The Sun.
London, England, 1825-01-04 00:00:00

FOR COLDS, COUGHS, ASTHMAS, &c.

THE PECTORAL ELlXlR.—Experience
during a very long period, has incontestildy proved
the superior efficacy of this Medicine, in all casts irf Colds,
Coughs, and Asthmatic Affections. By pronmting gentle
expectoration, it very shortly relieves the Patient of a slight
or recent Cold, and a few doses are generally sufficient to
remove those which neglect has tendered more confirmed and
obstinate, and which are accompanied with Cough, Spitting
of Blood, and other serious symptoms. Its peculiar balsamic
powers tend to heal soreness, and allay the irritation of the
lungs, in cases of Cough; and in Asthmatic Affections it as-
sists and gives freedom to the Breath.
Sold in Bottles, at Is. I Ad. and 2s. 9d. by Butlers, Che-
mist, 4, ('heapside, St. Paul's, and 220, Regent,street, (near
the Argyle Roams), London ; and by the principal Medi-
cine Venders throughout the United Kingdom.

Of whom may be had,
The BALSAMIC LOZENGES, used in recent Coughs.
Hoarseness, &c. and fur rendering the Voice Clear and Flexi-
ble, and protecting its Organs from the effects of exertion.
In Boxes, Is. IA& and 2s. 9d.
(0- Be careful to ask for Butler's Pectoral Elixir and Bal-
samic Lozenges.

'JONDON REPOSITORY for the CABINET MAKERS'
SOCIETY, for every Description of CABINET FURNI-
TURE, FEATHER BED and MATTRESS MANU-
FACTORY, No. 71, Corner of LEA DE NHALL-
STREET, London, opposite Aldgate Pump.---Ready

Money Only.
TllE Society of Cabinet-Makers respectfully
inform the Public that they still continue the above
Establishment, for the Benefit of Industrious Mechanics who
have large Familes, by offering them Manufactured Articles
in the Cabinet Line, of the best Workmanship, and Cheaper
than any House can do in London by twenty-five per cent.,
there being no other profit required on the Goods but the bare
house expences ; at the same time will be sufficiently satisfied
with having constant Employment for themselves and families.
This Society was Established .in June, 1824, consisting of
20 Mechanics, adding the number of their Wives and Fami-
lies, amounted to 66 ; in June, 1819, five more were added to
the Society; in June, 1820, 10; and in June 1821, 8. The
total Number now receiving Support through the Means of
this Establishment is 191. _ _ _

The Society and their Families beg leave to return their
sincere thanks to those Ladies and Gentlemen who hhve
hitherto honoured them with their Orders and Recomnienda-
tions, and shall always feel happy in their endeavours io give
future satisfaction; at the same time solicit a Continuance of
their Benevolence, whereby they may be enabled to increase
the Number of the Society.
The following Articles are inserted as a Specimen of the very
Low Prices, all warranted.-Ready Money only.
Full size Mahogany four-post Bedstead, lath bottom 31. 15s.
-Full size tent Bedstead 11.65.-Bordered hair Mattress to
tit 11. Is.-Mahogany Drawer, solid ends 31. 35.-Feather Bed
21. 105.-Ditto, tree from dust and smell, full size 31. 10s.;-
Six japanned Chairs of any description in oil IL 65.-Best do.
Wash-hand-stand lfis.-Ditto, Dressing Table 165.-Hearth
Rugs 145.-3 ft. 6 inches Chest of, Drawers 41. 45.-Three-foot
mahogany Pembroke Table 11. 18s.-Three-foot ditto on
lars and claws 31. 155.-Mahogany Dressing Table. 11.-Ditto
Bidett, best 11. 45.-Ditto Bedsteps 11. IN.-Ditto ditto 11. 12s.
-Ditto ditto 21. 23.-.-Ditto Box Glass, 2 drawers, best British
Plate 155.-Ditto ditto Is. 65.-Ditto ditto 11. 18s.-Ditto
Swing Glass, large size, commode 35.-Ditto ditto 55.-Ditto
ditto.Bs.-Ditto ditto 125.-Sea Bed and Pillow ss. 14.! -Ditto
ditto 65.-Ditto ditto 75.-Tray Stand 75.-Long Mahogany
Tray 145.-Japanned Book Shelf 75.-Tea Caddy 10s.-Porta-
ble Desk 215.-Desk covers in number 145.-Music Chairs-
any pattern Bs. 6d.-Eight Mahogany Chairs, covered with
horse hair, brass nailed 61. 65.-8 ditto ditto 61. 15s.=-8 ditto
ditto 71. 75.-8 Trafalgar ditto 41.95.-Mahogany Sofa to match
71. 10s.-Ditto Couch 71. 10s.-Ditto ditto 81.10x.-Ditto, with
Bedstead 71. 10s.- Set of Mahogany Card and Sofa Tables, on
turned legs, banded in rose-wood 81. 155.-Set of Mahogany
Tables, two Card and Sofa, on pillars and claws 121. 125.-
Ditto, the best that can be made-to order or pattern 161. 10s.
-Handsome 7 foot 6 pedestal, Sideboard, with carved
back, 171.-Ditto 7 toot 161.-Ditto 6 foot six 151.-Set of
Dining Tables, of the last pattern, 4 foot by 10 foot 61 11.-
Ditto.-4 foot 2by 11 foot 6, 151.-Ditto, 4 foot 6by 12 foot 6,
161. 165.-If Spanish, an advance of 31. 10s.-Straw Palliasse
11. ls.-Tent Bedstead and furniture 31. 15.-Bamboo Bed-
stead and French elyptic top, with drapery and fringe, 81. 10s.
-Five-foot mahogany four-post Bedstead and furniture, with
French draperies, lined all through, complete, 151. 105.-
Five-foot ditto, ditto 16s. 10s.-Ditto ditto, with cornice, of a
superior make, 181. 10s.-Ditto ditto, with gold cornice, ele-
gant drapery 201.-Drawing-room Curtains, of the best Mo-
nne and Chintz, fitted for window, 61. 6d.-Ditto ditto 71. 7s.
-Ditto, of a superior and elegant style of work, 101. 103.-
Drawing-room rose-wood-Drawing-room Trafalgar Chairs
Ditto, inlaid with buhl. 201.-Table, 2 Covers, and Sofa, 181.
18s.-Ditto 11. ls.-Drawing_room Sofa 61. 65.-Ditto, 71. 7s.
-Ditto 81. Bs.-Horse-hair Cushions, each ss. 6d.-Covered
ditto 41. W. TIIURNELL, Agent.

COITIVRRY DEALERS SUPPLIED.
Goods packed free of expence, exceptc. the materials, and sent
to all parts of Great Britaini, and to the East and. West In-
dies—Captains fitted out, and merchants supplied with Ca-
binet Goods for Exportation.
"a.-Apartments Furnished at a few hours' notice, and
Houses two or four days:

'FRENCH PAPERS.

( From the Ccmstitutionuel.)

P2IRI S, DEC. 31.—After Mass the King re-
ceived-the congratulations of the Major-General
of the State, and of the other Great Officers. At
eight in the evening the King, seated on his
'Throne, with the Dauphin at. his right, and sur-
rounded by the great Dignitaries, received the
Deputation of tLe Chamber of Peers, headed by
the President and the Members of the Treasury.
Dambray, Chancellor of France, presented to
the. King the congratulations of the Chamber on
the occasion of the new year, and then presented
to his Majesty the following Address, voted by
Charni)er during the Sitting of that day
STitx—Your faithful subjects, the Peers of France, come
to ;ay at the foot of the throne, the customary tribute of their
devotion, their love, and their respect.
" The first want of our hearts was to offer to your Majesty
the homage of all the sentiments which you inspire, and of all
the hopes which you create. The first want of your heart,
r.••lre, has been to tell us of the loss of a brother beloved, and
worthy of being. so, and to seek in our sorrow some consolation
for yours. Enjoy, Sire, that consolation ; let it soften the bit-
terte,s of your regr:As : the universal consternation which has
prevailed must have shewn your Majesty to what an extent
France has felt and shared your affliction, and that she has
four:it no relief for her grief except in seeing the Father whom
she had lost, revive in his Successor.
" We, Contemporaries of that memorable Reign, we have
admired the Monarch, who in the midst of the most difficult
,:;:cumstances in which any King was ever placed, gave his
people, like Charlemagne and St. Louis, both Institutions and
Laws ; and who, the visible instrument of -a paternal Provi-
dence, like Hairy IV., reconquered. his kingdom from fac-
tions, by disarming hatreds, forgiving error, and welcoming
repentance. Posterity will say : Louis XVIII. found France
exhausted by long disorders and great calamities, yet a few
years were sufficient for him to re-establish the throne, to con-
solidate it by institutions, to leave France happy and free, and
to reconcile her with herself and with Europe.
" Thus France was able to renew with neighbouring na-
tions those friendly relations which had been so long inter-
rupted, and which the well-known loyalty of. your Majesty
will render so easy to maintain. They will be for all States a
powerful guarantee of security, and the pledge of a lasting
peace and of the advantages which such a peace is calculated
to produce. _

Theseadvantages promised to your subjects, these amelio-
rations called for by all their wishes in the interest of Religion,
of Legislation, of education, and of Manners will be hence-
foi ward the object of the high conceptions and solicitude of
,your Majesty. You know the duties of Royalty ; strong in
your love for your people and your religious confidence, you
will have the necessary courage and firmness to discharge them
effectually. These noble expressions of your Majesty have re-
sounded in the hearts of all Frenchmen.

If the misfortunes and the wants of a neighbouring Go-
vernment still detain a portion of your troops beyond our fron-
tiers, France tranquilized respecting all the interests which the
conventions announced by your Majesty guarantee, does not
see, without pride, the result of that glorious campaign which
hos restored to pain her King, and has added new lustre to
the warlike and political virtues of the august Prince destined
one day to reign over our children.
" But Sire, your Majesty aims at another kind of glory : you
have deigned to remind us that a great act of justice and of po-
licy, intended to close the last wounds of the Revolution was the
most constant wish of your Illustrious Brother, and you an-
nounce to us that the moment was come of accomplishing it.
Fidelity, which sets no price to its devotion, has suffered with
resignation as.long as the necessities'of the State have required
all its resources. It now perceives a happier futurity, when
your Majesty condescends to assure us that this measure will
not increase the taxes, will not injure public credit, and will
curtail no part of the Funds appropriated to the various services
of the State.
" The Chamber of Peers will receive with respectful grafi-
tilde the communications which your Majesty announces re-
specting an object, the thought of which it deems it an honour
to have entertained as early as the first days of the Restoration.
Thus. Will the reparation Of a great misfortune signalize the
accession of your Majesty to the throne of your ancestors, and
tbo.era of felicity and glory which your Reign promises, will
commence under the happy augpices .of concord between all
you rxhildren.

Sire, your Majesty has deigned to invite the Peers of
France and the Deputies of the Departments to that imposing
ceremony by which the antique and holy alliance of Religion"
and Royalty will once more be consecrated. They will .come
to renew under the eyes of him who received their first oaths, a

secular union which extends to the cradle of the Monarchy.
" The France of Clovis and of St. Louis will again be found
in the France of Charles X, and the restoration of the Mo-
narchy will seem to be the anniversary of its foundation. The
successor of Clovis will be seen receiving the holy unction
from the hands of the successor of St. Kemigius, and invoking
the same God at the foot of the same altars. There will &so
be seen another Clotilde, full of courage and faith, who has
brought down the benedictions of Heaven on the arms of her
43band, and will implore them for the reign of her father.
" And in those two great Bodies of the State, present at that
Royal ceremony, who, according to the expression of your Pre-
decessor, unite in one the present and the past, there will-be
Found those Chiefs of the nation and the army, who dedicated
therrselves with Clovis to the worship of Christianity and the
iservic.e of the Monarchy ; and whilst your Majesty will invoke
who judges Nations and Kings, to witness the sacredness
of your engagements, and you will renew the oath of maintain-
•ing and causing to be observed the laws of the State and the
-Institutions granted by your august Brother, prostrate at the
foot of the same altars, happy to obey the Prince who is proud
to govern us, we shall address to Heaven the most ardent
-prayers for the preservation of the life of your Majesty, the
prosperity of your reign, and the happiness of France."
The KING replied-

"MT LORDS—It would be difficult for me to express the
satisfaction I feel at the sentiments expressed in the name of
Chamber of Peers • I shall embrace every opportunity to
give. it proofs of my confidence, and I depend on the reciprocity
*of this sentiment.
" I shall cause a law to be presented to the Chambers, which
I doubt not will unite all the French, as they are united in my
le:strt ; but I shall not step there, my Lords: the Sessions will
be renewed, and I shall cause all those ameliorations to be sue-
vesaively proposed to you, which I shall judge useful to the
happiness of a people so dear to me.
" What glory for the Throne and for you! for I shall com-
plete, I hope, this happy wish in concert with you, my Lords,
and seconded by God that protects France."
His MAJESTY then received the Grand Depu-
• tation of the Chamber of Deputies,headed by the
'President, the Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries.
M. RAvEz, after having., in the name of the Chain-
- Ler, congratulated his Majesty on the flew year,
presented to him the following Address from the
Chamber :
" SlRE—France has shared your Majesty's sorrow. , She
has wept with you for that King, who, in-adversity preserved a
. grandeur of soul independent of fortune, and whose wisdom
turned supreme power into a pledge of mercy and of peace._
A mediator between the present and the past, he has secured
the future, by institutions destined to last as dor.g as his me-
, mory._

"Sire, in succeeding a Prince who was not less beloved by
his people than by his family, your Majesty has created in the
• hearts of your subjects the noblest hopes. If their affliction
and confidence have filled your soul with sweet consolation,
you first words have justified our love, and we have felt that
Providence restored to us all that she had taken away from us.
" A Sovereign who speaks of the dutirs of Royalty renders
the obligations of his subjects still more sacred. Firmness, Sire,
is the first attribute of Justice. Firniness alone gives to good-
ness its true character; and when your Majesty implores it of
the God who inspires Kings, you make us presage the virtues
of your reign.
" Your Majesty informs us of the maintenance of the happy
harmony which subsists between France and Foreign Govern-
ments. When all at home unite without difficulty at the voice
of a magnanimous King, all abroad must beconsolidated by the
voice of Royalty seated on a powerful throne.
" For the purpose of confirming this unanimity, and the peace
which is its result, your Majesty prolongs the residence of your
trosps in Spain. Guided by a Prince, the honour.of our arms
and the just pride of a father, they have restored a Monarch to
his subjects ; they will now protect them against the return of
the -scourges by which they have been too long desolated. In
conciliating by the conditions of this measure the interests of
the two Monarchies, your Majesty has given a pledge of the at-
tachment which you feel for your Allies, and of your provident
solicitude for the welfare of your kingdom.
directs all
respect to our external relations, your Ma.
jests directs all your thoughts to the internal prosperity of your
empire.
" mn
It is with a tender t* -Si that we have sun your
-I*l . esty censect, to le n' -Sire,
iost
which ought to `iitve belonged generous cares moments
to grief alone; give to corn-

-mem and industry encouragements which promise the same
protection to agriculture ; soften by your presence the greatest
sufferings of humanity, and shed in the cabin of the poor
the affe,:ting consolations of the heart which no other benetit
can equal.

" ;pre, Religion is the foundation of society ; without Reli-
gion there would be for natiens neither duration, felicity, nor
glory, and in order to be; respecte,,l laws must bear its impe-
rishable stamp : we shall second with gratitude the zeal of your
Majesty for such important interests.
" Justice and policy inspired yeaAraugust Brother with the wise
design which occupied his last thought. To you, Sire, is re-
served the accomplis:nnent of this work of reparation, the
pious legacy of a great King, worthy to be accepted by your
Majesty. We are happy to have been able to assist in the re-
storation of the public income, which allows. so noble a use to
be made of its resources, Without injuring public credit, er
compromising the services and the wants of the State. The
Chamber of Deputies will accep., the honour offered to it of
assisting in this ;treat measure. Your Majesty will find us
faithful to justice and to our .p.romises.
" Sire, we return thanks for having been invited -to the au-
gust ceremony by wl!iell your Majesty intends to terminate the
first session of your reign. At the foot of the same altar-where
the holy oil will flow on your head, our wishes and our pmyers
shall unite themselves to your oaths. We sha:l ask of Heaven
that tile Royal House of Franco, so miraculously preserved 6y
Divine Protection, may govern for ever a people who place
their glory in obeying it, and who owe it their liberties."
The King answered :

" GrNT LE 31 r: Deeply affected by the sentiments which
the Chamber of Deputies has just expressed to me, I can only
answer with my heart. Yes, we shall always agree for the glory
and happiness of France. A union of sentiments, a union
of principles; we shall never separate, proud of contributing
to the felicity of this beautiful France, which we all love. I.
shall faithfully fulfil the intentions of a Brother whom I lament.
I shall not confine myself to this, Gentlemen, be assured that
I shall always seek whatever the welfare of my people shall re-
quire of me. What a satisfaction to us, Gentlemen, as I have
said to the Chamber of Peers, to repair cur misfortunes, and
cause them to he forgotten. I shall proceed, if God grants me
life. But, if Providence should not allow me time, there is
my Son, Gentlemen, who will complete what I shall have
begun. Gentlemen, believe my sentiments, and if I express
them to you with sensibility, believe also that it is with satis-
faction that I receive the expression of yours."
(From the Eloile, dated Sunday, Jan. 2.)
_ _

A letter from Trieste, in thy ilugsburg Ga-
zette, says—" A vessel from Constantinople
brings di,patches from Hydra of the 6th of De-
cember, perfectly confirming the events of Nov.
12th. It was after being again beaten by the
Greeks that Ibrahim Pacha retreated to the Bay
of Marmarissa. Another division of his fleet had
already steered for Alexandria. The Greeks
say he had three brigs burnt. Thry have taken
besides, five schooners and 17 transports. Several
Egyptian Captains, prisoners of war, have ar-
rived at llydra.°

[saturday (New Year's Day) being a Holiday
at Paris the Stock Exchange was shut.]

FOREIGN CORN TRADE.

The following is an extract from the CIRCULAR
of an eminent MercantilP 'louse, dated—
" liaNzw, 24th OCT. 11124.—The languid state of the
Corn Trade, for upwards of six years past, has had the most
disastrous effects upon the whole Northern Continent, and in
no part of it has this depression been more seriously felt than
here. The immediate consequence of this evil has been the
ruin of our Agriculturists, and thence, necessarily, the gradual
diminution of produce ; those causes latterly affecting all classes
of the community, have seriously impaired our commercial in-
tercourse with the western part of Europe. It is generally thought
that the consumption of British Colonials and Manufactures does
not at present exceed the one-half of what It amounted to, before
this unfortunate crisis of the Corn Trade took place. The
price of Wheat, by which the Prussian farmer could afford to
pay even the moderate taxes of this country, is calculated by
the best Economists at 35 shillings sterling per Winchester
quarter. But the landed proprietors in Volliynla (from which
province we get the bulk of our good wheat) cannot supply the
ports of the Baltic, unless obtaining about 38 shillings, as they
have nearly 14 shillings to pay for freight, duties, and charges.
Hence it appears, that our prices have been for more than five
years, under the cost of production. This sufficiently accounted
for the considerable decrease observable in the extent of the
Polish supplies, and our home produce. Under the circum-
stances just mentioned, it is not -surprising to find that the
spirit of enterprize hr..s been gradually disappearing, since the
more,prices declined, the less inducement is felt by the specu-
lator to come into Market ; hence exclusively proceeds the low
rate of our Corn prices, which are neither in just proportion to
the existing stock, nor in general to the present monied system
of Europe. Much has been said for some time past about a
favourable change in the British Laws, and very considerable
benefit might be expected to result to both countries from such
an act of the Legislature. This prospect, however, has not yet
had any generarbenelicial effect. '

FALSE RETURNS in MARK-LANE to ENHANCE
I'HE PRICE OF CORN-

Ypsterciey a•subject of the utmost importance
was lrought before the Loup MATOIL and Alderman
THOMPSON', by the Receiver-General of the Corn Returns at
Mark-lane, in consequence of a practice which has for some
time existed amongst some of the cornfactors. The Justice-
room at the Mansion-house was crowded during the investiga-
tion, and the greatest possible in,erest was manifested. The
defendants are cornfactors of respectability, and were legally
assisted on this occasion by Mr. ADOLPHUS and Law. Upon
the other side was Mr. BOLLAND.

The LOUD MAYOR and Alderman TticisePsosr were
attended by the City Solicitor.
Mr. Holder, the Chief Clerk, stated, that the defendants
Messrs. Frederick and Thomas Rushton of Mark-lane, corn-,
factors, appeared upon an information charging them with hay-.
ins made false returns to the inspector.. He then read the
information, which stated particularly the nature of the offence
as it was afterwards disclosed by the Counsel for the prosecu-
tion.—The defendants pleaded Not Guilty.
Mr. lim.naND said, he attended in support of the informa-
tion, which was tiled by Mr. Jacobs, the Receiver General of
the Coin Returns, for the purpose of repressing a most danger-
ous practice which had for some time existed. He meant the
practice of falsifying the Iteturnt of the Corn sold in order to
enhance the price in the market. This scheme had succeeded
in the early part of the year with respect to one article, and at-
tention was drawn to the subject in consequence—with respect
to barley, of which there were great quantities in bonds from
Foreign Parts, and which perhaps it was anxiously wished
by interested persons should by any means whatever he re-
leased. The untruth which the defendants were charged with
having told was, that between the 1 1 th and 16th of October
they had caused to be returned to George Levick, the Inspector
of the Corn Returns for the City of London, an account in
which they represented that they hail sold 842 quarters
of barley at 50s. per quarter, when, in point of fact they
had made no such sale. The proceeding against the defen-
dants was founded on the Act of the Ist and 2d George IV.
cap. 87, sec. 12, which said--" And be it further enacted,
that any such corufactor shall, and he is hereby required to
return, or cause to be returned, on the Wednesday in each and
every week to the said Inspector of Corn Returns, an account
in writing, signed with his own name or the name of his agent,
of the quantities of each respective sort of British corn so by
him sold and delivered during the week, with the total quantity
and value of each sort of corn, and by what measure or weight
the same was sold and delivered during the week, with the prices
thereof, the amount of every parcel, with the total quantity
and value of each sort of corn, and by what measure or weight
the same was sold, with the names of the buyers thereof, and
of the parsons for whom such corn' shall have been sold by
him respectively.; in default thereof every such corufactor
shall, for every such neglect, forfeit and pay the sum of 101."
The Act then goes on to state, that the Inspector of Corn
Returns shall transmit weekly an account .of the quantities
and prices of corn, received by him from the cornfactors to
-the Receivers of the Corn Returns. Without going, ;ilr.
Bolland observed. to the full extent into the nature and
effect of the offence complained of, it was obvious that it
tended greatly to the injury of the fair trader by contributing to
raise the price of barley. Theinjurious effect upon the con-
sumer also was very great; for although barley was not abso-
lutely so great a necessary of life as wheat, no one could deny
. the extreme importance of it. Tile practice was thus of double
injury. The Court were aware that when grain attained a
certain .price the ports were open fur the admission of foreign
corn: and it would he seen that there were individuals wuio
were desirous of seeing that effect produced, and did not,
hesitate to falsify the Returns for the purpose of producing
it. He should call Mr. Levick, the Inspector of the Returns.
to prove the particular return put in by the defendants; and
he should also call Messrs. Gosling, the person to whom
the barley in question purported to he sold, to prove that.
they bought no barley at the time answering the description
in .any -.respect. He (Mr. Bolland) understood that for the
defence it would be attempted to set up that there had been

some sort of sale or other. Now, -not only was it required
by the Act that there should be a bona fide sale of the article,
but that there should bean actual delivery ; and it could be no
answer to this charge to say that there had been a delivery by
santpls, for there must be an actual delivery of the bulk, other-
wise fictitious sales might be made of any quantity—the same
sample bag would serve in twenty instances, and the purpose
of the Act would be entirely defeated. The Receiver-General
of the Corn Returns had brought this case berme the Court
rather than proceed against the defendants in the Court of Ex-
chequer, a prosecution which would have proved extremely in-
convenient and expensive to the defendants.
Mr. AnotPflus said, the 49th section of the Act provided
against such prosecutions, and therefore the prosecution before
-two Magistrates, which was the only one that could be main-
tained, was no great act of mercy or forbearance.
Mr. Levick, Inspector of Corn Returns was then called—lle
stated. that he was Inspector of the Returns.
Mr. Anor.Pitus claimed the production of the witness's ap-
, rointmentl and when it was produced, objected to it as invalid.
l'he Act states (cap.. 7), that the Inspector of Corn Returns for
the City of London shall be appointed in the manner herein-
after directed ; that is to say, the several proprietors of the Corn
Exchange in Mark-lane shall, and they are hereby anthorised
and required to meet, and under their hands and seals nominate
and appoint a fit and proper person (not being a cornfactor,
merchant, clerk, agent, or other person buying corn for sale,
or for the sale of malt, meal, or flour made thereof), to be In-
spector of Corn Returns • and every such Inspector shall be,
and is hereby required within one week after he has received his
appointment to deliver the same to the Lord Mayor, &c. It
then goes on to require the Inspector to give bonds, to take an
oath for the due performance of his office, and also to cause the
certificate to be enrolled at the Sessions.

The witness, on his cross-examination by Mr. Anormius,
said, that he believed there might be about 60 of the proprietors
of the Corn Exchange, but he could not positively say.
.:\
ui general meeting was sumoned for the purpose of appointing
him according to the Act. He was appointed by those who
attended, and be believed that the signatures, about 20 in num-
ber, to his appointment were the signatures of those who then
attended.

Mr. ADOLPHUS contended that the appointment was worth
nothing at all, as it had not the signatures of all the proprietors
of the Corn Exchange. lie could not help the defects of the
Aet, but it clearly required that the appointment should be
made and signed by all the proprietors.
Mr. licii.LAND, in answer to this objection, referred to the
next section of the Act, which said that in case the proprietors
or the major part of them shall refuse or neglect to appoint as
aforesaid, then the Lord Mayor and Aldermen might appoint.
The Act, in thus mentioning the 44 major part" of the proprie-
tors, did away with the position contended for, that the signa-
tures and attendance of every one of them was necessary.—
There wax every reason to believe, until the contrary was shewn,
that those who did sign the appointment were the major part of
the proprietors.
The LORD MAYOR and Alderman THOMSON, after con-
sulting the City Solicitor, declared the appointment to be valid.
The witness then produced the return of the alleged sale, which
was signed by the defendants, John and Frederick Rushton.

Croii-examined by Mr. ADOLPHUS—The returns in ques-
don had a tendency to raise the price too high. Calculated the
averages from the various returns he received.
Mr. Anr.Pu us—Have you not the power of refusing or dis-
allowing returns when you suppose them to be too low ?
Witness--I have never seen any thing of that kind in those
returns.

Mr. ADOLPIIIIA—I ask you, have you never disallowed or
kept hack returns because they were in your opinion too low ?
Witness—l swear I never have disallowed or kept back one.
m (The witness here coplained that an unjust insinuation was
intended to be conveyed by the question.)
Mr. Anot.puus said the question conveyed no more than it
was intended to convey, as he had an idea somehow or other
that returns were occasionally kept back. There were some
persons whose profits would be reduced by the raising of the
prices.
The witness solemnly declared that he never had disallowed
a return.

Edward Gosling, the witness who was summoned to prove
that no such sale as that stated in the return had been made,
was then called, but he did not appear.
The Solicitor for the prosecution said he did not expect that
the gentleman would appear.
. . . . _

111 i. BOLLAND adatted that this information must be
quashed, and he therefore proceeded to the next, which was
against the same defendants, and alleged, that on the 10th
of November they made a false return to Mr. Levick, stating
that they ha,' sold for certain persons under the name of Ford
and Co. 2,440 quarters of barley at 495. per quarter to Messrs.
Ihnirti and Co.

Mr. Levick produced the return which was signed by one
of the defendants. lie said he knew Mr. Ford as a buyer of
barley, but he knew no such persons as Gonna and Co.
William Ford suited, that he is a maltster residing at Nine
Elms. He had a partner named Hewitt, and they were sonic-
times called Ford and Co.. Ford and Hewitt, or Hewitt and
Ford; but his partner did not take an active part, and he
alone was known on the Corn Exchange. He did not sell on
the day mentioned in the return 2,440 quarters of barley
through the defendants to Messrs. Gourtz and Co.

Mr. A DOLPII us cross-examined the witness to show that
some other house under the name of Ford and Co. might have
been concerned in the transaction. The witness said he knew
no other house of that name that dealt in barley.
Mr. Bo LLAND hoped that Mr. Adolphus had some more un-
exceptionable defence than that which had been adopted in the
former case in answer to such a charge.
Mr. ADOLPHUs then addressed the Court for the defendants
He said, that without taking into consideration the policy or im-
.policy of those informations, or of the Act of Parliament under
which they were laid and without saying whether or not the im-
mediate effect of those return* was to raise the price of corn, he
would observe, that there miht be some scheme sanctioned by
those whose object it was to keep down the price of corn to an
'improper rate, and that something might have been necessary to
.counteract the operation of such a motive. There were one or
two Jpropositions set forth by his Learned Friend, which were
very far from being well founded. He (Mr. Adolphus) con-
tended that it was not necessary that there should be a delivery
of the bulk in order to constitute a delivery within the meaning
-of the Act of Parliament. A delivery by sample bad been held
.under the Statute of Frauds to be a good delivery, and it would
be a good delivery here. With respect to this charge the ac-
.counts which his clients gave of the business was, that they were
in correspondence with a house named Gourtz and Co. of Ber-
lin, who did order them to purchase the quantity of barley spe-
cified, and that they did purchase it of a liou4e named Ford and
Co.; but the proof of this case was clogged With so many diffi-
culties as to the production of the letter cootinissioning them to
buy, and as to who are the parties, that it would perhaps be
better to (rive no evidence in answer to the case for the infor-
mation. tl!'his was the account given of the case by his clients,
and if his Lordship and his Brother Magistrate thought the
case for the informer was made out, they would convict the de-
fendants. As, however, this was only brought forward as an
example, they would perhaps consider that the lowest fine of
40s. would answer the purpose of the prosecution.
The LORD 3lAroit anti Alderman Ttroatrsos: had not
the slightest doubt that the defendants had contravened the
Act, and felt it necessary to convict them in the penalty of 10/.
and costs.

(The penalty fixed by the Act is from 40s. to 201)
The next case called was an information against Messrs.
Boggis and Savage, cornfactors, for having made a false return
of the quantity of British corn sold by them between the 18th
and 23d of October, stating that they had sold for James
Thomas to George Walker 976 quarters and 3 bushels at 40s.
per quarter, which statement was altogether false.
'The defendants were called upon to pleat but did not appear.
Mr. LOFTY appeared as Solicitor for the defendants, and
undertook to Plead in their behalf.
Mr. BoLLAND said the personal attendance of the defend-
ants could not be dispensed with. Such a thing was never
known in a criminal case.

Mr. I4oFTY said, that one of his clients had been bed-rid-
den for many years, and the other had long been so unwell as
not to be able to attend.

Mr. BOLLAND seemed disposed to wave the objection ; brit
one of the witnesses. Mr. Walker, being called not appearing,
the Learned Counsel refused to make any concession.
Mr. LAW requested that the case would be given up, as his
clients had not for many gars been able to take an active part
in business, and were not likely to be ever able to attend.
To this it was replied, that they must be made answerable
for the conduct of those who carried on business on their be-
half.

The person who served the summons on the defendants de-
posed that when he served the summons on Mr. Savage, that
gentleman was lying on a sofa. Could not swear that he was
ill. When witness served the other .defendint, Mr. Boggis,
that gentleman walked out of .one room into another to re-
ceive it.

Mr. BOLLAND, after a few observations, agreed that the
case should stand over.

31r. LOFTY hoped it would he postponed for three months.
This proposal was peremptorily rejected by the Solicitor for
the prosecution.
Mt. LAW observed that in the interval the bill might be re-
pealed._ _ _

Mr. BOLLAND said (we believe, for many things were in-
distinctly stated ; indeed some parts of the speeches as well as
the evidence were inaudible) he hoped so, in order that some
more penal Statute might be substituted.
The case was ultimately adjourned, the Solicitor for the pro-
secution being determined to pursue 'every case without ex-
ception.