise imported for deposit
will be subject to an annual duty of four per cent. on the
amount of the invoice, from the day on which the said
goods shall be introduced into the stores of the Custom-
house until that of their being withdrawn, either for pur-
poses of sale or • fir re-exportation. This duty must be
levied at the time of withdrawing the goods and effects
from the place of their deposit.
Art. 5. The owner, consignee, or, agent, must present
the invoice and list of goods placed in deposit in the mode
laid' down in the law of importation of the Bth of March of
the year 16.
Art. EL When goods and merchandise are withdrawn
from deposit for the purpose of being re-exported to any
part of the Republic, the collector of the customs will give
their owner, consignee, or agent, a copy of the invoice,
stating therein that the goods and effects have not paid
the import duty.
Art. 7. The Executive will issue such regulations as
may be 'deemed expedient respecting the system to he
observed in the stores of deposit, as well as the formalities
to be attended to in re-exporting the goods.
Art. Foreign goods and merchandise, passing the
Isthmus, either from the Atlantic to the Pacific, or from
the Pacific to the Atlantic, 'shall pay only two percent.
transit duty on the amount of the invoice, which must be
presented and sworn to, and certified, as laid down in the
laW of importation of the Bth of March of the present year.
The Executive will issue such regulations as may be ne-
cessary in admitting, goOds and merchandise into the Isth-
mus, for transportation from. the, one sea to the other sea,
and that may be imported for this object.
Art 9. The EXecutive will arrange for building out of
the public funds such stokes and offices for bonding goods
as may be necessary in the ports.
Art. 10. The law of the 27th of September, of the year
11, respecting the drawback of duties on certain articles,
is hereby repealed.
(liven in Bogota on the 3d of April, 1829-16.
LUIS A. BARALT, President of the Senate.
CAYETANO ARBELO, President of the Chamber of
• Representatives.
LUIS VARGAS TEJADA, Secretary of the Senate.
MARIANO MINO, Deputy Secretary of the Chamber
of Ftepresentatives.
Palace of Government in Bogota, April 4, 1826-16,
Let it be executed. F. DE P. SANTANDER.
By order of his Excellency the the Vice-President of the Re-
public, in charge of the executive power,
J. M. DEL CASTILLO, Secretary of State and of
the Treasury.