The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-21 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

A short time back, a butcher named Heath, in the
London-road, was held to bail at this office, on a charge of
selling meat unfit for human food at ,his shop. On that
occasion evidence was given by which it appeared that the
carcase of a dead cow was observed in one of Lord Clifton's
carts at the door of a slaughter-house in Pearl-row, Lam-
beth, where it underwent the process of dressing, and one
portion of it was traced to Heath's shop, where it was cut
up in joints for sale, and the other was sent to Newgate-
market. In consequence of the account which appeared in
the newspapers, giving the particulars of the discovery,
Mr. Marriott, Lord Clifton's steward, waited on the Ma-
gistrates yesterday, at his Lordship's request, for the pur-
pose of explaining some circumstances connected with the
case. The steward then proceeded to state that at the
time the report made its appearance in the newspapers,
describing that the carcase of the cow was delivered at the
slaughter-house from one of his Lordship's carts, he hap-
pened to be in Ireland, and he was not apprised of the facts,
otherwise an application would have been made before at
that office. He then said that one of Lord Clifton's cows
died in consequence of inflammation, and that, being desirous
of having it taken off the premises as speedily as possible, he
(the steward) gave directions to Larkham, a man working
under him, and in his Lordship's service, to call in a knacker,
for the purpose of selling the dead carcase for dogs' meat. In
compliance with those directions a man, who described himself
a knacker, afterwards called and bargained with Larkham
for the dead cow, which was sold to him for 2/. that being

the usual price given by such persons, and that lie was ad-
companied by a man named Sittingbourn, living at Wands-
worth, who must be aware of his name-and address. The
steward then adverted to the circumstance of the dead cow
being brought to London in one of Lord Clifton's carts, and
said that Larkham had lent it to the man who described
himself as the knacker, without his (the steward's) sanction,
and that he was not apprised of the fact until he saw it
recorded in the newspapers. The act on the part of Lark-
ham was to be visited by his discharge from Lord Clifton's
service. -

Larkham, the man above alluded to, stated that he
made the agreement with the knacker for the sale of the
dead cow, and that when he came to fetch it away, he
said that he had no cart sufficiently large to contain the
carcase, and asked for the loan of one of his Lordship's
carts to take it away. He (Larkham) complied with the
request, under the idea that he was only going to take it a
short distance ; but some hours having elapsed, he was
surprised at the delay, and thought the knacker had
stolen the cart ; but he at length made his appearance
at night, and made some plausible excuse for his
long absence with the vehicle, but never mentioned a
word about his having been in London in the interval, or
that he had delivered the carcase of the cow at a butcher's
slaughter-house instead of at the knacker's yard.. He
(Larkham) admitted that he had acted wrong in lending
his Lordship's cart without the steward's sanction, but de-
clared that he was totally unconscious of what use the cart
was employed in until he was apprised of what had hap-
pened in London by the steward.
%Ir. TRAIL said that the employment of Lord Clifton's
cart without his knowledge of the circumstances might, after
all, be attended with some advantage, and lead to the dis-
covery of more important evidence in the prosecution of this
case than they otherwise would have had.