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hay-loft; he catered the ltay•loft throagh • wicket, and,
searching :shunt, discovered u trap-door, %thick Willa'.
csitd with the shade underneatlr. lie went down, unit found
a still set iu brieli•work, with • see counonuiesting with the
• chi ttttt ey ut' a comitioptionse adjoining; their was nothing
1:r the still ; but several large casks, which appeared to hare
recently contaisied molasses, and two, strongly impiegietted
wills aplTds, were standing round ; a quantity of salt, of a de-
ncription only Weil in diatillution, was KIM) found upon the
premixes
The defence set up was, that the Defendant had let the
premixes in giteslion to a most named Taylor, at Limier last.
%t the time of their being let, they were fitted up, in all re-
spects, as a stable mid hay-loft, mid lie au ignorant of
the purpose to which they had Aron applied since that haw.
The Defamtaitt was vote-lard, and tined its the mitigated
pc:laity of fifty-two pounds, and the utensils were forfeited.
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Tu th, Emma Thr BUITISH PRESS.

Ste--A etatenfent relative to the dispute between
M Alfred Crisee,"and Myself, buying uppemed in
your paiter'of this tiny, which is extremely •erro-
newts% r trmt you will do me the iiietice to insert
• the following incontrovertible truths :—I went to
thlt new Theatre, list Saturday even*, at
half-
peice, and haring enteVed the box, tiiimbpred 36,
on the second tier, I observed in the trout seat of
, the adjoining box (N 0.35), Lietitenaut Drury. of
. the 11 est London Militia, in compauy with Mrs.
Drury and Mrs. A. Crave; Mr. Crece's father and
mother were nut in the box. lii a few minutes Mr..
Drury saw use, and said aloud " her is room, if
you will come dawn ;" upon which I was per-
mitted to pass from the back part of the one box
to the front seat of the other. (I submit, this
would not have been suffered, if the irompany had
not heard the invitation.) I took my seat between
Mr. and. Mrs. Unity, wed very. soou placed the ini-
tials o.l'. in my hat, at which Mrs. Crace expressed,
her displeasure, end I immediately removed them:
Mr: Croce (who had not previously been in the box,
tier, os I Nader:tour; expected) then conic to the
dour, and called Mrs. Crace out ; Upon which I
witreeted ber to keep her seat. and I would with-
. draw ; she, however. quitted the box. In the let-
ter part of the evening, Mr. Crace accosted me In
the lobby, and said. e. Mr. Miller, you have acted
like a bleckguaril, in taking my seat, and insulting
Mrs. Crace."—l answered that " I was invited to
the seat by Mr. Drury. is whose name the places
were entered its the box-list, and had, therefore,
uci-
ther taken his seat, nor insulted Mrs. Crace."—lle
troseet."! That is no matter, Sir; you are a great
blackguard ;^ and wislwirew.—Senday morning, I
wrote ilw following billet to Mr. Croce
" Mr. Miller calls upon Mr. Crace to appoint a time and
place when himself sail friend will meet Mr. Miller and
friend, ua the subject of the limit Mr. Miller reerired from
Mr. crace, duet cveniae, at the Theatre. 31r. ?Tiller himself
hares this, and will call spilt, in the coarse of au hour, fur
Crace's reply.
" New Mtlltnawatc et, Sunday morning:" •
I left this letter at Mr. Crace's house, in the pre-
sence of a Criendreuti called again, iu the company
of Mr. Illeiderson. Mr. Crave came to the door,
said, "he should not retract a word ;" sad

declined geeing any ether answer to my letter. In
the evening 1 wrote him the'rollowing:—
" Sllt.e•Aftei the numerous civilities that have been in-
terchanged bonier° as, it will IT *jib great reluctance that
I adopt such mesaates, in relation to the insult I rerrired
from yna last night, as the nrcssion &manila ; but, mite.
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you sjnuk propel to make me a suitable apology, or—comply
with say request of this morning, I feel it a duty i OWI any
awn character to make the /affair public, which I shall cer-
Mealy do at the Theater• to-morrow evening.
" I am, Ntr, att. " JOHN MILLER."
. . The second letter was taken and delivered to
Mr. erect, by Mr. Henderson and Mr. Haddock ;
to which Mr. Crace declined giving any answer,
until he had consulted hi. friends. Monday,
about noon, a Bay-street officer called upon toe,
and produced a warrant against Mr. Henderson,
Mr. Haddock, and myself ; I engaged, to appear
before the Magistrate, at seven o'clock in the even-
ing, where I attended accordingly, and was ordered
to find hail, rr” self its 1001. and two sureties in 501.
each, for sending Mr. Crace a challenge to fight a
(Intl. Mr. Henderson and Mr. haddock were
discharged An their own recognizatices.-1 beg par-
don f;',r the intrusion I have made on your columns;
and am, Sir, Your ouligid servant,
• • Juan MILLin,
24, New Millman-street, Nov it, 'son,

Yesterday the old woman, who has been a pest to
all the Courts of Law, for some time paws. wad to
both the Rouses of Partlarneist when sitting, at-
leurwurd vtt gain admittance into the presence of the
Xi MG. She entered the door of the lodge. at the
tune tke Ministers and other distinguished person-
ages were going in to attend His M 441 isIT a Levee.
She shut the door Beier her, and was proceeding up
the passage, very coolly, when one of the porters
coiled to know to whom she was gonig, as a 1111111*
bee of persons reside in the Palace ; she made,
no answer, but was pushing on; it was immediately'
discovered whom she was, and she wet turned out.—
She beesirut eNtreinely troublesome nu the metallic.
was very abusive. and Itiranifoiml the populace;
saying, as she could Out ..et her grievances redressed
by the Judges, she would ere the Kt mi.. sad skew-
ed her clothes. which It4if been torn in the Court of
King's Bench. Mscraa6a, Tourttmun, end
Ulm's, who attend the Palace. in consitipience
took her into custody. and conveyed her before Mr.
/LSD, at the Bow-street Police Office.
Precepts are about to he issued for a return of
lists of persons bable to serve in the old militia, fur
the augmentation of which ballots will take place
early in the envying year.
The proprietor of one of the prieicipal
glass-
bnwses in Bohemia asserts. that he has discovered

the secret of rendering glass malleable and ductile. '
At the head of owe of the tables, at Newcastle.
upicsi-Tyne, on the Jubilee-day, was a pauper, who,
the day before, had walked a distance of eight
• miles, and who is in the 107th year of his age. On
hie right hand eat a venerable matron, 99 years and
a halt old ; rod at the side table another, aged Int !
The man suspected of breaking open and robbing
the house of Mr. PERRY. at Merthyr, has been ais-
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prehended and safely Lodged iu Cardiff gaol. Nis
same is 77soespaols, and he is one of the two who
escaped with fiesekriegAwas, whilst being moseyed to

Woolwich for tramportatiOn.
Saturday morning. as • lad. about twelve years
of age, was playing with • pump-meat. at St.
3.totholonietes Hospital, one or the handles caught
bons between the kgs, by which his thigh was bro-
ken. He .waa taken to the accidental ward, where,
it was thought. ha must uudergo amputation...