The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-03 00:00:00

BARTHOLOMEW FAIR.

The Lord Mayor, in compliance with the resolu-
tions passed at the commencement of last July by the
Markets Committee, and referred to by Mr. Hicks,
the Chairman of the Committee at the Mansion
House, issued orders on the subject of Bartholomew-
fair yesterday.

His Lordship intimated to the public that he should
proclaim the fair on Saturday, at twelve o'clock,
without the customary state ceremonies. He will
walk in plain clothes, accompanied by a few of the
members of the household, to that part .of Smithfield
which is called Cloth-fair, and as there will. not be a
single show, or wild-beast exhibition, or roundabout,
or swing, it is expected that there will be :a very shy
assemblage of people to hail his appearance. The
Markets' Committee having sent round to the
owners of booths with the intelligence of the deter-
mination to check this nuisance altogether, and
having inclosed to them copies of their resolutions to
that effect, no applications were made to them for
ground, except in a few instances, and these instances
were confined to gingerbread stall-keepers, who
rashly undertake the hazard, and will, iu ti'le opinion
of the Corporation, be losers by the enterprise.
The fair is to close on Tuesday night, at eleven
o'clock, when all the public-houses will b e cleared.
The respectable publicans of the neighbourhood are,
we are given to understand, very much gratified
with the course adopted by the Committee to abolish
the nuisance, according to the advice and opinion of
the City Solicitor some time ago in that ge rifleman's
Report, elaborately given in the- proceedings of the
court of Common Council.

I VIPORTAN T TO STEAIII-B4OAT

PASSENGERS.

A cam of much interest to steam-boat past;engers
was deckled yesterday before the Lord Mayor. The
following is an abstract of the e%;dence.
William Newton, captain of the Vesta, Gravesend
steam vessel, was summoned under the following
circumstances :

William Mellon, a shoemaker, accompariied by
thirteen othei• mechanics, appeared to corn plain of
the conduct of the captain. The witness said that he
and a friend went on Sunday last on board th e Med-
way steamer to go to Gravesend, and paid a shilling
each at the Old Shades Pier, for which sun' t, as the
tickets they received intimated, they were to be
brought back from that place to London. The
specified time for the departy•-e of the vessel from
Gravesend was six o'clock in the evening, and be and
his friend, determined to be punctual, repaired to the
spot at half-past five, but to their surprise they were
prevented by some men, who were evidently
employed by the owners of the steamer, from
going on board, and even from setting a foot; upon
the pier. The touters, however, told them
that they would go on board the Vesta, whit h be-
longed to the same Company, and would convey • them
to London, according to the terms on the p; inted
bill, handing them at the same time copies ( e the
Vesta:s bill, which stated that the fare for the fore
cabin was ninepence. They, along with a great it etny
other persons, got on board the Vesta, in the Irm
expectation of being conveyed to town without •fie--
ther charge, but when they approached London. -the
captain demanded of them a shilling each, and They,
together with a multitude of other passengers, -were
actually detained on board from nine o'clock at night
till half-past eight the next morning. As the rain
and thunder and lightning was very severe, the alarm
and inconvenience experienced, especially b 3 r the
women and children, was beyond description. One
poor woman fainted, and another was obliged to con-
vert her flannel-petticoat into a blanket for her int.% nt.
Here the witness produced the bills in corroboration: of
his statement.