The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-17 00:00:00

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in this house a great number of years without any coin-
pl not, and that, he was at present liable to the most
vexatious and harrassing proceedings from commos in-
formers, for the slightest infraction of the law, and that
the granting of a music license would tend to the accom-
modation of the neighbourhood.
Mr. BUCKLE expressed an opinion that if no money
were taken at the dnors, a licensed victualler was not
liable to a penalty for having music in his house.
Colonel CH A LLONER said he had always entertained
the same opinion respecting the law upon the subject.
Mr. Jemmett, who supported the application, said
he apprehended that the taking of money at the
doors did not make any difference. If a publican suf-
fered music to be played in his house he was liable to a
penalty. The object of the application for a music li-
cense was to relieve the publicans from the vexatious
proceedings of common informers.
Mr. H YDGER said there could be no doubt 2S to the
law. The question had been argued before Lord Ten-
terden, and it had been laid down that the receiving of
money did not at all affect the question. The Court,
however, in his opinion, had nothing to do with that
part of the subject, but were merely to consider the pro-
piety of granting or withholding the license.
The license was then refused.
Mr. Sugden applied for a renewal of the license to
the Royal Victoria, formerly the Coburg Theatre, in
the names of John Adolphus Young, William White
Smyth, and Henry Beverly.—Granted.
Mr. MILES STRINGER, one of the Visiting Justices to
the gaol at Guildford, brought before the notice of the
Court a circumstance of a very novel character on Tues-
day. He stated that he and his brother Visiting Ma-
gistrates had been applied to by a Jew, who was at
present confined in Guildford gaol, and who had still to
undergo an imprisonment of several months, and who
complained of being compelled to work on the tread
wheel upon his Sabbath, and begged them to relieve
him from his labour on that day. The Magistrates
felt that i: was a case of some hardship, and they
resolved upon relieving the prisoner from labour
on his Sabbath, but they felt it to be their duty to bring
the subject before the full Court, in order to obtain
their opinion upon the subject.
Mr. HAvves thought that the Visiting Justices bad
full power to deal with the case. At the same time be,
could not help expressing an opinion that the rules and
regulations of the gaol ought not to be interfered with
on slight grounds, or that the observances of the Jewish,
Sabbath ought to be looked upon as a matter of so We°
solemnity.
A MAGISTRATE observed that they ought to have
some proof of a prisoner being really a Jew before be
was released from the labour, or else he feared there
would be a great many Jews.--(A laugh.)
Mr. KEMBLE said that, in his opinion, the conscien-
tous scruples of a Jew ought to be as much regarded as
those of any other class of persons. He suggested.
however, that it would be quite unnecessary for the Court
to adopt any proceedings upon the subject, because the
matter would be finally settled when the New Prison
Regulation Act came into operation, which would be
very shortly.
The subject was ultimately referred to the Committee
appointed to inquire into the subject of the Act in
question.