The New York Herald Newspaper, January 26, 1852, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 17031 BROUGHT BY THE STEAMER AMERICA, AT HALIFAX. WRECK OF THE NEW YORK SHIP COLUMBUS, LOSS OF TWELVE LIVES. Particulars of the Burning of the Amazon, aud Loss of One Hnndred and Ten Lives. Vailure of Lord John Russell to Coailesce with the Peelites. Probable Resignation of the British Cabinet. Serious Intelligence from Caffraria. The Evrtiish Troops Denfeated, with Great Loss, by the Natives. TRANQUILLITY IN FRANCE. Rumored Rupture between Napoleon and the English Ambassador, Promuigation of the New French Consti- tlon Postponed. The Austrians Bxulting over Lord Palmerston’s Withdrawal. RUSSIAN SUCCESSES OVER THE CIRCASSTANS, PYMS FRANKLIN SEARCHING EXPEDITION ABANDONED. Cotton Partial Decline i IMPROVENENT IN THE CORN MARKET, &e. Ke Ke, BY TFL MAINE LINES TO CHANTS’ LINE, 2 Avid OVER THE NOVA SCOTIA, NEW PRUNSWICK AND RTLAND, AND THENCE OVER Bains MER- WALL STREET. Hatirax Tereorara Orrick, } Buxvay Monsixc, January 25, 1852, The royat mail steamer America, Capt. Lang, from Liverpool, @aturday, January 10th, with eighteen pas- sengers for Boston and eight for Halifax, arrived at her wharf, in this city, shortly after midnight, and sailea for Boston at half past two o’clock this morning. ‘The America reports # continued succession of very severe gales for the last ten days. Intelligence from the Cape of Good Hope announces that a severe skirmish had taken place on the 6th ef No- vem between large bodies of rebel Hottentots and Caffirs, and a detachment of British troops, in which the latter had been obliged to retire, with the loss of one colonel, three officers, and seven men, Reinforcements hhad sailed from England before the receipt of the news. ‘The British had also met with a bloody repulse at the Lagos. Rrra Wreck of the New York Ship Columbus— Twelve Lives Loss. The day previous te the departure of the America, in- telligence reached Liverpool of the total loss of the New York chip Columbus. Captain McCerren, on the 7th inst., off the Irish coast, near Waterford. Two lady and two steerage passengers, together with eight of the crew perished; but Cuptain MoCerren, his officers, and the re- mainder of tle passengers and crew, succeeded in reach yng the shore 7" (The C. was bound to Liverpool froim New Orleans. Bhe left the latter port about the 4th Dec } Particulars of the Burning of the Steamer Amazon-One Hundred and Ten Liv Lost, ‘The news of the destruction, by fire, of the West India royal mailsteamer Amazon, (a brief announcement of wo recelyed by the steamer Arctic.) is fully con- Armed. The Amazon under the command of Captain Simons, railed from Bouthampton, with mails and passengers, on 2d inst., and when two days out, and about one hundred and teu mites southwest of Scilly Isiands, was dis- covered (o be on fire. The flames burst out at an early hour on tbe morning of the 4th inst., and in twenty minutes atter, so rapidly did they spread, the ship was completely gutted, She subsequently burned to the water's edge, when her botlere exploded, and the hull im- mediately sunk By this ter:ible disaster, forty-one passengers and sixty- nine of the officers aud crew of the eteamer are known to have perished Captain Simons, his four chief ofiicers, the Surgeon, and Eliott Warburton, the celebrated author of the ‘Crescent and the Crors,"’ were among the sufferers. Many of the peasengers, from the appalling rapidity with which tne flames spread, were either burnt or suf- jocated in their berths, As scon as every effort to subdue the flames hail failed the boats were attempted to be launched ; but owing to | the coveteruation which prevailed on all sides, a despe- rate and despat:ing rush was made fcr them, and before they could be got weil into the water, two of the boats } Were swamped alongside of the steamer, and every sou; in them was lost Two other boats were succerefally launched, aud thus engers and thirty seven ecamen succeeded in z from the burning wreck. They were, shortly ercapi after, picked up—one party by au English, and the other | el—and were safely landed. respectively and Brest on was a new and magnificent bost,and very richly freighted. The loss, therefore, is immense. The ovlgin of the dre remains a mystery. Aftairs in Engiand —Cabinct Dissolution Anticipated, &e. A disoution of the English Cabinet appears inovita- ble, A Cabinet Councll was held on the Sth. after which Lovd John Russell proceeded to Windsor, to confer with the Queen It was admitted on all hands that the whiz government could not hold together much longer, and many believed that it would fail before the period for opening Parliament bad arrived A telegraphic despatch states that the London Times of the 10th inst., says the attempt to strengthen the uoluistry. by an alliance with the Peelites, bad signally felled, and that the Prime Minister would meet Parlia nt without seeking any further addition to his ength, provided he waa not compelled to retire in the meaptime, The Marqu's ¢f Lansdowne had tendered his resigna tion as Lord President of the Council, and holds office cnly til a successor is appointed The Duke of Newea: and Bir James Grabam, the qreat tree trade leaders, bad arrived in towa,and the former had made s writ to Her Majcety. The Customs Reform Committee, from |iverpool, had bt an sudience with Lord Jono Rusrell, who promised chat the subject of their complaint weuld receive the immediate attention of the gorerament. At the same time & deputation of Spanish lind-holdera opposed to co- ercion, bad an interview with the Foreign Secretary, Baron Kinnery, one of the Hungarian committee in ).ondon, had died of a broken heart, caused. it in said, ome remarks of a correspondent of the Dni’y Nena, eutenant Pymeon, by the advice of the Russian gao- aphers, har abandoned bis project of crossing Siberia search: of Sir John Eranklin, Sangwihnary Defeat of the British Troops m Africa, ‘There is uews from the Cape to the 2 of December by the serew steamer Harbinger, Bad as wore the pre- viour accounts fom the rent of war, those by the Har- binger are still worse, Ted on by the Hottentots, the evemy continues to make predatory {noursions on the olowiste, etenling their oattle, buroing their farmatends, and murdering the inhabitants whenever they can over- tike them As yet, mo check whatever has been given theco marauders by Sir Herry Smith, and more troops erent out before any eflectual stop can be put inronds the affair nt Wate to expel a wumber of the This was mot by a despe rust the! A t Of, an attempt was made my who were supposed to ata resist jor lurking about | to buying freely. baying | | | from the export having been 32 0C0 bates le ance, ard ® loss on our side unparalleled during the wer. Lieut. Col. Fordyce, Lieutenants Carey and Gordon, of the 74th Highlanders, and Capt. Devenish, of the Levies, fell. The Colonel did not survive his wounds more thanten minutes, His last words “What ‘will become of my regiment’ The whole colony deplores the loss of this noble officer. Addresses of con- dol porfin o been addressed to the officer in command of the After this affeir, the weather having become very eevere, General Somerret withdrew his troops to the camp at Blinkwater. The next movement was to be a combined one of the two divisions under General Bomer- ret and Colonel McKenne, across the Kye, against Krelis. the principal obief in Kaffirland. ‘The force was to consist of one thousand cavalry, and two thou- sand infantry. They were to move on the 2d ult. for the Unwani, and vheir operations, it was expected, would occupy @ month. Another reverse had been sustained by the English troops at the Lagas, on the coast of Africa, in an attempt to chastise the native king for slave dealing. The forea, consisting of 260 officers and men, were repulsed, with considerable loss. Up to the last dates from Natal, Africa, everything was quiet, and the draft of ordinances for constituting a Parliament at the Cape had been received with great eaticfaction. A large mecting wes held, at which a humble address was drafted, to be presented to Har | Mojeety, praying that the main principles of the consti- | tution may not be altered, but carried into effect with- cut delay. Within balf an hour, four hundred sigua- tures were at tached to it. Interesting from France. Affairs in France contioued steadfast and tranquil ‘The Presidevt gave agrand banquet at the Tuileries on the Sth, to four hundred of the delegates of the dopart- ments. ‘The iatest advices note a rumor which prevailed in Paris on the 9th of January, of a marked eooiness be- tween the President and the British Minister,in rela- tion to Belgium; and Gallignani’s Messenger had an- nounced that Lord Normanby would leave, the following duy for Ergland, not to return, This has caused the utmost regret among all parties, and oontributed to 8 fall of one per cent in the funds. A later report bas it, thatthe absence of the English Minister frem France would be only temporary, and ‘would not extend beyond a few days, It was announced that a further delay of ten days would take place before the promulgation of the new constitution would be made. This new delay was vari- ously accounted for. One opinion averred that the President contended for liberalizing; while another pre- vailed, tbat he was for restricting the legitimate guaran- ties of the constitution. Considerable progress had been made in the constitution of the Senate. The President had determined to resist family influence and political intrigue, by filling up the blanks that remained with names commandivg public confidence aud respect. In the meantime, profound anxiety continued to be felt in regar to this matter. as well as to the new constitution, end the public funds had greatly fluctuated in conse- qurnce, but ciosed firmly on the Sth, Several government prisoners have been liberated from 8t. Palaye and itis etated that nine huadred of the prisoners recently arrested on political grounds, were re moved on Saturday morning from the forts of Bicetre and Svery, to be conveyed to Havre. Thence they were to proceed to Cherbourg, or Brest, with a view to their trepeportation to Cayenne. By a deoree of the Minister of the Interior, the repub- lican mottoes bad been erased from tho public editices, . pd the encient historical ones restored. The etock of the Paris and Lyons Railway has been u uch sought after sinee the die position of it to a public compauy by the Minister of Public Works, Germanic Affairs. ‘The affair between Germany arid Denmark is termi- nated, although the treaty between Denmark and the great German powers nad not been sigaed. In conse- quence of this arrangement, the German troops will evacuate Holatein in the course of this month; but a body ef Austrians will remain, provisionally, at Hamburg. andinthe neighborhood This measure will have the eflect to secure the conditions imposed on Denmark, among which the convocation of the Provincial Btates of Schleswig and Holstein is the most important. ‘The German Diet, in its sittings of the 3lst ult., decided 00 the support of the federal fleet. Austria had proposed to form the German navy into three divisions, to he com- manded, respectively, by Austrians, Prussians, and Ger- mars of other States; but Prussia oppored this arrange- ment, when the above final resolution was adopted. Prussia bas declared her readiness to under take the sup- port of the fleet for one month. ‘The King of Dengark is sufferiug from indisposition. The Justrian Lioyd's boaste that it was Prince Schwarzenburg who virtually dismissed Lord Pal- mereton Ramots of a ministerial crisis prevailed in Berlin. It is enid that Monta‘leul will resign the Presidency, or that Von Roumer'will quit the cabinet The German journals announce that great sensation has been caused at Vienna by the receipt of the intelli- ence that Don Juan Infante, second son of Don Carlos. Fie ren. way from his wife with an English governess. ‘The wife is a sister of the Duke of Modena. Success of the Russians in Circassia, The Prussian Gazetle of the 6th, says that Raschid Murat, the bravest sop ot Schamyl. the Circassian Uhief. hed surrendered unconditionally to the Russians, and is now a prisoner at Titlie, Prince Worongoff, son of th Commander in-Chief, and Governor of Bess Arabia, re- ceived from the young chief the possession of the fort of Wenes Pry, and his nux erous detachments of soldiers The Neapolitan Trials. The Neapolitan Btate trials ha@ proceeded to the teventh day. The public were kept out of earshot of the pritoners, and no notes were allowed to be taken. The recent events in France would hasten, it was thought, the fate of the accused, who were expected te be sent to the galleys for life. The Markets, Tur Loxnox Money Manxet presented no new feature, Stocks were firm, but not very active. Consols closed on the 9th inst., at 97°; to 974; for money and account. Bank stock, 216 a 216); In Amrnican Srcunitizs there had been no change in | price, and the market has been rather inactive. Cotron.—Subsequently to the sailing of the Arctle, on the 7th, the cotton market at Liverpool continued in- apimate, with a turnin prices in favor of buyers though hardly to a quotable extent in American quali- | ties above middling, which, with all lower grades, have declined one sixteenth of a penny per !b since the com- mencement of the present month. The eales of the week ending on the 9th are stated at 47,040 balss, of which speculators have taken 3,060 bales, and exporters 4750 bales, The authorized quotations at the close of the markot, on the 9th inst., were 5d, for New Orleans fair; 4°, for middling; 47, for Upland fair, 434 for mid- dling. The sales on the 9th were 6.000 baivs, at full | rates | Gna avo Prova —The flour market was firm at the rates current at the sailing of the steamer Arctic. but the market was less buoyant. There was aa improved and improving demand for Indie corn, and a slight advance had been established afier the 6th inet. For wheat there had been a steady and rather active demand, at full rates, Provision was no quotable ¢ as the prevailing feature. Thera nge in beef, pork, bacon, shoulders, hams or cheers, and the tranac‘ions had been on the | mest limited scale, Holders of lard demanded an advance | of 6d per cwt , which, in some cares, had been conceded | by purchasers, Stcan had been im limited demand at Liverpacl and | London, and prices were sixpence lower. Corren—No signs of activity had been shown, but | prices were fully sustained, ‘Tra, for private use, had been active, and Congou was one half peony Gearer than on the previous week, at Liverpocl; but st London the market was quiet at pre- vinus rates, at a slight reduction from the tormer week's ices Prvforassys hes been in slow request Tice wan neglected Tarow war in better demand at previous rates wen Cane wan steady. There had been no transactions to report in oils, Navat Ston+s-.-Three hundred barrels of tarpentins bave been seld at 7 ehillingr mon American rosin | Vie anted, but yellow is moderate in value andia | spac Bosivess ay Mavenvaren bed shown great activity | e'rce the tailiag of the Arctic, and the prices of the | | oe leading fabrios bad slightly advanced épinners bad but a small stook of cotton, but the majority were averve impression that the value ily it might decline would not rise, and that p TETLEY & CO’S CIRCULAR vrevoor, dan 9 1862 The stock of cotton in port yroved to be 42000 bales more than appeared by our weekly estimate,partly arising | sthaoreperted ns stated in our circular of the (th iast., and which differ- ince should bave been added to stock instead of consump. | tion, There has been a fair Cemand for cotton singe the comtnencement of the year, pactioulatly daring the last | | | HCLLINGSNEAD, tixdeys. in which pertod there hae been a steady and moler export busi jag forward, of 1,000 bales por Wy, In addition to feir sales to (he trade—making about | (ACU bales per day as the quantity taken oat of the | market, This, however, has ecorcely been ruth ees, and the market has consequently been | l entirely without soimation Am an eriptiens, however, are but iittle changed in value rir Friewy lost, although certainly one sixteenth of a ponay | ver round lower than at the cloas of last morth, for 1d commen cotton. The sales ot tue week | nl 47.940 bales. of which 26079 Aun | rt LL0U Surat were taken on seeculatiog, wick 428) | | bw | of these charges ant to | Awerican, and 30 Egyptian and 45 Surat for export, leaving for the trade 89,210 bales, The business to-1-y amounted to 6,000 bales Passengers Steamship Americ ire Basnell, Mrs Mise Wood, Messrs Hoss, ' Hamilton, Jaws, Lovendge, Richardson, Stan 108, R Baboook, LaPoint, Kalno, Linda ob. Are from NYotL ang Tntoluigiones. 1; HL a ‘ork—Jan7, Sxoelsior, st Liverpool; Harmo- nia, the Clpde; 8th, Unive vot Bld for NYork—Jan 1, Milins from Boitess; 8tb, Indo tm, Leeper Mr. Forrest before this court for the pur- | pedis og from him a divorce. Thecase, gentlemen, somewhat peculiar, In ordinary trials with respect to divorce, there is but one side of the question to be looked at—either the husband proceeds against the wife, or the wife against the husband, and there is only a single cir- cumstance for inquiry; but here, from the very peouliar manner in which the matter is presented, each part: charges the other with this offence. Now, the legal ef- fect of this is, that if on this evidence, you shall find both parties guilty of adultery, or find both innocent of adul- ery, the law will leave them where it fiads them, , Gravesend " | Neither party is entitled to @ divorce as against the ‘ ag irre calling agl Aseile, aaew Pesan Fate | other—the jae bever Bani Sees? gail y people. \e] y i 9 Imington, . ¥ it ree of el ‘arr ab ———yan 7, Hendrik edson, Londen for NYork, | PT. Worrest puts in bis allegation for the pusp: 1d proceeded for the Mother Ban ito, at Liverpool. Arr from Charloston—Jan 8, Tri NOrlesns—Jan 7, Moioks, at kiverpo Dorothes, do, Gen Dunlap, do. Arr at Table Bay—Nov 2%, Cynthia, NYork, Bid from St Helena—Nov 22, “'Juach,” Caloatta, Arr from Mobilo—Jan 7, Bouth Caro: t Liverpool. Livenvoor, Jan 8—The Harvard, f0 with lo: if ile. here from Mobile, Suretp4, Jan 7—The Clio, Halleron, from St Joha, NB, are | Tork, bas put back | una | verdict, as she failed in the rame thing. | | } here from yoaterday, with tho orew pump ag waving besa on tho rocks at Whitby. Lowrsrorr, Jan 8--The Aa } ft St M obacl for N¥ork Doo 1 y, which 30%, which °, Arrival of the Southern Malis, Bavrotonr, Jan. 95,1852 Beveral back Southern mails, brought overland feom Acquia Creek to Warhington, have been received here The dates are as follows ;--Charieston, Jan, 21; Savaa nah, 21; Mobile, 17 Nothing has been received from which place seven mails are now due New Orleans, foom Fire in Gloucester, Pa.—Brenkia the Delaware, &c. Prvvapecemia, Jan, 25,1862 The large biick building attached to the bleachery, in Gloucester, was destroyed by fire ixst night. “he estab- lishment was new, and nearly ready to go into operation. ‘The damage amounts to $30,000, one third of which was jesured in Providence offices. ‘The ice-boats have broken upthe river to-day, to nearly five miles below the city. They will resume their lubors to-morrow. The thermometer, at 6 o'clock this morning, stood at 24 degs. above zero, but it has since greatly moderated, and at 4 o'clock stood at 42 degrees ‘Tho streets are very wet, in consequence of the snow drippivg trom the hotises, on the suany side of the way. As regards the and sleighing parties, the; is presumed that we shall not hear the jingling ‘oon xguin from the merry and sporting pepulace of Philadel phi CHE FORREST DIVORCE CASE, THE CHARGE OF CHIEF JUSTICE OAKLEY, The Deliberations of the Jury. Gpinions of the Sunday Press. Superior Court. Before Chief Justice Oakiey. EATMARINK M, FORRUST YS, EDWIN FORRERT. TMIRTY SECOND DAY. ‘The Court was. on Saturday morning, crowded at an early heur, and the passages leading from the Park to the Court were so thronged that it was with difloulty thore whose duty called them there oould gain access. Mrs. Forrest. Mirs.N.P. Willis, Miss Virginia Sinclair, | Mrs. Richards and about a dozen other ladies. were ia attendance betire ten o'clook. Mr. Forrest was also early at bis post, attended by his frieads ‘ ‘ * * -* THE CHARGES OF CHIEF JUSTICE OAKLEY. Chief Justice Oakley then said:—Gentlemen of the Jury—It willnot take me long to submit this case to you. My ‘duty in respect to it lie« very plainly before me. Be: fore proceeding to it, however, I think it proper to notice | circumstances which have occurred in this case—more | of ad are all broken up, | | | | | | | | | | | | partioulariy one in respect tothe Court—becauss it gives _ me an opp(ziunity of expisining fuliy what I understand to be the relative duties of the Court aud Jury with Teepect to the trial of cases of uivoros, At the conclu- sion of bis address counsel for the defendant made use of « word which bas but one construction to be put on it —the imputing to the Court an unfriendly state of feel- ing. or, in other words, a feeling of hostility to one of the * js common saying, that circumstantial proof is often | should, for Instance. beli | thmony of Anna Flowers ix | It betrg, ting up the charge of aduitery as @ reason, that even if he haa been guilty of adultery, she is not entitled to a If Mrs. Forrest should succeed in sustaining her allegations against her husband, she would be entitled to aek for a divorce, and an allowance of alimony. Gentlemen, this case is o very peculiar one in many other respecta—it in truth in- volves the trial of several distinct cnuserof action, She charges him with adultery on several different occasions, with diferent ceroeae Th alleation charges her with adultery with rix different individuals, each of them in- volving the neconsity of inquiry. You, gentlemen, with the most perfect and most exemplary pxtience, have aid an attention to this case which will enable you ‘0 consider the evidence, and to come to a prudent and safe result. Itia not a case which depends upon a mi- pute examination of the whole t yy, but on the credibility or non oredibility of the witnesses. [f you the testimony of Doty, the nst Mr. Forrest. Ii the tes: be relied om, the proofs ara against Mra, Forrest asdeoidedly guilty of adultery, Al the witnesses, therefore, who hive spoken in respect to it, ereof auch a character that, it all are to be be- lieved po reasonedle doubt would be left that these charges are mutaaily supported against boti parties, therefore, # question cf eredibility of tha witnestes, all that the Court feels called om to do, i to state to you certain rules by which you are to judge (if they commend themselves to scur geod rense) of the eredlbilityof the witnsses Ro, in this case. when you come totry the charge against Mr. Forrest, you come to the affirmative of his suit, Mre Forrest's guill, which is to be proved; and if the testimony leaves it in reasonable doubt, you are to aa: whether the facts contained in the charges are proved Tn the next place, roference must be had to the general nature of the cage, and to some accompanying eircum- stances. It is a most extraordinary en Here are two persone living together up to a certain period, in an apparent state of affection aod harmony, which i eoddenly interrupted by their charging each othe with acie of infidelity, If their mutual allegations against each otber are to be taken as proved, it appears that both of these persons, anterior to the separation. lived in a mort abandoned manser—Mr. Forrest fre- quenting houres of a certain desorincion, kept by one Caroline Ingersoll, travelling about the eountry with « weman, spparently not even taking the pains to con- ceal their intercourse; while Mrs. Forrest lived ina state Iterous connection with various persons, And while all this was going on, it appears they were writing eech other letters, in the mest affectionate manner, Now, is it not therefore a most extraordinary case, when it becomer subject to observation and scruticy? Thisis what you are called upon to try. We have found here, gen- tlemen, during this trial, that there has been created about this case, not only in this court room, but in the public atmosphere, a feeling anda prejudice which are most dangerous in thier effeets, upon the just and proper administration of the laws ‘fo this, the press hatin a great degree contributed, by spreadingawall the details be- tere the public. The consequence bas been that in every tavern or bar-room, barber's-shop—every place, in fact, where pewspapers circulate, this matter has been made a eudject of constant trial People have taken tices upon it, and freely expressed their opinion, so that it weuld be singular indeed, if you, who have been obliged to live in the midst of this discussion, for thirty days, were not in some degre affected by it. Well, you ure called upon to decide on this caze in the midst of the greatest mass of perjury on ons side or the other, that I beve ever before witnessed while on the bench or at the bar. Let me here ray, that the evil which must me- cerrerily grow out of the publication of details of trials of this cbaracter is a very great one, and most injurious to the public morals. I dohope the Legislature of thiv Btate will regerd it as their duty to pass an act prohibiting the publication of trials of this kind till they are fully tried and decided bythe courts. Ithaa alwaysa tendency to create, and often does create, an impression all over the commupily, favorable or unfavorable to either of the parties involved. Ae a proof of this, you cannot but have seen, yourselves, gentlemen, during the Lipa Raed of this tial, that a strong sensation has been felt through this wlole assembly, of approbation or disapprobation, when any pointed or caustic remark has been made by the counsel on either side. Isball now proceed, continued the learned Jvdge. tocall your attention to rome rules of evidence in relation to the credibility of witnesses, In the first place, there is one king testimony whfot Suebte you to draw cerlain inferenoes fromit. It proofs are undoubtedly | hotter in some cases, than positive proof. Positive proof, parties in this case, I um quite satisfied that the coun- | sel did not intend to use the words he did use, in that repse. because it would be a very gross impropriety, and must have been known }y the counsel to be beyond the legitimate line of hisduty, Iunderstand that the re- merk was intended to intimate a belief on his part that the Covrt had an unfavorab! pression with respect to the case of his client, ard that the remark was mede for the purpose of instructing the jury of their duty to guard against the influences of any such unfaverabie impression, if it was laid before them. Gentlemen, a counsel, in the progress of atrial, and in ‘age which he thinks calls for it, has undoubtedly a tight to say to the jury, im plainer terms than th couneel in this case has used, that the Court has an im- pression against one of the partier, and that it is the duty of the jury to disregard this impression, and to rely on theit own convictions and views of the testi mony of the care. It is impossible, gentlemen, for a , in proceeding on the trial of such a cuse, as it ible for a juty, and impossible for a bystander, to hear the evidence in the care without forming an opinion upon it. Of necessity it must be +0; and I pre- sume no Judge ever tried a case without having! at the cloge of i a decided impression as to the bearing of the evidence. Ii, in the course of any remarks from the Judge. it appeor that such imprersion does exist, it is the duty periect right of the jury to think that his opinions and directions seem to be influenced in some degree by this impression of the Gourt; but I cwn say with great confiience that I have never sub- mittedia case to a jury, involving avy matter of interest, without distinctly apprising them of this fact; and {now say to you. gentlemen, in the most explicit manner, that whatever my own views may be in reepect to the effect of | | the fact sworn to; second, the general character of the | witnere- wben given by an honest witness, fs entirely satifac- tory; but a dishonest witness may rwear falsely in rela- tion to some circumstances, and escape detection more easily than Le could do if he tried to prove the guilt of a party by eircumstential evidence. It isaneasy thing for # man to ray that a party told Bim a certain thing at one time Now, that is calle® positive evidence, and it extremely difficult for @ man to guard agsivst. The evidence in this case, with one or two exceptions, Is circumstantial, The teeti- mony of Doty with respect to the act of aduitery be- tween Mr. Forrest and Miss Clifton, and the testimony of Anna Flowers as to the act of adultery between Mra, Ferrest and Captain Howard, ff believed, would leave no doubt upon the mind of anybody in relation to the guilt of either party, ‘There ure three tests with regard to the ¢redibility of evidence—first, the probability of and third, evidence containing contradictions. In relation to the ‘probability of testimony, the Judge said, that evidence eurrounded by improbable circum- stances, should always require strong proof to lead the mind to believe in ite truth. The character of a wit- nese did not. he said, depend upon the mere epinion or hearsay of others, aud should not be coneidered affested | thereby. We all know, he continued, that when aman ie guilty. there grows up, in a liitie while, a general ira- impression an to bis conduct, and’ it is that which gives the jury @ proper opportunity of judg- irg his character and seeing how far they’ may place reliance upon his testimony. Some men have speken of Mr. Doty, manifestly from a more personel knowledge they have had cf him in some tran- | tactions.and state that they would not believe him on evidence on the one side or on the other, you yourselves | are to determine what the effect’ought to be,according to your own conviction, of the fair operation of befcre you, because the verdict you render is not mine, but yours, and y © respentible for it. It is very dif- Hoult to call the attention of the jury to testimony in @ case vithout indicating, if un impression exista as to the rg of the evidence, what that impression is—it would be imprssible to do vo ; but I say to you, gentiemen, and with to be understocd distinetly, you are not to regard ference I may draw of the evidence, or any i Tenee you may draw of my opinions in this care, as ia- fluencing, in the slightest degree, your own judgment, A core frequently occurs in which it bece mesa duty, on the yart of the Court, to,lay before the jury, in erfensa, ail the evidence in the Cause. If justice Tequires it, ke coght to do it. If the Court thinks it pro- per, he bas always a right to do it, He has al- Ways the right to present to the jury the evidence, an siding them in the exe of their own judgment, and lading them to consideration, When the suggos- tions ere made in accordance with the views they them- relves tuke of the evidence, they, of course. adopt them; if they are notin accordance with those views, they re- ject them, always relying on themselves, aud uot on the dudge, bechuce Ubey are responsible for the justice of their verdict, Now, gentlemen, let me submit this case to you; and it is your first duty, in some degree, that you shell distinctly “and cleariy understand the nature of the irsuea bere formed, and what are the facts you have to try and determine. Mrs. Forrest has filed her com- plaintagainst Mr. Forrest, charging him with the act of adultery, under facts and circumstances, and at various times, as charged The only material circumstances in her complaint, which you are to decide, are those which relate to the woman Josephine Clifton, and that which | relates to his alleged reeorting to a house of @ particu- lar description, There is a great variety of other cbarges, accompanied with descriptions of time and place, but in relation to which no testimony was produced. These two things, therefore, are the material charges against Mr. Forrest. Mr. For- rest, on his pert, puts in an answer to. this com- laint,and, after denying her allegations, sete up against er counter charges of adultery with six men, naming them, Bhe, in reply to this answer, denies these charges; und thus the oase comen before you, A good deat of criticism bas been used, as to the effect and character of Mr. Forrest's answer ; it is said that he denied the alle- gations wade by plaintiff, but rimply denied that he wan guilty of the adultery charge e inferred that be did not mean to deny the broad fact itself It is necessary you ehould understand what is the nature of pleading. under the eode under which we are now proceeding. Lis allegation on one ride, and her allegation on the other, ate of no importance at all. The care stands, therefore, on these grounds—Mre, For- rest charges him with aduleery; he denies it, and charges her with adultery; she denies it-and that torms the ious ip this case ; and no effect is to be given to either perty, on one aide or the cther, a to the truth or falsity ‘These are the issues framed by these pleadings. Now, the court before whom motions ia the cure Were made, thougkt propes to direct certain iasuos sowing out of these allegations to be framed for this trial, Ihave arranged them, gentlemen, somewhat in a a ferent crder from what they appear on the face of the yiceeedings. The first queetion is, whether Mr Forrest is guilty of the adultery charged against him; for the p sintifl # allegation against the defezdant must first be Oispoted of, and certain incidental inquiries with respect to Che rest. The beat way for consideration will be to take bp thece questions im the order I have presented ction in—Has or has not Kdwia For with Catherine N. Porrest, tion? N conceded that there parties were mar lnc they came to thia country, and x Wor of years together in apparent ided here a num aarmony and pe ties nrose between Lhem,.which led, practisally, separation Out of that hesgrova thie sult, And this (uestion which is put to you, ts the question of the at the time and | | pise indicated in the complaint, leaving it thereby to oath, It is only, therefore, when a witnoes comes before you. and shows that he is acquainted with a man and his general standing in the community, and soys he wovld not believe him, that you are bound to place any crecit in the evidence of that witness, as affecting the , truth or credibility of the person against whom he tes- testimony | | | tifies. ‘Thus it in, that whenever an’ attempt is made to ach a witners. the counrel of the party against whom he tertifies has a right to enter into the question as to the charreter of such witnesr, by producing othera on the stand, and, by this meann, rhow the jury to what ex- tent they can place reliance upon what he swears to. Then, gentlemen, with respect to contradictions, it is #lways iinportant to lock at the whole evidence. When & jon comes upon the stand, ar 1 saw atrans: n when no person was , there is no means of contradicting him; for the party against whom he gives this evidence cannot reply, But if the jury be satisfied he bas made w faise statement, he is unworthy of credence. In this case. therefore, gentlemen, you m t apply the teat 1 bave already spoken of, nemely-~the gonerai character of | the witness in the community ; and where you finda train of circumstances all leeding to o certain result, you have to inquire. has that witness been contradicted inwny part of his testimony by that of others Judge next epoke of the testimony of Mre Underwood, which, he raid, was a long story, consisting of what Mrs. Forrest told and what che had dfrom others. It is your business, said he. to separate what eho says from her ewn knowledge, from that which #he has obtained from Mrs, Forrest and others, The confersions of Mra, Forrest, made st the time of the negotiations about a divorce, could not, he said, be permitted to have any eflect in their decition of the case. He then proceeded to explain the nature of the cese, and the points in isme between the parties ; and, an the first point, he took up that of the alleged criminal intercourse between Mr. For- rest and Misa (ood tes Clifton, as testified to by Doty. He cid not consider it necessary to attribute to Doty wilfal perjury. in bis statement ; and reviewed that portion of it in which there was a contradiction of dates in relation to the alleged act of criminality on board the steamboat Al- | bany. These contradictions were of such anature that no | prudent jury could rely upon the testimony. The Judge next reviewed the evidence of Andrew Jackson Allen, {m relation to the connection he had observed to exist be- tween Mise Ciifton avd Mr. Forrest, at Norfolk, Va, when they were on a theatrical tour of the country. If such & tate of Uuings stopped there, (he continued) the jury would bave to conrider, could they be reasonably ac- counted for, consistent with innocence of the parties? Most people would consider that it could; while others would hold that it could not. Passing on, then, but keep- ing Ju mind still the tants testified to, you come to treneaction whieh perhaps, is not the next in order of | time. Here the Judge reterred to the testimony of Dr. Hawkes. describing the scene in the railroad cara, and civing the opinion of the witness upon the canse of Mins Clifton’s Hlness on thet occasion. This opinton had been contradicted by the opinion cf other medical wituesses, and should have no weight with the jury. But leaving these contradictions aside, (sa'd the Judge) the fact re- meine tbat there was a degree of intimacy existing bet ween them, that may certainly be regarded as extraordinary. between a single lady and a married man. Io this con- neotion the Judge also alluded to the evide of Mr. Vester, who teatigied to having seen Mr For cus of Misa Cliften’s room one morning, in the Kage Hotel, in Alba In this case there was also the fact tetitied to, independent of the attending circamstance snd ii the jury were to ask themselves, could this inti- macy exist, yet be reconcileable with the innocence of Mr Forrest!” The visits of Mr Forrest to the house of Caroline Ingersoll was next spoken of by the Judge. Ic wast aleo fer the j y, in relation to this matter ct which be had offered vo explanation, could he have MORNING EDITION----MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1352. | propriety of thee requests ? The | PRICE TWO CENTS. ideas of any of us; but whether it contains anything {a | “testimony” to be taken, that had no further connestion the case as to her general disposition, and the propriety of her life, is for you to consider, [t would bea verydanger- ous matter to the guilt of adultery against «woman | Mountains who parm eo notions about socoial life and re- lations which may pot meet the approbation of Aponte views. ‘Then an attack has been made upon her truth, whic h of o her affidavit contained some contradiction of her own deolarations and acts. Now, you must not be deceived as to the effect of this, as it 18 not evidence against her, and cannot be used to her detriment. The Coxsuelo letter was next referred to by tho | Judge. This, he said, was a paper found in her drawer, | without any address or signature; but the handwriting | of which was identified by Mr. W. RK. Blake, as that of | Mr. George Jamieson, Having no direction, the Judge taid it might as well be considered addressed to any other woman. The identity of the letter must frst be | eetablished before it could be allowed in evidence: It will be remembered that @ long struggle took place | between the counsel on both sides, about the admission — of this letter, but it waa finally admitted, as Mra, For- | rest acknowledged it in her deposition. 1a commenting upon the charges as to adultery with the parties inon— tioned by Mr. Forrest's witnesses, the Jodge said be regarded the case abandoned as to Kichard Willis, Capt Cateraft, and Bamuel Marsden Raymond, and thatit yet remains to bo considered only as to N. P. Willis, Capt Howard, and George Jamieson The testimoay of , the Demings as to their seeing Mr Willis and Mrs. Forrest on the piazza of the house in Twenty- | fecond strovt, bo said should be weighed agaiust the testimony of tir Willis denying any euch | t ansaction, and if that evidence satisfies you that he has falsified the truth. you must pay no attea- tion to what he bas ttated. The testimony of Garvin has been subject to much crossexamination; and you will see whether it is to be relied upon, with regardto | the transactions which he swears to have aeen through | the window. There is a descrepancy in his afidavit, when compared with his testimony on the stand, which you must observe, aud say whether what he states bball outweigh the testimony of Mr. Willis. Bo also, ia regard to the evidence of John Kent, who deposes to | having been sent by Mr. Willis to Forrest, with a | letter; to her coming to Mr Willis’s house; her geing | up tothe room which had ben awigned ber; to his | going up in twenty minates after, end eecing Mr, Wil come out of her room, and hearing him eay, ‘Good | night, dear.’ The first inquiry is, whether Mc. Willis was really at the door of Mis. Forrest's room’ And here | ou have two occasions testified to, on which ivis mxid | 18. Forrest was seen by the witness at the house of Mrs. Willis. But there is elso a discrepancy with regard to these, and it remains for you. gentlemen, to | reconcile them aud determine what erdit is to attach to them, Now, you have testimony on this point of a most imposing charecter—that of Mrs, Willis, who states that on two occasions on which Mra. Forrest was there. she came there once at lier request, » note having been writ- ten and the witness sent with it, She further sayy that Mra, Forrest came to herroom stayed al! night. and went away next morning On the other occasion she says she was very ill,and that Mra Forrest also came agaia These ore the only occasions that have any resemblance to that testified by the witness, and his statement, whon compared with that of Mrs. Willis, exhibite a disore ney. The Judge adverted to the testimony of Anna Flowers in. relation to Captain Howard aod. Mrs Forrest, aud went over briefly the facts te to by her in relation to her being at Mr. Forreit Lee's, Mr. Dickinson's aad the House of Ref the testimony of otuer witnearesimpugniag her vecacity. Bome of the persons wuere she did live te:ti of her veracity; but the facts stuted by © Levins in her testimony as to her being found with Barney McOabe, still rewained. The jury were acovrd- ingly to weigh her evidence by the evitenca which ap- peared against her. Allusiing to the pubiication of the notice in the Hrnarp about Anna Flowers, asking her to call at the office of Mr. Sedgwick. the Judge said, that as it wos well known to Mr, feigwick she waa in thevity, thisuotice he nad no deubt,was a most uuworth transaction, designed to ansmr some evil purpose. al though thecounsel cid not eay it was written by the defendant, Yet if any attorney or counsel had itten it, he would have done that which would have disgraced and rendered him unworthy of the pro: fession, With the evidence of this woman coming before you, accompanied by ruch contradictions, can you rely upon it for the establishment of this fust ia relation to Osptain Howard and’Mra Forrest, as an affirmative fact ’ The Judge again adverted to tho Vonsuelo letter, the cir- cumstances attending its coming into the possession, and | Mre. Forrest’s conduct in preserving it-which. he said, would be different from the conduct of other women ua. | der similar circumstances. He thensubmitted the case | to the jury. | DELIBERATION OF THE ICRY. The jury retired at five minutes to 5 o'clock, aud at ten minutes to 7 o’cleck they sent in word that they wanted some instructions from the Court. ‘Tie Chief Justion waa ready to receive them, but they did not, hawever, come in til tem meieutes part / O'clock, when ! ‘The Clerk of the Court called over their names, and then called the plaintiff and defendant. Mr. Forrest and his counsel were in court, and Mr O’Gonor an. | swered for Mre, Forrest, who. with her friends lad lett at the termination of the judge's charge, The Clerk to the jury--Gevtlemen have you agreed? Foreman—We have not. May it please your onor, | there is a difference between the jury with regard to | fads Honor's charge as to whether frequent visita toa | ouse of ill fame was to be taken as sullicient proof of adultery, Chief Juntice—The jury are the judges of that. Ifyou are sativfied that the house is a house of ill jame, and that he visited there, thon you are to ray for what pur- pose he was there. It is a imatter of fact, and not of law aud it is for you to draw the inference, have to say, and thet isa!l Tom ray ‘The Foreman—That inthe only point, your Honor, in which the jury have any difficulty. The Chief Justice—Weil, gentleinen, you will please to retire. The jury then again retired, and at a few minutes to 3 o'clock they sent in another meseage to the Court, and the Chief Justice told the respective counsel that the Jury intimated that it was unnecessary for the court to walt; that they would seal their verdict when they had ree The Chief Justice then ordered the adjournment of the court to Monday morning, at 10 o'clock, whea the jury were directed to bring in a sealed verdiot At baif past 9 o'clock the jury agreed to (heir verdict and then separated; but. o! course, it remains a sealed secret until Monday morning. and ‘nothing farther can be known, but what may be inferred from the interro: gatory put by them to the Court when they re emterad at 6 o'clock, Addenda to Judge Oakley’s Charge, ew Yorn, \ Sin--In consequence of the condensed form in which the charge of Chief Justice Oakley in the Forrest case, ix published in our paper of this morning, great tnjus- tice js unintentionally done to Mr. Theodore Sedgwick As the reportis to be published in » pamphlet, which will. no doubt, have great circulation, 1 request (in the ab- rence of Mr. Sedgwick, who is not in town) that you will correct, in the pamphlet, the part of the charge referred That is all 1 honor's remarks on the point. You a further correction. by inserting after the ge the explanation, made at the time. by Mr. Van Buren, which I also enclore ou will also have the geodpens to otice these corrections in the Hrnarvot to- morrcw. Lam confident that you will acquiesce in the Lam, sir, respectfully, IL D, 5£DG Wick Editor of the New Your Your obedient, James Gonvow Besser, Keq Henan, PASSAGES RETERRED TO IN THE LETTER ‘This nctice appeared in the Hrraco of the loth, and wes « palpable falsehood, intended omebody: At this time ane had been in town, and with them con- linvaily, for five days. It is evident. therefore, that the | intertion of the advertirement wasa mere siam, Ai- though it wae stated that the advertisement was riguel by Mr. Sedgwick, 1 was most happy to find that this was | net the care; for if it had been done by any attorney or counsellor of the court. he would have sliown himself entirely unwerthy of his profession Mr Van Buren remaiked eg 8 the Chief Justice had said that it had been stated by counsel that the advertisement was signed by Mr. Sed. wick; that he had net suid so; he had said that the ad- vertirement directed her to call at the office of Mr Eedgwick. OPINIONS OF THE SUNDAY I TE FORREST CASR—ITS ANSURDITIES ITS CONSEQUENC! (From the Sunday Atlas, Jan, 25. Theaction at law, which Mra Catharine N. Forrest insti- tuted against her husband, in the Supreme Court, Judge Onkley presiding, was brought to a close, so fat as the testimony was concerned. last Tuesday. Mr. John Van Buren, counrel for the defence, at once procesded with bis argument, which occupied two days. The report which we have read does not meet public expectation ard the learned gentleman will not have justice dons him, unlers he writes out bis speech for the press, ‘The trial bas formed an epoch in the history of our ju- dicature; and it is hoped that it will not pars down to posterity asa precedent. Ithag rather been the trial of av indictment sgainst the rou's, wantons, and vices of the other things, that [S FOLLIES | city and of the whole age,than a mooted libel for divorce. dow what be is charged with,and be porlectly innocent? | We now come io the caso against Mrs, Forrest, on hie | port. Much has been paid to indicate two thinge= first Mre Forrest's principles on the subj-ct of social rela. tiens and moral cilcumstances, indicating 4 desire on ber part to disregard the ordinary rules ot society, and giving tite to presumptions that she would be in dangsr of falling it exposed to temptation, This rested prinei- pally om & cerlalo letter written by her, which expounds general views Of hers, that might uot exactly meet the | and permitted a0 uamewse auiou The dead. as well as the living, have been arraigned to answer “for deeds cone im the body,’ Mics Josephine Clitton was mort inhumanly exhumed, to stand the teat of judicial enquiry; and, whilst her sheeted ghost has stalked before spectator, judge, and juror, no defence bas been allowed it, and it has been tullered to depart, Icaded and blackened with the iofamy Ct @ harlot, No voice was raised to rescue the tame ot the jowly tenant of the tomb, from the merciless lah of the liteller and perjured sland-rer. rN. P. Willis has been charged with adultery—Anna Yiowerr with b rdy, theft, and infunticide—Mrs, In gereoil with being » procuress ana the keeper of horem—-Ceptain Ualleraft has been required to plesd to the charge of reduction--Mre, Underwood has stood acoured of perjury—Mre. Voorbien Las been held up as @ common bard, though pow in Jtaly—otr, Raymond as a or genorel—Captain Howard as. a Ddiackguard | cl, Upped with the baver qualities of « 1 sn adulterer, But the catniogue of the ac pomeraved Such @ trial in God's name, wa | ene, such oo, such ® parade of | y, omiliefomy, wt ye repeated. vatioe Oakley, Who in despite of bis fiemners ay a mun bis knowledge 1 his regard for ev handed justice, eviden « fayor Of the fair ap- Pelleut. has extended the ne vie to both partioa, ot wal was called | it recestary to recapitulate | for the pertle | Frlence pretty eevere!y tried. The pai | Bach | pantaloons. With the cage (han it bad with any cf the questions in @la- pute that are brought before the tribunals of the Oxerk Vor what purpose, unieay it waa to dram the plethoric exchequer of the defendant, all this mis- called teatimony was taken, we cannot imagine. Little, if any of it. was referred to by counsel in their erge- ourse the counsel had a perfect right to do, because | ment, whilst the mass of it was pronounced worthless and unreliable, Even Mr. Jobn Van Buren rejected the testimony of Robert Garvin, who originally waa regarded as his main witners, as a rpecien of evidence cricuiated cnly to ciminate Mrs. Margaret Bineclair, The fast and too willing testimony of Doty, was by common consent, pronounced corrupt end worthlees—the mere emanation ofa man who was willing to be used when paid for the wervice The plaintiff sued for divorce, and charged her hutband with sdultery; and this charge formed the iseae for the Jury to copsider and cecide. Zo teat the validity of the ebarje, it Was necessary (o produce witnesses who could testify tothe fact. Not one such wa h though we do not kuow what our very busy fellow citiaen, Mr Thomas Wh. y, Whe was four tines ht to the stand, wou'd bave Cold, if bistips had noe been heriuetically sealed and bis stomach corked up, by Mr. Juetice Oakivy. Aud after thisiong trial of tweaty- seven working daye. not a particle of proot was brought forward to make good the charge of adultery. The ex istence of every Lhing elve, the Late French coup d'etat in- cluded, was proved to the ratisfuction of court mod jary. Buch a waste oft patience, wit, wisdom. law, and learning, was ve do etween the days f Jastioen and Mr susie We do not censure the dge, however Tle waa go- verned by that modern species of reform, called the New Jode of Practice, nod be let the litigents © get their bel- fee full’ We bave said that Mr Justice Oakley was «vidently biased in fevor of the lady. We repent 4 wado n ato censure him for it. He eaw before him a beauliiul womnas-—« women who we (bink,in in- (wilect, quite equal Lo Madame de Stuel. appealing to the tribunals ef her country for justice and protection; and how could he resist the fuscination she presented? It was evidert to us al times, that the fMonorable Chief ice made a strong eflort to reriet aud cast aside the rence of woman: but be soon relapsed into that ne- aud generous feeling which i4 common to us all, when loveliness presente ttself in the guise of insured iu- prcence endecullering virtue We cannot doubt, how- ever, that Judge Oakley was actuated wt all times by » igid )egurd for justice. truth and morality. Whilst we write, Mr. Justicn Oskley is delivering his obarge to the jury o, this is not the time, nor js our fice the place in which to write thet impartial review of the whcle tria!, which we intend to give our | readers hereafter. But we may as well adda word or | two, We have long aad iotimately known Mr. and Mes, | Lorvest, As for the husband, we do not believe there is | a more honorabie man in the wide world. Mia werd ia | bis bend and bis oath; und the human being does not exist who can justly accuse him of falsehood, or of an aot which # proud spirited, high minded. and gallant gentlemen should blush to own, We believe he has beea grorely. barely. and mont wantonly injured, Mrs Forrert we regard as a lady of inGnite worth—ot tuperior intelligence—of great taleut—endowed by the Almighty with e noble and a generons heart. We think and believe that she hus imprudently deported herself | m many instances, and has perpstiated follies which Ju d | would render any man who loves nis wife, jealous aud Giscon(ented ‘The question of her guilt or innooence ia | ulope known to herseif and Almighty God She has not, at avy rate been proved a wanton, unless testimony which fs 80 monstrously absurd, and so positively um- | oaiurel, that it staggers human credulity, and seta pro- | lability at defiance, be acoepted and adopted We have not a doubt in reference (0 what the verdict of the jury he—we believe thet we con anticipate it correctly; ere idle to give our impressions to the reader. Since We concluded the foregoing tewarka, we bave received the charge of Judge Oakley. Lt is free, i partial. maniy—aend is honorable to the, candor teliigeuce, and exalted reputation of that venerabl pounder of the law. The charge is brief, and, ia sub- 8 instructs the jury that if they can rely on the testimony ¢f Anna Flowers on the ons hand, and that of Doty on the other, they ought to find both parties, from the Very nature of the suit, it being a cross nction, guilty of adultery In that event, the partis ill be left where were at the outset of the trial, 1f the jury fiad Dir! Forrest guilty, snd hie wife innocent, they would say“ proven;” and rice versa, In the event of a verdiot | adverse to the defendant, of course the jucy would de- de, ag a sequence, the question of alimony, The Judge instructed the jury at rome length, in reference to the uature of the testimony they were to consider, and their prerogatives in relation to it; but. aa it was but « repetition of what severy day charged we do not dsem, G Judge Oakley admitted that he had sympathized with Mrs Forrest during the triel, and very trankiy tated that it was imporsibie to avoid such things; but declared het he Lud ulvested homself of rejudi Ve are very cure that everybody who rrada the charge Will be satisted of the entire trath of (he ayowal END OY INE FORREST Trial [From the Sunday Courier January 25 } ‘The casejof Forrest v. Forrest may weil be called a trial immedintely interested in it are not the only ones that have been eorely tried by its tong continuance —to say nothing of the judge, the jury, the witnesses and the reporters, the public and the publishers of newspa- pes, have come in for their share, aud have had their sullered mont i reputetion did not happ be on trial—Mr. Forney, whose atrocious case of Forney- cation rcems to have gained bim the universal condem- of the whe's public, aud Mr. Ven Buren, whose ferment of his client's care has made a reot iw his reputation as # lawyer that will not very easily be mended. Asto the merits of the case, it would be decidedly im- proper for us to give] nion while it isstillia the haves of the jury. who have been compelled to rit through the whicle trial as it has dragged its slow lengtle along, with no other proapect than tus reward of a #hil- hing at the close, to recompense them for their !oss of time. Never, einee the famous trial of Queen Garoline, the wife of that worthles protligate, King George the Fourth, basa trial for divorce cecupied 80 much of the public a tenticn, or umed so much time, os this auit ofone ot the maumic Kings of the foot lights. While the care bas becn going on, of course all suits in the court ia ¥hich it bas been tried, bave been of neeesity put off; and the vexutions, the inconve- Hievces, nnd al the disegrecable contequences growing cut of a demertic quarrel between @ mau and hia wife, which might have been arranged in baif an hour by the intervention cf friends, ifthe law had not been resorted to, teo great an estimate can hardly be made for the suf- fe1ings of individuals who wera in no possible way impli- cated in the quarrel, ‘Toe case has been an impediment to the ccurse of justice; it has beea lke two cartmem biccking up a crowded strev(, to settls their own private }, while all the ommibuees, carts, carr nie and disgusting trink wit tyes of the puptic tothe cur law of divorce, and that it t where they are more hh of our civillaw. Let y it will be the means of ted ia it ten times more beve arisen trom the U ment of the princi. alé to their private meauect redress, CLOSE OF THE FOR From the Sunday Heesener uirly one days of apxiety ard e2citement— 1 t of the principals and their tinmeé- excitement on the part of the public— timony inthis intere-ting case hus been brought ¢,{he counrelon both sides have summed up at length. the Ohief Justi * delivered his charge, ry have agreed their verdiot under ne the suit be \ than in any other ined dey real, and all New York qui vive to heax the de cision The cage, take it altoget ost extraordini exe.” Now that nil the ts, we came toe why the di flicultte ire his wife rbould ever have been | proceed. ings. Throwing cut t Doty against Mr. Forrest, and of Ann Fle 28. vorredt—end the Chief Justice dizcredits (he statements of both—we can find no positive procf of criminailty against of the parties to theeule dais _ The verdict upon which the Jary have agreed, and which they will place in the hands of Chief Justice Oak- ley to-morrow morning. ts, of course, unknown to us: but as the act is nocomplished. and cannot be affected by any “outsice influences,” we will venture the surmise that the award is * not proven,” as respects both parties, ‘The imprersion, however, among such persons as we had an opportunity of conversing with up to a late hour last nigh, was different from our own—tbat is, that the ver- dist was in favor of Mrs. Forrest, and againat Mr. Forrest, on ai! the points at iar There bas been some remarkably bold swearing during Witneeses must have the trial, and more than one of the been guilty of perjury. Fally nalf of the evidence has had xo bearing whatever upon the points sought to be establiched, and ought to have been ruled out. It is too bad to consume the time of Agymen with such frivolous stuff as the testimony in relation to the sinoking of segare by Mrs, Fortest, snd other matters of like unpleasant obaracter. From Oret to last the trial haa been conducted with propriety and decorum, The Chief Jastice has presided with dignity; the counsel have vigilantly and ably de- fended the Interests of their respective cliente, and mot bullied the witnerses more than is usualon such eccas tiony; the jury have sat out the thirty-one days with ex- emplery patience; end we now wait the result, with the full expectation that the verdict will be fair, impartial, nad satisfactory to the public mind, if not to the parties themecives, Ce Joun Espxserew, ror Mur- ie nm, who was tried at Newark, x. J of marder, was convicted. cf guilty om Saturday morning The Newark dvertinr eays:--"After the prisoner hud beard the verdict he wept viclontly aud became greatly agitated. He « very pale nud einacia This merning he reed with officer r yer. giving directions aa to Property, the manner of quested Me, Bachweyer to pr thirt, which bed never been * leek coat and ve cloth or buckskin rhoes, with bl to wear at his execution, W dostred shall take place on Tpeeday next. ey ha ia reagned to bis fate Phe eentence will De ptor ucwoced next Thareday, at do'cioc’, P.M” rel. &e Ue re- acleag, new