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THE BIRMINGHAM DEPUTATION
TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL.
BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY. According to an-
nouncement, last night a public meeting was held at
the Town-hall, for the purpose of receiving the report
of the deputation appointed to wait upon Lord John
Russell, at a meeting held on Friday, the 22d ult.
The attendance at the commencement of the proceed-
ings was not numerous, but subsequently it consider-
ably increased. Amongst the gentlement present
Were Mr. W. Scholefield, M.P., Mr. Spooner, M.P.,
Mr. Muntz, M.P., Mr. T. C. SalLallr. Taunton, Mr.
Mason, Mr. Harlow, Mr. T. B. Wright, Mr. Blunt,
Mr. Alderman Wilson, Mr. Jennens, Mr. Sturland,
and many other persons entertaining views favourable
to those propounded in the memorial presented to the
First Lord of the Treasury.
On the motion of Mr. SALT, seconded by Mr.
TAUNTON, Mr. Alderman Wilson was called upon to
preside.
The CUAIRMAN, after reading the advertisement
by which the meeting was convened, observed that
most, if not all, present • would recollect that a
fortnight ago a meeting was held in that hall, and
upon that important occasion a memorial to Lord
John Russell was agreed upon with respect to the
commercial distresses of the country. Since then
they all knew what had occurred. A relaxation, as
it was termed, of the monetary system, upon the re-
commendation of Lord John Russell and the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, had taken place; a high rate
of interest had been established; and the measure
thus adopted had been the means of throwing out of
employment some hundreds,
if not thousands, who
were dependent upon labour for their daily mainte-
nance.—(Hear, hear.) They had to hear the result of
the interview with Lord John, Russell, and he first
called upon Mr. William Scholefield to address them.
Mr. W. SCHOLRYIELD, M.P., was received with
loud cheers. Ile commenced by observing that it be-
came his first duty to report to them the interview
which the deputation had had with Lord John Rus-
sell. He did not know whether any of them had ever
had any personal knowledge of interviews with Mi-
nisters of the Crown; he had frequently been a mem-
ber of such deputations, and he might state to them
as a fact that the result generally reminded him of the
passage—
the hill, and then—marched down again."
" The King of France, with fifty thousand men,
politeness, and attention by
w(Cithhileleagrsrcrheeaadtnudepelauurgteheyte,r.)pe Now, they were received
Lord John Russell—nothing, so far as personal
urbanity went, could be more satisfactory ; and then
they were as politely and courteously bowed out.—
(Laughter.) And that was all he (as a member of
the deputation) had to say about it.—(Cheers and
laughter.) He (Mr. Scholefield) did not complain of
this conduct on the part of Lord J. Russell. He
knew the numerous official duties to which the Noble
Lord had to attend; but this he (Mr. Scholefield)
would say—that no deputation ever appointed—and
he had accompanied many—had ever more deter-
minedly and satisfactorily discharged the special
duties which they were delegated to perform. They
told Lord J. Russell that he and his colleagues were
not possessed of true information as to the real con-
dition of the country—they told him that the recent
recommendations with regard to the relaxation
of the Bank Charter were not sufficient to restore
public confidence—they told him that the conse-
quences of such a measure, without further relax-
ation, would be ruinous to the working classes—they
told him that although it was possible that such a
rate of interest (8 per cent.) might be paid for present
liabilities, few upon such terms would engage in new
transactions—and that if such were the consequences,
they asked what was to become of those who upon
trade and labour depended for their daily bread.—
(Cheers.) They also told Lord John (he believed
Mr. Spooner urged the argument), that the fixing of
8 per cent. would lead to a general rate of interest to
that amount throughout all the country, and the
withdrawal of all other securities, except as regarded
interest equal to that value.—(Hear, hear.) But it
was likewise pointed out, by Mr. Mason, that the
distresses of the country were caused, not by natural,
but by artificial causes. That gentleman informed
the Minister that they had recently had to rejoice in
a bountiful harvest—that the price of corn was low—
they (the merchants of Birmingham), as he (Mr.
Scholefield) knew, received an abundance of orders—
but that, netwithstanding all those blessings and ad-
vantages, their trade and condition were daily becom-
ing more ruinous.—(Hear, hear.) They next alluded
to the dependence wnich Ministers placed upon irre•
sponsible advisers ; they did not mention the name,
they alluded when they made this complaint to Mr.
Jones Loyd.—(Hear, hear.) The deputation did nat
for a moment wish to allude to that gentleman with
any disrespect; but they said that his experience
merely as a City banker was not sufficient to justify
any alterations of the currency which he might sug-
gest to the Government.—(Cheers.) The deputation
concluded by requiring a close and rigid inquiry into
the monetary system of the country, with a view to
its being placed upon a good and sound foundation
for ever.— (Cheers.) He could not recollect what
Lord John Russell said, except upon one point. It
had been stated that in reply to the Liverpool deputa-
tion,
he (the Noble Lord) had said that " he could
not hold out any hope whatever." Now, the fact
was that the deputation, on leaving him, stated that
they would call upon him next day, when he replied,
with regard to the promised visit, that as to that (the
next day) he could hold out no hope. That
was all he said, and he (Mr. Scholefield) conceived it
to be an important correction. In conclusion,
he (Mr. Scholefield)
begged to say, that•he believed
of the
the deputation had done their duty ; and, moreover,
he believed that every day
country, until they insisted upon, and
ery would increase the diffi-
cultiesobtained, a searching
inquiry into the present mone-
taryy system. He would only refer, and that very
'hortly, to an article which appeared in that morn-
ing s Times, in regard to the interview of the de-•
ot ti pe I I
be
putation with Lord John Russell. The Times said
that they plainly saw that.the object of the Birming-
whaamnteddepwuatsa,titoon
pwayls2tohse. paymentin
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3ions.thoer
Birming-
ham Now, all they (the Birmingham deputation)
40ms.,ra.sstAhLeTy w
commenceder were
yd tocomdoplbilnyetnhteinmgonheiys laws
resumed his seat
now in force. mr, .
k ---.-r Scholefield
amidst loud cheers.)
col-
leagues of the deputation •
to the Prime Minister, espe-
cially Mr. Mason, who, as the man of the people,
had shown to Lord John Russell that the people were
in earnest. For himself (he
said),
he had only added
a little spice, as sauce to the dish. They had shown
to the Minister that they relied on their own strength,
and they had told him that if he left the masses of the
people to all the horrors which would speedily over-
take them, the responsibility must rest upon him.
They had put themselves at the head of the people ;
and if the people only stood by them, no Government
should exist that would not exert itself to secure
the happiness and prosperity of the whole community.
For himself, he had retired from politics long since ;
but when he saw that the people were about to be
crushed, he was with them again, full of heart and
A state of things
hope. was going on that was pro•
ducing misery amongst all classes of society, and
lacerating the human heart. He was determined,
therefore, not to stand idly by.--_(Rear) Old as he
he felt the old spirit reviving in him, and he
Ms,
d that trusted it would in them, an _ they would again
unite in one common cause—the cause of Christianity,
and humanity, and juetice.--(Cheers,) They had
told Lord John Russell that the matter should not
rest where it was : there shouldbe
nor
r no peace for him,
nor for any other Minister,
. afor any man, who did
not unite with them in puttingstop to the present
pernicious system.
- He called upon every master to
stand in the gap, and protect his work men against
on of the hut
the wrath and oppressi
of I.lionists. He
too, to every minister ,
religion to lend
appealed, , , bare
real religion, and not
his aid ; they would
pro-
fession of it, and now was the time for every Christian
Christian duty.--(Cheers.). They were
man to do a
party spirit or feeling in this matter.
Whig, by no
d Chartist •
were united, and
• Tory, Radical, an
Whig, to come amongst them. If the
he defied the enemy
duty he would
Ministers did not do theirs
He would respect and
their
lives out of them.to
their high position, but e wouldpay
roper deferenceh
tell them, too, such s
truths as would make them have
pressed the people too far. All they
a care how they
to be firm,_ but to b
e patient,
asked of the people was
for that was
work,
even when they were thrown out of
no less than
inevitable. Within the last three weeks
thrown out of employment
within bad been
10,000 navvies
within 25 miles of Birmingham, and before very long
into miser
thousands here would be plungedemploy
labour!se
(H hecaeuer,
of the want of means to m
hear.) At that very time the pawnshops were full,
e (as was well known) the
and when that was the
pawnbrokers would make
less advances upon the
(Ilear, hear.) One shape of
articles offered to them.—
(Ipassed, had alrea-y the next would
the calamity they
be to the workhouse. But would they, the men of
Birmingham, stand by and allow it ? No. It would
be guilt of the worst species if they did—guilty as
those were who aided iforcing on so much wretched-
ness and destitution. in forcing
would not tolerate the
doings of these cold -bloody ,
ed souls. They should
be made to feel, that
the people of England could
unite in a cause in
which the principles of self.;
filtered sad Christianity were bound up. To the Queen

they would appeal—in her they had confidence—in
her humane heart and enlightened head : they knew
that she gloried in the prosperity of her people, and
he had told Lord John Russell that if he refused to
redress this monster grievance, they would go to his
mistress, and tell her that no Ministry should exist
who did not make the people happy.—(Cheers.) For
his own part, he had had a long quarrel with them,
but he had forgotten the past, and now, if they were
willing to do their duty, he would do his. He would
stand by what he had said to Lord John Russell—he
would not see his men injured, but he would do (if
need be) as he had done before—he would parade
them in the streets before the public, and shiw the
misery which had been inflicted upon thein.—(Loud
cheers.) They did not want charity—they repudi-
ated and scorned it; but they did ask for that which
should enable them to give to honesty and industry
the reward of its labour. Those were the principles
which Thomas Attwood proclaimed long ago ; they
were the principles he (Mr. Salt) adhered to now,
and they might depend on it that, so far as the real
interests of the people were concerned, that was the
most important movement that had ever been origi-
nated in England.—(Hear, hear.) They had had
one which was for the extension of the people's
liberty—this was for wages, plentiful and abundant
wages.—(Cheers.) If any set of men thought they
ought to have the charter, all he said was, let them
at a proper time try to obtain it ; but the whole ques-
tion to be agitated now was—wages—good wages for
that labour which was God's endowment to man. To
talk of industry and skill being starved in a country
where there was so much wealth was degrading,
but it was disgraceful to the Government that per-
mitted it. He urged them, therefore, to remember
that the only cry they had to make was—wages—
wages—wages. Mr. Salt concluded by moving the
following resolution:—
" That the unexampled commercial ruin which has
made England a spectacle of shame and wonder to
all nations, has not been consequent on any undue
speculation on the part of the people, but has been
caused by the cruel and fraudulent laws which re-
gulate her monetary system, and which are in their
nature a warrant of ruin against every enterprise of
industry. The pretence of these laws was to fix
the value and regulate the issues of money, their
effect has been to cause ruinous fluctuations both in
its value and quality. When gold money is abun-
dant, money is still more abundant by issues of paper
money; when gold money is scarce, money is made
scarcer by the withdrawal of paper money. In the
first case, industry is tempted and forced into enter-
prise, in the next case it is involved in certain ruin
by the withdrawal of the very foundation on which it
stood. A fraudulent and fluctuating standard of
value, an immense superstructure of paper on a
narrow and shifting gold basis, are the elements of
our system and the sources of our ruin. The at-
tempt to prop up this system, and to limit unduly
the issue of money by exacting highly usurious
interest, cannot fail to break down the value of pro-
perty, by compelling sales, and the lifting up the
interest of money higher than the profits of trade must
necessarily stop the employment of labour, and destroy
the means of existence of the labourer. Thus the
law is made to destroy the life and property its whole
aim should be to preserve; for such acts there must
be no toleration, no indemnity. That memorials be
forthwith prepared to her Majesty the Queen, and a
petition to the House of Commons, praying for pre-
sent large and liberal relief, and for full inquiry into
the monetary system, with a view to its permanent
regulation. That the Birmingham Currency Reform
Association be requested to communicate with Liver-
pool and other commercial towns, with a view to
obtain their co-operation. That this meeting hereby
pledges itself individually and collectively to raise and
place in the hands of the Currency Association the
sum of 1,0001. towards defraying the expenses of the
association."
Mr. J. MASON seconded the adoption of this reso-
lution in a speech of considerable length. He com-
menced by declaring that the inevitable result of the
present monetary system was to depreciate the value
of labour ; and he went on to say that the evil must
be remedied by the people, for that in the House of
Commons they did not understandC it, and although
they had the Government and the bullionist against
them, he did not doubt but that ultimately they would
be successful. The Times newspaper was opposed to
them—that was an evidence that they were in the
right. It had been the invariable practice of that
journal to treat with contempt every measure intro
duced for the benefit of the people ; but in the end it ge-
nerally came round and supported it. If they had had
the support of the Times at the commencement of the
struggle, their success might have been more proble-
matical than it then was, but the course which that
journal had adopted made it plain what the result
would be.—(Hear.) They who had opposed a reform
in the currency now bEgan to see that a change
was inevitable, and there were thousands of others
who dared not at present identify themselves with
the movement.—(Hear.) Mr. Aluntz and the cur-
rency reformers had been charged with wishing to
make the country rob its creditors; nothing was
further from the fact; but it was a fact that the
creditor interest of the country had robbed and was
robbing the debtor interest.—(Hear.) We were
paying - 50,000,000/. to Government annually,
30,000,0001. of which went to the funded interest,
for not one farthing of which had they a return ; and
now, by a recent attempt to relieve the pressure, the
gold came in by a forced reduction in prices, thereby
destroying the home trade, and forcing them to sup-
ply foreigners before themselves—clothing foreigners,
although they could not get a coat to their own
backs. The speaker then gave various statistical
details, with a view to show the injury worked by
the present system, citing particularly the fact, that
by the withdrawal of 4,000,0001. of money from cir •
culation, 100,000,000 of bills of exchange must be
stopped ; and he concluded by declaring it was im-
possible for the present state of things to go on—
that there was a power in England which should make
the money-mongers yield—that they would be made
to make money subservient to life, and not life sub-
servient to money.—(Cheers.) He had (he said) told
Lord John Russell that he was a Chartist, and that
he was desirous of seeing great changes in the Go-
vernment of the country; but at the same time he
should regret if that change was forced on by the
miseries and wretchedness of the people. Mr. Mason
resumed his seat amidst much applause.
Mr. MUNTZ, who was very warmly greeted, said
that he challenged any man in that meeting, or out of
it, to prove that he had ever heard a more sound,
practical, or useful speech—one embodying a larger
amount of information on the subject of the currency
than that which had just been delivered by Mr.
Mason. It showed a complete knowledge and under •
standing of a most intricate question, and was there-
fore so much the more valuable.—(Cheers.) He came
there (he said) at very great inconvenience that night;
in the first place, he had left a great deal of business
undone, and in the next he had not had his dinner;
but he thought it *as due to them that the, should
have a fair report of what took place at the interview
with Lord John Russell ; and however much he
might have been desirous of that originally, he was
doubly so since he had read an article in the Times
that morning.—(Hear.) Now he was sorry to say
that the press generally was not very nice when a
fact was to be established., They didn't stick at
falsehood, and the article which appeared in the
Times of that morning was a tissue of falsehoods. He
was quite certain that it had been concocted by some
one who had an object in misstating that which had
taken place.—(Hear, hear.) What he had said to
Lord John Russell was, that at the time thedhis
memo-
rial was adopted, it was intended to haveask
Lordship to interfere to prevent the further et progressthat,
of the ruin that was then daily going on; but
consequent on the step which Governmentfre h
o hadis taken,
all they then had to do was to lay be
Lord-
ship a statement of the effects and disasters arising
out of the late pressure, to show to him, too, that the
profits arising from trade would not ail owof those
engaged in it paying eight, nine, or tea per cent. for
money, and that if nothing else were done it would
be impossible for the manufacturer to continue to
employ labour; that was the substance of what he
said. He stated further, that he knew it to be a
fact that the profits of trade were so small that the
old principle could never be re enacted, that of
bringing back gold by a reduction of prices to an
amount equalling five or six per cent. without involv-
ing those attempting this in complete ruin. He had
told his Lordship, too, that the ruin which would
come from a re-enactment of the present law in
its full force would be greater than it would have
been had it never been relaxed. The Honourable
Gentleman next adverted to some predictions of his
and observations made by him at the time the Act
of 1844 was under discussion, and thereafter he
went on to state that he had written a note to the
editor of the Times declaring that the whole of the
statements which appeared in his article that
morning were completely false. He entered into
some details with the view to show that as he
himself furnished the particulars of what took place
at the interview with Lord John Russell to a re•
porter from the Times' establishment, he had so much
more the reason to complain of these inaccuracies; and thereafter he went on to complain of the manner'
in which the peeple were treated by the Government
and the Pre". He bad written, lie said, a letter to

the editor of the journal, and the same paper which
contained that letter misstated the facts and opinions
he had advanced. It was a remarkable thing, but
the journal was at all times remarkably successful in
one thing, and that was in misrepresenting him. Well,
when he saw this error he wrote another note to the
journal, and then the next week they put in an article,
the plain meaning of which was to show that it was
better a part of the previous one had not been
printed.—(Hear.) They said they didn't take their
figures from M'Culloch. For his part he didn't
know whether they did or not, but this he did know
that they couldn't have a worse authority. The lion., Gentleman next read at length the article in the
Times, commenting upon the alleged inaccuracies in
it as he proceeded. He denounced it as a " perfect
piece of manufacture, full of false representation,"
and " without one word of truth in it, it
being utterly, totally, and gratuitously false."
In conclusion, he said, that for thirty-five
years they had been in a state of profound peace, and
now they were in a worse condition than ever, with
the prospect of a heavy .property-tax. He pointed
out to Lord John Russell the increased evils which
would result hereafter from the attempt to miti-
gate the pressure, because he was convinced that they
would be infinitely greater than if Government had
never interfered. It was now the duty of the people
to rid themselves of a Government and a press which
upheld such a pernicious and ruinous system, or they
would be beggars as long as they lived.—(Cheers.)
Mr. SPOONER said, that having, like his friend Mr.
Muntz, come to the meeting without his dinner, he
should necessarily be brief. He wished to state at the
outset, however, that his friend and colleague, Mr.
Newdegate, would have accompanied the deputation
to Lord tail Russell, but that, consequent on prior
engagements, he had been unable to be in London
on the day; at the same time he was desirous of
rendering every assistance in his power to promote
the object they had in view. The lion. Gentleman
next confirmed the observations which had been
made by Mr. Muntz, with reference to the inaccu-
racies in the Times' article. He supposed (he
said) that the editorial " we " had written something
in anticipation of what he supposed they might say,
and that he afterwards thought it too good to be
omitted. Adverting to the step which Government
had taken for the relief of the pressure, he said that
although it had had the effect of turning the ex-
changes, it had also depreciated the value of property
in this country to the benefit of foreigners. He ad-
mitted that the pressure would for a while be miti-
gated in one quarter, and that further failures might
be prevented ; but the burthen would now fall on the
labouring classes, their misery and destitution were
inevitable, and the Ministry that could act with so
little regard for the wants of that important part of
the community ought not to be suffered to go on.
He congratulated them on the fact that the people
were at last alive to the real source of theii misery ;
he claimed for himself and his friend, Thomas At-
wood, the credit of having pointed out in 1819 the
inevitable result of the fatal measure of that year; the
opinions he then held and proclaimed he bad eonsis-
tently and unflinchingly abided by; and he said to
them now, as he had always said with respect to free
trade, that if they were to have it, it must be free in-
deed. He had told them that it was no use having
cheap bread unless they had the means of
buying it; and had not those words come
true ?—(Hear, hear.) All he asked in future, then,
was, that whilst they held, as they had a right to do,
their own opinions, they would, for Heaven's sake, do
justice to those who differed from them. He con-
gratulated the people on the fact that they had one
amongst them as a leader so talented and well-in-
formed as Mr. Mason, and rejoiced that they had for-
gotten their political differences in their anxiety to
unite in putting down an iniquitous system. The
Hon. Gentleman next alluded to the courteous
manner in which Lord J. Russell had received the
deputation, and thereafter adverted to and explained
some inaccuracies which had appeared in the Times,
the articles in which paper were, he gently hinted,
written at the instigation of some great capitalist,
directly interested in the maintenance of the present
system ; and he concluded by declaring that, whilst
he was quite callous and ;indifferent to any attacks
which might be made upon him, " Mr." Times might
keep his own opinions, but that he should never ridi-
cule him out of his.—(Cheers.)
liAnLow next briefly addriess'ed the meeting,
and the resolution having been afterwards put was
unanimously adopted.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman,
and the proceedings terminated.

COMMERCIAL. AFFAIRS.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. B.—Affairs continue to wear an
improved aspect, and to this single announcement, in
the absence of other intelligence, must w•e to-day
confine our report. '
The operations in cotton have been largely in-
creased ; 6,000 bales, at advanced quotations, ha.ve
been sold, 1,000 being to foreign buyers ; and the
market closes firmly i above the quotations of Friday
last.

In the railway market, London and North-
Western Stock has been sold at 153} ; and Mid-
lands at 109 f.
There is one fact in connexion with the North and
South Wales Bank's affairs with regard to which a
very injurious and unfounded statement is current,
namely, that the establishment holds in the princi-
pality a large number of iron-works, lead-mines, &c.
It may be right to state, therefore, that, with one
exception, the bank has no charges of the nature
mentioned of any moment; and as was previously
stated, the assets of the bank are ample to meet the
whole of its liabilities. The proprietors will shortly
be assembled to decide the fate of the establishment,
of the resumption of which there is little question.
Glasgow accounts continue to add new suspensions
to the catalogues furnished from that city; and from
the subjoined extract from the commercial article of
the Albion of this morning, it will be perceived that
the aristocracy of Scotland are now experiencing the
weight of the recent pressure. The Clydesdale and
British Linen Company's 'banks have reduced to 6-1-
the rate of discount to their own customers. In other
quarters it had been deemed necessary to enhance the
rate to 8 per cent. during the week.
(From the Liverpool Albion.)
SATURDAY EVENING.—In Glasgow money matters
are much easier, and two of the banks are discount-
ing for their own customers at 6f per cent. The
failure of Campbell, of Islay (reported yesterday),
would have been severely felt by the Glasgow
banks, but they hold securities upon his estates,
which are not entailed, and of far greater value than
his liabilities, which are about 600,000/. A notion
prevails, that Mr. Campbell was connected with a
commercial affairs. His stoppage is caused by n•
ht
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wseasmael t
en
vestments in land, share speculations, and expensive
el ar
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n ehoouus ,se of
style of living. Being a near kinsman of the Duke
of Argyll, he maintained a "tail" in proportion to his
g ea mt
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relationship with his Grace, which was both great
disconnected Glasgow, which
with i
is
and expensive. It is reported that a Noble Lord re-
siding in Lanarkshire has also suspended payment.
His liabilities are not stated, but he is known to be
connected with some very extensive distilleries, and
held shares in several railways connected with his
part of the country. A Baronet, also residing in
Lanarkshire, figures in the list of bankrupts as a
timber-merchant, namely, Sir Wyndham Carmichael
Anstruther, who inherited only a few years since a
fine estate yielding a large income. It thus appears
that the Scotch aristocracy are suffering from the
severity of the times as well as their mercantile
brethren.

CASE OF ADULTERATION OP FLOUR AT LEEDS.—
Considerable excitement has prevailed in this town for
several days past, in consequence of a rumour prevailing
that several persons had been taken to the infirmary,
and were in a dangerous state, in consequence of having
partaken of bread made of adulterated flour. Oa Satur-

day last Samuel Vicars and his wife, residing in George-
street, were brought before the magistrates, BE.
and H. Stansfield, Esqs., on a charge to this effect. Mr.
Tigg, the house surgeon to the dispensary, stated, that
from the case of Ann Mathews and a patient of that
institution, as well as others whioh had been brought
under his notice, he was led to the conclusion that the
food they had taken had been adulterated. He had
analysed some bread brought to him, and found that it
contained a considerable portion of plaster of Paris.
Mr. West, chemist, said, that he had received a portion
of flour taken from the bins in the prisoner's shop, and
he found that it had been adulterated, but he Wished for
time to discover what deleterious matter had been in-
troduced. Superintendent James stated that it had been
ascertained that the flour was unadulterated when deli
v€ red by the miller. lie had also learned that the pri-
soner paid 38s. per sack of twenty stone, and retailed it
at the rate of 365. a sack, so that he would have lost 2s.
a sack by it unless he had mixed it. The case was
adjourned to next week,
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