The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-06 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

SUNDAY FISHING.—It will be recollected that on Mon-
day last several fishermen belonging to Teddington ap-
peared before the LORD IlaYoa, charged with the offence
of allowing their boats to be used for the purpose of angling
on last Sunday week, and that they were allowed until
yesterday for the purpose of producing the gentlemen who
had hired them; failing which, they were to be fined in the
penalty of 40s. each.
Yesterday morning the parties were again in attendance,
and one of them produced a Mr. Holder, as the gentleman
who hired him on the occasion alluded to.
Mr. Holder appeared by his solicitor, who admitted
the offence, but as it was the first time any one had been
punished under the Act, and as Mr. Holder had a
large family, he trusted, by his paying the expenses, there
would be no conviction.

The Solicitor for the Kemps, the fishermen complained
against, said. the Lord. Mayor was determined to bold,
against all precedents, that a rod, line, and hook, was a
device for catching fish, and as it was the first time such
a construction had been put on the Act, also, as the
parties had done all in their power to produce the real
offenders, he trusted enough had been done, and that
they might be allowed to depart upon payment of the
expenses. _ _

The complainants (also fishermen) said they did not
want money—that was not their object—all they wanted
was protection. They were not allowed to fish on Sun-
day, and they did not see that any others should.
The LORD MAYOR fully believed that they had no other
object in view, although he had received a great number
of most important letters upon the subject, which
not only grossly abused him, but imputed other
motives to the complainants. He could assure
those gentlemen anglers that their ungentlemanly
and anonymous abuse would not deter him from
pursuing that course his conscience prompted. H
was assured that there were more fish taken out of the
River on a Sunday than the poor fishermen took during
the whole of the week.

The Justice-room appeared to be crowded with followers
of old Izaac Walton, and a simultaneous cry of dissent
was given.
The LORD MAYOR supposed many of those were present
who had been his correspondents on the occasion. He was
assured such was the fact, and that one angler with a cer-
tain wind frequently took as much as 100Ibs. of fish.
Mr. Hall said the decision of his Lordship would give
much satisfaction to the anglers on the river Thames. He
was one himself, though not a Sunday one.
Another Angler—But what are those to do who cannot
get out on any other day--it was ridiculous to talk of
so much as 100 lbs. for one rod in a day.
The Fisherniens' Solicitor said he was well acquainted
with angling, and he could assure his Lordship that 51bs.
was a very good average. His clients had no objection to
his Lordship's decision—all they wanted was that it should
be made clearly known, so that others might not profit by
what they were deprived of.
Another angler, who gave his name Floris, contended
strongly for the right of Sunday angling. He said he
was one of a large body in the metropolis, who
were at work every day from nine o'clock in the
morning till seven or eight o'clock in the evening,
and that, not for a few weeks or months, but from year to
year. Sunday was the only day they had for enjoying the
sport, and it was too bad to be deprived of it. Besides,
the fishermen would be great losers, as toe money they got
on Sundays enabled them to provide for the winter.
The LORD MAYOR was very sorry to interfere with the
amusements of any one, but he must put the law in force
when a case was brought before him, and he must inflict
the penalty upon all brought before him of whatever de-
gree. He had taken great pains to increase the stock of
fish—it was increasing fast, and if allowed to go on the
fishermen would be able to make a living by the trade once

more.
Mr. Goldham, the Clerk of Billingsgate, said some3o or
40 years ago the fishermen on the Thames amounted to 400,
every one of them employing a boy. On many occasions
they had brought to market as many as 20,000 smelts in a
day, and at that time tbey sent to Market 3,000 salmon in
a year. There was no such thing now.
The complainant then withdrew the summonses, their
expenses to be repaid them.
The decision of his Lordship appeared to give great
dissatisfaction to the numerous body of anglers present.

WORSHIP- STREET.
MAGISTERIAL NEGLECT.—The usual hour of
ing business at the different Police Courts in tb

lis is ten o'clock. The police have orders to hi
prisoners, including those out on bail, marshal

station house by a -quarter before ten, so as to•I
at the Police Court, by ten o'clock precisely.
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in the recollection of most of our readers, that in th • • -
mitten on the Metropolis Courts Bill, when that indliat't
was before the House of Commons, the Recorder of Lon-
don expressed a strong opinion that nine o'clock
should bo the hour of commencing business in
all the Police Courts within the metropolitan districts.
This proposition, however, was overruled, but it was agreed
on all sides that business ought to commence in those
Courts not later than ten o'clock. The Worthy
Magistrate, who administers justice at Worship-street
s-:ems, however, to be by no means of this opinion. At ten
o'clock yesterday morning the eflice was opened, and police
and prisoners, prosecutors and witnesses, were in attend-
ance. Nothing was wanting to proceed to business save
the one thing needful, the presence of a Magistrate. At
length, at half-past ten, Mr. Broughton made his appear-
ance on the Bench, and those w ho had been detained unne-
cessarily for half an hour from their avocations, indulged
the hope that at length justice would be administered ; but
in this, as in many other instances, " Hope told a flattering
tale," for after whispering something to one of the officials;
he again made his exit, and returned at a quarter to twelve
o'clock. By one of the provisions of Magna Charta it is
provided that "Justice shall not he delayed."
CHARGE OF ROBBERY AT A STATION HCEME.—Ann
Mitchell, aged 14, was charged with attempting to commit
a robbery at the police station in Chapel-street The priso-
ner is the daughter of a policeman of the 11 division, who
with his family, resides in the station house in Chapel-
street.
It appears that the kitchen of the station-house is
occupied solely by the single men, who there keep their
boxes, coats, 8;e: From the evidence of Stokes, a poli▪
ce-
man, 178 11, it appeared, that when passing the stati▪
on-
house last evening at eleven o'clock, be perceived a li▪
ght
in the kitchen, which being an unusual occurrence, in-
duced him to stoop down and look in at the window, when
he perceived the prisoner in the act of endeavouring to
open one of the men's boxes. He then called to 181 H,
who watched -the girl's proceedin gs, while Stokes went
down into the kitchen Oa hearin g him approach, the
prisoner extinguished the light. He then called,
but received no answer ; upon which he sta-
tioned 181 El on the stairs, while he fetched
a light, found the prisoner, and accused her of attempting
to open the box, which she denied, and said she had gone
to fetch a light. She is employed occasionally by the
single men as a domestic, but had no business in the
kitchen at that hour of the night.
Puliceman 75 H, the owner of the box, deposed that
on going on duty the previous evenirg, he had locked his
box, and afterwards had lost the key. On his return
he found the box unlocked, but rothing had. been taken
from it.

BOW-STREET.
Yesterday John K'rby, Mary Anne Freeyrove, and
Louisa Bell, sere brought before Mr. TWYFORD, by three
of the officers who had lately been attached to the Court,
charged with stealing a piece of carpetting, value 51., the
property of Mr. Emerson, 393, Strand. The pi isoners
are connected with others at present in custody, for
stealing various articles of property, amounting to about
300/., the greater part of which has been identified by
the persons to whom it belongs. This was the last
capture which had been made by the officers previous to
tho passing of the late Act, and the circumstances con-
nected with it, shows that no small degree of tact and in-
genuity were required to recover the property and bring

:he prisoners to justice,
Mr. WOLFF, from the office of Mr. Flower, solicitor,

of Hatton.garden, attended for the prisoners.
Mr. George Smith, managing clerk to Messrs. Emerson
and Co., upholsterers, Strand, stated that the roll of Kid-
derminster carpet produced was the property of his em-
ployers. It consisted of about forty-five yards, and was
worth 51. He saw it safe near the door of the shop on the

Policeman 181 11, corroborated the testimony of 178,
and added that, during the absence of 178, he saw the pri-
soner examine the pockets of the men's coats in the kitchen,
and be st )pped hrr going up. stairs.
The prisoner in her defence said she had been employed
by a policeman named Burt to watch his gloves, which
she had hung in the yard to dry, and she, fancying she
heard him in the kitchen laughing, went down to
tell him to fetch in his gloves, as it was
raining, and she was afraid to go out then. She thought
he had hid himielf behind the dresser fur a fßolic,
and stooped down to look for hm, in doing which, she
might have touched the dresser or the coat, but she never
touched the box.

The Inspector said the father bal been some time in the
force, and was an honest s!eady mnn.- He had not been
informed of the circumstance until the in isener was brought
to the office.

The mother of the girl attributed the charge to malice,
because she had forbidden the child to go on errands for
the 7
po.tceman.
The Sergeant of the H division stated that be had re-
side,' eleven months under the same roof with the prisoner
at another station-house, and never missed any thing.
M. 3noccvroN said he thought the father should have
been informed of the occurrence earlier. As nothing was
lost, the case could nct go to a Jury He was averse to
ruining the girl for life and hurting the feelings of an old
officer, by committing her to the House of Correction ;
and he thought the better way would be to deliver her up
to her parents, and that the family should be removed from
the station. house.

The Inspector said he thought this would meet the jus-
tice of the case, and would recommend the parents to send
her from London as soon as possible.
The prisoner, after a suitable admonition from Mr.
BrougLton, was discharged.
ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—.Join Ham, a dirty, squalid
looking man, by trade a weaver, was then pieced 'at the
bar, charged wilh attempting to murder his wife.
Policeman, 144 11, deposed that he was on duty last night
in Flo.l erdew-itreet, Spitalfields, when, about twelve
o'clock he heard cries of murder proceeding from one of
the houses in the said street, ant a person begged him to
go up stairs, as a man was attempting to hang his wife.
lie accordingly went up, and found the prisoner hanging
out of the window by a rope, fastened round his arm, and
attached to- the window-frame, and endeavouring to
drag his wife out after him by the arm. - He assisted
the prisoner in, and his wife gave- him in custody on a
charge of attempting to murder her.
The prisoner in his defence said that his wife hal locked
the door to prevent his going out to di ink, and that he cras
getting out of the w indyw by moans of the rope, in order
to avoid a quarrel with her.
Mr..BROUGIITON said his only surprise was that the wife
did not take a knife and cut the rope, and so get rid of him
at once. The wife not being in attendance, he was rc-

of Friday, the 16th of August; and he missed it about
o'c'ock on the following day. It had never been sold
from the shop, and it consequently must have been stolen.
D ,niel Woolridge, porter to the firm, proved that on
Saturday, the 17th of August, he placed the carpet at the
door, and he missed it in the afternoon of the same day.
Edward Terry, a cabman, was on the stand near to the
corner of Adelaide-street, on the 17th August, between

nigh
three

BEA UFORT CASTLE, INVERNESS-SII I RF.-

the hours of eleven and one o'clock, as ben a young man Lord and Lady Lovat are entertaining a distinguished I
hired his cabriolet, and, on maving on to the corner, he party; and many visitors are expected in the cnseing week.
saw another young man standing with the roll of carpet like The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Petro have arrived, and the Hon.
that produced in his possession. The carpet was put into Stafford Jerningliam, one of the knights at the recent tour-
the cab, and the young man who was standing by the corner namcnt at Eglinton Castle, and Mrs. Jarnineham :.re
desired him to drive by a circuitous route to Comptot,- expected, and have arranged to stay here for three 11.o:101s.
street; at the end of which having stopped,. the men
leaped out, and having entered a house where he delayed FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL FETE AT
about a minute, be returned, and, after paying the fare, YtiliK —The important agricultural assemblage, et Leeds,
he took away the carpet with him. on Wcdinsday, was succeeded by an elaeant display in
When witness first saw him there was mud upon his this city on the following day, in the second grand annual
trousers and upon the carpet which he said had happened floral and horticultural exhibition, in the delightful grounds
accidentally. of the Yorkshire Museum. The rapid succession of these
Keys, the late officer, proved that on the day in question sort of meetings is a pleasing feature of the present times,
he was standing at the corner of Compton-street, in and gives earnest of a great advancement in those useful
company with England Goodson, son of the door-keeper and intellectual pursuits, by which the comforts of life shall
of the Court, when he saw the last witness drive past with be-enhanced, and a knowledge of natural science extended.
the carpet and the male prisoner in his cabriolet, and —York Courant.
suspecting something wrong, he ran after the vehicle, and EAS'f LOTHIAN.--In the eatly part of August
aserved that it drew up near to the corner of the street. the weather in this quarter was very propitious, and :tie
There appeared some mud on the prisoner's trousers, and partial rains with which we were visited, so far from in.
on his getting down, the carpet was put on his shoulder, juring the crops, rather have benefited them. About the
with which he entered into 73 in that street. Witness middle of the month the weather took a turn less favour-
delayed about an hour, watching the house, during which able, having rained at intervals exceedingly heavy, which
time he saw the prisoner Freegrove look out of the win- was occasionally succeeded by a strong sun and sultry heat
dew on the second floor. Having watched them such a _and in many places the crops were considerably lodged in
length of time, he suspected they might observe him, and consequence. Fortunately, however, they were well filled
he desired the witness Goodson to follow after the prisoner previously, and therefore less damage is to be apprehended
Kirby and another man who had left the house, and in than if they had been laid at an earlier period. Within
about holf an hour after he was joined by Fletcher and these few days the weather has assumed a beautiful and
Ballard, who searched the room on the second floor, settled aspect, and the prospects of the coming harvest is
where they discovered the carpet. The female prisoners rather more cheering. What the husbandman sighs tor
who were in the room were then taken into custody. now is a high temperature and an unclouded sky ; rain
England Goodson, stn of the door-keeper of the Court, might be dispensed with till after harvest—heat, too, is
corroborated the greater part of the last witness's state- wanted to swel the turnips, and to render the potatoes
ment, adding that when he followed the prisoner Kirby he mealy and large. The late refreshing showers have been
saw him go into Norfolk-street, Middlesex Hospital, and rather beneficial to the growth of the turnips, potatoes,
supposing that he resided there he left. On the follow- and pasture grass. Harvest commenced partially eight
ing Tuesday, having met him near st. Giles's Church, he days ago, by cutting barley in some early sheltered situa-.
gave him into the custody of a policeman. tions. The operations of harvest, so far as they were be-
Ballard went with Keys to the house in Compton-street, gun, have been consequently a little interrupted lax,
where he found the female prisoner on the landing place. showers ; but should the atmosphere set in calm and dry,
On their asking him what he wanted he said " I want reaping will be general in the course of the ensuing week.
that door to be opened," pointing to the front door. Wheat and oats are this year later than the barley. Wheat,
After some conversation between the women Freegrove - from the cold backwaad spring, is not luxuriant in bulk,
asked Bell for the keys, and they went in. On seeing so that hardly a single acre in any field is to be seen even
the roll of carpet he asked how they came by it? They partially laid by the weather ; but the straw is clean, of
both said they had bought it from a man in the streets, a firm texture, with a fine long ear, free of disease of all
but presently they said that a man having brought it in descriptions, and affording everywhere the most gratifying
and laid it down, he went away, and subsequently they prospect of an abundant crop. Barley has at the
said it had been brought in during their absence. They same time made great improvement, and promises to be
were taken into custody. fully more than an average crop. Oats are also gene-
The prisoners, by the directions of their legal adviser, rally good, and sufficiently bulky to yield a full average
declined making any defence, and they were fully com.
mitred for trial. return in the high as the low districts of the county ;
while pease and beans, both in straw and corn, are every-
Wm. Freegrove was next-charged, with the female pri- thing that can reasonably be desired. The potatoes, not.
toners, with stealing a desk, containing various articles of withstanding some partial failures, have still a very healthy
property, from the apartments of Mr. Riecards, a law and luxuriant appearance, and all that is wanted is fa.
student. vourable weather to secure a most abundant crop. The
Mr. Russell Martyn Riccards stated that he holds turnip crop never had a better appearance, through-
chambers in Furnivals'-Inn, and in the month of August out the county. With rare exceptions; every field pre-
test be resided at 37, Frederick-street, Gray's-Inn-lane. scuts a splendid appearance. On the whole, the
On the 6th of that month the desk was safe in his par- crops of the county have rarely exhibited a mere
lour; and it contained the two gold seals and the pencil- flattering prospect than what they do at the present
case produced, with many other valuable articles, which moment. So much rain cannot be over good for them,
have not yet been recovered. On the following
Thursday but improvement we should fain hope is close at hand; and
be missed the desk, with its contents, and about the same
judging from the sales of standing corn which have lately
time a gold guard chain was stolen from the mantel-piece
in the parlour. Witness also missed silk handkerchiefs,at least a fair average. At a late extensive
takenbe considered place, the majority oftheimcroeprisaboli
fen acret
httboi issaweneotrueanrtnye
nearness,
similar to those produced. sale, from I U. Lae to i 2/. per
bwaprillely realized
Miss Anne Latham, residing with her father-in-law, 36, for wheat; ill per acre for oats; and barley from 10/.
Frederick street, proved that at about eight o'clock on the to It/. 53. per acre. These, however, wereyetaorp,spricesgrowth
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day in question she saw the desk safe, and she missed it
about ten o'clock on the same evening ; she also missed the
gold guard chain. The door is usually fastened by a latch- wereapentei' at'
acre. Samples
d len t
.0s 'lcrt of
fC o
... markett.s average
" do
n Friday last. They were
lock, and witness believed it was so on the night in clues- considered very Ta' • I lie oats fetched 30s. per quarter,
tion. As there were no marks on the door, the thieves and the barley 38s. 6d. per quarter. Of all sorts of grain,
must have entered the house by a false key. there was but a moderate supply, and prices were bigher
Ballard proved that on the 17th August the male priso- on t:eNaoveTriaigEeit.—BScootittiNs/Dt Pilot.
nor ner Freegrove, and another man, entered the house while A
WAR.—The Missou-
he had the females in custody. He had previouslyse_eenmale
titans and lowaians are just now engaged iu a most san-
,_ euinary war upon paper, about the boundary line betvieen
watch chain and seals lying on a bureau, and oihi theou
brought
wi
Freegrove telling her husband what business
rr
eg
p t., The those two powerful empires. It seems that there is a small
ortion of territory over which the authorities of both
ness there, he said he knew nothing of
female Freegrove then said to her thehusbhaen..-Id'ys,cooau.
The pri. claim jurisdiction, and it is very evident that that portion
had better P
put your watch in your pocket, and di
toner then wanted to get out of the room, saying that
.it of the world is likely for a time to be governed too much.
The other prisoners also The tax-gatherer from Missouri has made his appearance
was not his, but his brother's.
had some difficulty in upon it, and the intimation is very plainly given, that if he
wanted to get away. and witn,
.cesasrching the male prisoner, again comes, quarters will be found for him in some gaol in
keeping them in. Keys, upon
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took the watch from him, and Fletcher took the desk, sue- lowa.
peeling that it must have been staler, as it appeared to have The Officers and Hon. Secretary of the Atli-
been forced open.
• e upon confirming the evidence of William White to be fined 10s. each far cruelty to asses ;
orals' Friend Society last week caused William North and
The other witnesses, 1 us. at Worship •
male prisoner said the watch, chain, and William Robert Mears to be fined
sorry
Mr. by him, and were his property.We were, however, sorry
and
cli Ise:ad:sn added,e r
were
o 0 u
e,
Gli • sear landlord of the I s in to find that Mr. Jeremy dismissed two important cases—
Compton-street, i„,ase street. for cruelty‘. to a horse.
oliveed that the Free Clarke, for having carried a
in the usual cruel way,
grovcs lodged in his the first against Thomas
about three weeks, and the other prisoner was in number of sucking calves in a cartd .
house
Mr. W. Glenpvri
d d V
- hanging an ang in
the habit of coming to see them occasionally. with their legs tied, and their hea . . g
said it was not wanton
Mr. TWYFORD ordered the prisoners to be fully cora- out of the cart. Mr. Jenremryactice ;
and dismissed the
mitted on this charge, but to be brought up again this day I cruelty—it was a codminfe
wasP that of Thomas Morris, of
for the purpose of having the evidence in six other eases charge. The second case
effence lie did not *
taken against them. ! great cruelty to a horse;, deny,
was the driver of the horse tb
Shortly after the prisoners were taken into custody an I and confessed that heealaso
that no other personeverone
anonymous letter was received through the post by Mr. 1 day of the offence;
unfortunately,•
required the Riccards, threatening his life should he dare to come for- it. Put Mr. Jeremy,
prose-
ward and prosecute. . cute,. to swear positively, from recollection, as to the per-
The Court was crowded the entire of the day waiting son of the which not being
offender ;
to be called on to give evidence in cases in which they as well as the other, was dismissed, with costs on the
were concerned. i Society.