Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-08-01

S'att vi tue rlrnt OF petition. we must !.
suppress the remonstrance of truth, and |
the firm tone OF justice, and then our
complaints may Re heard-and despiSed. /
:" The terms imply this-the right of !
petition Is oniy Tie privilege of slaves. |
frcemen would Hush To hear it boosted |,
OF, IN us modern acceptation.
Srt we're our ancestors fools then, |
and slaves. No, neither. They were |
men, but not scholars. They approach
eel their Nonarchs with petitions, it is
true; but they then carried arms IN their
hands TO support them" &c &c.
Mr.. Woolier in his defence, stated, that
when he wrote the above production, he
had not the slightest expectation that il
would be made source of serious enqui-
~ IN Court of Justice he did not una
glne that the ministerial jealousy Of the
freedom OF press would be quite so con-
temptibie as To notice 1t IL was meant
merely as aioke, and must be consider
ed as the farce 10 the tragedy of the last
Information. In the sentiments, howe !
yer. he heartily concurred, and ii urged
seriously, he should have supported them
seriously. He went over the various pairs
OF he libel that were considered particu-
iariy, objectionable, arguing that the
Whole was grounded upon historical and
neontrovcrtible facts. AS to the pas
sage regarding" enforcing" the redress
oil grievances, and, indeed, the whole of
thatpOr,ion of the letter, he insisted that
1t meant nothing more than the moral
force viii h sound doctrines must ever
enjoy: that, though in the times Of King
John or Charles |. the force ofarms might
be necessary, IN the present day, when
all men were comparatively so well edu-
Gated and enlightened, the force of rea-
sons was much stronger and more salts
factory. Such was the fair meaning 10
be put upon the whole libel, which was
dictated on the spur ofthe momont, at
time when the house of commons was re-
lectmg an immense number of petitions
iii favor OF parliamentary reform.
The Attorney General replied; after
which Mr.. Justice Abbot summoned up,
gong minuteiy over every paragraph OF
The publication, and declaring il was his
decided opinion that twas libellous /; that
however, was question, the decision of
winch By law rested with the Jury only.
The Jury retired for an hour, and then
returned to the box, from whence the fore
man delivered the verdict not guilty. AS
soon as the verdict was declared, the
court rang with acclamations, which con
tnued several minutes. The sheriffs al
length Intertered, and put an end TO the
The Two trials occupied the court from
half past nne IN the morning until past
SIX In tue evening.
BOST0N, July g.
Yesterday ue were politely favored NTH a
Ite Of Paris papers to tic 18th June, re-
ceired ria Salem.
On the $Otii May, there was riot at Suez,
and three OF The rlnglcaders had been tried and
sentenced to death. The National Guard retu
std To turn out TO suppress the riot, and the
A!ng, by Il decree ii'> family dissolved the bat
talon. aud ordered new one TO be raised
from which all cor cerned in The riot and DISC
Oedlence were excluded.
The Gsrn,G1c Dit was TO have vacation
from the iStJuly to October.
CTRANSLATIONS.l |
PErERsDuRGu, (Russia0 May 10.
he Emperor las ordered one hundred mil !
Aons OF 'ubies TO be annually applied to the re- |
ductlon OF the public debt
The Count D'Y sRmoLoFF has departed for |
PERSIA, TO negotiate the cession OF the Southern |
provinces on the Caspian and tue free COM |
municatlon of The Russians with tie indies, |
through the Persian States
Gen JoMIRI has obtained the Emperor's per |
mission 10 visit Switzerland. He Is occupied, |
IL is said, IN writing history OF the two last |
campaigns, from materials furnished by Field |
Marshal DE- folly and others.
Prince DLucnER S health is recovering from |
the use OF the baths of Carlsbad
PARIS, June {.
Yesterday, James swaucy, Swan aged 81,
norm In Boston, u student, was brought before |
the Court OF As,ize, for a violent assault. This
american lodged with one BaillY, ani had Dor
rowed from Iim sum of money, respecting
The pas ment of which quarrel arose, and
Swancy, in moment of passion, threw d bot
Tie at Bdiily' head which disfgured him much, |
and ncapaCitated him from labor more than
70 days; and, it was added, had destroyed the
right eye wholly, and OF the left there were Mt
tie hopes Ofrecovery.
June6.
Yesterday, the Court of Assize gave iudr
ment ID the case of James Swancy. The Jury |
convicted him OF having wounded Bailly {; hut |
GOT nm design. The plaintiffs advocate de
Inandei that >. should be amerced in fine of l
10 900 francs. The Court having deliberated
ordered owancy TO be liberated, and pay fine
OF 600 francs, and costs, All account of the da-
mage which Bai.ly must sustain, III the loss Of
siSht forever Mr. Barnet, the American Con-
sui, appeared as the friend OF 5.
the Countess de Polignac, lady of the Aid
TO Monsieur, has left Paris, with her husband
to lie IN in Scotland, her native country.
Letters from Cadiz mention, that the whole
OF the Spanish navy has put 10 sea. The Asia
%, tngate Venganza SO, and brig Cazador Is |
have LETT Cadiz, and entered the streights of
Gibraltar, viii view TO visit the bay of Alge-
Ztras, t!ere take OH board stores ~ afterwards
proceed up the Mediterranean, some saw TO act
against the Alserines, and others on a secret
service. TPhiiadelptia Auroya.
Boston, july %.
BY the arrival of the ship Hope at Sa-
lem, III 36 days from Havre de Grace, Pa
rls papers have been received to June 10.
We are indebted 10 the Editors of the
Palladium for The loan of file of lie
Constitutional to that date. GRep.
II is said that there are forty thousand
weayers in Prussia, who, for want of EN-
ployment, are unable to furnish subsis-
fence Ia fneir families