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of two nays, by - kee6 4 - 4 ...mendii s that the remaining taxes on the land he redeerned, or by having a greater protection enacted. Now, he asked them whether it was possible to do one or other of these? They might as well stay the operations of nature as at tempt to do either, because protection had reached its limit; and the Legislature had, hiring the past session, almost already removed ail the taxes which.pressed upon the farmer; and „he taxes r hich were wont to into the Exchequer, now went into the poeketi of the land lords, in the shape of rent.—(Hear, hear.) They, could do nothihg, then, to serve the farmer. They did not in consequence, wish to have a Committee of inquiry. The Hon. Member for Falmouth said that the Right Hon. Baronet, in proposing the new Corn Bill, did not promise the farmers 58N a quarter. The promise was a very guarded one. It v. -Ls, that a certain price would be guaranteed by the Legislature. That was, indeed, a very guarded statement ; but the landlords had been doing their best to make that expression convey a cer tainty of 58s to the farmer. That impression was con stantly inculcated by their bailiffs and stewards in the country, and the opinion was strengthened by their as sessing the land to the poor-rate at 565. per quarter. This system had been continued since 1815, when the law had been passed ; and the landlords ought then to have told the farmers the degree of power they really possessed. There was no consistency in the conduct of the landlords towards their tenants, no affinity between their acts in that House and their professions in Free mason's Hall or in that shop which they had opened in Bond-street, where they ought to have placed above the door, " The British farmer regularly taken in and done for."—(Laughter.) It was time that that imposition on the farmer should be ended. If he (Mr. Bright). stood in the same relation to the people vele° were employed by him in Lancashire that they did to the farmer, and if he came to that House and assented to pass a law to keep up the price of their labour, which was afterwards: rescinded, he would not again have tha face to say. to those persons that Parliament had the power of keeping up their wages. And that was exactly what the land lords were doing. The lien. Member for Dorset had explained to the House that the farmer suffered when the grain crops were large and the prices low, and when the grass crops were insufficient to feed their cattle. But did they (the friends of the farmer) never think that they were putting him to this inconverdence by the duty they had placed on Indian corn—and Indian corn they knew was food for cattle—and by the duty on Egyptian beans, also good food for cattle. He would tell them that the law they had made to keep these out injured the farmer, and assisted to create the distress they now so much complained of. He was not very conversant with agricultural matters, but that was not absolutely necessary for the . urderstanding of this question. He held a letter in his hand, which appeared in the Wilt shire monopolist journal, written by Nathaniel Haver ton, a man of the very first intelligence, and a farmer, and he said that he lost by the protective duties at the rate of Bs. per quarter. It had been said that the Lan. cashire manufacturers were making fifty per cent. of profit, lie said that those who made the statement knew very little about it; but, whatever their profits, they did not come to Parliament for protection to their interests. They did not wish to overcharge their cus tomers, as the landlords did in the matter of West India sugar. The result of the inquiries instituted by the members of the Anti-Corn .law League in the counties, provsd that where the agricultural labourer expended at most 255. a year for himself and family, the manu facturing labourer expended three times as mech. It tea; well known amongst their supporters that the Government were most anxious to proceed on the prin ciples of free trade. Many and many Conservatives had spoken to him in exultation, and had said, .` Did I not tell you Sir Robert Peel would do this? And if y. u free traders would net be so impatient, he would still ge on ; and as the fears of the agriculturists are dissipaied he e ill do all that you desire, for he has no ;uteri si but that of the good goy, rnment of the ceuntry." Every one iseee ;hat the Right Hen. Baronet had ambition, for if be had not he would not have been whe:e he was. Few men del anything without ambition. The Right lion. Cenelernan knew that the present syetern was turning the ag: icultural population into a population of paupers. On Monday last he was in Buckinghamshire, and the first thing that struck him was the number of fields which he saw covered with ant-hills. So numerous were they, that it was impossible to find a space sufficiently large to wield a scythe. That was protected land in the county of the very man who was especially the farmer's friend—who had taken upon himself; at the Freemasons' Tavern, to say that there would be no alteration made at pr re , nt. The next object that met his (Mr. Bright's) eye wits the multitudinous chimneys of the union of the Aylesbury district. The persons that ought to have cultivated the land were confined in that house.—(Hear, hear.) An Hon. Friend of his, who lived in the neigh bourhood of Salisbury, and who was a subscriber to the Wilts Prot. ction Society, had said to him that he would rather have free trade at once than see the farmers hum bugged as they had been by the landlords for a long time past. Now he (Mr. Bright) thought it was time that this state of things should be put an end to. Ile did not call upon them to transfer protection to the manufacturers, for he believed that their skill and industry would be a sufficient protection to them. He would not have wished to have seen a total and immediate repeal of the corn laws in 1839 and 18-10, when the price of wheat aas 70 . or 80s. a quarter, because sueh te sudden change would have caused a serious panic amongst the agricultural interests. But now they hail wheat at the tree trade price. In fact, the price of wheat in the chan nel i,dands, wt.ere free trade existed, was 3s. higher than tl - e price in this country. Thay had a 20s. protective duty here, and yet they were in d stuss. In 1823, they had a protection that amounted to actual prohibi tion, and yet they had agricultural distress. Such also was the state of things in 1835 and 1836 ; (Hear, hear)—and he believed that if the present protective system were maintained, the time would come when, instead of complaints bring sent up from the agricultural counties, on account of her Majesty's Ministers leaning towards free trade, the com plaints would be that they di I not go much further. The population was growing up, and there was no employ ment commensurate with their increasing numbers. but they were competing for the little employment there was. The amount of wages was about six or seven shill.ags a week, and the &stitution that existed was a disgrece to the Legislature and the landowners of the country. It was going on, and they c uld not stop it, and yet they actually m:.& a law to secure themselves from foreign competition, leaving their defers 'less la bourer3 subject to all the evils of that competition which they had brought upon them. He had no hope of doing much to convince Hon. Members opposite, and the leaders of party were seldom convinced ; but he could assure Iln. Gentlemen opposite, that amongst their tenantry ,a. fseiing of suspicion was sprineing up —a feeling which he could not wish to see spread amongst them were he a lendoener. Hon. Gentlemen opposite bad charged the Anti-Corn-law League with increasing that feeling ; but they had only told them what they were beginning to discover theinselves—that they had been deluded by their lendlords. They had told them that the landlords were entitled to their rent, and they had also told them that the landlords had no right to raise the value of their property by passing a law to shield themselves from competition with forsign coun tries, whilst they diminished the profits of their tenantry tied +he wages of their labourers, by forcing them into cempetitiozi amongst themselves. That was the charge which they brought against the agricultural interest, and it would be reiterated so lon! , as the present sy:tetn con tinued. They reed not lay the flattering enceon to their souls that the agitation agaiest the corn-laws would be put doe nby prosprous years. He might, if the time of the I louse would allow him, enter into particulars, to show that the agitation, from time to time, went on increasing, and he could shoe that such was the feeling in Lanca shire at the present moment, if the Council of the League should thistle fit to call for ir, they might raise almost any amount of money to carry on the agitation to a suc cessful conclusion.—(Hear, hear.) Hon. Gentlemen op- posite must ace that their measures were continually slipping from their grasp, and a different policy was gra dually growing upon them. The present Government, when they came into office, were looked upon as Conser vatives or monopolists; but from that time to this they had never dared to deend a system of restriction or mo noeoly, although they were the very men whom the monopolist party had plated on the Treasury bench— men the moat distinguished in that whole party, and who were p assessed of as great au amount of knowledge and statesmanship as any . set of men in the country.. He would ask them, then, whether it was woi th while to maintain the present system under such circumstances ? Let them show a virtue, even if they had it not ; and he trusted it would now be shown, an 1 let them get rid at once of this law, which had inflicted such tremendous evils on this country. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN coull not but admire the tone and moderation of temper which had charac turisel the addresses of the Hon. Members for Stock port and Manchester. He could not, however, say so much for that o f the Hon. Member for Durham, who, he trusted, would ere long learn that to make a bullying speech, and to get into a passion was not the way to deal with the gentry of England. If the lion. Gentle- Man thought he could set the tenantry of England against the landlords by such vituperation, and such 8 •' - 'us'e. he (Mr. Stafford O'Brien) would tell him dis tinctly that he never F was more in hie life. Th a e ,.. miserably disappointed agitation Gentleman was now in the seventh year. of his laation, and the ill success at tended it m u i which had e . m v a e taught him to adopt another course. The Hun. been hitherto such anfaciould not suppose, that having now say would be attenepdro t ret, any thing he could there was dist ress i n the na r Sorae ti me ago , w h en Hon. Gentleman s a id, that 2 t r at acturing di s t ricts , th e be removed so long as the Protective would never lasted ; but that distress had been system and t h e protective system still • removed, conclusion, he could only say, that if the Hon. In man would move for the Committee, he, Nirn.(Vißentle men) would . r.ot only cot object to it, but would g ' • be to serve open it. Mr. VILLIERS said the Hon. Gentleman had not answered a single charge which had been brought for ward by the Hon. Member for Durham. The H oe , Gentleman had made some personal allusions, and that was all. The Hon. Member for Durham brought one specific charge against the landowners to which it would ise well for the Hon. Member fur Northamptonshire to address himself. That charge was, that the landowners protected themselves from competition while they sub meted their labourers to competition amongst them selves. The landowners came there to pass a law to which pro tee t themselves against t hat competition from H t h e ir tenants were suffering. The on, Gentleman bad (Mr. Villiers) that point. Ile not addressed himself t o could not but remark the difference between the opinions the Hon. of the Iron. Member f o r Dorsetshire an d Northamptonshire.The lion. Member for Memiier for to anal distress was owing 113orsetshire said the .agricult u ral the late relaxations, wherea s the I on. Me mber for b orthamptonshire said :the country w as flourishing -e -cause the restrictions were maintaine d. It was not those restrictions that had caused the prosperity, but the COll/1 LAW .INTELLIGENCE. • COURT OF QUEEIV'S BENCII, Feb. 6. (Sittings.at Nisi Prius, before Lord DENMAN and a Common Jury.) (MUCK V. BENNETT. This Was an action for false imprisonment, brought by the plaintiff and his brother, who are brokers, against the defen dant, who resides at Limehouss, under the following circum stances, :The defendant let certain premises adjoining his own houie to Messrs. Robson and Barrow. Those gentlemen dissolved partnership, and Mr. Barrow assigned the premises to Mr. Pontifex, of Shoe-lane, who sent a person to take pos session of the property and warehouse, The person sent for this pnrpose was locked out, and the plaintiff and his brother came after twelve o'clock at night and knocked at the hate; and upon Mr. Bennett asking who was ther e, the y said that if they were not let in they would . break in the gate. The defendant. called a policeman, and gave them into custody, from which they were discharged the next da7. There was a good deal of evidence as to who had the right of posses sion of the yard. His LORDSIIIP having left it to the jury to say what da mages. if any, they would give to the plaintiff, the jury found a verdict for the Plaintiff —Damages 40s. ----- - try Waa now prosperous in spite of them.—(Hear, hear.) Ii Was owing to the intervention of Providence that they had beer:as .ved. frem the.conscquences of, the restrictive system;. and this ought • to be a lesson to show them that they could not thwart the ends of Providence. They had had good harvests lately, but a system of free trade would enable the people of this country always to enjoy the blessings of good harvests. Sir R. PEEL said he did not intend to be drawn into a discussion on the subject of the corn-laws. He had had no reason to expect that a discussion would be entered WO at that.perlod of the session, although there was no thing irregular in the proceeding on the question of an addrese to her Majesty. Yet it was usual ; in matters of such great , importance to give notice to the House.— (llear, hear.) . He must say that the Hon. Gentleman who had commenced that discussion hid been most tem perate in his address, and did not appear at all to have the intention of provoking a discussion on the subject of the corn laws. He (Sir R. Peel) had understood him to say that it was his intention to repeat, in a certain con tingency, a motion. which in the course of the last year he had made, but rather than do it in a hostile manner, he invited Hon. Friends of his (Sir R. Peel's) on that (the Ministerial) side of the House, to co-operate in aue port of that motion, as the co-operation of the Govern ment on that subject would be of very little importance, because in such case they might overcome the Govern ment. The Hon. Gentleman, in perfect fairness, stated that he did not ask for an immediate decision, and he said that he would give the House a fortnight to con sider. of the question, and he (Sir R. Peel) thought his Hon. Friend the Member for Northamptonshire and the Hon. Member for Somersetshire might have taken the offer of the Hon. Member for Stockport, and availed them selves of the fortnight's consideration, rather than at once commit themselves to the motion of the Hon. Gen tleman. They had, however committed themselves to it. mustHe say that in point of temper and spirit, the Hon. Gentleman was very fairly met by his (Sir R. Peers) Right Hon. Friends on that side of the House. He therefore regretted that the Hon. Member for Durham should have afterwards addressed those gentlemen in what might almost be called terms of vituperation. —(Hear. hear.) He had been asked by the Hon. Mem ber for Manchester whether he had given any assurance to any one that no further alteration should be made in the corn-laws, and the lion. Gentleman said that it had been stated by the Protection Society, and on the implied authority of that assurance from him—(Hear, and a laugh)—they had told the farmers that there would be no further change. He did not think the Hon. Gentleman had a right to put such a question to him . without giving him notice. He did not Liar( it necessary for him to say that he had bad riO communication with the Agricultural Protection Society, and that he had given no assurance inconsistent with the declarations which he had already made in the House. As to what had been said of agricul tural distress, he regretted it must be admitted there was considerable distress in some parts of the country, and he felt sincere sympathy with the sufferers. But be did not believe that it could be asserted that there was general agricultural distress. He believed that in many parts of the country there was a considerable de gree of prosperity. He believed that if they looked to all parts of Englani, Scotland, and Ireland, they would see different degrees of prosperity and adversity. But in looking for the causes of distress, they should consider what arose from mere physical causes. Look at the failure of the hay crop last year, and other - failures. Look at the extraordinary drought which prevailed through a part of the year, and which had in some places caused great distress. They would find that the dis tress arose chiefly from those natural causes, and that it could not be attributed fairly to the changes which had taken place in the laws regarding the importation of agricultural produce. Nor did he think that any legis lative me isures would relieve the distress, or prevent its eccasional recurrence from such natural causes. Ha thought that the restoration of protection (as it had been) would be impos-ibl , , and he thought that if it were poisible, it would not be a remedy for agricultural distress, which arose from causes which the Legislature could not control. Mr. BRIGHT explained, that he had not intended to apply terms of vituperation to gentlemen opposite, of whom he had spoken in two capacities—as private gen tlemen, and as Members of that House. We under stood the lion. Member to express regret that the temper and intention with which he had spoken were misunderstood. Lord JOHN MANNERS said, that although he was not a member of the Agricultural Protection So ciety, still he did not wish the debate to close, without saying a few words in reply to some observations which had fallen from Gentlemen on the Opposition side. In doing so he must apologise to his friends, who were bitter acquainted with the agricultural interest than he was, for undertaking to reply on this occasion. But there was one observation particularly which he was not willing to pass unnoticed ; one Hon. Gentleman'had said, that the landlords exposed the peasants at present to a furious and desperate competition amongst them selves. If, then, that competion was furious and des• perate, how mach more so would it become if they were exposed also, to the competition of all nations —(Hear, hear.) e would not occupy the House fur ther than to observe, on a statement made by the Hon. Member for Durham, that the Government were frittering away the interests of the farmers and the peasants. Now, he would ask the Hon. Member how tar the propositi,m of the Hon. Member would im prove matters, by destroying their interests a` together. He agreed with en Min. Friend near him, that in that Bons, they were all too roady to look upon themselves as manufacturers or - agrieulturists—(llear, hear)—and to:o little disposed to consider the must important of all questions, as to the relation of rich and poor in this country.—(Hear.) He further agreed with his Hon. Friend, that the time was not far distant when it might be necessary that they should all unite in considering measures for promoting the happiness of the working classes in this empire.—llear, hear.) Mr. BROTHERTON was not about to occupy the House my length of time, hut he wished to make an ob servation upon what had fallen from the Noble Lord who had just sat down The Noble Lord spoke of the competition to which free trade would expose the pea saw, and had expressed his interest in the happiness and welfare of the peasant, but the Noble Lord had forgotten that there was a population in the country--(Herr, he ur, and laughter)— and that that population must be fed, and that to be fed it must be employed.--(ilear, hear.) Agriculture could not employ more than ene eighth of the population, which was continually in creasing, and could only be supported by manufactures. But manufactures could not be maintained without com merce.—(Hear, hear.) If they would take away the re strictions upon commerce, all classes wou.d be benefited —farmers, manufacturers, and peasants.—(hear, hear.) The corn-laws were calculated only for the benefit of the landlords, but were unjust and mischievous to all the rent of the country.—(Bear, hear.) He earnestly implored the House to consider whether the restrictions upon trade were not unjust and injurious to the whole commu nity, and if it were satisfied that they were so, to lose eo time in repealing them.—(Hear, hear.) The motion was then agreed to. RAILWAYS. Mr. R. COLLETT presented several petitions in fa vour of the branch lines propo,ed by the Hull and Selby Raila ay Company. The Hon. Gentleman presented se veral other petitions in favour of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway. The House then adjoirind at a Qx..rter to Nine o'clock. tion of yeast, or of a mixture Which was knowirbythe name of -berm. In the course of the fermentation, b y the d e composition of the saccharine and the eleve lopmees of the spirituous matter, the whole liquid became attenuated in its specific g..avity ; arid the first charge for duty took place at this stage of the ptoCess. The Learned Gentleman referred to the Act of Parliament to show the mode in which the duty was charged. When the fermentation was complete, and the duty, had been ascertained, the liquid was run into what was called a wash -charger ; and then that part of the process, which was called the brewing process, ended. From the wash charger the wash was conveyed to the still, and the apparatus now generally used was called Coffee's apparatus. By the Act of Parliament it was required that the spirit should be conveyed in a close safe into the receiver ; and when in the receiver the quantity of proof spirits was ascertained and charged. For tie protection of the revenue, there was in the first place a notice given by the distiller of the working gravity of his worts. Then there was the charge made after the ferMentation process, which was called the wash, or at tenuation ; and, lastly, there was the charge made when the spirits were perfected and had been conveyed into the re ceiver. (The Learned Counsel then referred to a model which was placed on the table in front of the bar, of the whole of the premises both of the distillery:and rectifying-house.) The defendant had been permitted to use a trough for the con veyance of water from the liquor vats across the distillery premises into the rectifying premises, near to the still heads, which was an open trough, visible to the eye during the greater part of its progress. That trough was ostensibly used for the conveyance of water only; whether it was used for any other purpose .the jury would presently be able to judge. s They would bear in mind that there was a pipe communicating with the dwelling-house, the gra naries, and the stables. In the year 1842 a very intelligent supervisor, named Dlinkwater, was appointed to this distillery, and his attention was early directed to the state of the premises in general. The spirit receiver used on the premises by Mr. George Smith was a vessel of the dia meter of 15 feet, and of the depth of 45 inches, and its ca pacity was about 4,000 gallons. Mr. Drinkwater, at a very eddy period o f hi s supervision, suspected that the drip of that vessel had not been correctly taken. It frequently hap pened that in vessels used for such a purpose there were inequalities at the bottom, or it might be that there was an incline, and it was necessary to take that into account in charging the duty. The drip was used to bring the spirits to an assumed level. When Mr. Drinkwater came to the premises, the drip of the spirit receiver had been taken at 260 gallons, and the dip of' that drip at 4 7-10 inches. It was quite obvious that if there was any mode ef conveying spirits which was .not seen by the officer, he would be baffled in his attempts to charge the duty. Mr. Drink water determined to re - dip the vessel, and on doing so, he discovered that instead of the drip being 4 7.10 inches it was only 4 6-10 inches, and although that difference might appear trilling, yet on examination it would be seen that there were in that way 330 gallons abstracted during a single week, and that the defalcation in one year would amount to 2,0001. On the vessel being dripped a second time, another tenth of, an inch: was gained. In the month of March, 1844, two surveying examiners went to the premises. These examiners discovered that the pump used for the purpose of pumping up the spirits from the receivers into the store vats was so booze, that water could by that means be let down into the spirit re ceiver. They, therefore e directed that a revenue lock should be. put upon the pump. On this being done, the drip was again taken, and the result was the discovery of two-tenths of an inch more. It was remarkable that the stock agreed perfectly with the charged spirits. Mr. Drinkwater was in duced to pay more minute attention to the proceedings of the „defendants ' and he then discovered a semi circular hole in the stop of the spirit receiver. He mentioned this circumsiance to Mr. George Smith, who exclaimed that that explained a statement made to him in an anonyinous letter, that there were parties extracting spirits from his premises at three o'clock iu the afternoon. The Learned Counsel- then proceeded to state the particulath of the proceedings of Mr. Drinkwater in purSuing his inquiries. There were ten periods. A strict watch being.. kept on the 7th, it was discovered there was an excess of 981 gallons over six previous periods, an excess of the quantity of wort produced by the process. On the Bth the defendant was left to himself; and there was a deficiency of 1,551 gallons less than that produced in the last period. In the ninth and tenth periods a strict watch was again kept, and in the ninth there was an excess of 1,709 gallons,. the duty upon which was 6691., and in the . teeth, of 2,090 gallons, the duty upon which was 8181. This led him to the very point of the inquiry before the Court. He would show that there was a way by which these spirits Could be conveyed so as to escape paying duty. and the Excise would have been guilty of a gross dereliction of duty if they had not proceeded against the defendant for this gigantic fraud. On the 14th of October last, Mr. Drinkwater, . who had been searching to discover what could have become of these spirits, visited the rectifying-house, and . he then observed some water running. from the end of a pipe in the distillery to the still heads. He went into the distillery premises to stop the cock of the pipes which communicated with the liquor vats, and in a very short time the running of the pipe at the still had ceased: The officers of the Excise then called upon both the Messrs. Smith upon the subject, and expressed their deteiminatien to ascertain whether there were any concealed pipes. For this purpose they had the ground opened, and on this being done the course of the pipe was very distinctly and clearly traced. It came down to a sink which was oppdsite spirit vat No. P. At the bottom of the pipe over the sink there was a screw cock. The pipe then returned and went through the distillery. The Learned Cou nsel then illustrated his meaning by referring to the model. When they came toahicorner they discovered a pipe, which ran offtowards the rectifying premises, they discovered that a comniunication had been made by means of a hole being cut in the pipe and n branch pipe inserted there. The pipe was then carried on by the side of the rectifying premises, and was distributed among the various vats in the rectifying store. Now this branch was not entered by Mr. George Smith in any part of the description of the premises furnished by him. lie renresentedto the officers that the pipe comma • nicating with the distillery was connected with the main of the East London Water Works—a statement which was ut terly untrue, though it was a remarkable circumstance that the two sets of pipes were almost side by side. And farther, that this being a oifn p t r i ii l - private e 6 epipe,g andlaida n3l e down in 1836, there were put on some of the cocks the initials of the East t t they had the atetx Excise ed officers for c i e t t . s eh i : .ad Whatever n not London . W. ater Works. It appeared on inquiry that the piping was laid down at the request of the might be to t h soh ew tii intention, a under-ground lshould bee l‘ sl i i e g 3 l s d r e s. s t Smith, notion the pipe conveying water, and capable of : thing else from the distillery to the rectifying; any house. Such being the case the officers were instructed to Whether it was possible to convey spirits from rectifyingthe ea.sein . house to the oistillery.' They found a great variety o cocks which might cut aff the water in every direction. 'TI ap plied to Mr. Smith to know whether they might make their experiments, to which Mr. Smith tefin ed his en seLt. They observed, however, that the cock of th e branch - oler , the sink and the' cock of the spirit vat, No. wereB, nearly on a level. The officers proposed t o t r y an experiment. They got a enudl tin pipe and p u t the end into a tub of water, as a cyphon ; th e y stopped all the com munication, and theil, as they considered, the communica tion Was complete between the vat No. 8 in the distillery and the? vat No. 17 in the rectifying house. The result of the experiments tried 'in consequence of the 'discovery which had been made was, that by means of this communication there were conveyed in one hour 658 gallons of proof spirits from the vat !co. 8 in the distillery to theyat No. 17 in the rectifying house. This *experiment was made by persons not experienced in passing_ Spirits through water• pipes, and not as capable of passing it swiftly as those who, he thought, the jury would now believe, were in the habit of doing so. This solved the mystery—this accounted for tine excess of spirits produced above what appeared on the receiver. But it was not for passing spirits through this pipe the present informations were laid. The defendant was charged with having pipes through which spirits could be passed, and it was not to be supposed that for any other purpose the defendant would have rendered himself liable to such heavy penalties as the law had fixed. It showed in this very case the wisdom of the law in providing that persons in the business of the defendant, should not supply themselves with the means of transmitting spirits from the distillery to the rectifiers. He could not conclude his address without expressing his surprise at the course of pleading adopted by the defendant. The first count of tlie indictment charged the defendant with carrying on a distillery within a quarter of a mile from a rectifying liouse. To that he pleaded not guilty. But Mr. Smith ought to knew that fur the three years in which he had,been casrying on Lino business, he had been liable - to - the penalties, as lie would see upon referring to the decision in .the case of Start v. Smith, in • the lit Bramwell v. Norris, page 194. He (the. Solicitor-General) had trespassed at great length upon the time of tile Court and the jury, but the impoitance of the case would behis apology. He would now call witnesses to prove the facts which he had stated ; and he felt confident that the jury would. devote full atten lion to the case. Ile was sure that public justice was safe in their hands, and that they . would apply the law in the case with impartiality and 'discernment. He then called— Daniel Wentworth Thornton—ls a supervisor of Excise. Surveyed the premises of Mr. Smith from the 29th of Sept., 1838, to May 1843. Produced time last entry under which they worked, or, the 16th of September, 1840. eross.exami n ea by Mr. KELLY—When he surveyed the preinises he was 'generally there from eight to nine hours a day. The officers on the premises were himself, another officer, and the supervisor. To Mr. Baron ALDEasoat—Was then an officer—is now a supervisor. 'l'o Mr. KELLY—These were always present when a charge was taken. There were always officers there during the distilling week. That was not constantly the case during the brewing week. The officers examined the premises sometimes at night. They could do so at any uncertain time, if they thought it necessary to take the distiller by Surprise. Did not know how long the premises had been used as a distillery. Tine officers knew that there was a water pipe for supplying water from the large reservoir over the granaries. That reservoir was capable of containing several hundred thousand gallons of water. It was su pp lied by the East London Company. A vast quantity of water was necessary for the purposes of a distillery. The stables at the opposite side of the road and the dwelling-house were supplied from that reservoir. Did not know in what way the rectifying distillery of Mr. James Smith was supplied. Was never before aware that it was supplied from a branch pipe from, the said reservoir. All the cocks and pipes in a distillery have, according to the Act of Parliament, parti cular celours to distinguish the liquid which passes through them. Mr. KELay—We have heard a great deal about spirits passing, from tine vat No. S in, the distillery to No. 17 in the rectifying-house. Point out these on the model. (The witness did so, and also showed the plan of the reservoir in the building on th e top -of which was tine above-mentioned reservoir.) After the spirit • was deposited in that receiver, the Excise had done with it, ex cept that the spirit, when the manufacture was completed, and thus passed into that receiver, was dipped, and the quan tity to be charged with duty was ascertained. After that the Excise had dune with it. The officers had to ascertain whether the quantity of spirit corresponded with th e q uantit y of wash from which it was m a d e ; 100 gallons of wash, at 50, was calculateekas capable of yielding 10 gallene of spirit, but it ought to yield more. If the . product was less, the charge was made on the wash' ; that is, up to 10 gallons. If it exceeded 10, the excess was charged up to 12i gallons., If the excess was more than a gallons, and a fourth above that, it vas inferred, according to the 71st section of the Act, that fraud had been committed. After the officers had once charged upon the spirits in the receiver they did not make any other charge upon it when removed to the larger vats. At every . distillery the spirits in the receiver was guaged two or three tones a day or oftener. When the % spirits Was removed to the rats, stuck was taken by the officers about once a fortnight, The spirit was re moved from the receiver to the vats by pumping it out. In the vats the officers might examine it at any hour of the day or night, and as often as they pleased. Knows enough of the business to be able to say that the quantity of spirits pro deiced varied m ith the density and strength of the wash and the quality of the grain. Re-eXamined by Mr. JAMES—Stock wed taken once a fort night. Witness knees- nothing of tine underground pipe lead ing to the receiviag•house. A different set of officers attended to thate.ttablillunent. • COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 6. (Sittings at Nisi Prius.) MANSETA. v. VETO AND GRI , SET.L. The plaintiff in this .case is the proprietor of the well known coffee-house and hotel, called " Oliver's," at the Mid dlesex end of Westminster -bridge, adjoining Palace-yard, and this action was brought against the contractors under the Woods and Forests, to recover compensation for the in jury done to plaintiff's premises by the defendants' excava tions for the new Houses of Parliament. At four o'clock the case was adjourned till to morrow. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 6. (Before the Lord Chief BARON and a Special Jury.) TRIAL AT BAR. THE ALLEGED FRAUDS UPON THE REVENUE. TILE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. SMITH. As early as nine o'clock all the avenues to this Court were beset with persons who were anxious to obtain admittance in conseqUence of the case of Messrs. Smith. the spirit distillers, being fixed for trial at bar this day. No case which has been tried for a considerable time appeared to have excited a greater degree of general interest. The Counsel for the Crown were the Solicitor-General, Sir T. Wilde, Mr. Jervis, and Mr. T. Wilde, jun. ; Mr. Kelly, Mr. Watson, and Mr. Martin appeared as counsel for the defendant. The jury having been sworn, Mr WILDF. said this was an information filed by her Majesty's Attorney-General against George Smith. The first count charged the defendants with using a distillery within a quarter of a mile of a rectifying-house ; the second count charged him with having a communication between the two sets of premises, wherby spirits might be conveyed from the one to the other ; the third, with using a distillery within a quarter of a mile of a rectifying- house, with an under ground pipe, by means of which spirits might be conveyed from the one to the other ; the fourth, with having a distil lery within a quarter of a mile of a rectifying-house, and having a trough to communicate between them ; the fifth count. charged the defendant with using a distillery within a quarter of a mile of a rectifying-house, the distillery having been erected before the 6th of April, 1825, but having a com munication between the premises, by which spirits might be conveyed from one to the other. The penalties claimed by the Crown amounted to 9.000/. To the whole of these counts the defendant had pleaded not guilty. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL in opening the case for the Crown said, the magnitude and importance of the case which was about to be tried had induced him to ask for the unusual solemniti of a trial at bar. Not that he anticipated that any serious 'difficulty would be found to exist, when the case was thoroughly understood, but. knowing the large stake which Was at issue, and feeling the important consequences to the defendant of the result of this inquiry, and being aware too that the.defendant had secured the advantage of the greatest ingenuity and talent, and that they should be able to win their way to . a fair and just result of the investigation through numerous objections, he had felt it neces sary to - have the assistance of the united wisdom which. presided in that Court, in order that they might be able to arrive safely and securely to the con clusion which the law required. On the 2d of November last ycar a seizure was made upon the premises of Mr. George Smith, the, defendant, of his valuable stock in trade and uten sils, and the-, public ear was immediately filled with com plaints of the tyranny and oppression of the Excise ; and men's minds - were filled with amazement at the consequences which must result from stopping a concern of such enormous mag,nitude .lle would at once claim his fair share in the responsibility of that proceeding. Was it to be said that be cause the fraud into which they were about to inquire must have been carried on, if carried on at all, on a most gigantic scale, they *ere to be deterred by the magnitude of the case from administering the law equally and impartially to a l ? lle distinctly avowed that the seizure had been conducted upon his. edi;ice and upon his responsibility, and he was de sircns to share in all the consequences which might attach to it, notwithstanding the attempts which had been made to excite public sympathy on behalf of the defendant. The Learned Counsel then referred to the application which was made to.that Court in the course of the present term to com pel the Crown to produce particulars of its charges, and for having since published the affidavits used on that occasion in order to excite public sympathy in his behalf. lie then proceeded to say that the defendant had for many years carried on, to an enormous extent, the business of a distiller, in Bucks-row, Whitcehapel. The duties which he had to pay the GoYernment amounted to 1,0001. a day. He residesl in a dwellin g -house on the premises with his brother, Mr. James Scott Smith, who carried on the business of a rectifies on premises adjoining the distillery. The de fendant and his brother were not in partnership, the law prohibiting a distiller 'from carrying on the business of a rec tifier, and a rectifier from carrying on that of a distiller. But though.such an union as partnership was prohibited by law they occupied the same premises, and lived in the same houso, many of their workmen were employed in common, and lie believed the same horses and carts belonged to both. The jury were aware that, in order to protect the revenue, persons who dealt in excisable commodities were put under very strict and stringent regulations, which were perfectly well known to the trade. Amongst other regulations apply ing to this particular case were those of the Gth of George 111., c. 80. By the 30th section it was required that, before commencing to brew, or make spirits, the brewer or distiller should furnish to the officer authorised to receive the same, an account in writing, setting forth his name and place of abode, and giving a true description of the vessels and utensils intended to be used by bins ; and by the 32,1 section it was required that together with every such account there should be delivered a drawing or descripiion or descriptions distinctly showing the course, direction, and con struction of all pipes, cocks, or instruments, to be used in the business. The Learned Counsel then quoted the 35th sec tion, prohibiting parties from carrying on the business of rectifying within a quarter of a mile in a direct line from premises used in distilling, adding that when the Act was passed the Messrs. Smiths were exempted on account of the loss which they would otherwise suffer from the provision with respect to the distance between a rectify ing house and a distillery. But no distiller at the present day could set up a distillery within a quarter, of a mile of a rectifying house. With regard to those persons whose premises were in existence at the time of the passing of the Act, it was to be observed that they were within the benefit of the proviso, so long and as long only as there was no way, opening, or other communication, by which any spirits could be conveyed from the one to the other, except by an open carriage or waggon. The object of this regula tion must be apparent, when he stated that the premises of rectifiers were not exposed to the same constant supervision and visitation, on the part of the officers of the revenue, as those of a distiller, and that the only charge which took place in the case ,of a rectifier was, when the spirits were permitted out -to his customers. The premises of the rectifier were closed from seven o'clock in the evening until seven o'clock the next morning, and during that period no officer could have access to them, except by permission of the proprietor of the concern. It was obvious, therefore, that if. there were any communication concealed from the officers, frauds to an enormous extent might be. committed. Now the charge which the Crown preferred agaiust Mr. George Smith was, that he had carried on his baSiness of a distiller within requester of a mile of his brother'S rectifying premises, in such a manner as to bring Itin - .self within the penal clause of the Act, there being a com ntunication between the two sets - of premises. • The charge brought : against the defendant-V:0 grounded on the f.ict that there had been a way or communication between his distillery premises and the premiseS of his brother, the recitifier, by which spirits could be.conveyed from the one set of premises. to the other. The object of the Act vas pieventiVeand. pro•- tee-live. It was not mecessary that the officers of thwrevenue i should prove that the pipe had been used ; it was sufficient to shoW that it -. might be used for the purpose of conveying . spirits. They could not show that on: any partic lar occasion spirits actually passed. The stock of the distiller was only taken by the officer Once a fort night. The premises of the rectifier were sealed against him. During the night spirits might be clandestinely conveyed . while there, was no person upon the premises to - " watch.- • the proceeding. This might be . done • furtively, and so securely as to elude all observation. He, therefore, at once charged the defendant, Mr. George Smith, with haying, according ,to tire express terms of the law, incurred she penalty of 500/. a week by carrying on his distillery business within a quarter of a mile of the premises of his brother, not being within the benefit of the pro viso of the Act to which he had referred, on account of the open- way or communication which existed between them. The Learned- Counsel then referred to the .15th and IGth sections of the Act of Parliament, contending that the term communication, as there used, applied to a pipe connecting a distillery with a rectifying-house. It was quite clear from the words of the Act, that by the word “ communication" the Legislature meant, amen.. other -things, to include a pipe. Every word used iu the 15th and 16th sections was applicable to pipes con necting •difrerent vessels and utensils with each other. Here, then, he made his stand upon tha law. If he were right in the view he was presenting to the jury, the case was made out against the defendant. But now it might perhaps be said, that it was a harsh mea sure of justice to apply the penal provisions of this Act of Parliament so stringently and so closely; that to re st upon - the letter of the law was bard in any . case, while in this it ' would be overwhelming. He was not insensible to the feel ' ing that might be excited by this view of the case, and he was anxious to:remove any unfavourable impression which might exist with regard to the proceedings instituted by the Crown. Although he was not required to advance a single step beyond the position which he had assumed, he was anxious to satisfy the minds of the jury - as to the propriety of all that had been done in reference to that prosecution. Mr. George• Smith was carrying on his business under an en try of his premises made on the 15th of• September, 1840. Ac cording to the provisions of the Act, besides the entry of the place of business, and the utensils or vessels - employed in it, it was necessary to give a description or drawing of all the pipes and all the branches of pipes upon the premises, and to point .out distinctly with what they communicated. -The Learned Counsel then referred to the 32d section of the Act requiring this account. Mr. Smith's entry was accompanied, •not with a drawing showing the course of the pipes, ' but with a, written description of them. The Learned Coun sel then quoted the words of .the 'entry, which stated at the close that the use of the pipes referred to in it was to convey the contents of the utensils with which they were connected, ' and that the use of the said cocks attached to them was to open or intercept, as occasion might require, the communication by means of the pipes. In order that the jury might un derstand his statement, he must shortly describe the process of distillation. They were aware that the materials usually employed in distillation in England were a mixture of malt and grain. These materials, after being ground, were put into a large vessel called the mash tub. Hot water was poured• into the mash tub for the purpose of infusion ; and then the mixture was stirred or mashed for the purpose of extracting,' the saccharine matter by the action of the water .i 0. e x : p n o i s et I n, d et a t o t i 0 t n h e open air, u upon the grain and malt. When the infusion was complete' - the result of it was drawn into a receptacle called the under-vat. It then passed either into cooling vats, e p or to pi t p h e a s t purpose of being cooled. From the frigerator it e name of worts. In the wash-vats process of fermentation took . place by passed into what were called wash-vacs . i p n e s r n i s o e ( r i se t d he in cold water, where the process known by the began. - the -xvtaautprsepiit: applies- RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PAR LIAMENT. Petitions for Bills were presented for the following Rail ways, and ordered to lie on the table : York and Scarborough Railway Deviation—Manchester and Leeds Railway—Manchester and Leeds Railway (Burn lev Branch and Oldham and HeYWoOd gxtension)—Ashton,- Sialybridge, and Liverpool Junction Railway (Ardwick and. Guide Bridge Branches)—London and South-Western Rail way, No. 1 (Metropolitan Extension)—Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway—Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway —Ualedonian Railway—Glasgow, Dumfrieg, and Carlisle Railway—Manchester and Birmingham Railway (Ashton Branch )—Leeds and West Riding Junction Railway—Rich . mond (Surrey) Railway—West Yorkshire Railway—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Junction Railway. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. - WEDNESDAY, FEB. 5, 1845. Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway, Committee on Petition—Manchester and Leeds Railway, Committee on Petition—Manchester and Leeds Railway (Burnley Branch and Oldham and Heywood Branches Extension), Committee on Petition—London and South-Western Railway, No. 1 (Metropolitan Extension), Committee on Petition—Guild ford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway, Committee on Petition—Ashton, Stalybridge, and Liverpool Junction Rail way (Ardwick and Guide Bridge Branches), Committee on Petition, all on Monday, Feb. 17. RAILWAY DEPARTMENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE. The Hon. William Ashley, the Chisholm, Colonel Colqu houn, and William Morley, Esqs., a deputation of the Pio visional Committee of the Direct Northern Railway, accom panied by Sir John Rennie, Mr. Webster, Mr. Leech, and Mr. Ord, transacted business at the Board of Trade on Wednes day, when the following memorials were presented in favour' of the Direct Northern Railway :—From the Mayor 'and, from a majority - of the Town Council of Hull ; presented by the Mayor of Hull. From the shipowners, merchants, and inhabitants of Hull ; presented by Samuel Talbot Hassell, Esq., and a deputation from Hull. From the Hull Guardian Society for the Protection of Trade presented by John Foster, Esq., the President, and Mr. Alderman Gresham. From bankers, merchants, and inhabitants of Gainsborough presented by George Hay Bellwood, 1 7 ..5q , and Robert Willingal, Esq. From landowners and others at Bligton, Stockwith, and Be ckin g bam ; presented by Sir Joseph Rudsdall. From the city of Lincoln, the mayor and inhabitants of Kirton, Messingham, Scottar, and Botters ford ; presented by the Rev. Robert Ductile. From land owners and others of Brigg and Market Kasen ; presented by Mr. Alderman Atkinson, of Hull. From the inhabitants of the borough of Stamford ; presented by Colonel Colqu houn. From Saint Neots, Sandys, Alconburv, Buckton, Upton, Sawtrey, &c. ; presented by The Chisholm. From Epwath and Curule, in the Isle of Axholme • by R. Denison —and f rom Li nco l n, Louth, and Wragby ; by the Hon. Mr. Ashley. Mr. Hardy, Mr. Martin, Mr. Cowling Arkroyd, and Mr. Rouse,. ot ,tation from Bradford, attended at the Board of Trade to ' 1. present s a i memorial in favour of the Lon donsent and et b Yo y rk w and Mr. memorials were also pre- HudderAield ; by Mr. John Br. Freeman, a deputation from f iN ro lThomas ei Alder, , Mr. Thomas Haigh, a deputation from deputation from St. Neots; Mr. , J r o h l o m m N a :t \ l N a a n i iel Mr. Wilkinson, at a public meeting , l a °s d t e e p r 'u a tatn r. Mapp 11 ; 1 1r d . hi, and Mr. at Doncaster; by Dawson, a deputation from Sheffield. ASTOUNDING ! — The following will amus e readers :—" The Havre and Rouen RailrosaCao our a m yr n ti y e , founded by Charles Laffitte, is thus composed," Courrier Francais:—" the principal engineers are Engll,l, the overseers are English, the operatives are English, and the machinery has been fabricated in England. Everything in the concern is English, even Charles Laffitte himself, who voted for Pritchard." THE SUN, LONDON, PIifDAYIVIORNIN&-FEBRUARY 7 1845. Some time was then occupied in reading the description of the premises and utensils returned, according to the Act, by the defendant lo the Excise authorities. Mr. William Morland, a land-surveyor, examined by Mr. Jativis----He made the model in Court, on a scale of thin eighths of an inch to a foot. The - pipes are all made to the same scale. A part of one end of the premises was omitted. Cross-examined by Mr. KELLY-4n the model two-thirds of the tank were left out, because otherwise the model would be too large. Did not know enough of the Lusinewa to be able to say what became of the water which was conveyed by the pipe under the road to the rectifying-house. 'lle whole of.the premises (the rectifying-house) and the vesse:s were supplied from that pipe, with the exception of a spirit vat in the cellar. The pipe iad no connexion with the spirit receiver. Joseph Drinkwater, examined by Sir THOMAS WILDE—Is supervisor of Excise of Stepney second division. Took charge of Mr. Smith's premises in March, 1842. Left it in August. Was also absent from December to January, when he returned, and remained in survey of the distillery up to June last. Had examined the reservoir and ascertained there was an error in the drip before taken. The model is Court is a correct model of the premises. The entrance to the rectifying-house was in Brick-lane. It was surrounded by a wall which sepa rated it from the distillery, with which there was no apparent communication. In the distillery there were two very large water-tanks. 'ln Brick-lane there were very large stables, in which the horses belonging to the two establishments, the distillery and rectifying-house, were kept. All the carts he had ever seen belonging to either establish ment were marked with the same name—Thomas Smith and Co. The processes of distilling and brewing were not carried on at the Same time, but in different weeks. In brewing, when the water was put to the grain, it was called worts. The vessel was called the under back ; from that it was conveyed to the coolers, and froM them ran into the wash back, in which the process of fermentation commenced. The strength of the wash was ascertained by its Emecitic. gravity. After that was ascertained, the distiller was allowed to add yeast or other ferment to it. After fermentation commenced the gravity diminished •, but no charg was estimated until it went to the still. It was then estimated according to the attenuation. that had taken place in the process of fermentation ; that is, the difference of specific gravity from the first to the last. The change was made for one gallon of proof spirits for every live degrees of attenuation upon a hundred gallons of wash. The receiver had glass sides and a glass top. It was not an exact level, but was somewhat inclined. -The quantity in the receiver was ascertained by the dipping rod, Nf a s, t 4. . at, e aht ieelr at l ieNnv o va. t es4 i l l e. er times. ascertained which was dipped into it through an opening in the top, rass loping 6d c , s c r i i e i n n :tl w . b i long liv' by m to 'ule o laai k cnshtu t i the drip p t Witness emb er , 1 s fi 4 r first He measured in 260 gallons, and the dipping rod told an in clination of four inches six-tenths. To Mr. Baron i101.3, - E—lt requirvit 260 gallono of water to rise to the level of the highest part of the bottom. To the LORD CHIFF BARON—The dipping-rod having shown an inclination of four inches and six-tenths to be covered by 260 gallons, in making the charge that quantity was counted for the first four inches and six-tenths shown by the dipping-rod; and the remainder of the charge was cal culated by the dimensions of the vat and the height of the contents. The - drip taken hefornwas set down as four inches sever tenths, with the same quantity of water. That one tenth difference in the calculation made a difference of about nine gallons in the estimate of the charge. A part of the re ceiver was sunk in the ground. The'place where it stood was very dark, and in taking their charge the officers were obliged to use a lamp. The place altogether was very in convenient for them.—(The witness explained by the model the position in which the officers stood when using the dip ping -rod, and pointed out the alleged inconvenience, which we could not explain without the same means.)—The depth of the receiver was 45 inches ; the spirit was pumped up from the receiver into the vats. TWo of the vats were over the receiver. The vat No. 8 was the furthest from the receiver, from' which the spirit was pumped into it, through a pipe 26 or 28 feet long. There was an Excise lock upon the pump, and when thereceiver was exhausted the pump was locked. lie knew the large water tank oVer the granary, from which a pi; , e ran the whole length of the building. A. branch from it led into the spirit house, and to a small tank under the Vat No. 8. That small tank was entered in the Excise, loth - as a spirit and a water-tank. From that there was a pipe - which crossed Vder the carriage way into the rectifying distillery, 'Where it met with another pipe, and a branch from these led to the liquor back. Sir T. WILDE—You mean the water back? Witness—Yes; liquor always means water. The CIIIEF BARON-Then I have been all along following you in a mistake. I thought by " liquor" you meant spirit. The witness then pointed out the course of these pipes and their ramifications in the two establishments. In several places there were cocks by which the water or other fluid could be .stopped off from different branches. After the junction. pipe, which crossed under the road, entered the rectifying-house, it went on to the room No. 4, in which there were no spirit rvats. 'But the pipe went next into the spirit store-house, No. 8, and there communicated with almOst all the vats. It com municated directly with the vats from No. 14 to No. 17, and sent off branches to the others, and to the receiver and the wormhead. There were cocks to all these pipes, and branche, by which the water could be stopped oft from any or all of them. The princieal pipe, - from which the junction pipe crossed under the road joined the main of the East London Water Company; but the junction-pipe and the branches in the rectifying-house had no connexion with the water main. There was a trough which traversed the top of the distillery &Om the large tank, and crossed over the carriage• way, into the rectifying-house, where it supplied all the worm tubs. The worm tubs in the distillery were also supplied from it. In the rectifying-house there was .a, small tank WhiCh was filled with water pumped up froni,the worm tubs, by the same machinery that worked the pumps in the . distillery. In October, 184.3, being in . the rectifying-house, with two c esru,r Batten, 11, 1 .: o r t s i , ce C d am ti e ta ro t n ,, , ,a a t h e d r I m 'r , a a n s k e is o l i t :lin a g nd in a t r o i o the worm-heads. It was about three days after that he gave direction's t, open the ground. It was on the 14th of October , " tItT • they first observed the water in the still-heads. On the 15th they saw Mr. Georg-ff. Smith, the defendant. Mr. Cameron asked him if there was a communication between his distillery and his brother's rectifying-house P Ile replied, "You are not going to catch me." Cameron observed that " no doubt Mr. Smith had heard from his brother what occurred at the rectitying-house the day be lore; but that all they (tlui officers) wanted to know was, whether there was a communication between the two pre mises." (The witness here obtained permission to refer to the notes which lie made of the conversation immediately af ter.) In answer to another question from Mr. Cameron, Mr. Smith said that " a pipe • from the large tank - supplied the troughs which "ommunicated with every part of the two premises, with the, water-main, and consequently. .with all the houses in the neighbourhood.""fhey then caused the water to be stopped, by putting -a plug in the hole of the tank from which the Water flowed ' through the downright pipe into the troughs ;' and on going into the rectifying house they found that the water still flowed for five minutes in the • worm-heads. The next day they traced the pipe, which entered the rectifying house from the distillery, to, all the .vats in the rectifying house. They were not then aware that the pipe came from the distillery. They thought it came from the water-main. Mr. KELLY—Are those notes original, or a copy of what you first wrote? Witness—They are the original. Mr. KELLY then asked to look at them, but The Curs atitox said that thA Learned Counsel could riot have theM until the Wihiess had finished using them. They were not evidence, but only usect.to refresh his memory. Cross-examination resumedliad 'suspected before that there was a pipe underground communicating • from the dis tillery to the rectifying. house. On the 17th, /from ,all they had observed, they determined to open the ground, and they proceeded :to do so in the rectifying-house.' They traced the pipes - there to the junction-pipe leading from the distillery. Mr. Cameron went in :the meantime to Mr. G. Smith, the defendant, and' stated his intention of opening the ground in the distillery,. Mr. Smith at first said that they should wait until they had done in the other house, as he wished to employ the same men. Mr. Cameron per sisted, and, - after a time, Mr. Smith gave him the men to do the work. On that night some one took out a plug from the water main, and flooded the excavation in which they had traced the pipe that day. Mr. KELLY—You must not charge us with what the water company did. E . :tau:dilation resumed—On the 18th and 19th they traced the pipes across the road, and the whole way to the granaries. Cameron then said to Mr. Smith that he . thought it would be possible to transmit spirits from the distillery to the reetifying•house through that pipe. Mr. Smith 'said that - it'ivas impoisible, 'as - it would require a kft-handed cock to do so,-and he defied them to find a left handed cock on his premises. The officers said that they would make the experiment with a tub of water.. Mr. Smith said if they succeeded, they would do more than any one, else ever did or thought of. They made the experiment, however. Having connected the tub, containing sixty gallons of water, by a hose with the pipe, and having"stopped off the cocker of all the branches except that leading to the vat, No. 17, in the rectifying-house, the water passed from the tub to the vat in about a minute. Witness and Cameron remained in the distillery attending to . the tub, while the officers went into the other house to watch the result at the vat. Some of Mr. Smith's servants and he hiinself were present. After the water was gone from the tub Mr. James Smith came in, and said that the conduct of the cfficers was diabolical.. Mr. G. Smith said that they had put some water in the tub, and that they had made it dis -appear as if by some magic of their own. After this ex p,rehrei y m e a n s t k e t d h e Mr. n rs i t s l ai es d p t e h r e l y n s w s re ceaht whe i i .e ti t t u s s i e t d i ri t t s o . give. He said that to pass spirits in that way would be illegal ; he would not oppose them by force, but would hold theni responsible for whatever they did. Witness procured a pipe eleven feet long. with which lie connected the spirit vat No. 8, in the distillery, with the vat No. 17, in the rectifying-house. The strength of the spirit in No. 8 had been first ascertained by the other officers. The spirit was then permitted to flow from the . vat into the pipe, but after a short time it ceased to flow. • This was ascertained Thisupon w e a x s ar e e o d n , hy t to e b r e m i r t h: t i e n a g s i o w n a ed te r by i.ron a l ir t h i e n w t a h t e er pipes t to flow through them, as there was a great pressure; and the leaks being stopped with putt - , the spirits in the vat, No. 8, was examined, and it was found that about 33 gallons had been us. din the first trial. The cock of No. 8 was then, hatted, and the spirits permitt e d t o flow into the pipe. Whilst it was running he went round to No. 17, in the other house, and four d the spirits coming in very fast, and of a great strength. gradually increasing to eleven above proof. He had, samples of the spirit in Court. . He had .not himself. tested the strength of the spirit in No. 8. When they were satisfied with the experiment they got out the spirit - that remained in the pipes, by causing the water from the tank to flow through them, which forced the spirit .out. They afterwards tasted the water, and found that it had no flavour of spirit. When they were about to make the experiment, Mr. G. Smith said they would contaminate all the water on the premises with spirits, and the horses would be drunkke. weeks. Subsequently, on the 30th, Mr. Smith tol light that his family had nut been, able since the experiment to get a drop of water free from the taint of spirit*. Witness said lie would T 0 the ta s c t I EtlFt.e because s6ioeseceuaailsvqfnilal;dusa.,tW. quantity hbtaof t iaetityty 3 ira l ttse r boipc . fimoeii ,u S irostite i itpu n estlia i ortwi t ti tihee i :sxraen w ewda.m o mh3oiit l ein d osheiew n ftthbli 4oe the allow him, and asked " r!y what right he attempted to enter it was ea his (defendant's) house?' re mained in the whole line of pipes, after the flow from one vat to the other had ceased, would be about 450 gallons. These might (if allowed to reinain - long in the pipes) become mixed e ,nou t e o lmdp tl t t ny e o. o t ther 450 Frith a little Water. The CHIEF 'limtox.-Then every time- the machinery was e l‘ n: i p ia lo e .;_ed T to he pas n s ii s x p t i t r i i rw i e s h f ioc ro fh i . n ,hta t h h ,de e b o me r f : tot e tree h r o b t e l m s e gallons would be placed in jeopardy ? Witness (to Sir T, E be leve: g a t !. re-distilled experiment,s, i c t s i o l i a u ts i n it c o : l7, nI hundred gallons of water were afterwards passed through the pipes to show that no spirit remained them. witnesseSiri'Eloc\Niirt.iviLni)co,F said itil lEF ja that he the case. ex pedientTh to adjourn the examination till to-MorroW, as it was now beyond half. past finis. • Mr. KELLY submittedlhat it was highly desirable that the jury should examine the premises in person, - as it was evident that the model, elaborate as it.was, did not enable hem to judge correctly of the evidelice. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that, if the application had been made before the trial had proceeded so far, he should have been dispdsed to accede to it. But he thought it would now be highly inexpedient. Mr. MARTIN could not see what was the objection. The defendant's friends could exercise no influence or misrepresent anything, as the premises were entirely in the hands of the Excise. The CHIEF BARON thought it would be necessary now to go on as well as they could with the assistance they alreac,y possessed: The Court then rose. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice WHaanats and Mr. Justice CRE.SSWELL.) ADMINISTERING POISON AT UXBRII3GE.—Thomas Francis „Dickman, aged 19, described as a baker, was indicted for feloniously and maliciously administering to Mary Dickman, his wife, a large quantity of oxalic acid, with intent to murder her. The prisoner had pleaded that he was " not guilty." Mr. Robinson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Clark son for the prisoner. The facts of the case appeared in Tie Sun within the lAst ten da3s, and must be fresh in the recollec ion of our readers. The case for the prosecution broke down, and Mr. Justice Williams directed the jury to acquit the prisoner. There was another indictment against him for attempting to poison his child; on this also he was acquitted. Thomas Griffiihs, aged 21, a genteelly-dressed young man, described as a footman, pleaded guilty to forging and utter ing an order for payment of 10/., with intent to defraud Messrs. Barnard and Co.. the bankers, and was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years. iOLICE INTELLIGENCE VIAMES POLICE. Wednesday, tla I matsaain aril thirteen other Chincie seamen, native, of Canton, who were distinguished by their long tails of plaited black hair, and small caps on their heads, came to this office to make a complaint against the master and owner of the Repulse, East Indianian. The boatswain, a good t' mpered Chiaaman, got icto the witeesa box and began to address the magistrate, but his Digs!) was so imperfect that he could not make himself understood, and an Englishman who accompa nied the natives of the C• lestial Empire raid he would state their case. The Chinamen shipped in the Repulse, at Hong-Kena, under articles which specified thst they were to be paid six &Airs per month, except the boat swain, who was to receive seven dollars. The articles, as he under.stood the men, further stipulated that the captain of the Reaulse was to send them back to China in anode r ship at the svre wages. Their engagement with the Repulse had terminat d, and the who!e of the Chinatnen had been paid all their wages except twenty dollars, which they would receive in their own coun try. That meriting they were seat to another ship, the Ellen Ste a art, in the St. Katharine's Dock, and upon asking for the articles and the amount of wages they were to receive, the captain said they were sent on board as pustengers, and would be taken back to Hong-Kong as such, and not as seamen. The men re fused to remain on board, and now sought the Magis trate's interference to compel the master or owner of the Repulse to fulfil tha engagement entered into at Hong- Kong, and ship them as seamen at the same rate of wages as they had been paid on the voyage to England. There were four other men who shipped at Calcutta in the same condition. Mr. BRODERIP said he was not aware that he had any power to compel the master or owner to ship the men us seamen in any vessel bound to Hong-Kong at six doltars per month; and he thought it was unlikely that such an agreement was entered into with the man; but the owner or master vas bound to send them back to their own country, and if they did not the Lords of the Adtaira ty .would take it upon themselves to do so, and sue the owner for the expenses incurred in relieving, maintaining, and finding a passage for them. Mr. Symo s, the chief clerk, said the owner of the Rapnlvie had waited upon him respecting these men, and said, they only shipped for the voyage to Ragland, and not for the voyage hornewas - ds. Mr. llstoDEsur —ln that crse the owner has done all the law requires of him—provided them with a ship t , * convey thn m back to their own country. The boatswaia said his men wan ted six dollars per month wage., and they signed for it. 13notwasr a , ked the Chinaman's interpreter if he bad seen the ship's articles, and he replied in the negativv. r. BRODERIP then directed Barber, a_ police-con stable, to wait upon the owner, who was stated to have offices at No. 29, Cornitill, and retreat him to wait up the sitting magistrate the fwioks 11 ; • ; day with the article, and explain the cir, uinsiunc:s se th, case. The boatswain mad- his tedattum, took his long tad under his arm, and retail!. William • RafliasTßEET . Barkhouse and'Jolin 31,11 tin were charged by the landlord of the Coach and Horses, Covent-garden, with cre ating a disturbance, and assaulting him on time previous evening. The evidence of the landlord and his brother was to the effect, that about eleven o'clock the night prcvions, the defendant Martin came into his.house, and ordered a bottle of soda-water, fur which he gave a fourpenny piece in payment. He was very .tipsy at the time, and. immediately after tie demanded change, asserting that it was a sixpence he had tendered. On the landlord refusing, Martin assailed him with the most horrid imprecations, and struck at him over the bar, giving him a severe blow on the lip with his fist. The landlord then pushed him out of doors, in, doing which the other def en d an t, B ar kh ouse , came be hind, and thrust - bins (the landlord) also into the street. Barkhouse then raised a stick he had in his hand, and struck the prosecutor a severe blow with the knob end of it over the head, laying bare his scalp. The police-constable on the beat came up at this juncture, and seized the stick as a second Now was descending. Barkhouse had been at the bar drinking with two women at the time of the altercation with Martin, and seemed a companion of the latter. Mr. HALL said it was too serious a case for him to deal summarily with it. He must sena it to the Sessions. On the prosecutor, however, expressing a wish that the matter might be disposed of at once, as he - did rot wish to press: Is charge at the Sessions, the Bench consented to a summary conviction, and Barkhouse, in consideration of his having used the stick, was fined 51., or a month in the House of Correc tion ; Martin 31., er in default, three weeks. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS, FROM THE EVENING PAPERS 07 YESTERDAY. STANDARD.—The debate in the House of Com• mons last night was—as always happens on the second night of the session, a hen there is no amendment to the address, and seal-ea ly a formed opposition party—very flat, and, if we may apply so undignified a word, " rag ged"—a thing of shreds and patches. We regret that the Premier was not able to give a more encou raging reply to the question put to him re specting the proposed refuge harbours in the Channal ; but we are bound to own that we feel more regret than surprise at the Right Honourable Baronet's hesitation. He knows that the construction of the har bours will involve a considerable expense, probably five or six millions ster.ing, and he knows, no Minister ever had such good reason to know it, that a surplus of re venue over income is a principal spring of national pros perity ; that surplus his wisdom has secured, and with it the inseparably attendant prosperity ; and he must be forgiven if he is reluctant to risk them—at all events reluctant to pledge himself to any expensive measures until Parliament has given him security that the means of effecting it should not fail without encroaching upon his surplus. On the other hand, we cannot help seeing that the Channel refuge harbours are a necessity created by our augment:al commerce, and by the change that steam navigation must effect in the system of maritime war. Nor can we be blind to the fact that if they are not under taken by a Minister as bold and successful in his financial policy as Sir Robert Peel, they never will be undertaken at alt. The sum proposed is large, say six millions sterlirg, but these six millions could not be expended in 'one year, two years, or probably in less than six years. The expenditure until all-the harbours should "be corn- pleted would, therefore, scarcely exceed one million per annum in the whole six years—little more than one year's produce of the property-tax. Is it possible, however, to imagine any money so well laid out ? lied Mr. Pitt realised his plan of a refuge harbour at :;over, whica in the then imperfect slate of canstauctive science it was calcu lated would cost four millions (° bough it is now ezti mated at no more than two millions and a halt), there is no doubt that the four millions would, before this, have been re-paid five times over in vessels (lives out of question) saved from shipwreck ; live times over a,. ain, in facilities afforded to tre river com merce, and tweety times over in the advantage it would have afforded during the late war. The Channel harbours, accoinpaiiied by the increase in our steam navy in progress, would in fact double—more than double the power of this country, offensive as well as defensive, in any future war with a neighbouring nation of the Continent. We do not, however, contemplate the subject in a military light. Preparation for war is no doubt the best guarantee of peace, but there are other guarantees of peace much pleasanter, which the Channel harbours, more especially the Dover harbour, would give us in full measure. Free coinmenication and active commerce are these pleasanter guarantees, and the hurbours of which we speak a ould draw nearly all the co istina trade of We -tern Europe to our side of' the Chaanel. Evan at present Ramagate, ill placed as that harbour is, serves sometimes as an ehtrepoi be ween Dieppe and Dunkirk, Havre end Reeterdam ; but Dover, standing as baldly as it does stand out in the Channel, flankid by Dungeness on One side, and the noble road s t ea d, th e D owl i s ,-O n t h e other, would, with a safe, capacit .us deep-water harbour, becotiie the universal entrepbt of the Channel coasting trait for . koth sides. This i s a s ubj e ct upon which, a, the elder readers of the Standa , d know, we have long held very strong opinions ; but if it were pos sible to strengthen our previous convictions they would be st rengt h ene d b y a g l ance at Mr. Wyld's recently published and splendid post map of Europe. In this map the distances of the several ports in the Channel from each other are carefully laid down, and it is itni-ossible not to see in a comparise n of these dis tances, the enormous amount of coasting commerce that this country sacrifices in not providing a safe, capacious, deep water harbour at Dover. GLOBE.—Mr. O'Connell has been outvoted in the Council of the RePeal Association. In the very chamber where he was wont to dictate, he has been defeated. Those who but lately fatamel upon and flattered him, now presume to beard him. Like Frankenstein, he has created a monster which refuses to be longer subser vient to his will. The master has become the servant — the slave. The Association is paramount over its leader. The head is moved by the tail. This is the ordinary fate of these who depend on the popular breath for the posi tion width tl.ey occupy. The inferior minds which they invited to co-operate with them as instruments, combine to dethrone th chiefs: they either con .ign their leaders to oblivion, or retain them for a time, as the ministers of their own purposes—the creatures of their open or covert designs. The question, whether the Members of Parliament who have become members of the Repeal Association should attend to their Parliamentary duties, was sub mitted to the Repeal Committee ; and the following re solutions were discussed sind adopted :—" That, however desirable it may be that a discussion shou'd take place in the House of Commons with a -view to es' pose the - injustice of the r•rocet dings eunneetcd with the late State triel , , this Association is so deeply impress! d with a sense of the hopelessness of obtaimng redress for the wrorgs Of Ireland from the Imperial Parliament, that we cannot recommen d that th, Irish Mt.mt•ers sh(mlti be celled up . on to attend stub discussion." There is an appearance of erna leratron er this resolution, which would imply a discretionary pow in those with whose Parliathentsry duties it inte rferes. " We cannot recommend," but we do not absolutely forbid, you to attend the House of Commons, of which you are Members. '1 here is reason to believ e that, this or something like this, was suggested by Mr. O'Connell in the Commttee, as an ingenious mode of flattering the vanity of the new dominant spirits of the A scoci " ution, while it left the reeeal Members of Parliament to take their own course. This resolution w. 85 moved at the Conciliation Hall, on Mondsv, by 'M r ' Smith O'Brien, and seconded by Mr. James both being Members of the House of Commons. Mr. O'Ccni nen, linking a virtue of neces,itv, would have been vont` with this. He would have found a 100 hole suffiejen t t 'Y large to enable him to escape from the recornm(l"l'd 3 sence from Partarnent. Had nothing m ore stringent tha t :, :his res o l u tion b c en in existence, O'Connell and tl'„ majority, if not the whole, of the "Repeal Members" would have been in their places in Parliament inless than a month. The Reveal Committee we re aware os, this. Another resolution was therefore prepovd, 85 t . clincher to ►hat we have given, viz.:—" That the 1. tendance of the Irish Repeal Members in the the Nation Hall would be most conducive to o f gr.?Jt object of the Association, the restoration our domestic Legislature." This resolution is not humiliating to the •' Liberator," than it is opposed t° ' A A wishes, and fatal to his policy. We believe that lie o:ot is gladly escape from the trammels and the tors n'hic ° 2 , task-masters impose on him. It is evident , f rom the o'ilo in which he—cautiously, but with sufficient expli citl r ss i be understood—alluded in his speech at the Conciist Hall, on Mond:,.), to the debates on this rcsoul u tion ü b l ie the Committee, that it had given rise to consid era t t opposition ; in fact, that he was strongly a verse t° but had been defeated. "There we re di s ngreetne l ' ts ° g m, discrepancies among the members," said Mr. o'co,nn.,-, a "restheting its adoption." It was, however, 8 ° ' b ije by the Committee, and submitted to the r i va l, meeting at the ' Conciliation Hall for aPPWii r . .It was proposed by Mr. Barry, and seconded ac e M'Nevin—two of those fiercer spirits, whose, in "Lso- - has acquired ascendancy in the councils 0f., 1 ,," °. 2 ",d of elation, and cast O'Connell into the shade. `rho o f of such men was useful while they acted in the eteh—jivi subordinates. No sooner do they take the lead th an w ill siun and confusion are introduced to the council,s° do n. soon extend themselves to the body of the co nfedera O'Connell has succumbed to a faction in ilis w hich camp. The moral courage and exquisite tact 1 160, he acquired ascendancy over his countrymen , a, 1 : 0 01 guided, or checked them at his pleasure, ha s 4 - b - o tigil shorn • The Irish Samson is now of his strength. - he go forth and shake himself, as in other tilues'osue change is manifest to all. He is now fit only t° r ived sort for the Philistines. The men who ha ve dep ha ve m of his power, now bind him with the cords tt g e t e ther woven, and he cannot go whither he would. i s tion consciousness of the humiliation the Repeal As B l i n to has inflicted will rouse the spirit of CfC° °ne hieh - action, and induce him to disobey the mandate p e r • interposed between the repeal Members and thelaloate 1 military duties, remains to be seen. if that nI- ut be of the now dominant spirits of the repeal tnov enl bo Wt obeyed, there is nut a slave, however abj ect, w ho not hail O'Connell as a brother in bonds. DREADFUL MURDER . 6.0 04- A most barbarous and revolting Muffler wasal -, t t ar of r ted at a vil!age CalleLamonb, in the 11'431 enrith, Cumberland , d on the afte:rnoon of W ed f lie Jlle e last. - It appears that a woman of the nal" ° ,l •at it t ' Crosby, who is married, and who keeps a aino-,in; (1 L l ammonby, has been very much addicted to dri" l " . 'for her to ate, and the husband fro, quently r. primandea her misconduct. They have two . danghters• ab° . o ll a t tige r respective ages of nine and ten years, and th e ) d she of these children was the father's favourite ; a n , hir frequently, on being questioned by 1 father ° had he ! .„,-,ther return from work, intormed him that her .--,, te c on' been drinking during the day in his absence- ,',, We °. sequence of this was, that . the mother toot , ..- tiny to rooted antipathy to the child, and had put her out of the w•tv on the first favour:Ode °Prrd'ettlf detcrnaTri orta nity. It seems, on Weatiesday afternoon, schteptaicoe;;-e:lft,biesi. undressed the poor child, Kith the ex shift, and }taci t -- az fir. t hidden the clothes hp a ultY n e o I Y recesF, in the house, tectoally made a lard fire ri r ,:, ,h , B. ih, kin hen, and then t•nk the 'child tip ;; ar' l l h e t gr d s. i held it over the fire with its fac,• doe Mild'' ge , h 0 . er iod i ton the top grate bar until ' the ' was literally ail burnt off her face, andPdeath P at 3 P Oe Srs' to her suffering , . Trß, inhuman w " rt tch .h.n• it aPj i t " 64 ," t a r l e elc i ls had taken the child ‘ff the fire, and ealled hour's house, and stet •d that the child had i —ell i.10 1 ":: , the house with her little sister only, and " e 1 .,, PP" ;laving caught fire, she had been burnt to de at ' distil °. .:1 1 ; 1 1- absence a' a farm-house about two ruilechbours; e story was doubte uh by the n'in ~lift it and on looking at the remains of thk: child, the . i t . '' bout had on was found to Lave been only artiallY,bail; aPl i d a , the neck and breast, but the back part P wa , w ", ° " - h e it , ' Vi e no pieces of the burnt clothes had been loan ( ' '''",: t ortvif tire place in t ,, e kitchen, their sucpieions a',.:,ao'''' became excited, particularly us the women had P l :v big„`:' only borne a very imperfect character in .1 on OM ',.-; ri coroner was accordingly summoned, 41 0 , 1)- o ia t-,. 0 . - quest these suspiei,,ns were communicated to bi, 9 1 ,',. • s', e , - , house having bet n searched, the child's el""land —1 found wrapped together concealed in a clone t ' t t he ii' .. : further inquiries being made, it was found thi'„,l,ser" human mother had perpetrased the crime In. t' r it . e titl of her other child, who was in the k itch, n fit t, h ,cro e and who had been so terrified and frierhzeinal hY l ;, if ..he threats of the mother that she woald burn h er a „ce r''',.. e , - revealed the occurrence, that she in conseclat;atlia';',J.. mentioned T it till questioned by the l'or'"' ee „ . ,att a',, he coroner, Mr. Carrick, after a very l' a : i i t he .ii " .. lengthened investigation of the case, a,i''a til in ''''' - ( l ° quest until Monday next, to give time t 0 ( P ) t e u or'k re io circumstantial evidence, and in them O° t , pow n the woman to be taken into custody, and e be ihis l' a "; gaol until the verdict of the jury is returned- ,„-traoa ful occurrence has been a source of the gre a `, - ;hy s i i :i and excitement in the secluded . lla.e the' at ra ra 'en l e-- its neighbourhood ; and it is supposed that 5/11accol td dente will be elicited to warrant the coroner in and lIP erile ing the wretched woman for trial for the natural murebs,. kV') MAR --------- _ __. MARKET .NE ws.......(yEsTEIL— . og' MIX IVIASS.7IIIO3- ' 4.1 12i . 41 SMITIMELD.—Coarse Meadow Hav,_ 3/105 to to / l -.. C NYh l e .e a r t Straw, hay 41 1r16 t s o Pal ditto, 4/ 14s to 5143 • fine Upland ditto, 41 55 t0 1/ s : j j : 0 61 ; 17 018ast per l oad' 13(411:O o Straw, the supplies of which were moderate, fo r 5; slowly, at the / 16 above quotations. _ q j 11 la, ipy tt 0. .0 4 0 4 4/ Oi; CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Ivo -- t t o ' 1 3 ' asdul ditto, 4/17s to 515 s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 6i, 0 1 11 6 1) ; Clover Hay, 4/ 8s to 51 18s • Oat Straw, 1/ 1 4 " t tole 111) Wheat Straw, 11 16s to 11 ilis per load. SuPP'Y . 0 9, good, and trade firm. 0 to 4161 E . WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Ilan 3f 1 , 25 . 5/ • - t il; useful ditto, 4/ 12s to Si as ; fine Upland dit to, to Vl e ?_ l _ ; Clover Ha, 4/105 to 61; Oat Straw, 11 fo ar e a Wheat Straw, 1 1 16s to 11 18s per load. A • supply, and a sluggish demand. of f" IviLAT WILELUSE TS. n ply le SOUTHALL, FEB. s.—We had a full average, 51 ,' t he t r e of stock tu on sale here to-day. Generally- speal n r,,f t l l3 - cef• led inactive, and prices, with the exceptirted. 41 to Veal and Pork, were with difficulty still,' , s i , 45 ' t he f m2s 10d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 10d ,i l, l' 4 • 5s 6d • Q ,b s . to • i 3 , , and Pork, 3s 4cl to 46 4d per o' eslve ' offal, Supply —Beasts, GO; . Sheep, 1,400 ; , y oga ) ; Plgs, 41. were ' n Pee" It °wow), FEB. s.—Prime Veal and Pork ( 1011. oa t° request at full prices. Other kinds of stock Wfrf i _ 6 ! Ic e, from 25 10c1 to 45 ; 3futton, 3s to 45 4d ; % o g (lock 55 4d • , and Pork, 3s to 4s 4d per Bibs. Su ckn sod 18s to 305; Quarter -old Store to 191 165 to 2u 6 Of Cows, with their small calf, 161 t0).91 each. „ re Or_ ,t " 1-IAILsHAM, FEB. 5 —Although the supplies i nac tiN ri 5 , were only moderate, the demand was throughoo.! 'sl,,ttoaib,, about previous rates.—Beef, from 2s 10t1 to 4 s t ' o 4s per; o to 4s 4d ; Veal. 4s 4d to 5s 6d ;and Pork, 25 10(1_,..006, 45, ARUNDEL, FEB. 4.—Beef, from 2s 10d to 45; • 31 7, ,er 4s 4d •, Veal. 4s 4d to 5a 4d ; and Pork, a s 4d to ' ' 00 0 A moderate supply, and a sluggish d emand, . le Stec A.,•40 CHICHESTER, VEB. s.—Each kind of Prut___Deef, 1;11,; steadily, other kinds slowly, at our quetationbi 5 ,6 d ; S ys. 2s 10t1 to 4s ; Mutton, 35 to 4s 4cl ; Veal , 45 -) 05 t ° g its Pcirk, 3s 6d to 48 6d per 81b6. Suckling Cakves:Cows, ' Quarter old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s • and 3:+lllcu their small Calves, 161 to 181 10s ea ch. CORN AVER.Auir, For ____. --...s.- -- qll C 19115 f 0° Inspector end s in the different Cities and Towns in r•lis ga 3 5 ' 4 4 Barley "• • • • : -, 3s 10d I Rye... ..... 31S 3,1 I Vol ° ~,., Oats ........ 215 6d I Beans ~: 359 AVERAGES OF TIIE I or six wsP% - ----------------"--------1 rte I Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. 1 Y• --gns. re ase ,. 35 i 3 6 0 3 36 6 8 3 6 4 35,/ Weeks ending --- ------- 7 38 3, 21 10 31 • 3 20 10 33 ' B , 34 7 0 - 21 8 7 31 `' s 21 31 4 21 35 3 3 32 118 21 6l 31 Dec. 21.. • . Jan. ,'4. • • • 45 6 34 3 45 8 34 2 45 10 34 5 45 7 34 7 45 7 34 2 45 5 33 10 ------------------ y 0 • Wf • ' AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF TIIE ,',1% . 3,5 iia • 45a 7d I OatS •• • • .... 21 5d I Bean, • • ••• • • 3 6 9 4 Wheat ..... • 3431)31;IXS°011:1- ' V..0.11-113111•71dC1011•te:.°.• • ...... 7 , ,A 64 BY HOLLOWAY Oat Barley .....: 4 I •• • • ... 63 Od I grans ::.:, /v -s Od ye •.•• •• .. 103 6tl Peabe•• LIFO S'lltill s h o[ aboutAt u D e thesc oqtt.ibaytoErfNTT)Lu.]bs—FitiA,jt'svl:eFig'aaifflc'Atidgsfl:Jl,ri:lY:e:err°Papivliritttehr reath, spitting of phlegm, 114n_cEisoetite, stii2s,haendd general weakness ot body, 'n ~nn I"4' per. This ma -aches, besides suffering much from l ion' on j ev, r n i s m a a l n one not expected to live three months, when he c t b t hei r was in the second stage of consumitalgoarocej m th e e a use of Holloway's wonderful rills, ttrcl, i: i I I 0 ment) was ihnehisianoirre.t sst,r)locingztlssohazgleollol,d4o6.. j),lvi:/t: 244, straatmtp(ewEhsetraeblaillitstreeentin:f berriosfedstar•atitsi), l a ! odb bu y ; almost all respectable vendors i n : be me l cilic irae the civilised world. tbroug 0 Feb. 1.. • IMPERIA Wheat • • • • Barley • • • • ------ ----"--- the LOY BIRTHS- ivest, Datil, On the 30th ult., at Lansdown-pace I , pay' of the Rev. S. C. blalan. of v. daughter. f 000 ,41 ,au , On the 30th ult., at Dartrey, couo t l ° Cremorne, of a son. IS' , • tu coulen-to" On the 26th ult., at Camden Cottages, r Basball, Esq., aged 88. 0. (.; °f bitllir ••0. of Lomion : Printed and Published by . , 4 9ifice , ,,„•'ty No. 112, Strand, Printer. at Pe ,;„ t he tdv Strand, in the Preeiret of the SaYoy, .• bitddlebas, Friday, February 7, 1845'