The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-14 00:00:00

BILLETING OF 3IILITIA. 111E.N ON

INNKEEPERS.

At the Doncaster Borough Police-court, on Mon-
day last, before William Chambers (Mayor), Chas.
Jackson, and William Sheardown, Esqrs., a case of
great importance and interest to licensed victuallers
was brought under notice.
Mr. Hawksworth, the landlord of the Black Boy
Inn, French-gate (long-established in Doncaster),
attended by arrangement. without summons, to
nt,avq. pf refusing to provide certain mi-
-1 vates of the 3a \\ est ork Militia with a hot meal

on Thursday last (the day the regiment assembled

at Doncaster), contrary to the tenour of the act o.

Parliament.
The facts of the case on the part of the billeting
sergeant were these :—On Thursday last, 20 men
were billeted on Mr. Hawksworth, notice having
been given him on the preceding day that such a
number would be sent to his house. As the men
reached the town they were billeted off to the dif-
ferent inns, and towards the 20 to be provided for
by the defendant, six were sent at noon, and the
billeting sergeant followed with three others him-
self. When he reached the inn he saw the six
standing at the gate, and they complained to him
that the landlady had refused to provide them with
the hot meal to which they were entitled. He ac-
cordingly went to see the landlady, and inquired
from her how it was that the meal was not ready.
She told him that when the whole of the 20 men
came she would comply with the law; and as she
declined to find the nine men with something to
eat he marched them off to another inn, and under
the direction of the colonel of the regiment these
proceedings had been taken. Two of the privates
corroborated the evidence of the sergeant, and dis-
tinctly stated that Mrs. Hawksworth refused to
furnish them with a hot meal until the whole num-
ber of men billeted at the house arrived, but who
it was stated could not possibly be sent that day
owing to the non-arrival of the men.
Mr. Wright, in a very able speech for the defen-
dant, denied the charge in toto, and he contended
that the act of Parliament never contemplated, and
it was never intended, that innkeepers should be
put to the annoyance and inconvenience of providing
separate dinners for each militiaman as he presented.
himself. The men were summoned to. opupecsatrioant
head-quarters at 10 o'clock on the day
and if they did not do so it was not the infaUllt of the
innkeepers, nor a circumstance for which they could
be called upon to suffer.
Mrs. Hawksworth was then called. She stated
that when the six men came to her husband's house
they were followed immediately after by the billet-
ing sergeant with three others. From some repre.
sentations made to him by the six men he came to
her, just as she was proceeding to cut them bread
and cheese, as their hot meal was preparing' and
tol.l LcY that, the men must have their hot dinnrr
immediately, and that she must prepare them some
beef-steak. She said she could not think of doing
so, for there was a piece of beef 231bs. in weight
then roasting before the fire, and puddings and
vegetables boiling. It would be ready in about half
an hour. She complained to him of the inconveni-
ence of the men Coming
at different times, but did
not refuse in any way. The sergeant said "If you
don't get them a beef-steak I'll march them all
away," and she replied " Well, then, you must do
so," and he accordingly took the nine men elsewhere.
The Bench referred to the act of Parliament, and
ultimately the defendant NG as convicted in the low-
est penalty of £2 and costs, the Mayor dissenting
from the decision, believing that there had been
some misunderstanding between the sergeant and
Mrs. Hawksworth, and Mr. Wright applied for a
case fur the superior court, which was granted.

TAKING WINE.—Let every guest help himself
and challenge his neighbour to wino ; it begets good fel-
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blipping the wine into your glass. People forget that the
good old fashion was abandoned on the Queen coming to
the throne, who, as a girl, could not challenge her guests
to take wine ; and thus it became the fashion to imitate
her Majesty in that which to her was a matter of necessity.
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