The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-20 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE

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parttnent, against the defendants, who are
manufacturers in:Liverpool, for the conderonatioin.hoeffaacq:aiel"
tity of soap, seized by the local officers, upon the
it was forfeited to the Crown in consequence of
soap-dealers.
the excise regulations.
The ATTonsev-GssenAe (with
and Mr. Warw.) conducted the case for the
Mr. KELLY and Mr. CaosferoN for the defendant.
supervisor, went round
rti-
The case occupied the court the whole day.
neared to be a 5 follow :—The defendants carry on tradse"
Cherrv.street, I.iverpool, as soap-boilers and
On the 4th of October in the last year, the excise
"cleanse"
ers.
se,,reo.
ceived a notice requiring his attendance at the "
f
boiler No. 7. He accordi►lrly went, and during the morni
of taking gua ge of Onund
the quantity " cleansed " from the boiler in question fliii-
twentx frames the officer took the guage in the customary
way, and quitted the premises, having previously seen
all the other boilers were locked U. On the following me,
thilige trlo'eom°fli,
the frames, discovered that the adjoining frame
and whilst wachcilosituipir:Valcl,
frame, which or
not been filled is the presence of the former, contained liquid
soap in a hot state. This discovery induced a further search,tlid
and Ultimately it was found
thlatfitlled .rame''' containing
11,819113 weight of soap, had been without the c
Upon this
sance of the excise officer.
.. quantity the egni-
amounted to £77 11. 3d. The quantity of soup
Con duty
in the 26 frames, and on which the regular entry and contained
to the duty had been made, was 34,7611b5, yielding charge
of £228 2s. 5!,d• . a uuty
On the part of the defendants two witnesses were
called,
who stated that they had carried the buckets from the bo
and tilled the various frames. arid amongst others into wiiii.eri,
they had poured the soap in the presence of the officer which
The man. •
assistant were these nine in question. managing ma
Or his
the department, howe`•e'' said that although he had beenu °f
the room during the "cleanse, " he had not knownthat
in
more than 26 frames had been filled, and that he had not diat
covered the fact until nearly ten o'clock at night, some hours-
after the officer had left. DUring the process of the 44,leanse,
he had added the " runnings" to the 26 frames of soap it
ding which is always adopted in the course of that pro_'-
procee ,
cess in the presence of the officer, nod then had accompaniedand had assisted him •
that functionary to each frame, . in taking
the guaze. At night, when he discovered the other nine g
frames, lie also put " runnings.' ' into them, but i •
n this
compelled to use cold instead of hot water with
case
he was cornpe eh confused on finding agreater the
lees. Ile was very mu .
he
of frames had been tilled than the officer was aware ni
but he denied he had known an 'thing about the cir ,
) eunistanee
until ten o'clock at night. .
From the effect of the testimony of the excise officer
support of the information, , who
of course deposed in sup'
sition would appear to be that between his visits a quantity
of the soap, in its liquid state, had been taken_ out of some or
all of the 26 frames, and put into the nine frames ; that the
difference in quantity was made up by additional infusion of
water. This conception wa.. borne out by the result, for he
stated that w i
I en he had taken the gauge of the 26 frames the
soap was of a firm a .tobe of that.when it was
eventually cut it proved no,
which would be produced by an abstraction of the better ma_
terial, and the substitution of water in the place of the quart-
titv so taken away.
On the conclusion of the .
reply of the Attorney-General
d d '
the jury intimated to the Warne ju ge that they would not
trouble his lordship to sum
Genie
a 1 tveierdciacste,carsttbeeyc were perfectly
satisfied• They then for!oni
~eited t f town, thereby
o the Crow '
condemning the soap as f 1
(From II 11
re Morning .Herald.)
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into
what steps ought to be taken in consequence RrDECCA AND gra DAUGTI'SFS.—On Saturday last
meeting of the Magistrates was held at Guildhall, to take 'a
consideration
the failure of the constables to execute the warrant of distress"of
against two persons of the names of Harris and Thomas,
residing in Talog, for refusing to pay the tolls at Water-street
Gate, in this town. The magistrates came to the determine_
pensioners in the town
tion of callings ut the pensi tr►►d
neighbo
hood, twenty.ght in number, to accompany the civil force,ur-
twelve in number, to execute the warrant of distress, and
that purpose they left the town about three o'clock for
morning, and proceeded to Tolog, where a levy was in the
the goods of llarris, about half-past five in the morning,made on
were carried away without any molestation,_Thomn which
paid the tine on Saturday evening previous, as molestation,—Thomas
he d►d his wife
was Dear her confinement, and id not wish any
turbance to take place about his house. After th wile
made, and the force had proceeded about a e levy was
quart
on their return to Carmarthen with the goods, Thomas ma miler
Tolog, the person who had paid his fine on Saturday,o—as o'
took them, and foreseeing the danger the whole force over-
be in if eersisted in retaining possession of therce would
.goods,
pledged his word that the fine and costs should be paid, and
the 6,0,15 wore re"r".l to bim• Immediatelyafterwards'
they were surrounded by a mob of those reckle., -
about 400 in number, 105 of whom were armed reckless• marauders,
and completely overpowered ;
they
were
rigidly • th firearms,
compelled to tire their pistols in the air, d searched, and
them up to Becca and her family, who were a°
then deliver
variousdresses. The mob then desired the fall disguised in
a line, and Becca inspected them, to e farce to fall into
ble, and Thomas Evans, police-officer,
see if D. Rees, consta-
when she was satisfied they were not,r, were with them ; and
there their lives would certainly be she said had they been
tao en awa
then ordered to march on their wa Y. They were
perty of Captain Davies, of Grew yht Trawsmawr, the pro-
was the county magistrate who Green- ball, near this town, who
war-
rants issued by the town ma • endorsed the distress
there they commanded the magistrates; and when they arrived
surrounding the house,
which
to break down the wall
lives from being they did in order to save their
them of if they didno destroyed,
which Becca threatened to de-
prive
When this act of destructiothailiodntr comply with her request.
hands with the pensioners, told themeen ctooto pi. e
tt
oed their t et
oslrivook
and they would not be molested ; they were not so polite
to the constables, towards whom they tnanifested considerable
animosity. We have been told that the pensioners were
not armed ; bad they been, the result would likely have been
very different. The arms taken from the constables were
returned by Becca before she parted company with them.
A meeting of the Ilebeccaites, or farmers, of the hundred
of Elvet, took place on Wednesday night at Treleach, Talog
.131 coed, and Conwil, when itiwas proposed and unani-
mously
adopted to demand frou► the trustees of the Newcastle
Trust a debtor and creditor account of the said trust for the
last 18 years, and if found fair and correct, and the money
received from the tolls fairly and honestly laid out on th-
roads, then the gate at Water-street is not to be disturbs le:
hut if unsatisfactory- to them, then the gate is to be imn( '
diately demolished. All male inhabitants, being householders'e-
of the hundred, 81'6 to meet at eleven o'clock on Monday
next, at the plough and Harrow, Newchurch parish—to
march in procession to Caermarthen—to insult
and magistrates, and to destroy the gate on • mayor
their return.
Rich and poor are compelled to attend, and in c
anyubtit must be found ; all owners of horsesre of illness
are to ride.
A per absent without a sufficient excuse, ,
to base their houses and barns destroyed by fire
t r substitute,
be disguised in their dresses or persons wire : and not to
any
Two farmers from each parish went yesterday account.
tl have their demands and grievances putit to Newcastle
Mr. Lloyd ►Hall ; and the best part of the in some order by
their various meetings, seemed disposed
to h ebeecaites, at
advice• It wes proposed at the various placese guided by his
pull down and destroy the workhouse • that of meeting t
howeyeC• adjourned to their next meeting., question was,
minds of all present seemed to be to raze The bias on the'
the month of August. To the time or ze it to the ground
have not heard the result of the interview
going to press ill
dele-
gates and Mr. Ilia—Carmarthen Jo lew
between th we
urna/ of e Saturday,

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THE FACTORY EDUCATION BILL

From Wordsworth's Excursion.)

He paused, as if revolving in his soul
Some weighty matter, then, with fervent voice
And an impassioned majesty, exclaimed—

O for the coming of that glorious time
--izing knowledge as her noblest wealth
'his imperial realm,
_e, shall admit
An obligation on her part, to teach
Them who are bound to serve her and obey ;

protection,

While she exacts all

f by statute to secure

n whom her soil maintains

ie childre

The rudiments of letters, and inform
The mind with moral and religious truth,
Both understood and practised—so that none,
However destitute, be left to droop
By timely culture unsustained ; or run
Into a wild disorder; or be forced
To drudge through a weary life without the help
Of intellectual implements and tools ;
A savage horde among the civilised,
A servile band among the lordly flee !"

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LINES ON HEARING DOLIER'S EUPHONLkN
AN INGENIOUS MUSICAL INSTRUMENT•

BY WILLIAM GASPEY,
Author of " Popular Melodies," ke,

A fairy-like melody stole on mine ear.
And methought that the harp of a seraph was near.
For so sweet was the music thug thrilling my
breast,
That in fancy I breathed in the land of the blest.
. _

In the court of the fairies, where Oberon reigns,
I could deem the Euphonian first woke its strains,
knd that to its tones, 'neath the moon's tender light
'-c,uiled, in sweet revels, the night.

elfina bet;

Sal, Yam.,
knd now upon earth are its harmonies heard,
...h the murmur of fountain, the song of the bird,
touching. and claim from the laurel-crowned throng
ribute which Poetry offers to Song.