The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-25 00:00:00

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(YESTERDAY.)
THE BELFAST AND BALLYMEIs}A RAILWAY.
the from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Tha ihe room was then cleared, and upon our re-admission,
CnAtaxiix said the Committee having deliberated
1117)0n the points of the arguments regarding the clause, they
tonsideren that the corporation of Belfast were entitled to
some security for the protection of their dues. The parties
e course would understand that the Committee did not agree
t'i
° the Insertion of the clause, but they were in favour of the
Pcin •
ciPia. They hoped the parties would mutually agree on
Bch a clause, which, white it would confer no fresh powers
'Pon the corporation, would secure them against parties
tv.z.tcling the harbour dues.
b,2lr • ALEXANDER thought such a clause would be ex-
q-t-,174Y difficult to frame. There were several persons now
led to land goods, millers and others, below the limits
was e
aortasPrt, and how those persons were to be protected he
s at
po• GREGG. said the difficulty would be overcome by a
Int ben,
those g fixed, say two miles from the port ;at all events,
now entitled to land goods would not be disturbed in
privileges.
to• 1! ernother clauses were then agreed to, and the Committee
eiC .cl the further hearing on the corporation protect ion
three i.,111 twelve o'clock to-morrow. The Committee rose at
0 deck.

Committee, Group T.
liCo,sntinued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
~
the l';.laartn, who was employed to take the traffic across
The ridge, was next called—lle was engaged for two weeks.
liter fridge,
was the result for the first week, being 1 :n
the,.
r 24. to March 29, the time being from seven o'clock i
eont' !ling till seven o'clock in the evening
one-horse
ar,•Paseengers, 25 730 ; two-horse carriages, 116; . _
:—For the weak,
4rriage; 776
; in
men; on horseback, 612 ; passengers in
‘va aticea, 1,690 ; carts and waggons, 560 ; horses_____.
Thgg,,°,lB, 914; horses, 216 ; oxen, 52 ; sheep,
_.7 i
n,r4 leK't Passengers that passed on the Tuesday were 3,4 ,t, on Prickly, the market day, 6,782. Oil a fair day, Ap_,ril
'no 10th, the foot passenger's were 7,747 ; sheep, 4,216 ,
VI, 401.
'lr Jackson, surgeon accoucheur, followed, but nothing of
material importance was elicited in his evidence.
__
amatinresd.....Houpekintshon, surgeon, and Mayor. of Stamford, ex
!treet ought that the railway crossing. the
Lirywo
would have the effect of driving many parties from the
, . ,
especially those who lived in the St. Martin's suburb,
wuich line cut off from the main part of the town o
Stamford.
kr. ii
tax fa• t aYAec'clt, a resident of Stamford, said there were
Two airs
ft" cattle markets annually held in the town.
At those.e fairs lasted two days the others one day each.
imues,th,,e inconvzselen• ' bridge would be very
Much felt.
decidedl ' ce at the
~. tnought a station at the north of the town
train 3oBP.referable to th d The danger of the
e one propose .
derable.r aing
the thoroughfare would always be consi-
,llr. MACAnLAY, in cross-examination, asked this witness,
he had never signed a memorial to the Midland Countiesh
stationin way in favour of this line, strongly recommending te
i,s_ at the bridge as the best adapted for the wants of the
)::',_ b tants of Stamford. Witness relied that he believe
befr.d. but he did so then because that line was the only one
pid,re' the public. In doing this, however, he did not con-
ga
tr it to pledge him to all the details of that measure, so
that shut Out better information afterwards. He believed
1•114' Pie opposition of the Marquis of Exeter to the present
1,.! lid not commence till after the signing of the memorial,
"14.‘rhat had not influenced him (the witness).
von'tne..Cit.Atitivax—The great mass of the people are in. fa-
then. et this railway, principally, because it is an impression
_of
111 8 that if this line were successfully opposed they should
.et any other.
air, pha • •
tenant
z, lips, malster, late Mayor of Stamford, and
oa_
kr, er Lard Exeter, gave evidence in favour . f
L_ Giles's plan for the station. In his cross-examinationt
line dmitted, however there was no certainty of tha
At going forward it the present were defeated.
jec,`u! last election excitement ran very high on the Bub-
rw.nt- the railway, and a s.rong feeling was
tt.(!`!Y inhabitants against Sir G. Clerk, but he did not inkth
etit. that feeling was general. expressed y
OIL Grant followed in a similar course, but without deve
iena any point. In answer to a question, put by Alor.
st:Tnea".ilay! he admitted having voted in the Town Council. in
h• i°rd ln favour of the present scheme, but he did so i
"tL'_'„afficial character, in dference to the feelings of the in-
rams. His private sentiments were against it.
leLawrence, land surveyor, was of opinion that the
l Sing of this line through the valley and across the street
141,a!eford was highly objectionable. Ile had never seen
iltal.lni,li‘le, e it before.
against
'llll, surveyor in Stamford, gave similar evidence
toe
np‘ the proposed crossing, and cited the case of one on
line Warrington and Liverpool line, which 4__ been
eonaid 'verY annoying to the people of Warrington.halle also
itutdered that the lines passing through the valley would
1 ere with the drainage, and cause flooding.
o'cintitCenimittee then adjourned till to-morrow at twelve
wlll be gone into.
titio„'• -4 :when the engineering evidence in support of the pe-
It

Ulm Committee (No. 2.)
-'-'ERSFIELD AND COOPER- BRIDGE LINE.
(Cont. THURSDAY, FOURTH DAY.
(re,, thned from cur Afternoon Edition of yesterday.).
thste4 examined—The Grand Junction is a line passing
bride.'" att agricultural country ; the line between Stalle.sus
disitl;and Cooper-brid-e passes through a very p0,pu...0
in
,‘(aysecalid is nearly abstraiht line. The one witness is
the
Canvalae-ri°' ornewhat circuitous. There is no lease between
1,4;03', butat C°ll3PanY
and
the 11Ianchester and Leeds Com-
es were there is some understanding as to the rates.
entered
lino b,,, net doubled when that understanding was en
Of
thez an addition of about 12 t. was made on part
oo ?e.
An unusual amountpeorfcternaffic has beeanhocuretattehde
tf)44t UnThingham line by those gentlemhenevfiying
mutt last.—
(Lee / With new projections, but .
Ne a ter.) Ile saw hundreds of wittne-ssess
woalgd
he e. 4,7 in anxious expectation that those projects
)4,.. , . out.
allitt: Wickh ain—ls a magistrate
oof tlhreoncoNuvnotrykao. of Loarak a-
very lay a partner in the L
teoke, anct„traffic on the Leeds
°V the L 'free. Is decidedly of opine
()awn.teln.l\rleanchester Line of iron,
ni that the line propose.d
district teds Company would be the
,most convenient to his
ero.., as it would be worked by one Compannay..in
ty,
by ,n;a-eZamined—lt was the want of tclelanyi i caused
and incon-
veni.:aY Companies, that e_a
.unsee d much
10.71 Ce on the Normanton Li .
of the Leeds and West Riding
ka;:r. Ilawkshaw, engineer Jee's estimates, and found
th "way..—lled compared Mr.
tnst the works on the line be gave evidence of would amount
11781,0005., including a tunnel of three miles of single line ;
~._-r. J 's estimate was 638,0001., but if theeepuirlclhioanse of two
c'oeLlsewe as to be included, the cost would be on m ; asingle
h,‘'`'', of traffic through a tunnel would
_be very dangerous
-gifts the line was single all grailthrouh if the tunnel were
t 4,. be made so as to a double the additional cost
:Mild be 115.6001w0u1d be less expense to make the
"Ktuble line at once than tomake it afterwards ; the second
ts
s-.ael would cost as much as the first, that was to say
sit,2ooL
t 14r• James Thompson, an engineer of great experience in
cannel Works in Scotland, deposed that the proposed tunnel
d. 'be nuddersfield and Manchester line
wwhoiuleldtbeerhoaigdhlay
J t
ligerous, as i had but one line
of
th..,
dent end had two. The whole is witness's h
testimony
eat to corroborate that of the last.
• Several witnesses then were called to show that the
inhabitants of Huddersfield were in favour of the Leeds and
anehester line.
)4 te.TALBOT then stated that. was his case in favour of theh
spoke at some lengt
epc7litt.and Manchester proposition,
sittio2t a.nd hoped the and Committee would postpone their de-
li° Until the whole of their case was
.before them.
trot," CHAIRM.AN said that the Committee could not depart
Ivirtile rule they had laid down.
that • 4Alisor then said he could not proceed further at
The Committee then adjourned.
ttaAcer
irEURN, BURNLEY, ACCRINGTON, AND
BLACKBURN, DARWEN, AND BOLTON.
I!,‘"milli )
tont.
- anied from our Afternoon EditioniNi of yesterday.)
Parker, and in-
Sim. kxrusGostst resumed, on behalf of
holly: that
m., a saving clause, or rider, for a sra.tisfactory
of Mr.
Nrit-;•ould be inserted in the Bill for the protectiondevia•
re-'s Pronerty, and proceeded to call him afs a witness.
round, part
sf wl;.rarker stated he had nearly 900 ards°
leitie..leh ,leas built over, and the remainder round,
intended
tire ons on building-leases.
fr,.'tftblieSet JOHN contended that Mr. Gregory
under a Most unusual recedent, inasmuch as
pro-
bad
ts-rntety
vwhieh he endeavoured to classify Mr. Parker's. p
n ha, as °llly intended to protect land already built on, and
pest '4 not been satisfactorily proved that Mr. Pardker's pro-
the Vaad been built on to the extent which woull warrant
witnesses
were ttnerence of the clause referred to. Severe
ill eyittenliCalled ; but nothing of further importance appeared
The enA•
°es setu Inscsx then ordered the room to be cleared, and on
I,:ainati rn, stated that the Committee had come
to the deter-
-4 th" " limiting the deviation on Mr. Parker's property
hitt tili station and immediate vicinity to ten yards,
as Par, ao aniended clause was points et to be consi
are .
els. ~„ 1 the Bill until one or two p had been de
thereforesl
N46°B Anal resolution of the Committee would
Ivr-sr.'4l.l..Tended until to-morrow.
tele sr t. '-',vsofi'r then said that he had intended opposing
nilpsit,"o other clauses, but would not proc,eedkwerith his
tests h:11,_• He would leave his client's (Mr. lar
~.tonieensrt.e hands of the Company, only requesting that
Parkeiscinn n'idif h. made to Mr. Parker by an annual
Als,-s 'Yid not id so.
111.°1)(4%eut W RAN(.HAM saw no objection to the course
laished.' and ►
the opposition of Mr. Parker was relin-
The ~.„
when.vrilaining clauses were about being proceeded with
4,kr. Ist,
"4" t -'llEwrrata stated he was instructed, on behalf of
elkuktaAstees of Vise Blackburn turnpike-road, to oppose
cluestie and presented a petition from the trustees re-
the_tee...tlaat the proposed liue where it should cross
_lo _
en ''road, might be carried over by an arch instead f
kr, Cel, as was intended.
kr, elgean, t WRANGnam appeared to support the clauslie;
aXsueirt.,lwie2l and Mr. Gooch, engineer, were severally
toula none
wind their evidence tended to show that the ,
the r„—', without a very large expenditure, be camheatoti eier
teust`n t!therwise than on the level ; and further, t i
"ra4chl°ll °f
i_ an embankment for making the arch would
:resin : 'ute out of the limits of deviation ; and also that
Lose
lint 011 the level were not dangerous to the public if
votu„,_ were properly constructed, and the servants of the
rKV' attended to their duty.
ether7ardeastle was called as a witness by Mr. Mere-
Zan le ii", said he had seen several accidents resulting
ifitiseedge 01 railway crossing the road on the level, and.
-41,..tti Oa the ja particular which happened a short time
teas. s 6 Bolton an,' Lee line.
114411 ergqarit WranOtam and Mr. Merewether having
1141uldressed the Committee,
to-IlnalY efAtala. -MAli stated that the Committee were unani-
siz_o_e Pillin that the line should be carried over the
the, ie
oto vel, and that the original clause A should be
NtlaOlik of
SpZe,_a buLne remaining clauses were then proceeded with,
Vs‘es wad
from the Commons announced that the
-tie% as at prayers.
ttlinittee adjourned till twelve to-morrow.
.CoiltitiltAßNSLEY J UNC I'ION RAILWAY.
to o 4 Ited. from our Afternoon Edtion of yesterday. ).
tbrineti ttihtlestion from Mr. SOMES as to whether he was in-
-1,-"leasti:at some of the Railway Companies conceived that
Ceeuinsoe-gr:_°,l coal was a loss rather than an advantage, Mr,
11. Ti lite,.. .replied that he was aware that an objection had
rinie,".ained against carrying coal by the London and
Ivki:ra Preparelß,aiwaY Company, but he knew that now they
and this iQ t° carry coal at Id. per ton per mile.
d to GoolealwY the carriage to Selby would be 4s. 3d. a ton,
C4''
411 • 714 d. During fourteen days in last De-
Nrer he had •
eti Canal
__ , . _ taken the tralfic. on the Dearn and
It ger 6sotnwuich he found to be in limestone and coal to-
A;4I"'M.N. ~"u" t.ous year, and on the Wakefield and,
taii , k,sinal it was 160,000 tons, making a total or
-"It q 11,14 a Year. But as this traffic was taken at a pe•
'slat s.-446 Year when the coal trade was in state of
-""aTitY he would reduce the toile on the Dtanl

and Dove Canal to 540,000 tons a year, and that on the 1
Wakefield and Barnsley Canal to 135,000 tons. Of this
quantity 170,000 tons went to Goole, Gainsborough,
terimsby, and Hull ; and the greater part of the remainder
to other places to the east.. To the inquiries of Mr. Talbot,
Mr. Robinson stated that the passenger traffic to the Cud-
worth station and to Pennistone, at 6,0591.165. 10d., and the
prospective traffic at 3,3681. 16s. 10d., making a
total of 9,428/. 13s. Bd., a great portion of which
was likely to accrue from the abstraction of passengers
from the Leeds and Manchester Railway. lie believed that
the number of persons travelling in consequence of the con-
venience of this railway would be doubled, and he assumed
that a great portion of the mass of the population at Ashton,
Staleybridge, and other places, would travel by the Manches-
ter and Sheffield and the Barnsley Junction, and so on to the
North Midland Railway ; but e had made no allowance for
the traffic likely to be attracted to any of the railways
proposed, but yet unformed, in that neighbourhood.
By the present line of railway the distance to Manchester
from Barnsley was 63 miles, that the journey occupied 44
miles, and the fare was Ils 6d. ; while the distance by the
new line would be 36 miles, occupying an hour nd
a a half
in the transit, and the fare would be Qs., making a saving
of 27 miles in distance, three hours in time, and in money
ss. The traffic westward he estimated at 255,000
tons, that from Barnsley 200,000 tons, and that
from Silkestone 55,000 tons. To the inquiries of Mr.
Talbot, Mr. Robinson replied that he was aware that
a considerable quantity of the Dunkinfield coal, which was
found near Ashton, was used in that neighbourhood. The
traffic in coal and limestone he estimated at about 35,000
tons more than was now carried on the canal. The carriage
to hull, Leeds, Huddersfield, and York, he calculated both
ways at 24,000 tons, and he did not conceive, from the pecu-
liar nature of the traffic, that any of it would be diverted to
any other line.
Mr. Jee, the engineer of the line, and acting engineer of
the Manchester and Sheffield line, stated that lie first re-
ceived instructions to survey the line in 1841, and that he
was requested to select the "best line of country, having re-
spect to the wants of the neighbourhood, and passing as
much as possible through the coal district. The difference
between the summit of the Barnsley Junction Railway, at
Pennistone, and that of the North Midland, at Cudwortht
,
was more than sproposed to surmount
by a uniform gradient of 1 in 95 ; but he did not
anticipate any difficulty in surmounting this bar, which
extended through the whole length of the line, which was
9 miles 58 chains, for there were two gradients on the Liver-
pool and Manchester line of similar or greater steepness; one
of 1 in 89 and one of 1 in 95, which extended over planes of
about a mile and a half each. There would ben two tunnels
on the road, one at Oxspring of 500 yards long, nother near
Barnsley of 440 yards long. There would be two
viaducts on the line, one over the Don 156
yards long, and with the greates height 78 feet ;
the other over the valley of the Hearne, 286 yards long, and
having its greatest height 129 feet. He did not contemplate
the use of stationary engines, considering them unnecessary, as
they were not needed on the Sheffield and Manchester line,
where the planes of 1 in 95, and another of 1 in 118 were
three miles long. There were cuttings through Lord Wham-
cliffe's property, within half a mile of which there were drift-
ways from the Silkestone coal-bed.
Mr. Locke, the engineer, stated that he was well acquainted
with the district and bad looked at it with an engineers'
eye. He had no doubt that the Silkestone Coal-field was the
largest unwrought coal-field in England, and he believed
that the only obstacle to the fuller working of this field was
the want of good railway communication. He had twice
surveyed that coalfield with a view to open up a commu-
nication with Goole and the sea, and if that were
effected he felt assured that the coal, which was of
very good quality, would be brought into competi-
tion with the coal from the north. He was convinced
that the line was the best that could be projected, and that
the high line of railway was necessary to carry the coal from
the Silkestone-field to Manchester and all parts of the west,
and that indeed so necessary was this railway, that it would
be only one of several which would be formed after this was
made.
To the inquiry of Mr. Sosnes, Mr. Locke stated it as his
opinion that coals could not be so cheaply carried by canal
as by railway.
To the inquiries of Mr. AUSTEN, Mr. Locke expressed bis
opinion that the formation of the Sheffield and Huddersfield
Railway would tend to increase the traffic on the Barnsley
Junction Railway, as also would the formation of the latter
line increase the traffic on the former, as it would be
necessary to go three miles on the Barnsley Junction Rail-
way to get at the Silkestone coal-field. The gradient was
the best that could be got, and with reference to the coal-field
the gradient itself was an advantage, and would enable them
to form communications with existing lines on both sides of the
island, and an extremely desirable line for the district and the
consumers of coal both in the neighbourhood and at a dis-
tance. He would undertake to carry 100 tons of coal with
every train, with an engine of no extraordinary power.
There was a proffer of a guarantee from the Sheffield Com-
pany of 5 per cent. upon 200,0001. and of 4 per
cent. on 100,0001. of the capital. There would be no
difficulty in making tramways from the several
pits to the railway, so as to render the coal easily accessible,
and the field could not be opened without better railway
communication than now existed. In reply to an observa-
tion in the report of the Board of Trade, Mr. Locke said that
there would not be any difficulty in accommodating the
future bringing of coal to the level of the railway, and that
the line, so far from skirting a coal-field, never left the
Silkestone-field from the moment the coal cropped out at
the Oxspring Tunnel till it joined the North Midland Rail-
way.
The CHAIRMAN, having advised with the Committee, stated
that it was the unanimous opinion of the Committee that
the preamble of the Bill had not been proved.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, April 24.
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.
DOLLOND V. REED AND DELL.
Mr. BETITELL moved for an injunction on behalf Mr. Dol-
lond, of St. Paul's Church-yard, the celebrated optician, to
restrain the defendants from engraving his name on any tele-
scopes manufactured by them, or from selling any telescopes
with his name, or any colourable imitation of it engraved there -
on. The Learned Counsel stated that the plaintiff inherited
the discovery and reputation of his eminent ancestor, John
Dollond, who, in the year 1758, invented the achromatic
tele:eve, which was considered at that time, and down to the
present, as perhaps the greatest discovery ever made,
and which had eluded the observation of the immortal
Newton. John Dollond had the friendship of all
the eminent men of science of that day, and
the Learned Counsel eulogised in the highest
terms, the achromatic telescope, and stated that a patent
had
h a Second.d tbteaei n granted
Thed rhaa great
e d
given for
reponcit
not
at t
thsion thoe e
allae reignhsroort of
sorts
toi
of colourable
e ot rege h l
eseotp ee
imitations of the plaintiff's name, such as "
" Dolond" and" Doland," and sometimes it was spelt cor-
rectly, and with these names
in so fraudulently engraved
thereon, telescopes were sold
abroad, and they were often brought by cobytahnetry a
public
wteoll
the
s
Plaintiff's shop, where they were mstantly detected as never
having beenin jury made or sopiladhibtyiflt;hhe, plaint 111656 practict a were
a great
'),orcuniarily and in his re-
putation as an optician, and he had
en-
deavouring to find out by whom such frauds
been
present r auds
occurrence.were
mitted, but without success until the
The present application was intended to put a stop
to such fraudulent practices. In the presentainstance
the defendants had engraved the plaintiff's n
cor-
rectly
on some telescopes, and the fact of their doing
me
so became known to the plaintiff in the early part of the pre-
sent month, in consequence of a workman of the defendant's
calling at the plaintiff's shop to make an inquiry, and in the
course of doing so he inadvertently produced two telescopes
out of a bag (where he had others) to the plaintiff's clerk,
who upon seeing them , saw they had never been manufac-
tured or sold by the plaintiff, and instantly pronounced the
name of the plaintiff engraved thereon to be a forgery. The
man became confused, and said he should lose his situation
for what he had done, and hoped the clerk would not men-
tionit to the plaintiff ;;the clerk replied he should, and did so,
upon which the present application was made.
His HoNoun. said it was the clearest case he ever knew,
and thought it was a matter of great importance to the
public that this should be made known ; because if inferior
telescopes were used by the navy, merchant vessels, and
yachts, it might produce the greatest mischief, and granted
the injunction prayed.

•
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, April 24.
( Sittings in Banco.)
TRIAL AT BAR.—THE GREAT DISTILLERY CASE.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. GEORGE SMITH.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
After an absence of four hours, the jury returned, and their
names having been called over, the first witness called was
Robert Button, sworn and examined by the SOLICITOR-
GENERAL—I am a supervisor of Excise, and I was, on the
6th July, 1843, appointed to survey the distillery of Mr.
Smith. y I was not ordered to survey the rectifying-house.
I was on the 18th August ordered to assist Mr. Drinkwater in
taking the drip of the receiver. There was a difference
10th, or equal to 14 gallons of proof spirits. I also ex-
amined the cover of the spirit receiver. I had been simi-
larly experienced for five years ; and I found that the pro-
duce of the wash in Mr. Smith's distillery was less than in
other distilleries. I was on duty on- 15th Oct., 1843,
on his premises. I examined the liquor pumps
which were placed near the feints receiver. I
saw the suction-pipe of one of the pumps laid in the three-
tion of the sewer. I took three or four samples of the wash
that had been distilled about the time I noticed this. I re-
member the morning of the 13th December, 1845. I went
to the spirit receiver on that occasion. I had
a lamp with me, and I went to the cover of
the spirit receiver. I observed boards round the suction-
pipe; one of the boards was fastened with two nails, but 1
removed it. I found a hole. The hole was not there when
I first examined the place on tkelBth of August.' 11 found
the men about the premises then, and one of them followed me
into the street. I gave information of what I had seen to Mr.
Drinkwater, and he and I examined it at ten o'clock on
the same morning. From two o'clock, when I saw the hole
for the first time, till ten, I had been strictly watching it. The
boards were in the same state at ten, and they were rem i
oved n
Mr. Drinkwater's pres:mce. There was a charge taken of
the spirits on that night, and there was an excess of stork
of twenty-eight gallons and a fraction. The excess was
seized by Mr. Drinkwater. The nails were new that
joined the moveable board. The hole iu the top
of
the spirit receiver had the appearance of being
•
newly cut. The spirit is pumped from the receiver into the
vat by a suction pipe. The suction pipe always remains in
the spirit receiver. The covering board is fastened on with
white lead. The pumps are locked by the Excise. The lougiele
appeared to be partly cut with a saw and partly by a ge.
There was no white lead round the hole that had
been newly cut. The dimensions of that hole wre
seven inches by two inches and five-tenths. The spi were
seven inches by two inches and €-tcnths. The spiri t
store is immediately above that part of the receiver where
the hole was discovered. A suction pipe could be
troduced from the spirit store to the hole in the
receivorter.
Stock is taken in the store ; it generally takes pl once af-
night, but sometimes once a week. The spirit warehouse is
generally kept locked by the distiller himself. I never found
an increase in the stock, with that single exception.
I recollect Mr. Drinkwater telling Mr George
.
Smith of the hole he had discovered in the
reatest
spirit receiver. Mr. Smith replied it was the g
piece of intelligence he bad ever heard of. lie also took a
letter from his pocket, saying that he had received an anony-
mous letter, which informed hint that his men had been rob-
bing -
him. Ido not remember his saying anything mo
was re.
pointed out the hole to Mr. Gill, the foreman, who pr.e-
sent with Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith remarked that the nails
had been rusted off. Mr. Gill remarked that the spirits
might have floated and wrenched the boards off. It
would require a great deal of water to float
the spirit receiver. I was on duty there a
considerable time, and I never knew of the spirit receiver
floating. If it had done so, I must have known it. The
dipping-rod is fixed in a socket, and always at the same e
point. If, therefore, the receiver had floated, it must havthe
th.ro.wn the rod out of its place. I watched
assisted by two officers of the Excitshe
e,
named Wallace and Ribble. It was during
seventh distilling period, commencing the ith January,
1844, and ending on the 15th of the same month, I found
an increase over the produce of tile former periods of NI
pllotts.