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OLD BAlLEY—juis DIY). FORGERIES.—At the Sitting of the Court twenty-two persons pleaded guilty to the minor offence of having forged notes in their possession,which subjects them to fourteen years' transportation ; two ; viz. Jos. Smith and J. John t'o'n, will be tried for the capital offence, having pleaded not guilty. CHARGE OF MURDER.—Elizabeth Hyde was put to the bar, charged with the murder of her female infant child on the 6th of April last._ Mr., Watkins (a Medical Gentleman), and Mrs. Taylor were examined by Mr. Justice BAILEY, /rho, without proceeding further in the deposi- Oons, directed an acquittal. Algernon Disney, a person of most gentle manly appearance, was then tried on an indict ment, charging him with the wilful murder of Ann Ranting on the Ist of September. The particulars of this case have appeared in our Po lice reports at great length. Mr. Baron GAR "W charged the Jury, who immediately ac quitted him. Mr. Pat more, charged with the murder of Mr. Scott, at Chalk Farm, surrendered, and was on his trial when our Reporter left the Court. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 7. RIVERS V. HEATH. Ilia was an action for work and labour.—lt appeared in evidence that the defendant, who is an eminent engraver, emp/oyed the plaintiff' to retouch and repair some of the sub ordinate parts of Hogarth's plate, and amongst others, " The March to Finchley." In the progress of the work, the plaintiff' received £44 on account, and he now claimed £3t as the bal nc2 for his labours. Several eminent engravers deposed that the work would have taken the plaintiff six or seven months time to do, and that half a guinea per diem would be a fair re tnuneration for his labour. For the defendant, several of his pupils were called, to prove, that 441. the sum paid to the plaintiff; was an ample compensa tion for what he had done, considering that his labours were by the were satisfactory, and that after the plate was delivered, inej were obliged to go over the work again. The Jury, under the Learned Judge's directions, found their verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 361. PROSSER V. GOODWIN AND ANOTHER. This was an action against the Hundred of Ossulston, to re cover a compensation in damages for the injury done to the house by an assembled mob, on the 10th and 11th of ' P l () Vember last, when the fate of the Lords' Bill against the Queen was known. The plaintiff's witnesses proved, that on the several even ings mentioned in the declaration, a riotous mob assembled be fore his house at Charing-cross, where .he carries on the busi ntls of a military accoutrement maker to some of the Royal I "%tnily, and broke his windows, and did other damage to the illnount of 141. 9s. 9d. The CHIEF JUSTICE, in charg,ing the Jury, expressed a n t'llt that a Bill would, era long, be brought into Parliament, to render it unnecessary, in all such cases, for the Hundred to liti gate the claims of persons so injured, considering that the ex- Peuee of a law-suit frequently exceeded the amount of damages claimed. The Jury found their verdict for the plaintiff—Damages tl4 g s , gd: COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JUNE 7. BREAM OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. BUDD V. DUGGIN. , This action was b roug h t b y Mi ss B u dd, d aug h ter o f t h e 4 eeper of Richmond Theatre, against the defendant, to recover damag es for a breach of a promise of marriage. It appeared that the Lady, who is 23 years of age, went to live with .31r. Salter, a Hat Trimming-malzer, in Newgate-street, where the defendant paid his addresses, and promised marriage. The courtship and promise having been proved, the defence was, that the intimacy was brokcn off in consequence of sonic expres tiTas the pl a i n tiff had made about a marriage between h ers elf f e d an Officer in the Navy. There were other charges against N t Of rather an indelicate description ; but the letters clearlyl tis ablished the plaintiff's ease. The Jury found a verdict for pl, . • t' ---damages 1001. ~>... SHIP NEWS. • ler4I44OETII• JUNE s.—Wind W.—Arrived the Zephyr, 4,, al Vfranl Galipoli for Liverpool ; A c ti ve , W es l a k e , f rom d 'leant ; and Cossack, Cowman, from Port-au-Prince, in 70 ', a n- Arrived off the port the Wilberforce, Dodds, from n - r p m, and sailed for London. Th Witton, from Galipoli jirissett, from the West Indies, e passed up Channel for 4 this morning. smou T JUNE 7.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Pil rm.., Kennedy, from Fiume ; Catharine, Knox, from London / 7 Madras and Bengal ; and Martha Mathews, from the. " 1111 for Gibraltar. Passed by for ' London the Canning, p atterson, from China. bLYAIIO if, JUNE 6.—Wind S. W.—Passed by the brig The Damer, Jansen, from Malaga for Copen thage,. ; she was' plundered off' the rock of Lisbon by two or L' e e Piratical vessels of a great many stores. Passed by for t,,ondon the Nymph, Hutchinson, from Marseilles. Sailed the O m ilercial, Talbot, for London ; and Neptunus, Farmer, for tRINGT JUNE 7.--The Purser of the Hon. Com -6lttlirts _ship Asia, landed here this a ft ernoon ; l e ft Chi na t h e 42 N i''''t 93 1 1Pry, and St. Helena the 25th April ; spoke in lat. •Lr ic i on - wag- 20. W. the Lady Borrington, from Bombay for the t 'AL, JUNE 7. —Wind S. W.—C ame d own f rom t h e Ri ver Langdon, for Van Dieman's Land ; S a r a h, 1,/arker, f or B ombay ; ' Palmyra, Lamb, for Madr a s, &c. ; Do rrirl , c /IYi Woodall, for DeMerara; AirnE„ Falvcrs, for St. Arri; and P enr hy n C ast l e, W a lk er, f or N ew f oun dl and. (1-,„ v ed and sailed for the River the Canning, Patterson, from Vinc e n elafori Youno , ' • and Contest, Cumming, from St. kiD a h ; n i t :, Glory,' Scott, from Teneriffe for St. Petersburgh ; from Chdiz ; Burlington, Wilson, from D; Ni r ilton, Pope, from G a lipoli ; Nymph, Hutchinson, a,." 2l ,arseill os ; Brilliant, Cl ar k, f rom St. Lucia ; and Charles, ' t r9lll Jamaica. x • C 4 •1 1„ S r INnIA SITIPPYNG.-The - East India Company's ship Chia g~ . arrived off the Wight yesterday ; she sailed from o:ompany w Asia n elh February, arrived 245th'iklelena on the ith 20th the April, o and th sail 6t ed from thence on the , th e , The Asia left St. Ilelena 12 hours before a a ,, 111 g.--=The Marquess of Bundy and Dunira have ar -rdigiat—ciA:hampo a from BeTal, and r were expected to sail for W ere early in .March.-1 he 11 inchelsea and Dorsetshire w boot t ? b e dispatched from China on their homeward voyage, at f,e'zitoe Middle ofFebruary._The Lady Melville had arrived t.O from BengaL UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. SGr43:I3ZIDGE, juI,TE 7.—At a congregation on Friday last, yml th i ce Passed th e S enate t o ena bl e the Vice-Chancellor and pith cs of the Fi tzw illi am Museum to enterinto a contract %Ist, e Mastcr and Fellows of Peter-House, for the purchase toh-`', C ollege interest in certain premises lying in Trum , p , ing.. Vr -t eet, for the sum of £8,500; and further to empower the 11, cc-Chancellor and Syndics to take what legal steps may be of e t L B3 atY to carry - the same into effect, in . order to the erection /12.,:e Museum - on the said site. -The ground on which the es now stand extends 400 feet northwards from the wall to PeinbertOn's garden, and 100 feet in depth from east Pe t _ -e3 ..ti arid a sp_ace will be left open between the Museum and tehy-tiouse: 'Ehe University is to defray all expences at. - ` mtl 'g the transfer of this property. ki, ll ,ttt farsH CLEILGY.—The Lord Bi s h op o f C or k will hold "s A visitatio n at Cork, on t h e 21st-inst. an Ordin a ti on h e ld at the Cathedral, at St. Finbarry's, A t ° N, by th e Bi s h op, on the 20th ult. the following persons f t e te ordained Deacons :—C. C. T ownsend, George Sealy, For_ flacue Gorman, C. F. Coghlan, Henry Wynne, J. Alexander, J. Vigl.s.Nleld, Samuel Math:mB. And the following were or ,.(si Priests :—Reverends Richard Harold Charles Leslie, E 'Wain Hartford, Richard Kennedy, William Aleatle, Paris rradsaw, 11,:nry Clopton Keogh, William Harding, James Crawford James Elliott, John It. Smyth, Mark Bloxham. Thursday se'nnigiit, the Lord Bishop of Limerick held b`4, Vrimary Visitation at the Cathedral of Limerick. The i;'-‘erend C. P. Coote, of Doon Glebe, lately translated to the t?r y _of Urian, preached on the occasion. --His Grace the Cashel, will hold his Annual Visitation at the V.ll,,,TeTe.l)or on Thursday, the :qat of June.--(,Cork IRELAND. It is with regret that we notice the disturbed state of• several populous districts of the Sister Kingdom. We, however, hope, that the energyof the Government, and the good sense of the ra tional part of the community, will soon remove the cliseatisfaCtion whit:l prevails in these dis tricts, and .that there will be no occasion to en force the power invested by the Legislature in the Government of Ireland.—The.following pro clamation and remarks are taken from a respecta- Me Irish Paper : By the Lords .;ustices, and Council of Ireland, a Proclamation. IV. ARMAOR, .k:ANNERS, C. D. BAIRD. Whereas, by an Act of Parliament passed in the 54th year of his late Majesty's reign, entituled " An Act to provide for the better execution of the Laws in Ireland, by appointing Super intending Magistrates an&additional Constables in Counties in certain cases , " it is amongst oth er thi ngs enacte d , t h at i t s h a l l be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the time being, by the advice of th e Privy Council of Ireland, to d ec l are by Proclamation, that any County, County of a City, or County of a Town in 'lreland, or any Barony or Baronics, or Half Barony, or Half Baronies in any County at large to be therein specithdi is or are in a state • of disturbance, and requires or require an extraordinary esta blishment of Police. And whereas, it hath sufficiently appeared to us, that the Ba ronies of Eastcrn Narra.y,h, Faieban, Kilkea, Moon, North Naas, and South Salt, in the County of Kildare ; also, that part of the B ar o n y o f U pper C ross, i n the COunty of Dublin,' comprising the parishes of Ballymore Eustace, Milltown, Dun lawn, Ballybou g ht, an d Ti pper k ev i n ; and' the Barony of Talbotstown, in the County of Wicklow, arc in a state of , disturbance, and require an extraordinary establishment of Police. Now we, the Lords Justicei, by and with the advice of the Privy Council of Ireland, by virtue of the said Act, and of the powers thereby vested in us, do by this our Proclamation de clare, that the Baronies of Eastern Narrate], Rlieban, Kilkea, Moon North Naas, and So u th S a l t , i n t h e C o u nty o f Kildare; _ also that part of the Baro n y o f U pper C ross, i n the County of Dublin, comprising th e p ar i s h es o f Mal i }} more Eustace, Mill town, Dunlavin, Ballybought, and Tipperkevin, and the Barony of Talbotstown, in the County . of Wieklow,- ; are in a state of disturbance., and require an extraordinary"establishment of Police. Given at the Council Chamber in Dublin, the 30th day of May, 1821. John Gt. Dublin, Castlecoote, Norbury, 'W. Downes, William M'Mahon, J. 0. Vandeleur, Wm. Saurin, J. Radcliffe. GOD SAVE THE KING. By the Lords Justices and CouneilcoUreland, a Proclamation. W. ARMAGH. MANNERS, C. D. BAIRD. Whereas by an Act of Parliament passed in the fifty-fourth year of his late Majesty's reign, intituled " An Act to provide for the better execution of the laws in Ireland, by appointing superintending Magistrates and additional Constables in coun ties in certain cases," it is amongst other things enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, or other Chief Gover nor or Governors of Ireland for the time being, by the advice of the Privy Council of Ireland, to declare' by Proclamation, that any County, County of a City, or Ccstnty of a Town in Ireland,or any Barony or Baronies, or half Barony or half Ba ronies in any County at large to be therein specified, is or are in a state Qf disturbance and requires or require a n ex t raor di nary establishment of Police. And whereas it hath sufficiently appeared to us, that the ' King's County (with the exception of the Baronies of Upper Philipstown, Coolstown, and Warrenstown) are in a state of disturbance, and require an extraordinary establishment of Police. Now we, the Lords Justices, by and with the advice of the Privy Council of Ireland, by virtue of the said Act and of the powers thereby vested in us, do, by this our Proclamation de clare, that the King's County (with the exception of the Baronies of Upper Philipstown, Coolstown, and Warrenstown) are in a state of disturbance, and require an extraordinary esta blishment of Police. Given at the Council Chamber in Dublin, the 30th day of May, 1821. John G. Dublin, Castlecoote, Norbury, W. Downes, William M 4 Mahon J. 0. Vandeleur, Wm. Saurin, • J. Radcliffe. GOD SAVE THE KING. " We are inclined to credit the observations of an Evening cotemporary of Saturday, that there is, beyond a doubt, a Revolution going on, a silent, but a' steady Revolution.' But we deny that the Country Gentlemen of Ireland have not used every means in their power to check disturbance, and allay the rancour of party feeling. It is evident that in the proclaimed districts the local Magistracy have been unable to act with proper effect, for, in almost every instance, where a Magistrate renders himself con spicuous in the discharge of his duty, he is cer tain to meet, as a reward—murder or assassina tion. We need only quote the names of Baker, St. George, Butler, and Knipe, all active Magis trates, and all murdered fur their activity. It is not, in fact, local grievances or local distress, which is the real cause of disturbance. We at tribute it exclusively to the system of Ribbonism, already found so fatal to the tranquillity of Ire land. The hostility of these intolerant ruffians to every person professing the Protestant Reli gion, is on record, and the result of a late ques tion in the House of Lords has tended to augment that hostility, as from the triumph of their cause in one House they were led to expect a similar de cision in the other. Without the introduction of an armed police, therefore, it is in vain to expect the restoration of tranquillity in any part of the disturbed districts : and the Irish Government, aware of this fact, and acting on the request of the Magistrates, has, with its characteristic firm ness and decision, sent such aid as the law has wisely vested in its hands for the protection of . _ the peaceable inhabitants. Under all these cir curratances may we not fairly ask what induce ment is there for the Absentee to reside in Ire land, where his life is in continual danger from the attacks of Ribbon-men, or at best protected by an armed Police?—There is but one effectual remedy for all these evils, and that is cutting off forty-shilling voters; for so long as they retain a preponderating share in the representation, so long will the members returned by them succumb to their wishes, and by an unworthy desire of re taining their places, sacrifice the best interests, of their country."—(Hibernian Journal.) Irtisnt SPIRIT TRADE.—The illicit distilling in Ireland has long been a subject of well founded regret, both in a, political and moral point of view ; and we believe it cannot be denied that if it has not arisen from the putting down of small legal stills, yet it has been in a considerable de gree fostered by that measure. But the Irish Board of Excise have been hitherto prevented from restoring the small stills by licensing them, in consequence of the impossibility of preserving a sufficiently strict guard against frauds, during the process of distillation. An important change may, however, now he expected to take place in that respect, in consequence of an apparatus in vented by THOMAS POTTINGEH, Esq., of Carrick fergus,,improved, or, as it is said, in an Excise report of the 16th April 1821, " replaced," by simpler apparatus and machinery suggested by Mr. COFFEY, one of the Inspectors General. — The effect of this apparatus is to record every part of the distiller's operations, from first to last of the process, without the agency of the .officers, and solely by its own action, without being sub ject to the controul or management either of Officer or Distiller. The, principle is very inge nious, though extremely simple, and we trust that its adoption will be beneficial, not only to the Revenue, but also to the industry and sobriety of the sister island. THE REPORT made to the Commissioners of Excise in ire land, by Officers appointed to superintend the experiments in the Process of Distillation, carried on at Carrickfergus, and transmitted by the said Commissioners to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. _ _ _ Carrickfergus, April 16, 1821. GENTLEMEN—We reported, on the 6th of January last. the result of experiments carried on at the distillery of Mr. John Thompson, of Carrickfergus, with machinery invented by Thomas Pottinger, Esq. ; and with reference to that part of our Report, wherein we state, that the defective apparatus, con trived by Mr. Pottinger, was to be replaced by another of a dif ferent and simpler description, suggested by Mr. Coffey, one of our number; we now beg leave to report, that we resumed our experiments on the sth of March, with this new appar a tus, which we applied to a still of 500 „reales content. • This apparatus is contrived for the purpose of recording every part of the distiller's operations from the time lie brings his wash into the still-house, until he takes the finished spirits out of his receiver, without the agency of the officers who may be in charge of thei distillery, and solely by the action of the ma chinery, not within the controul of either officer or distiller. The principles on which this apparatus acts, may, in gene ral terms, be described to be as follows :—Pirst, the still is so constructed, that no wash can be put into it without pas Sing through a close vessel, wherein the quantity is -measured and recorded ; second, the low wines and feints receivers have no outlets, except to the still, and through a similar measuring vessel ; and lastly, that nothing can be taken out of the re ceiver, containing the finished spirits, without passing through a measuring .vessel, which records' how often it has been filled and emptied, and also retains a sample of spirits, by which the strength of what had been taken out can at all 'times be known. The vessel employed for measuring the wash in the Carrick fergus distillery, served oho as a still charger, aid may be cal led the "Mash Measuring Charger." It is a close vessel, commanding the still, with two stop-cocks, or a double cock, affixed to it, so constructed, that by the act of opening the cock for filling the charger, the other for emptying it is shut, and vice versa, so that the, vessel cannot be at the same time receiving and dischargin g the wash. A click and raeliet wheel prevents the cocks from being turned, except in the one way, and every time the distiller turns it round, he can once fill his charger, and empty the contents into the still. The cock is enclosed in a cast iron box, screwed to the charger by bolts secured on the-inside, in such a manner as to be inacces sible to thedistilleror officer, and within this box iu e a few wheels, of smaller construction, which record the number of times the cock has been turned, and of course the quantity of wash put into the still ; the number of revolutions of the cock is marked on an index within the box, visible through small apertures covered by glass. • An overfall pipe is fixed in this measuring charger, which shows the distiller when it is full. This pipe also serves to let air into the charger, _but contains a' valve to prevent any liquid being forced up through it. Another charger commands the still, through which all the singling and feints are conveyed from their respective receivers, and\ measured before they can : be put into the still. This vessel is constr uc t e d exact l y in the same manner as the wash charger, except that the overfall pipe requires no valve, because it ter minates within die feints receiver, a close vessel, to which the distiller has no access. The wash, singling, and feints, are conveyed from these chargers to the still through copperpipes, terminating.in a small close copper case on the breast of the still, in which a third pipe also terminates, conveying water from the bottom of the worm-tub, when it may be thought necessary. In this case is a valve, opening and shutting at the distiller's pleasure, for the admission into the still of the liquids flowing through the three pipes, viz• the wash pipe, low wines pipe, and water pipe. The head of the still (which a tube turning down at an angle of about 45 degrees before it communicates with the worm) is attached to the still by screws, secured on the inside, as is also the case containing the valve just mentioned. The dis charge cockis so constructed, as freely to let every thing pass out of the still, but nothing into it. It is permanently united with a discharge pipe leading into the spirit-wash cistern and saver. The safety or air valve, instead of being fixed, as is usual, on the breast of the still, is on the arm connecting the worm with the head ; of course no fluid can be conveyed through it into the still. There are no other openings in the still, except a man-hole for the occasional examination of its interior. At the discharge of a tail of the worm, a three-way cock is fixed in such a • manner that it cannot be removed. Through this, the spirits, singlings, and feints are conveyed to their re spective receivers at the distiller's pleasure, and every facility is afforded him - for viewing the colour, heat, and - strength of the liquor as it runs, by means of Mr. Pottinger's Hydrometer, which is fixed to the worm close to this cock, and which ope rates in the manner described in our report of the 6th January. The spirits, singlings, and feints receivers, are close vessels ; the two latter communicate with the still alone, by means of a forcing pump through the measuring charger, already described. and the ball cocks mentioned in our former report are still made use of: but we see no necessity for the cast iron covers, which would impose on the distiller an unnecessary expence. The spirits receiver is connected with the spirit measurer by a forcing pump, permanently secured (as is also the measurer itself) to the top of the receiver by bolts and screws fastened on the inside.; No spirits can be taken out, except through this measure, which is filled and emptied by a cock or cocks, simi lar to those already described as attached to the wash charger. The number of gallons of finished spirits taken out of the re ceiver is thus accurately recorded. In this spirit measure is placed a small close vessel, of tinned copper, which is so connected with the cocks for filling and emptying the measure,that a small sample (about 1-00th of a gallon) of each measure of spirits is drawn off, and- retained in this vessel. A pipe, terminated by a cock, passes from this copper sample vessel through the bottom of the measurer into a locked up metal box. By this contrivance, the superior officers of Excise may, at the end of every month, three months, or any other period that may be considered proper, ascertain the average strengths at which the distiller has drawn off his spirits, and sur charge him accordingly for any excess. Here the new system of measuring ends; the spirits, after being taken out of the receiver, are at the distiller's disposal, subject, however, as is every part of the distillery process, to the same mode of survey and account as at present in use in the Excise. The still, the three receivers, and the measuring vessels, are provided with man-holes, for the double purpose of securing the different fastenings on the inside, and of affording the supe rior officers of Excise an opportunity of oecasionally examining the interior of these vessels, by which a ny surreptitious pipe or perforation would be at once detected ; and we would also re commend, for the purpose of facilitating such examination, that these receivers should be over ground, and fully exposed to ex ternal inspection. These man-holes may be effectually secured by locks and seals, and the keys and stamps not entrusted, as in the ordinary in7de of survey, to the officers in charge of the dis tillery,but deposited with the chief officer of the district,or if nc cessary,with the Board in Dublin. Theonly one of these man-holes which it may be necessary to open for the distiller's convenience, is that of the still ; and if that utensil be provided with scrapers for cleansing the inside, this necessity will be of very rare occur rence. To prevent the possibility of any abuse, it may, how ever, be required, that the distiller should give formal notice to the chief officer of the district Whenever he wishes to have this man-hole opened, and the lock of it, as indeed each of the other locks, may be so constructed as to record the number of times it has been opened. , IVe have in the foregoing details described the apparatus used by us during the course of six weeks experiment, with' a 500 gallon still at Carrickfergus ; but the whole will be better understood, by referring to the drawings of the several parts of the apparatus, which are now preparing. It may be proper to observe here, that those drawings refer to those apparatus actually used by us at Carrickfergus, but that other devices, founded on the same principles, equally effective, and perhaps simpler in their construction, may be substituted for some parts of this apparatus. • Thus, for instance, instead of the three-way cock at the tail of the worm, a small copper box, with three valves, may be used for directing the steam into the spiriti, singlings and feints receivers respectively, and instead of thehydrometer described in our report of the 6th Jan. the distiller may affix to the worm a glass jar, containing a ther mometer and a few glass beads of different weights and colours, t which would be quite sufficient to regulate his work. All the revenue can require on this point is, that the run from the worm shall be placed out of the distiller's reach, • anti provided that object be attained, he should not be precluded from adopt ing any contrivance he may think proper for seeing the liquor as it run* We consider it the more necessary to make this ob servation, because a serious accident did in fact happen to the still. during our experiment, in consequence of Mr. Poitinger's hydronieter having got out of order, and this occurrence may possibly be stated by some distillers as an objection to the pro posed system. This accident was, however, caused by imper fect workmanship, and at all events the glass beads are not liable to any such fatality. Upon the whole we consider the checks in every respect complete, and have no hesitation in stat ing, that the entire revenue can be secured by them, 'under a slow process of distillation, and where licensed or entered uter sils only are made use of. It may be said; that on the supposition of the Utter , pare of this ine!tiuring syatere being iserfeet., all the previous' Measurements and checks were iiiinece:isary ; and we do admit, that it is our opinion, unless unentered utensils be made use of, the Revenue may be effectually secured by the measurement of . the spirits alone. But until the efficaeY of the new system shall be proved by experience, to the satisfaction of the most timid, we are unwilling to dispense with the additional checks in the previous stages of the process ; and we think besides; that a strict eye should at all times be kept over' the sto c k o f w a ftl i in a hcenced distillery, as otherwise, wash might be prepared therein to be afterwards distilled elsewhere, with unlicensed apparatus. We therefore propose to retain so much of our present systein of account, as makes the distiller liable to duty on his wash, at the rate of ten gallons per centum. Withrespe.ct to the measuring charged for singlings and feints, we lay b u t littl e s t ress on the chec k afforded by it, where the distiller uses the same still for wash and low wines, because, from the nature of the process, a portion of the produce of each charge of low wines pass more than once through the still, and will therefore be more than once measured and recorded but should it ever be deemed advisable to compel the distiller to keep a still exclusively for working his singings and feints, the low wine measuring charger, with a sample Vessel within it, would then become as active as the spirit measurer itself. In stating our opinion so decidedly in favour of - the appara tus we have been describing, we do not mean to say, that even this apparatus can secure the revenue; if adventurers, without capital or respectability, are allowed licences to can) , on the trade of making whiskey ; as such persons, - although sure of being detected, would resort to the Most desperate expedients to evade the duties. Some line should therefore be drawn, and the following is our view of the subject : ea According to the present law, the smallest still that can be worked is one of 44 gallons content, which will require a head of at least four gallons, making in all 48 gallons. This still, if worked with restricted utensils, is liable to a charge of one thousand five hundred and twelve gallons of spirits ; and if worked with unrestricted utensils to three thousand three hun dred and sixty gallons per month. Now we conceive that the Government will yield as much as can be reasonably expected ttithe wishes of those persons who are advocates for small stills by consenting to grant licences to distillers who will under take, and give moderate security to make, with unlimited ap paratus, about one third of the latter quantity, say twelvehun. Bred gallons per- month, while his distillery rentinued at work, And that it should be worked at least six months in the sear. — No smaller quantity of spirits than lie could make in that time would afford a moderate profit to any respectable dual ; and we are of opinion, that persons should not be ale lowed to trifle with the revenue by obtaining licences to distil, un less they intended to'follow the trade as a bona fide profession from which they made their livelihood. • We have ascertained, that exclusive of the building, the cost of which must vary from local circumstances, the whole expellee of fitting up a distillery with the entire utensils and apparatus capable of making the quantity of spirits we 'propose; would not cost 5001. being about the one half of what the chimney alone of a five hundred gallon still working under the present system would cost. The long agitated question about licensing stills might thus be readily disposed; for we see no reason whatever for prohibit ing a distiller from using a still of any size he may think pro'. per, under the system now in our contemplation, and we conceive that it mi g ht b e l e ft t o hi s own Option to make the quantity of spi r it s w hi c h l ie h a d engaged for in a forty or a four hundred gallon still. • - The advantages which would result both to the revenue and the manufacturer, from the a d o pti on o f t h e system o f wor ki ng, are numerous. The rapid distillation at present required by law in Ireland has nothing to recommend it, but its being sup posed to 'secure the revenue better than any mode of survey heretofore devised, and its disadvantages are such as to makie it very questionable, whether it ought not to be abandoned, even at the risk of some loss of revenue. It causes, in the first place, an eno rmous waste o f f ue l ; an d , incredible as the fact may appear, our experiments h a ve f u lly sh ew n us, that one-eighth part of the fuel consumed in working a still in Ire land under the presei • rapid system, would be sufficient to distil the same quantity of spirits by a slow process. In the next place, this rapid distillation causes a very se r iou s waste of the spirit which might be extracted from the wash, if distilled at leisure; a distiller working a still of 750 gallons content, is liable to a duty of nearly twenty pounds per hour. He cannot afford the time necessary to distil all valuable matter off his wash ; and when the run from his worm becomes weak, he finds that the whole value of what is running is not nearly equal to the sum . he must pay during the time his still would be employed in extracting and re-distilling it into spirits ; he is therefore, in his own defence ' compelled to throw away this part of what his wash might produce ; and the loss thus sustained may be moderately estimated at eight per =turn wash menu factured in Ireland.. A third source of waste is that branch of our rapid system which compels the distiller to work off his wash within six days of the date of brewing, thus allowing him but four clear days fur fermenting it, no matter what may be the circumstances of weather, yeast, &c. The extent of the loss thus sustained can.. not besialculatedietith nitich accuracy: but since idea may - be formed of it, from th e fact, that it is no uncommon circum stance for the Irish distiller to put his wash into the still at the gravity of from 101bs. to 171bs. per Dicas's saccharorneter thereby losing two or three gallons of the spirits which ought to be produced from each hundred gallons of wash. Soap forms a large item of the Irish distiller's expenditure, as he cannot work off his still with the necessary rapidity with out it. About a ton weight of this disgusting article is put into a still of 300 gallons content every month, and greatly injures the flavour of the spirits. The expence of labour in a distillery worked in the rapid way, is beyond comparison greater than under a slow process. Two men would be sufficient to attend a still constantly work ing under the latter; while ten, or at least eight, are indispen sably necessary under the former. The expence of erecting a diitillery, under the system we are now recommending, would be less (includintall the apparatus we have described for securing the duty), than that of erecting one, of equal extent, to be worked under the rapid system.— Some expence will, however, be incurred in adapting the works of the distilleries now existing to the new apparatus, but this expence would, in all cases, be covered in a very short period, by the saving of fuel. The advantages which the revenue would derive from this change of system, appeared to us not less striking than those resulting to the manufacture itself. It is generally admitted, and we are of opinion, that at least one-fiftn p a rt of th e s pi r it s made in the licensed distilleries in Ireland, evades the duty. Assuming this to be the fact, the duty actually paid to the Ex chequer by the licensed distillers, is but 4s. Vid., instead of ss. l liEd. per gallon of spirits made by them and if a system ' of collection were adopted, by which the Excise obtained an re count of all the spirits made by these distillers, a duty of four shil. lings and mnepence halfpenny per gal. would produce, at least, as great a revenue as is now produced by a duty of five shillings and eleven-pence halfpenny, while the distiller would derive a great advantage from a reduction of duty. He would also, under the proposed system, be able to manufacture his spirits at a shilling pc r gallon cheaper than he does at present, and, from the superiority of their quality, would receive a better price. These advantages,. without at all diminishing the revenue, would most materially aid the legal trader in contending with illicit distil lation the increasing prevalence of which has become truly alarming, since the repeal of the townland fining laws During our experiments, we made three brewings of strong wash, which, on distilling, w.! found to yield a coarse ill4la voured spirit, whilst all tba: was made from weak or diluted wash was of very superior quality ; ample details of the diffe rent species of brewing, fermentation, produce, &c. have been recorded by NI r. Coffey, (who attended to see part of the pro cess during the entire experiments) which will be laid before the Beard in a future Report, accompanied by such further in formation as shall be derived from Mr. Thompson's recent offer to work his distillery for two months, subject to the checks and controul of the apparatus before described, and placing his concerns, and every part of his process, under the immediate care of officers constantly stationed in his works, and submittin g hi s b oo k s o f every d escr i pt i on t o their inspection. We have, however, already ascertained, to our own entire satisfaction, that it would require wash of 591bs gravity, by Dices's saccharometer, when attenuated to about 31b. which we consider better than the average of a distiller's fer mentation for a season in Ireland, to produce 10 per centum of spirits, 24 per cent over proof, or that every 100 gallons of wash will produce one llon of spirits of that strength, for every A-6-lOths lbs. per Picas's, of fermentable matter appearing to be attenuated. This proposition we found to hold good, with very little van tion, iu wash of every gravity which we tried, and our experi ments on this point have been made with such czre, and were checked in such a variety of ways, that their accuracy may be implicitly relied on, and we find them also corroborated by the provision of the /a* passed last year, for regulating the gravity of worts in the Scotch distilleries. We, therefore, cannot avoid expressing our surprise at the very erro neous calculations on this subject, which are con t a i ne d in the bills for the regulation of the Irish distilleries, introduced into the House of Commons last year. In these bills it• is proposed to charge the Irish distiller (working under all the wasteful disadvantages of rapid distillation and fermentation) with 12 per cent. of spirits '24 per cent. over proof, from wash of the original gravity of 66 lbs. by Allen's saccharometer, while the bill for regulating the Scotch distiller's trade, which was at the same moment passing through the House, allowed him wash Of about 75 lbs. gravity, to produce the same quantity , of kOrit nnder a slow promo of distillation, and with an unlimited time for fermenting. We feel no h‘..4:-atica . .in . statiug, that th! Irish W:.l required by those bills, under heavy penalties, th do that which iS'physicallY iMposSible. We hove the honour to be, Geo tlenien, Your very obedient humble Servants, - ' J.AMES TAYLOR; Dianiiher DANIEL:LOWE, Inspcetcres (3=e,ral. /ENEAB COFVE Y. ) of Exeiae, • Chief Commissioners of See. &e. beim lan' Journal • ) • DIsTILLATION.—A very unhandsome attempt". was lardy' made through, the Cork Southern Reporter, and other News papers, to d e p r i ve M r . P ott i nger o f the.merit of his ing . enion . Invention, applicableto distillation, by attributing the discoviry entirely to Mr: Coffey 'of. the Excise.. This; we are contldent, must have becn perpetrated by some. silly individual, withqut the knowledge of Mr. Coffey, who, from what we know of him, would doubtless shrink from such a piece of injustice and pre svmption—indeed, we understand, that it was disavowed by hia' directions souse time itov in this Town. Mr. Pottinger, find, has very pioperly directed the following letter on this subject to our cotempornry,• which it is presumed the Sotithern Reporter, and such other Papers as copied the,p4ragz.vhs i will have the justice to publish."—(Bellast Chronicle),:, TO TIIE EDITOR. OF THE BELFAST NEWS-LETTER. • . -• • " London, May 18, -1821. " Sir—Having seen- this morning, in your Paper of the. klth inst., a paragraph, copied froni another Paper,.containing sore remarks on the Distillery experiments at Carrickfergus, ffe-. , 1 myself under the necessity , of - contradicting . that part., of it, attributing the invention of the- apparatus in tise there to, Mr. Coffee of the Excise ; - nor can I Avoid thinking, that the from -the information he seems to possess on other parts of subject, must have known his statement to b e f a l se . " For Jr. Coffey I have the highest esteem, and I no doubt but a contradiction of that assertion, inserted it tL~ Belfast News-Lett er ,' was authorised by him, as it is perfactiy correct. " T atn 7 Sir , your obedient serv a nt. " THOMAS POTTINGEII. " 9, _Manchester-Buildings, Patrick -street." (Cork Chronicle.) IMPROMPTU. On the Refusal of the Marquis of Oamoup's Claim at the Coronation, as Chief Butler of Ireland, " becausi: be would have no duties to perform." As well say, " in camps, there's no need of a Sutler," As of Ireland declare, there's no work fo r a B ut l er : PAT, if you will, or at once you may throttle, .* If thus 'tis decreed, he must not touch the bottle But in England alas ! he can 't fi n d any work - Yet in Ireland,—'tis lucky —at least there's a Cork 1 SCREW: SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM RACES.—THURSDAY, Jura 7. The Great Derby Race, by subscription of 50gs each, half forfeit, for three-yr-old colts and fillies ; colts, Bst. 71b. ; and fillies, Bst. 21b. A mile and a half. The owner of the seeoLd horse tp receive 100 gs. Fifty-four Subscribers. Mr. Hunter's Gustavus, by Election, out of a sister to Vis count- - - - - 1 D. of Grafton's br. c. Reginald, by Haphazard, out of Pru dence - - - - - 2 Mr> Bouverie's c. Tressilian, by Orville, out of Morel 3 . Three only were placed, and 13 started. The following was the betting ;-2 to 1 agst the winner ; 5 to '1 agst Jock ; 6to 1 agst Reginald • 7to agst Tressili a n ; and 100 to 4 agst N or th W ester, out Of Charm. Every inch of the ground was run at speed. Reginald, rode by Buckle, made the play, and when within half e zrile of home, Gustavus passed him, and the race became a severe one between the three placed, and Lord Egremont's Octavius colt, out of Truth's dam ; but Gustavus, rode by Day, kept the lead, and won byhalf a length. It was as near at the public - running of the same horses at the late Newmarket Meeting, as the best judges anticipated. Jock became a favourite, because Sam. ChifThey . rode lum„and Reginald kept his place because Buckle steered him, but Gustavus is the best horse. _ The Durdain Stakes of 101,7;i each, with 20gs added. One mile. Mr. Dockrey's Slim - - . 1 Mr, Goddard's br. f. by Haphazard - - • 2 Mr. King's Philip - . - . - - - No betting-7 started.' A Sweepstakes for Maiden horses, of lOgs 'each, with is added. -One mile. 31r. Gore's Pastora NKr. Northey's b. c. by fledley Pickford's b. c. by Rubens - Maplesden's gr. g. Oliver -'• - ' - 4 Although the day was showery, the Downs were-never better attended, and the brilliancy of the ea4emblage was never ex seeded. Tho Queen arrived on the ground before bre o'clock, in a carriage and four. Her Majesty took her station on the • • rise of the hill during the Derby race. JuNT 6.—Our races, at which excellent sport is expected, are fixed for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 25t,h,.26th, and 27th of July.— Lewes Races will tike place on Wedni:sday, Thursday, and Frid a y, th e I st , 2d . and 3 d cf August ; and those of Canterbury will commence on Thursday, August 21.—(Brighton Chronicle.) lIOP INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER, JUNE day 57 pockets weie ed ; average prices, 555. to 755. In consequence of the cold weather during May, the plant assumed an unhealthy appearance, and there was in consequence more inclination to buy ; but we now find that the warm days during the past and present week have caused a gradual improvement, and that plant is assuming a vigorous appearance.—Prom Kent we lesra, that the plantation in that (liana suffered much by the frosty nights, and that in sheltered situations the fiy had appeared. BRIGHTON, JUNE 7.—A new Public Journal started yesterday at this place, under the title of The Brighton Chronicle and County Advertiser. It promises well, and as there are Jacobins in this town, notwithstanding the advantages which it derives from the kind patronage of his M A.. JESTY, we hope that the new Journal will serve to keep them in order, and put some restraint on their tongues. WINDSOR, JUNE 6.—The Anniversary of the birth of his late MAJESTY was celebrated by the Scholars at Eton with the customary festivities: The Band of the Royal Horse Guards (blue) attended their aquatic procession to Surley.ifall. After supper they returned in the same state, when a grand exhibition- of fire-works wits dis played from the height on the left of Windloc Bridge.= The Ipswich Pitt Club held their annual meet. ing at the King's Arms Inn, on Monday se'nnight, Wu. BATLEY in the Chair : the first toast given was " The Xing," which was dr a nk wit h f our t i mes four.— " The Duke of .liart, and the other branches of the Royal Family."—The Chair. man, in proposing " T he , immortal memory' of the Right Honourable • William Pitt ? " desc ante d upon the spler4d talents and the true patriotism which adorned the public and private character of that eminent man ; they were., he said, universally acknowledged to have been our n ation's , • ornament,, support, and pride, in every form of danger.—. Among a variety of other toasts were the following Lord Liverpool and the present Administration." Mr. Glatich; end the Members of the Pitt Club in London." "The Protestant • Ascendancy."—" May the Loyalty of the People ever rise su perior to Faction."--" The Memory of our late Sovereign," BOW-STREET. Yesterday Richard Searles, the boy who is in custody on a charge on suspicion of giving to six children, (rumour says 'to several others), a liquid which caused an alarming illness, was brought to the Office front Covent-garden Watch-house, where he had been sent on Wednesday night, by order of Sir ROBERT BAKER, and con fined in the strong-room during the day, in the expectation of his being bailed. Mr. Halliday, the Apothecary, Drury lame, after he had visited the children yesterday morning, waited upon Mr. BIRNIE, the "Sitting Magistrate, to report their state ; he reported that he considered thent all in a fair way Of recovery. Mr. Halliday is' of Opinion that no production from m'nerals has been given to the children, 'but that' it was laudanum, and such a quantity had been given to one of their, that the child was scarcely awake yew.* morning. The boy denies the charge, and there is novroe.at present excel:: what the children say. Thomas WILSON, Esq. banker, of PrryOfitt, itt Lancashire, returning on horseback from visiting an estate possessed in Wyersdale, last week, was seized wita an apatite, tic fit on the road, and died soonafter. CURIOUS ADVERTISEMENT.--" The' walk nt deceased blind beggar (in a eharitabia neighbourhoc,i) withbis ciok and 5t3 1 ,1;" . Were actually advutisea , * .k in the tom, papero c f