The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-18 00:00:00

MUSIC LICENSES.

Yesterday being the annual day fixed by the
legislature for the renewal of old and the granting
of new licenses for allowing concerts and musical
performances in houses of public entertainment, the
Court was crowded with persons interested in the
applications about to be made. The hour appo:nted
by the Court for taking these applications was one
o'clock, and by that hour the bench was completely
crowded with magistrates. Besides B. Rotch, Esq ,
M.P., who presided, we observed Sir F. Roe, Sir J.
Williams, Sir J. S. Lillie, Mr. Sergeant Andrews,
Colonel Bird, Captain Fitzgerald, Mr. Clay, M.P.,
and Messrs. Flower, Tyssen, M'William, Eykyn,
Walker, Garford, Barlow, Wilson, Carpenter, Bur-
nell, Groves, Coombes, Bailey, Hall, and Ballantine.
The following licenses were renewed without
any opposition

The Mermaid Tavern at Hackney ; the King's
Head, Teddington ; Sadler's Wells Theatre ;
Adelphi Theatre; Cherry Tree, Southgate; Angel,
Edmonton; the King's Ancient Concert Rooms;
Eyre Arms Tavern, Sr. John's Wood; Joyce's
Royal Standard Hotel; the Royal Pavilion; the
Abercorn Arms; the N w Southampton Arms; the
Bell at Kilburn ; the King's Arms, Mile-end Old
Town; Bayswater Tavern; the White Horse,
Uxbridge ; the Kent and Essex Tavern, Mile-end ;
the Salmon and Ball, Bethnal-green; the White
Hart, King's-road, Chelsea; the Belgrave Hotel,
Pimlico ; the Golden Eagle, Mile End-road; the
Earl of Effingham, Whitechapel-road ; the King's
Head, Holloway; the York and Albany Tea
Gardens, Regent's Park; the Brown Bear, Leman-
street, Whitechapel; the Black Lion Tea Gardens,
Bayswater; the Monster at Pimlico; the Kendal
Arms, Camden-town; and Castle Tavern, Kentish-
town.

The application of Mr. Frampton, of the Che-
quers Tavern in Abingdon-street, close to the en-
trance of the Houses of Parliamen*, for a renewal of
his license, was opposed by Captain Fitzgerald, who
stated the house to be frequently kept open till an
improper hour at night.
The question was hastily put by the Chairman,
and on a show of hands was declared to be lost.

Mr. ALLEY on behalf of Mr. Frampton, called
upon the Court to revise its judgment.
Mr. Frampton stated that no complaint had ever
been made against him during the whole time he
had kept the house, which was frequented by the
principal attendants of the Houses of Parliament.
Mr. HALSWELL said a Magistrate who lived im-
mediately opposite had assured him the house was
well conducted.

Captain FITZGERALD on hearing this consented
to withdraw his opposition, and the license was then
unanimously renewed.
The following were new applications :
Mr. Parry, of the Rising Sun, in the New-road,
applied on a petition stating that he had kept the
houae five years. He pledged himself to support
due order and decorum.

Mr. M‘WILLIAm bore testimony to the excellent
character of the applicant, but at the same time felt
bound to oppose his petition. It was on the part
of the publicans generally that he opposed this ap-
plication, for he considered the granting of a music
license to any particular house must necessarily in-
jure every other house in the neighbourhood. He
had another objection, and that was, that the noise
of music would annoy persons who might be riding
along the New-road.---(Laughter.) A music li-
cense, in his opinion, made a house twenty times
worse a nuisance than a brothel.—(Laughter.)
The application was lost by a small majority.
Mr. Gray, of the White Hart, Mile-end-road, was
the next applicant, and had been at considerable ex-
pense in building a large and commodious concert-
room.

The petition was refused, on the ground that
there were already two houses licensed in the im-
mediate neighbourhood.
Mr. Allowby, of the Rising Sun, Commercial-
road, Pimlico, applied.—Petition rejected.
Mr. James, of the Bedford Arms, Tea-gardens,
Camden-town, also applied.
On a show of hands, the petition was lost by a
trifling majority.
Mr. Phillips, of the Swan, Hungerford.market,
was the next to apply.
Mr. BODKIN said the houe formed prt of a
great public improvement, and was frequented by
gentlemen of rank, character, and station, and par-
ticularly by those who were fond of aquatic excur-
sions. These gentlemen frequently wished to have
music at their dinners, and it was to enable the pro-
prietor to comply with this desire that the applica-
tion was made. There was no garden, and nu
chance, therefore, of the place becoming a nuisance.

would Mr. TUBBS asked if such a license not in-
lure the market ?

Mr. HALSWELL said to his knowledge the direc-
tors and proprietors of the market were in the habit
of dining at the house, and so little apprehension
had they of music injuring the market, that they ac-
tually insisted on having music when they dined
there. When he mentioned that such men as Lord
Bexley and the late Lord Dover had frequently
dined at the house, he thought he had said enough
to show its respectability.
Sir J. WILLIAMS thought, as the applicant had
violated the law by allowing music to be played,
they ought to reject his application.
Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS was of the same opinion.
The application was expressly refused on this
ground.
Mr. Bird, of the Yorkshire Stingo, in the New-
road, also applied for a license.
His petition stated him to be the proprietor and
occupier of the house; that he gave 5,000/. for the
lease, arid had expended 6,0001. in making im-
provements, of which 2,0001. had been applied to
the building of a noble concert-room at one end of
the large bowling-green, arid which was so situated
that the music could not annoy the neighbourhood.
The house had been licensed earlier than James
the First.

Mr. Bird frequently dined parties of 500 and 800
persons, and the desire to be indulged with music
was very generally expre-sed on these occasions.
In reply to a question from the COURt, Mr. Bird
admitted he had erected an organ in the concert-
room, and that it was occasionally played, and that
he had vocal concerts three times a week.

Mr. WWILLIAm objected to granting the license
on the ground of this infraction of the law.
Several Magistrates bore testimony to the re-
spectability of the house and its proprietor, and to
the place being in every respect adapted for musical
entertainments.

The majority of the Court seemed to think its
dignity had been insulted by the organ playing, and
the application was rejected.
Mr. Bowles applied to have the license for White
Conduit House, which had been taken away last
year, restored.
Mr. Bowles lost his license through an error of
judgment, having supposed that he was at liberty
to perform dramatic pieces, his license being the
same as that under which the Sadler's Wells
Theatre was kept open.
Mr. ALLEY mentioned that the applicant had ex-
pended 30,0001. upon the premises on the faith of
the continuance of his license, which had been
granted many years ago.
On a show of hands the numbers were found to
be thirteen for, and fourteen against the application.
Mr. Rayner applied for a license for the Strand
Theatre. On inquiry it turned out Mr. Rayner
had underlet the theatre to Miss Kelly, whose
term of occupancy would not expire till the 31st
of December.

The CHAIRMAN, Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS, Mr.
BALLANTINE, and other Magistrates, expressed ex-
gartoubnedulgobliged to refuse the applica-
tion,
of Mr. Rayner not being at the
possession of the theatre as would al-
lowlmeneoei fournleisgi tusric'econtrolling the performances.
The CHAIRMAN said this was a case of a theatre
which had long been conducted with great pro-

priety, and he thought the Lord Chamberlain ough t
to have saved Mr. Rayner the necessity of applying
to this Court.

Mr. ALLEY applied on behalf of Mr. Rous , of
the Eagle Tavern, City-road. The tavern and gar-
dens had been fitted up at great expense, and stood
in two parishes, containing together a population of
120,000 persons.

The license was granted, Mr. M'William alone
raising his hand against it.
Mr. Wale, of the Gun Tavern, Pimlico, was
next in the list of applicants.
The application was refused by a large majority.
Baron de Berenger obtained the unanimous vote
of the Court for granting him a license for the
Stadium Cremorne at Chelsea. The extensive
grounds attached to the tavern, and which were
formerly known as Chelsea Farm, and %re beau-
tifully situated on the banks of the Thame4, were
sated to be adapted for archery, cricket, and other
athletic sports.

A license was, after some discussion, granted, by
a majority of eleven to six, to Messrs. Gomersal
and Bennett for the Garrick Theatre.
The Court then adjourned.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

QUEEN-SQUARE.

DARING BURGLARY, AND CAPTURE OF ONE OF
THE THIEVES —Yesterday Frederick Prenderzrast,
of No. 22, Old Pye-street, Westminster, was brought
up in custody and placed at the bar, before Mr.
GREGORIE, charged with breaking into the dwell-
ing-h,iuse of Mr. Rand, Stamford-street, and steal-
ing a quantity of shirts, silk handkerchiefs, &c.
He was fully committed for trial, and the parties
bound over to prosecute.