The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-20 00:00:00

MUSIC A7D DAZICIffe Ll

At the quarter wigwag held at Kingston-on-
Thames on Thursday, the magistrates proceeded to hear
appliostiana for renewals of licenses for music and dancing,
and fresh applications for licensee of that description.
The magistrates present were :—Major Penhryn description-hair
The
Adams, Dormer, and Earthmen, Captain
, M.P., Sir W. Parker, &c. There were only
three fresh applications for licenses, one of which was for
the Sun Hotel, Mistletoe.
Mr. Lilley, in support of the application on behalf of
Mr. G. Bond, the proprietor of the Sun, said that the
hotel had been in the poeeee 'on of the family for a great
many years, and as the magistrates were well aware, it
bad always been conducted in a most respestable manner.
Although a license of a similar character had bac panted
to another establishment at Kintsion, the population of
the town had very much in o -reseed since that license was
granted, and there were very good grounds for another
license being granted now, particularly as it was well
known that during the meson large numbers of persons
visited the town from London? and many large estab-
lishments gave their annual dinners at the Sun. Theo
Crvrbuently expressed a desire to be permi :led to
:little music, but this could not be done without in-
fringing the law, and the present application was there-
fore made to the bench for a livens', and he trusted that it

would be acceded to.
The Chairman inquired if there was any opposition to
the app ,
afters hurt being lice answered in the negative, the
bencha o consultation, granted the nse.
Mr. Lilley then made a eimilar application for the Talbot
Hotel, Richmond.
The learned counsel, in his address to the bench, said
that since the period when " The Lase of Richmond-hill "
was first penned, Richmond bad been a favourite place of
resort for a multitude of persons from the metropolis,
and now that the feeling of the day was so much in I
favour of every facility being afforded for the enjoy-
ment of the innocent amusement of music and
dancing, he trusted the magistrates would feel that
they ought to grant the present application. The proprietor
of the Talbot, Mr. Newman, was a very respectable man,
against whom there had never been the least complaint,
and this wee a guarantee that if the magistrates granted
him the license he asked for, the privilege would no, be
aliened. He reminded the bench that the committee of
the House of Commons which had bees appointed to con-
eider the subject had taken a great deal of evidence in
re ferenoe to it, and they had reported in favour of a liberal
grant of licenses for music and (Unclog, believing that the
effect was beneficial, and had a tendency to prevent the
lower orders from engaging in derooraliidng pursuits. He
trusted therefore that in the present instance the Hoenee
would be granted.
The bench in this awe also acceded to the application.
Mr. Sharpe then applied for a license on behalf of Mr.
David Steers for the Prince of Wales, Neat Moulsey.
A memorial in favour of the application, by a
grftt number of the neighbouring gentry, wasp ut in, and
the license was granted.
The following were renewed without any observations
being made respecting them:—The Anerley Tavern and
Gardens, Norwood • the Griffin Hotel, Kingston ; the Bell,
Moulsey ; the Cgcketers, Idoulsey the Castle Hotel,
Richmond ; the Borough Music Hill, Southwark ; the
Nen Vauxhall ; the Gun Inn, Croydon ; the Jolly Tanners,
Benrondsey ; the Black Dog Tavern, Vauxhall-walk ; the
Father lied Cap, Camberwell ; the Bricklayers' Arms,
B.otherhithe ; the Black Bull, Horeelydown • the Mont-
pelier Tavern, Walworth ; the Marquis of Granby, Thames
'bitten ; the Kinirs Head, Norwood ; the Grove Howe,
Peckham ; the Irt sliwcath Literary and Scientific Institu-
tion ; the Canterbury Hall, Westminster-road ; and the
South London Music Hall.
In the case of the Croydon Literary and Scientific Insti-
tution, an applicatioa was made for a renewal of the
license in the name of the newly-appointed secretary, Mr.
David Price.
The Clerk of the Peace said that the former license wee
granted in the name of Mr. Francis Warren, and no notice
had been given of the change of the secretary. The
standing orders of the court required that such notice
should be Sanlo and it appeared to him that the court
could not y grant the present application without
suspending e standing order to which he had referred.
Mr. Straight, who made the application for the license,
said that it was solely through inadvertence that no
notice bad been given of the change in the secretary, and
he urged that it would bee great hardship if, under such
circumstances, the limnse should not be renewed.
The bench, having made some inquiries, said that ea a
rule it was not advisable to suspend the standing orders
of the court, but as this was an exceptional case, they
would do so in the present instance. It must, however,
be understood by parties applying for licenses, or for a
renewal of them, &at they were bound to conform to the
regulations of the court respecting them, and if they ne-
glected doing so they must take the consequences.
The renewal of the license was then granted.

THE BANITARY CONDITION OP TEE LONDO

A numerously attended public meeting was held
last night in the St. Mary leharterhouse) Schools, Golden-
lane, Barbican, under the presidency of Mr. McC. Torrens,
M.P., for the purpose of oonaiderirg the sanitary condi-
tion of the neighbourhood, and of the dwellings of the
labouring claws. Mr. Otway, M.P., and Mr. Rath, M.P.,
were present. Mr. Harris, one of the churchwarden' of
the pariah, and chairman of the sanitary committee of the
district, proposed the first resolution, which was, " That
this meeting observes with regret the lamentable sanitary
condition of the neighbourhood." The speaker in the
course of his observation said there were numbers cd
houses in the district which were totally unfit for
human habitsaon, and not only was that so,
but the supply of water was entirely inadequate
for the wants of the poor people. Bruoe se-
conded the resolution, and related instances in which
three and four persons occupied apartments, in which
there was only sufficient atmospheric air for one adult,
and where, in consequence, death resulted from a went of
oxygen. Mr. George Godwin, F.R.S., proposed the next
resolution, which attributed the overcrowded state of tt.e
dwellings of the labouring claws, and the want of proper
ventilation in the district, to a long neglect of legislation
in metropolitan improvements. Mr. L. Banks seconded
the resolution, which was unanimously agreed to. Mr.
Gordon proposed the third resolution, which stated that
the evils complained of can be remedied only by legis-
lative action. Mr. Rivington seconded the resolution, and it
was supported by Mr. G. Brooks, who stated the result of a
visit to Union-court, Holborn, where he found 427 human
beings living in 25 houses, and 50 persons residing in nine
rooms. Mr. Earle, M.P., also supported the resolution.
He said it was humiliating to Englishmen who travel to
see the subjects of the King of Prussia and his minister,
Bismarck, living in better dwellings than the free subjects
of Queen Victoria. They were also aware that Paris, which
was, not long since, almost in a state of decay, was now •
magnificent city, with beautiful buildings, and clean,
ventilated houses, for the working-classes, and similar im-
provements were being effected in all the provincial cities of
France. Mr. Torrens, M.P., who was loudly cheered, then
addressed the meeting. He referred to the bill which he
introduced last session in reference to the dwellings of the
working clams, and said he trusted the consideration of it
had gaily been adjourned. He did not rare whether the
bill or any clause of it pissed or not, but be would go to
perlisarea:, next year and, on the part of his constituents,
ask the government to sanction the measure which he had
submitted, or propose something better. Mr. Otway,
M.P., proposed the fourth resolution, which was :
" That this meeting pledges itself by petition and
otherwise to strengthen the hands of those members of
parliament who press upon the attention of both houses of
parliament the duty of immediate action. The hon.
member, in the course of some remarks, said that vigorous
action was necessary on the part of the legislature in deal-
ing with this question, which affected the sanitary and
moral condition of the working manses of the metropolis.
He said parliament should only sanction the projects of
the railway companies where they promised to give the
weeking men dwellings instead of those which they re-
moved for their own purpose. Mr. Whitehead seconded
the resolution, which was unanimously adopted. A cordial
vote of thanks to the chairman, proposed by the Rev. Mr.
. Blomfield, incumbent of the district, concluded the pro-
ceedings.

FATAL APTILAY AT LEWlSHAM.—Yesterday after-
noon, Mr. Payne, coroner for the City and Sot.thwark,
held an inquiry at Guy's Hospital, relative to the alleged
murder of George Styles, 48 Tears. Elizabeth Kemp,
Esplanadeeottsges, Lewisham, said that the deceased was
a labourer, who lived next door to her. On last Saturday
night, about twelve o'clock, a man named Coles had a
quarrel with his wife in the street. The deceased put his
naked leg out of the window, and said to a man named
Jones, who was looking on at the row, " Do you want me
to come down"' Jones answered, "No; if yon do it will
be worse for you." Deceased forthwith put on his
trousers and went down, whereupon Mrs. Jones threw a
pail of water over him, and got a broomstick to beat him.
He took the stick from her, and his wife threw it into the
river. Jones then came out of his house with a hammer
in his hand, and he struck the deceased a dreadful blow
on the side of the head. Styles fell in the road covered
with blood. The police and a doctor were sent for, and
the man Jones was arrested. This evidence was corrobo-
rated by four witnesses ; and a man named Robert Smith
added that three months ago Jones said that he would
smash Styles's head in, for he had called his wife names.
Two police-conetables proved arresting the accused, John
Jones, a jobbing gardener, and confronting him with the
deceased, who recognised him as his assailant. Mr. F.
Humphreys, house surgeon, said that the deceased was ad-
mitted on Sunday morning suffering from an injury to the
head, there being a round hole in the skulL He died on
Wednesday from his wound, the brain being injured. The
jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against John
Jones."
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