The Sun.
London, England, 1818-03-02 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

INFORMATION FOR MANUFACTURING ASH AND
SLOE LhAVEti TO MIX WITH TEA. •

11/ITTONGARDEN.--*On SatAttrdity a case of con-
.siderable importance -came on before the Magi.
strates at this Office.—Mr. Win. Allcroff appeared
lotion an iktfoimation, which contained, Mr. BM,
LAND said, two counts ; the first, charging him
with baying dyed, fabricated, .and manulactured
sloe-leaves, ash -leaves, and' other leaves, to imi-
tate tea ; and- che second, charging-hitp,with hav-
ing in his poisession such leaves for such pur-
pose, contrary to an Act passed in the 17th of
George 111.
The 6.feinlant having Put in a plea of Not
.Gaily, Mr. BoLLAND said the obj ct of the Act of
' Parliament ou which t he informahou was grounded,
'/was to repress fraudulent praCtices upon the Puhlir7
and the Revenue. The statute set forth, that if any
,ilealer in tea was convicted of dying, fabricating,.
' or manufacturing ash leaves, &c. &c. in imitation
of tea, or having-in his possession articles of that
description, for every pound he should pay a fine
of 5/. Of the excellence of such an enactment
there was no doubt, for there was no possible ex-
cuse for the adoption of so iniquitons a system of
deception. The. facts were these :—the officers
of the Excise had received information of a hoarse
in Tenter-strett, where the articles specified in the
infOrmation were manufactured., They entered
the house, saw a wretched looking man with a
wife, and four children there, and a great quantity
of leaves in a state of maNufacture. They gained
no ;affirmation from the initiates, but they disco-
vered a honk, in which appeared an entry in the
name of Wni. Alicroft. Upon searching, they
found 552 pounds WeiAlit of fabricated eaves in
imitation of tea.

The first witness, James Walters, said he was
an Ex.cise Officer. On tare I:2f of August last he
went to search a house in Tenter-row. lie there
round a qttantliv of leaves ; halt of them Welt:
ash, and a great part sloe leaves. The weight cif
what he found was about ICAllb. Some of (hem
were in a greeftstate, and-the rest manufactured.
Such as w ere, green /appeared to hint to he sloe
leives,Or ash. When first he -went, there were
none but children in the house. In the evening.
of the same day he went again, and saw 'Rhodes
and his wife there. He inquired.who the owner
of,the house was, or to. whom the leaves-belong-
ed ; but. Rhodes' would tell him; nothing about
either. "Part of the leaves were laid out upon
screens, and some were on stoves, for t' e pnr.-
poSe,. be supposed, of drying them. He also
found some sieves,(tp,stairs, upon which the, ma 7
nutactnred articles were spread out : there .was
also au iron pot upon the premises, in which was
deposited a sort of colouring liquor. In this pot
he found some leaves
.and also a skimmer. The
manufactured artjcle which he found Mille house
had very‘much. the.appearane. of tea. In snow
time after he" went to search at Mr. Apple's
house, Seward-street, Goswell-street ,Charles
Yorke and William Saunders were in company
with him when' he went . Mrs. Apple and her
sistee-ine were in the house. They fonnd 12
casks of fabricated tea. The.casks were all nailed
down ; and; upon enquiry, he found that they
Contained all article of the same kind. as'that
which be had found in 'renter-row.

[Here the leaves found at Tenter-row, in the
Various ,stages of manufacture, were proclured„]

The witness went on-to state, that what be dis-
covered at Seward-street; on the premise; of Mr
Apple, was all packed up in American flour casks,
the surface being covered with paper.
Mt% AVoLpuitTS wished to know in what Parish
Tenter-row was ?•-•--Witness answered, in the
William Saunders said,
!wish of St. Leonard.
that he went with the
former witness on the
.2d of September last to
Tent el'. rosy. Rhodes Came in and asked by what
anthorny they were
.searching the house. He
went With ‘Valters -afterwardS to Mr. App)e's,
where they found twelve cisks containing 552Ths.
of leaveS made to resemble tea. The cask's were
all nailed op, except one.
James. Charles Vat he, who attended the two
former witnesses, gaye nearly the same evidetice.
He said,, that a book was fantod at the housein
Tenter•street with Mr. Aileron's name in it.

Mrs. Apple being sworn, said, that she was a
Widow, and sister•in.law to James Apple, of-Se:'
ward-street. She recollected that in the absence
of Apple. Alleroft cane to the Louse and asked
leave to put some casks there for a few days. She
was tji.t in "he house when they ".ere brouglir,
nor dill the know who came with them. She
never saw the casks until they wete seized by the
officers:

Freccrick Wetherall said, he was foreman to
Nlr.-.Apple. He filled that situaroo when the
officers came and seized upon the casks. •Ilia
master was a Prussian blue-marnifacturer. Ile
knew Mr. Allcroff; but. .could nut-tell what his
husiness was, or where he lived. lie eras at home
;she the c•r,sks were l?rought, by two men Who'll
he did not know.- In two days utter they weroief.

came litsiPiessed
Brent e'siiry=
• • .
(hr at their. not bring taken away,
Mr. Apple said., be knew Mr. Aileroft for many
years. He asked perniission of Iwo at one time,
ah:out five. 9t six years back, to- put some e'forpkyi
casks on his premises. lie neva saw the caski
whibh had been Seiied by the officer:,, nor did 11.
AllcrOft ever speak to. him about -them. Ile was
laid up with the gotit, end hail not been at. ha
house in Seward-street for some time previous to
the seiittre by the -Acert.
Mr. John. Sink() said, he was a tea dealer,
siding in Aidertgate-street.. The article produced
in the O(pice, and found iii the casks, was nut tea.
contisted of leaves of different kinds. • It mi'ght
answer for the purpose of mixing it with Common
bullet) ; six pounds of it might .
pounds Of bohea. By this mixtuiie -the revenue
would he considerably detratitled, and- the Public
would pay for a very bad afrtide. •
Mr. 13OLLAND Chised his c-else, the Ma-
gistrate said, it did not appear to hint that there
was
-as yet any evidence against Allcroft.

Mr. ApoLittua said; that, independent of all
cons;deratiou of the evidence, the information
should necessarily fall. They could not, prOCetl
upon the first count of it, which respected drying.
and colouring leaves for the purpose of selling
them as tea. In the tuna place, the'parish-of St
Leonard, Shoreditch, was one of the -prtits
cueing., and stated as such in the. information ;
whereas, all the evidence had
_reference to the pil7
Hsi, of St. Luke, 'which S`aa not at
the information.- The Act pro,.ide4,Piat thit
fine was to uo, (titbit conviction, to the i;oor csf
the parish iu which the information was laid,—
Here it
,was not ofone according to the Act, aud
he would.therefore • sub-mit, that, it;tkpendeut of
the tvittenee which slid not at all go In ctinviet
Allcrott, the information should fall.
The defendant was acquitted

From the LONDON lti.lZiL I' 1' 6; Fen. 28.
ti
Whitehall, Feb. 25, .1818-
•
His Royal Higlntess the Prince Regent has been• pleaseoo
in the name and on the behalf 'of. his Niaiesty, tt“iirre-t' let—
ters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United.
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for granting to tliv
Reverend William Totirnay, Doctor in Divinity, the pine
and dignity of a • PrelYendary Of the Cathedral Church of St.
Peter, %Westminster, void by the death of the Reverend./,,Rtt
Wheler. '

Foreign- Office, Feb. 28, 1818.
The Prince Regent approves of Mr. Isaac Slothitin as Consu'
at Gibraltar for his Majesty the Emperor of All the Russ

maxrAßy PROMOTIONS.,
Office of Ordnaoce, le.). 2S, 1818.
Corps of Royal Engineers-1 obe Second Limit eliants-gen—
Vernet) Cadets Walter•Tiereivatt, vice Tweed, prothoted4
and George W. 'Dixon, vice Williams, promoted.

BANKUUPTCIES SITVERSEDED.
F. Bradfield, Wymoudhatn, Norfolk, grocer.
T.-liorey, IVoreester, builder.

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• .".. • -BANKRUPTS.
W. N. Wright; Staplefurd Abbott, Essex, faTMery Mardi 14g
21, and April 11, at twelve, at Guildhall. Atturaies, 11.1essli..
Evitt and Itixon, Havdon-suuare, Minoriei'.
... -. . - . .... • __.... . . _ .

W. F. Cotsford, Upper Claptun, Middlesex, plumber, March
7, 14, and April 11, at eleven., at Guildhall-. Attorney, Mr.
Orrell, Winsley•street, 0/Itord-street- ,
J. Radcliffe, Chesterfield, Derbyshire; dru;gisl'; Maich 18.,
19, .and April elevets;at the -Lion Butyl, '
ham. Attotnies, Messrs, Flurd and Johusoo, Temple.
J. Collins, Gosport, grocer;. March 7, 14, and April 11, at
tea,

at Gtic1:111;i11;. 111.:!ssi

1.-Lewv.t, Brer:d• street, Ctieapsitie.
J. liotilcting, I.irerpt.l, cotton-Inolier, D 1 rth 9,1 P,
April I I,atunit., nit the GeoNse juts, Lit:it.A. A ttur
Mr. Chester Staple .

C. Catchall), 13rt,tol, muncy-scrivener, March 2, D, and..
April tt, at twelve, at the Commereial Rooms, Bristi.)F;
Attorney, Mr. 4. Heells, Staple lon.
W. Proctpr, Kett
,Cheshire, calico-printer,. •Marer
16, 17, anti April fI, d4vcsi, at the Palace lien, 11.1;ho..,
chester. Attorney, Mt. it. Ellis Cliancery-hur.
I. •Drrbyshire, Niarch 14, 16, at
twelve, at the Oil George Inn, Tideswell, Derbyshire, an4.l
Aptil 11, ati font, 'at the Ram's Cheshir6..•
Attorney, Mr. J. G. Meymott, (heat Surrey-street, lilack7
friar S-road.
J. Howie, Liverpool, grocer, *Marrtr lc), April r, aml.ll, at

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,one, at the George Inn, Lit trpool, Attornies, Messrs. Ad-
lington and Gregory, Bed turd-ratio.
J. Brooke and C. Bowstrati, Nant wi,cl), Cheshire, coannon-
brewers March it, 19, and April 11, at one, at the George:
Inn, Liverpool. Attorney,. M.r. B.sttytt, eliaiteety Noe.
D. Evans, Liverpool, gro,er, `,larch 7, 19, and April
one, at theGeargtii trial Liverpool. Auornies, Messrs.

Taylor and Roscoe; ,King's Bench-walk, "feinple;
G. H. Byrn, Bosh,-lane, Cannon-street, wine-merchant,.
March 3, 10, and April 1!, at one, at Guildhall. Attor-
flies, Messrs. Mayben- aint Price; chancery-lane. , •
14:N DS. • •

March 27, G. 'Baylis, Stapleton, -Gloucestershire,
March 21, F. Wilson, Pnrham, grocer—March' 23, J. T.
Patience, Bore St. Edmunds, budder—March ;v1 141.-•
ilk-ton' and T. Dyson, Beverley, Yorloliire,
March. 31, .1. .Scatoi, Pontefract., Yorkshire, 4er—Ma:
23, NI. Tetley, 14e4-1:i, wOulstapler—April I, J. Tiotrnito"
Wootton Undered4e, Gloucestershire, linen-limper—Ai:lol,
.31, G. ifesse, Commercial .tsaie 14oaros- London, .supti•-•
broker—March 24. 3. Thmosuo, tifoa:l-street-buildings.
merchant—March 2., J. Williams, Lower Coleman-street,
paper-stainer—Klatch 24, J. Jameson and
Willis, Little Queer) street, flullmro, coach-makers—Arcit
4, A. Coles. Portland-street, St. Marl-li.;-bone, sokich-
,,,„l,,,,,April 4, It. S. Shaw, Rochdale, Lonelt4hirv,
tpaottfoeturer—Marels 24, D. Smith, pin. and J. Ilaalpshire,
Kirkb-ortun, Yorkshire, scrilrblin4-toillers—April 4, G. Big-
land, Iligland Hall, Lancashire, iro:)--mastri-March7.4.1,.
G.'Do Burs, London-wall, merchant—Match. 21, J. Dame`,
and T. White, Clement's-court, Milk-street, wholcsatei
hosiers—March 24, W. Ehoitt„ Veterborough,, Northam?.
tullolire,. draper. • •
• - CETiTIFICATF.S—MA Reit 21,.

A. B. French, ()Id Smith Sea-house,. Broml-street, mer''
chant—J. Clarlte,Wai wick, coat-dealer—W. itogers, Ou
fluckintfliamshire, innlieev,r—lt. Hardy, ISlanclleter, stone-.
mason —J. Ropes, Long Melforkt. tiutfollt.,eabinet,baker—J.
Games-sail, J. Crog t her, E. Riley, R. Campbell,. J. Bata,„
litiddersfield, and Bali, Halifax, merchants—G. 1-Itishaw„
Blarli-11311, lle,i,onsliire,Seedsiaan—J.•Alters, late of Charles- •
street, corn.deater.