The Sun.
London, England, 1821-11-16 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

QUESTION AS TO THE LIABILITY OF THE INN'S
OF LAW TO PAY POOR'S RATES.
GUILDHALL,-Yesterday the bail Ileariag of the question
as to the liability of the -Inns of Law to • pay Pours' Rates,
which came on before the Sitting Magistrates, Alderman Co'
anti C. 6311TH, on Thursday last, when Mr. Dobson, the
Solicitor for the parish of st. Andrew, Holborn, applied for a
warrant of distress against I`,lr. A. Fraser, of Thayies Inn,
winch application he cliiefly grounded upon a decision made by
the Magistrates at the Miah:sex Sessions, that a pauper who
had been in the service of Mr. Fraser had acquired a settlement
by such service, and that the parish was bound to afford her
raid*. Therefore, as the parish were liable to be burthened
with the poor of tile Inn, it was contended that the inhabitants
of the Inn ought and were liable to contribute in common
to-
w the support or relief of the poor of the parish.
Mr. DYKEs attended yesterday, with several other profes.
sional gentlemen, on behalf of. the inhabitants of the Inn gene-
rally.

31r. DonsoN conducted the case for the parish.
Mr. Gilbert, the Collector of the Rates for the parish, was;
called to prove the rate, and the anidication to Mr. Fraser for.
the payment. The Inn was bounded by the City part of the
parish of St. Andrew, Holborn. There were several pews cut
out in the Church for the inhabitants of the Inn. On his cross...
examination he stated that the rate now put in, which was made
on all the inhabitants of the Inn last year, was the first rate
which had been so made, and this was the first time that any .
attempt had been made to collect it. Ile remembered that it
had been the practice to rate one house in the Inn every year
for the last twenty years past, but the rate was never claimed.
This formality had been done for the purpose ofestablishing the
claim for poors'-rates, should any -of the poor of the Inn ever
become burdensome to the parish. The general reputation of
the Inn had always been within his remembrance that it was
extra parochial. In beating, or traversing the boundaries of the
parish, it had never been customary to enter the Inn.
Jacob Frewin, tile parish beadle, was examined to the same
effect.
Mr. Driers, in reply to the case adduced, said he should ,
confine his defence to tile reputation of the Inn, which had been
proved sufficiently for him by the two witnesses called on. behalf
of the parish. That the reputation of the Inn; ashaving been
hitherto considered' extra-parocbial, and free from all claim,
would be a sufficient answer; hebad the high authority of Judge
-Blackstone to slice,: lie then read an extract from the first .
volume of the Commentaries, speaking on the origin and inter...-
mixture of parishes, and of lands which were never, the un-
searchable reasons, united to any parish. Be cited a case de-.
cided by Lord Nlansfichl, upon a claim of this kind, where it
was held that, as the place always had been so, it always should
be considered extra parochial. He was prepared with other au.
thorities ; but e'ir. Dobson had not shewn any thing that would
not as well 'bring Smithfield or St. Sepulchre's Within the parish
as Thavies Inn. The pauper in question, he contended, ought
to have been passed to the place cf her settlement before her re-
sidence at Thavies Inn, where she could acquire no legal settle-
ment in the parish of St. Andrew's, notwithstanding that such a
decision had been obtained. The inn had hitherto brought no
burthens upon the parish : the inhabitants paid for the lightina's
watching, and paving themselves. In conclusion, he said, he
was prepared to have met the claim with a much stronger case,
and to have called witnesses in reply, but he would be quite con-
tent to depend solely on the proof of the ancient reputAtion.of
the Inn as extra-parochial for the Magistrate's decision.
The Magistrates retired with the City Solicitor, and after
having deliberated for a considerable time, they returned into,
Court, and stated that, after having discussed the case upon
what had been stated, and the evidence that had been stated%
they entertained considerable doubts whether the inhabitants of
Thavies Inn were liable to be rated ; and, therefore, under aIL
circumstances, they declined granting the warrant of distresx -
prayed for.
-It is understood that it is the intention of the parish to move
for a mandamus in the Court of King's-Bench, to compel tha
Magistrates to issue the warrant.
The defendants were prepared to prove the high antiquity of
the Inn, and that it was extra parochial as far back as the reign
of Edward the Third. It took its name from John Thavie or
Davy, who directed that his estates, and " his house in whieb.
students of the law were accustomed to dwell," should be seLl
in.order to maintain a Chaplain, who was to pray far his soul.
and that of his spouse. In process of time these premises came
to Gregory Nichols, a citizen and mercer of London, who, by
his deed, bearing date January Ith, in the ,Ith year of Edward
' the Sixth, srranted it to the then Benchers of Lincoln's Inn far
the use of the students at law. It was- afterwards demised bY
' them to the principal and fellows of this Inn. "It has since,
• says Ireland, " enjoyed privileges similar to those enjoyed br
the Society of Furnival's Inn. Thavies, the founder, lett .6
considerable estate in support of St. Andrew's Church, and
f which has become since highly valuable."

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—A DOCTOR'S FEE.—Yester.-
day Dr. Gregory, of Great Portland-street, came .to this ofliccr
and stated to Mr. CONANT, the sitting Magistrate, that *-
young, man, having the appearance of a gentleman, had Just cal"
led at his house to consult him upon an indisposition under which
he said he laboured. The person, after receiving the doctor's .
adVice anti prescription, tendered a 101. note to pay the tee, and-
required change. The doctor having lately heard that s:,-•
veral medical gentlemen were defrauded, by pretended patients
palming upon them forged notes, and.. succeeded in 'carro,-
Mg off the change, replied. to this patient,. that lie had not c.t;h
enough in the house to give him the change; the man imni2-
diately said, that then he must call to-morrow with the amount-
Observing the person move front the door with great rapidity
Dr. Gregory said, he suspected he was one of the group who
went about for the purpose of passing forged notes, and he felC
it his duty to conmmnicate his suspicion to the Magistrate-
, The Magistrate said, he knew well -there were such character 4
afloat, and recommended the doctor to be on the look-out for -
his PATIENT. •
Bow-STREETSAILAII GALE was charged with keeping
disorderly house in W ych-street, to the great annoyance crt the
neighbourhood. She gave bail to appear at the Sessions, and- '
answer an indictment at the suit of the parish of St. Clement •
Danes-

New and ingenious Mode of Robbery.---A feW
days since, a man, with the exterior of a gentle-
man, called on a lady in Charterhouse-street,
and after introducing himself as one who wished
to be accommodated with lodgings, was shewa
over the house, and agreed to the terms : but
before this, in the course of conversation, he as-
certained the name of a Mr. C., one of the lodg-
ers, which appears to have been his real motive
for calling. Soon after his departure, he sent
note in Mr. C.'s name, requesting that his best
coat might be sent to him in a handkerchief im-
mediately. The good lady, suspecting nothing
wrong, complied with the request, and Mr. C--
remains a coat and handkerchief minus.

A cat belonging to Mr. On t, of Trowbridge,
was lately missing, and, after a lapse of Hine
days, was discovered in an unoccupied room,
hanging by the neck from a hole in the ceiling/
through which it had pushed its head, probabli
iu pursuit of prey. The creature was carefully
extricated from its perilous situation, and is likety
to recover.

BIRTHS.
On. Tuesday, the 13th inst., at Cheltenham, the Lady 01
C. G. Wynne, Esq.,_ of daughter.
On Tuesday, at Upper Belgrave-place, the Lady of John
Byng Gattie, Esq., of a son.

MARRIED.
Yesterday, at Broxbourn, Herts, Henry Bo'dem, Esq• of
lienrictta-street, Cavendisli-square, to Margaret, eldest (laugh'
ter of the late William Christie, Esq. of Hoddestion, in the
same County.
On the 14th instant, by special licence, at Felbridge Parka
Sussex, by the Rev. Henry Parsons, General the Honourable_
Frederick St. John, to Caroline Elizabeth Parsons, young,'
daughter of the late J. Parsons, Esq.
Yesterday, at St. George's, Hanover-square,.John WOO
Thomas, of N ew Bond -street, to M ary Elizabeth, eldest daughtg:,
of William Veins, Esq. of Clapham.

PIED.
Yesterday morning, at his house in Bolton-street, Job
Smith, Esq., in the 73d year of his age.
On the 9th inst., at Ayr, North Britain, Robert Robertsol3'.
sen., Esq., writer.
On Monday, the 12th inst., after a long and painful illtte6-4'
in her 52d year, Susannah, the wife of Mr. Edward Kent, gigi,

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street, Borough.
On WettnesdaA

the 14th instant, Mr. Joseph Williams, of

On ..,,nesday,
Hackney. aged 63.
At Chertsey, on Sunday last, aged 17, William, the youngest
son of Robert Berney, EA.

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