§ MR. MACDONALDasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If his attention has been directed to the case of John Newry and Co. of the Barrow Hill Coppa Colliery and the Tansey Green Colliery, near Gornall, which appeared in the "Staffordshire Advertiser" dated the 19th May 1877, in which it is stated that firm had been convicted of six infringements of "The 1581 Mines Act, 1872," and for which it was amerced in penalties amounting to nearly 50; and, whether he will deal with this case under the provisions of the 32nd Clause of the Mines Act?
MR. ASSHETON CROSS,in reply, said, that the matter was under consideration, and he would require further information before coming to any conclusion on the matter.