The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-23 00:00:00

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BURTON PALE ALE, OR BITTER BEER.
The ItURTON BREWERS have requested me to publish a
s.,leion declaration, which they have made before me in my official
capacity, anti which they have left in my keeping, in answer to
a mischievous ch.trge, recently brought against them to the effect
that they tuce Strychnine in tile making of their celebrated Bitter
Beer. fhata chargo so absurd should obtain a moment's credence
appears surprising to persons on the spot, who know that if ever a
Manufactured article wa, free from adulteration, it this Whole-
some and grateful beverage In fact, it is well known to every one
practically acquainted wi h the process, and ought to be knoun to
every Chemi•t, not to mention learned " M.D.s," that nothing
could produce the article in perfection but the finest malt and hops
and the purest water, combined with the most sciupulous cleanliness
and great skill in the mann, acture.
The BURTON BREWERS, in adopting this mode of defence, have
beets advised by counsel that it is the only legal course open to
them, owing to the extreme vagueness of the charge. It would
have been more agreeable to them collectively, or to any of them
individually, to have met their calumniator in a court of law, where
he would have had every facility for making good his charge, had it
been capable of proof. As, however, the opportunity of doing.so. is
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JOAN RICHARDSON,-
High Bailiff of the Borough of Burton-upOn-Trent.
We, the several persons whose names are hereunto subscribed,
being Wholesale Brewers at Burton-upon-Trent, In the County
ef Stafford. do severally and respectively solemnly and sincerely
declare that in the manufactu• e by us or our respective firms of
Bitter Beer or other Beer = r Ale, no artie whatever Is
Used or
employed, directly or indirectly, 'other than mait, hops, and water;
and that in our respective Breweries no other article ever was
used or employed, excepting that in the year 1847 some of us
tried, by way of experiment, (under an Act of Parlament passed
in that year authorising *Vie same) a small quantity- of sugar,
but the use of which was very shortly abandoned. And we
further say, that. we never even heard or suspected that
the use of Btrychnine was imputed to any of the Burton Brewers,
until such imputation- recently appeared in some of the public
newspapers. And we further solemnly and sincerely declare that
tifFh imputation is ausolutely
.and entirely false, and grouadleSs.
And we make this solemn deciat ation, conscientiously believing the
same to be true, and by virtue of thaprov:lsions..of an Act of Var-
na nent made and passed in the fourth and flftl yeirSor the reign of
King William the Fourth, intituled " An Act to repeal an Act of
present cession of Parliament,. intituled An Act for the more
effectual abolition of oaths and affirmations taken and made in
various departments of the stay,, and to subTitute declarations in
lieu thereof, and for the more entire sappression of voluntary- and
extra judicial oaths and affidavits and to make other provisions. for
the abolition of unnecessary oaths.'"
M. T. BATS (represent ng th-t firm of Bass and Co).
HENRY ALLSOPP '(representing the firm of Samuel Allsopp and

Bons).
W. W•ritTLIINGTON (representing the firm- of Worthlngtoa and

Robin•on).
THOMAS FOSBROOKE SALT (representing the firm of Thomas
Salt and Co ).
JOHN HILL (representing the firm of Charles Hill and Pon). -
GE •ROE M EAKIN (tepreientiag the tine of Meakin and Co.)
JO-0- PH NUNNELEY.

:JOHN PROUDNIAN (Manarr of the Burton Brewery Company).
JNO PERKS (representing the firm ot W. s. and J. i'erks).
FRANCIS THOM t'SON (representing tile Jinn of Juhu Thompson

and Son).
JONATHAN MEABIN.
B. HICKLIN.
WILLIAM MIDDLETON.

Taken and Subscribed at the Borough of Burton-upon-Trent, the
FiNenth day of April, 1852, before me,

JOHN 'RICHARDSON.,
High Bailiff of the said Borough.

WERNE'S TRAVELS IN AFRICA.
On Friday, April 30, will be published, in Two Parts, price One
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A FRI.-CAN WANDER,INb-S; or, an Expeii
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Forming the 19th and 20th Parts of THE TRAVELLER'S
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