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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Mr. GoWham, the superintend-
ent of Billingsgate-market, yesterday attended to report to
the Lord Mayor that he Lad condemned 12,000 mackerel on
board a vessel as unsaleable, and had ordered them to be
destroyed. A Kentish farmer had offered a sum of money
for them as manure. It was not the practice to permit
bad fish to be used in any way after it had entered the
market, but he (Mr. Goldham) saw no objection to the
proposal, provided security were given that it was carried
bona fide into effect.
A specimen of the fish was exhibited, when the chief
clerk observed, that it was scarcely conceivable that any
one would purchase such trash as that.
Mr. oldham said, there was scarcely any food, how-
ever ha , which the poor would not purchase if they could
get it cheap. He was compelled to exercise his authority
omptly, in order to prevent them purchasing this fish,
though it was offensive to every one who had any smell.
This, however, was four days' old fish, and he thought it
proper to state, that the mackerel and other fish ut present
supplied to the market was excellent. Cale had been
taken to prevent any being taken out that could injure the
character of the supply.
Consent was given that the mackerel should be given
up for use as manure, provided one of Mr. Goldham's
officers saw it taken as far from the metropolis as Graves.
end.

GUILDHALL—GissoN v. LEE.----In this case Mr.
Lee was charged with having tbump'd Mr. Gibson without
either rhyme or reason. The parties are near neighbours,
residing in the same court ;—Mr. Gibson—pale, pudgy,
and past forty ; Mr. Lee—long, young, and about twenty.
Mr. Gibson deposed that as he was returning from a
walk on Sunday evening last, and just as he was passing
the door of the house :in which Mr. Lee lives, Mr. Lee
popp'd out upon him and began thumping him without
either rhyme or reason—cuffing him, first on one side of
the head and then on the other—until he made him ex-
tremely uncomfortable ; and therefore, as he would not
desist, but actually followed him into his (Mr. G.'s) ow❑
house, still continuing his cuffings—he (Mr. G.) got
somebody to fetch a constable, who " very candidly" took
Mr. Lee to the Compter. " That is my case, please your
Worship," said Mr. Lee, " and all I want is peace—for I
think it very hard that I should be knocked about in that
way, without either rhyme or reason."
The Alderman (Sir P. LAURIE) thought se, too ; but,
putting the rhyme out of the question, he asked Mr. Lee
the reason why he had cuff'd Mr. Gibson in the very un-
comfot table manner above mentioned.

Mr. Lee, in reply, gave both rhyme and reason—or,
rather, a couple of reasons, rhyming with each other ;
viz.—elevation and irritation ;—the one occasioned by

liquor and the other by love. " Your Worship," said he,
" I was devoted in liquor, and irritated at seeing Lint in
company with a young woman that I—please your Wor-
ship—that I "
" That you have been paying your addresses to ?"—said
the Alderman—thertby very charitably "helping a lame
man over the stile."

" Exactly so, your Worship," responded Mr. Lee.
"Aye, I thought there was either a lady, or liquor, in
the case," observed the Alderman—" and it seem* there
were both ; but, nevertheless, we must have the peace
kept between you. Is it true Mr. Gibson, that you were
in company with the lady ?"
"Why—yes, your Worship," replied Mr. G. "we had
been taking a walk together; but—"
" Then you are a widower, I suppose?" said the Alder-
man.—" I am, your Worship," replied Mr. G.
"And a housekeprr
.?" inquired the Alderman.—" I
am, your Worship," replied Mr. G. with a dignified and
self-congratulatory bow.
" Why, then, Mr. Lee," observed Us Worship, " you
must give up the lady; for I ant afraid, though you may
be a bachelor, you are no housekeeper, and an establish-
ment is a matrimonial desideratum with all prudent ladies,
you know."

Mr. Lee admitted that he was not a housekeeper—that,
in fact, he was nothing but a poor bachelor porter; " but
I shouldn't mind so much about the lady," said he, "
Mr. G. was not always chaffing with me about it."
" What, he taunts you with the preference which the
lady gives to him?" said his Worship ; and Mr. Lee hav-
ing replied " in the affirmative," as the learned say, his
Worship asked Mr. Gibson which the lady really preferred
the bachelor or the widower?

" That reposes in her own breast!" replied Mr. Gib-
son : " but, your Worship," be continued, " this has all
nothing at all to do with it ; for lie was thumping me last
Tuesday, and after it was over, he wilted my pardon, shook
hands, and promised to drop all nonsense—for that the
lady might do as she liked ; and I only want to know
whether I have not a right to talk to her without being
knocked about by him ?"
" To be sure you have," replied the Alderman, " and
he has promised, or I dare say be will, never to knock you
about again."
" Have you promised?" said Mr. Gibson—turning round
to Mr. Lee.—" I have," replied Mr. Lee.
" Very well—that's enough !" said Mr. Gibson—getting
down from the witness box ; and there the matter ended.
BOW-STREET.—Yesterday Win. Slaughter, a poor-
looking labouring man, was charged before Sir RICHARD
RIRNIE with stealing a large quantity of iron, the pro-
perty of Messrs. Want and Richardson, the great building
contractors at Uxbridge, who erected Covent-garden
Theatre.

It appeared that the iron in question formed part of a
train-road from the canal at Uxbridge to the grand junction
water-works, in the same neighbourhood. Since February
last, the prosecutors have discovered that the`• lost of this
iron no less than two tons arid a half, and they were at a
loss to account for its disappearance, until they received

information on the 21st instant that the prisoner was the
thief. A quantity of broken iron was observed by a la-
bourer in a ditch, on the road leading to Hounslow, and a
person having been placed to watch it, the prisoner was
taken into custody on the following morning, when he
came with a cart to convey the iron away. It appeared
that the prisoner had previously sold 103 cwt. of the same
description of iron to Wm. Christmas, a dealer in marine
stores, at Hounslow. This individual came forward as a
witness, but the Magistrate conceiving that he must have
been aware, from the appearance of the prisoner, and the
nature of the circumstances under which the iron had been
offered to him, that the prisoner could not have come ho-
nestly by it, directed Mr. Christmas to find bail for re-
ceiving the iron, knowing it to have been stolen.
The prisoner, in his defence, attempted to charge a
clerk, named Jordan, in the employ of the prosecutors,
with having sold the iron to him at the rate of half-a-crown
per cwt. Nu belief, however, was attached to this story,
and the prisoner was fully committed for trial.
Mr. Schutz, husband to Madame Schutz, of the King's
Theatre, who, it will be remembered, had been robbed by
a servant boy, named Tagliano, of money to the amount
of nearly 500/., appeared before the Magistrate, accom-
panied by an interpreter, to state that he had just received
a letter from the Major of the yens trarnierie at Milan,
intimating that in consequence of information received by
bins, the boy Tagliano bad been taken into custody in
Milan, and was about to be transmitted to this country to
take his trial for the robbery. The letter added, that
Tagliano had confessed the fact of his guilt, but stated that
the young man now in custody, Francisco Viganio, and
another young man, also an Italian, were concerned with
Lim in the affair, and had reserved to themselves the
greater part of the money. Not more thsn 100 francs
were found upon the boy.
Sir RICHARD BIRNIE immediately directed that a war-
rant should be issued to apprehend the third party, whose
name was mentioned in the letter, and remarked to Mr.
Schutz, that it was very well his wish had not been ac-
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ceded to with respect to tne liberation of Viganio.
lIATTON-GARDEN.—A young man of the name of
Thomas Owen, a journeyman baker, residing at No. 29,
Easton-street, Spa-fields, was yesterday charged before the
sitting Magistrates, A. S. LAING and W. L. ROGERS,
Esqrs., with indecently exposing his person.
It appeared from the testimony of very many respectable
and matronly females, and also from that of several of the
police, to whom the complaint had frequently been made,
that the neighbourhood of Spa-fields, and particularly
Chapel-row, was continually, night after night, for weeks
past, annoyed by a person answering the description of the
prisoner being in the habit of committing the above offence.
As soon as th dusk of evening approached, and the lamps
were lighted, he was sure to take his stand in some by-street
or court, and in that situation would suffer no female,
whether yoong or old,
to pass on, or even make their ap-
pearance, without offering them the grossest insults. It
was impossible for a female to sit one moment after night
bad fallen at a window, or stand at a door, without being
exposed to insult. It happened, however, that for a long
time no efficient steps were taken to restrain this outrage,
for he succeeded it, perpetually baffling the keenest observa-
tions of the watch, till Saturday night last, about half-past
ten o'clock, when Mrs. Surridge, a respectable-looking
female, and an inhabitant of Chapel-row, Spa-fields, was
insulted at her own door. Her husband rushed out at once
upon the prisoner, seized him by the collar, and gave him in
charge to the witch. Six female witnesses came forward,
who identified the prisoner as the individual who had so
long been in the habit of annoying their neighbourhood,
and from whom they themselves had often received very
gross insults, Some of them not having been able posi-

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tively to identify him in the garb he now wore, Mr. Laing
ordered his residence to be searched, and the different dresses
belonging to him to be brought to the office, which was
accordingly done ; and he having made his appearance alter-
nately in three several suits, was sworn to by all the wit-
nesses.

The prisoner's employer, a master baker, came forward
to speak to his character, and informed the Magistrate that
he was a married man, and a sober, regular, industrious
workman. He knew nothing, however, of the offence
with which the prisoner was charged, and consequently
could not disprove the evidence of so many witnesses who
came forward to prefer their complaints.

The prisoner was committed to the house of Correction
for three months.

AIARYLEBONE OFFICE.—John Rickey and Cor-
nelius Henwright were charged before Mr. Rawratisosz
with assaulting William Franklin and George Laws.
It appeared that a little after six o'clock on Sunday
morning, as the complainants, with a fellow servant, were
returning from Air. Whitbread's brewbouse, with three
waggons belonging to Mr. Wilberforce, jun., full of grains,
for the use of his cows, the defendants, who had been ca-
rousing all night at an Irish wake, made a desperate at.
tack upon them without provocation, and were taken to
the watch-house by Williams the beadle, and Skinner a
set jeant of the night, who saw the assault committed.
Mr. RAWLINSON ordered the defendants to give bail for
their appearance at the Sessions, but said the circumstance
would not have taken place if Mr. Wilberforce's men had
paid due regard to the Sabbath.
MARLBOROUGII-STREET.—Yesterday a middle-
aged tnan, of very respectable appearance, named George
Goalie, one of the principal assistants in the establishment
of Mr. Kinneav, an extensive manufacturing goldsmith and
jeweller, residing in Frith-street, Soho-square, was brought
before F. A. ROE, Esq., the sitting magistrate, in custody
of Westcott, the officer, charged with robbing his employer
of quantities of gold, &c. on various occasions, and Rutert
Fenn, also a respectable-looking man, a gold refiner, re-
siding in Gray's-inn-lane, was charged with receiving of
Cooke the property su stolen, well knowing it to have been
dishonestly come by.
On Saturday last, a young man, one of Mr. Kinnear's
apprentices, discovered some grounds for suspecting Cook's
honesty, and determined to watch his movements after he
should quit the warehouse that evening for the night; ac-
cordingly, without saying any thing to Mr. Kinnear about
the matter, the young man followed Cooke when he left
to go home, and traced him to the shop of the other pri-
soner (Fenn), where he went in and stopped a short time.
When he came out, the young man also went into Fenn's
shop immediately, and asked Fenn if he knew the person
who had just then gone out. Fenn replied, that he did
know him very well, that he was a working jeweller on •
his own account, and, as he understood, a very respectable
man, and that be had had frequent dealings with him in
that trade. The young man then told Fenn who the pri-
soner Cooke really teas; that he was in the employment
of Mr. Kinnear, and asked if Fenn had ever bought any
gold of him. Fenn replied, that he often had, and that he
had purchased some of him just then. The young man
said that he had no doubt but that the gold so purchased
hail been stolen from Mr. Kinnear, and asked to look at
what Cooke had just then sold ; but Fenn positively re-',
fused to show it, saying that he was prepared to explain
his transaction to Mr. Kinnear or any body else at any
time. On learning these facts from his apprentice, Mr.
Kinnear had Cooke taken into custody, and procured a
warrant to search the premises of Fenn, which was accord-
ingly done by the officer; but nothing was found that Mr.
Kinnear could identify as his property, and Fenn was di-
rected to attend before the magistrate to give some explana-
tion of his conduct in the affair.
The Magistrate now questioned Fenn as to his know-
ledge of and connexion with Cooke.
Fenn said, that he had no wish to conceal any thing
about the matter, and then went on to state, that he had
known Cooke for nearly six months, and had, during that
time, repeatedly purchased gold of him, sometimes in lumps,
arid at other times in what are called by the trade cut-
tings," and some of this latter sort it was the prisoner sold
to him on Saturday evening. lie always, he said, on.
derstood Cooke to be a respectable man, working as a jew-
eller on his own account, but he never knew, nor did he
ever inquire, where he resided.
Air. ROE asked Fenn if he kept any hooks or regular en-
tries of his dealings in transactions of this kind ? Fenn re-
plied, that indeed he was very sorry to say he never had
kept any books in his life.
Mr. ROE asked him what he bad done with the gold he
had purchased of Cooke on Saturday evening? He replied
that he had since melted it into one lump.
Mr. Kinnear was now sworn, and he said that he as
fully believed Fenn to have purchased the gold knowing it
to be stolen, as he did that Cooke actually stole it, and
upon this both prisoners were remanded for a future exa-
mination, one to Tothill-fields prison and the oth i to the
Hour of Correction, to prevent any communication between
them.

A young girl, named Sarah Laurence, was brought
from St. Pancras watch- house, where she had been taken
the night before, for shelter, by a watchman, who found
her at an unseasonable hour in a state of exhaustion, lying
on the pavement of one of the roads about Camden Town.
On being questioned by the Magistrate, she said that she
was a native of Abingdon, to which piece she had been for.
warded about a fortnight ago, by the parish officers of St.
James's, here in London, who paid her passage down by
the waggon ; but the parish officers at Abingdon, when
she got down there, refused to do any thing for her, or give
her any relief, but seemed anxious to hurry her away again
as fast as possible from the place. After remaining there
for three days and nights without food or lodging, she was
obliged to come away again, and beg her way back to London,
where she arrived two days ago, quite exhausted, and had
scarcely had any refreshment since. She had been, she
said, at service in a good situation at Oxford, but she was
seduced away from there by a student of Wadham College,
who brought her up to London, and after living with her
a short time, quitted her, and is now gone out to India.
Mr. Roe ordered the parish officers of St. James's to
take charge of the girl, and when they sent her down to
Abingdon again, to give her proper instructions how to
proceed there, to enforce her right of settlement.
WORSHIP-STREET.—Yesterday two boys named
Thomas Duffey and Henry Thirlwell, not exceeding 14
or 15 years of age, were examined before Mr., Bt.NErr,
charged with stealing a cow from the premises of Mr.
Irwin, in the Kingsland-road, a cow-keeper.
The prisoner Duffey, it appeared, was in the service of
' another cow-keeper, named Stephenson, but ran away
some time since. The cow in question, the finest animal
of between 50 and 60 in Mr. Irwin's possession, was
missed from a shed on his premises, where she was stated
to have been secured on Wednesday evening about eight or
nine o'clock. Young Duffey was proved to have returned
to his master's (Mr. Stephenson's) premises about ten that
night, where he forced the lock of a cow-shed, in which
he tied up Mr. Irwin's cow.
Duffey declared he had found the cow straying in the
road ; but it was stated on the other hand, that Mr. Irwin's
cows were never turned out to gray, and that the animal
in question was tied up to the manger that evening. The
prisoner was well acquainted with Mr. Irwin's premises,
having slept there several nights, and the prosecutor con-
jectured that he had merely taken the cow to Mr. Ste-
phenson's shed fur the night, intending to take her away
early in the morning.
There was another charge against them, of taking away
a very fine goat from the premises of a Mr. Goodwin.—
They were remanded.

SAILORS TURNED ALDERMEN.--The
schooner Tantivy, which arrived here on Wednesday,
from Zante, while coining down the Mediterranean, had
the good fortune to fall in with a tleet of Turtles, of which
they secured twenty-five. Turtle soup became the order
of the day on hoard. The crew fared sumptuously, until
satiated with their new delicacy. Two of these fish, were
brought home alive. The remainder died, or were eaten on
the passage. —Devonport Telegraph.

STATE of TRADE.—We hear many com-
plaints from the neighbouring county of Lancaster of dull
trade, and a partial reduction in the already low wages of
the cotton weavers has, in consequence, taken place in
some districts ; happily this depression has not reached the
staple trade of the West Riding of Yorkshire, where the
woollen cloth and the worsted-stuff business are in a 'whole-
some and thriving condition, though without any extraor-
dinary briskness. Much praise is due to Ministers fur
having made it distinctly understood that the inquiry by
the Lords' Committee, relating to the price of wool, is not
to end, at least for the present, in a duty on the importa-
t"i,oonnboi fnottha:avaer
t e and
uncertainty distress ° n
this
subject
trade. We must guard our manufacturing readers against
tfiacilled t o Any
ti unsettle se t
any apathy on this subject; an endeavour is making before
the Committee to inculcate upon them the belief that the
importation of foreign wool, of a low quality, may be safely
prohibited, or made subject to a heavy tax, and if this
evidence is not rebutted by still stronger evidence on the
other side, the consequences will be very injurious. It
should always be recollected, that if the judges in this case
have a bias, it is not towards the manuf • acturmg interest,
and that the evidence in favour of that interest will re-
quire to be very strong to produce conviction.... Leeds
Mercury,