The National Register. — London, England, 1822-12-22 00:00:00

-.IP TIANI:LtIIII'S. . . . B. G. Spedding. Jun. lttekmaniwortii, Herts. coal merchant. Solicitors;. Messrs Kirkman anti Co. Cannon stmer. .1. Diluent:a. Drayton in Halm, Salop. 'Hooey erivt.ucr. Sot Mr. Basler, tiray'.s Lin Mac.:. J. Crisp. Ce.isenhall, Suibilk, shopkeeper. Sul. Mr. Cufaudc, Noit'olk :nicer, Strand. S. Knipe. Liverpool, merchant. Sol. Mr. Willett, Essex. St.eet, "ftaapp. t.. Itoylunce, Liverpool, merchant. Sol. Mr. IHason, New Bridge Street. H. L. Bennett, Liverpool, tobaccoi.i4, Sols. Messrs. Swain and Co. the Jewry. J. H. Seward, Leominster, mercer. Sul. Mr. Bach, of Mr. Coates, Leariamstcr. M. Pile, jun. Sitlinouth, Devonshire, cabinet maker. Sol. Mr. Lys. I intilti's lon Flack. I. Jul...es and It. IVe.ton, Nfanchmter, hop dealers. MCWIL Willis and Co. Thro.onorton Stru..r. DIVIDENDS. Dee. fn, W. Law, C.;,7t14111i3114.11i;er5, ThroTnor ten Street, ntetenant—Jau. 7, J. hay and J. Sprauwell, l avi tuck Street, eutret.t Gamer, drapers-7. It. I'. kiwi°, Klut Street, Grilft. lan ale Inewer—l J. (.o.ton. Henry Street, Ilaktipmead 6.1144 'l'. Rezty, Suntn welch:int-20, S. snropAtire, broker-15, It. and L. Edleston. cotton tuanul'acturers-27, J. ItentlalL Ilridpurt, ;; ; f. CLItTIFICATF.S to be granted Jan. 7. J. Oetnet:ce, junior, Nurti.u.oserlanl Strea, Matylctrone, cari,:•uter—lt. lleutsey, Whitecroa Street, St. tiuther wictataut. Lair lATELIIGEXCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. (Siain9a briars tha Lord Chief Justice.) BDINDAY, DEC. IS. THE KING V. slit NA I . IIANIEL CoNANT, COLLINS, AN) MILLS. This case has been already haute the puMie, and this was n ucw trial of the indictment ou which the defendants were found guilty. Mr. Soulett stated, that lie appeared as Counsel for Mr. J. Meek, a much injured sod meritorious individual ; one of the magistrates, !sir Nathaniel Conant, was dead. He slid not mean to cast reflections on the dead, fib-thee than that the facts themselves usual impugn Lis memory. The charge in this ;e -die talent contained ate imputation of siii;s- or motives on these defendants, in refusing to grain Mr. Mee.: a licence, either from norrupt motives or from personal pique or prejudice.— Tile public peace. the morals, and the tranquillity of his Ma jesty's subjects, depend oti the pure administration of publics justice. No individual was to be placed at the mercy, or the (-e e riest; or prejedice, of any man, however high, who was in triode:it ailb the adiainietrnt• of the law. Was a man, as iu this case, without imputation on his character, to he ruined end blasted in his prospects and character ? Mr. Meek pur chased in ISIS the lease of a public house in St. John-street, Clerkeuwell. Ile bestowed touch espence in putting it in re pair. The character of the house itself was without reproach, and the defendant challenged the strictest scrutiny tutu his previone character. having expended 12UUL which was his whole capital, he approached the magistretes of Clerkenwell with Facet coulitletice that lie would obtain a renewal of his licence. On the 3it of S:diteinher he was called into s private rosin, and told his licence was suspended, without any cause being assigned, althengli there had been individuals who had previously inspected the premises and found no obj• et ion, ex there being two doors, nail he agreed immediately to abut out of them, although he knew every house in the street bad two &tore, mid particularly a brewer's house next door, and to this day cud to this hour he did not believe that was a ground of objection. New, whatever tats ht be swum this day, or might have been sworn before, he ( Mr. Seal-lett) would never le-Hose any but partiality and eutrupt mut I l's. Two magic. t. apes had previously reported this house a fit one to be li censed, but these defendatits, without any ostensible reason, thought proper to refuse. Ile applied to thran again and again. Sir N. Conant pleaded ignorance of his case, mind desired him In apply ag-du. lie produced a petition and cut tificate of good segued by nearly the whole parish. The case was ' •rlly decided on, and this man obliged to shut up Ida house e •pproached the magistrates in 1517 with a petition, not only signed by all the h unstaliles, but by alt the respeetable ira.e:iitauts, that this was in every respect a lit house ; and Mr. Meek has since had a licence fur another house. One treat O .-et of the le oslature• was to prevent persons hat in, any v....election a ith hiewe.a influencing their motives in granting le ion ; acid althmigh magistrates may nut be brewers, yet L. some strenge brewers could obtain licenses for tin is Louses when no persans independent of the brewers could be licensed. COM alUll al-use would say, if there was the ale. saute of all prolmble cause for refusing a lioeuce, the inevitable cooclusiors of the Jar, would be to infer either malice, par tiality, or other corrupt unlit. One of the magistrates asked only one quostiun, which was—What brewers he dealt with? Ile believed he should lie able to prove that Mr. Lucas, a brewer, was present on these ItaaSiall>l. Vt by he should be present. the leaned Counsel slid not know. It occurred to a pet sou who had left oft dealing with Meux, on being refused, le give an order tor live butts of beer, and then his license was gl mated. Collins, one of the def nitaide. went into an explars lion with one of the parties refiracil tt licence on the subject rd a couvereation between Min and a hiewer, as being a cause for his not succeeding. lie should show du same corrupt influeuce at work, and that covert and undelhanduess which made it only the s u ite critteual. Ile slioniti allow that men of the most inliwous cLarectes could ohlaiu Iterates if they dealt with the brewers. Was a itur a ietrate to usual' the umpire of dispoerd of the fortunes of individuals, cud wiap himalt isi mystic obscu rity, refusing to assign aiy CUM.: t Ile would not Moe f..c Gentleinen of the Jury coati any neap tissue suapieion, but Le must s ty that the UMW prulourii la. Li; in them to chow that any &oral metier esi.ded. The 1e..10 wes Ibis : the Mew ef bad a profit rat every bait of beer he cold ; and thus, by li-Olse corrupt meter tatidtng between either the brewers, or their servants, the Ma eistrates, un di teliesiee t eir duty, and its disparage• seeet Si the purity of podclic jsst.ce, lent thetas dyes to the pri •ate iateraara of one paity to the fran of ineritinious iudivi .l{lo3. Mr. James Meek, exaedned by the Common Sergeant.— Witne.s per. hissed, in 141 i, * It•nse of Ile Green 31)11 public hon.., to Joha-streot, Clot Lto.t C tve 3401. for the tow —list tees lAA/. sie a lel in ,2401. understood it Lad Leen .. to...u..ed tut 2OJ 'cat, Ihscittnd '4 4 16 L ;" -1911 ‘, •. 'AO I • .11" 01 .-,- . THE NATIONAL REGISTER of the premises, and the etitt.rations which were made. When witness first came into the pc raises, the sale was two butts per month ; at first dealt with Steerlock and Co. afterwards Melia, Reid, and Co. This was in ''larch, It;15 ; lie first %v cut to Altus, and continued until September of that year to deal with them. This was among the most convenient houses in the trade. Witness's liernee was renewed in Sept. 1815, without the least thiliettlty. II • named the same law;istrate, defendants on this ititlicameta, and- two others, attending the granting of licencus. The &att.:lit eucreased (root September 1815, fruit two butts to betwixt three and fuer, to the end of his ilealiwr with Meux, Reid. mat Co. and so on to ten butts ain.l a half: lie then dealt with Barclay, Perkins, and Co.— Iu the course of 1816, engaged a man named Rawlins to draw the beer, who was under witness's control, and was to leave, by agreement, within five days' notice. He left WitileSS ' S ser vice about June 1616, a year alter witness engaged him. After that witness managed it himself, until the September of that year. Transferred his getteral account front :dux and Co. to 1l cloy aud Co. Know a Mr. Lewis, tuatragiug clerk to Meux and Co. Mr. Gurney objected to what Lucas said to witness. The Comatnu sergeant said he should prove dissatisfaction expressed, and ibis wad as indictment for couspirucy betweeu these defendants aud dicers persons. Mr Scarlet, said it wits Wit to make what witness said evi dence, only th•tt a disardis.hebon was expressed. The Lord Chief Justice did not see bow there wan any con nexion betwevo Lucas and defendants, and it war to he wads either admissable evidonee or not. 'When this witness was made to be connected with defetielants, that would alter the cue. The Common Sergeant.—Laces was the Agent of Meux. Vitne., proceedect.—Ou the 3d of September, ISIS, he at. tended the at CIL:Ohl:MVO!, with other pub licans, fur their licences—a pptr was sent etiwn with tqe names of person , ' whose licences were suspended until ISIS-- amongst these his own was one. Witness did nut see any of the magistratos on that day. Mr. Cuckerill came to v...iteas's house that bight, in company with the High Constable, and made a mintatb examination cf his house. Witness asked if there had been any complaint made against him? The answer was, they had never heard of any thing disrespectful of him, quite otherwise. Mr. Cockerill asked whether witness had ever given any premium for his goodwill? Witness answered he hail not. 'fold them be bad discharged Rawlins—a guinea a butt was a fair and regular profit—asked if there was any foun dation for refusing his licence! Then asked the High Constable if it was necessary fur victuallers to petition where there was no cause assigned for re using a licence. He answered, tha only remedy is shutting it up— it would be of no use petitioning. Thomas Hills was die High Cnnstnble. He said he wished to sot every thing to rights. It was understood there were two doors iu the front, and that circumstance was pointed out to the magistrates. Vs itness told the Zmegistrates he had nut made any new door. and that, if it was net according to their %%ids lie bad no objeeti in to shut it up.—W itness alluded to other houses in the same street—the Queen's Head, which had two doors, nod others within a hundred yards of witness's house.— They theta left his premises. Previous to their departure he shelved them his teperoom, which was large enou g h to hold 40 or Ott persons. After the gentlemen left the house the High Constable returned in about live minutes, mid told witness he n eed not stop business till after the adjournment. NN'ent again before lie magistrates on the (bib j the defeudent and the Rev. Dr. Cosi:eine, Mr. Cockerill, and Mr. Lewis. One of thew Th e *newer was, .‘ Yes, another day, on the 21st." Witnes then got a petition and certificates prepared, which he produced, s i gne d by the ehurchwnelens, and all the inhabitants but one, who was out. Oa the :Seth of teat month saw Sir N. Conant at ih e F re emasons' Twice n, when he had a conversition with him about his licence. lie said lie recollected nothing about it, he asked what brewer lie dealt wills. 'fold them liatelay and Co, Offered to Koehler the brewers' and distillers' Leeks. The consumptien of beer was not quite 201. a meth. Tiley told whitens they did not want to see either brewer or distillers' hooks. Mr. Coleville said to one of the inagisttatee—.• Sir, gnu know 110iiii og of the Cise." Witness was then ordered to withdraw, and went. 11e contianed out of the room, perhaps for ten minutes, and was then ordered in again, when Sir N. Conant cline into the room, and spike to Mr. Collins, who was claw man, and witticss was agaiii ordered to withdraw : was out of the r . iu ten minutes or a quarter of as hour, when an order came out iIIAL his licence was stopped. lie waited till after the cases were gone through, and then went into the ma gistrates room, and asked if there was soother adjou.nment.— did nut know witness, or where his house was situated ; but, if witness would come to the Sessions 110U.4e fleet inoeniog, there were eonw objections to prefer against bim, stet be would do every thing in his power to nettle it. Weed ou the 21st and saw Mr. Richards, clerk to the magistrates, to whom Ile de livered the petition and certificates—was called into aroma about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour after—there found Sir Sir K. Conant and Mr. Coact ill, and believes other magistrates —Sir Nailiaitiel sold the Cheirmen Wing absent, they could met totter auto the business ; iiOUl that September to September fallowing be resided in that house, without following his busi- Dees —applied iii September, 1817, by petition, si „tied Ly every one of the iiihabitants—and wits then attended by Mr. Hender son, witness's solicitor, since dead—witness was then called before the whole six ice:gib - trate* that were there the year before—Mr. lleuderson asked the reason why they would not grant my liceuue, sod he would take it for granted they had some good supposed the reason was known to the co 1111 l titter of the I louse of Commons—Ate reason the magistrates gave was, lois dealing priucipilly in spirits, and not malt liquors —Once of the magistrates said in answer, that they had never given any reason at all, and would not: the magistrates asked who this Ilentlersun was, and said they did not allow solicitors to interfere for licensed victuallers, or to address them 011 the subject—witness and lie then withdrew. The actia - g constable then wort in again with witness, when Mr. Collies asked bim if he lied any thole disrespectful to say of witness—the visiting constahlc said euthiog hut what was to Lla prise—as visiting constable, lie oiled *peek tie more to the purpose than any body else—he alluded to the Swan opposite, sod said eduiesse r s was a very ready coadueted beuse. The magistrates teen told Rohins, the cmiateide, that if lie had nothing dierespeett'ul ti speak of witness he might eu away—witness's licence was again refused—he applied again in Sept. 1515, for a renewal ; the same sir, including the Ater. Dr. Owen sat—witness (lieu preeeuti d lestinioaiels with petition, iu which the inhabitants of Si. Jawea's Parisi& juieeil those of St. John's. Those certi licak.e were signed tech soar by the Rector of the parish, stated his losses and pa ivations, but was again refused. Ap plied agile in Septeenser, A gentleman of the name of Weeks hod j .itted the mei:esti-ate* of the preceding year, Lenient his petitiem and ceraccute signed is before, and made his application, stiothe his ruined eh rents , anees. Sir N. C meet said I am one of the magietretes, anal I object to your petiiiee, on 0•C g.iniod that your petition is false ; bat I did tueuti.et ii what particular it was false j told Lim he was ♦. we ..111. 402 AUX TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITF:IIAI.I., DEC. 16. .r King has berm victor:A to appoint Sir M. S. Stewart, of Bliiektiall, lint. to be Lieu:en:int and Sit:Tiff l'iincipal of the olliteof itctiftew, in the room of Lord Blantyre, re•ignel The King liasbeLn plettist..l to appal,: .1. Kay, Esti. Advocate. to he Shtfitt . I fepute of the t, ire t.f I.i%lithgtitv, 111 the room of J. li. Macleozie, aiipoir.l,l a Linda Kesaiou it SCUI LUIII • • act aware bat that every word was strictly true, and if they would point out any thing, but licence was tint granted ; witness moat solemnly swears, that every word of the p e titio n was strictly true. In S. lite:Wier, 181ki, saw Luaus; m ISt7 saw Mr. Willis, the mana 6 ing clerk to Meux and Cu., at Clerkim well, at the door of the room occupied I y the sitting magistrates. —When he went for a renewal, in 1617, Dell was there, with Willis and Wigram. Ile saw W lino take a card from his pocket, and having written the name of Wigram, he sent it into the ma ,istrate. room by the door-keeper. Sir N. Conant soon alter returned to Om magistrates. A commuuicati•,n took placu between %Vigram Jlll.l 11 111'18, and !Ml ' s licence was rip. itwed. Ibis brewers at that time were Messrs. Meek and Co, —After he had received his licence he went to a public hugs. with Willis. _ _ The petitions of Mr. Meek for the renewal of his licence, in the years ltilli, 17, IS, and 19, were then put in and read. Mr. Meek, ou his cross examination by Mr. Gurney, said, he paid hie attorney's hill without 'mai:stance. Since the last trial he hid received 5t.101. from the Committee. Thomas 11111, High Constable of the Finsbury Division, its 1816, stated, that Mr. illeek'e house was always conducted with the greatest regularity. 'flue pleintill'a Gate closed. The .solicitor General addressed the Jury for the defendant, Mr. Collins, and Mr. Carney for Mr. Mills. The Lord Chief Justice sunimcd up the evidence, and left the Jury to decide upon the question, whether the dehmdants had been influenced by the brew era, and had hoed corruptly. The Jury retired for five minutes, stud, un their retutti, found the defendants not guilty. The trial lasted from ;.alf put nine in the morning to near seven in the evening. WEDNESDAY. DEC. 18. DSTIINAL GREEN PARISII.—MAY V. CND' IN. This was en action against the defendant for distributing li bellous publications upon the defendant's character. The plaintiff is vestry clerk of the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green, and the defendants are inhabitants u the same parish. Some time previous to 1820, a committee of several inhabitants of St. ]latth•ew was formed in the intetest of a Mr. Metcalf, to oppose the election of th.• plaintiff as vestry clerk fur that year, of which committee the defendant was the prin cipal. Several publications were issued and disc dieted through out the parish, in consequence of the libellous matter reflecting on the plaintiff clia.acter, contained in two of them, entitled, t' A report," and " A Statement of Facts," the present action was brought. The Solicitor General, for tl e defendant, submitted that the 'deuce slid not trace the publications in question to have rumbaed trout the defendant, or that he had taken any indi vidual part in the distribution of them, to which the Lord Chief Justice assented, and held the objection fatal to the plaintiff's I cute.—FlaintifT unsuited. MAY V. DROWN. This was another action founded on the same facts. The Solicitor General said, the defendant in one of these causes had consented, with a k leW to C4llCillatioll, to pay 501. and costs, which amounted to near G,lOl. It was necessary on this occasion to make tin arrangement fur putting an end to liti - gallon and dissentton in the palish. Ite proposed in the cause where there had just been a nousuit, that a juror should be withdrawn, and that no further proceedings should take plaeo in any of the causes standing for trial. After what had passed, he had never expected to see the subject brought again into Court. The Lord Chief Justice--I should be glad to pit an end to the dissentions in this parish, brit 1 have seen so much that 1 qUite despair of any thing being done. Mr. Scarlett—Your Lordship will give me credit for a dis position of the same sort. I withdraw the record in the causes upon the piper, hut leave the matter open upon the last case. GASIISU 110esES.-79E KING V. OLDFIELU, CARLEN, bESSETT, ASD PHILLIPS.. Mr.C. Phillips stated, that this was an indictment against the four defendants, for keeping a common gaming house. The prosecution was instituted by Mr. \Vendeelre, a gentleman studying the law. The prosecutor would state to the Jury that he was unfortunately inveigled into this house in St.James's street, where he lost considerable sums of 'Hooey, like many others who ventured, regardless of the chances against them, to play with gamesters. The fact of its being a gaming house would be proved, and the only question would be whether the defendants were acting as masters of the house. —The witnesses would stale that they saw the defendants acting at the /lunge et Noir table as ma/stars. All tlie players wore their hats. The defendants as toasters and bankers were without their lints. On one occasion a quarrel ensued, and one of the parties, acting on a principle of honour, applied to one of the defendants to burrow a pair of pistols. Oa that occasion one of them said" If you lend pistols as the master of the table, it is all over with you." Me. Phillips concluded by remarking, that it was only , by the evidence of persons who found ruin at these houses, that a Jury could expect evidence cf the feet. John 'Woodruire said he knew the house No 75, St, James's street. lie went there the latter end of July, 11321. lie towel several cast bon doe rs. It was enclosed like a prison. Ile went op to a frost room. It was about II o'clock at night.- - The room was lilted rap in an elegant manner. lie tbund 20 or 39 rsona playing at Runge et Nair. The players sit round • table and bet on which colour they like. Every time they made 31 the bank took all the money on the table. Ile played Isix or seven times, and invariably lost. All four de f e ndanie P were present, acting as masters. They always appeared withont hots, giving directions to the servants. Ile went in one night after the game was over. All four sat round a table counting the money. A servant was near them. Mr. Carlea salo the play was over, hut he shculd he glad to see him to morrow night. lie once interfered in behalf of a gentleman, and Mr. Philips said, " We know bow to rectify mistakes without your interference." Cross-examined by Mr. Curwood —lie said lie was a student at law, of the Inner Temple. lie went to the gaining-house in question sin or seven times. lie had brought an action against another ,atning-boase, and an indictment. lie was alarmed at the piisondile eppearance of the house—he had never been iii Coe Fleet ; had not taken the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors Art ; had not conip.oioist:d informations against gaming houses. Smiet knew 75, St. James's-street. Ile raw Mr. Wootir ea there, teed had been often there himself. Whilst he was there he eater Ma j .: et Nair and batard played. There were always refreshments prwvided, wines, spirits, and other articles. llo.saw the defendants Caries, Bennett, Olelliald, and Phillips there. The witness was there on the 2il of August, also the 4th and the Gth of the same mantis. — The player* were not always solder—the defendants were. On one occasion he asked Bennett for the loan of a pair of pistols ; be said, us the master of the house, he could not lend them. The witness on his cross-examination said, be was called Gen. Smith. 110 bad been indieted for a fraud preferred against him by the owot.r of a gambling house. Haling lost a