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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 aeain 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.