The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-07-04 00:00:00

BOARD OF EXCISE, JULY 3.

The following comes wrrr hrirrd thin d y heforo
tile flunouroble the Coniosnwioners of Escoor

THE KING O IntrumM.
this was an information agaiosl the der '1,6111, Mr Geo.
Brigham, • dealer in ti • and coffee, in C►own.slnxt, Si.
Leonard, Shuretlith, charging hint with hiving 21 pounds 4
spurious and imitative coffee in his possess ttttt , no.l with
selling some of the same for genuine coffee; and also with
haviis nice pounds of burnt pigeon peas and hulas in au
impound state in his pus•ra•inn.
John Emily, an officer of Excise, stated, that, on the 25th
of April, he went to the Defendant's shop is Cru‘rii.shrrt,
and asked for one onnee of three-halfpenny coffee; the
shopman served him. He took the coffee to Lord and
Spencer, Excise officers, who were waiting outside •hr shop.
They exitisiiied it, and were of opinion it was burnt tow is
and coffer.

Charles H Loft), an officer of Excise, staled, that, on she
26th of April, the shove witness chewed him the •roirte he
hed purchaseol fur cuff' ,e and he Own went himaelf with Pear.
sun, her officer, sod, upon matching, fouled nine pound.,
of stuff in a consenter, which resembled coffer, but appear..l
to ham part burst beans and part coffee. On a ',miler
at the far end of the shop be found Mile pounds of
the same kind of stuff, except that there was more coffee
is the latter. The former he walked No.l, sod the latter
N 0.2. He also (mind • paper of stuff resenibliaic collie
hot which was entirely horn' beaus. On the groom) flour
under the mill he found the parcel be them produced,
which cuntaisted nine pound,. of bored pigeon pia.. lie
gave a sample of the four pareels to Mr. Huber', a tea-
dealer. The Defendant's abopuesu told him that they scold
the peas grouted as vegetable powder, fur wee penny the
WHIM.

Pennon, the officer, corroborated the above evidence.
George Groves, the Defendant's sitopman, swore, that he
did nut believe there was any of the " vegetable powder,"
in the taro parcel. of nine pounds each, and that his 1114111 Yr
never directed hint to sell vegetable powder niiar,l with
coffee, fur pure coffee, nor did he ever know any to be sold
In the shop.
Mr. Hubert, tea and coffee dealer in the Borough, PEW.
that the two parcels, containing nine pounds each, Moe
part coffee and part the vegetable powder.
The Defendant war convicted in the penally of 901.
TUC 111110 O. PARILISIt.

This was an information against Mr.. Sarah Parker, the
oecapier of the Saloon at the Opera House, for selling wrier,
without a license, which subjected her to a pros Ity SOI.
The Defendant pleaded guilty, and stated, that she was
ignorant that it was necessary fur her to have ■ ittrsior i.r
sell wine and spirits, as her predecessor, she believed, had
o such thing
The

paid, that the theatrea and all oiler"
public places were Nat 'sculpted haw the duty.

POLICE.
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SOW lITIMT.
UR. HUNT HORSEWHIPPED.

A singular, although not unexpected were, was ex-
hibited yesterday at the hosting', Covesit.garden. Mr. H n.. 1,
it appears, who throughout the (*clime has modered him
self conspicuous by pointing not various person* to the
indignation of the multitude (in some cages uttering
meadow of too gross • mature to repeat), thought Pr"-
pee, un Thursday evening, to carry this system to such
an extent as to draw upon himself, yesterday, personal
chastisement. In his way from Coveat-garden, he halted
with his party in frost of thin Newspaper MSc's, in tle
Strand, as we stated yesterday, where, after certain it,.
smaciations against the conduct of these Journals, he deli-
vered espies of each to certain (needs in attendance, by
whom they were immediately burnt. He smut proceeded lir
the elite of • Sudsy Paper, where, after some allusions to
the character of that Pryer, he went us to state, that this
newspaper, as well as every other throughout the coweitry,
had become meal and corrupt, sod had been bribed to
calumniate him (Mr. Hunt). He altriboted the change
which had taken place in a paper colled The 06rerree, to the
circumstance of as individual being (as he termed it) as the
head of its reporters, of the name of Mr. Vincent Geri. Howl.
iug. " This was so other than the well.knosrn Spectacle
Dowling, the Spy" The person he meant was Mr. Dow/line,
who bad been employed by Lord Sidmouth to take eine* of
the speeches of the two Wetness, in Spa-64.15, and %libo
ant/wards gave his tuideoeir upon the State Trials. This
calumny was repeated more than once. The circumstance
having been communicated to Mr Dowling, he yester.,.ey
proceeded to the hustings as early as ten o'cb.ck, probided
with a hoiseahip. Swot after twelve Mr. Huse, arrow.
penied by his son, his dumb brother, Mr. West, of Wyeli-
street, anal others of his (moth., tittered ilk south dour of
the hustings, when instantly Mr Dowling advent,
struck him several blows over the heed and shoulders with
his whip. In a 1111U11111 lit the confusion b. aim° general, the
crowd closed upon Mr Dowling, and Mr. W. at and ushers
• .l him by the collar, and, depriving him of his whip,
prevent. it est his pail (nether violence. Dmitri; (be fracas
the dumb brother mid the younger Hunt cooirived to strike
himacross the shoulders of thus,
wlius:uuersroibinlodilupon ib
him. ti life a"
civil' power hail by this time so
interred, that all further violence was sup-
pressed. Mr. D. soma afterwards appwared at this otfir.„
where be preferred a charge of assault against the dumb
brother of Hunt.

This person, together with Mr. Hear, Haat and ►is 21.11.
entertd the Other, aud Mr. Built, p►oceeded to ►ear the
charge, which was simply that Of Mr. Dowling hairiae
struck by the D Cadent while is a Sall..hell ill whu•b h.• was
mashie lu drfeud lointerif Ia 11111.11/ef he

Detrodsol, signal /10 Ihr oserisons of ha brother,
interpreter, assorted that be hail bees first
Cu N.plalllANt,
Mr. Biruir observed, that if (Arm was to
Mr Dowling soot eutiv snore se Moire DOW

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Ms Heftily Heed said, Oat be had bees

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