The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-10 00:00:00

LICENSE Fort V/. UXIIALL GAriDENS.

On Wednesday last, before a very numerous as-
semblage of Magistrates at the Quarter Sessione,
at' Xingston, -the. license for. these Gardens was
!moved for by Mr. Nolan, the Counsel, which was
unanimously approved ;,,ncl granted by the Bench.
On this being passed, the Duke of Norfolk,
who was on the )Dench, rose-and said, that there
were same- circumstances, as be understood, which
Made the motion of :that day very peculiar ; that
front some cause or other not avowed, or even
-)snoW n, the Magistrates of the Borough had refus-
ed ttie proprietor of thoSe Gardens the victuallers'
license, • which had always been- granted, 'and
which would disable himefrona affording to the ptib.
lic their usual refreshment ; that be had-, he was
almost sorry to say, known sthece Gardens for 50
years, from the
,time at their original proprietor,
Jonathan Tyers, to the present moment ; that
sums, he believed not far short .of 70,0001. had
been expended on theni ; -that be had ever seen
them conducted in: the most 'decorous manner;
,that they had been..the means of bringing. forward
men of greatest genins in the naiut,s of Handel,
Hayman, Roubiliae, and Hogarth, , and had ever
been the boast-of our own country and the wonder
•of foreigners. On this account be could not re-
frain from submitting to
.the Chairman this nio..
tion=" That the Magistrates assciuhled at this
Quarter: Sessions, do express their regret,' that 'the
victuallers' license had been refused by the Ma-
4-gistrates of the Borough."
.This motion was seconded by Sir Thomas 'Tut=
ton, Bart.

On this Mr. Sumner rose, and said, that though
he heartily joined- in all the encinnimus that had
been bestowed upon Vauxhall Gardens, whose re-
gularity he had often witnessed, having pa,scd
many pleasant hours there when young, and still
continued to partake of occasionally, yct he
could not join in the present a motion, as he hoped
the Borough Magistrates had refused the license
from conscientions motives, and not in-1m pique,
which he should decidedly reprobate ; and he
thought the present motion would introduce a
dangerous precedentior the Sessions, to censure
the conduct of other Magistrates in their own
district.

I‘r. Trotter supported the same line, of argu-
ment, confessing that the precedent of one set
of Magistrates _ censuring another was his only
objection, as every one must aceeste to the pro-
priety of Vauxhall Gardens, as a national amuse-
ment.

Mr. Kennard smith, in a very animated speez..h,
supported the Duke of Norfolk's motion, lament-
ing, that when -the Emperor of France was plan!.
Ding for his subjects every speries of public amuse-
ment, we should be driving our people from every
inaoQent resort, the effect of which would be, to
send them to Methodist Meeting-houses, or Poli-
tical Clubs. Ile had every reason to believe, that
the Proprietor had attended in person respecting
his license as usual, and after waiting three boars
without being admitted or heard, was informed
his license had been refused without any cause .as-
signed.
Mr. Alcock wished some middle andrnilcler
mode. could he adopted, by any of the Borough
MagistrateS condescending to give a reason for
their conduct, by which a friendly application for
a mandamus could be made to the Court of King's
Bench, who might order the victuallers' license to
be granted.
Mr. Florence Young said, however he might
regret, from the general .sentiments in favour of
Vauxhall Gardens, that the refusal of the *wai-
lers' licenSe bad taken place, yet he did not think
himself authorised to commit the Magistrates, by
saying. they had acted. wrong.
On the question being put from the Chairman
on the Duke's motion, it was 11 egati 1 by
18 to 13, on the ground that it-was improper
for one Set of Magistrates to censure the acts of
another.

A Gentleman from the Sister Kingdom called in
Yesterday at a Lottery Office in Cornhill, and de-
sired the Clerk to shew him some TWINS. " Sir,",
replied the Clerk, " my Master has three chil-
dren, but:none of them are Twins."—" I want
none of your Master's children," rejoins the Hi-
bernian, " but it is the children of Dame Fortune
.am looking after; therefore hand me over two
Tickets of one Number, that I may gain ,40,000
on Tuesday the 20th."
•
A ship, to carry 74 guns, is to be built at Bom-
bay, to be called the. Wellesley.
Wortsitte-sTßEET,Yesterday a young man,
of an interesting appearance, about 22 years of
age, whose name is Alikersam, late a .collecting
clerk in the employment of MesSrs.Hales add Co.
Brewers, in Red Cross--street, was- brought. up
for examination before the sitting MagiStrate,Mr.
GrryoßD, charged with leaving the service of his
employers, in the month of. September last,; and
.not accounting for various sums of money which
he had'received for them in fruit, amoucting-in
all to 7(10/. The prisoner, it appears, had fied to
a distant part 'of the country, taking refuge in
Cumberland,. where he was apprehended, a:id
sent to town in custody. , lie arrived in the course
of last week.
At this examination a partner in the house of
Hales and Co. attended with the books, from
which he stated the deficiency of various sums of
money entrusted to the prisoner, and of *hid' he
was charged with having defrauded them. Of the
items only two were entered into for the present,
via. the sums of 151. and 25/. A Mr. Wortan, of
Fenchurch-street, stated; that he had dealt With
the house of Messrs. H. and Co. and being in-
debted to them; the prisoner waited on him On
the 28th of Angust last ; that .he then paid hiin
the sum of 251. on account of his employers, and
for which payment he now produced a receipt in
the prisoner's hand-writing, and signed with his
name. This was written and signed in his own
presence. Another witness having similar con-
cerns*With*the house of Hales and Co. depoied
respecting the 151. nearly, to the same effect.—
The prisoner being asked if he had any thing to
say in his defence, signified that he had not, and
blirst into tears. The Matter is postponed for
further examination.

•
tkONDON Prihted' by THOMAS WOOD; a No. SS; Maidin-lane, Covent-garden; and Published by WILLIAM ARMIGER SCRIPPS, South Multon-street,Grosvenor-squa.re,
At the Swx OFFICE, No. 112, Strand. wlier9 Adverti44nientr, (17.de-is 'tor the Paper, Letters for the Editor, &C. rpust.paid), must be addressed,