onment;

that, the accused had remained in England, always faithful and

devoted to his daughter and himself in their exile; that, so far from

being in favour with the Aristocrat government there, he had

actually been tried for his life by it, as the foe of England and

friend of the United Statesas he brought these circumstances

into view, with the greatest discretion and with the

straightforward force of truth and earnestness, the Jury and the

populace became one At last, when he appealed by name to

Monsieur Lorry, an English gentleman then and there present,

who, like himself, had been a witness on that English trial and

could corroborate his account of it, the Jury declared that they had

heard enough, and that they were ready with their votes if the

President were content to receive them.

At every vote (the Jurymen voted aloud and individually), the

populace set up a shout of applause. All the voices were in the

prisoner’s favour, and the President declared him free.

Then, began one of those extraordinary scenes with which the

populace sometimes gratified their fickleness, or their better

impulses towards generosity and mercy, or which they regarded

as some set-off against their swollen account of cruel rage. No man

can decide now to which of these motives such extraordinary

scenes were referable; it is probable, to a blend