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London, England, 1816-10-11 00:00:00

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A: 1-11Csent flivre :leo only tvirkile cnnvits.
filled i.i
L'eni[cn.ll7, tint tht.• pait intent)i'd
-for the retxpticw lii 11111 VS Iteaoy
anti will fir r,ceive therii i;i the course of

aft !W weeks. The
.eftdpel, which is a Most sptt-
ciotts boilding; atOlovell-constrac'etl fol. the ac--
cottimodatiott of the cummitt.ee, oflicers, 1.16(1 pri-
,
spurs, is tdso nearly btushed, :tad , bc'eoh-
stierated by the I.4shop London early in
ventber next. At present, is large rimitt is twilit!
use of as "a fetoporar cbapel, and it is very in-
teresting to witness the deCent deportment of
the convicts doting I)ivitie Service. The pri-
soners are divided into two ciaiSes, and tire

distinguished by a particular' dress. There are
schools foe t)wir religious and moral instrnction,.
tinder the immediate superintendance of the Chap-.
lain, who diStribittes anningst them, 'according to
his discretion, religions hanks, at the incOence of
the U;,tablishmetit.. He± kceps a joutual 'of ob-
servatioo; and daily sees and converses -iVith- the
prisoners tis to the state of their minds, and gives
ipirittml advice to the sick, and to all who legnirc
it: X 'reasonable blue is allo,ted to the prisoners
every day fur walking anti exercise.. At the ap-
proach of rittik rt, hell is rung, when they mint
leave Off wOrk, a t repairto their septtrate, bight
The cleanlikUorder ess and good of the pri-
son, which meet toe eye of a visitor in every di-
rection, is truly gratifying; and the convicts,'
while they seem to fear the different (Akers,' at
same flute appear to resnect them.
• The (lovCrnor tend'lltittron also' keep.ajournal
of observntion, and their laudable attention, as
well as that of the Other Officers, Ore such, it is
to be hoped, as" to ensure not only the goon! con-
'duct of the pt6otiets tfuring their confinement,
hut' uhicittotly their complete reformation, :
Al:110:,2;li the tfrisoners "ere treated tVith the
greatest kindn, ss, yet the immagetiteni of the
inison is so conductud, tinit, they must feel in a
proper tt,egree the punishment of being cOnfinecl,
vARTRI:uI..mts. •
- -
. 'Time (I Cuq,4'itement —For and dnring tiny tern)
not fi‘e years, in ease „an offender, sh:iil
have .been sentenced, tct be,trausported for .seven
yeats only ; for ally: term. not t.:xcetktling seven
ygars, in case he Or htiVe been so. ten-

fenced for fiturteen years; alai for a term. clot, cx-
yrectingteo yetirs, 'jocose such ()treader sholl.a..vi•
teceivetl .14enteace; of transiwilatiutl lor litc,, cr
shall have bet:o cepik4ll,ycoatietvd.
lthrtment 'of Time on !Yee: Days.—From Lady-
-1)1y to Mictlaelitats the lairotters, who ;ire itt
-At half-pr.st, five, flab at day.brvak
daring tite retet.,ifolvr 61: tht- yea .• I Lilt it g,itt
.t hem' for ttressiog awl wabhitzg-r7thea

tic y' colitnenee their ‘vvrk. At nineleclock lacy
!woe Omit breskluit ; at hall-past time they re-
stint, their tvork. At one their dinners
are distributed among them, rind ast hour is al-
timid '.for alt itlee, alr; • alld exercise ; Nt tt% U.
07c/pck they return to work. At six q'cinch In
;tin; ;it sim.set in Whiter, they leave off
4'ork„ In the ‘viuter all lhe prisoners ,81: then
Lll6l' bight' cdlti, except ratt, the evett-
ixts on:Ar'hith they itreitsshidiltd for the purpose.
ot andlinir al instruction. lii the butitilllef
11011111`;111e5( are not-locked up till seven o'clock,
an hour being ailoweil, during these months. Int
;tnit'exereise eohris. lmme.clintely 4 flu
they are locked up in their separate cells, tor the
their'sn'ppers are delivered to them.
On' Suntlay.—. bp-a: Sunday they rise at Revell
truth "to -Michaelmas, anti at -tight
during,. the lemaituder of the year. They Iw:l'd
chapel twice in tile day, Mire alloWed a consi•
dt-ralire time between the hours of Divine Service'
and the time alltitterr for their pulsate • religious
lust ruction, for air and exercise. SOOll after t hey
leave the chap,_l in the evening, they are locked
up in'their,respective night cells, that those who
are to driposed may ,have an ortportunity 'of int-
roving; themselves by reading and retleCtidel.-
I'ky are frvqn.ently examined publicly in the
chapel as to the .progress they hiliveniade in their
rdigious, •
Erercise.-71Vben .walking in the courts they nrCl
always tinder the inspection- of is Turnkey, whir'
must attend to,their heiniviour •mid prevent their
boitet ing and standing still fur the purpose of
'Yersationt ta taking such exeiclse as niay
1). essential. to -their health.

' - 41)ft1i.,---I*t Chistt, yrilow itiiil brawl' i 2il Clatiß 0
green and brOwn—made of cheap and coarse ma-
!tretals, with snob titatiti.or peculiarities oat easy
tend to facilitate discovery in ease of 'escape,
instfurhaa.—Divinv Service is performed Morn-
ing anti iif ternoon, every Stool o'F, •And prayers are
. i 7Ciit o
eyery thraing'in the littittnitriei.." ' .'.
In
the. Schools th. prisoners lire instructed in
,re.„lAiii-g. and writing:, and, as near. as 'possible,
.xiptiti the plain adripted hy the Nittional Society,
• • 41dozittanet of Strt.o:B(rs.--Nli strangers are ad-
.
tn!‘qi t!, zec idly vikrt. of the prison' in
n the occu-
patio of pi isoners, 'unless by iat order loon his
M.jvstylb Principsl Sceretloy of. Stitte fur, the
'Home_ Departntent, Or ititlesi ucconipanied br it
,
Alrltibtt• of the Comillitt‘ev.
4 _
t,
Set-iivr and Cammunicating vith .Priends.—:so
vosolleis t,‘,ytti , di:Ling the period Of thuir confine.,
nlent,„' lie permit ic•ii to'sec their friends, ntiless by
an o'llkt. t, out ti.e Coin iiiitt,e,t in liciiii't he Visitor.
This ."t+.ll:ltletlee 'oily grailtc.ti to sift+ Tri'soi;ers
I.lloNe conduct, on reference to the'elliiplain, iiii.
vernoe', nod Nri.t,ter -NiantlitiCt tit. er (or NititV4.o) it
.a fermtle pi isiniei), moy uppeitr Co entitle if ::in to
it'd, tar6ur. - Tile I.tarvice: hettrven'the ini'
,sotiers,ettill their trie,TtiA" Cu;l i)iilv lithe place itillti'
I"l*.:."!,,t''''='4' an otli,-,-,' of tlt',. tirkaii,, it tiny pri
-..ler b,.:(tatigvi:,.,,,!‘', iii in t', e, infirmAry, , he oc
•4,t lII,v 4 : 4' i 144.:. tiietelitT of- iti,o,Cittpiailt, :Je
Viiiit4il `:;',' his Gt: hit '"7 I'if ' " 'SFr oiiii‘nv (H-.
.. rtt,tt ii. tir

Ittlimrs ire :110‘rett te einvoyet ...rtntot prt.
(ot 1132ky 'ft ie<t,t' itf !Ire f;pi.itoters.
‘‘',lii a per t.:‘,..0t agt. oti,t heir
kvotk. .I:ol.,,r3i4vertior pray,
.‘yitb tbe coose;:t 'if
t,u4ll—tt3,Qtts by'
ftttur the itaura v.pp,
t0r,14-j,;pr„i ,
Clts..ii may b r p:o.tetl
to 11.1t:'....-3ed;:t';,,.\`; of State foe the 1.1,,tpe 1); p
CoAsetigetiee of 110-y (—.0;;.; rrclin 4,y
'hi order that they may bi.
by -hint .as ohjects of the Iloy,ll,,Met.cy.

Such are the princi;rtl re
rust, Itt,tituticm. We are cunviuc;e,l that

itszeifect op'on the inindi ;,nol coottoet
must be iwne s dutary thin that of auy
oishnient hitherto adopted. The solitariness
of the 'state of the• prisoners, " in his
single cell" for kvork Or for rest, !Oust induce
serions•cons:Weratio4 Of the nature of guilt atni

its conseilnendel‘. 'There is no obscene or de.
tianclictitirikiftreall is lonely, and solemn, and,.
ihrpresSivie. 111eiCs is a pause in life, and an
awful oneoiti*.i, 1-lope appears indeed, but it is
at the end of a long vista—after the'purgatian of
crime by penitence, mill through the• continued
practice-of that good ceitdit:t,, which is calculate:l
to render viee•ollion%;-ro d y.rttie a habit;
Sincerely do We At it every person in this
great Metropolis' engaged in ecit coorNes could
contemplate this Estahlihment. - The survey
would etituse,them.at le.:st to halt in .their career,,
and reformation nught come with reflection only,
and Withotit 'the penalty of offence:
We have not spoken of the plan of the build-
ing, of that portion which is complete; of its
cleanliness rind security, the diligence and merits
of its several Superintendants, to• any similar to-
pies connected with it, Confiaing outselvei to

its moral condition nn►l direction•,7Vld-nriy here-
after return Co other points, salistied in the wean-
time with the thought, that it is possible for this
pictine to Meet the eye 2nll, reach the heart of 'IF
smut not irreclaimable straggler from th.e paths,
pit ricrltttde, and arrest,. ere too late, the (nautili
step whichleatls to sin and misery.

THE BELGIAN PRESS.

[CUR.IOI.IB CASE.I
OcT. 6.—The'JOurnal 'of, the pro.
vinee of Antwerp, of last,-+con(iim
a 'most ittsuitis,g diatribe :agail st Mr.. Bisehop
Basreyas, Piesident of the 'fr.hutoill 'of Cos)-
ateree, who was designated by the mitials of bits •!
name. This „ retched .prptlitetion, • wrlten Ala .
EhOish, Was ill the fprm of an Epigratn,
eroitided, " Ast Ass put 'at the lidad of the Tri-
bunal of Coliznieree, and President." On the of •
rlciat complainds of the 'l* inanal of Conrnet cep
the .k.ing'ito Attorney .(I,:neral ordered prof eedino •
to beinstituted again,t 11Iv nitthirr3, Fihtets, tint - .
di.,tributoft J,,in•ii,4l.
.:I'wo of the vroonds . •
for, prosteto ion •alleged hy the At torney• Giolev4
wyre, that this indecent to og.ytiost tilt:l'64oll4
un(% its l'iesident,•oot Of resent,rten tor an 'act
entitLiting front the anit,hority enniiiiud to theta
by the hue, tends, in theft view, to distort) pnblie

and that it is lime to chink
of sonic foreign tv(ito'.3,
abusing illy liberty 'of. tile PreSs, employ ic.
only ifs at±taci;ing flat liot,ow• dud re nation the
to CN.cite (Lkordevi attlunn
us
.by their. if.ction inn and
Joan, .tle-

postql, that (,It .artick toil :item. pivcii .ono
I.,cobs, who .bad signed it : sti,,peoing.,4 bet
nal lite. 01. it, he hat} stopped ti)o,
rtper, tlio hilt a copies itsd
gone- itbrl);,d"wi.ilt this •
i‘liikt how j4cohs, it If Rt ive Lolitlotit ito(1

at .I„.ltwerli, years, behig
ackim.dedgeti itirgliatUre rti, the MS.
niile printer ; he said he liaoit trial hcfore
-the 'flibml.ll of Commerce, which MO given, riso
tit air uppeal he ittitieti, that, itt liaighinti it 1414$
8110Weti to,write.as he I thine, wit Eitnit. naming
bOdy. •
Au ()Eder of Arrest I?ttiog,twitle out uth,luit, tiiYl
Ity the Jyga (i',lta.trt4et-if,n, Jacoiti Airesented
to the Triiitmal of the Vrst Instarice'aiNtitiou to
be. allomect hi3-liberty pravi*ionaliy
This v% as refused. „

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A BAREAI44Ith ASSAILT.--A .evetllligs
,go«
a young..LoAsinnumed Ort‘m,, who Tesidell Alt I,:t
house, -upon: nttourtling home between: eAglit 1401
nine ty'.ettiek.,.front- a visit ,to her frientik.in tl'hite-
chapel,' ‘vas,issaidted ;by ,n 'Watt of respectable Op-
pearonee, ii that tivighbourhood. , She was pass-
lug! through Suffollt-street, when she oh:zereed *a
person in tln oloictire Tart of. it,. who kremett to
• -
be waiting r'or:soilli.tl qua ta:oce. She. wits
der no alarm in con.Yttnetic-e of tie time -of night
auti the xespectable dtiss of the struittr,er, and.,,e-
rordingly- did 1101 11V1ilat 4' .10 prnete.l towards ,
I,intelmusi."; '1 he Wail 11,Cr 11,1, tahe p;4s-
ed, and said, Are liot.uu ::iorah,,(A)vton i" tic
tore she had tints .to reply, he seizeA her and threw•
her to the ground. :She was unable to tall ffir
assistance. assailant was .not satisfied
‘rhat hr hatl'done he made several plunges at
.her side with a sharp instrument, and, left kr itt
a state tit inseitsih.titv. 'lite sufferer reached her.
1101)61! With great dillicultv., and Laving ittunediate
ove;o4friii fur prolessinuoi assistance, a surgeon was
Stilt inr. ,4'llo 10111141 1114 a three wounds had hee4
indicted twioss the, ribs, Otte of which wa% %cry
near lying rit,d. Some :Linger' wos apprehende',
but the poiV, is no 4'4' ITCo4'eling. 'She suspects
That the miis,ll4l proCeeded loom reven4e, but isv
entivinceetlotr rcibbery tval 111,1 itt the cc-noel-111)10-
111,11Oiliiitt who contlidtted it., for she hBd money
in Her ,glove at the time, a„MI t0abt,..1!,1 iat
her Card, e,11(1 shc iota tissue. of hyr property. Sibs„
.11s0 59Nlvsts %vho thet.;,olouiiot was, On( teiltots,
to mention a name, in-the a ppretl2l;s';6ll Oka 1.40
itapittation ti)tght t.Ill upon att.-tuiviecat
.the raatty ituea4lotcs.%%Phicti t%ave
reillk 4 Ii) Cue cool lintlBo Wed, es/O4:1 ge
iNii, it is worthy or r;Le.tgli. that tivevu;lis lo !:t!t:
att iek -Olottr-tiver 111,00-A11„;c1.4, s tt ,111 Hut!
oiticcr Or) ~flll,:'•itoyal ilie„
ving inCO Lhor:Pr, Val; ViA1401.4111
Oat. dak4itoul.#llt.

POLICE OP THE METROPOLIS.

.

tSir DANIEL WILLIAMS, Kut. excpizined.3
Were you present when the keepeiof the Marl•
borough public-house in Holy p'erson
'ati)e name of Chatles Price, applied for his li-
cense to be renewed, in the year 1813 and 1814 ?
I cannot recollect.
Po- you recollect tlt*t complaints were laid
against his house by the police magistrate, Mr.
Gitforth and that it was proved in evidence that
be liat4 been convicted.fi, to or six times of suffer-
ing tippling in his Witte within the space of a
few months ?--1. do recollect a gentleman coming
front the office in Worship•street, stating such a
tircumstancc, which was laid before the magis-
truti•S whether that man was re-licensed I do
not know. ,•
Should yon'(not consider„ that such' complaints
laid hy'a police magistrate, resting upon a con-
viction oi upon evidence on oath, woold.:compel
the magistrates to refuse such application ,or li-
cense think it undoubtedly would; but this
nian must have been re-licensed, it he was so
(hut I have no recollection of it), in consequence
of his being heard upon his defence; and there-
tole the effect of tkat defence must have been,
that the magistrates were of opinion there was no
:frieient ground why the license should be re-
fused.

Should you think that any defence that could be
made by a publican who had been , convicted for
allowing tippling in his house six times in the
course of a small number of months, one convic-
tion being for stiffering tippling during divine ser-
vice on Sunday, as, resting upon sufficient good
grounds to warrant the magistrates in re-licensing
the house should think not such a cha-
peter ought not to be re-licettsed:
The naturatinfereote would be, supposing the
niagistratespresent on that day having:had before
theta the record of those convictions,, tbelicense
of that house, had it needed it in.yout• opittion,
they were not warranted in granting "flint
motives of delicacy. I should not ehttoselo r pro•
bate the conduct of magistrates acting in Of t si-
tuation, considering that they did, act from the
purest mntivcs.
But you have stated, that the record of eonvic-
tion, you thought' was suffseiene,reason, why the
person should not have bad the license the ques-
tion' was, that if he had the license, upon the ,re-
cord of conviction having been produced, whether
you did nut think that the magistrates ought not
to have granted it think when a man too been
guilty of repeated acts of immorality, ho ought not
to he suffered to have a license.

Itj thi. pßrticuldr instance, do you, think that
64 license ought not to have beets gronlerl?-4
bßve not a full recollection of that eae before
sne; if it Was air it has been stated, I think it
ought' tiot to hare been granted.
The house is now a gin-shop )—I do not know
the house.

Then 'perhaps. you -do not know that since the
period of licensing, a robbery has bren committed
in the house nuder very suspicious circumstances
on the part of The landlord I—No, 1 do not ; it
is not within my district. .
Are there within your district many of those
houses which are technically kismet: by the name
of"' Flash4tonses" ?--There are in my district a-
gt eat number ollow public-houses, which are re-
sorted .lo by persons of the worst description.
Houses of resort of reputed thieves, and other
infamous character:-?---Ncs. c p
If complaints are made at your office ofigte fan-
thret of publicans in permitting such- oceneLtif.yice
anti debauchery 14) take place in thoie Clauses,
should you trot feet it your datrto repoqttbe 'One
to' they licensing 'AI agiit rat esl. Certainly,: and.
it IS curie 41 observed before, we had
a register,' in n hich atqi 'complaints: arising .from.
the ill conduct of persons, keeping poblie.hottses
were kept.
have yon:. in fact taken ewer the licenses pf,
man* houlm, iu consequence of such complaints
Several.

*Ft ,;tluty'.of tbe.corstuhles in your office
to watch over the conduct of those-public-houses,
and to report the same to you ?—rl think, tint
whetteirer, in the execution of theirthqx,, any ch.-
eutneances --should'arisei as 'that- of o•tett iieeping
public-houses acting improperly, it is their bounden
duty to report.sitch conduct to the magistrates,
'ls it not the eustomof constables in.vont °Mee
10 -go to those public-houses to look for thieve;
whom they want to' apprehends?--4 have, no
doiilit 'tint it Is t' I consider it' `tt) he their ditty, if
a critnittsl is to be appeeltencle4; immediately to go
to the mosHikely places to find him;
It 'wotilit then come' itumediatelywithin the
of thi! constables, the existence of tho,,e.
'houses in the-State and condition which has been
desr'rifiod
Wotiltt it not then be their 'duty to make a re.,
port to you ?—With 'respect to 'those sort. of.
10),Iivi, ilia calkers know. perfectly 'well who are.
the who resort there ; but so long as there
is no lt,tr.tkitt botrage committed by the landlord
(o'6u-house they tire not the subject of anitnad-
ver4Ort.

' not many of those bonses unite the double
trade id. a brothel and a poblic.boute4.4.l do not
know that tlicre are any in toy tlisttictctilt; that
,Itn-cr;ption. :; 4

you any doub that in t fitar.',fliitriet of
London there are - that are technically
.(34
known by -the' name of the . -
and lieu
Ochs ?•--"lfhere are some, -certainly'
And fluise clubs are held at puble-muses !" I )
Certainly ronsidering that•titat part: af
, t e me-
.
tropoils has all the disadvantages attendiag a great
sea-port, that diets it Constantly 'prodigious in-
itus of seamen; and it is very %ITN known, that
u '_.ll searnen arrive and receive money, they are
priteligate in their esPendititre, and that' a great
no,„1-1,,, of ‘voioen assneiate with those men when
they dwarrive, and that theY accompany them-to
Public-houses find other places of resort, the land-:
lards of which are' very glitil to -ieceive theta,
'tow the OantitY of money theylla4 to'spend.
Is it not a eireatastattee of trighrtrucctlyrence.
that in Wont rihcare t here are scenes
of riot, breaches, of, the peace, -drordoer,pess, and
dehdoehery of every description, un.d that they
are the dwaliing place of rep uticithciviiand prtis-'

titutec T ctu not know that that is the Cm 4,,11CL!'
grant breaches of the peace are very rarely ititrw
mitted, and the very instant that such outragelsr,
known) one of the officers is sent to (relit, end
take the parties into custody.
Is there no regulation issued from your Office
for shutting up public-houses at any given hour:
of the night ?--They are generally given to un-
derstand that it would he very reprehensible
on their part to keep their houses open after 11 at

bo you believe that this is acted
,upon
believe it is ; there are some exceptions certainlyd,
Does it at all fall within the duty of nay of-the
constables of your Office to -see that the public-
houses ale not kept open after that hour
it is ; those whose duty it is to peranibelate the
streets nightly : in case they UM n publican who
did not conform wit the regulations laid down,
they would report it •to the Office, and that re-
port would be entered in a beloki and laid before
the licensing magistrates.
Are those reports often made ?—Those omis-
sions and commissions are frequent, and they are
invariably reported every year.
Should you consider the repeated disobedience
of that regulation as a sufficient ground to war-
rant you in refusing to continue the license ?-1
should consider it was sufficient : the practice. has
been, that when. a party has so offended, he has
been at first reprimanded ; if lie has combined in
that line of conduct, his license has been- refused.
Then:the Committee are to understand, that it
is the general practice, with few exceptions; of
all public4ouses and spirit-shops that neikh-
bdtaboOd to close their doors at eleven o'Clock?,,--
1 believe it is. •
Of course, viith the character that you have
given of the officers in our deparkment, it could
not be otherwise they executed their duty,
it could not be otherwise. .
•

And you consider them as persons of good cha-
racter, and good officers, and you believe they do
their duty ?—I verily believe they do.
Is there. any High Constable of the Division?—
Thrre is.

flow is be nominated ?--,He is nominated at the
county Court, by the magistrates at large.
lloes be receive any salary ?—None. ' •
'What is his duty ?—His duty is upon special
occasions to summon the headboroughs ; upon a
breach of, .the peace, he is to summon them to
attend upon 'hum ; it is his thity "to see that the
publicans do their duty upon the quartering of
soldiers, and for providing waggons for the trans-
port of baggage, &O. and collecting the county
rate.

Has be any thing to do in the controul of the
police it is not meant by, that with your depart-
ment, but what may k considered the police of
the division 3-4 think lie has.

Le in point'of fact attend to the watch-
man, or to the execution of any of those parish
regulations which are of great importance P-1
should *Wok not ; the watch. is superintended by
the constable of the parish, his is a paranionnt
controul over that constable. -

Docs the constable receive a salary ?--None.
The offices of high constable st►d petty con-
stable being offices of great trust and labouriuns
duty, and receiving no salary fur doing that duty,
do you know whether they are paid in any other
manner I—There ate certain expellees that the
law allows them, which of course they receive,
but 'they have no stipend; it is a duty imposed
upon diem by .lot in the parish.
is the situation of High Constable much sought
after is, a situation that is considered a very
respectable one, and I believe whenever it is va.
cunt there are candidates sufficient to fin it.

Do you believe that the reward fur the labour
that belongs to that situation is alone confined to
the respectability that attaches to it, and, diet
there is not, in point of fact, some motley re.
ward, of which it may be difficult to find alto-
gether the trace, but ot the receipt of which there
can 'be very little doubt do not know how
to anslver that question`; I have no' knowledge
of it,
You are not aware then of any emoltiment,
either direct or indirect, which the High Con*
stable receives?--None, except what is allowed
by the Act of Parliament.
There are no sources of profit beyond that be.
longing to the office 3--None, excepting as before
rneutioned.
Is it an annual afice, or held during good be-
haviour ?--During good behaviour.
Who appoints the police officers ?—They are
all appointed by the Secretary of State for the
Home Department,
Mr. NirttLrast CRUSH examined.

What are you ?—A victualler.
Do you keep a public-house ?—Yes, the Marquis
of Granby in Vine-street, Westminster., '

Had You' ever any other public- house in any
other part of London ?-•-Yea; in IVltitechapei.
Had you any'difficulty in. getting that bouitu.ii•
censea,/—Yes, I -Itad:. , „

How many years were you in uu applied.
lion for a license, before you obtained one ?-1
did not obtain.one at all for that situation ; I was
an applicant for five years.
Wes the situation of the house eligible for a
pnblioyhouse ?—Yes, most particularly so ; I, was
encouraged by a Magistrate to buy the house for
that purpose.
Was it fitted up for a public-house to sell beer,
or for a shop to sell spirits ?-13oth,
Had you a tap-room ?—The house not being
licensed, was not fitted up as a publicphouse.
Did you part with that house in consequence of
not being able to obtain a licence ?—Yes.
Who to ?—To a Mr. Brown ; I sold to him a
lease for 14 years.
Then it is let upon lease to Mr.. Brown ?I—Nes.
Did he obtain a license for it the first year, he
applied ?--4le never appeal for a license;
Who is the present occupier of it ?—Mr. Brown.
is the house licensed ?---No, it is not ; no up.
plichtioa has been mule since.

'What do you considn' the reason why the house
haft not-been-licensed rested wholly with the
113gistrates, 1 made application to the Rev. Mr.
Robinson beforl purchased the house in
_the
shell,; he rather encouraged the by saying the si,
tnation.‘kas proper, and he. thought conunantitti
a license ; when I got it iinished.l made applies.
tidy for alicense ; I wed in September, 1 largo

'the date, and it watt not obtained. I :then took
'-nnother public-house, and that was shut up for
lti'months. I. then tried again on the following
:September ; the 'license was not obtained then ;
the reason was, because I did not live in it : I
went and !dived in it, and tried again on the fol-
lowingSeptemher, and made sure of it from the
encouragement that I had met with from the Ma-
gistrates, for I attended them all, I had a list of
their names, they all gave me good encourage
,gent, and as I was living in the house I fully ex-
oeeted the license : however, it was not obtained.
tried again on the following September, and
(hen made personal application to more of the
Magistrates of the Tower Hamlets, and they all
encouraged me very, much : I waited upon Mr.
Jackson in particular; he was a Gentleman that
pretended to be my friend, and recommended me.
I told him I was reducing my circumstances by
living there, and that I must be obliged to sell it.
He recommended me not to sell it, and asked rue
who was my brewer ' • 'I told hint, from being out
of business, I had no brewer in particular.' I told
him I had made application tá Mr. Calvereshouse
for their assistance; he told me I had done wrong,
and that I should Is•re gone to Mr. Hanbury.
" Sir," said I, " 1 have been to Mr. Hanbury,
and likewise to Mr. Aveling, and Mr. Hanbury
seemed not to wish to have any thing to do with
it, unless the house %v.'s his in tote." Ile said,
" You must go to him again, and give my compli-
ments to him, and tell him that he mast interfere,
and the house must be licencsen." I aceordrogly
went to Mr. Haubury again, and I delivered the
message from Mr. Jackson to Mr. Aveling, who
said, he had no disposition to have any.thing to
do with it. I then went to another Magistrate,
whose name 1 do not recollect, who said he had
nothing to do with it. " The time," I said, "is
nut yet an ived ; it Will he on such a day." Says
he, " I have nothing at all to do with it : but let
nu put you to rights ; all houses are determined
On to he licensed." " Sit," said I, " you do not.
comprehend me ; the day is not arrived for houses
to be licensed." Says he, '' I must put volt to
rights ; all the houses have been surveyed, and
they have determined in the Tower Hamlets what
What houses shall be licensed." " Sir," caws
" you have set me to rights, for I slits, Mr. Ave-
ling surveying the houses on such a day ;" and
then I, bid him good morning.
Hanbury engage with you to take the
'house h,--No, he did nut ; on the first application
I trade 'to him, be said he had no inclinatito to
have any thing to do,with it.

Did (hey give you to understand that if you
htransferred the bowie to them, the house
he licensed they said they would have no-
. thing to do willt it, unless. I soul it to them : I
-said, as I had finished the house at a great ex-
pence, .1 did not like to part
it in your belief that if
.you bail sold the
house to them, .
it would have been licensed as a
matter of course have no doubt of it.

Is it general opinion In that neighbourhood
amongst the publicans, that a house that deals
with 'Att.. Hanbary can be lictnsed with great fa-
cility ?—For years past there have been very few
licensed except those in Mr.liankbnry's interest.
Cro be 'ct )

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Oct. 10.

Above 100 cases, were. this day .on the list, . the
major part of which were unheard. Sir MOMAS
was on the Bench during the greater part of
the day.
George Bean, for Wasting his- property tmne-
cessarily in prison, it appearing to the Court that
4e-had, in the course of three months, unneces-
'eerily expended 541., was remanded.
Wm. Plummer WAS opposed for undue preference.
The Court having heard all the .crenmstatices
of the case, by.which it was steted that he bad
,disposed of his whole property to his father-in-
law, 111 r. Green; for 1501. in the presence of a Mr.
Adams, and as Mr. Adams was not present, the
Court. thought it :their bounden duty to remand
the prisoner -till Saturday, that on that day Mr.
Adams .might appear to prove that he was, or was
not a bona fide witness of the sale to Mr. Green.
Henry. Wolfe, a.baker,. WAS opposed for, con-
tracting debts without the legal means of paying
them. On examination, however, it appeared he
had contracted a.debt.of 801. to a Mr. Stevens for
flour, at St,evens• .o.wri request, and . the. Court
thinking he was not a fraudulent debtor, inasmuch
as by the evidence Stevens seemed to have urged
hint to buy the tionr, and as be bad since his in-
earceratiou paid 201. of that $Ol. lie was ordered
to be discharged, with the exception of the ba-
lance of this 801.

Wm. Lyon, *than of colour, discharged in 1811,
was this day brought up, praying to be again dis-
charged. It appearing, however, to the Court
that he. brut not.paid one farthing of the debts for
which he was last discharged, that be bad since
contracted debts unnecesiarilY,bk wife havinif an
annuity of 450/. per annum, that:lte had made this
application without the authority-of the Court,
his petition was dismissed.