The Sun.
London, England, 1822-03-30 00:00:00

LENT ASSIZES.

HORSHAM, Mancii 28.

The business on this side finished to-day about two o'clock.
The only case worth mentioning was the following :

BEW V. LAETER.

This was an action against the defendant, as the author of a
libel, published of and concerning the plaintiff, in the Brighton.
Chronwle, on the 2d of November.

The plaintiff was described as a respectable • surgeon-dentist
of Brighton, and attached to his Majesty's Household in that
capacity • and the defendant was represented to be an attor-
ney's clerk in the same place. I t was alleged that the defendant,
having taken some offence at the plaintiff's conduct towards
him, which on the part of the latter waaunintentional, publish-
ed in the Brighton Chronicle of the 2d of November last, the
following paid-for advertisement :

" Shortly will be published, the life and adventures of a cer-
tain Knight of the Tusk now living at Brighton, accompanied
with anecdotes of entertainments given at Snaggletooth Hall,
and reflections, by an observer: When 'a man has thrust him-
self into respectable society before he has learnt good manners,
what shall be done to him ? Paint his portrait that all the
world may know him."

A copy of the paper in which this paragraph was published
was sent, under a cover, directed to the plaintiff, in the defend-
ant's hand-writing, as follows : " C. Bew, Esq. surgeon-dentist
to his Majesty's household, &c. &c." The paragragh being
scored with a pen and ink. It was proved that there was no
other person in the town of Brighton to whom the paragraph
could apply.
JMr. Baron WOOD charged the jury, that the paragraph was
certainly libellous in a high degree, but it was for the jury to
assess the damages for the amount of the injury.
The jury immediately found a verdict for the plaintiff—Da-
mages, ls. ; costs, 40s.

ILLICIT DISTILLERY.—For some time past the
Excise haie had information that a private distillery of consi-
derable" magnitude was in existence in the neighbourhood of
Upper Thames-street.; but so secretly was it conducted that the
exact place could not be ascertained till within the last few
days, when adWionymous cortiniunication was sent to the Ex-
cise, that it was carrying on at the extensive premises, No. 24,
Upper Thames-street, and the proprietors were understood to be
sugai-refiners. In consequence of this information, *Allanson
and several active officers repaired thither on. Wednesday after-
noon, and on getting to the premises they found painted on the
door post, "Gwilt and Co.;" and on the doorwas written"Noper-
sons admitted except on business"' The Officers first endeavoured
to enter without being perceived ; but finding the door fastened
inside, they were induced to ring a large bell at the side of t h
door, when down came a gentleman dressed very respectably,
who, on .seeing the officers, opened the door and rushed by
them into the street, without saying a word. Allanson pro-
ceeded with the other officers gently' up stairs ; when, on get-
ting to the first floor, three men rushed out of the front room,
ran up stairs, and effected their escape at the top of the
house. The officers, on entering the room, were nearly suf-
focated with steam, two stills of •considerable dimensions be-
ing then at work. The room was extremely well fitted up
as a distillery, with water pumps erected therein, and the water
laid on with leaden pipes, communicating with the yard ; the
front windows were blocked up, to prevent the operations being
discovered. The officers then commenced a vigilant search,
when they found upWards of 2,200 gallons of molass-wash, 200
gallons of low wines, 100-gallons of strong spirits, altogether
making about 441 gallons of spirits ; 22 wash-backs, vats, still-
worms, and heads. The whole of this extensive apparatus was
immediately conveyed to the great store-room at the Excise-
office. This illicit trade has, it is said, been carrying on for a
considerable period.

CORONER'S INQUEST ON MR. GEORGE HARE.—Yes-
terday afternoon, at three o'clock, pursuant to adjournment,
the Inquest on 'the body of the above gentleman, who was re-
ported to have been murdered a few' nights back in White-
chapel, as stated in our Paper of Thursday last, was resumed
before Mr. UNWXN, the Coroner, and a respectable Jury, at
the Grove Morris, hitechapel-road. After hearing evidence,
from which it appeared that the deceased was intoxicated at
the time of the robbery, and that the injuries he had sus-
tained probably proceeded from, a fall, the Coroner said there
was not the smallest doubt that the deceased was robbed; but
still there was not the slightest evidence to shew that he was
struck by any body, although ,Suspicious persons were 'seen
about him. The Jury, after some deliberation, returned a ver-
dict of Accidental Death. •

METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL.
BY R. BANKS.
PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER.

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COAL-MARKET, MARCH 29.
Ships at Market. Ships sold
50 Newcastle
Sunderland

Price.
28s 6d to 41s Od
30s Od to 41s Od

COURSE OF EXCHANGE,_ March 29.
Amsterdam
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Ditto, at Sight l2 2
Rotterdam , l2 6
Antwerp l2 1
Hatnburgh 37 0 21 Us
Altona 37 1 ii Us.
Paris, 3 Day's sight 24 20 0 Us.
Ditto
Bourdeaux, ditto
Frank ftyrton the Main
Madrid
Cadiz
Gilboa 37 Effective
Barcelona
Seville
Gibraltar
Leghorn
Goma 44 -Venice, Ital. Lir. 27 60
Malta 45 -Naples 4o+
' Palermo
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
Dublin .... 9.i Cork 9i pet Cent.
BULLION.

Portugal Gold, in Coin 1.0 0 0 per 0:.-
Foreign Gold, in Bars 3 17 104
New Doubloons
New Dollars 0 4 10
Silver in Bars, Standard 0 4