The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-09 00:00:00

COFFEE.

Though not mentirined, as we have seen above, in the
Act of Charlet (1660), Coffee, if not tea, was certainly
common some. years earlier in England, coffee-honscs
being expressly • noticed in Aubrey's Letters, to have
been set up during the Commonwealth.. Speaking of the
great Dr. Harvey, who died irr-1657, he says, " I re-
tnembef he was wont to drinke coffee ; which ,he and his
brother Elieb did, before coffee-houses were in faiihion in
London:" and again in his life of Sir. Henry Blount, where
be gives the following curious, account of the origin of cut"-
fee-houses
" When Coffee first came in, he (Sir Henry) was a
greets 'upholder of it, and bath eaer since 4040 a great fre-
gtienter coffee-houses,. especially Mr. : Farrel, at the
Rainbowe, by Inner Temple Gate, and lately John's coffee-
house, in Fuller's Rents. The first coffee-house in Lon-
don Was in St. Miolittera-alley. in Cornhill, :opposite to the
church, which was sett up.bv. one Bowman (coachman to
H
Mt.- odges a Turkey merc-hant„ who putt him
.upon it)
in or about the year 1652. .'Tway about four years before
any other was sett up, and that, was by Me. :Fare. Jona-
than Paynter, over against St. Michael's Church, Was the
first apprentice to the trade--viz. to Bowman." At
Miles's coffee-house, in New Palace-yard, Westminster, be
afterwards describes the Members of the }Untie Of Com-
MOlll, opposed to the Restoration meetinft',. 111 1639/. in a
room with an oval table in it, where was a paisage us the
middle for Miles to deliver his coffee.

CURING B.UTTER.—The following preparation,
proposed by Dr. Anderson, is au excellent substitute for cornmon
salt in curing butter, end iniparte to it a' richer and sweeter
taste. Two parts of good emotion salt, one of losf .00't and
one of saltpetre, pounded and well mixed together. Cane ounce
of this mixture is twil inparpurated with every pond of butter,
which is thot closed 'up in 4 proper vessel, ina st the end of two
or three weeks, before ,cehich time it should not be tired, it is
fit for use. Thu* prepared, the butter reach* tn. its ewe etness
and fisvonr for two or three yeent,---.Ed44buryk Eveni4v

Onward.
en
We understand that on gday a great number of
little tish were mien tioatiog (t wl) on the Serpentine
River, occasioned, no doubt, by the thunder storm of
Thursday, in consequence of the previous state of the
water from extreme heat. The Thames in several
parts, was ete:wed to be in 4 similar condition.

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ASSIZE 'INTELLIGENCE.

• • GLOUCESTER Aua. 7.

The muse of Smith v. Hodgets, relative to the Staf-
fordshire Idiot, hiving been adjourned to Wednesday nest,
very 'considerable interest Was excited, in expectation of
the trial of the case Of Doe, on the demise of Stratford awl
others ‘so. LaWretiet.
This' was an ejeetment to determine whether La will
made -by a Mrs. Lighthontne, under which the defendant,
Walter' Lawrence Lawrence, Esq.. has the property of the
mansion and estates at Sandywell Park, about three miles,
from Clieltenhion (on thelondoti road), were valid: or not.
The estates are supposed to be worth:4oo4 it,year, and
the alleged objection to the will was, that it was obtained
by undue influence used towards Mrs. Lightbourne.
Mr. Sergeant Wilde was specially retained to .conduct
the case of the claimants and with him were Mr. Curwood,
Mr. Ludlow, Mr. Mal, and Mr.C.: Phillips—For Mr.
Lawrence, a special retainer was given to Mr. Searlett,
and with him were Mr. Taunton, Mr. 00100, and :Mr.
Russel. At nine o'clock, Mr, justice Burrongh,took his
seat, and the rush to. get in was tremendous, the street.
being crowded all across with perstms, of the highest re-
spectability in Cheltenham, who were araiOUS to witness
the ttial.
On the Learned Judge taking his seat, Mr. Curwood
rose and said, that Mr. Sergeant Wilde had not arrived,
and, therefore, he, had to ask his Lordship to postpone the
trial till the next morning.
M
r. Scarlett.—My Lord, .I.should be most, happy to
accede to that arrangement, but I stn obliged to be in the
north the day after .to-morrow, and I feel assured that my
friend, Mr. (214rwood, is coiite adequate to conduct the case.
Mr. Curwood—My Lord, 1 sin not a man to shrink
from my duty, mid if I had been. originally retained to lead
this cause, I would have done so, feeling convinced that if
I am ever to be tit to conduct a.• cause, I have arrived at a
time of life when I should do so; but as the Learned Ser-
geant has been specially retained, I am not prepared at
this short notice to act in his stead.
Mr. Justice Burrough—This is, of course, an unfore,,
seen circumstance, and therefore the only way to be par-
stied;-will'- be- to withdraw the record,-
The record was accordingly withdrawn, whick,has the
effect of postponing the cause to the next Asaittes,, which
it is believed will cost the parties 10004 each, as, upwards
of a hundred, vitnesses were in ,attendante on one. side
and the other.
His Lordship then proceeded with the other causes:

AticieST 8.
(7.itoWlfi
Joz/'plt `lron was indieted fin felonioosly seeding a letter
to George Gregory, at.Willeshorough, on the Nth
of June, demanding twenty sovereigns, and thrktenieg
to murder hiM unless be complied. The indictment chit*
ed the prisoner with sending to the same party''another'
letter of the same import, 'dated 11th :Tune. On the ap-
plication-of the prisimer's counsel, the eopesel fa the
Crown were desired to Confine their proof to the first
count,, anti the ground that two distinct felonies could not
be charged in the same indictment.
It uppeared in' evidence that the proseeuter,,a gentle.:
man of fortune, lately returned from India, had taken up
his abode at Willeaborough,, near- Ashford. On the Bth
of June, he received by the General. Post the following
anonymous letter, which ,fororthography,, presents a, sin-
gular specimen of epistolatory composition
" I have wrote a few lines to you, and i int. in great distress all
tbrou you, for you have a time back engered me of, all my,pro-
perty ; -and now, if not by good will, I most by bad, liaveV6
sufferens of you, and you Mat put them at a priVate place for me,
for if you clout, i will be the death of you in some way or other ;
if I cant do it slyly, i will do it in the middle of the day, or' in the
night, or the first upertunety ; & if yini" say annoy thine about
this, i will murder you the same as if you dent pot it there: look
down aside. your front wall sunit door post, and move the'illict, you
will find a small purse; put the stiffrreics in ii, suentwit figtiltr'st
the same place ; if you wish to 'Tite do it; fur if pm door, pre,
( pare for death ; for your time will be, short ; , for, hear is four of
tisi and if you put it there, and say, nothing shout. it,,lear not. As
soon as you receive the letter, put it there, and dont let too hear of
elfish ,a itehtrop* yo&U,r, dikkt
depend Opall,it, 1, Ur 111:be the death of you now. Dont yon disap-
point me, for i dam if you wont rue."
. The prosecutor took no steps- to -eomply with the de-
mand thus
,expreesed. Oa the llth of Jane he received
the following, communication, in the same hand-writing,
and throu4 the like channel t—
‘‘ I have wroterto you end tante for gn suffer** and 'yoU May
depend on it that will murder you if you dont put it. there, so
dint flatter your self, for I meet to do it. i wrote to you once
before, & toll you that to look down aside yourtew wall door post
at the front of your house, and take the dart away there you will
find a small purse, put the sufferers in it and gesture itegain at the
same plate, & if you dout I am be lamb if I dont murder you, &
if I hear of it afsain,f will winder you , the satne. , Excuse my
Upon receiving .this eommunication, the, prosecutor
caused the earth neap one of the posts of his outward gate
to be searched, and in a hole was found a small bag, re-
' ambling a watch-fob. A few halfpence were then put
into the bag, :and it was, replaced in its former situation,
covered with earth, as before. He then gave direetiOes to
servant to watch the apt; and 9prehend the 'person
who came for the bag. Between nine and ten o'clock the
same evening, the servant who. was on the wateh per-
ceived the feet of a man approaching the gate. The man
stooped down, and; after removing- ,the earth, took the
out of the hole in which it had bent placed. The ser-
- -cmit immediately rushed; out and seized the prisoeer, With
the bag in his hind. The prilamer became alarmed, and
begged to be allowed to go, and offered to give the ser-
vant a guinea. Faithful, however, to his trust,ibe ser-
Vent took him prisoner, and brought hint into the presence
of the prosecutor. The prisoner desired a private confer-
ence' with the-priemeutor, which, being denied, he saidhe
did 'not write, the letters, but that he knew who
and offered to conduct him to the writer,
though he did not know his name ; this was declinede--
When brought Wore- the Magistrates, he gave a
different account- etf the matter„, saying, ,amt in
passing. the prosecutor" gate, he stov the ser-
vant hiding the bag near, the gate,
.entl, tempted :by the
suppositiou that money was contained in it, he had gone
in the evening and taken it in the outlaw described, being
*holly ignorant of the content` of the 'letter which lied
been sent to the 'prosecutor. He then gave directions to
the 'cotaitable to search his box at his &awes house, about
half-a-mile from Virilleaborough. - The constable obtained
the key from the prisoner's-mother, and on searching the
box,'-fotted. half a eheet of paper-correspondiog exactly
~,ah the half sheet on -whielt the letter that, sent to the
prosis,'!utorc was written. It was proved that this paper
had bee ii purchased b-
y the prisoner at a shop in
borough, „about the time the letter was dated. In the
osonee, box ,was fotind a copy- book,: with his note
„severd places, and the second letter ap-
written in it it
bee -
peered to have .") written on one of
the leaves taken
from'the same book.
The prisoner, in "his (Well(*) denied- all knowledge of
the letter or of its contents.
Mr. Justice Holioyd summed up the evidence, and left
the Jury to determine whether they 'were satisfiedtaat the
r whirh was the subject of the
dewier had sent the letter
present indietment. f
d "
The Jury, after aßion di: liberation, o the pmont,
. *ln

The ,oeighbouthood of Cokhester-street,. White-
.
chapel, was.thrown into great conaternation on Sunday morning,
at litapag Qile, by the falling of part of a house wish a !thitTrow
mien.
dons entsli. The watchman, in calling the hour, ' a
ocspe. 114 MI the remaining pit Of the
number lititise fell
ehildrvi : At the ti46o
a number of persons were passing, and a of were
assembled. The screams of the parents of the children were
dreadful, NtippisinK they were tinder the mina; fortunawly, no
lives were lost. The shove hmlse adjoined two which fell
about five years since. in the tante street axe annuli:ler Of Wiwi
in a ruinous state. There must have been some netted on the
part of the local authorities of the parish of Whitechapd, or an
inspection would have taken plates and prevented the dangeeto
svhich the inhabitants are eared,