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(60 grizte Snteltignice. SURIMY. Gt./moron!), Jut At 8. lVillietn W0n:1%‘,11,1 got, imlictirti for trioninaaly killing vnd slaaiii George Wil.oa Strvenb. at Ciapheia, un the Jilt (II Jtipf. Nlr. Adolphus conducted the proseciitior, and called Emu wbose e•tdenee it appe•atl that the pri sal sone' was the drire r of a bagg a g e wageoe ql . Ilie 14 " At tillery, on its way t num Essex to Richmond, on the top of which were riding the deceased, an lama of lender and his moth, r. The prisoner's wagon, being the last in the line of the train to which it was a tiarlied, had logged bellitisl.and lie toeing anxious to redeem his station, whipped his betties thriotisly, in consequence of whirl) the vehicle was driven with violence again.' a lamp-post at Clapham, and the deceased was thrown tlom the wag gon upon the grmind, and his brains were dashed out. The unhappy incebrr waS ;il.O no 111110 nt j ur ed by the fall as to be unable to give her attendance. The prisoner, in Ilk defence, put in - a written paper, which expressed his sorrow for the unhappy e. t t l y,l which, as the father of children himself, lie lamented with unaffected regi id. The Jury, under the Learned Judge's direction, found the prisoner 06111.-I . le was sentenced to eix mouths' linpri•oninent in the County John simpsets was indicted on the Coroner's for feioniously kiliing and slaying Jane Morgan, on the 15111 of April last, in the parish of St. Thomas, iu the Bu tough of Southwark. The prisoner was the driver of a Chatham stage coach, and about eight o'clock in the evening of the day men tioacd in the indictment, it being deck. he waTi di is Ong at the rate of eight notes an hone, thiongh the Borough, when the deceased. a WUlllitti tar genie in ptegnaiicy, was crossing the road. and before she vs as :male el her danger, she was 'snacked cloven by the leader, when the wheels of the carriage went over her body, 'noise her ribs, up tined her abdomen, and produced premature parturition. She was taken up in a lifeless state, and carried to St. Thomas's Hospital, vs here she died the next day, her in fant surviving her two days. he prisoner, when spuken to upon his misconduct, behaved with great insolence, and -in the most tinfeeling 'Danner. The Jury immediately fume' hint Guilty, and the Chief Justice, alluding to the but too frequent carelessness of persons in his situation ill life, expressed a hope that this nielanclird v eat a: . tt c' 'lie wonld be w ui iiing to Whets against a brutal indifferetiee to the safety id their fellow-cieatiires, and, taking into calash's.' main the tit cone:lance that he bad been already confined for sixteen wee ks, beldelleed bim to be further imprisoned in the Comity Jail fur tour Calendar moonlit'. Edward Henzell, a young man of superior manners and appearance, was put to the bar, charged with stealing 54 quarters of a arley, the pi tipei ty of Mr. Clitistephet Duncan, _late an eminent corn factor and poop' idiot of Scott's Wilda. Brrmoadsey, This case, Iron" its vety peculiar circumstances, excited an uncummon degree of interest, and the Cutlet was caressively crowded. A great nnenber of Gentlemen from the Cure Matket, Lon don, were in attendance. Messrs. 'Rolland antl Tartan appeared for the proseen tion, and Mr. Common Sergeant and Messrs. Andrews and Adolphus conducted the prisoner's defence. It appeared by the evidence for the prosecution, that the prisoner was in the a mploymein of iMr. Deisicau at the time of the alleged eilleuce, and had previously served an appren ticeship to that gentleutu in. it was the custom at heott's Wharf to receive coru it to the granaries fur tither persons, who afterwards fetched it away ; and it seemed that e s when it remained any time in bulk, would swell coasiderably, and on being measured out to the pereem to w hum it be longed, there often was an oveip us, which in the liimuage of the trade, was called crotchells, or coichells, and was uniformly considered as the perquisite of the owner of the granary ur his servants. In October, ISIS, about bOO quarters of barley were lodged in the granary of Mr. Dun can, fur a Mt. Boston, and when some time afterwards the barley was measured out to the latter, there remained au overplus of about five quarters and a half. The pi isoner observed at the time to the mall whose duty it was to mea sure it, that it had !steamed very well, and lie vs tould send a cart to the wharf for the crotchet'. He did so, and the five quarters-aud-a-kalf were fetched away by his order to a place in Lambeth. It was usual on suck occasions to send a •• delivery note" to the warehouseman, but this was not done in this instance. The prisoner about the same time sold five-quarters-and-a-half of barley to a merchant at the Cornanarket, on his own account. When the circumstance came to the know ledge of Mr. Duncan some time afterwards, he caused the prisoner to b' takes' to Union Hall Police Office, st here the cause underwent a long investigation, and was detailed at great length in the newspapers at the time. The result was, that the prisoner was liberated upon proper security being given fur his appearance whenever he should be called upon; and bills of indictment having been pre. fcrred alpinist him at these Assiaes, he now suricndeled to take his trial. Mr. Duncan, in his examinations in chief, deposed, that the prisoner had no authority from him to dispose of the corn, that he sold it entirely vs ithout his knowledge, and that he matte accounted whim (Mr. D.) for the motley for winch it was sold. In his cross-examination he said he was now a bunks apt. At the time he made the charge at Union Hall he owed the prisoner 5001. but the elt At was sitter liquidated. The prisoner put sit a written defence, w which he totally disclaimed say dishonest intention towards Mr. Duncan, and imputed 'Delicious motives to the latter in this prosecution. Nr fui slier averred, that it was the custom for a person, named Ball, who was foreman to Mr. Duncan, to make all entiy, in a book kept for the purpose, of any pain abut was fetched away from the warehouse in the manner debt ribed, and at the tiire he had tit. diiiiht that this was thine, and that he sat rendered accountable for the amount to Mr. Duncan. ,Ir. Ball produced the entry book, but it did not appear that the grans in question was ever entered by lent. He riot rd that illr custom was as the pnsoucr describe d. Mr. Henze'', father to the prisoner, was called. and was strongly agitated on entering the witness box. Ile deposed, that Mr. Duncan aas related to him by marriage, and that he (witness) had udsatired him money. Mr. was at his tiou•e for six months in le 19, it'd w,utrss often heard him spi ak of " those (rote hells," and stenidergd Ned, mci.nilaz the prisoner, , did net get rid of them. lard Mr. D. say ih it Ned aas very Ili vet at buying and telling, and that tic could get rid of the Ltutchells. lie had more that% THE NATIONAL REGISTER. once heard his son and Mr.D. laughing about the crolchells, and debating jocularly rhether or not the money that they ei mild sell for should he given to Mrs. Duncan to buy bonnets or n ibbinis, or u hat else should be done with it. Never he,iril Mr. Dittman make any emnpluil t of his son's conduct until after vv it ,, ess sent as es r cut ioo i, to his house fur the llltllley thilt be owed hill.. I tio sun i left Mr. Duncan previous in the execution be in,: sent Mes.r... I lunt, C,. ell, ‘Vliite, and several other gentlemen, poe the prisoner the In st character for lotegrit 111111 des cribed him as having unifoi tidy borne tile reputation of an holiest young luau its all lealtntellllll4. The Chief Justice slimmed up the evidence with great mi nuteness and impartial ty, and the Jury, consulting fur alma a minute, ream ned a verdict of Nut Guilty. The prisoner bowed tespecifully to the Court and Jury, and retired apparently much ;alerted, accompanied by his numerous frieni.s. Sentence of death was passed upon the several capital convicts found guilty during the As-ize. 111611 TREASON. The Special Commission was opened at Paisley on l'oesday morning, at ten o'clock. James Speirs was brought to the bar, accused of heading a mob, on the 3d of April last, which stopped the cotton-walks at J Millstone and neighbourhood. The Court, at twelve at night. adjourned till the next moult ing, the evidence for the Crown having been closed.— Toe Court met again on Wednesday morning, and, at four o'clock on Thursday morning the Jury were en closed; about half past five they retort:eel a verdict, finding the prisoner Guilty of the 15th overt act of the first count, :mil, on account of his Conner good charac ter, hord the Court would recommend him to the clemency of the Crown; hut this mg being considered the regular mode of returning 'be findings by the Jury, they were Advised to retire again and return a special verdict, finding hint guilty on the first count; and hav ing been absent about five 'Moines, they again returned linto Cu'n, finding him Guilty of that part of the first count laid in the indictment, viz.—compelling his Ma jesty's subjects to strike work, &c. The Lord J usih e Clerk, a little unacquainted wi.h this siogutar verdict, observed, that one of Ms learned brethren being absent, who was more versant in these matters, he begged the Jury to be seated, till the Lord Chief Baron should be sent for, tie having raged at two o'clock, through laliene. Tne Lord Gild' Baron arrived in about 15 minutes, and explained the pilot of law lii the Jur , but they continued to adhere to their former return; out which his Lordship said, that hurling the prisoner guilty of a particular overt act, wss no finding at all, hot that they must find hint guilty or not guilty of a count of the indictment, as the tilieenth overt act of the first count was comsected with two of the other counts winch form the indictment. The Jury again retired, at a quarter past six, and rettgued agant at :25 intoutes past seven, when Sir Mi chael Sitaw S;eWarl, the cureto.m, read the verdict of the Jury from a manuscrivt copy, finding that the prisoner did strike work, and compel others to do the same on the 3d of April. The Court found this as insufficient as the former verdicts. The Lord Chief Baron again explained the law, as to the overt act being linked in more counts than one. and the Clerk was ordered to read the several overt acts to the Jury. Sir Michael said, he understood the point, but the Jury were not agreed hi that way. They then retited again, after being inhumed, that they could not be separated till they were unalliniOUS. They returned a e ain and gave a verdict of Not Guilty, when the audience, in general, commenced cheering. The Lord Chief Wont immediately got his eye on a young Malt who was clapping his hands and cheering, and he was nista:illy ordered to be taken into custody, and brought before the Court, and he was, after an animated speech by the Lord Chief Baron, sentenced to be committed to gaol. The huzzatog commenced by the crowd out of doors the moment ;he Marring comimuced in the Cioncli, atid the Sheriff was ordered to go out and take MOWS to preserve the peace. 'lite Lord Chief Justice then, in an impressive speech. dismissed the prisoner Irmo the bar. Mr. Grant came to Spcirs, and taking him by the hand, said, he hoped he would take care what company he. kept in future, and not get into a like serape again. John Lang was then put to the bar, and the Jury having been sworn hi, The Lord Ache male said, he would call no evidence, and the Jury hound him Aot Guilty. ' Alter a suitable admonition from the Lord Justice Clerk, he was dismissed from the bar. This finished the business in Itenlrewshire, and the Court then adjourned till the Ist December. An immense crowd surrounded Mr. Grant and Mr. Sandford (the teen Counsel for the prisoners) on their leaving the Court, and ac-:ompanied them to their lialg. ings, after which they returned in a peaceful mantic towards the Cross. A letter from Dover says,—" The number of passengers passing from this port fir Calais, Ostend, and Boulogne, have for the last fortnight been as considerable as ever known, and from the Continent nearly the same number returning; messengers ana dispatches continually crossitig." • A ineetino• of the inhabitants of Greenwich tool place at the National School-roots, at eight o'clock on Thursday night, when an Address to the Queen was agreed upon, and a deputation appointed to present the same. A splendid service of china was on Wednesday presented to Colonel Davies, M. P. for Worcester, by his coustituentS, It had beets twes years in pre. paratiou. THE QuEEN.—.-Her Majesty, the Queen, though not officially informed of the death of her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, was not only allied to her as a sister-in-law, but also by blood, as her cousin, has, at the suggestion of her own feeling,3, in consequence of that melancholy eveut, postponed tor the present receiving several addresses which were to have been presented to her. Among them is the address from Norwich, (Edward Taylor. Esq. the Sheriff of which City, has been in town fur the purpose of waiting upon her her Majesty ;) and also the address of the mechanics and artizans of the Me. tropolis, who were to have assembled on Monday in Hyde Park, in order to proceed to Brandenburgh House. The Algeminc Zeilung contains accounts from Naples of the I4th, in which it is said, "The Cheva. her Tocco is going to Paris and London, on a mis sion similar to that of Prince Cariati to Vienna.— General Nugent is nut gone to Rome, as was re. ported, but to Malta. This brave General, one of the best Generals in the Austrian service, nearly became the victim of their fury ; it was the English Ambassador who saved his life. His Excellency claimed him as being born an English subject, and obtained his release, and conveyed him in his own carriage to his hotel, through crowds of a tumul. tuous populace." • Advices front Margarita of the 17th of June state that General D'Evereux reached that island on the 12th, where he was received in the most distin guished manner by General Arismendi, and the other authorities of the Republic of Columbia.— The commission of General of Division was con ferred upon him, and he was also presented with the order of Liberator. He was to sail immediately to take the command of the Irish Legion at Rio de la Hache, but the defection of that part of the le. gion under Montilla of which he would be soon apprized, would probably produce a change in his intended plan of operations. The Address of the Married Ladies of the Metro• polis and its vicinity will be received by her Majesty on Wednesday next, at two o'clock, at the house of Lady Francis. St. James's square. A vast number of most respectable ladies have igned this address. The following is from Hanover :—We are assured that the Coronation of his Majesty in his quality of King of Hanover, will be postponed to the month of June in the ensuing year. ~)oltce. UNION HALL.—In consequence of information re ceived at this Office, a warrant was issued on Thursday night to search the noose of a person, named Barnett, near the Surrey Tneatre, who was accused with keeping a gambling house, under colour of keeping a spruce beer shop. At the appointed hour the whole of the pose censilalus proceeded to the rendezvous, where they pined .11111116S1011 arter ►nitch difficulty. 'Foyle first ols ect was to secure the woman at the bar, with as little noise as possibl , and this being accomplished, they WO. ceeded to the back parlour, where they heard a rattling, as if of dice, and the echo of many voices and foot steps; but the door was locked. A council was held as in what was most expedient to be done, and it was at length agreed to force the door, by a simultaneous effort; this was speedily put in execution, and the otli cers rushed in in a hotly, to the great discomfiture of about £0 persons, who were surrounding a hazard table, cry eintent upon the game. The officers made a scram ble for the dice and betting motley, the mat of winch was that Collingliourne got eight dice and 13s. 6 , 1. iii sitter, Hall, 11. 6s. in money, and a dice box, and the Other various par is of the parapnernalia of the gambling tame; but money to a erem aiummt, which laid on Inc table was seized by the players, before the officers conld approach. The greatest confusion then ensued , the indow was Inrced out, and nvinv escaped ; but tae activity of the Police, no less than 20 persons (includ ing five women) were secured, and lodged in various places of confinement A table upon which they played was brought to the Office; it was of very curious con sanction, in the ldle was a circle, marked with .13 ivory inlay, within which the dice werecast ; round dot was another circle six or eight inches broad, appropo ated solely for the stakes and betting money; the rot of . the table was allowed to be for the glasses and bottles• The parties together with the keeper of the home, were brought to this Office on Friday, and underwent ill examination before It. J. Chambers and D. King, Esys• toe presiding Magistrates. They were all held to ball. We are happy to learn from Sheffield, that the trade of that place has materially revives, and that there is every prospect of a future amendment Many able hands in the different mechanical branches of the place, who have been fur these nine or tw‘lve months past supported by parochial support, are now in full work , and there is a fair prospect that mati.Y ' hundred others, now unemployed, will be taken on in the course of a few weeks. s- Sir Thomas Gresham, who built the Royal chahge, was the son of a poor woman, who leti him in a field when an infant ; bnt the chirp in g ut grasshopper leading a buy to the place whe re ii • -• l his life was preserved. From this eireutwonc: 11 :` . future merchant took the gras.shopper for his cres , and hence the cause a that insect being placed u"* the Royal Exchange.