Star.
London, England, 1820-09-06 00:00:00

Justice Richardson, that the question should not
be put.

Mr. Justice Btntaovon, Mr. Justice HOLROED,
Baron GRAHAM, the Chief Baron RICHARDS, and
the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE of the Court of Common
Pleas, shortly delivered their opinions, which were
the same as those of Mr. Justice Richardson and
Baron Garrow, that the question should not be put.
The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE of the Court of King's
Bench was of the same opinion. A Counsel had a
right, in re-examination, to ask any questions which
were necessary to explain any circumstances which

had transpired in the cross-examination; but he had
no right to go further, and to ask questions which
do not necessarily arise from the cross-examination.
His Lordship concluded by stating, that he agreed
with his brother Judges, who had given their opinion
that the question should not be put.
The House left sitting.

Quebec Papers to the 4th August have arrived. They state
that the late election for Members of Parliament for Upper Ca-
nada has terminated in the almost unanimous choice of persons
who are the political friends of Mr. Gourlay. It would appear
by this, that the popular voice in Canada is opposed to the
Administration. Mr. Ferguson, who was fined and imprisoned
for publishing some of Mr. Gourlay's writings, was recently
released from confinement, and has charge of the Niagara 4acc-
lator, and declares, in a public address. that the Spectate.. shall
prove a great terror to little tyrants.
A letter from New York, of the 10th August, says :—" The
schooner Price left Old Providence the loth July. Commodore
Aury had returned from an unsuccessful expedition to Truaillo
and Amena, which places he attacked, but was defeated, with
the loss of fifteen men killed, and one vessel sunk."

Advices and Gazettes from Palermo, to the 16th
ultimo, have been received, by way of Genoa. The
return of the Deputies from Naples, sent to negotiate
for the independence of Sicily, with a refusal on the
part of the Neapolitan Government, was a signal of
the most prompt and vigorous measures on the part
of the Provisional Junta at Palermo. A Decree was
immediately issued for enrolling in the military ser-
vice of the country the name of every inhabitant of
Sicily capable of bearing arms, without exception of
rank ; and troops were dispersed in all directions to
attack those places which still adhered to their de-
pendence on Naples. In the preceding advices Mes-
sina and Trapani alone were mentioned as in that
predicament, but it is now understood that Catania
and Syracuse take the same side. An interesting ac-
count is published in the Palermo Paper (the Phcenis)
of the 15th August, of the contest between the people
and the municipal Authorities of Girgenti, previously
to the accession of that place to the invitation of the
Provisional Junta. Nothing could exceed the ardour
and enthusiasm that were manifested in the cause of
independence. The triumph of the popular party was
complete, and letters were dispatched to the Junta at
Palermo, apprising them of their having gained the
ascendancy, and requesting information in the mode
of electing a Deputy, who should represent their in-
terests at the new seat of Government.
At Caltarissetta, a strenuous resistance was made
to the Provisional Junta, and a division of the Army
of National Independence, under the command of the
Prince of St. Cataldo, invested the place on the Sth
of August. His efforts were directed, in the first in-
stance, to negotiation for a peaceful surrender, but
without effect, till a farther reinforcement arriving
on the 11th, commanded by Colonel D. Pietro Or-
lando, with Major D. Michele, and Captain D. Ro-
drigo Palmeri Micciche, which augmented his troops
to nearly 8000, and enabled him to occupy some im-
portant advanced posts, a more favourable disposi-
tion was shewn by the inhabitants. A messenger was
sent out from the tows with a flag of truce to treat
fdr a capitulation, who was received by the troops
with shouts of joy, and embraced as a brother. This
offer proved, however, a cover to an act of the
blackest treachery. Half an hour had scarcely
elapsed from the arrival of the messenger, when the
advanced-guard of the Independent Army was sud-
denly attacked by a powerful force, and many of
them were killed. The troops, under the irritation
produced by this breach of faith, entered the town
pell-mell, and, carrying it by assault, a great num-
ber of the inhabitants lost their lives. The town
finally acceded to the Independent cause. Trapani
was in a state of blockade, but still held out. From
Catania, which is an open town, little resistance was
expected; but Syracuse and Messina, being strongly
fortified, threatened a severe contest. All commu-
nication between Palermo and Messina, and through
that medium with the Continent, was cut off. No
couriers were permitted to pass.
A Private Letter from Paris, dated Sept. 2, says,
-" 4 The public attention is employed here, at pre-
sent, upon the trial of the Queen of England, with
the details of which our public papers are filled.
There is one opinion in which all concur, that how-
ever it may end as to the Queen, there is one result
that must inevitably flow from it, that is, a great di-
minution of that respect for Princes and Nobles,
which for some time back has been rather on the
decline. Even the mild virtue of the Monarch here,
seems to have failed in calling back that warmth of
respect or enthusiasm which the French were so fond
of shewing formerly towards their Sovereigns.
" On Sunday last, after the retirement of nearly
a year, his Majesty was rolled out in an arm chair
into the balcony of the Salle de Marechaux, which
looks into the Place du Carousel, where there was a
review of some regiments of the Guards and other
troops. One was npturally led to expect, that after
so protracted an absence, there would have been
some exhibition of affection or gladness, on seeing
their aged and infirm Monarch—but no such thing.
The great majority seemed to look on with cold
curiosity ; a few voices, and those in his immediate
vicinity, cried— Mire le Roi ! and even amongst
the troops, rather a sullen silence was observable.
A Colonel of one of the Regiments, by way of encou-
raging them, waved his sword, and cried out' Dire
le Rot ! Ines antis !' Some answered, faintly enough,
the cry, and others said, or rather muttered,' Le Rot !
—Roi!' which may mean anything or nothing.—
There is much of vague and undefined alarm at pre-
sent ; the Funds have continued to fall to the last
few days. That affair at Brest, where the Procureur
du Roi was hissed, hooted, and called a traitor, though
mentioned but three days since in the Papers, took
plate the gth of August. This is a proof how won-
derfully the Censorship tends to accelerate the rapi-
dity of intelligence