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:inn. This was the account given of the case by his clings ; end.
if his Lordship and his brother Magistrate thought the cue I. .t
informer ass made out, they would convict the defendants. di
however, this was only brought forward as an example, they wool.:
perhaps consider that the lowest fine, of 40s. would answer the pur-
pose of the prosecution.
The LOUD Maxon .24 Alderman TIIOMP:i 3N had Lot it'.e
slightest doubt that the Rfentiants had contravened the Act, and
felt it neceaaary to convict them in the penalty of 101. and costs.
The penalty fixed by the Act is hull 40s. to 20(. The next case
called was an information agrtinat Messrs. Doggie and Savage;
corn-factors, for having made a false return of the quantity of Bri-
tish Corn, sold by them between the lUth and 2.1c1 of October,
stating that they had sold for James Thomas to George Walker,
974 quarters and three bushels of barley, at ads. per quarter, irhich
statement was altoi„sethcr false.
The defendants were called upon to plead, but did welt appear:
Mr. Lorne' arrideared as Solicitor for the defendant', and wider-
took to plead in their behalf.
Mr. BOLLARD said, the personal attendance of the defendants
' could not be dispensed with. Such a thing he never knew ih a
Criminal case.
Mr. LOFTY said, that one of his clients had been bedridden tot
many years, and the other had long been :lo unwell as not to he
able to attend.
Mr. ROLLAND seemed disposed to wave the objection, k'dt One
of the witnesses, Mr. Walker, being' tailed and not appearing, the
Learned Counsel refused to make any 'concession.
Mr. Law requested that the case would he given up, as hie
client had not, for many years, been able to take in active part in
business and was not likely, to he ever able to attend.
To this it was replied, that they mutt be made answerable bitthe conduct of those who carriCe On business otl. their behalf.
The person who served the summons on the defendants, depcseee.
that a lieu lie served the suinenons on Mr. Savage, that gentletn.,l
was lying on a sofa; could not swear that he was ills, when witne-.
served the other defendant. Mr. Boggis, that gentleman walked c"t
of one room into another to receive it.
Alt. llot.t.axn, after a few observations, arced that the case
should stand over.
Mr. LOFTY hoped it would te Postisioned for three months.
This proposal was pertniptorily rejected by the Solicitor for the pro-
secution.
Mr. Law observed, that in the interval the P.ill !night ben.
pealed. .
Mr. Boi.z. Alf n said. tve believe (for many things wave indistinctly
stated; indeed acme parts of the speeches, as well as of the evi-
dence, were inaudible), he hoped so, in order that some move penal
statute might be snbatituted.
The fate was ultimately ad:mimed. the Solicitor far thetwersettl:
tion being determined to pursue every case without exception.

LIVEIIISOOI,, SUNDAY Ev:\INC.

Arrived the John, from Newfoundland ; Mount Veri
non, from Virginia; Star, from Dublin • Fawcett, from
Xerrport ; and Town Of Liverpool, rrom bu,blin.
The Mount Vernon brings Charlatan rapers to the
2d December only.

At a meeting of the Compost Council Of the Corpora-
tion of ibis city (Durham), held Tuesday last, Mr. Ship-
perdson; one of the Aldermen, gave notice of his intention
to propose, at a fiiture day, a safes bf restlotions, which, it
they be adopted, will afford an opportunity to many indi-
viduals who are at present ineligible to vote at the election
of Members to serve for this city in Parliament, of becoming
possessed of the right of suffrage. The Resolutions alluded
to will be to this effect:—

That it Is expedient to grant the elective franchise to such inha-
bitants of the city and suburbs (not having • right to it upon the
ordlnary groundio as, from habitual residence and connection with
the interests of tne place, may be presnoved to have reasonable mo-
tives for electing lit ite.tbmourable representatives.
That to prevent the granting of it to persons who trisV merely
desire it for some temporary purpose of individuals or ;mines. cer-
tain tees be exacted upon the admisson to freedom of all who have
not a positive right thereto, and that to these persons a residence of
five (or ten) years within the city or suburbs be deemed an iadis-
pensible qualification.
'Prat in the companies of MerchaCS and of Drapers the fee re-
quired be 21:. (or AN.) and 10/. 10s. t or Lilo in any of the other
companies.
That of the sums received • moiety be at the disposal of the
Companies into which the new freemen shall respectively be ad-
mitted . • and dust the other moiety be paid to the 3layor, and be
applied by hid! tb the relief of such indigent I:eemen as would
ethers tae be dependent upon the bounty of otheri, or upon parochial
support.—Durham Chronicle., .
NATIVE Oass.—The following extract from 3fcure's
Lessons on 3f ineralogy and Geol..g.th will tend to show the
value of the mines with which this country shopnill:-:-
" It will appear singular, that although Cor eafl hai been
known as a mining county above two thousand yeals, yet no notice
was taken of Ores of Copper Mat were met with in workjng. for
Tin, until the beginning of the last century. flow cmiened, she's.
-must have been the knowledge of minerals amongst the ownos at
mines! Thousands of tons of this valuable material remained un-
noticed, or sewed only to mend the roathi. Since that epoch. per-
haps not less than 100,C00.0001. sterling have been produced trom
the Copper Ores of Cornwall ! And at a rude airnite, Cornwall
produces at the present above a million annually of Copper. So
little were the (Ins of Lead truism (excilit the &trillion blue lead
ore) in our time, that both white and green ores of that sub-
stance have been for years lying and neglected in heaps both in
Derbytbire and Wales, whfeh have ;Met been tarried to a very
profitable account ; nay, of late years, a road repaired with Whet
Lead Ore and Calamine, has been taken up and smelted !
Countet•Ttox 117 THE. AYIISHIRE COAIA2ARRIE/ll.
Ira, Dee. 30.-IVe have another combination in this
county to record, and, in this inktinee, ot In some mints, it
has been accompanied with outrage and thk tle,trs etion of
property. There are a number of coal-works in the neigh-
bourhood of Irvine, and the only *ay at present taken of
conveying the coals to the vessels at the harbour is by carts.
The carters, conceiving their payment for this work ton
low, insiet for four-pence additional a cart, and, in order to
compel their employers to comply with their wishes, they
have combined and struck work. Whilst the law stands as
it is, ithis of itself may not beitlegal; but some of then
have proceeded farther, and have rendered themselves
amenable to the law by the; conduct. The combination,
it seems, was net univer.ial. A few of the carters still per-
formed the work on the former terms. These persons, of
course, became obnoxiOns to those with whom they did not
join, and, at once to terrify them from their quiet course,
and bereave them of the instruments of their labour, on the
night of the 13th current some of those who had entered
into the spirit of the combination proceeded to their houses,
took away six casts, and broke them to pieces, throwing the
fragments into the water of Irvine. A precognition of thy
circumstances was instantly taken and communicated to
the Sheriff and Procurator Fiscal, who proceeded to Irvine
and completed the investigation. The consequence is, that
four persons have been sent to prison to stand trial, and the
whole affair, we understand, has been laid before the Crown
Contisel.—Glasgout Herald.
MELANCHOLY OCCCRIIENCE.—!bout a fortnight since,
a young woman was delivered of a child in St. Martin's
workhouse, and was considered to be loin; well; but in
two or three days she was seized with an ititiainmation of
the bowels. She was most assiduously attended bs' Mears.
Simmons anti Gosna, the parish surgeons, hut their skill
was unavailing, and she died on Christmas-eve. Obi the
morning of Christmas-day the two gentlemen above-tam-
dolled attended at the workhouse for the purpose of op:L-
ing the bode, an operation which, melancholy to relate ,
has already cost one of them his life, and has placed the
other in extreme danger of the same fate. Mr. Simmons,
while in the act of removing the intestines, slightly lace-
rated one of his fingers, but paid no attention to the cir-
cumstante at the time, and it singularly happened that
in the course of the operation, Mr. Gosna wiped hi,
hands upon a cloth, in which a pin was sticking, and
scratched his finger, so as to bring the blood. On the
following day (Sunday) Mr. Simmons bad a violent pail!
in the arch, extending to the shoulder, and two tninouts
formed under the arm near to the arm-pit. The taalady
increased, and he breathed his last on Sunday ermine
at his house at Pimlico. Mr. Gonna was similarly at
tacked, and continued up to yesterday in extreme danger.
The pure short-horned ox, Prince Palatine, by Ilemilt,
out of Manuscript, bred and fed by George Ticker, Esti
of Elemore, near Glasgow, was last week slaughtered at
Newcastle, by Mr. Jameson, butcher. Its weight was as
follows :—First fore-quarter, S3Vt. 741 b. ; second ditto,
31st. I jib. ; first hind-quarter. 3Sst. 741 b. ; retold ditty,
33st. SO.; total, 12Sst. Tlb., per stone of 141b5., exelusn,t
of tallow and offal, viz. :—tallow, 16st. This., °fut.
31st, 121 b., making the living weight, Isust.,slh. ft ass
six years old, and had nothing but cxnnmon store feeding
till near four years old, and was allowed by judges to have
the greatest quantity of beef, with the least bone, 'Catty
animal that ever met the public eye. it was exposed for
sale in Newcastle market on Christmas Eve, ma, lie
understand, was soon bought up at 9d. per lh.
It is a singular fact, which has been verified by the ex-
perience of many years, thar, while the rout of the mad
coach from Edinburgh to Inverness, along the alas; ,
M frequently blocked up with snow, the road through to
very midst of the Grampians, by Dunkeld, lhlnacardceb,,
8:e. is coterarativel free of all obstruction.