American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-04-02

SSEOSS SEtGk lOWnSliPi w aohibbloh Souu'Jt nav
adopted several patriotic resolutions relative to do
mestic manufactures, among which the follow
ing:
We will abstain from the use Of imported good
of every description far as possible and give
decided preference to articles the growth and manu-
facture of our own country
We will, in paying our addresses to the youn
ladies, give the most marked preference to such a
clothe themselves in homespun, and make use c
articles the growth of our own country"
From tie Salem Register, March o..
TRIAL OF THE QUAKERS.
Sketch of the trial occasloned by the recent distur
Dances among the Friends at Lynn which wa
con luded at Ipswich. late last evening.
Yesterday morning the Indictment against Joh
Alley jr. Jonathan Buffun, Preserved S rague, an
Benjamin Shaw, came IN for trial, before his homo
Judge How. of the Court of Common Pleas a
Ipswich. The defendants were indicted in severa
counts, for a riot Tor disturbance Of public wor
ship, at common law for rude and indecent beha
vour in public meeting and tor conspiracy e
disturb the meeting all committed al Lynn on thu
14th and Eth OF February last and at meetings o
the society of Friends holden on those days.
When the prisoners were arragnrd. Buffum
Shaw and Sprague pleaded No Guilty; when tht
clerk put that question To Alley, he replied witt
energy, :" N guilty and Tin MT gully" The clerk
again asked him the question and Alley made the
same reply, adding that he could not make any 9th
er plea and that it took two to make one His plea
oil Not Guilty was then recorded BeFo, e the tria
commenced, the County Attorney entered Mol
Pros as to Alley, who deemed to be insane
from his appearance as we'll from the concur.
rent assuian, eS Of his physician and neghboTs--
The other three were then put upon their trial
Neither our limits nor the late hour at which the
trial was finished will enable TO give any thing
more than a very hasty sketch Of this very inlea.
estlng and important trial.
The case was opened for the Commonwealth
and the grounds of the prosecution stated. with
great clearness and ability By Ben amin Merrill esq.
who assisted the county attorney, ], Pickering esq
in conducting the trial.
In the course OF the examination it appeared that
the defendants have for time been the habit
OF sitting on the " high seats" or as they are now
called, the 6 Ministers Gallery" at the Friends
meetings This is considered dsorderly conduct
among the Friends those seats being appropt lated,
as the whole current Of testimony on both sides
showed, to ministers, elders, and aged
venerable persons who are invited to sit there
Other persons sit there only particular occasions,
when the house is crouded, &c he defendants
have also been in the habit Of speaking in the meet
ings. much TO the dissatisfaction of the audience &
it was very manifest that their words ere no, al
ways fifty spoken" This practice was also proved
10 be contrary to the rules and orders of the society
but the offence charged against the defendants
consisted mainly in taking the ministers seats and
occupying them wrongluy On the 18th of Feb.
at meeting for business this disorder was repeat
ed, which constitutes one of the offences charged
IN the indictment. The oVerseers of the society
met Tor the purpose Of deVlsing measures prevent
the like disturbance in future
On theimorning of the seventeenth, Sabbath day,
the defendants were seyerally warned not to take
the ministers seats and the overseers who waited
Ataarea ki
prIety of such conduct. The warning was in wr.
ting and contained the eascns of the course they
were pursuing, among which were some proGane
and opprobrlous language which one OF the defend
ants had uttered IN the meeting and who decla ed to
the ovescer who warned hun, we'll be as strong
you At the usual time of meeting on the
morning OF the seventeenth, it appeared that John
Alley came III with sword girded by his SIDE at
teI ded by Jonathan Buffum, and made his way
towards the high seats he was stopped BY one OF
abe overseers, and after considerable struggling and
disturbance. the sword was taken from him by cut
ting the belt The cry Of 6 let him alone" was sci
up and repeated by his adherents, and the high seats
were in fact occupied by the defendants aid one
Daniel B. Alley, who is not indicted - he defend
ants occupied those seats during the forenoon service
and no other disturbance is said to have taken place
In the afternoon the defendants took TIE same seats
-BulIum declaring to the who again re
Quested him to sit Oh the floor seats that he would
take seat where he pleased" Alter they were all
seated 'saac Basset OF the overseers addressed
them, stating that they had had time to reflect on
what they were about, and desired them 10 come
down from those seats no one replied except
BufIum. who bid the oveI seer sit down, as he wa:
disturbing the meeting
Frit nd Bdsset then addressed the meeting, say.
ing that the overseers had found it necc ssary Il
make a stand against the proceedings Of the defend
ants, and 'equcsted all p e.cnt to remain silent ant
Keep their places, except SUI h as should be calico
upon He then requested three Friends by name
q lake BENJAMIN. Shaw md him