The Sun.
London, England, 1830-03-27 00:00:00

CITY LICENSES.

Yesterday was the adjourned day for hearing ap-
plications for licenses in Guildhall. The LORD
MAYOR, the RECORDER, Alderman WINCHESTER,
and Alderman COPELAND presided.
An application was made in behalf of Mr. Woolf,
of St. Clement's•lane. He was stated to have oc-
cupied a house in the immediate neighbourhood for
27 years, and to have conducted it for a great part
of that time as an eating-house, and from thence to
have removed to his present, which was a larger
house, in which from 350 to 500 persons dined
daily, an exclusive business which required a license
for the sale of beer. The Advocate for the license
said that there was one circumstance of a remarkable
nature attached to Mr. Woolf's case. It was im-
possible that his house could ever degenerate into
one of those moral pests—the gin-shops. The
license too was merely a protecting license. The
petitioner would never draw a drop himself.
Alderman WINCHESTER—I presume he intends
merely to send for the beer.

Mr. Woolf—Nothing else in the world.
Mr. Bland (of Garraway's Coffee-house) stated
that the license was opposed. /The application had
been made on a previous day, and Alderman Key,
who had signed it in consequence of a misrepresent-
ation which had been made to him, had, when he
found that he was deceived, caused the case to be
adjourned. Alderman Key, who was Alderman of
the ward, had often declared that he did not wish
for any more licenses in the ward, and thought that
Mr. Woolf merely wanted a transfer. It was very
well for Mr. Woolf to say now that he would not
draw beer.
Alderman WINCHESTER said this case must stand
on its own merits. Mr. Woolf had moved from
one ward to another, had an increased business, and
it would be hard to refuse him a license.

Alderman COPELAND—Is the old house open
now ? This was answered in the affirmative as well
as in the negative.
Alderman WINCHESTER—It would be very hard
to refuse the license. Mr. Woolf will never turn
the house into a gin-shop: His is the kind of house
that ought to be encouraged.—lt is superior to the
public-houses—greatly superior.
Mr. Bland said that Mr. Woolf had already a
license for a house of his in the lane, and there were
two houses in the same lane where men with fa-
milies of children were struggling for subsistence.
Alderman WlNcnEsTmt—Confine yourself to
opposition as the owner of Garraway's Coffee-house.

" Mr. Bland—l am not at all afraid of the conse-
quence as regards Garraway's Coffee-house, but I
am for others in the trade.

The LORD MAYOR—It is very extraordinary, Sir,
that you appear here as the advocate of the peti-
tioners.

Mr. Bland—Those for whom I appear could not
afford to appear by Counsel.
The LORD MAYOR—WeII, they might have come
here themselves.

Mr. Bland—Perhaps, my Lord, they dare not
complain.
The RECORDER—I hope that it cannot be said
in this country that a man dare not appear so
complain.
The LORD MAYOR—Is there any other opposition?
The Proprietor of Baker's Coffee-house, in
'Change-alley, said he opposed the application.
The LORD MAYOR—'Change-alley ! What has
that to do with Clement's-lane ?

The RECORDER then read the petition, which
was signed by several licensed victuallers in Fen-
church-street, as well as other places not in the im-
mediate vicinity of Clement's-lane.
The LORD MAYOR—None of these have any
thing to do with Clement's-lane.
The RECORDER—What ! Are the victuallers the
only persons who oppose ?

Several of them— paid the victuallers were the
only persons affected.
The RECORDER—That won't do; we must look
to the public convelience in our decision.
The licensed victuallers declared that the consent
of the Alderman, which was considered indispen-
sable, was here withheld.
Alderman COPELAND said the Alderman's consent
had certainly been retracted.

Alderman WINCHESTER—If Alderman Key ob-
jected to the license, he would come here, no doubt,
to do so.

The petitioner's attorney stated that there was a
mistake on the subject, and no deception had ever
been meditated or suspected.
The RECORDER—Alderman Key would certainly
have attended if he had any objection.
The petitioners—Alderman Key is decidedly
against it.

- The RECORDER—We can't take your word as
to what Alderman Key said.
Alderman COPELAND —I am surprised at what I
see. I declare that Alderman Key and*his deputy
came and opposed this license.
Mr. Bland—The license is only wanted to enable
Mr. Woolf to sell his house.

The license was then granted.
Mr. CHANNEL, the Counsel, applied for a license
for Mr. Thomas Gilson, of Nos. 5 and 6, Bucklers-
bury, which the petitioner has occupied as a coffee-
house-keeper, and where he accommodated the pub-
lic with refreshments. The house was extremely
respectable. He had been subjected to a penalty
for a mistake in selling wine on his premises, in con-
formity with an old Act, but that took place under
such circumstances as could not militate against
him here. There was no fear of his converting
such a house as his into a gin-shop. It was his in-
terest to prevent excesses of all kinds in his house,
and the clergyman and inhabitants of the parish had
.signed'hia petition,•and certified as to his excellent
character. He had, besides, laid out a large sum of
money in improving his premises.
Mr. ADOLPHUS opposed the petition. He thought
his Learned Friend was rather too quick in jumping
to a conclusion that because a man thought proper
to lay out money, "he was entitled to a license. He
(Mr. Adolphus) contended, that a man who al-
ready had a license, and had been at expense in pro-
curing howe, ought not to be subjected to utter

SHEEP SKI NS.
Wool Os. Od. to Os. Od. 6.1. to 4s. 6(1.
Downs . Ss. lid, to 3s. Od.