The Sun.
London, England, 1832-09-22 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1832.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION.HOUSE.

Mr. Goldham, the clerk of Billingsgate-market,
waited upon the LORD MAYOR, for the purpose of
making a statement in contradiction to a report
which had been extremely prejudicial, not only to
the poor fishermen all along the coast, but to every
individual interested in the consumption of fish.
The report he alluded to was, that the choler,,
morbus was promoted by the eating of fish,—a more
ridiculous statement than which could not be made.
The fishermen themselves, who lived almost entirely
upon the article, were pretty strong evidences of the
contrary, for thev worked away, and ate away, with.
out ever being affected by that or any other 'disease.
Fish, however, had undergone a sort of condemna-
tion, and the consequence was, that the most enor-
mous losses were daily incurred, as there was no sale
for the finest fish that was ever brought to Billings.
gate. Under these circumstances, he (Mr. Gold•
ham) caused a letter to be written to the secretary
of the Board of Health, to which the following an.
swat was reurned
" Central Board of Health, Council-office, Whitehall.

" Gentlemen, I have to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of this day addressed to the Central Board of
Health, stating the existence of a report which you be-
lieve to be wholly unfounded, but which is, nevertheless,
very prevalent, that there is something unwholesome in
fish, and that the use of it is calculated to Uicrease the
spread of cholera.'
" In reply, I am directed to state, that the report re-
ferred to could not have derived its origin from any sena
tory sugsestions issued by this Board, the members of
which, far from condemning the use of fish, consider it to
he, when fresh and in season, a wholesome article of food,
and of easy digestion.
" I am, GJalemen, your obedient servant,

" W. ➢IACLEAN, Secretary.
" To Mr. Grove, Mr. Ryley, Mr. Biddle."
The LORD MAYOR said, that he was aware of the
report, but he thought that, when the panic had
subsided, so unfounded a prejudice would have
ceased altogether. He regretted much that the
poor fishermen were driven to extremity, in conse-
quence of a rumour which had not the slightest
foundation; at the same time he must say, that he
never saw greater abundance of fish at any period,
at the tables at which he dined, than he now daily
witnessed.

Mr. Goldham said if the prejudice were to con-
tinue, the fishermen and their large families must be
supported by parochial bounty.
A porter, named Armstrong, was charged with
having committed a violent assault on the conductor
of an omnibus.

The complainant stated, that the defendant had
called to him, and wanted to get into the omnibus.
Witness observed that the man was in liquor, and
refused to let him in, as the respectable passengers
might be subject to annoyance from a drunken fel-
low. The defendant immediately struck him, and
knocked him down.

The defendant said he had a right to go into an
omnibus as well as any other person who had mo-
ney, and that of course the complainant had no right
to attempt to prevent him.
Mr. nobler said that the defendant was very much
mistaken if he supposed the omnibus proprietors
were compellable to take every dirty drunken fellow
into their carriages. There was no such obligation
upon them, and he hoped they would always so far
consult their own interest as to reject persons of such
a description. Indeed, if they refused to do so, they
might bid adieu to business altogether.
The LORD MAYOR ordered the defendant to find
bail; but the complainant was satisfied with an
apology.

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Mr. George Barton deposed that he was a friend
of Mr. Wooten, and was at his warehouse when the
letter-carrier called. Witne,s saw him deliver a
twopenny-post letter. He brought no other letter.
The witness added, that if a letter containing money
had arrived, addressed to the firm, it would have
been handed to him, and he would have opened it,
and entered the contents in the cash-book.
Mr. William Kempster proved that he resided at
Camden-town, and was a clerk in the Bank of Eng-
land. The three notes now produced—namely, two
for 100/. each, and one for 10/., were presented to
witness on Monday, the 3d instant, and he gave 210
sovereigns for them.
Mr. Peacock—By whom were the notes pre-
sented ?—The witness replied that, to the best of
his recollection, they were presented by two persons.
Mr. Peacock—Be so good as to turn round and
look at the prisoners.—The witness, having done so,
said he could not identify them. It was 1 o'clock
in the day when he paid the money, and at that
hour his attention was in general more than usually
occupied.
Mr. Peacock said that he did not intend to offer

any further evidence at present, with the exception
of a few words from Ruthven, the officer, for the
purpose of proving that both prisoners were without
moneyimmediately prior to the time that the money-
letter fell into the hands of Webb.
George Ruthven, the officer, then stated, that he
apprehended the prisoner Hurst on Tuesday last.
He told him that he met Webb in Newgate-street
on the 3d instant, nearly opposite St. Martin's-le-
grand. Bartholomew fair had just commenced, and
neither of them had any money, so they went
and pledged two handkerchiefs for a shilling each.
They then went to Peter Crawley's, and other
public-houses, and in about an hour after Web went
to the Post-office, and witness joined him when he
came out again.
Mr. Harmer submitted that there was no evi-
dence against Hurst, further than the mere fact of
his having been in Webb's company.
Sir E ROE—And his possession of the money,
Mr. Harmer.
Mr. Harmer—Oh, that money was left him by a
friend in Ireland.
Both prisoners were then remanded, the Magis-
trate observing, that as it was a case which he should
ultimately send before a Jury, he would not put
Messrs. Holdsworth to the expense and inconve-
nience of coming all the way from Bradford to Lon-
don until their presence should be required at the
Old Bailey. He would take it for granted that
they would prove having remitted the money
through the Post-office to Messrs. Wooten.
The prisoners were then remanded.
MARLBORO UGH- STREET.

Mary Willis, a decently dressed, middle-aged fe-
male, was charged with having sold the Poor Alan's
Guardian. She admitted she knew it was an of-
fence by law, but she said she could see no more
harm in selling that work than the Penny Magazine,
and similar publications. She was committed for
14 days.

Woods, Poply, and Hamilton, three young men,
were also sent to prison for the same offence.
Henry Hale, a boy about ten years of age, was
brought before Mr. CONANT, charged by his own
father with having repeatedly robbed him. The
father, who is a labouring man, said that his son had,
for some time past, evinced a most incorrigible pro-
pensity for thieving, and being but a poor man, the
losses he was constantly sustaining through the mis-
conduct of the boy, were a most serious injury to
him. A day or two ago he discovered that his best
Sunday coat was missing, and upon questioning the
boy, he found out that he had stolen the coat
and pawned it for ten shillings. The father, in the
most earnest manner, begged the Magistrate to deal
with the boy in any mode which would prevent
him from returning home again.
Mr. CONANT said he could take the offence un-
der the illegal pawning Act, but, after the expira-
tion of the punishment, he would be obliged to re-
ceive his son back again.—The father said he was
determined never to take him home again, for he
had forgiven similar conduct so often, that he was
quite convinced he would immediately resort to like
practices.

Under these circumstances, Mr. CONANT was
obliged to allow the evidence to be taken against
the boy for the felony, and to bind the father over
to prosecute. When questioned by the Magistrate,
the young culprit said, an acquaintance had per-
suaded him to rob his father. He further added
that he spent the whole of the money he received
on the coat in riding backwards and forwards to
Hammersmith in different Omnibusses.—He was
committed.

A LARK.—An old man, familiarly known as Jack
Blackburn, a sort of deputy cad to a coach-stand,
in Oxford-street, came to this office followed by a
crowd of persons who had been attracted by the
ludicrous spectacle he presented. Not a single fea-
ture in his face was visible, one side being smeared
over with some composition resembling blacking,
and the other completely smothered in a mask of
flour or whitening.
Having presented himself in the clerk's office, he
was asked the nature of his business by Mr. Fitzpa-
trick, the clerk ?—" Vy, I vonts adress agin Char-
ley Roberts for blacking my face," said Jack, hardly
able to speak for rage.
" Why your face appears to be white," observed
Mr. Fitzpatrick, who saw only one side of the appli-
cant.—" It's vite o' von, and black o' t'other," said
Jack, turning himself about; " and I vonts another
warrant agin Tom Harris for vitening me."
" Were you asleep when they did it," said the
clerk ?" No, I varn't." replied Jack; " I vas eat-
ing a bit o' grub, wen Charley Roberts came behind
me in a undermining sort o' vay, and sings out,
Hullo, Jack.' I cocks my head over my shoulder
to see vot he vonted, wen he shoves a whole lot of
blacking over my right cheek. Then Tom Harris,
afore I'd come to my proper senses, sends a double
handful o' summut vite, and smothers me a t'other
side; for vich I'm blowed if I don't pull both on 'em."
The whole affair, on further investigation, proving
to be only " a lark," and no other injury sustained
than what a little soap and water could remove, the
warrants were not granted.

QUEEN- S Q U ARE.
Yesterday a youth, named William Pearce Cook,
of No. 30, Anchor-street, Shoreditch, was brought
before Air. GREGORIE, charged with disorderly con-
duct, and creating a great disturbance, in the Broad-
way, Westminster, to the annoyance of the whole
neighbourhood.
}or some months past a number of theatrical ex-
hibitions have started in different parts of the town,
to which the charge of admission was one penny.
The performance of the play and farce generally
lasts from twenty minutes to half-an-hour, and the
company perform from four to six times in the
course of the evening. One of those theatres has
lately been opened in White-horse-yard, an out-of-
the-way place, near the Broadway, which has met
with great success, being crammed every time the
company performs. A soldier, named Harcourt, be-
longing to the Coldstream-Guards, a theatrical as
well as a military genius, determined to start an
nop-
position
penny theatre, and accordingly took an
empty place, No, 7,
in the Broadway, for which he
agreed to pay per night, and which was only a
few yards distant from the old penny theatre. lie