The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-17 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

.MR COBBETT AND THE KENSINGTON TRUST.
Bow-STREET.—Yesterday at one o'clock, Mr. Levy,, one
of tholessees of the Kensington Trust ttimPike-roads, attended
brr a.Solicitor, appeared to answer to informations exhibited by
11r. Cobbett against the collectors of for exact-
ing from divers persons therein named, . three halfpence more
than by law allowed. Mr. CObbett attended to conduct his
eau, and at the invitation of Sir R. BiaNic took a place on
the Bench.
When the case was called nn, . the Solicitor for: the lessees
stepped forward, and requested that it might stand over until
.they could have, the assistance of Counsel. The notice they
bad had was very short, and it was a.question of such, vital im-
portance to the lessees, that be trusted there would be no objee.
MI) on the part of the worthy Magistrate to the application for
postponement.
Mr. Cobbett.—lt is of vital importaneti to the public as well
as the lesse6i, and more especially to the poor men, on whose
behalf I appear—namely, the proprietors of one-horse carts,
who have suffered shamefully by this system of extortion.
Mr. Levy.—Why you have never sufered, Mr. Cobbett, and
why need you be so warm in the cause..
Mr. Cobbett.--No; because they know me: I have threatened
to pull, them up ; and they are therefore glad to take three-
pence instead of fourpen( halfpenny.
Mr. Levy—Why, they let you through for nothing, sooner
Than be tronbled with you ; you know that you no sooner show
your face, than they call out, " That's Cohbett let him go."
Sir R. BUMF said he thought the notice sufficient. The
question, although certainly one of great importance, was a very
simple one,-and he did not see why it should not be at once
tone into.
Mr. Cobbett said, that several of the complainants came from
a considerable distance, and it would be a greit inconvenience
tp thfin to come again. Besides, the lessees, in the mean time,
would continue to pocket 61. or 71. a day, which was the least
they got by their extortion.
Mr. Cobbett amt r. Levy—You are a Jew I suppose.
Me. Levy—'
a .1 ew, it is true ; but you are neither Jew,
Christian, nor any other religion. You are an Athiest, as every
body knows.
Mr. Cobbett smiled, and observed; that what he had 'ad-
vanced in this office was strictly true. He had taken up the
business only in consequenc.e of an application pooreveral poor
men who were sufferers by the system. (inc man alone,
a gardener, had paid more than alls. iui ihree-lialiPences within
the last few weeks.
Mr. Levy.—Then I suppose yoa think he has 30S. the lesi to
layout in the.purehaseof.your two-peony trash, and that makes
you so warps in the cause.
MT. Cobbett (reddening).--You see, Sir Richard 'Ureic,
what a passion the man is in.
• Mt. Levy said, that with respect to the inconvenience to the
witnesses, he was willing to dispense with their attendance alto 7
tither, by admitting the fact of taking four.penee halfpenny,
aud..tha ground of their defence would, that they had a right

to do so. It was a stipulation in their lease that they haci such
a right.
- Mr. Cobbett.--I can tell you that you have no such right;
the act of Parliament deprives you of it.
The,Solicitor for the lessees said, that his clients were held
harmless by the statute, and the trustees alone were really re-
sponsible. •
Mr. Cobbett.—What part of the act holds them harmless ?
Solicitor.—The 7th clause.
Mr.-Cobbett.--It does no such thing. Pray who.ari•yoil?
Solicitor.—My name is Drew (we understood.) I have no
reason to be ashamed of my name, whatever you may have.
Mr.'Cobbett.—You-onght to be ashamed to own yourself a
lawyer, for it is plain you do not understand the Act of Par-
liament. The seventh clause has no more to do with the ques-
tion at issue than the unfortunate colour of my hair.
Mr. Levy declared that they were held haripless by that
clause ; and as a proof of it, they had been remunerated by
the trustees of other roads when cases had been decided against
them so that in fact the lessees could not gain or lose a farth-
ing by it.
• -Mr. Cobbett—l sarthe lessees have gained at least 20,0901.
by it.
Solicitor—Will you make good all that it falls short of that?
Mr Cob bett-No, I should betiorry to undertake any such thing.
Mr. Levy said, that he would undertake that between that
day and the final decision of the case, the additional three-
halfpence should not be taken; but of course, if it should be
decided in their favour, it would be resumed. They only
wanted time to meet the question properly.
Mr. Cobbett—Time ! you have had time enough. I told one
of your men I meant to pull you all up.
Mr. Levy asked what man ?
Mr. Cobbett.—How can I remember the face of any one of
your men, when you change them every two hours ?
Mr. Levy.--But you could have seen his name over the door.
Mr. Cobbett.---I did not look for his name, for I did riot
think such a step necessary; but I give you my word I told
him so.
Mr. Levy.—Your word! what is your word worth ? You
have been talking for these three years about your Gridiron,
but you are not broiled yet.
Mr. Gobbet,--No, nor crucified neither, nor de I wish to be.
Mr. bery—Perhaps not ; but you might be, without in-
justice.
Sir R. BIRITIE said he could not help thinking the propo-
sition of Mr. Levy al** one ; and if Mr. Cobbett had no very
powerful objeCtion to offer, the case should be postponed.
Mr. Cobbett.—Oh, in God's name, let them have the bene-
fit of Counsel ; do not deprive the gentlemen of the benefit of
Counsel.
Mr. Levy said the evidence of one person who had paid would
be sufficient;' one ease would, of course decide all the rest.
Mr. Cobbett.—Oh but that won't do. I want to get all
these poor men their money beck.
Mr: Levy.4.-In order that you may share in it, I suppose.
Mr. Sketchley (of Kensington) said, that as he was one of
the trustees, he should of course take no Partin the proceedings
in his Magisterial capacity. He merely, attended as a person
interested in, the question:: and he only,,wished to observe that
he was sure Mr.. Levy wished for substantial justice, and no
more. A• • postponement would enable him to have Counsel,
and then the question would be fully discussed in all its bearings. •
Sir It. Minim said he could, have no objection. He was
alwayshappy teaeeCounsel, anti to, receive: from them.
Mr. Cobbett said he had no objection to have it postponed,
provided it was fixed, for any day on•Which,Sir 11.,Dirniesat.
Sir R. BtittriE asked if Monday would suit all parties; and
was answered in the affirmative.'
Monday, at two o'clock, was then fixed for the hearing.
Mr. Cobbett; as he was leaving the bench, said to Mr. Levy,
,4 you are in the wrong, depend upon it; and you had better
take my advice, and give it up."
Mr. Leiry.--:•Take your advice ! Oh no, Sir, I am not such I
fool as that; I would not take your advice for a penny. You
have been wanting the people of this country to take your ad.
vice for many years, and if they had, we should have been in
the hands of the enemy before now.
illastsiosr-llonsE.—THE Onrumes or THE POlrAtts
SETturrts.—A gentleman connected with a public office at-
tended the Justice-room and stated; that he had seen the case
which had appeared before the public of, the destitute orphans
of the unfortunate emigrants to Pupil*, And was ready, if they
were girls, to obtain them admission into the Female Orphans'
Asylum. •
The benevolent applicant received thanks for his offer, but
was informeed, that 'the infants were alI three males. Some
benevolent lady sent 30s. to be applied to their use. Since the
statement of the case was made to te public, we understand
two of them have. been attacked by a disorder similar to that
of which, their parents died, a kind of flux, and are so unwell
that Captain Antrim has not thought it rodent to apply to the
parish officers for their removal from the place where they now
are-' No. 3; Norfolk-street, Blackwell, under the care of a
sailor's wife.
IhewIIOLESOME SAI.IIIOIC —On Tuesday the LORD
MAY oit received a letter, informing, him. that large quantities
of unsound and unwholesome fish. were exposed Jro sale at se-
veral of the. fish stalls in Fleet-market. The disorderly state of
the market was also complained of .in the. letter; and it was
stated' that` the keepers 'Of the stalls were en independent, that
the clerk of the market, avlioae duty it. was to seize all unwhole-
Some article's exposer_' for Sale, durst not speak to the owners.
The Lotus illar4n,sfut third „letter to the Deputy and the
Inquest of the Ward, with a request that the contents should
be Immediately. attended. to. Yesterday the Inquest attended
at the Justice-room.before Alderman GAR RATT (who sat for
the Lordllayor), and brought With thew two large baskets full
of salmon and salmon-trout, which they had
.that morning
seiied, as unietind, from the stall-of SI Mrs. Keebel, where it
was exposed for sale. •
As the Alderman 'wiihed to have the opinion of some acknow-
ledged judge of fish; us to, the quality' of that produced, Mr.
Myers, of St. Peter's-alley, the Lord Mayor's fishmonger, was
tent for, and called upon'to give•evidenee in'the case.
. Mr. Myers being sworn, examined the fish, the whole of
which he pronounced tube very' bad-; io bid, that it might pro.
probably breed a sickness in those who ate of. it plentifully. It
was not only out of season and in spawn, but it was stale; but
had it even been fresher, would have been unwholesome.
Mrs. Keebel being called upon to state what she had to say
for selling. such .said, she had been in the _habit of selling
fish for the last twenty years' and dining that time constantly
sold fish, like that Seized; without knowing it 'to he bad. She
said she had bought the whole of that seized at 4d. per pound.
the trout, and &l. per pound the gills, from Mr. Ricipaili, one
of the.," reopectableat" of .Billiogsgine.. She then , launched •
forth into some abuse of the large fishmongers, who, she said,
.when they could, e longer seal! queer" fish themselvoi.„ dis-
posed of it to small dealers, who were made to bear the brunt.
She had given 1/..115. for the fish, of which, though innocent,
it was to be feared she would be the loser.
Alderman GARRATT'eaid she might recover from the sales
man the money !the had paid for it; but it was certainly proper
that lie should be called upon to answer for having sold the flab
which must be destroyed.. The worthy Alderman ordered Mr.
Ridpath, the salesman, to be summoned instanter to answer the
charge.
The salesman soon attended, and on seeing the fish, ex-
pressed great sorprise that " such as that" should .hare:iteen
seized; and was assuring the Alderman that it was fit for any
table, whenhe was informed of the judgment that Mr. Myers,
upon his oath, had pronounced upon it.
The salesman then admitted, that it might, perhaps, be called
stale,. for it had been :more that 14 days. on its passage.from
Montrose. But, though stale it was not unwholesome, .as
Mr. Mitchell, a very respectable salesman, was ready to prove.
Indeed, the quality of time fish ought not to be pronounced
upon hastily, as there were now boxes More of the sane
sort on its way to.the market.
lilt Mitchell, who acknowledged hill:melt to be a Scotch miles-
mani then came forward to speak to, the quality of. the fish.
'_'tie Alderman declined administering the oath to him, as he
was evidently uninterested witness. Mr. Mitchell then. stated,
that some of the young salmon was nether stale, but though
stale, Wens not unwholetetne. •
M. Ridpath assured the,Alderman that a,little vinegar and
salt would take off all the staleness from such fish.
Mr,.llcist.xn—rYes. I have been informed that it stinking
leg of mutton, if boiled with charcoal powder, will come out of
the pot perfectly sweet; but I never those to taTthe experiment
Alderman GATIRATT Said it Was impossible, to hesitate it
the case, after the impartial evidence of Mr. Myers, 'and after,
the fish had been cut open.and shown to be full of spawn. He.
then condemned the.whnle as being out of`season, unsound,
i(;ufulsuUclhlWcohnoliensionidnictieg,Tahneap,aubpliosi lecp,tuytitobif
?or: rhcetedPofitilr°tlcithriehgeh,:
the act directed wouldibe Vetter for/further consoler*.
Mr: Wright, the Yeoman of BiUmgsgate-market, Wilt-then
, , directed to destroy the fish..

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS---(This D'Air)

LIBERTY OF TUE SUBJECT.--A case Of some
importance came before the Court this day, on
the motion of Mr. ANDREWS. It was as follows :
A person named Baker had been committed for
a fraud to a very comiderable extent on Mr.
Gustard, but by some means a Mr. Dallman, in
whose name the prisoner had obtained the pro-
perty had not been
.bound over to prosecute.
That gentleman, consequently was not in at-
tendance, and placed in this situation he, Mr.
ANDREWS, felt that he could not go before the
Grand Jury, and he now moved that the prison-
er might be detained In custody until the next
Sessions. After considerable discussion, the
Chairman said the Court could not interfere in
the case, which must take, its regular course. In
fact the Court had no power to detain the pri-
soner.

[PROCFEDINGS OF YESTERDAY.I
A DISAPPOINTED LOVER, ANI) THREATENED ASSAS-
SINATION or TUE LADY'S FATIIER.—It may be recollected
that in the month of September last, Victor Jaques, a young
foreigner, paid his addresses to a young Lady of property,.
daughter to Wm. Pollard, Esq., of Hanover-street, Hanover-,
square, when, in consequence of the ince...fence of the father, the
defendant provided himself with pistols, and threatened to as-
.sassinate Mr. Pollard, whom he was at that period in pursuit
of. He was then charged at Marlborough-street office with
the offence by Mr. Pollard, who exhibited anklet; of the peace
against him, and he was bound, himself in lOW., and two
sureties in 501. each, to appear at the Sessions; but it being
the intention to traverse the case until the ensuing Sessions,
yesterday Mr. Pollard and his daughter, a lovely young Woman
fashionably attired, and the other witnesses attended, and their
various affidavits were handed In and read over by Mr. Allen,
the Clerk of the Peace, in the Court, Miss Pollard and her
sister being provided with seats, and during the evidence being
read the attention of the Court was rivetted by the most intense
interest.

The affidavit of Mr. Pollard went to show,
_that a short time
ago the defendant, by some means, contrived to form an ac-
quaintance with his daughter, and they corresponded with each
other for some time without the knowledge of him (Mr. Pol.
lard), whO, on ascertaining the circumstance, did every thing in
his power to prevent an improper match, andto prevent further
correspondence between them, until he made proper inquiries
into his situation, and circumstances, &e: 'rite defendant find-.
ing that his daughter had absented herself from an appoint.'
nient, he called on .him, Mr. Pollard, to secure his sanction in
:paying. his addresses, representing that his family were reput-
,able' and he was in the annual receipt of between three and
four hundred pounds. However, on making inquiry, he found'
him to be an unequal match; andl being averse to an union, he,
urged the defendant not to continue his addresses; but he still
persisted, and provided himself with loaded pistols, with which'
.he threatened to assassinate him, and Mr. Pollard, in the pre-
sence of soma persons, he said that one or other of them should
die. The prisoner was ultimately apprehended, with the pistols
loaded in his possession, and taken to the police office, and
bound to keep the penice.
It appeared in Miss Pollard's statement, that on marriage
she was tObe provided with a situation in .a nobleman's fettnily.
The question was, to what amount of bail would he be re-
quired. to enter into for his appearance?
Mr. Co N sT.—Who is Jacques e is a Foreigner.
Mr. CON sT.—But what is he ?—A watchmaker.
Mr. Co xsT. —A master or jaunt ey in= ?—A journeyman.
Mr. CowsT.—Probably there will be some difficulty in hit
procuring bail, as ho is a foreigner.
Mr. A N Dimwit...4le had no difficulty in finding it before.
Mr. Nounun.— liUt he .prodheed two witnesses, who at.
tempted to impose on the Court. They were not housekeepers,
although he ultimately procured bail.
Mr. CoxsT.—lf that can be sworn to, we'll require notice of
bail, in order that it may be inquired into.
It being sworn to, he was ordered to procure sureties in the
same amount; on which Miss Pollard, with her father and
sister, quitted the Court.