The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-02-12 00:00:00

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Vozatte Grass (*whir:yea, that however
ri-
diculous it might appear. to apaly for Criminal
Informations agaotst t'oe Publishers of Newspapers,
for a paragraph so general as this, yet they should
be tau :et how they venture to publi it: such things
as may go to the deorudion of a whole trade.
If, therefore, he shGuid son*, that was the eh ject of
the publication wlocb had found its way into no
less than fis • News Pipers, he trtstcd the Court
would interfere And however these Gentlemen
(the brewers) might b: esposed to ri "code, yet it
became a very serious and alarming matter to them;
and when 111-10ths had sworn +tat they never
used any noxious or psirmous ;notariset in their
brewing, and only used malt arid haps, he hoped
the Court would betarve them, at least straii toe
contrary should be shewn.
The libel itself was in the following terms :
" It may not be altogether gratifying, h .wever .t.
may be satisfatiory, to pewter drinkers, to is low th
ingredients now ift'sse in malting patter ; the
!awing compose tit , principal of them : ()pew ;
deadly nightshade; Steiworairs. or 7 Kura-apple; Nosed—
stuff ; Cu/ems ; .-Yes a' ; and Ware* ;"
(most of which are known to be des : y poisons,
and the Nor wornica notort ,as for kiiiirg rat/
The paragraph then went on to sta.', that t",e
faculty of this metropolii attributed the late nu-
merous paralytic completes, and sodden deaths,
to the ineredients used in brewing ;mew The
writer then gave his own opini •••, and conci'4.,ct
by recommending the use of ale MI ',ad of this
noitims slrink. 14e admiraol troacharge was nor
made again'. coma iodividuals, but against the
*tole trade, ad althoogh so seseril, was not that
less raiscbievous.
The Lamed Counsel; thetellllfi3. that 14 hood
the o of the aCtirg partners, and the brec era
(who sup-rintend the brewing personally) of several
root roo.eftaole firms, all of whom positive:y ferried
u mg a .y niatoes ingredient in the process of breW-
ing ; their porter being made from malt and
hops. 'Fiese affidav:s were from the I cases of
J. Calvert and Co.; Blackburne and Co. ; Robert
Calvert and Co.; Harvey Christian Combe
Co.; l'iliott and Co ; Green and Co.; Starkey
and Jennings; Meux and Co.; Whitbread and
Co.; Tickle and Co.; David, Peter, and Jahn
Mar iceaux ; Nicholas Taylor, Prior uid CB.;
Trail, Barkley and Co. ; Freeman, Hatinary and
Co ; Cleves and Co. ; Piceare and Co.;Go 1- '
win, Sionner and Co.; Seaton, Porile.'Weison ant
Co.; R. Cope aid Co. life. Sm. From these affide.
vies, i• appeared, that the whale quantil of porter
brewed in the metropolis, amounted to 1,188 lap
barrel,; and the quantity ',revved by the persons ort
whose healf this appi:catton was made, was
1.159,3;1 barris.
Lord EL L. ENIOROUON observed, that it was a
very imaortant nbjeCt with the public, to know.-
' truly, what this general beverage was composed of.
and the public mind should be relieved from those
apprehe. siens, by ethic's it was at present agasted.
His Lordship recollolted, when he ass Ate rney.
General, some prosecutions against brewers were •
tried, a hen there appeared a total absence of all
malt and hops ; and it was exceedingly regretted. •
that the penaltiet i;,flifted were very small upon '
that occasion. The composition, now complained
of, might have been put in, after the process of
brewing was completed, for the purpose of clearing
it. His Lordship wished to see some affidavits to
that died.
Mr Vic ae• Crass, and Me. awns", assured
the Conic, that they should give their landships tic
fullest satisfaation upon that subjeft, and only asked
the Rule upon theorunditions.
T.,. RMe was then ordered to be drawn up when
such affilavit should be produced.
A great number of the m respeftable brewers
attegard in Court, to wait the event.
Tilt [IMO O. ST. ALBAN'S end MOB R$S.
Mr. GA alto ,hewed Cause against a Rule ob-
tained last term, by Sir Vicary Globs, for a Cri-
minal information again z the Doendaots, as Ma-
gistrates of Plymouth, for withhold'oga licence from
one Watkins, a publican. u mentioned in form r
Papers. 'I he Learned Counsel said. he bad a foil.
complete, and raisfaelory answer to this applica-
tion ; and he was p. ;;seeding to state the fad:,
when, •
Sir Vrease Glens observed, that he felt, after
the •: ISWeT ',IIICII had been given, that he could not
an oda his Rale ; but trusted, the Court, when they
consit:ered Al the circumstances, and the observe..
tions toey were pleased themselves to make upon the
condecl of these Magistrates, upon toe former ar-
plication, would discharge the Rule without Costs.
The Rata was clischarzed without Cos:s.
We find. from the New York Papers, that the
terror of mad dogs is as reverent in America as in
England.
ea bruising matolt bateau two men. the one a
Shoemaker, who lived in Poland-street, end the
other a Waggoner, of the name of goner, cock place
on fiaturday last near Twickenham. in consequence
of a dispute having arisen betweeo them at a public-
house, which has provediatal to the former. 'lite
combatants were engaged in an oUlinate contest
upwards of three-quarters of an hoar, during
which period, one of them seas alternately knocked
down. The last blow the Shoemaker received was
on the left side of his head, by which he fed, and was
supposed to he dead; after being
.removed, he re-
vived. and was supposed to be on a fair way of
recovery, but he expired on Monday last.
Femora DAY or Daawies...—No. 1,716. a
Pt rte of Five 'Thousand Pounds. in One Ha':, Oaf
Qqarta. 01501 Eighth, and Twn Sixteenths; No.
44, 500 L in Sixteen Sixteenths ; No 1,110.
in Two Quarters, On: E g oh. and Six Sixteenths ;
were shared by HORNSBY and Co. 16. Ito.
Caaring-Crosa, and Ir. Margaret's-114, B woof*.
present s a is peculiarly distr.- gaarbed fit
extra ~!artery runts. In the world of .elva tore,
one of the most extranrdinary that ever ocesuretl,
is, that in a Lottery of Ten Uat's DrawstfF, cleat
have denied, and yet there are Three Cepa ils,
am•urntirrt to the aggregate sum r' Fir ev.fija
Tents AN 0 POUK no. still in the Wheel. namely, e.
of 30.03.. one .4 10.0001. end WAS of 541001. besides
other Pitael et 3001. 1001. ice. Ike. Theme are pe-
remptorily but Thirty Tickets. and those only in
Saltness now in the Contranot's h iF,ds, and these at
the Utiles keepers. What a contest there volt ►•.