The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-15 00:00:00

BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY has ever since
its introdaction to the public been recognised, both by scientific
men and the trade, as the best article ever manufactured in this
c unitry. Its claims 'o such pre-eminence are based upon its unri-
valled purity, and its el, ser as,imilation than ahy other to the
flavour of the finest Champagne Brandy. , •
There has been no Brandy made from wine in France, either In the
present year or in the preceding one. Owing to the ,uccessfve failures
of their vintages, the French wine grower gets a higher price for his
wine, c"nsumcd as such, than he can realise by its being distilled
into Brandy; and forasmuch as the foreign BrAndy of recent impor-
tations is hut the product of British grain and beetroot spirts. the
prestige hitherto exclusively- enjoyed by French Brandy as having
been distilie from a particular French wine no longer exists, and is
no longer worthily assignable to it now that it i., bunglingly made
from other materials. The supply of wine for distilistion into Brandy
having failed, the French distiller Is constrained to recur to a manu-
facture in which he needs the quarter of a century's experience
which has 'been exercised upon that of BE I TS'S PATENT
BRANDY, to render his article r.apectably competitive, and he has
not had it. Under these circumstances the Messrs. Betts challenge
that their PATe:NT BRANDY Is superior to any now made abroad.
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It is t = the interest, of the public and the Messrs. Betts that
these facts should be widely spr• ad, for recent Importations are of
a quality so inferior as to di grace the name they bear, and are
twice the price of BETTS'S PA FENT BRANDY, which is supplied
by the trade, in caosuled bottles, to private families in any quan-
tity, down to the single bottle. Excise regu!ations prevent its
sale rom the Distillery, 7, Sin'thfield-bars, St. John-street, in
any less quantity than tWo gallons.

By Authority of the French Consul-General.—Notice is hereby given,

that the following SALE of PRESERVED BEEF will be the last
on account of the French Government. ,
QALE of FRENCH COMMISSARIAT
SURPLUS STORES, consisting of PRESERVED BOILED
BEEF, of English. Scotch, and Irish manufacture, in tin canisters of
about 6 lb. each And packed in wooden boxes containing' 1 tins.—
Mr. A LEXR. COCK E has been honoured with instructions to Sell by
Auction, at the L mdon Commercial Sale Rooms, vt incing-lane, on an
early date in April next, of which due notice will be given, several
parcels of the above description of Provisions, composed 01 the manu-
facture of the folloWing celebrated firms, viz

Messrs. Henry Powell and Sons, London;
Messrs. John M'Call and Co., London;
Messrs. John Moir and Son, Aberdeen ;
Messrs. D. Hogarth and Co., Aberdeen; and
Messrs. John Gillon and Co , Leith,
All the boxes for sale are being °pence' and carefully examined for
damaged canisters, the whole of which will be selected and replaced
by sound ones ; the fact o' the beef having been original 'y manu-
factured in this country under stria in•pection, expressly for the use
of the troops in the Crimea, where it gave the highest satisfaction,
added to its being perfectly free from defective this, will give every
assurance to buyers of its excellent quality and fitness either for
home consumption or exportation.. Packages included in the pur-
chase. The several parcels of beef for sale are now en view at Beal's
wharf. Mill-lane, Ti oley-street,•where purchasers may satisfy them-
selves that every care is bein,: taken in removing from the boxes all
canisters unfit for use. Any further information required can. be
obtained at the office of Mr. Cocke, 2, Old Trinity House. Water-lane,
Tower-street. where catalogues may be had six days previous to the
sale, at the following places, viz.
Commercial Sale viz.
Mincing-lane;
Cern Exchange,
arrawdys, '
Baltic, and Coffeehouses;
Jerusalem
also at the news rooms of the principal inland towns and outports
The sale will commence punctually at the time stated.

DEATH OF MR. S. WALKER, LATE OWNER
OF WINX_FIELD.

Yesterday Mr. G. S. Brent, Deputy-Coroner for
Middlesex, and a highly respectable jury, assembled in
the Coffee-room of the Shepherd and Flock, High-street,
Marylebone, to inquire into the circumstances attending
the melancholy and premature death of Mr. Stephen
Walker, aged 44, late landlord of the Queen's Head la-
the same street, and owner of the celebrated race-
horse Winkfleld.
The first witness called was Mr. Samuel Walker,
landlord of the Oxford Arms, Lower-road, Islington,
who stated that on Thursday last, about mid-day, on
his return home from visiting his son, who kept a
public-house in Church-street, Lisson-grove, know-
ing that deceased had not been in good health
since the Metropolitan Raco at the Epsom Spring
'Meeting, when he told him " that if ho did not take care
he would kill himself," be (witness) called to see how he
Ivag. He found him in his bedroom in a most Eteited
state calling upon his Maker to have mercy upon him, at
intervals appearing sensible, and remarking to witness,
" You'll be my executor, Sam." " Steve (his son under
the witness's care, being only seven years old), there's
the little driver (meaning, it is supposed, the horse
Winkfield), stick to it." At 3 o'clock in the afternoon
he was seized with strong convulsions, and having been
attended by Dr. Cholmondley and Mr. Davison, gni.-
geon,,he partially recovered. Mr. Nicholls, of Saville-
row, wbo had been in the interim sent for, arrived and
remained with the deceased till his death.
Mr. Edward Webber, master butcher, a few doors
from deceased's, and Mr. Geo. Smith, office-keeper of
the Marylebone police-court, deposed to having, as
friends, on hearing of the state of the deceased, visited
him in his bedroom on Thursday. and endeavoured to
quiet his excitement, be at the different times accusing
them before he was calmed of coming like others who
were waiting "to shoot or poison him." ,
Mr. Jas. Nicholls stated that he vvyas
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in a very excitable
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state, and evidently under the influence of drink. De-
cea,,ed said his condition was owing to his being unable
to eat anything, and the effect of paint on some pre
mi-ies.he was «Hubei ishing, but which statement witness
knew from his appearance to be without founda-
tion. He then administered to him medicine, and after
persuading him to be quiet went away. On Thursday
morning, between 6 and 7 o'clock, he was fetched to
deceased, who he was told had been down stairs to the
bar and whom he found quite delirion., and at intervals
giving utterance to expressions of no meaning. Witness
almost continuously, was with him till his death, which,
in his opinion, was caused by nervous ex3itement.
The jury, who were chiefly neighbours of deceased,
and 14eetned to regret his premature) death, having viewed
the body, returned a verdict that "death was caused by
the mortal effects of disease and excitement of the brain,
and 49 a 8 not produced by unlawful means."