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AITEAL

ROBERT WAITHHAN, ESQ., ALDERMAN, awn THECOMAION
COUNCIL OF THE WARD OF EARRINGDON WITHOUT,
RESPONDENTS: MR. WILLIAM ROAR. APPELLANT.
Mr. LAW appeared for the firmer, and Messrs. Anot.nnus.
Awl:tits:as, and ALLEY, for the latter. The case appeared to
excite rent interest. •
• Mr. Law stated that the appellant is a publican, and keeps the
Coopers' Arms, in IVest-street, Smithfield, which was formerly
occup.ril hr a person named Charles Cooper. The appellant's re.
*Rios. which had been read, explained that he was aggrieved by
the condort or his clients, who, on account of the notoriety of the
louse during the late occupancy, had refused him a license. lie
Cllr. Law) would adduce evidence to prove that the gentlemen had
acted with propriety, for the house had been the plaice of resort for
thieves and prostitutes of the most abandoned description ; and it
was no nnfrequent thing for a robbery to be commitWd on the pre-
mises. The appellant had no right to complain. ber.lu.e he had
leen apprised of the character of the house, and adMoniahed not
to risk his money in the speculation. The petition alluded to the
kiss which the appellant would sustain, ut amaequence of the
refusal to license the house; but that W 3., all a flourish, because he
(Mr. L.) had been informed that alessrs. Truman and Ilanbury
Were the persons who advanced the money, and if loss was ails.
tamed it would he upon them, and not upon Mr. Rosa. He (Mr.
Law) was also grate that it would he urged by his friends on the
other side that the appellant had mitigated the evil which formerly
existed-- . . . .

Mr. AgoLret•a..-You ought to have wed the word " abo-
lished."

.Ifr. LAW would take either word ; but supposiug the eras were
at present abolished, was it right that a house of ill-fame should
Mutated, be headed over from one party to another ? because, if
se- it was holding out a premium to disorder, and rendering the
seb,ta of those who attempted to preserve decorum nugatory. Ile
would call respectable witnerces to prove what the house formerly
was, and then the Court would say whether the present application
eatild be entertained.
A be
number of witnesses were then called in support of the
rep/indents, among whom were letotts. Hallows,. Figginx, and
Snags. all Common Councilmen in the Ward where the house is
'situate; also the Wand Beadle and Conductors of Patrol, for the
district.
_ _ .

The teathnony of the witnesses related to specific particulars, hut
they Amend that the house, when kept by Cooper (the late land-
lord) was of the most infamous description, and that since the ap-
pellant took possession on the 10th of January lust, a wonderful
a heration had been effected, and— . . . .

fik. Galloway sant that he saw tso reason why the house should
be suppressed, if enotlucted as at present.
Mr. donut:we sail that every thing had been shown but that
his chent was unworthy of a license to his house ; for so far from
having incurred blame, be had acted in a moat exemplary and
praiseworthy manner.
The KU:ORDER accorded with these remarks, and gave it as
his *pillion, that owing w the reformation the appellant had effected,
be was worthy to have his license granted.

POLICE.

111AMION-HOUSE.

Yeeterdop, a Wont mittd:e.sged man, named Nightiogok, Wls
brought before the LORD Al a roc on a charge of felony.
Mr. Charles Wright witted. that several weeks since. while sitting
in the Dolphin Chop-house, Ludgate-Lill, writing a letter, he took
00 his watch and chain to seal it. when the prisoner, who was a cus-
tomer them, took them up. as if in joke, and made off with thew.
M. had made repeated applications for their return without effect.
4t length he found it necessary to obtain the aid of an officer to
apprehend the primmer for the felony.
Marten, the officer, stated that the prisoner was ore of a firm
oarricd Nightingale and Co., and that their counting-house was at
No. 3, Nees Head court, Staining-lane. lie (Marten) had waited
there few nearly a fortnight. to take the prisoner into custody. At
'mirth he succeeded, and, upon searching his place, he found a
number of documents of ao important nature, besides the duplicate
of Mr. Wright's watch. . . . .

The ltonn Matron questioned the prisoner closely as to the
!mum of his employment.
The prisoner said, he was an agent for the sale of goods manu-
!mond in the country, and was also engaged as an agent with
errag:to bills, but wet not desirous of stating for whom.
letters found in the possession of the prisoner displayed an
Ottensim system, which will, perhaps, be soon publicly developed.
Ow of them, read by the Lord Mayor, „was written to tha prisoner
Atom Manchester, by a man named P. Whitehead. It stated, that
kwe highly necessary for the prisoner to be at his pest, and be
mule, in his measures with respect to the billy in order to give
camildernoe to the bankers there; that he must open a counting-
haw, and have boxes marked with the words bills paid, accounts
settled, books, and all the externals of businms ; that he must
take care to have x seemingly respectable reference, and to hold
IPA that they had a hareem Isa Guayra, and another at Smyrna.
It exhorted him to mnke as great a allow of in.leper.dence as he
tress master of, for, if they succeeded in one trmr,saction, both of
them would be made comfortable. There was the name of a man
waived Willowy, who appeared to beaming with the firm at Man.
&moo, nmmioned in the letter; there was' one letter signed by
three parties. who appeared to be of the Ann, complaining of the
prisoner's inattention to the performance of things loge iNite on bier
part, and threatening a dimehttion of partnership. Another con-
tained a long list of bills, to an enormous amount, which lad bcca
lead by them. With the letters were a number of flask notes,
mad* to resemble bank-notes, for two and three hundred anti a
themeand pounds.
TM lindlord of the counting-house occupied by. the prisoner
mans bused, and expressed his regret that his premises had been
la else occupation of such a firm. Within a short time persons
hid been there with bills to the amount of upwards of I,qoo/.,
witch bad net been paid. Persons came there every day inquiring
fle Nightingale and Co. He had got no rent.
The bona '.Hato* said It was evident that the prisoner had
with a west el others In a most extensive system. His
tp Mined the prisoner to be remanded until Friday, that
filether inquiries may b.: made.
• the Managing Director of the Equitable Tea Agency Com.
r rjaVD remains in the Compter, no persons having yet come
to give bail in the sum of 401. each, to answer fur his
appall:wee.
GUILDHALL.

Tb. old‘guest.kin, whither coach proprietors way charge whet-
s,* they Wm,. for the carriage of perec:s, although there is •
mate (3 e. 12) um-pealed, which directs that a rate Of
elkeese shall be used by the Justices throughout the country. at
their respective taster Sessions, was again retied yesterday, beture
Penn's°.
r. Proctor of the respectable Arm of Curling and Co., No. lA.
paid., wanhotmemen appeared to show cause why he retiv.ii
to pay the pro of 2s. 3d. far the carriage and porterage of a parcel
berm& from Ipswich to the Saracen's Head, A lagatc, and deli.
wind at their ham on Tuesday week. Mr. Proctor had tended
ta. at the time. but tile porter would not receive a fraction short at
his full demand.

11r Proctor stated his objection to be, that he cortceived the ac-
tual charge for the carriage of small parcels from the above place
was Is.. and for the next rise Is. although it was usual to de-
mand Is. 2d. for the former, and le. ad, for the latter. When,
therefore. the parcel in question arrived. char,:ed with ad. porteruge
lola 1.. Rd. carriage, ha refused to pay the doubtful id. ; and he
POW wished to be conviticed of his error, if he was in error, by the
pmdnetion of the scale of rate( by the innkeeper. Ile believed
that it would turn out that the twopence was charged for booking
in the country, or on some such pretence.
The porter denied the latter assertion. end declared that the
whole of the la..ad was far carriage. He had no table of chargek
to produce.
Sir Jonn PEisiso said that If the innkeeper chose to charge
owe shilling for the carriage of a parcel one week, and the next, to
rates his demigod tor the like Mae to two shillings., be was certainly
at liberty to do so, and the only remedy left to the public was to
oehd their goods by another conveyance. The porter detoxified
Is. ad. for carriage, and be (the 51agistratr) was bound to enforce
the payment of it.
31e. Proctor hoped the innkeepers would not avail themselves of
811 John's hint, as he thought they took quite latitude enough al.
ready. Ile must now, of course, -bow to the opinion of the Me-
giotrate. • •
Oe then plid the 2a. 2d., with &keens.
he only Ct.llll.tigi where Justices fix the rs;e of lend-carriage.
as the law, directs, are, we understand, Salop, Lincoln, and
Chester.