The Sun.
London, England, 1830-07-30 00:00:00

LONDON, FRWAY EVENING. JULY 30, 1830.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Mr. T. Old, jun., a fish-salesman in Billingsgate-,
market, appeared bfore the Loup MAYOR to answer
a charge made by Mr. Goldham, the indefatigable
clerk of the marker, for having exposed for sale a
quantity of putrid Irish salmon. •
Mr. Goldham had seized and caused to. be de.
strayed upwards of Io,ooolbs.' weight of salmon hi
the course of the last two days. If he had not
seized it, the public would, he had reason to believe,
have bought it all up; •and thus, allowing half a
,pound to each of the consumers, .20.000 persont,
would have run the hazard of being,poisoned..Hu
had caused a sample to be brou2ht up to show to
the Lord Mayor., the sort of article which had been
exhibited ,for' food. •
The Loan MAYOR, whose nose had already re.
ceived notice of the'condition of the fish, reiptested
that it might as speedily as possible be removed from
the justice-room. •
The defendant declared solemnly that he had no
idea,of the state of the lish when it was exposed for
sale;• and he candidly admitted the propriety of the

seizure.
' Mr. Goldham stated, that the defendant was
perfect judge of fish, and must, if he saw the salmon
in question, have been quite aware of its unwhole-
some condition. There was something, however,
calculated to alleviate the case. The salmon in
question would, most probably, be now sweet, if
proper skill had been exercised in the packing, but
the Irish did not seem to know how to pack fish,
and that was the more to be regretted, a, the Irish
salmon infinitely surpassed the Scotch in flavour, and
in fact could not be exceeded in quality by any sal-
mon knoWn to' this country, The defendant might
have calculated upon its freshness from the fact of
the well-known excellence of the salmon imported
from Ireland.

The LORD MAYOR said, that it might be of greet
utility to the Irish to know that they must learn
how to pack their salmon, or the consumption of it
in this country could not take place in the customary
way, but must be accomplished by the clerk of Bil-
lingsgate market.

Mr. Goldham said, that the freshness and excel-
lent quality of the Irish salmon would, in his opinion,
be effectually preserved if the exporters would use
much more ice, stow the fish in deeper boxes, and
transport it to London by steam. The Scotch pur-
sued this plan, and succeeded wonderfully ; and if
the Irish would in future abide by that example, the
English public would be very materially benefiited,
as the competition would reduce the price consider-
ably, and there would be always security for an ex-
cellent supply.
The LORD MAYOR observed, that the Irish were
not so negligent of their own interests as not to
take II hint by which they would be much benefitted
thembitives.

Mr. Ooldhnm said it was but lately they sent
over salmon from Ireland, and if they adopted the
Scotch mode their salmon would soon lower the
price. • The Scotch salmon was now received in the
London- market in 48 hours, and formerly it used
not to arrive until after the expiration of six or seven
days. He told the Lord Mayor that he would not,
in this case, press for a conviction, but if any other
case presented itself, he would request that the
city solicitor should be instructed to indict.
The LORD MAYOR said hb certainly should give
instructions to that effect, end permitted the de-
considered punishment.
Of late it has been the practice of well-dressed
thieves to watch at the doors of the coffee-houses in
the city, and to enter the moment they see any
snuff-taker enter, with the intention of stealing his
snuff-box. Many robberies have been committed by
this arrangement, for a confirmed snuff-taker gene-
rally carries his box loosely about him.
A young man, in a good fashionable suit of clothes
and a black crape round a white hat, .vas brought
before the Loan MAYOR, charged with having
robbed a gentleman named Ihrnwell of a silver gilt
snuff-box, which cost from 81. to 10/.

The prisoner chose to take the name of William
William: upon this occasion, but he is known well
by other names.
The prisoner was ordered to be brought up on a
future day.

.
am sixty years of age, and so far has misfortune re-
ducettme that I am almost careless as' to what my
fate may be.
A short consultation here took, place between Sir
R. Blum, Mr. Maple, and Mr. Stafford, as to
What geol the prisoner should be committed to,. and
it %Vas finally settled that he should be sent at one
to Newgute, in order that he may take his trial at
the next Old Bailey SessionS the delivering of the
threatening letter having taken place in the county
Of Middlesex.
The witnesses, Mr. John May, superintendent of
police, letter A, and constable Robert Mace, of the
same division, were then bound over, to appear in
court and prosecute the law with effect against the
prisoner Thomas Ashe, for feloniously writing a cer-
tain letter threatening to kill.and murder his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cmnberiand, one of his Ma-
jesty's subjects, tigainst the peace, &c.
The prisoner was then removed in custody, and
was soon after conveyed hi a couch to Netvgate by
Doti the gaoler. On the way through the passage
to the coach, we observed that ' the prisoner was
slightly ironed, a precaution not usually resorted to.
The investigation was hurried over, and neither
the let tet conveying the threat to kill and murder,"
itor the evidence wlich had, previou4 been taken,
were read. The cause, thi.;Yelkirc,--whiCh had insti-
gated the prisoner to write the letter, by which his
life is placed in jeopardy, remains to be explAued.
We believe, however, that the manuscript of which
the prisoner spoke a 4 necessary to his defence, was
sent' by hint to the Duke of Cumberland, coupled
with an intimation that its publication would be
suppressed on certain eonditiOns. These conditions,
whatever they luny have been, were not only not
acceded to, but the manuscript was withheld'from
the writer, which circumstance led to the thi.eai of
vengeance, which we understand was. very unequi-
vocally expressed. •
Mace, the officer, received directions some time
ago to watch the motions of the priiimer, who was
known to reside at Kensington. He wits accord-
ingly followed about from place to place, and on
one occasion Mace dogged him for a circuit of
nearly thirty miles. •The prisoner was frequently
followed to Kew, Richmond, and Hampton-court, and
on Monday week the oilicer received instructions
to take him into custody, which was accordingly
done within a short distance of Kensington. On
searching the lodgings of the prisoner (a miserable
back parlour, in the house No. 17, King-street,
Kensington), nothing was discovered to give weight
to the charge, and the only offensive weapon found
either at his residence, or on his person, was a small
sword stick, which he carried in his hand. As soon
as the prisoner was removed in custody, the evi-
dence: which had been taken, and the documents
connected with the charge, were placed in the pos-
session of Mr. Munk.
A communication was yesterday received by Sir
R. Birnie from the LOrd Chamberlain, intimating to
the Chief Magistrate that the Rev. Robert Taylor,
of notoriety, was expected to present him-
self at the King's levee, for the purpose of paying
his personal respects to his Majesty ; and as
it was not intended to allow the Rev. Gentleman
the opportunity which be sought for, the presence of
Sir ft. Birnie was desired, in order that be might
not tie permitted within the walls of the Palace. Sir
R. Birnie was accordingly in attendance at the en-
trance gate of St. James's, with one of the city
matslialmen, who is well acquainted with the person
or 0., -4,•• • • • • •
con to %eaten his motions while holding ?orth in the
city during the time that Alderman Brown was Lord
Mayor. The Rev. Gentleman, however, slid not
make his appearance, probably from the circum-
stance of his not having received any answer to a
letter which he had forwarded to Sir Robert Peel,
requesting the Right Hon. Baronet to introduce.
him to his Majesty. Sir Robert Peel forwarded his
letter to the Lord Chamberlain, who took the best,
possible means of preventing the intrusion of Mr.
had he presented himself for admission, as
Taylor,
hadb
ts
were
expected.
Directions also received by Sir R. Birnie to

prevent Lieutenant Gossett, of 'the Royal Navy,
from appearing, at the levee, in consequence of some
communications which that gentleman had for.
warded to Lord Melville, which were deemed awl
offensive deseription. Captain Gosfett, of the
Royal Navy, having presented himself at the en•
trance door where Sir R. Birnie was stationed, was
told that he could not enter, under the supposition
that he was the party whose exclusion had been or•
tiered. An immediate explanation, however, took
place, and the Captain was permitted to pass on.
Yesterday evening a tall fine-looking man, of a
military aspect, and apparently not more than 35
years of age, was brought before Sir R. I.3laNtx and
Mr. HALLS, by a police constable of the Camber-,,.
well division, who stated that the prisoner was
given into his custody at the Horse Guards, about
half an hour before by the Deputy Adjutant-Gene
rid of the Forces, for some threats which he had'

ield out to Major-General M'Donnell, the Adju,
rant-General.

Sir R. BIRNIE appeared aware of the case, and
asked the prisoner his name and profession ?—The,
prisoner replied that his name was Michael Sorigan,
and added, that he once had the honour of serving
his Majesty as a soldier in the 67th regiment of foot.
Sir R. Btu:qr.—And, I believe, you imagine
yourself in some way aggrieved ? Prisoner—l cer-
tainly do. I have been in the service of his Ma-
jesty &nee the year 1812, and served in India, in
the Mahratta wars, for thirteen years. In fact, ever
since 1 could raise a musket to my shoulder I have
been fighting for my King and country. Owing,
however, to an unfortunate dispute which I had
with a new Colonel, Lord Hill ordered me to be
discharged, My character, however, added the pri.
soncr, is unstained, and I know I never did any act
unworthy of a British soldier.

Sir R. Iltalstu--Do you know any thing of that
letter ?—(Handing one to the prisoner.)--Tho pri.
saner, after glancing his eye over the paper, handed
it back to Sir Richard, observing that he was not
bound,to make an admission which might criminate
himself.

Sir RICHARD 81RN1E...-Nor do I want you to do
so, my fsiend ; but the fact is, that this letter and
others written by you to Major-General MiDonl
nell have been placed in. my hands by General
Bouverie, and lam sorry to tell you that you are,
' now before me on .0 very serious charge, namely,
that of using highly threatening language , to Gen.
M'Donnell. Prisoner—l am sorry if anything
which 1 might have said or written to the General
should have been so misconstrued by him,
Sir It. lititanE--liut, my friend, there can be: no
mistake in the language of this letter, of which I
shall just read one passage. You say " I have only.
one life, and I can Assure General hPDonnell that I
care very little for that life, and if justice cannot be
found in any other way, my sword shall find it.":
Prisoner--Perhaps I meant that if my sword were
pointed towards my own breast, 1 should then get-
that justice in Heaven which I despair of obtaining
here. My enemies might then feel that I was an
injured man.
Sir R. BIRNIC—Yoit must not despair, my friend,
of -obtaining justice here ;
.but as you are a man
oleducation and talent, you should know that
this is not the way (holding' up the letters) in
obtain- the redress which you: look fur. -Ptisomir,
--But what am Itodo I' I have sought every