Staunton Spectator, And General Advertiser

The reporters of the Canadian papers at McLeod's trial (says the New York Express,) seem to have been a good deal surprised to find the Yankees so quiet and orderly a people, and that the laws were actually administered with impartiality. As the trial proceeded they were forced to own the injustice of their preconceived opinions, and in their letters they make a frank acknowledgment to that effect. The correspondent of the St. Catherine's Journal, writing while the trial was still going on, says:

"Now, as to the jury, a more intelligent, upright, and honest set of men could not be selected within the limits of this continent. They are to a man, religious, and members of the Temperance Society; this I know, for they all occupy room adjoining my own, at the Temperance House in this city. And further, in relation to those attending this trial, I have not seen as much confusion or disturbance, or any indications of the like nature, as would cause annoyance to the most devout worshippers in any Christian meeting that I ever attended, and it is so very different from what I anticipated that I have no words to express my admiration and feelings upon the subject; and I have no hesitation in declaring that I do not believe that a more fair and impartial investigation, in a case of life and death, was ever held in any country.
The Montreal Courier says:

"The noble manner in which Mr. McLeod's cause was conducted by Mr. Spencer has called forth a general expression of approbation, and it is felt that if the sentiments expressed by that gentleman are common to many of his countrymen, there can be little danger of hostilities arising between the two countries. The correspondent of the Herald, writing from Utica, notices the generous warmth manifested by the counsel, and infers from it that the animosity which we believe to exist in the United States against England and Englishmen is not so acrimonious as we fancy."