The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-18 00:00:00

IHE DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1860.

ALLEGED WirOLESAT E A3SI7LTERATIoN

OF PEPPER TN LIVERPOOL.

Pktkot, Yesterday, .
Informations ~7ea fdig against three retail cfeafers in
pepper, at Prescott yesterday, at t*, iiltiGi&e of the
Board of Inland Revenue, for defrauding her Majesty's
revenue; by adulterations of th.t arti.:l6. The, parties
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summoned for the offence were Mr. William Quick,' Mr.
Heyes, and Mr. Proctor,
°and the cases were
heard before the follekeng bench of magistrates
Spencer James Steers, Esq. (chairMaii) air Themas
Birch; W. Pilkington, !en., Esq.; David Brornilow,
Esq. ; Robert Neilson, Esq. ; and Fri Crick W. Earle,
Eq. Mr. Welsby, instructed by Mr. Tyndall,
the Liverpool Solicitor for the Board of Trade, appeared
on of the Vown, and Mr. Ward conducted the
dcfsritle.
Mr. Welsby, in stating the case tä iiie . raid that
the informations were founded upon the s:Jth of
George 111., chap. 59, eee. 22, and that the several
defendants, who were dealers in tea, coffee, pepper, &C.,
in Prescot, were .charged with having sold pepper
mixed with other articles—namely, starch and
the husks of mustard, whereby each of them had
forfeited the sum of £lOO. He supposed there
would be no difficulty at all as to the fact of the
articles sci±ed by the Excise being in the possession of
the defendants, aril having been sold by tbens ; and the
question—jf,,any question arose at all-=-WoUld be whether,
in point of fact, it was adulterated peptitt of nof. He
should call before fheni, not only persons employed by
the Eieise; hitt other gentlemen of greai scientific
knowledge, frail whose testimony they could entertain
6 doubt whatever that the black pepper. had been
adulterated with starch and husks of mustaideetel to the
extent of six per cent., and the white pepper had been
adulterated to the extent of eight per cont. with
husks of mustardseed. The charge against the present

defendants was for selling only; but the mere selling of
wn drticlesco.adillterated was, by the act of Parliament,
made subject to W fiertaltjf.
Thomas Lumley Middleton, the first Witness called, a
supervisor of excise in Liverpool, stated that on ihe
lath of J Lnuary last he made the purchases of pepper
from the three defendants, upon which the present infor-
mations were founded ; that he banded the samples to
lktr. Weir, the ehemical officer to the Board of Excise,
who ditided-thent Into three parcel!, two of which ware
dont to the stfveying getieral ekaiiiinere, at Somerset
*Elise; ad. site of WI:dell rvas delivered' to Mt. Virtlz
assiitart Clitimst to, the board: The defendants
o•Lkaid that they had gA ftifipeil front liteadtS.
Wright and Crossley, at Liverpool.
, .
John Weir, the chemical officer to the Board of Xnlanci
Revenue in Liverpool, stated that he examined the sam-
Ples of pepper purchased from-. the defendants. Refound
that the, white pepper contained an adulteration to the
event of eight per cent., of mustard husks; and that the
black pepper contained cereal starch and mustard husks
in the PiciPortion of alkali Ili* pet cent. He also
detected some capsicii*. the_ mittnre *as very fine,
and nmfornily.,cAised hrOligiannt the entire quantity;
and he was &ettfore ted th4t: the mustard
had been originally ground with the i'epPeic acid` that iir
was not ground with a metallic mill such ds Was used by
retail dealers, but by French stones, such as were used only ,
by 'the wholesale manufacturers. He knew that pepper
was adulterated with mustard husks, for he had fre-
quently detected it before.
By tlie Leitch—He should think it very improbable •
that Petip!?.t *O. gottnd in the same mills as mustard;
and even if it had beefi dd ifi this tdsd, itC did net think
tar,the presence of eo largd d
Lion of intl.staid b,isl2l 4.s.ht defeeted.
Mr. Williamson, the nett v-ilner:OTEicci he
chemist to the Board.. of Ir:latid ititentie in
do-A:ltt had cxanair-ed the samples of pepper purellaget
at .the defendants microscopically, andheAscer4inedth at:
the, white pepper contained white mustard.huslis to the
extent of about eight per cent. • The black pepper was,
ddinfetated with a •tglittio of • red and white mustard
hnskt tth extent of fife and ha-also &tee-,
tod.in it ono psi cent. dt,t46til starch: - All the samples
appeared to be ekatltiY 11;i 'eas.riie; Fe inferred.that
they were all purchased'at the same plat.

By Mr. Ward—The pepper was ground exceedingly
fine, and it would be impOssible to detect the adultera-
tion by any ordinary investigation. It was so universally
distributed throughout the samples, that he should
incline to the opinion that the adulteration was made
iii the mill *here the pepper was manufactured.

dcorge the Vrincirtal analytical chemist to
the IJoirc( of hiMid iteVeinie; ediobtidied the fore-
doilfg to the beach,
.lie etatect that
hnsliti were worthless, and not an article of
commerce at all. TheY &nit:6 *ie. pii&ipal Vitt of What
was ,commonly known as P.D., or

Professor Archer, a professor of botany in aneeds
College, Liverpool, who was the next witness, gave it as
his opinion that the adulteration was ten per cent. at
least, rather than eight per cent. as had been stated by
the previous :witnesses.

Dr. Edwards, vice-president of the Liverpool Literary
and Philosophical Society; and Mr. Dngald Campbell,
who had eiamiried the samples both micrescorically and
by chemical analysis, also deposed that they had deaded
the addheratioUS which had been Spoken to by the
ptevions Witriessei.
Mr. Ward, on behef df the dc2 effd • anta, t iqed that
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his clients were only retail dealers in ..he town of
of Prescot, and that they had purchased the artiefe
which, was the subject of this information from p,4rsons

who were represented to them as the most respeetablo of

:he wholesale trade in Liverpool—the well-known firm

of Wright, Crossley, & Co. They themselves were per-

feat., igr_►Mant of the properties of the pepper, and it
would not have iicen caort theif white to attempt to
adulterate it to such a small extent. They t eileied the,

article to be genuine ; and although it must be admitted
they were within the burden of the act of Parliament,

he (Mr. Ward) trusted that the Magistrates would
only impose one-fourth of the penalty. The defendants

would then memorialise the board to remit the penalty,
and they would seek their remedy against the wholesale
tradesmen if (the mixture was fraudulent) who had put
them in Eli t positid: •
Mr. Welsby quite concurred in *lit Mr. Ali'alid bad
said. The Board of Inland &venue were not prepaied

to impute fraud to this defendants, because they had
been merely the instruments of designing persons, with-

Out any guilty knowle.cigo on their part. Ho might say
that ono great object of the board in this prosecution

was to give the defcndants facilities to proceed against

the parties fto hid defrauded them.
Sir T. Birch said the bench ui;to Unanimously of
opinion that the defendants had no guilty knowldge,

and he hoped that would go forth.
A judgment was then entered for the Crown in the
penalty of £23 in each ease, the bench expressing a
hope that the penalty would be remitted 'by the board.
Sir T. Biroh—liow came you to fail so in the case at
Livetpuol.
Mr. Welsby:--NVe had Tie atich ability--tor such a
bench, I may add.
The parties then left the ecurt.

A FEARFUL SCENE.

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When a vast concourse of persons was assembled on
the racecourse at Abergavenny, an accident occurred
setrieh treated a most painful interest. The grand
stead is cloo to the batik of the ricer tslc, the waters
of which were :at this time swollen and rapid from
• the recent storms. At Abergaeenny is a joint counties
pauper lunatie asylum, in which are - lb* eight
hundred patients, and on this 'afternoon a large number
eef the female lunatics were brought out to walk by
the side of • the river opposite to the racecourse, and
from 'which they would see something of the sport
going on on the, other side. Suddenly ono of the
patients--a fine middle-aged WOMBll.—:,aw among the
crowd on the opposite bank,' her 'husband, who is
a Confectioner at Newport, and was hawking his
-wares among the Teeple. with a wild scream eli_ereaa
cleat trie-bank riediretapitated herself into the foaming
torrent, and- attention was drawn to her just audit
horses were about to start for the Club Stakes. A scene
of terror ensued such as cannot be described. The
lunatiets on the bank clung to each other, and filled the
air with their shrieks. The poor woman was car-
ried rapidly down the stream, and-battled•wildly with
its rapid waters, yelling for aid when her Mad came
above water. The assembled doted deserted the racing
to rash to the river's bank, and shouted with dismay
and excitement as each plunge ,seemed to be the last
the victim would give. A man threw off his da-erelotb-
tug mid dashed straight towards her amid tremendous
• cheer ; but when he reached the middle of the stream
the arength of the current bore him away for sonie•
distance. In Vain he turned and tried to ascend ; he,
too, iecame visibly exhausted, and it now seemed immi-
nentthat two htiman beings niaseperish untimely in the
sight of a frantic crowd, who we're utterly powerless to
southern. ?The, man, however, managed to gain the
side,and held on to some overhanging bushes, while the
body, of the woman,, who bad ceased struggling, and
was low supposed to be dead, floated. towards him. At
this juncture she sank, and the man, with a last
effort dived after her.. The brief space when they
-were submerged appeared an .age, but the. bravo
feller. : had grasped the drowning woman's hair, .
and gulled her in towards %the shore. The bank
was teep ; but they were both get out more dead than
alive A ringing cheer. such: as one seldom hears, broke
fromthe spectators on the Grand Stand on 'the opposite
bank and most of them, with true English' importur-
babity, returned to the spot in time to witness the
finislof the race, in which, singular enough, five out
of tb six horses and riders had met with accidents more
or lee severe.-- The usual restoratives were applied to
the Arsons thus almost miraculously saved from death,
and tey both recovered in a short time. A collection
was cede for the heroic fellow, and was most liberally
respeded to. Nearly £l5 was contributed by those on
the Band Stand, and Lord Tredegar, who was acting
as juge, undertook. to levy contributions from his party
and to gentry in carriages, making over L'.o in all.

Tt naval' coinmander-in-chief at Portsmouth, with
othenayal officqrs, on Monday concluded their inquiry
relatie :to the late disturbance on board the Edgar at
Spitted. The report of the inquiry will be forwarded
to th Admiralty.

n city articles report that English wheat was sold
on Tenday at an advance of 2s. to 3s. per qr. over
the )tes of the previous Monday. The Daily News
aserbs the advance . to the unseasonable weather.
Thee was a great demand for rice in. Mincing-lane
on IkAday,-partly, owing to a rise in the corn market.

THE__G-ItEAT FIGHT

BETWEEN

H_EENAN & SAYERS.

Iletrg~bafore 4 o'clock yoterday morning London-bridge
station Wfig hecieg'e4 With spectators, anxious to
witness the 411 k ;. 4-.Yr.l- Ealf-lint 4 precisely the first
special train was despatched, tantrzi;fin!g about 1,000 per-
sons, and after travelling for two h oufg cf 4 half arrived
at a place called Ash, near Farnham, where all the' peo-
ple got (int of the train, when, after mkt sing* several
fields and ditches, they arrived at a snug meadow, in
which a fete rin; was formed, and precisely at half-past
seven the two men entered the ring; !Olen the Beni'ia
boy approached Sayers, and slit-ok lianas' warmly with
hire. , ,

Round lst—Sayers let out his left, and caught
Heenan in the mouth; and upon a second feint, he
landed a significant blow upon Heenan's nose, when the
latter oilfv.seilf and ,-;*et hold of Sayers by the neck, and
Sayers fell. • •
2nd.—Heenan, aiteiy r, fay, minutes' eying of his
antagonist, let fly his left, lauded tt 51ort on his mouth,
closed, and threw him.
3rd.—Heenan caught Sayers on the mouth, the fatter
again falling.
4th.—Heenan went up to Sayers, shot out tremen-
dously with his left, hit Sayers again in the mouth, and
sent him spinning to the ground.
In the 6th and. 6th rounds Sayers fell, without any
puniehment being given on either side.
7th.—Sayets laniled a fearful blow on Heenan's left'
cheek, cut it open, and Heenan's left eye became almost
immediately in darkness. This round lasted twelve
Minutes, fftid
,ended with Heenan knocking Sayers down
from a blor ui t'h'e Meath:
6th.HHeenati shot mit fir th his left, but was beauti-
fully stopped with Sayets's right ; after much parleying
64 both side; liecuan caught Sayers on the mouth, and
6ausec2 the claret. to flow profusely. This round lasted
twenty and ended With Heenan knocking
Sayers down.

9th.—Heenan went up fe, Savers, esught him in the
mouth, and sent hire to rnothif earth. The betting,
which had been up to this time 2 to i 611 S'atetii fose
even ; neetiaulaving the call.
lOtli.—Heenan closed, and threw Sayers heavily,
111,th.—Sayers struck Kcenan In the mouth and fell.
124 h..-:: Fite/Int:meat up td Sayers and knocked him
dor/A, v:Threlf kice'itid in the 17,th romicl.,
14th.---Gornto}ph' hnih sides iri tlia mouth,
then closed, and Sayefs
15th.—Heenan caught Savrte, iei the rab-:itit *ith' his
lei+, -sent him spinning round, and with his view. catir•olit
him in the jaw, Sayers going down.
16th.—After a few exchanges Heenan shot out, and
knocked Sayers down; the 17th was a similar round to
this,

I.Bthe—gars did much towards closing Heenan's
right eze, and fell. On the 19th and 20th round, they.
C105e.44-I.hiCqna* thro7Yittg ayers in both instances. In
the Inti htki minds Heenan 'went np to Sayers,
and knocked Mel (imerd cheers.). Betting sto

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4on Heenan. .
23d.—After sonic severe hitting- 65 &it? Ode! .
Heenan's face becoming much disfigured, they deed;
and SaYers had a throw recordedin his favour.
24t1L—Heenan again knocked Sayers down.
25th.—Sayers caught Heenan a poser on the nose,
the Claret flying about. The two closed and fell, Sayers
tinder. .
'l3th.---Sayers landed a severe blow on Heenan's left
Cheek, and felt:
27th:—IIeeti'ah followed Sayers-about the ring ; slight
' coAnfei-hitting the fordef landed another on Sayer's
mouth, and he fell.
fella to the hist Etyeis again
falling.
29th.—Heenan ffy with hIS teft,caught Sayers in
the mbuth; 'and brought hind (hi ground.
30th.—Sayers caught Heenan a nose,
the two close 4, and, sayers again fell: .- •
31st.—SaYerslanded a severe blow on the mouth, the
two closing, and fell, Sayers.under.
this round, Heenan retired.to his corner,
aria stertml tether reluctant at coming out ; Sayers look-
ing at; him aniiogslyi let fly with his left, and gave a
• (Citingl)l6w on Heenan's frontispiece. Betting even .en
at this thire.; it Was c'ilaerit that daylight 'Was
beconfing dfni6t of in ftvait to Heenan, na.boih his eyes
were nearly skied, ir-S4 • his* fice altogether pretatted a
a frightful pearauc. •
33rd.—Heena,nclatided a •erashef &eye& Month,
and sent hini spinning to
.the ground. plain'
to be seen that Savers right arm was not of much avail
to--ham- from the---repeatedstoppMg
Heenan's hand, .also- became much swollen from, the
fepeatectiihe he bad made of it. • '
41th.--Sayeis hit out rapidly twice, giving it Heenan
both' C.W the nose and mouth ; Heenan, however, fol-
lowed Sayers 4', artft* hint-heavily in the mouth, and
sent him to the grotasf. .

3511c.—Tho tra'o.soon elosa, Savers fitting hold
of Heenan by the neck, hit him severely oval, tke left
eye.

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36th.—The two closed, and Sayers was thrown.
37th.—Heenan gave -Sayers one in the mouth ; the
latter falling.
33th, --Sayers closed :and fell ; Heenan. gave Sayers
one dit the bead when he had almost reached the ground;
it being tt tliMstiClu ttf futii; but was not persevered in,
beitig consideted all.4ocidetit;
4poi' ewerrifst.=-Ifeenati gc't Itnt round Sayers'
and to' all appearance strangling Mm; cries of
"Let hirtigo" Weie'rithed;. Heenan, hoWever, &tact feteis
hold, and the ring win's 14olrezr in ; tjie greatest confation
prevailed; the umpire Wz cried ativay .th'e ihrong,
and the fight was prematurely brotigtlt to d clos4; neither
having been declared the winner. The otnittst lastedi
two hours and eight minutes.

Tut DETAILS OF THE TREATY WITH FRAICCE.—WO
' understand that a txnuunssion has been appointed,. con-
' tasting of Mr. Cobden, Mr. Ogilvie, of the Customs, and
Mr. 11faid, of the ,139ard of Trade, to proceed to Paris,
to afrange with the fleifeh Government certain practi-
cal details in the *Orkin's- of the Titaty of Commerce,
on which the Opinion of the mercantile Interests has
bisn asked. Depatationslfrom the chambers' of
coriiineke fliroticigholit the kiigdoni have' been invited to
meet.the conliiiii)4iotiefit Lendon betbrei they set:on't ,
for Paris.

GRE.A r SALE or PICIVRE, Vara=
able collection of pictures—by living masters dt flse
British SchoOl—of the late, John Ilouldsworth. Esq., of
Cranstonhill, has been sold by Mr. Nisbet, in the Scot-
tish Exhibition Rooms. Glasgow. As the pictures
were 14.'011 known to the art-loving •public,.from many
of dfitrig been exhibited here, as well as in
London, naneheiter, Bird elsewhere, the interest excited
in their disposal was evincri blv The iiiircietous attend-
ance, and by the' spirited biddifigt cieririg fhe sale. It
will show the .increasing value Waded £B,l3oorh
works of art when it is mentioned that alth
Houldsworthte collection has been formed only within
the last few vearsi and the greater' number of the
pictures have seen acquired directly from the artists at
full prices, the sum realised at the sale yielded a consi-
deia,Ble advance upon the cost. The total amount was

• SLitv.s.NTGArasn.----bd a.tittdpr, at the Sheriffs'
Court, before Mr. Kerr, au Sala' WlS,UfaightliY
named Riorden, to 'recover a monthf'3lthres. ift lien of
notice. Mr. Scott, •in whose service the plaintiff
thus explained. the cause of quarrel between her and
her mistress. One Sunday evening Mrs. Scott asked
plaintiff to take the baby. " It's like your imper-
tinence to ask such a thing; when you know it's my
Untidy c*ening out," replied Miss Riorden. Hearing
this, I tad hOi slrt. shat ld -tot go out, or if she did that
she might stop cut altogttliet; She did ge out (laughter)
e---and- the next morning dent/it/5d tiff *May, and
said she- reculd not remain. In reply. fn piliifftiff
complained of abuse from her master, and of having Le
nut-Se the• baby in a cold room night after night,
although they knew " she came from carriage people."'
His Honour : Did your mistress tell you not to go out ?
Plaintiff : She did not stop nie. His Honour : Did she
tell you that if yote Ntcnt eat con would 'forfeit your
wages ? Plaintiff : Oh; rto. Besides, I had a right to
go wet. I etptestly engaged for my &friday everting.
His Honour ; Your tongtie is a petted erirdo tdytiet. I
should thick your mistress must hie kid a /Ike time
of it. It is very clear you went. out against tllO I,4lAbts of
poll.. Mistress. You will be nonsuited.

THE DEATH, BY FRIGHT 01.1. BOARD THE SHIT'
NORWAY.—We'nublished in a late number of the Times
a notice of.the death at sea, December 6; five days from
Mind; of Mrs. Antoinette Johnson, wife 'of Capt. Henry
W. Johnson, And daughter of Capt. Samuel Kellogg, of
East Hatlford. her death was soon followed by that
of her itifalit-soii, riot fife thiiiitlis old. The facts, as
further developed on 'the arrival of the tessel at
are of the saddest character. Mfe. Johnson
left her parents, in East Hartford, a year or more ago,
with great reluctance to join her husband in China,
where he had command of a vessel. Her desire to join
him in that tar-off region overcame her reluctante 'to
leave her parents, and she went—only to fail a victim
to the disorders- which are there very apt to attack a
stranger. She was attacked by dysentery, and in
her illness gave birth to a child. • 'As soon -as it
was practicable Captain J. placed, her on a homeward
bound vessel, in charge of a Chinese- nurse, and in
company with her infant and older thud. 'lt appears
there' were one thousand coolies -abbard, bound for
Cuba,.-and.• a- mutiny - occurred. They- set fire -to the
ship and endeavoured to force the hatches. no crew
were so frightened that they tried to seize the boats and
quit the ship, but au Englishman thickened to shoot the
first man who left the ship, and the crew then went to
the assistance of the officers and fought with the coolies
all night. Thirty of the poor creatures were killed, and
more than ninety wounded, before the mutiny was
gashed. , 11rs. Johnson and har child, ill and suffering,
died of fright. The child's body was preserved in
'spirits and broiight to America. the loss of his inesti-
mg& daughter is .a Sad blow to "Capt. Kellogg and his
family; ,who had prepared for a joyful welcome of their
long absent and favourite on her. expected return.—
Hertford Time March 26: • • _
TERILIRLE
,AILITINi Or COOLIES 'AT SEA. The
Boston papers of Saturday contains the following in
relation to
.this
,affair :—A very serious case of mutiny
-oecurricl on boaid the ship Sorway (of New York')
Captain Major, on her recent passage from Macao to
_Havana, which came very near proving. disastrous
JO the officer*. passengers, and crew. The Norway
sailed from" Macao. November 26th, with about tine
thousand coolies on • board, and when five days oitt,
at about six' ealock in the evening, the captain being
belowat the time,,a mutiny broke out among the coolies,
who set fire to the ship in two places, and endea-
voured to force' the hatches. Mr. Simpson, of Boston,
tine of the mates, had charge of the deck, and the watch,
with the exception of the man at the wheel, was aloft
taking in sail; Mr. Simpson. rushed to the hatch and
commenced to struggle. The crew from aloft and those
below, tried to seize the boats and leave the ship, when
and a fight ensued, which continued
glirseli gentleman, drew his pistol and
first man who dared to make that,
thethr threatened to
asnhol,;ont
tl
attempt. Thecrew then.rallied and went to the assist-
sureftom osfixthetn the officerse,vening until after daylight the next
morning. Thirty of the coolie were killed, and , more
than ninety wounded, before the mutiny was queued.
The captain then gave the coolies one hour to: deliver
up the arms in their possession ; if they did not he
tots
andcut p
rarrayolstt tohn, andesmeats, set fire to the ship,
• threatenedtake the boa
The mutineers soon came to terms. Captain
1
Major had his wife and two daughters with him, and
also a lady passenger and child; but during the night
the lady died of fright, and in the morning the child
also died.