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diation among the humbler classes seems to lead
to the conclusion that the principle will, in the
course of time, become almost general. This is,
perhaps, the best evidence that can be offered of
the danger of placing the supreme power of A
country in the hands of the uneducated and un-
thinking masses, or, as the economists express it,
" of the people."
HERALD.—Tn the absence of particular and
mercantile news from abroad, conversation and
interest in the City is intensely directed to cer-
tain proceedings in the Court of Bankruptcy
now in progress. The people of the old and
honest system of trade are extremely scandalised
by the exposures which are taking place, and
these exposures do not fail to recal recollection
to the nefarious system of trade introduced some
twenty years ago by some select houses, noto-
rious for the " immense fortunes" made in a
short time by it.
By decree of the 27th of January, 1833, the
importation of iron chain cables fbr the service
of the Royal Navy in Spain was permitted sub-
ject to a duty of 15 per cent. in Spanish vessels
and 25 per cent. in foreign, calculated upon a
value of 60 reals per quintal. On the represen-
tations of a commercial house at Barcelona this
permission was extended, by royal order of May
3, 1840, to chain cables for the merchant service.
Thislpermission is, however, only provisional; as
it is enacted that foreign cables shall only be
admissible so long as none shall be manufactured
in the Peninsula. Latterly, however, a chain
cable manufactory has been established at
Barcelona, by an Association under the title
of the Catalan Company, conducted by means
of English workmen, and it may be feared,
therefore, that occasion will be taken to obtain
from the Spanish Government the re-establish-
ment of the prohibition.

Mines of argentiferous lead have been recently
discovered in the sierra, or mountain range, of
Almagrera, or of Montroy, in the province of
Almetra, at a short distance from the town of
that name. Four hundred excavations or open-
ings have already been made, but two mines
only in the Jaboso excavation, on the side of
the plateau of Maleyra, have as yet led to
results of particular consequence. The analysis
of the products of these mines made at Al-
meira gives sixty per cent. per quintal of
lead, and from 18 to 24 ounces of silver, or
on the average 21 ounces. Lead is more abun-
dant in the mining district of Gador, but the pre-
sence of silver has raised the value of the mineral
of Altnagrera to 25 reales de vellon per arroba;
and as it was considered that this price was still
below the real value a further rise was expected.
The products obtained since the commencement
of the workings have been as abundant as those
of the well-known and longer-worked sierra of
Gador. It frequently occurs in the mines of
this sierra, which are all of a great depth, and
in the grounds where the mines are opened and
worked, that the yield scarcely covers the ex-
penses of extraction. In the sierra of Almagrera,
on the contrary, the mines are almost always
near the surface, so that the opening of eight
mines cost no more than what is required for
one only at Gador, whilst the vein, once dis-
covered, remains profitable for a long and con
tinned extraction of metal. So that, at actual
prices, the working of these mines becomes au
advantageous speculation.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, Dec. 16.

This being the third seal after Michaelmas Term, the
Court took motions to-day.

IN RE AMIOT.

This case came before the Court upon motion to dis-
solve an injunction which had been granted by his Lord-
ship a short time since, upon petition, under the fourth
clause of the Administration of Justice Amendment Act,
which provided, that in all cases where the Equity Ex-
chequer (which was abolished by the Act) had
hitherto granted distringas upon stock, the Court
should have the power to grant injunctions upon
petition, without the filing of a bill. The fifth
clause of the same Act was rather inconsistent with the
4th, and under that clause it was contended that the
Court could not grant the injunction in the way it had
been done in the present instance.
Mr. Wilbraham appeared on behalf of the application
to dissolve the injunction, and Mr. Wakefield and Mr.
Beale were in support of it.
The LORD CHANCELLOR thought'this a case in which
it was necessary that he should consult with the other
Judges of the Court as to the practice to be adopted
under these clauses. His Lordship did not think the
parties who had conducted the bill through the House
were at all aware of the nature of those two clauses.
From what he had heard, the second of those clauses
was intended as a substitute for the first. They must
however, take the law as they found it, and the Judges
of the Court must consult together as to how it should
be carried into effect.

ROLLS COURT, Dec. 16.
CALVERT V. WATSON.

This was a motion for an order for the payment into
Court of the purchase money of an estate sold under a
decree of the Court, and for the purchaser to complete
the purchase. Miss Watson, the defendant, was reported
the purchaser of the property in question, and shortly
afterwards was furnished with an abstract of the title.
The abstract so delivered was laid before Counsel, and
after ample opportunity for examination had been allowed_
it was assumed between the parties that there was a good
title, and an arrangement was proposed for the purchaser
to take possession, but which arrangement, in conse-
quence of the illness of Miss Watson, did not immediately
take effect. however possession was taken on the 10th
of November last, and on the next day Mr. Nisbett, the
purchaser's solicitor, was alleged to have stated to the
agent of the vendor, that the possession so taken WAS
without prejudice to the right of the purchaser to dispute
the title, and to refuse on that ground to complete the
purchase. The vendor's solicitor absolutely refused to
accede to this proposit;on, and the defendant not being
satisfied with the title, refused to complete the purchase,
and met the motion of the other party by a motion to be
discharged therefrom for want of title.
_ .

Mr. Pemberton and Mr. Parker appeared for the plain-
tiff, and Mr. liindersley, Mr. Walker, and Mr. C. J.
Selwyn for the defendant.
The MASTER of the RoLLs said that upon the evidence
he was of opinion that the possession taken by the pur-
chaser was an acceptance of the title, and that what had
taken place afterwards did not operate as a waiver ; but
it did not fol!ow if the title was bad that therefore the
Court would order a conveyance to be made of what it
knew to be a bad title. There was a mode in which re-
lief might be obtained in circumstances such as this, not
by such a motion as that on the part of the defendant,
but by a petition stating the circumstances under which
it had been found that the title was bad, and praying for
an inquiry with regard to these circumstances. What
seemed to him as right to be done on this occasion was
to order the purchase money to be paid into Court to be
carried to the account of Miss Watson's purchase, leaving
-
her at liberty to present a petition in the manner he had
mentioned, if she should be so advised. The other part
of her motion, relating to her discharge from the pur-
chase, must be dismissed with costs.

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KUNTZ V. VIA'
the de(or counterfeiting, a
certain manufacture
sheathing of the
,bottci:i metal-plates, applied to the
plaintiff,Mr. Muntz, th toms of ships, and for which the
e Member for Birmingham, had
taken out a patent in th
It appeared from c e month of October, 1822.
opened the cco he statement of Mr. Bethel!, who
the plaintiffs, that the plates, which
were now extensively
y l in use, consisted of an alloy of cop-
per and zinc • , mixed in the proportions of 60 per cent. of
copper, and 40 per cent. n
arose from
of zinc. The great value
of
the Compost t. its durability, and
from its
oxidatingion
with salt water, which kept
it all • •
N 11.3 s clean. The plaintiff had enjoyed the sole and
undisputed possession of the patent until the year 1839,
when the defendant, who is the principal partner in a
foundery at Bristol, manufactured a similar composition
for the same purpose, which he still continued to do. The
defendant, however, rolled the metal cold, while plaintiff
rolled it hot, this last process being stated by the plain-
tiff to be less expensive and more expeditious. Various
affidavits were put in, for the purpose of showing that
the invention of Mr. Muntz had completely succeeded,
and had attained the objects set forth in the patent.
Mr. Rini-ull:6 urged for the defence that the heating
of the metals was an essential part of the process for
which the patent had been granted ; and that his client
did not, consequently, interfere with it. Besides, the
principle of manufacturing an alloy from copper and zinc
had been long known, and could not therefore become the
subject of a patent.
liis lloNoun, in delivering his judgment, said that
he did not think there could be any doubt as to
the validity of the patent, because there had been
such a possession as conferred a right to it.
But it did appear to him, that from the terms of the
specification, the plaintiff himself considered the -
heat_ing of the metal an essential part of the process. Under
all the circumstances of the case he should make
order, but be would leave it to the plaintiff to bring no
action at law for the infringement of the patent,ll and,
an
until that action was tried he would pronounce
nitive judgment in the matter. He should, in th ° defi-
nitive
give both parties liberty to apply. e mean-
(Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BlitteE.)
HOLLAND V. CLARK.

Ilis HONOUR was occupied during
.the greater part of
the day in hearing the arguments in this cause, which
were not concluded at the rising of the Court.