The Express.
London, England, 1861-10-30 00:00:00

CANADA.

The examination of Colonel Rankin, member of
the Provincial Parliament, was brought to a cloee
on the 12th inst., when the lion. gentleman was
hound over to take his trial at the coming assizes.

DISCOVERY Or GOLD IN IRELAND.—We (Derry Mr. Rankin was originally charged with two
Sentinel) have received three specimens of auriferous quarts, 1 offences : first, enlisting troops in Canada ; and,
found ou the shore of Lough Swilly, on the 16th inst. It . nocund, accepting for himself a commission in the
is considered to he exactly similar to that of the gold-pro- 1 American army. The first of theme, however, en-
(lacing countries. The specimens in question were taken I.• i failed. ii•
from government laud, which is not likelycounsel, in addressing the bench,
by miners, but there is little doubt that plenty of the same
to be explored • army ls
evidence
kind of reek is fobs found in the bold heights of that neigh- I averred that " there was not au atom of
. at to hiring or engaging others to enlist in a foreign
hourhood, and would probably remunerate those who have service ;" and both magistrates at once declared
time and means to search for it. The locality where the I that
quarts was found was within ten miles of the city. The branch of the charge." The sole accusation, then,
von from which the specimens were taken was from nine "there was no evidence in support of that
to twelve inches thick, twenty or thirty feet high, and ,on which Mr. Rankin is to be tried at the assizes
run-
ring through a block of headland of considerable depth. It is that of accepting a commission as lieutenant-
will be *lnstr.:if; some time or other, there will be gold , colonel in the American service. The statute
diggings in L 1 under which the committal has been made is
DR. DE Joxou's LIGHT BROWN COD LIVER
OIL —ltrasous not PerritithiSo.—These are concise); the 59 Geo. 111. cap. 69. Mr. Rankin's counsel
and denied -
clearly expressed Ina letter from the tate Dr. Jouldh,ut mini the jurisdiction of the court. The act
to Dr. de Jollith :—.. It was stuns that the author of the hest charged, if committed at all, had been committed
analysis and investigations into the properties of this oil should at Washington. Again, the act under which pro-
himself be the purveyor of this important medicine. The oU
which you gave me was of the very finest quality, whether nom ceedings had been taken was passed iu 1819 ; thus
'Wei."' with "femme to Its coloUr, flavour. m chemical pro- at a time when Canada had • constitution of her
panes ' and Ia" 'MM.° that for "edielmil Ppurrs". lin liner own and an indeendent legislature ; and imperial
oil can be procured."—Dr.de Jonglia Light Brows Cod Liver 0 , p
011 la soul only in caponle•l Imperial half-pinta. to ed. J pinta. statutes are not to be extended by implication to
45- I'd- • quarts, 9e . by hue sole ...Ulm". Amu.. murk"'
In
of her Majesty's dominions which have
and Co., 77, inland, louden: sad by respectable chaudata— I a
(Advertisement.) independent legislatures.

' Mr. Rankin addressed the court on the 10th,
firmly maintaining his right as a freeman to tight
on behalf of freedom in the United States, without
being branded with disloyalty.
The prosecution is causing considerable excite-
ment in the province.