The Sun.
London, England, 1816-09-13 00:00:00

POLICE OF TUE METROPOLIS.

[IVILLTAts STociont, a Licensed Victualler, cr-
umbled •] .

W.tre no you lire 3-1 keep the Peacock, on
13i:0111,11-green.
. Did you ever hold a public.honse, the Admiral
Vertiou, in Ilutlinal-green 3—.1 did, five years.
Who was your landlord 3—Mr. Merceron.
What is Mr. Merceron 3—A Magistrate of the

-county.
. .
When did your term expire ?-I.lufortiniately in
tuov.ng I lost my particulars, sn that I cattuot till
,exacdy, but somewhere about 1809.
you any reason to believe you. would be
.enuiinued as the l'eoahi?-1 had, previous to my
tinie expiring, lip to the very day.
Do :you know why you wqfpl,refunci?—lt is a
very nice matter to soy that 1-,litiow why I was
reused ; there was no complohlt against my

Lair4e. .
When the licensing (lay arrived 'what happen-
"ed•?-7The first licensing day after my term was
out had my license, but the second licensing
day I was refused it. •
What happened %—1 was not canett‘; s went to
the Clerk of the Court, and asked ibe.reasou
'was
not rAed ; sod he %vela over, to Mr. sler-
coot', and he told me that my license stood over
to the adjournment clay; and 1 drew up a poi-,
tion stating the circionstances, and that Mr. Mer-
eeron had agreed i shnuld continue in my bailie ;
after I had agreed with the person that had the
reoewal, or more properly the collector, under'
ceriain terms, who the very night before shoot(
hands With the and wished the success, I was ap-
plir'i to, to give up my house to another man.
Was there ally complaint laitl against your
hoese ?--rNot any ; I have been a licensed victual-
ler near sixteen,yelts, and never had a complaint
agaiust me.
ai",y ClewhOuse licensed instead-14 yours ?
s, On the oppoiti side of tb Way„aboot five.
"(lows off. .
Was'that licensed .to the person to.,whom you
_‘werel'asked to give up your house ?7-!-.Tes.
Uuner what sign ?-,-Under the same: sign that
l'h?“l,.the eV'tniral Vernon.
You lost your license without a complaint being
*gait's,. you ; 'and the person to whom you were
soheited to give up your house, and` which .you
4efuseli, gained it in a dew ,house 1.••••• es, a house
that bad mint bers licensed before.
Did you e.rer learn from Mr. Merceron, or any
"other of the .NlAgistrates, why your license was
refuse/ll—The only thing I could learn was, that
was told by the Clerk of the C..„rt that I bad
the er ill contempt, that• did ow give it
„up at the expiration of my term ; that I denied.
Voor
.licenSe was wit refused in conseritietice
.there viog been any complaint of any thing in
y„,,r hou„. was not.
You are the proprietor of new house in 13rtli-
riAl-,Jeeo Slimeditch parish,
tVheriaboitt is it situate ?—ln Ilaggerston, near
Kin,4sl..nd-road.
what it 'intended I—l believe nriginally
person that fit st built it had tos intet.tion it
eh Wild be a prildie.lionse.
And you pm Lliased it with a view of making it
al-mtdic-house Yes.
Did yo“ apply for a license on the last licensing
day ?—Nis; I is cni over to Mr. Alerceron, con-
tviving that I should get an i+t'sWti %Of ther it
was right or wrolig to purchase it %Otto it was first
loitered me, whether there was any complano
against that 1, use, as I tmderstood there had been
alioeuse petitiunvd for before ; he told,me there
}tad a petition agaiost it formerly, because
there were iital silifileient houses, bytt that now
tiler, were sofiii icor houses. was told the next
4a. Air A.l,:rreron saw lrhi';iid landlord,
mind .th et I eoitld (10 clothing willoint I paid
to the gronld landlord to get his iuterest for the
lh'ease ; so I (lid mitt apply the last 011ie.
it ho is the ground landlord ?—Mr. Whitling ;
be is surveyor for Mr. Hanhory's bre.whonse.
fladv,Ju bought the lease had agreed for
th, lease ; and then afterwards this 1001. was re-
Apiired.
I.Vas it understood, hi the - original purchase
you made of the hoose, that you were to pay
1001. to Mr. Ilaohnry's surveyor, for his interest
to limos; e you a license ?—No, I did not 'order-
staod that till afterwards.
After you huh agreed to purchase this house in
Ilaggerstou you were told, that unleSs you paid
Messrs. Hanbory's surveyor lOU/. you could not
have their interest to gain the license ?—Yes, that
is what 1 was tohl.
1)o you consider yourself liable to pay it ?---If I
do oat pay that, I shall have an opposition against

Yowkeep a public-house now ?—Yes.
: Should you wish, if you followed your own in-
clination, to deal with the same brewer in this
new house that you expect to get licensed, with
whelin you deal now ?—tit the moment. 1 pur-
cha•iod this, it was my intention to do so.
What Is your reason'fOr changing your inten-
tion I-1 was led to believe it would be no use
Illy petitioning, for that I should not get it, and
that this 1001. must he paid before I got the

Who informed you'of that 1-7 From the person
I bought the lease of, that bought it of Mr. Whit-
Mg, and Mr. Mereeron saw Mr. Whiffing the
gl,ty before, when I applied to know whether I
should be likely. to get a license for the house. I
bad nn communication with Mr. Wllitling in the
fitreliase ; Mr. Whitling knew nothing of it, nor
none of Messrs.. Hanbury's people.
Jr is genera understood In that district, that
Ily • •
a lirr,on applying for a license to a new house
most, if he expects to obtain it, promise to deal
with Mr. Hanbory ?—1 do nor know of any, house
that has been licensed in that district, but what
lies been opened in Messrs. Hanbury's.trade.
It is generally -understood that they must deal
with Meior6. Henbury, to be successful in iheir
grpi tio for &license I—lt is.
lit the first house you held, namely, the, Admiral
Vernon, did the church wilt dens, constables, and
••
luin
c inhabitants, cero ry in to our of your.
40;h1 coaditct at alt times I—The two lib UFO',