The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-20 00:00:00

GUILDHALL

The arrangement made at a private interview
between the LORD MAYOR and the deputation of
butchers, respecting the disposal of unsound meat,
and which promised so many advantages to the
butchers, does not work well, and seems in danger
of being defeated. The arrangement appeared to
secure to them,—first, the value of the unsound meat
as food for dogs, if it should happen to be noticed by
any meddling fellow before the sausage and soup-
makers came to market ; secondly, it spared them
the scandal and mortification of having their meat
roasted before their own doors; thirdly, it saved
them and their country correspondents harmless from
the penalties against selling, or sending for sale, un-
wholesome meat—this was a very material point;
fourthly, (and this was considered infinitely the
greatest advantage of all,) it saved them from having
their respectable names exposed and bruited about
in all the newspapers in the kingdom. Yesterday,
however, a journeyman butcher stepped in to rip up
and expose a thing which had been very snugly dis-
posed of according to " the arrangement."
This journeyman butcher, who gave Ins name
Joseph Spencer, applied for a summons against Mr.
Harris, of the firm of Harris and Challis, meat-sales-
men in Newgate and Leadenhall-markets, for selling
in Newgate-twarket yesterday morning, a lamb which
had not died by the hands of a butcher, and was unfit
for human food. He said this lamb was "a reg'lar
one, that had died by the visitation of God ;" and
seeing a person whose address he knew, buy the
carcass at 3d. a-pound, when, if it had been sound
it must have fetched 7d. ; he accosted him, and told
him it had died a natural death, and was a casualty.
The person thereupon declined taking it ; two con-
stables were called in, whom Mr. Harris beckoned
aside and spoke to, and then the lamb was sent away
for dog's meat. As Mr. Harris actually sold this
dog's meat for human food, he thought some notice
should be taken of his conduct.
Sir JOHN PERKING said, the applicant should have
a summons against Mr. Harris, free of all expence.
John Brown, a labouring bricklayer, was ordered
to find bail for his appearance at the sessions, charged
with ill-treating his female child about two years
ago, when he resided in Glovers'-Hall-court, Beech-
street. He had been out of the way since that time,
and the child had been maintained in Cripplegate
workhouse.
Ann Cheshire, the wife of the common hangman,
was brought up for re-examination, charged with as-
saulting four children.
A poor woman, named Cahill, who lodges in the
same house with the prisoner, in a court in Gilt-
spur-street, had complained that the prisoner came
home drunk on Saturday afternoon, and after knock-
ing two of her children down while they were play-
ing in the court, picked them up and threw them
down an area into a cellar ten feet deep, and then
flung two other children upon them. Neither of
the four, however, were seriously hurt, and as the
prisoner had suffered4o hours' imprisonment, the
complainant did not wish to press any charge. _
Mr. Alderman ANSLEY said this was such an out-
rageous act, that he could not allow it to be passed
over in that way, and he remanded the prisoner for
48 hours more, that she might have some punish-
ment, and that the mother of the other children
might come forward to complain, if she chose.
Yesterday, wheni the prisoner was brought up,
Mrs. Cahill was n the same forgiving temper.
Old Mr. Cheshire, assuming
an over-kind good-
natured manner, assured the Alderman she was re-
markably attached to children, and gave them many
halfpence, and it was because she had no halfpence
to give them on Saturday, and they therefore bawled
after her " Jack Ketcli',"'that she became irritated,
and accidentally knocked them down the cellar.
Notwithstanding her pretestations, the Alderman
would not part with her until site had given sureties
for her future good behaviour.
BOW-STREET.

Various complaints have been made at this office
by persons who have been robbed at the Insolvent
Debtors Court, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields,
at which place, it appears, a gang of thieves are in
the habit of attending for the purpose of plunder-
ing the public. On Tuesday last, a solicitor from

the country, who 1:a.1 business at the Court, had
his pocket picked of a purse containing upwards of
50/. principally in sovereigns; and on Wednesday,
Mr. John Scott, an elderly gentleman, residing in
the Lower-road, Islington, was robbed of a gold
watch, seal, and key, value forty guineas, while pass-
ing from the body of the Court to his gig, which
was waiting for him in Portugal-street. Mr. Scott,
upon discovering his loss, procured the assistance
of an active officer belonging to Bow-street, named
Wheatley, who, upon proceeding to the Court,
found two of the " swell mob" (tip-top thieves)

. . .
mixed in the crowd, apparently waiting for a fivour-
:able opportunity to " draw" the pockets of the un-
wary. Wheatley immediately removed them from
the Court, but not being enabled to prove that
they were convicted thieves, he had ro power to de-
tain them. The constant attendance of an officer
wonld prevent such depredations in future.