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AND. PHILLIPS.
Deer Friend, J. M. Heart.
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Carlisle to-morrow.
AND. PHILLIPS.
A cash-hook was Dow producrd to witness, which
he identified to be the one that he had seen in the
possession of Plaintiff. The title of the cash-hook
was Andrew and James Phillips in account with
J. M. Head. Witness said this cash-hookz
prod's* by Plaintiff to some Friends. Mr.
' was not present, and one of the Friends observe/
that "Andress and"'oppeUred to have beret inserted
afterwards, Witness also said that Plaintiff's
effects were taken pOssession of, and sold by Messrs.
Fawcett and Wood, under an assignment made to
them by Plaintiff, for the benefit of his creditors.
Here Mr. &siesta MILLI:kg, on the part of the
Defendants, addressed his Lordship, NMI mid it
was impossible the action could be maintained, as
the assignment divested Plaintiff of all right to the
property; but even if his Lordship should be of a
contrary opinion, he submitted that the last wit-
ness had proved sufficient trading to support a com-
mission of bankrupt against Plaintiff.
JUDOE—" Certainly, the action cannot be maits-
tailwol."
Mr. LITTLEDALR then said. he would call so
witness to prove that Plaintiff acquired property
between the tinie of making the assignment and the
ism gof the commission.
.11,Dolf--" If you can do that, you may pro-
ceed ;. but how do pm get over all the trading
which has been proved'"
Thomas Phillips, a son of Plaintiff. was then
called, but lie failed in proving that Plaintiff had
acquired any fresh property. Doring his exit 11l i t et-
him, a great comm • was excited Its Court. by a
discovery that James Phillips son) was
secretly using a liquid of some kind upnu the honk-
ing-book produced in the cause, for the purpose of
changing the colour of the ink, by snaking it look
brighter or newly done, and to snake it appear that
the words " Andrew and" had not been inserted or
written at die same time with the other part of she
title to the cash-book. The bottle containing the
liquid was taken from James Phillips in Court.
Here Mr. HEMLOCK observed. that he thought
the Counsel for the Manila ought now to
give nit the cause, after witnessing the disgraceful
attempt made by Plaintiff's son. and as their only
ohject iu bringing this acinit (that of ',rendering
and vilifying Mr. Heed) had been obtained, and
that he would put the Plaintiff out of Court by
proving the assignment.
George Saul was then called. and proved the
,execution of the assignment by Plaintiff.
Mr. SCARLETT immediately gave up the cause;
and apologised to the Court for having taken up so
mooch of their time, and said, that both the Attorney
and himself had been most grossly deceived acid
iintiosed upon, and hoped that Mr. Wad would
excuse him for whut lie stated in th outset of the
cause, as he had done it from the iustructioas iu Isis
brief.
I The Plaintiff was nen-suited.

CRIMSON SNOW.

Our readers may recollect that several curious
speculatious appeared some months ago, open the
causes of the crimson colour of the sitow.,,which
wus observed by the Northerni7Expeditims. • The'
following extracts from Captain Rose's iretba.may ;
help to explain thigh 6.14,6,111er phenoth
Augu.t 17.—We discovered that the snow on.
the face of the cliffs presented au iippeasaitee both
novel mid interesting, being apparently stained, or
covered by some substance, which
,gave •it• a deep
crimson colour. Many conjectures, were afloat
court • g the cause of this appeerinice; it was at
once determined it could not be tl.;e dung of
for thousands of these, of various -descriptions,
were seen repeatedly sitting on the ice and the
mow; but without producing any such effects.
1' At 2 p. w. it fell nearly calm, and I sent a
boat with Mr. Rose, midshipman, and Mr. Be-
verley, at.istant-surgeon, and a party, to 1 g off
some of the snow, and to make what remarks they
could on the circumstances initialing it, us also to
procure specimens of the aininal, vegetable, and
mineral Itisigdome, and to 'treenail] if this part of
flue country was inhabited. They found that the
know was penetrated even down to the ruck, in
many places to a depth of ten or twelve feet, by
the colouring matter, and that it had the appear-
ance of having been a long time in that state. The
boat returned at wren, with • quantity of the snow,
together with specimens of the vegetation, and of
the rocks; the snow wus immediately examined
by a microscope.. magnifying 110 nines. and the
substance appeared to cuttrist of particles like • ve,y
minute round seed, which were exactly of the same
size, and of ■ deep red colour : on mine of the par-
ticles a small dark speck was also twee. It was the
gentlel opinion of the officers who examined it by
the micrnscope, that it must be vegetable, and
this opinion seemed to gain strength, by the statute
of the places where it was found ; these were the
rides of hills about six hundred Lett high, on the
tops of which was seen vegetation of yellowish
green, and reddish brow!' colours. The extent of
these cliffs was about eight miles; behind them, at
a considerable distance, high mountains were seen,
but lime snow which covered these was not coloured.
In the evening, I caused some of the snow to be
dissolved, and bottled, when the water had the ap-
prentice of muddy port wine; in a few hours it de-
posited a sediment, which was examined by the
eniciteicope ; some of it was bruised, ;aid found to
be compureil wholly of red matter : when tippled
to paper, it produced a colour nearest to lodises
led. It was iwererved M three elates, via. diesulved
and bottled, the sedimeut bottled, and the sedi.
wont dried r these have been isainitird slice our
return to this country, and various %ennui's given
concerisitig is. but Dr. Wollaston seems IS concur
in diet we originally had, of its being e vegetable
"Winer, Produced en the mountain immediately
above et. Is cannot be a Marine production, as in
revere! parts we saw it at least six miles from the
MCA, but always on the lace or near the feat of a
snountasn."

We now ropy the Doctor's owes wo►ds:—
" With ttspect to the exact origin of that sub.