The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-13 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—A report, entitled " Seizure of 2,000/. worth of illicit
spirits of nitre," having appeared in your widely-circulated
journal of the 11th inst., has been brought under our notice
by our clients, Messrs. C. Foot and Co., who have for the
last twenty years carried on business as acetous acid and
chemical manufacturers at Battersea, and as such report (if
allowed to go abroad uncontradicted and unexplained) is
calculated seriously to prejudice them in their business, we
have to request that you will, without delay, insert thii
letter.

The report, after stating the seizure upon the premises of
Messrs. Foot and Co. of 19 carboys of spirits of nitre (in
which we beg to observe that the officer, Davis, on his
making the seizure, was afforded every facility even to the
use of carts and horses, for the removal of the goods in
question), proceeds as follows :
" In addition to the seizure made by Mr. Davis on the
premises of Foote and Co., the Board of Excise have given
further directions to seize the whole stock of spirits on thvir
premises, as, from documents in the officer's possession, these
parties, it appeared, have been the principal dealers, although
they only professed to carry on the business of vinegar mer-
chants."

Messrs. C. Foot and Co , as the successors of the late Dr.
Bollmann, have for above twenty years carried on business
as acetous acid and general chemical manufacturers, which
was well known to the officers of Excise, they having been,
as such manufacturers, subject to their survey, and, therefore,
it is untrue that Messrs. Foot and Co. only profess to carry
on the business of vinegar merchants.
.

With reference to the statement "that the Board of Ex-
cise had given directions to seize the whole stock of spirits on
the premises of Messrs. Foot and C 0.," we beg to state that
no other seizure has been made than the carboys above•men-
tioned, and that Messrs. C. Foot and Co. have never dealt in
any spirits subject to any excise laws.
In conclus'on ,we beg to state that the carboys were re-
ceived from Messrs Bayley and Co. in the regular and open
way of business, the facts relating to which were, immediately
after the seizure, and without disguise, laid before the Com-
missioners of Excise.—We remain, Sir, your obedient servants,
BULL and UNDERWOOD.
25, Ely-place, Nov. 12, 1845.

FRACAS IN THE MUSICAL WORLD.
BRlGHTON.—Theiharniony of Jullien's Concert on Friday
night was diversified by a little fracas which took place in
the ante- room at the close of the first act. It seems that a
party, consisting of two ladies and three gentlemen, pro-
fescors and amateurs en musique, took possession of seats
which had been reserved for Lady Jane Peel and the Misses
Craven, and in the teeth of all remonstrances refused to va-
cate them on the ladies presenting themselves. At the close
of the first act, one of the intruders—for so the parties must
be considered, if the account we have heard be correct—who
happens to be a professional himself, encountered Mr.
McCarroll (the master of the entertainment) in the ante-
room, and some irritating and not very complimentary lan-
guage was bandied. The professor of music in question
thereupon struck Mr. McCarroll in the face, piano ; and Mr.
McCarroll, who was by this small application of the pitch-
fork instantly brought up to concert-pitch, returned the
compliment, but so forte that his antagonist's eye, as we are
told, more resembles the black than the white keys of the
fashionable musical instrument. At this stage of the affair,
we hear that the professor's male companions rushed to his
aid with their sticks. Fortunately for their reputation,
however, Monsieur Michau was standing by, and Monsieur
has lived long enough amongst us to have imbibed those ad-
mirable and manly feelings of an Englishman, which long
residence abroad may have deadened in some originally-
English breasts. Seeing what was threatened, Monsieur
Michau valiantly stepped into the melee, and removing the
spectacles from his nose, he declared that as three to one was
unmanly odds, be must at least join the unit, to make the
fight more even, if it were persevered in. The gallant con-
duct of the Frenchman, and the sly reproach it conveyed,
put an end to the, fracas, which has since, however, been the
theme of remark in many circles. In those of a mixed musi-
cal and pugilistic character, it is unequivocally declared that
the first assailant in the case must be scored down as a flat,
for not striking forte, if he struck at all.—Brighton Guardian.

MR. CIIORLEY'S NEW WORK..—We are requested to
state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has
this day published, "Pomfret ; or, Public Opinion and
Private Judgment," by H. F Charley, Esq., in 3 vols.
post Bvo., which can now be had at all the Libraries. Mr.
Colburn has also just published the following popular new
works of fiction :-2. Dunster Castle, a Tale of the Great
Rebellion, by J. T. Hewlett, M.A., 3 vols.-3. The Attrac-
tive Man, by Mrs. Trollope, 3 vols.-4. Love, a Tale of
Venice, by Horace Smith, Esq., author of " Bmmbletye
House," &c., 3 vols.-5. The Story of a Royal Favourite, by
Mrs Gore, 3 vols.— 6. The Master Passion, and other Tales,
by T. C. Grattan, Esq., author of" The Heiress of Bruges,"
&c., 3 vols.-7. The White Slave and the Russian Prince,
by the author of " Revelations of Russia," 3 vole =and 8.
Count Konigsmark. an Historical Romance, by Captain
Froderic Clanger, 0 y 914.