The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-11-02 00:00:00

UNITED STATES

The splendid steam-ship Acadia, Captain Ryrie, ar-
rived here on Friday evening at nine o'clock. She left
Boston on the 16th, and Halifax at six on the evening
of the 18th, and has thus made the passage in eleven
days, which is an excellent run at this season of the
year. She brings seventy-six passengers.
The trial of M`Leod, which lasted eight days, has
ended in his acquittal. The apathy which prevailed at
Utica at the commencement of this trial seems to have
continued to the close, and forms a remarkable con-
trast to the intense interest with which it was regarded
in other parts of the United States, in Canada, and,
above all, in this country. "At no time," says one of
the accounts, " was the court filled, and it has been
frequently the case during the progress of the trial,
that the court had not 100 persons in it, save the wit-
nesses and parties interested." The reporters, barris-
ters, and witnesses seem to have constituted the prin-
cipal part of the assemblage. The presiding judge
seems to have acted with ability and partiality, and his
charge at the close was unequivocally in favour of the
prisoner. In short, a more conclusive alibi was never
established, and a greater mass of perjury and fraud on
the part of the witnesses for the prosecution has rarely
seen the light. The jury were only in deliberation 20
minutes when they returned a verdict of acquittal.
During the trial, INPLeod seems to have conducted
himself with self-possession and firmness. When the
verdict was delivered, not the least manifestation es-
caped the audience—all was quiet and orderly, and the
forebodings which were indulged in by parties not ha-
bitually croakers, have happily been disappointed. The
counsel on each side appear to have been the only ex-
ceptions to the good feeling which prevailed. They
exhibited a good deal of acerbity, and no little animo-
sity.

After the examination of a number of witnesses on
the fourth and fifth days, the Attorney-General com-
menced his reply, and occupied until Monday the
seventh day. On Tuesday Judge Gridley charged the
jury,- and in the course of half an hour they returned
with a verdict of Not Guilty.
We take the following on the " Relations with Eng-
land" from the New York Herald of the 15th instant,
from which it will be seen that Col. Grogan has been
set at liberty.

RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND.
The trial of Nl`Leod is now over, the new cabinet of Presi-
dent Tyler is filled up, preparations are in progress for placing
the country in a state of defence, putting ships in commission,
arming fortifications, invigorating every branch of the public
service, and getting ready for any possible contingency that
may arise, and now is the proper time for setting on foot
measures for 'the adjustment of all our manifold points of
difference with Great Britain. The sovereignty of the state
of New York has been asserted and vindicated, M`Leod held
to trial and acquitted for want of evidence necessary to his
conviction, and this, too, in the face of an unqualified de-
mand by the British government for his release. We have
made no concession to Great Britain—we have shown
unequivocally that we will not yield one single inch to insolent
pretension; now, then, is the time for our government to
take steps to settle all the delicate and perplexing questions
between us, many of which have been the subjects of nego-
tiation, and angry correspondence for years. In the first
place, we must indemnify APIJeod amply for his detention
and trouble. He deserved all the inconvenience to which
he has been subjected for his boastful folly, but it is not for
this government to inflict punishment in that way. He must
be indemnified fully, and to his own satisfaction. That
question will then be disposed of. That, however, is a
subordinate matter. The Caroline outrage, the violation of
the laws of nations in the invasion of our soil, is a grave and
important offence, and must be redressed. The blood of
Durfee must be atoned for—the property destroyed must be
paid for, and then we can go to other points of difficulty.
The capture of Grbgan, now that he has been given up, can
be easily arranged. Let the British government disavow his
arrest and detention, and satisfy Grogan for his trouble, and
there is an end to that question.
Then comes the long-vexed question of the north-eastern
boundary. This is a matter of great delicacy and difficulty,
but the longer it is delayed the more complicated does it be-
come. There is no reason to anticipate a period more
auspicious for its equitable and satisfactory adjustment than
the present:

In regard to the seizure of American vessels on the Coast
of Africa, there is a good deal of misunderstanding, and an
infinity of misrepresentation. It is not unlikely that some
of the British ships-of-war have strained a po►nt in their
eagerness after prize-money, but it must be considered that
we have long pursued precisely the same course in the Gulf
of Mexico, whenever we have overhauled a suspicious look-