The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-28 00:00:00

Versailles, 800 .. 560 .. 547 50 .. 547 50
L.B....•••••••• 350 . 350 .. 347 50 .. 317 50
amen•••••••• •••••••••••.1112 50 1112 50 —llO6 1110
Rouen to Havre.
Orleans . 1240 —1240 ..1237 50 ..1237
Striviburg to Bale 297 50 297 50 .. 2.1 25 291 25
Avignon to Marseilles— •• —lO4O —lO4O . 1030
Pordeaux to Testa •• • . 210 .. 211 .. '4lO .. 210
Orleans to Vierzon

RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, MAT 3
St. Germain .......• ••• • • .1090 . • 1090 —1065 .. 1085
Versailles, R.B ..... •• • 550 .. 550 .. 545 .. 545
..... . 357 50 .. 357 50 .. 34.5 .. 345
•• •• •. "1112 se 1115 ..1095 ..1095
Rouen to Havre . ••• • .. 927 50 . 927 50 .. 912 50 .. 912 50
Orleans . .•• • • . 1242 50 .. 1215 125 0 ..1220
Strasburg to Bale •• •• •• • . 295 .. 295 .. 290 -- 290
Avignon to Marseilles ...• • • 1040 .• 1040 .. 1030 ..1030
Bordeaux to Testa ... ..•• • • 212 5G .. 212 50 .. 212 50 212 50

In our Saturday's impression we inserted a letter
signed "Hospitality," the writer of which feelingly ad-
vocates the propriety of raising a fund for rewarding
and making some provision for one of the must intrepid
body of men who ever engaged in the most perilous ser-
vices that can be exacted of our fellow-creatures by the
demands of humanity. The merits and services of the
Deal boatmen are not quite as generally known, we
fear, as the fatal sands on which, in their gallant and
daring struggle to rescue others from off them, they are,
in so many instances, lost themselves. Their task is
always one of imminent peril, and demanding the most
undaunted energy both of body and of purpose. It is, to
brave the utmost fury of that element and to encounter
the tremendous horrors of those storms, in which the
shipwrecked voyager expects, on the Goodwins, that
destruction from whence no human hands, but those a
these brave boatmen, are likely to snatch them. A very
recent ease in which the dreadful sacrifice of two boats'
crews in one of these arduous and daring efforts was the
result of their devoted enterprise—gives an additional
and a melancholy force to the suggestion of our cone-
'spondent. The violence of the equinoctial gales, too,
that have been lately blowing, and the boisterous condi-
tion of the weztheryesterday, may well serve to remind
us of the strong and righteous claims that such men have
upon the bounty as well as the sympotbies of the coun-
try at large. It is really a debt of honour as well as of
gratitude yet to be discharged by the public to the brave
seamen who have snatched so many precious lives from
the yawning deep, and those engulfing sands, to pro-
vide a fund from whence some provision may be secured
for the wives and families of such of these hardy boat-
men as perish in their calling; and rewards be dispknsed
for the encouragement of those who perform, and sur-
vive, the more remarkable and hazardous of these res-
cues. We have with all readiness given publicity to the
proposal of our correspondent, and shall with great plea-
sure contribute our aid to the advancement of the project
he has pointed out, whenever it shall be adopted.

'fats DA ICS NEWS.

is XCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)

TRIAL AT BAR.-THE GREAT DISTILLERY C.,A SE.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. GEORGE SMITH.

The Court sat this morning at ten o'clock, and Mr. Drink.
water, supervisor of Excise, was again placed in the witness-
box, and examined by the Solicitor-General. After giving
the products daring the different periods of distillation, the
witness proceeded :—The pump, although locked by the Ex-
cise, does not prevent the trader or his servants communi-
cating with the pipe by means of the valves. The officers
were not constantly present at night, unless the trader
gave them notice that he intended to remove wash, or
feints, or spirits. I was examined with regard to the swell In
the pipe which entered the spirit receiver. The defendant
did not, after the last dripping, ask to have the receiver re-
dripped.
Robert Batten was recalled, and examined by Mr. MARTIN
—I went to the defendant's premises in June, 1843, in the
capacity of inferior officer of Excise. There were four in•
ferior officers—namely, Ribble, Pitcher, Mill, and Wallace,
beside myself, and Mr. Drinkwater, the superior officer.
They did not continue all the time, for they were replaced by
others. At one time there were two additional officers—l
mean during the 9th and 10th distilling periods. There
was a strict survey kept on the premises during the whole
time I was there. There was but one officer there during the
period of distillation. The receiver was emptied after every
charge. An officer regularly attended to the removal of the
charge from the receiver. An officer was present while the
spirit was running into the receiver. Alter the charge was
removed from the receiver, water was afterwards poured into
it by the trap-door. I cannot say what the reason
was why water was placed in the receiver, un-
less it were -to wash it out, so as to leave
no spirit behind. I have never found spirits
carried about by the workmen in cans or vessels of any kind.
Some samVes of the wash were taken by me and delivered
to Mr. Drinkwater to be distilled. I took occasional sam-
ples during the whole time I was there. I discovered the
first hole in the cover of the receiver on the morning of the
13th of December, 1843. One of the foremen of
Mr. Smith was with me at the time. His name
is John Dring. He was not on the receiver, but he was
watching me. I did not tell him of the discovery I made. I
told it first to Mr. Drinkwater on the same morning, about
six or seven hours after. I kept watch that no one went to
the receiver. The boards were nailed on the top
of the receiver, and round the suction-pipe. The boards
were old, and apparently had been there for a long
time.
time,
and them mon t
firm.
mightlB t h ofh
aAvuegeuxs ta,mbienfeedr e
thoset • t
I e foundxnnin examined
the
boards
about it. Before rdsbetsveen Augu
thstae December,l3ndthhad n
but
mutlewoss alluded
bepo.si-
tiof judging
whether they were firm or not. (The boards
ble The hole in the board was freshly
were handed to Mr. Martin.) These are the b,,ards, and the
moveable. outside one was
outlt
o'h e:jarc.t theof
Smith,fraess he
sawing of thet
(4 informed
cut.
slo, hole was
not
pointed
r.
ewt,uld not
Drinkwater of the discovery, and he took the charge. in the
g gallons o'clock in the morning. I
riTergra4eq•leil or exbess. tift,
took the measurements, but it was Mr. Smith who said
there was an excess. I afterwards heard the defendant say
that there was not an excess, and lie asked Mr. Drinkwate.r
to measure it again. Mr. Drinkwater showed him the hole,
and he said that the nails had rusted off. Two of the
managers, Gill and Viner, came with Mr. Smith in the
first instance. I did not hear Mr. Smith propose that
the spirits in the vats should be measured out
in gallon measures, to prevent mistake. The 28 gallons of
excess were taken away by the Excise, but I have not heard
that they have been condemned. The top of the receiver
was made gOod that day, and remained so till the 12th or
13th April, when the boards were temporarily removed, and
than, replaced again,. I am not aware that the Excise has
taken any measure with regard to that hole. The 'second
hole in the top was discovered in June, 1844. There were
two Men present belonging to the establishment. It might
be about four or five o'clock when the discovery was made.
Hamilton, a carpenter, was sent for, but I did not say that I
had pushed out the plug with my finger. I said I had knocked
it out with a piece of iron. I heard Gill, the foreman, said
to Hamilton, " Hamilton, what do you think of this? What
do you think this has been?" Hamilton said, " Oh, an old
dipping-hole." Then Gill said, " Just what I said." Then
they brought dipping-rods, but they would not go into the
hole. I saw Mr. Smith some days after, and told him. He
said he knew nothing about it, and if it was there,
it must have been a knot-hole. I made the
drip two-tenths more than Mr. Drinkwater. There was
a dispute between Mr. Smith and myself on every charge.
Mr. Smith complained during the whole time I was there.
On the 23d of March, 1844, we had " a grand dispute" as to
the quantity, of spirits in the receiver. I made it a tenth more
than he. Mr. Rose and another officer came down and
tested it afterwards, and they found a tenth more than either
of us. I cannot tell what amount of the proceeds of this
prosecution may go into my pocket. One halfof the penalty
will go to the informer and the other half to the Queen. 1
expect nothing but what the law has provided in the usual
way of business.—( Laughter.) I do not expect 75,0001.
It was late in the afternoon—about five o'clock—when Drink-
water said lie was ready fur his experiment with the pipes
When he made the first experiment, which was made with
spirits, there was a failure. It was eight o'clock when the
spirit began to run from vat No. Bto vat No. 17. It ran
for an hour. It was three hours before they were able to
get the pipes to work, in consequence of some air having got
in. It was found necessary to stop two of the cocks with clay.
To the Comer—One of the cocks which it was necessary to
stop was on the roof—in the gutter like. The other was
beloer. It was what is -called a rack-cock. Thinks it was
not clay that was used, but putty and tow. The exclusion of
air was necessary to the working of the syphon. It took an
hour..to put the pipe in order. One of Mr. Smith's servants
had passed under the pipe, and pushed it up with his back in
order to break it or put it so out of order as to prevent the
exip‘der
11mIre.nAt.LtnYIN—Does not know the name of the man
who acted in that way. Believes that Mr. Smith was pre.
sent.T h e oot
RD scwtei
raEr
Ft opAthßeo.sm—anlfift,
hhee meaawnhiismio be produced,
Mr.l
rll.l Martin A
R IhNe
soaui
dg
that
tot
ablel t broughthe men
Smith's
.
employ-
ment would be produced.
Cross-examination resumed—The loss of spirits upon the
The
the quantity
tivos s d
water al -
experiment was, apparently, 100 gallons, but the real loss
.11vvay ass greateri,tmo than therethan 40
re
gallons.alwen hTht
mixed with the spirits was increased. The • spirits might
have been re-distilled and there woubl have been
The quantity of spirits was 700 gallons, andi no loss.
the water
2,700 gallons. When the liquor passed over vat
o. 17, it
was five minutes or more before witness could taste the
spirits. There were seven or eight officers of
Excise engaged in
the experiment. Several of Mr. Smith's men
were
about, but he
could not say how many. Before witness w
he bad been five years at Bromley-. Had also
sento Mr.Smith'a
een employed
for the Excise in the distillery of Buchan and Co., near
Edinburgh. Left that place when his time was 1,1), and for
no other cause. In Scotland the distille
work at a lower gravity than in Enolad zwere allowed to
give notice of the gravity they choose t
But they must
will be charged upon the amount of theirwork at, but they
of the year, whether they produce the
quantitynotice or not
tthe end
Mr. MARTIN would ask one more qiiestio
a puddling of clay round the opening in thel'. Did
you put
ceiver when you took the drip? Wness—
it top of the re-
water flowing in. I did, to prevent
Mr. MARTIN—Did you ever know that to be done before?
Mr. MARTIN—Whir did
you do so in this case ?—To pre
vent the water coming in. •
The re-examination of the witness by
elicited nothing of the least mom the Solicitor-General
By a Juror—The water t.
• passe( through ties •
house to the other by the pressure of pipes from one
the tank; but the spirits yarned
.11
)oat
the body of water in
syphon, which required the pipes toi be Id • t. principle of the
t- ight.
By the COURT—The looseness of tl cok and ie cocks, which re-
frequent working. putty, was occa:iimed by
Che previous witness, Drinkwater, recalled, by the SOLICITOR-GENERAG—The and examined
communicate between the two distilleries
which I suspected to
one of Mr. Smith's workmen attem t res was that which
made the at tempt maliciously, to P e to break. The Oman
It was quite plain that he did so. prevent the experiment.
time. Mr. Smith 'vas not pris complained of it at the
tait to t lection ; but
.11r. Gill was. , he best of my recol-
(The trial was proceeding when our report left.)

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SOU T H WARK. —cc if i s DA'S.)
Anne Gray, a girl of the town, was charged, before Mr.
Traill, with stealing a Purse, containing a 50/ note and three
sovereigns, from the person of 311., Jot.ti Warne; 45, Unic n
place, Lambet h.
The complainant stated that, between two and three o'clock
on Friday morning, he met the prisoner in lilackfriurs-road,
and she persuaded him to give her some liquor. They ac-
to some adjourned to a public-house, and having treated her
to some rum they then came oaf. and proceeded some
tance, when the prisoiier stoideniv lett him. Ho walked for-
ward. and in a few minutes missed lii, purse, containing silo
50/. note and three sovereigns, on which he went to the
station-house and save information of the circumstance.