The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-11 00:00:00

TRANSFER OF LICENSES.

Yesterday, the semi-quarterly transfer of licenses took
place in the Sessions-house, Chapel-street, before the
following justices:—Messrs. S. Holme (chairman),
Alfred Castellain, John Buck Lloyd, John Torr, R. W.
Houghton, J. R. Jeffery, J. li, TirUcr, 'and. liChard
Mrs. Orfeur applied for a transfer of her license from
the house she at present occupies in Redcross-street.
Mr. Bremner appeared for her. Some discussion arose
upon this case, and a letter from Mrs. Orfeur was read,
from which it appeared that her present house is in very
herd conciitiol4; it 44s hecu purchased by Messrs. lfackie
and Gladstone, who intend to ereq a bottling warehouse
on the site. She applied to Mr. Gladstone for. compen-
sation as the possessor of the license, but he reMTe4 her
discourteously 444 refused all acknowledgment of her
claim. Under these circumstances she applied for a
transfer of her license. No notice of the application had
been given to Mr. Gladstone. The magistrates were
favourably disposed to the applicant, but considered that
they ought not to grant the application, in justice to Mr.
Gladstone, without his having had notice. They advised
her to make a renewed application at the annual licensing
sessions. They decidedr case a very
he hard one.
Application refused.
Edward Hughes, late the landlord of the Blue Anchor
public-house, Blundell-street, which house has recently
been taken down for public purposes, applied to have
his license transferred to the new house, corner of Dale-
street and Hackin's-hey. Mr. Clarke Aspinall appeared
to support the application. He said that he was in-
structed to make that application on the pc of Messrs,
Robinson card freston, brewers, litnid-street. The
house in Blundell-street was wanted by the Corporation
for purposes of publie improvement, and those gentle-
men having a fifty-three years' lease of the house at
once gave it up to the Corporation, not 4104 e without
having had any remuneration, but without asking any,
He thought those gentlemen, having acted so generously,
were entitled to especial consideration at the hands of
the court. Having taken a lease of the house in
Hackie's-bey they h 44 put Tiughes in as 4 proper
tenant, and he now applied for a transfer 9f the licen4
from Blaisdell-street to that houie. • ' •
Mr. Flolme—Was there not' a'memorial against the
license before ?

Mr. Wybergh—Yes, sir ; and it had the advantage of
Mr. Aspio...ll's) a4vep4,:y
Mr, Aspivall---4g4, I rout wuer 1-,„`e
now a memorial signed by all those occupying houses in
the neighbourhood from Exchange-street to Moortields,
and further on ; and I have the letter from Mr. Weight-
man, the borough surveyor, who states that my clients
surrendered the Blue Anchor for Corporation purposes,
and that they did not even claim any remuneration.
Mr. Williams, of the Philadelphia Chfitabers, stood
up to oppose the transfer, and handed in a memorial,
upon which a questou was raised whether it had not
been really taken round for signature, 'and been signed,
not for this occasion, but for some time since.—Mr.
Allen, of the firm of Stewart and Allen, claimed to be
sworn, and he depose 4 that he knew for a fact that the
memorial was written and signed within a week.—To
Mr. Aspinall Mr. Allen said thatihe was.the occupier
of the house opposite, and which is in the same trade ;
be also occupies the tap, which is in ffackiWs-hey.
From this memorial, it appeared that there were ebven
public-houses and three beerhouses within a circle of
fifty yards.—Mr. Williams said he got the memorial :rola
Mr. Gibson, hatter, formerly tenant of the house.—Mr.
Aspinall said he was instructed to say that Mr. Gibson
had offered to become tenant of Messrs. Robinson and
Preston for this house. _ _

Mr. Holme, in consequence of what bad been sated
by Mr. Aspinall, that his clients had given to the Cor-
poration a house of which they had a fifty-three )ears'
lease, was desirous to say that those gentlemen had
given the Corporation nothing. An arrangement had
been entered into—a perfectly legitimate one—between
the Corporation and those gentlemen, by which the louse
was surrendered, tio doubt with a view to the license,
but they had given nothing.
Mr. Aspinall.—Well, sir, at all events, ahouldthey
not get this transfer, they will have been, to use a pirase
much used in similar cases, very considerably done.
The votes were then taken, aut4 Mr. eunouiced
that there were two for and tlye against the transfir.—
Application refused, ,
Subsequently Mr. Robinson, who was in cm, ad-
dressed a note to Mr. Hobne, calling his attention •o the,
language he had used respecting the surrender' d the
house in Blundell-street, and asking if he still adiered
to the assertion that he and his partner had riven
nothing to the Corporation.
Mr. Itolme, in reference to the matter, said thst he