Monthly Chronicle.

Middlesex , merchant , did compass , imagine , & c . and to fulfil his treasonable cornpassings and imaginations , on the istof March aforesaid , and on divers other days , as well before as after , at Old Ford aforesaid , & c . The count countained eleven overt acts . The second count was , that the said William Stone was adhering to , aiding , and assisting the powers exercising the powers of government in France . Overt -acts , the same as in the first count . Mr . Wood opened the case for the prosecution . . The Attorney General then candourSeveral witnesses

rose , and spoke for three hours with the greatest . were called to prove the handwriting of the prisoner . Mr . Cockayne , Attorney at Law , of Lyon ' s Inn , was cross examined by Mr . Serjeant Adair , Counsel for the prisoner ; and the Court , having sat till near eleven at night , adjourned till nine the next morning . 29 . The Court met at nine o ' clock , to proceed on the trial ; the Jury had . been accommodated with beds , & c . at a neighbouring tavern , but were under the custody of Sheriff ' s officersand not permitted to have communication with

, any person , or suffered to read any newspaper . Two witnesses were examined on the part of the prosecution respecting letters which were found in the possession of Mr . Stone at the time of his being apprehended , and were produced in evidence . At , eleven o ' clock the evidence for the prosecution being closed , Serjeant Adair entered upon the defence . ' After the learned Gentleman had concluded his speech , he called several witnesses , who chiefly spoke to the character of Mr . Stone ; they all agreed in an excellent report of him .. and with his usual

Mr . Erskine next rose in behalf of the prisoner , eloquence went through the whole case . The defence being closed , the Solicitor General rose in reply ; after which , the Lord Cliief Justice judiciously summed up the evidence . - At ten minutes past eight o ' clock the . Jury retired , and at eleven they returned , when the Foreman pronounced a verdict of " Not Guilty . " The instant the words were uttered by the . Foreman , a burst of applause broke out in the Court , and out of it in the Great Hail , in which there was a vast concourse of lewho shouted loudly for a great while . In the Court a

peop , Gentleman stood conspicuously forward in the uproar , and Lord Kenyon observing him , ordered him to be taken into custody . When he was brought forward before the ' Bench , he said he hoped the Court would excuse him forthe excess he had been guilty of , for that he really could not controul his feelings . - Lord Kenyon . — " It is the business of a Court of'Justice to correct those who cannot controul their feelings . Let him be fined 20 I . and be confined until the fine be paid .- " > - *

It is thought necessary , for public information , to state more fully than has hitherto been done , the conduct ofthe Grand Jury ofthe city of London , at the late sessions at the Old Bailey , on Tuesday , ' January 12 , on the indictment for high treason against Crossfiel ' d , Smith , Higgins , and Le Maitre . It is given by one of the Jurors , and we therefore readily insert it . It may not he improper , he remarks , previously to mention , that the Recorder , in hischarge ( if it may be called a charge ) barely intimated to the jury , " that as there was no material matter to come before them , it was needless to take up their

time ; " and therefore " dismissed them . " Hence it may be presumed , that the Recorder had not been apprized of the black catalogue of crimes , being more than usually filled with indictments for treason , forgery , perjury , burglary ,, & c . Be that as it may ,- the Jury liad not sat many hours , before the Clerk of the Arraigns delivered to them the indictment above mentioned , and observed , " that when the Jury entered ' upon it , the Solicitor of the Treasury , who acted for the Attorney General , would attend the examination of the ivitnesses . " U his retiringthe Jury deliberately debated for some time on the

intimapon , tion they had received , and on the nature of the oath they had taken , having been sworn to secrecy , and to act' without favour or affection ; that no person under heaven , however exalted . his character or station , could stand for them between Cod and their consciences ; that if the unhappy men they had already found bills VOL . VJ . . ' T