The Express.
London, England, 1849-11-13 00:00:00

getting customers. He had, howner, never rode in the
same, bemuse he had not been able to procure a pair of
hones for the carriage. It was new in the p mansion of a
creditor for advance*. He had kept the Garriek's Head for
tan years. nil rent had been 35W., but Mr. Simpson wanted
to Wrens it to M., and, be was not permitted to go into
I the premises. • Senses was levied by the Duke of Bedford's
agent in 1501 ter rent, and some of the furniture was now
used at the Indite Tavern, under a bill of sale to • Mr.
MeikLa
The Learnt Chief Cannibalises, lit that the in-
solvent should do his best to render amended accounts, and
to produce the parties mentioned. The can sou adjourned
to the 26th Last., and the bail enlarged.

27/71 POLICE COURTS.
mANsioN-Eciuss.
Froarnto Puss° uousia.—A men named Sink the
muter at one of the hall penny whisk ply between
Dyer's-hall Pier Wharf awl Westminster, was summoned
before the Lord Mayor and Alderman Thunphery, for
having, doting the time at which licensed vietaallme ere by
law obliged to keep their house dosed, oh. about 26
Antes put 11 o'clock, on Sunday, the 4th instant, unlaw-
fully sold sic finable liquors on board his easel, whereby he
was subjected to a penalty not exceeding 51.
The defendant pleaded pithy ; but
The Lord Mayor basis. been informed by Inspector
Mitchell that then were constant npetilons of the c !fence
with which the man was Charged, and that it had; in fn.
become of hen nodal to the neighbourhood, desired dull
evidence should be given, in order that the moat Agnes'
swum might be adopted for Its suppression.
Inspector Mitchell said, that in emseequoice of direatillas
,iellied by the lete Lord Mayor he and one of his hen gar
gone in et4oured clothes en board the steamer, in whildi
they soon found that during church hours 'gin, rue,
bendy, beer, and tobacco were fold to the ; that
{be taproom custom commenced aeon after lan w;elC
up without intermission from that hour until the
issues on terra firma opened, and the interval wad 3
badly employed by the customer that many of them
is. a state of intoxication, after haviag indulged in the
mod delights Of cursing, swearing, and blowing up. Tie
clefinisst had, upon bung remonstrated with on the disi-
nter* of the nuisance which he had given his
promised that it should never be repeated, and the
had reason to believe the assurance would not be ,
a;
Ti. Lord. Miler salted whether the same latitude whisk
wee great to pebllo.finuses of inferior description, was
ipOsii is tills [tee= places of amusement P,
itisprffier Mitchell said precisely the same. Press de'
moment the gnats entered they began to smoke and drink,
and the game was kept up with many as long as they
hid messy in their pockets. They were then pat on gen,
mad several wore tore seen staggering along the streets,
when shaveligosrs were returning from poem of woman,
M the Feat meads' of Theism-street sad its neiglibour-
we were difficulties in the way of the performance
their U
dun' by the police In cases of this kind, the act
bin simmpliMe of a construction favourable in the opinion
et caw M them who authorised the practice, and be hid
hem obliged to confine his evidence to what he had seen
while the vessel was still fastened to her moorings.
The Lord Mayor said the act which ezeropted steam-
mash from the penalties to which publiehousee were sub I
Jotted for infringements of the law, could never bays
boss intended to apply to the halfpenny and penny
sesames whisk plyed between the bridges, but merely
esierred to the vessels which travelled to such
twee as was calculated to render the use of
ankles necessary. He considered that the offence asoett- '
caned a nuisance of the most dangerous as well as dkientimg
sheruster' and was injurious to the licensed victuallers, who I
were already so severely taxed for those privilege', sad he
should certainly do all that the chief magistrate could do to
pat an end to it.
Inspector Mitchell said his lordship might form some no-
tion of the manner in which the trade was carried on in
the steamers on Sundays from the fact that a short time
previously to the present occasion of complaint he and one
ci his men had gone In coloured clothes on board one of the
halfpenny boats, and the instant it was believed that officers
were present, off. the master ordered the vessel, although
a thick fog covered the river, but luckily it ran foul of no
other boat, but she pared very near a sister steamer
filled with customen of the same description, who were
hallooing, and singing, and smoking, and dunking.
Alderman Humphrey said same of the taproom boats
Minded to had, in order to come within the meaning of the
act, obtained licenses for steaming to Sheeran, but confined
their busiuess to limits between Dyer's-hall pier and West.
atinster-bridge, sad realised considerable profits every
Sunday. If such an abuse were allowed, the Thames would
be soon coveted with public houses, and robberies and
offences of still greater magnitude would become easy of per-
petration. He thought the Lord Mayor in such an emu•
gency would do well to apply to the chairman of the commis..
donors of excise, who were empowered to greaklicences, sod
to interpose their authority, se no doubt advantage was taken I
of the latitude of construction alluded to. It was quite evi-
dent that these floating taprooms could afford to take their
passengers all day backward and forward for the profit on the
eels of the spirits, beer, and tobacco.
The Lord Mayor said he certainly should take an early
opportunity to wait upon the chairman of the Board of Es.
cise upon the subject of the gin and beer reamers, and re-
quested that the inspectors of polios would Is the mean time
rigilantly observe the conduct of the masters, and report the
result of their observations at the Menden Home.

Tun Pooa.sox —Alderman linmphery banded to the
Lord Mayor warrants fur 31. bs , the annual interest upon a
sum which he had bean in hit mayoralty requested to invest
for the benefit of the poor claimants upon the Mansion
House.