Star.
London, England, 1820-02-08 00:00:00

GLASGOW, FEBRUARY 2..

The attention *of the people of Paisley has been
much occupied for several-days past, concerning cer-
tain trials and examinations which have taken place
there daring that period. Three young men, named
SamtwiJakieson, Mather AdaM,and-Aelazi M-Artifftr,
accused of being singularly active in aiding the dis-
graceful riots which happened in That town in Sep-
tember last, were each served with an indictment,
about a fortnight ago, to stand trial before a 'Sheriff
Court for the said offence. On Friday last the trial
of Jamieson commenced, and he having acknow-
ledged his guilt, the Jury returned a verdict in ac-
cordance with his own cornesiion, •when he was sen-
tenced to four months' imprisonment, and to find
proper security to keep the peace for' two years.,..-;
On Monday, Adant was next called before thetpur4
who denied the k.harges libelled against hith, and
after an investigation, which lasted seven •oi.eight
hours, he was also found. guilty, and eentenied to
nine months confinement, and to find bail to keep
the peace for aai equal length of time. Next day the.
Court met to proceed to the ttial of M,Artlittr, when
the indictment MIS abandoned against him, and the
prisoner dismissed accordingly from the Bar without
further ceremony. A number of ethers are under,
bail bond Tor similar offences, but it is unknown as
vet whether they will be brcught to trial or not.—
A few days ago, abotit a dozen of persons were like-
wise summoned before the Sheriff, and examined,
en the means which they had been :Wye' ting to, to pr( p-
mote Reform ; but as no bail was demanded from
'them, it is believed that nothing very criminal was
found in their conduct.

Tuesday, a man of the name of Sotinnerwile, who
was about five weeks Mike apprehended in a.house
in BriJgeton, charged with circulating seditious
pamphlets, bat was rescued by his friends, while the
officer, Alexander Calder, was so cruelly brnised-as
to render confinement to bed necessary, for several
days, was met by that officer in Charlotte-lane. •He
was instantly secured and safely lodged in prison.

The body of a young man, of the name of Wilson,
belonging to Alston, was a few days ago found upon
the moors between. that place and Middleton. He
h;.d been missing about ten days, and i 3 supposed' to
have perished from the inclemency of the weather.
During the late intense frost, two persons belong-
ing to Keswick went upon the ice on Derwent Lake,
with the intention of visiting all the Islands. Riving
approached those called Lingholrnes, they discovered
something of unusual appearance, and going to the
spot, found it to be a trout, frozen to the ice ! which
they with much difficulty • severed from it, and
brought it home. It weighed 2ilbs.
The weather has, during the present winter, been
unusually severe in Italy. Snow, as-already stated,
fell at Rome ; at Florence it was two feet deep ; the
Arno was partly frozen ; at Parma, the market was
without provisions for several days, the peasants being
unable to travel there ; and Venice was completely
blockaded by ice. In Spain, also, an extraordinary
degree of cold has been experienced ; the Bidassoa
was entirely frozen at Iran ; the Ebro was covered
with ice at Saragossa ; 'and at Medina del Campo, in
the kingdom of Leon, the wine froze in the cellars.
Much snow fell in Estramadura, where none had beet
seen for 16 years; and in Vurcia, where none bad ever
been seen by the oldest inflabitanta, the snow seas two
, feet deep. At Valencia, it snowed for fa hours.