Star.
London, England, 1820-07-20 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Lieutenant Mt•ntrt, with some of the Midshipmen from the
Ilut.wAttn, are appointed to the ROYAL SOVEREDai yacht, Sir
EDWARD Own, to attend upon the KINo.
The Governor Milne, from Sierra Leone to London, which
put into Barbadoes on the _Bth of April, in distress, has been
condemned, as unseawurthy, and the cargo transhipped into the
Richard aid Siliena.

The American brigs Canton and Rena', taken off Lima, in
November, by the ('hiiian squadron, and carried into Valpa-
raiso, have been resiortd, and proceeded on their voyages.
The Perseverance, I:Ai-wan:), his arrived at Poole, from the
('.narks, with lws of foremast, bawspr:t, &c. Laving been run
foul of.

Fatator-.:•, Jet.r 17.—Wind W.S.W.—.Arrived the Duke of
3lirlbortoosis packet, with a Nail from Lisbon, in nine days.
ELYmorni, Jru.r 18.—Arrived the Lynx, H.F.LWATII, from
Quebec: she spoke, on the 23d tilt. in the River St. Lawrence,
the Active, of Ayr, with 200 passengers, all well.
Postrutorrm, Jura' 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the liarriet,
Sex r, from Virginia; Elizabeth, &win, from the Mediter-
ranean; Vilma cutter, from a cruize; anti the Riga, from ila-
vannah. Sailed the Fox, and Crown, far Cork.
Dr..u., Jr, 19.—Wind &W.—Arrived and sailed for the
River the Policy, 5%%%%%%1, and Cretan, Sitexwsnritv, from the
St.tith SeL..s ; LcSto, Jotinson, from Antigua ; Barbados-9 Planter, •
Azoeran, trout Barbadoes ; Gorge and lanes, Pi. s, from
area; Shannon, l'atnNEßi from Dorniaica; Alacrity, fIt•NTLY,
from Demerara ; Eclipae, IIMACEY j Crown, Brasexituns; Louisa,
Ban ; James Laing, Kind; Clyde' &din ; Garland Grove,
Pl..ecsa.Le ; and the I erceval, from Jamaica ; John; JACKSON,
from Jamaica fcr Nee+castle; John Campbell, Selmer., from St.
Vincent's; Caledonia, linemen, from Grenada; Unicorn, Wit.-
soN, from Demerara; Sussex, FIIANLI.II4, from St. Lucia; and
some more, na.nies not known. Sailed the 'fimandra, Pawn,
and Providence, .Itssin, for Angal; and the Pacific, Sminat-.
LIND, for St. Ander°.

I.lM:row., Jrt.r I B.—A rrived the Briton, %mu, from Ja-
maica ; Arn:ata, PORTER, from Savannah ; Hercules, Cons,
from New York ; Belfast, and W. P. Johnson, DAWES, from
New Orleans; Neptune, Fisusa, from Savannah; Hannah, Pam,
csornii, from Antigua; and Birch, Wyman. from Jamaica.

Jet.v 19.—Sailed tlie Lord Nelion packet for
Holland, and the Lord Duncan ditto for Cuxhaven, each
with a Mail.

DovEs, Jt•Lr 19.—Passed this port the Betsy and Sophia,
from the Straits for London.
SHIZIINTAS, JCIX 19.—The steam vessel Prince Cobourg,
Kathy Master, intended as a packet to carry the Mail be-
tween Southampton and the Isle of Wight, left this pert to-day
for Cowes.

Wurrav, Juxr 18.—The Ophelia, WOOO, from Sunderland,
with coals, got on shore here yesterday in a fog, and sunk ; but,
should the weather prove tine, she may be got up.
AattiezoZ-At the liavannah, the Julia, Jongheim, from Am-
sterdam. At Halifax, Princess Royal, —, from London ;
Two Ftiends, Hoskins, front Bristol; Oliphant, Christie, from
Belfast ; and the Princess Elizabeth packet, —, from Fal-
mouth, and sailed on the 21st ult. for New York. At Oporto,
i the Aurora, Blackstone, from London; and Maria, Lovey, from
Bristol. At Colombo, the London, from London; 13orodir.o,
Marshall; and Lady Ilamilton, —, from Cork. At Jamaica,
'Montreal, Benson ; and Waterloo, —, from London. At
Oporto, Manchester, Hancock; and Rebecca, Shaw, front Li-
verpocl ; also the Active, Palms, front London.
Currost.Hossz, JULY 19.—Ships Entered Inward*: The Her-
cuk, front Rouen • Friends, front Newhaven ; Twee Jonge,
from Worcum ; Speedwell, rom Stangate Creek; Unity, from
liamburgh ; Rester, from Ostend ; Lively, from Harlingen ;
and Sun, front Riga.—Cleared Outwards : The Lotus, for Cal-
cutta; alous, -for Hamburgh; Gleaner, for Malaga; Mary,
for Newfoundland; New Union, for Csiais ; Ann, for Konigs.
burg ; Harriet, for Leghorn • and Madam for Pictou.
Vessel.. sroxxx wixn.—The Fame, of London, from St. Jago
to Halifax, on the 6th ultimo, in lat. 6. 34. long. 39. 40.—Con-
solation, from Madeira to London, on the 12th instant—Triton,
from Liverpool to Boston, on the 9th, in lat. 4s. !3. long. 29.25.
and Glatton, from Honduras to London, on the lath, in lat.
49. 31. long. 16. 33.

TRIALS FOR HIGH TREASON.
STIRLING, JULY I.s. -
JAHNS CLELLAND AND FIFTERN
GHAROXIVWITIFI HIGH TREASON.
Mr. JEFFREY—'.g My Lord, as Counsel for the.nn-
fortunate prisoners, the name of one of whom has
now been called, as next in order, to take his trial
upon this . serious charge, I trust I shall relieve 'the
Court and the country at large from some protracted
anxiety. -My Lords, I hope, without departing from
my duty to my clients, I may venture to state now to'
the Court, that, after the event of the trials of the two
last days, which have been gone through with xi
mach deliberation, and so great a struggle on both
sides, I have advised the unhappy persons at tbe'bar,
that, if they are conscious of the guilt charged against
thent, their wisest 'course would be to retract their
plea of Not Guilty, and acknowledge their guilt
openly in ,Court; and I believe I am now authorized
to state, that they are ready to withdraw that plea."
LORD ADVOCATE.—" My Lords, the prisoners at
the bar have the• assistance cf able Counsellors, and
must, with such advice, judge for themselves, what
is thg most wise line of conduct for them to pursue.
I wish it, however, to be known to the Court and to
the country, that this proceeding,-on their part, does'
not take place in consequence of any arrangement
between the prosecutor and those acting on the part
of the prisoners. I eat nestly hope that the mercy of
the Crown may be extended towards a part of these
unfortunate men, in such a manner as may seem
most fitting to his Majesty ; but these prisoners are
not to suppose that, by any confession they may now
make, they are to escape a punishment of a capital
nature. It is right that they should be fully aware
of this, and that before they plead guilty to this in-
dictment, they should well weigh dhe consequence of
the step, and feel that nothing has, or can pass be-
tween us, ichich may exclude the popaibility, or even
the probability of a considerable portion of these in-
dividuals snaring the highest punishment of the law."
• Lord Pi•esidcat Ilopz --.14 James Clelland, you
have heard what has been stated on your part by
your own Counsel ; and you have heard also what
has been stated on the part of his Majesty's Advocate.
I have also to inform-you, that there is no discretion
upon the part of the Coital-the punishment'is a Sta-
tutory punishment, and we can do nothing upon the
plea of Guilty, but pronounce upon you the• same
judgment that we pronounce upon those prisoners
who have be,Ni Elie(' and regularly convicted. You
will, therefore, consider all the e things in your own
breast. Certainly and unquestionably I may add
this to you, that, according to my apprehension of
the matter, it is your wisest course to plead Guilty :
it implies not merely an acknowledgment of the
offence, but it chews contrition for it. At the same
time you most judge for yourself."
James Clelland then withdrew his plea of Not
Guilty, and' pleaded Guilty. •
Thomas M'Culloch, Benjamin Moir, Allan Murchie, Alex-
ander Latimer, Alexander Johnston, Andrew White, David
Thomson, Janus Wright, NVilliam Clackson, otherwise called
William Clarkson, Thomas Pike, otherwise called Thomaritink,
Robert Gray, Alexander Hart, John Barr, William Smith, and
Thomas M'Farlane,
included in the same indictment, were than severally
asked if they understood what had been stated by
the Learned Counsel on each side, and answering in
the affirmative, were allowed to withdraw their plea
of Not Guilty, and plead Guilty, which they ac-
cordingly did.
John Anderson, charged in a separate indictment
(for whom Mr. JEFFREY and Mr. nom CULLEN ap-
peared as Counsel), was put to the bar.
Mr. JEFFREY" My Lord, as Counsel for the un-
fortunate person at the bar, I believe I am not irre-
gular in interposing thus early with a statement,
which, I trust, will be satisfactory to the Court, and
all persons concerned in this trial. This unfortunate
person, since his arraignment, has had time to reflect
both upon the acts in which he has been engaged,
and upon tlie evidence which I believe he has already
furnished of his concern in them ; he has also received
the admonition (which, I trust, will be more exten-
sively operative) that all persons concerned, in any
measure, with the transactions, must have received
from the result of the two trials which took place
yesterday and the day before; and, under the influ-
ence of these considerations, and, I trust and believe,
of a wholesome contrition for the part he has been
led to act in very improper prweedings, I am autho-
rised to ask leave, on his behalf,' to withdraw the
plea of Not Guilty, which he has pleaded, and to
plead anew to this indictment in other terms."
LORD ADVOCATE.--" My Lord, on the part of the
Crown, 1 must repeat what I stated before, that this
proceeding takes place, not in consequence of any
understanding between the prosecutor and the prisoner
relative to any. mitigation of punishment; and I now
tell him before he pleads, that I can hold out no as-
surance or expectation that the capital part of the '
sentence of the law will not be inflicted upon him."
Lord President HOPE.—" John Anderson, you
have heard what has been stated for you. on the part
,of your Counsel, and on the part of the King's Ad-
vocate; and with regard to the Court, we have no
discretion; this is not one of the crimes, nor is this
such a Court as the Court of Justiciary, that has the
power of mitigating punishment according to the
degree of guilt. The punishment is inflicted by law,
and it is the punishment of death, and we can pro-
nounce no other against you, and therefore by your
plea of guilty, whatever expectation you may have in
making that confession, which implies an acknow-
ledgment of the fact, as well as contrition in some
degree, it must depend upon the Crown alone. There-
fore, under these circumstances, if you wish to with-
dravi you plea of Not Guilty and plead Guilty, the
Court will receive it, but remember it is your own
act alone, and you must consider the consequence:*
The prisoner then withdrew his plea of Not Guilty,
and pleaded Guilty.
William Crawford, also charged in a separate in-
dictment (for whom Mr. JEFFREY and Mr. MUNGO
BROWN appeared as Counsel), was put to the bar.
Mr. JEFFREY.—" My Lord, I believe I may cut
short this part of the procedure—for, on behalf of
this man, the last, I believe, in this fatal calendar for
this place—upon this occasion I think I am autho-
tised to make the same statement I have already
made with regard to so many of the others, although-
there are circumstances in this case which render
the recommendation which I have thought it prudent
to give, more questionable than in'the other instances.
And I believe it is known to the prosecutor, that this

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is not one of those aggravated Cates, whiet, unfot-
tunately, cannot be said of all the others. He svAt
connected with,.and misled by, persons who have in-
volved him In the guilt with which he stands charged,
but in full reliance on mercy from that-quarter, oa
which, he is aware, his only legitimate reliance for
indulgence can be placed, he is advised, with all hu.
mility and penitence, to ask leave to withdraw his
plea of Not Guilty, and to plead again, in different
terms, to the Courr."
LORD ADVOCATE.—" I hive only to repeat again,
that he must plead without any assurance being held
out to him of mercy."
Lord President HOPF,.--=" You have heard wlz.lt.
has been now stated—of course you say, your on',
reliance is on the mercy and clemency of the Crowli.-
The pri.onzr th2a withdrew his plea of Not Guilt:,
and pleaded Guilty.
LORD ADVOCATE.—" My Lords, now tiut the
prisoner (Crawford) has pleaded guilty, I trust I am
not going beyond the proper litie of my duty, when I
state, that as there necessarily must be different shades
of criminality attached to the individuals who lava
this day respectively pleaded guilty to the h.gli
charge exhibited against them, so it is satisfactory to
me to have it in my power to say, that the case of
this prisoner is not one of the most aggravated dt-
scription, and that I shall feel satisfaction, if, on a re.
presentation of the circumstances of his case to e.e
proper quarter, mitigation of his sentence shall 1-e
deemed admissible.'

The Court has adjourned its flu eller proceedim;s
till Monday, the 31st of July, wben it again
and upon which day the SheriiT has received !lie in-
structions of the Court to summon the Grand Jury,
for the purpose of arraigning certain prisoners, against
whom a true bill has been already found.