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London, England, 1820-07-27 00:00:00

TRIALS FOR HIGH TREASON.

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SPECIAL COMMISSION, GLASGOW, JOLT $4.
Ti:e Court met this clity.at tune o'ctock, when-Win.
:!•Intyre was put to the bar.
The following Gentlemen were called, and sworn
ci 044: Jury:

Charles Stirling, of Cadder.
Charles Mackintosh, of Crossbasket.
James Farie. of Forme.
Hsory I lonldsworth.
David Kerr.
Archibald Hamil ton, jun. of *ortii Park.
William Bogle. of Bothwell Dank.
Joshua Senior, of Sandyford.
Robert Gray, jeweller, Glasgow.
131 in Geddes, of Verrevill.
:.lungo N. Campbell, of Belvidere. •
Thomas Muir, of Muir Park.

Inc: LORD, ADVOCATE addressed the Jury, and
s::?, :ha; thouo a true bill had been found against
: and he had been arraigned with Wilson,
who was found guilty on Friday, yet it did appear
that he had not been so guilty as some others; and
although some of his patty had fled, yet they
,oald nor escape being brought to suffer under the
laws as soon as got. As the prisoner had not been a
)aspicuous character in this affair, his Lordship was
Lawilling to lead proof against him, and requested
Lat the Jury would find him Not Guilty.
The LORD PRESIDENT then addressed Nl‘lntyre in
a rery animated style, and commented upon him and
others having been in search of what they called the
rights of their forefathers. What, in the name of
l'aovlDExca, did they mean by this ? They enjoyed
ten times more liberty than ever their forefathers had
done ; and the trial of Wilson was a plain proof of
it—as he had received as impartial a trial as any No-
bleman in the country could have got. His Lord-
;Air advised him to return to honest industry, and
dismissed him from the bar.

Mathew Boyle, Alexander Graham, and John May,
were next put to the Bar.
The LORD ADVOCATE addressed the Jury in the
:ame terms as in the former case, they having been li
previously sworn; and they found the prisoners
Not Guilty.. •
The LOI4D PRESIDENT then- admonished them to
guard against such conduct in future, and he hoped
that they would not be again deluded by designing
men ; if so, nothing but the severest punishment the
law could inflict would be administered. His Lord-
ship begged of them to return to sobriety and honest
industry, and dismissed them from the Bar.

John May then returned thanks to the Court and
Jiry, in the name of himself and companions, and
romised-to be no more found before the Court.
William Canrpbell and George !Allan were .dis-
posed of in the same manner.

The LOAD JUSTICE CLERIC, previous to dismissing
them from the Bar, addressed them in a very pathe-
tiz manner, and advised them, on returning to the
bosoms of their families, that they should fear GoD,
honour the King, and meddle not with those who are
given to change.
The LORD ADVOCATE, in addressing the Court, oh-
,:rued, that the extensive manufactories of the Lord
?rovost of this City, and of several other Gentlemen,
had not struck work on the Ist of April, which he at-
tributed to the influence they had over their men,
;lid he hoped the Master Manufacturers and Gentle-
r:in of the country wotld assemble, on the first ap-
pnrance of any such disorder. He regretted that
Police of this City had not been sufficient on this
occasion, but trusted that it would be more efficient.
James Wilson was brought to the Bar ; and, on
l!ing told that he had now an opportunity of speak•
is g to the Court, why sentence of death should not
b.: pronounced against him, he stammered out a few
words, in an incoherent manner, and was advised by
the Lord President to communicate with his Counsel,
as he might use expressions which would be detri-
mental to him, having been recommended to the cle-
mency of the Crown by the Jury. Mr. Murray then
,uid a few words for him.
The LORD PRESIDENT then addressed him nearly
n; follows :--4. James Wilson, you must be con-
•ccd cf the impartiality and fairness with which tha
fro;c2dings against you have been conducted. From
tl%, t.,:crcise of your right of challenge, the Jury by

you have been found guilty may be considered
:is chown by yourself, and the crime they have found
jou guilty of is the most dreadful that can afflict
anT nation. All other crimes are trifling when com-

Fared to it ; it strikes at the root of the whole fabric
or, which our happiness is founded. The horrors of
a civil war, where citizen is contending against ci-
tlzen, with deadly malignity, is far more to be
dreaded titan the most bloody foreign contest. No
doubt, it was never dreamt by any rational being,

that the violent people with whom you were can-
?eLteis could be ultimately successful ; but the inter-
r.:l....te evils your mischief might have produced are
to think of.. The rights and liberties of the
and loyal part of the community are to be
as well as those of the turbulent and disaf•
and when they were pleased with the liberty
-; cajoyed they were not to be disturbed by the fac-
t 1-4 prgieedings of. the evii-disposed. I advise you
r,%: sincerely to think seriously of your eternal in..
t-;tsts, as you are shortly to appear at the Mererseat
t: CHESS?, and I beseech you to consider the errors
y-:•ir past life, and make good use of the short time
z..,lted to you ill this world. Remember that the
-:4,0t of GOD is as inflexible as his mercies are infi•

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trite; and I trust you have not thrown off an elle-
,, °iance to. yedr HZAVIIIILY Spaniels, as it, appears
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you have done to your earthly one. The Ministers
of ieligion of every sect and persuasion will be ready
and willing to assist you in preparing for the tort-
cerns of your immortal soul. The recommendationl
of the Jury shall most certainly be transmitted to
the proper Authority, and, I sincerely hope that
mercy will be extended to you, but it is often neces-
sary for the Government to consider the expediency,
of those recommendations, and the power vested in
-the Crown is assuredly not exercised capriciously,
but for the general safety and prosperity of the State.
I advise you, however, to prepare for the utmost
extreme ; and, if mercy be extended to you, you will
not be the worse man for the attention which you
may give to your religious concerns. The sentence
of the law is--, That you be drawn on a hurdle to
the place of execution, on the SOth of August, and
after being hung by the neck till you are dead, that
your head be severed from your body, and your
body cut in quarters, to be at the disposal of the
King ; and the LORD have mercy upon your soul I' "
The prisoner was then taken from the Bar, with-
out shewing any signs of agitation, and confined in
one of the iron rooms.

The LORD PRESIDENT concluded the business with
an admirable Address.

The Court then adjourned till 27th November.
PAISLEY, JULY 29.

The Special Commission met here to-day. The
Judges present were the LORD JUSTICE CLERIC and
Lord Prodit LI/. James Speirs, woofer in Johnstone,
and John La►►g, weaver in Kilbarchan, two of the
persons against whom true bills were found, having
been put to the Bar, and arraigned in the usual form,
pleaded Not Guilty. Their trial is fixed for Tues-
day, the Ist of August.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.