The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-06-03 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

to attend in the day time, and also on bundays. The
Committee had been restrained from doing mon in as-
sisting scholars with money from the scantiness of their
ftto.l. ; however it acknowledged a liberal !lacy, and
several donations.
be Archbishop of CANTFPITIURY IpOkeln very high
terms of the sp!enttid donation of the chapel in Ely-
place, and noosed a site of thanks to the liberal donor.
The Bishop of Lo mos moved a lots of thanks to
the Archbishop of Canterbury, as President of the
Society.
Thanks %s ere also voted to the General Committee,
the Ladies' Committee, the Treasurer, the Secretary,
and to l)r. Bell, for his present of the Co 11111 l onion Ser.
s ice of plate for Ely Chapel, which he Lai received
from his scholars at Madras.

sys re CLEAIILIVT.
A motion was made by Mr. PLATT for a writ of
rertiorttri to be directed to the Court of Justices Of
Duel Delivery at I%"Cvegate, or Mr. Shelton, their clerk,
in order that they should return into this Court three
orders made in this case at the last adjourned Sessions
held at the /lid

The Cuts? Jurrica asked if the order fur the fine
upon Mr. Clements was the one alluded to.
11r. PLATT.—That, as well as the orier fur bring-
ing Mr. ('lenient into Court.
Cat a► JusTte,::—Then your wotioa affects all three.

Mr. PLATT.—Virs, my Lord.
CHIMP JCPTICE.—Of course you are well instructed
as to the fart of the orders remaining. in the Court
before. Perhaps the order for the tine has been
estrrated into the Exchequer.
Mr. PLATT.-I.ollr Lordship has raised a difficult•,
which at this moment I can't get over. If the order
is not in the Court, this application necessarily falls to
the ground.

.11r. Justice RATLRY.—.4t is esiiential for us ti know
that fact. You must inquire about it ; the delay will
nut be very prejudicial to your client.

Cluny Jilt-rim—Procure affidavits, and mention
the ease to-morr.or.

Mr. PLllTT.—Perkips, my Lord. I may be allowed
to mention it again today. My client is her:, and he
as•ures we the order is In the Court below.

l'ctsr J :s. e.—'l'r will hear you, if convenient,
at any time yun hare. 'Admits.
Mr. PLATT said he would lose no time in getting
them ready.
When the Court was just rising, Mr. Pt. 117 again
presented himself and said, he had an alii•lat;t to the
fart of the orders being in the euul helow su late as
last Right.

Cate► Jurrtcc.—Tlien take a rule to chew range.
11►. Pt.* your lorilship will 'ltalie the
writ absolute in the tir't installer.

Coats Ji tem.—Certainly uot. It is fitting that
the subject should be discussed ; but we are not yet
convinced that we ought to grant the writ.

' Mr. PLavr.—Will yOUr Ll'6lllll a may of
pr4.cee4lin:ot io thr mrull limy, ior shcy art.
CHIEF JCS.. I. tililik tie liabe :cone tar
enough, and We s. Uajlt n, t 10 110 more u.itil buth
sides ate heard.

Mr. PLATI biiiVedl, and the Learned Jtulge4 :eft thr
Court.

POARD OF F\l'ISE. Jt MI 2.

MorllloN O► THE PiVaIEM r► Airel.TrEAT.Ny
IY ►r'Hl.lhllnigEU.

George Flemming-tun a irti Minor, 111'211 chi eget! upon
information with having,• used a deleterious compound,
with intent to defraud the revenue.

Mr. Kerry stated, that he w•is lately the landlord of
the king's Pew: puhlic-house, in Quern-street, Cheap-
side ; and that on the of August last, the defend-
ant introduced himself to him, and told him that he
could show him how to make !bree butts of porter out
of two. The wittres, listened to this proposal out of
cariosity, aid agreed to an experiment of the kind
bring made. Accordingly, on the *3d of the same
ropisth,the defend:on came again to his house, bring-1
inewith him a gallon stone-bottle, coatainin4 a row-
position of bona sugar, Chili pepper, or capsicum,
copperas, and oil of vitriol, and other ingredients °filo.
same " innocen:" nature. Ti- defendant nas intro-
duced iiitJ the cellar, where the operations were to hr
made. The particular butt to be operated upon was
;minted nut to hiiu, anal lie drew from it twenty
gallons of beer; he then took eighteen gallons of wa-
ter, and poured into it the gallon of his potent com-
pound Mid a gallon of finings. 'l he u hole were well
iiirorporated, and were directed to be substituted for
the twenty gallons of beer which hail been al.n.tractert
from the butt ; and the defendant assured the witness
that the saleable 'relit,- of the beer would not hr ale-
' teriorated either in tasty or colour. The defendant
had another bottle with him, uhich he said he was
going to take to another publican, to use for the same
purpose; the witness was nut prepared at that time to !
expose, or to have the defendant detected, but that hr
might have an opportunity of doing so, he told him
that he should want another butt done, and the de-
fendant promised to conic again on the ilith. In the
wean tune, Mr. Berry informed the officers of Excise
of the matter, and a plan was arranged fur the deter-
' tion of the defendant, who came on the day appointed,
anal went through the whole process on another butt
of beer, in the same manner us before, but just as he
had finished, the Excise officers, who hail lain con-
cealed in the ce:lar, came forward and wised the com-
pound. The !mice demanded for the patent liquid
which the defendant made use of was to be Ins. per
gallon, and the witness was tat purchase the recipe for
ten guineas.
An officer of the Excise deposed, that himself aml a
brother officer of the Excise went to the public-house
kept by Mr. Berry, and were placed in the spirit cellar,
which was contiguous to the beer cellar. They had
not been there lotig.hefae they saw timin‘lican, Mr.
Berry, and the defendant, conic down into the cellar :
they drew off a quantity of beer from one of the butts,
and they were mixing some ingredients with water,
when the witness stepped forward and seized a gallon
stone bottle out of the. hands of the ilefeudant, as lie
was in the act of pouring it in the cask. Thr other
officer corroborated the evidence of the I:4st witness,
The bottle which had been seized from the defend-
ant by the officers was produced, and its contents et-
Whited. It contained a very black, adhesive liquid,
of an extremely bitter taste, and great pungency.
A Surveyor of the Excise stated, that the liquid in
question had been brought to him by one of the offi-
cers to examine. Ile believed it to consist mostly of I
burnt sugar or molasses, together with Chili pepper !.
or capsicum, or other ingredients of the sante puspot
nature.
Mr. Mayo, the Solicitor of the Excise, asked who-
thee there were any malt or hops amongst the ingre-
dients ?
The witness replied, there was not any.
The compound was banded for Inspection to Mr.
Calvert, jno. and to Mt. Fester, of the firm of Calvert
mad Co., porter-brewers. Mr. PQM*, said. h* could
give no accurate opinion as to the nature of the comp
!wand ; he believed it to consist mostly of niolsaaet
and ingredients of great pungency, but there errhsinly
were no traces of any preparation of milt or bops las it.