The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-22 00:00:00

WANDSWORTH.
Mr. Thomas Green, Mr. Young Green, his son,
and Mr. Richard Wright, entered proprietors of a
sugar-making manufactory, situated in Bolingbrolic -
road, Battersea, were summoned t) appear at th's
Court yesterday, to answer to an Excise information,
which contained no less than six counts, charging
them with offences against the Excise laws.
The defendants failed to appear, but deputed Mr.
Druce, a solicitor, and the clerk to an at':orney, io
defend them.

Robert Francis, the first witness sworn, said he was
an Excise officer. He gave proof of the service of
the summons, after which he proceeded to make the
following statement :—The defendants had for some
time past carried on the business of sugar-makers,
and as such they were entered by the Excise. The
firm appeared to be a respectable one ; but still the
witness, whose duty it was as an Excise officer to
enter defendants' premises, had his suspicions aroused
by seeing a quantity of liquor occasionally fermenting.
This unusual and suspicious occurrence caused the
witness to make a complaint to Mr. Metheringham, the
supervisor, and on 30th of May last they went to the
defendants' premises in Bolingbroke-row, Battersea.
Witness and the. supervisor searched the house, and
found in the cellar 45 gallons of plain British spirits,
or low wines, and in a small room on the ground..
floor 35 gallons of the same material. All this was
seized. After , the search had continued for some
time they found a still,'and they examined the steam-
boiler, and found it in every respect fitted up as a
still. In it they found a quantity tit wash. This, to-
gether with all other utensils on the premises was
seized. An evaporating-tub was found, nearly filled
with water, and in its centre was placed' an overflow-
pipe, which was quite unnecessary in the manufacture
of sugar. Defendants came into the premises at this
time. Mr. Wright said it was an experiment. Mr.
T. Green said he was ruined—it was a last resource ;
and Mr. Y. Green said they ware driven to it. Mr.
Wright afterwards said that Mr. Thomas Green sug-
gested the experiment, and wished it to be tried
and Mr. 'l'. Green, in reply, said it was Wright's
fault. The three conjointly afterwards said the altera-
tion in the sugar duties had ruined them about four
Months previous to the seizure. Witness had seen a
quantity of wash 'fermenting upon the premises and '
spoken to Mr. Wright about it, who said he had put
something to it to make it ferment. 'Witness ex-
plained to him that it was very improper to ferment
wash or syrup, and asked what he intended to do
with it, and -Mr. Wright said he was trying to pro-
duce an article proper for the bottoms of British
wines, and when he had seen the effect he should
destroy it. The witness requested to be present when
the destruction took place, and it was agreed he
should, but previous to the day appointed the wash
was removed. Another time the witness saw a quan-
tity of wash fermenting, and one of the defendants
said it was caused by the heat of the weather. The
witness, at the conclusion of his evidence, produced
a sample of the spirit seized.
The Supervisor pressed only for one penalty,
namely, 1001.; and that was inflicted by Mr. Paynter,
the Magistrate.

THE MARE'S NEST AT SOUTH.
AMPTON.
An Evening paper, on the authority of a South-
ampton Correspondent, publishes the following elabo-
rate refutation of the ridiculous story which ascribes
to the leading Chartists a plot to assassinate the Queen.
We published the account as it appeared in a Hamp-
shire paper in our yesterday's impression.
" Peirce, the person alluded to as the individual
whom a gang of Chartists tried to secure in a con-
spiracy to murder the Queen, and who, because he
refused, narrowly escaped assassination, was some
time ago possessed of considerable property, which
he lost by investing it in' an unsuccessful joint-stock
bank in this town. He now keeps a small grocer's
shop in a place called the Ditches. He formerly
was a Liberal in politics. Two or three year,
ago he obtained a situation in the Excise, but he
was reported to Government as having attended a
Chartist meeting as chairman, and was instantly
dismissed from his situation. He subsequently
became a Tory. The marks in his hat, which he says
were occasioned by his being fired at in the Hound,
well, prove the improbability of his story ; for the
mark in the front of the hat appears as if a broomstick
was thrust through it, just above the band, while it bears
a bullet-marl: at the back part, close up to the crown.
Thus, it appears, that the bullet fired from the pistol
must have entered the hat (which Peirce always
wears to almost- cover his forehead, and then roust
have passed in a semicircular direction towards the
back part of his hat, to avoid touchino• hi, head.
is most unlikely that an assassin would have attempted
murder in a place like the Houndwell, which is
a small open place in the centre of the town, inter-
sected with roads and paths, and persons walking there
at all hours of the night. It appears also that Peirce
never attempted to secure the assassin, although it
was impossible for the latter to have escaped if an
alarm had been given; and though he went to sup
afterwards with a friend, he never told that friend
what had happened, nor his wife, nor any of the South-
ampton police or Magistrates, but went immediately to
London to speak to Sir J. Graham. The story about
the carriage being suddenly heard by the assassin on
the Winchester-road is considered by all persons ac-
quainted with the spot as most improbable. The
statement of Peirce, that Francis, who fired at the
Queen, was one of the gang of Chartists who visited
him, will he disbelieved by all persons who read an
account of Francis's trial, for the evidence given on
the trial proves, almost demonstrably, that the firing
at the Queen was done from an envious feeling
towards the fate of Oxford. Again, Peirce in his de-
positions has stated that he walked with the three
Chartists who visited him round the beach ; and that,.
though he met a great number of persons, he cannot
recollect a single individual, so that any one might be
brought forward to prove that he was walking in
company with such persons at the time he states. No
one not deprived of his senses can believe that a gang
of desperadoes, bent on murdering the Queen, would
travel to Southampton and seek an accomplice in a
man engaged in business, and who never went outside
the town.

MASONIC OFFERING TO Da. OLIVER.—OR Tues.
day evening a meeting of Freemasons took place at.
Radley's Hotel, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, for
the purpose of co-operating with the Masonic brethren
in Lincolnshire, and other parts of the United Kingdom,
in the presentation of a suitable testimonial of regard
and esteem to the Rev. George Oliver, D.D., the cele-
brated historian of the craft. The chair was taken by
E. R. Moran, Esq., of the Grand Master's Lodge,
and a series of resolutions passed in furtherance of
this very praiseworthy object, severally proposed and
seconded by brothers 11. Philips, T. Pryer, R. T.
Crucefix, M.D., Z. Watkins, J. L. Stevens, R. Field,
G. W. Turner, M. Sangster, and W. L. Wright.
Not a dissentient opinion was uttered, nor were the
subscriptions, immediately commenced, unworthy of
the occasion. Dr. Crucefix was appointed treasurer,
and Mr. J. L. Stevens secretary to the metropolitan
body of subscribers.

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13 IR TES. On the 16th inst., in Hertford-street, Mayfair, the lad of
Captain Darley, her Majesty's 98th Regiment, of a son. y
On the 16th inst., at the Parsonage, Bognor, Sussex, the.
wife of the Rev. Edward Miller, of a daughter.
hillOn
of thedauc 20thht er inst., Mrs. William E. East, of St. Dunstan's;
, a .
On tho 20th inst., the wife of John Shaphard, Esq., of Ken-
sington-square, of a son.
On the 20th inst., at Stoke New;ngton, Mrs. P. R. Wilkin-
son, of a daughter.
On the 20,h inst., at Low'er Eecleston-street, the lady of W..
G. Rose, Esq., of a sun.

EXTRAORDINARY PRESERVATION OF THE PRIS-
CILLA TIMBER Siiir.—On Saturday last the above
vessel was towed up to Deptford from the Downs,
having made her passage across the Atlantic under
circumstances of peculiar difficulty. She has been
engaged in the timber trade for some time past. It
appears that in shipping her last freight at Queboc
great want of caution must have existed, for during
the voyage; while under sail on the larboard tack, her
cargo shifted, and threw the vessel completely on her
bearn.ends. The weather was fortunately cairn, or
the ship must inevitably have been lost. Much
credit is due to the captain for his skill in navigating
her home, as the result of making any sail after the
accident occurred, except. under circumstances of the
greatest caution, must have resulted in her total loss.
Her appearance in passing up the river attracted
much attention—the masts, instead of being per-
pendicular, formed an angle of about forty-five de-
grees, and she is still the subject of mull observation
by all persons passing up and down the Pool. An
accident of this nattiro, with a similar result, is of
rare occurrence—the loss of timber ships under similar
circumstances is notorious, and calls for legislative
interference as to the mode of loading vesseia
the
colonies.
The Minister of War hasordered that the new in-
fantry uniform, which has been fur some time on trial in
several raginunts, shall be adopted throughout the army,
The All u Aro' m will have completely disappeared in the. I
course f three y-earsa—french Paper.

On the PA, 31 RIE D.
Esti.hti r nst., at Hollingbourne, Kent, John Savage
of Jennings, of the same county, to Sarah Charlotte,
aught
the of B. i
1). Duppu, F.sq., of Holingbourne House.
(h) 15th nsl, at Horticastle. the Bev.
ley, Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxon, to Catherine Anne,
only daughter of the late Sir Willinha Franklin, Knigt,
one of the Judges of the Supreme
Coug of ofJudicature, Madrahs.
On the 13th inst., at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, David Rey-
nolds Davies, Esq., of Wallington, Lancashire, to Ellen, second
(laughter of the late Joseph Barton, Esq., of Berznondsay.
On the 17th inst., at Wellington. Somersetshire, Edward
Wa-droper, Esq., Captain, Madras Army, to 31ary Anne, only
daughter of James Alarsh, Esq., of Alphington `ilia, Exeter.

MD.
At Berne, in Switzerland, the lady of Colonel Steiger, late
Prefect of Interlacken.
On the 12th inst., at Glasgow, Archibald Harvey, Esq., of
KiHenan.
On the 16th inst., at Kingston, Richard Votiell, eldest son
of the late R. Clarkson. Esq., of Fairwater House, Taunton.
On the 17th hist., Cecilia Rebecca Morson, sister of J. C.
Constable, Esq., of Oak House, Battersea.
On the 18th inst., at Esher-place, Surrey, Anna Maria
Ha.`rriet, eldest twin daughter of J. W. Spicer, Esq., aged 18.
On the 18th inst., at Streatham, William, youngest sun of
Ir. Joseph Raw, of Eastcheap.

London; Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of
No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in
the County of Middlesex, Thursday, September 22, 1842- ,

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• the outrag:!, he rcpl'77i to the 7-it, where !-!(, folni TH E 71 _i. 7ZK.., TS .-( YES FE-1,-,-"I`
the prisoner surrounded 1)' .a cro,id of )‘,...r5,,)n i wh,) . - - CO'e:,..i.i' 11'4.XCI:\.N(-Iti.
on.
Lit, .J... ..1,1 (Si ..,•iihi. Lail. .le
gave him into custo.li. 7 ' ' . . • -' ' ` ' . T'
must go to the station house, uooa which the latter there r
nere were bu 4 few fresn arrivals of Coro since lu
i_t
y 'the trade dull, and Monday's terms could,,luru instantly struck him a violent blow under the ear and be obtained. In other Grain no variation. }l°
sold slowly.
exclaimed "-- you, I am a Chartist, and if there
,
were only a few thousand such as me in the country,
COLONIAL MARKET.
The demand fur produce was good, and althougt
resistance, was conveyed to the station-house:
we would drive all the police to h-." Additional
pricesi
assistance having arrived, the prisoner, after a violent large parcel were offered at public sale, yet
were maintained, and the chief part found buyer,s;
Police Constable Burcham stated that he was in The imports fall off. Brown West India Sugar sold
the station-house dressed in private clothes when the at 683. a fils. and yellow 625. a 68s. per cwt. I
Brandy the demand was good.
prisoner was brought in, and upon seeing him the
latter said, " You are one of the Chartist-hunting NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. „
villains in disguise, -- you, I'll muzzle you ;” at The supplies of all kinds of Game and Poultry we_,'",
the same time striking him a severe blow on the nose, to a fair extent. Town as well as county killed Toreo;
which bled very profusely. The prisoner then seized was a little more lively than last week. Prime le,_c,
hold of his thumb and twisting it round, caused a of Mutton only brought, on an average, 6d• per ln: sprain, from the effects of which his hand was disabled. the finest Lamb brought 4s. 4d., other kinds, 35.,170
lie was forced by several of the policemen into one .to 4s. ; Beef, 2s. 6d. to 3s. Bd. ; Mutton, 2s. 8u• to
of the cells, where some other prisoners were confined, 38. 10d.; Veal averaged 45.; and Pork 2s. 4d.
but soon after he was locked up a cry of " murder " 4s. Bd. for superior to prime small meat. Grease,d;
was raised by two poor Germans, upon whom he had dear, at Is. to Is. 6d.; Partridges, 91 to Is. '-',,';
made a brutal attack, and he was then handcuffed and Geese, ss. Gil. to Gs. fid. ; Fowls, 33. 61 to 4s. 6%
removed to a separate cell.
Ducks, ls. 6d. to 2s. 6d. ; Pigeons, Bd. ; Hares, 28.6'
Mr. BROUGHTON said that a more desperate ruffian to 3s. 6d ; Eggs, 4s. Gd. to 6s. 6d. per 120.
had never been brought before him, and he should
RKET.
~ lie
commit him to the House ofCorrection for two months. There TEA MAwas more spirit in the biddings at the pu °I sales of Tea, and a fair proportion sold at fully fo';Ter
ed
rates. Common and good common Corgou fc's,"ib,
Is. 81d. to 15.9441. cash, and Company's, ls. 9d- Per
-FRUIT MARKET, do
Currants were in good request at 50s. to 605.,
New Valentia Raisins sold freely at 38s. per cwt.
TALLOW MARKET.
There was less demand for Russian 'Tallow, tut
holders were firm, and would not sell New r• 1.
' Candlp on the snot under 48s. per cwt., but Old could
be had at 475. 6d.

COAL MARKET.
Ships arrived since last market.day, 8. U.
s.. 6
. d.
dell, Robson & Co. Hartley 14 6;1 WallsiEnd Helton ............ 2,; ii
Buddle's West Hartley 1) 0, Walls End Morrison ...... : .;:.; 9
Hebburn Main l7 6Waks End vemberton ...•• :„, 6
Holywt.ll Ntaln l7 6 Wall; End Stewart's ~,•..... `,". 9
Yew Tanlield f100r...
Old Tantield
West Wylam l5 0 Walls End Heugh flail ... 1 i P
W Walllin,
15 6 Walls End Adelaide ..... ~ f
.. . iv
:End Barnard
Walls kl.d Bewicke &Co 19 0 Walls Eutl .Maclaan's Tees.. 19 11 Walls End dasfortli .... l9 1' Walls End Quarringtou ..•
1i 6
Wa Is End Heaton lB 1 Walls End Seymour Tees... 19 6
Walls End Healey lB 1 Wal s Ei.d lees ....... 5 6
,•.'alls Et..l Killingworth ... lii6 Walls End Tees Hetton .., ',
Walls End Riddell's. . ..... . 18 9 Wail:: Ead West Helton.. •6 0
0
Walls End Wharncliffe. l9 i• Cowpen '... N .. ' E Braddyll'sH ' I
attni ... 2) 6 Howard'
Walls End Haswell .. s West Netner1D0........ 20 6

CORONERS' INQUESTS.
rr asdll
MYSTERIOITS DEATH FROM ARbENIC,--011 ,11-- to
an inquiry, which lasted several hours, was gone in.,
before Mr. Payne, at the Bridge.-house, Boroug"
road, on the body of Joseph Bowler, a chairandl;
aged 29, who died from the effects of arsenic
tin" ei
the following mysterious circumstances : •
br„,l,,
Charlotte Trott, of No. 23, Union-street, Bore Ot
road, said the deceased and his wife resided nest dn°,l
to her. On Saturday evening last, between nine all
ten o'clock, a young man named Dunston caineoht
her, and said the deceased, who had been ill. from tto
Wednesday, had fallen out of bed, and wis'aed her assist him in lifting him into bed. She i-amtediutwoe)
went, and on lifting the deceased up &wad he
dead. Dunston, who lodged in the house, went
Mr. Coalthery, the surgeon.
'
Mr. Coalthery, of No. 4, Melton-ter.ace, said he
dwas called to see the deceased on Saturday night'
No. 22, Union-street, and found him dead. He ,
since made a post mortem examination, and on olle-ci
ing the stomach, found slough two inches long°
one wide, intermixed with several white particles'
which, on testing, he found to be arsenic. The cafe
of death was the ulceration of the stomach from t'
action of the arsenic, which consisted of three or fear
grains of the white oxyde. He must have suger 0
dreadfully, and in his opinion it could not have be
many hours in the stomach. It might have been o long as 10 or 12 hours or not more than 20 rnintll,
The wife told him the 'deceased had been ill from the
Wednesday, and that she had given him some tine-
ture of rhubarb, which she had procured at his slic./17a
on the Thursday morning. Now he (Mr. C.) could
positively assert that she never had any from his s"1.
She also said the deceased partook of some apple-Pll
ding on the Wednesday, and immediately after ,
vomiting.
By the Jury—l knew the wife, but had not. seep
her for two months, when I attended her in her entre
finement. The wife said she came to my shop 2lb°c,
nine o'clock, as soon as it was open. Now, it. s° i° v
curred that the shop was open at seven, and fr01u,...1
time until eight lam constantly in the shop. I tn,
if arsenic had been in the pudding it must have beery
mixed with the apples, and not with the crust, s°l of which I have got. I did not ask if she had enters
:my. If the arsenic was in the pudding on Wedneas,
day, it was at too remote a period to have caused death'
~
Several witnesses were examined at great
who made the case one of great mystery, and from th"
the following was elicited .—That the deceased cci'l
in distress relative to a loan; and it was attempted v!' be shown that it was not unlikely lie had conlinittel-'
suicide ; but being ill a-bed from the Wednesday au-
til his death, no one could form any idea how th
senic was found in the inside.
•d
The wife and Dunston, the lodger, were a-vat-wile r
at great length, the former prevaricating as to ht o
going to Mr. Coalthery's shop for three-pennyw°r.
of " stuff," and was flatly contradicted by the ass's'
tant, who denied that she ever came.
The inquest, which has caused a great sensation
the neighbourhood, was adjourned.
SUDDEN DEATH AT THE SWAN WITH Two Igsel Ls'
LAD-LANE.--Tuesday afternoon Mr. Payne held an
inquest at the above inn, on view of the bodf (1,.
Richard Carberry, aged 65.
Robert John Carberry, deceased's son, stated. that
his father had been for many years a merchant carry"
ing on business in Calcutta, but he had recently'
re-
tired, and was residing in England About'. tire
o'clock yesterday morning witness accompanied de-
ceased to the Swan with Two Necks, Lad-lane, from
whence deceased was to be conveyed by omnibus t°
the Birmingham Railway terminus, in Eusten,-squore•
There was no one in the inn yard when they arrived,
nor could they make any body hear. Deceased sad'
dimly perceived a light through a grating, and stooped
down to endeavour to attract the attention of some
one. While he was so engaged a young man entered-
at the inn yard gate. Witness went towards him,
and at that moment heard deceased exclaim, " Oh,'
Robc.T.t.;" and turning round saw him fall to the'
ground apparently in a fit. Medical aid was immer•
diately procured, but deceased died almost instal,"
taneously.
Mr. Edward Harrison Linnekar, of Aldermanbu ryt
surgeon, stated that he was called in to attend de'
ceased, but not before life was completely exe.nct;
There was no doubt he had died from the bursting of
a blood•vessel either of the heart or the brain.
Verdict—" Natural death."
D

_IGNITY OF GASTRONOMIC DISCOVERY.---A . pa-
triotic Frenchman has observed—"l regard the discovery
of a dish as a far more interesting event than the dis-
covery of a star ; for we have always stars enough, but
can never have too many dishes ; and I should not regard
the science as sufficiently honoured or represented among
us until I see a cook i.l the first class of the Institute."
COLLIERS' STRIKE.—III our last we stated that the cjlliers and other workers at Gartsherrie had resumed
their employment on their own terms ; but we regret to
say -that the great mass of the struck workmen are still -
out,
without any present likelihood of an arrangemant
being come to. Rumours are in existence of some vio- • lent measures having been resorted to by the turn-outF;,
such as fiircing those who have begun to work to leave
the pits, and other acts of intimidation ; but these ap-
pear to be after all very trifling in their character, and
are creating scarcely any alarm. The most serious ease •
which has reached our ears, is the fact that, some Lights
ago, a shot was fired into the house of a working collier
through- the window. No injury was sustained, how-
ever, by any one, and up to this moment the °Senders
have not been detected, nor is it ascertained wly.ther the
shot was intentional or accidental. Several persons have
lately been taken into custody charged with iatimidating
their fellow-workmen.—Glasgow Argus.