The Lord Justice Clerk then proceeded to detail the evidence, and to illustrate the law as it bore on the case in question. It was, he said, his bounden duty to state to them what the law of Scotland was, in relation to such an unfortunate affair as had come before them that day: but instead of stating the law in his own words, he would rather lay it before them in the words of the best authors on criminal law, and the first to whom he would refer was Sir George Mackenzie, who had laid it down as clear and decided law, that killing in a duel was murder, and quoted several cases in support of this opinion. The next author to whom he would refer the jury was Mr. Baron Hume, the standard authority on criminal law in Scotland. From the quotations read by the Lord Justice Clerk, it was clear that Mr. Hume completely coincided with Sir George Mackenzie as to the ancient practice: Mr. Hume states, that in later times, some juries had taken upon them to deliver verdicts of not guilty in such cases; but he clearly states, that such decisions were not in conformity to the strict law of Scotland. Mr. Burnet, also a valuable author, expressed himself much to the same effect with the other authors. The law, therefore, on such matters, he considered to be quite settled. The indictment charged Mr. Stuart with malice, but there was not even an attempt to substantiate that part of it. On the contrary, it appeared that he was utterly ignorant who the author of the calumnies was, before he saw the papers in Glasgow. The jury would also keep in view the nature of the offers made by Mr. Stuart, his conduct in the field, as well as after the sad event; the contrition he expressed for the fatal blow, and the total absence of all vindictive feelings on his part. In the whole course of his practice he never had heard higher, or more distinct and discriminate praise bestowed on any character; and, in good taste, the evidence on this part of the case consisted of gentlemen, who were opponents to the prisoner in politics. He lamented, and the public groaned under, the lamentable licentiousness of the press: he hoped it would cease. The jury, after a few minutes’ consultation, without leaving the box, returned an unanimous verdict of “Not Guilty.” The Lord Justice Clerk, then turning to Mr. Stuart, congratulated him on the favourable result. BETWEEN THE DUKE OF BEDFORD AND THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. May 2, 1822.