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tain Herbert's care of these animals, 

 which, from the description of their 

 beauty and usefulness, he had long 

 desired to annex to the ornamental 

 stock of Frogmore. When the 

 breed is more generally diffused, 

 it will be a valuable addition to the 

 improvements and extensions re- 

 cently made in the animal stock of 

 the kingdom. 



13. The Marquis de Romana 

 has caused a very splendid monu- 

 ment to be erected to the memory 

 of Sir John Moore, in a conspicu- 

 ous situation, to which the remains 

 of the lamented hero have been 

 removed, from the obscure place 

 where they were depoiited in the 

 fortress of Corunna. The follow- 

 ing inscription is placed on the 

 monument: — 



A la Gloria 

 Del General Ingles Moore, 



Y sus valientes Compatriotas, 



La Espana Agradecida. 



(To the Glory 



Of the English General Moore, 



And his valiant Countrymen, 



The Gratitude of Spain.) 



And on the other side :— 



MemoriadelDial6deEnero,1809. 



(Memory of the Action of the 16th 



January, 1809.) 



20. Joint Stock Companies.— 

 The King v. Webb and others, pro- 

 prietors of a Company calling them- 

 selves the Birmingham Union Flour 

 and Bread Company. — This was a 

 prosecution, by indictment, pre- 

 ferred by the millers and bakers of 

 that town and neighbourhood, 

 against the conductors of tiie Union 

 Flour and Bread Company, on the 

 statute of the Gth Geo. I. as being 

 a joint stock company, and pro- 

 hibited by that statute. 



Several witnesses were examined 

 on the part of the prosecution, with 



a view of showing that it had been 

 injurious to the prosecutors, and 

 therefore illegal ; and on the part 

 of the defendants, it was clearly- 

 proved, that the institution was of 

 a general benefit to the town, and 

 that a short time previous to the 

 establishment the inhabitants were 

 scantily supplied with flour and 

 bread, and that of an inferior qua- 

 lity, and much adulterated, and 

 therefore it was formed with a view 

 of preventing a recurrence of it. 



After a considerable discussion of 

 the legal question, arising upon the 

 construction of the above act, the 

 learned judge recommended cer- 

 tain points to be submitted to the 

 consideration of the jury, for the 

 purpose of making a special case 

 for the opinion of the Court of 

 King's-bencli, which were as fol- 

 low : — 1st. Whether the undertak- 

 ing was originally beneficial to the 

 public?— 2dly,Whetherit continues 

 to be so? — and3dly,Whetheritwas 

 injurious to the millers and bakers ? 



On which the jury returned the 

 following verdict :— " That its ori- 

 ginal institution was laudable, that 

 it was benefcial to the town of 

 Birmingham, and continues to be 

 so ; but that it was prejudicial to 

 the private interests of the millers 

 and bakers concerned in that trade." 



Ireland. — Extraordinary Case. 

 — From the Dublin papers of the 



22d nit " On Thursday last, at 



seven o'clock in the evening, as a 

 man was passing by the lime-kiln 

 of D. Gosson, near Finglas, he saw 

 in a hollow below the wall of the 

 kiln, a person in a grey coat lying 

 on his face on the ground. At 

 first he supposed him to be asleep 

 or intoxicated, but after some time 

 perceiving he did not stir, he was 

 induced to examine him more 



closely, 



