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London, England, 1816-09-13 00:00:00

wardens that year, the ennitabie or that year and
t!ic year preceding, and several of the other offi-
cers and, very respectable inhabitants -all Itrsiroul
there, signed my petition, when the party who
got the license against me had got neither church-
wardens nor overseer*, nor any of the dflicers.
Are you bound to take your beer from any
,:articular house I never did ; except that,
when a person holds a lea‘e of a house under the
brt‘wrr, he generally continues there.
Do yoti hold under a brewer now ?---res,
Who is your brewer '--=Mr. Calvert.
The Committee understand you to NAV, that you
hOld your huuse_untler Mr. Calvert ?-lete•

Haw lung have yon been in your house ?
Nearly six yeari I have been in this. bowie ;.'this
house originally belonged to the. Peacock hi•eiv-.
Roust.
With whom did you deal when you first went
into that house ?—Mr. John Calvert.
IVIso is the proprietor of the house you meant
to pot your son into at Haggerston?—Mr. Whit-
ling was the ground-landlord.
Did the house belong to any brewer p—No.
No brewer owned the house at Haggerstoib to
'which you have referred?---No.
It tvc►sil~t sustain therefore the character of what
is called a free house ?—Yes, it would.
And on the pound of its being a free house,
from your partiality to the connexion you had
witti" Messrs. Calvert, you wished they should
have supplied your son with his beer ?—That was
'my meaning.
What was the reason that von were prevented
from getting a supply from Mess.rs. tiiivert to
your suit's house ?—The reason is, that when I
irouuht the lease I did not understand any thing
about the IOW.; and when I Was gOing to peti-
tion tor the license, I was info' mot ihat unless
paid the 1001 1 should not get the lieense ;, I then
laid myself under Messrs. Ilanbury and Co..
Volt vxpeet to get the license to that house next
year have been led to understand t hatTshoidtl.
Who has given you:to understand that ?.*Mr.
Avehin ', the inanaking clak"its Ilanbinri,. and
'Mr. Whitling, who acts as surveyor for theii house.
.Those gentlemen have given you to understand,
that if you will deal with Nlr. Ilaribury,.they, will
get you the license for the house dd nor rc-
pienther‘ tiny thing being said as to my dealing
with Slt. Hanbury.
'There was no condition annexed ?—NO. '
'Do yoil apprehend thin, it you had told Mr.
Whitliilg and Mr. AVelitig you sliouhrtiot deal
with Mt. Itanbory, they woold have Oven' you
their interest ?--No, it is not to be considered
that they would.
Do you know Mr. Sitapson, a liaberthisher in
Shoreditelt do, very' well.
He is also a builder, is he not ?—He is.
Ile has built sever al houses on the Hackney-
road, hos he not ?—Yes, a good many houses
about there.
Ilow many, do you suppose not know
how many, but his connexions hate built a great
many.
Do you know any thine, of an application of his
to tile magistrates, to license one of those houses ?
have heard him speak of 'his applying year
after year for the license for a house he had built
in a conspicuous place
Was lie snceetisf4 at last till' he put it
into Mr. tianbus y's trade.
Has be number of poblit-hotivis, in the'neigh.-
bourhood in which you live, increased or dimi-
nished within your experience ?--Mti my spot
there has been a house licensed where there was
none before, but there are very few now ; Tant
not Competent to say whether they are generally
bit:leased:

[JosErn IluxttN examined.]
What are youl—A publican now, a carpenter
by trade.
Did you build 'many brinsCs in Lich-street,
Limehouse ?-1 built About six houses.

Was One of them a public-House ?...:—One I built
fora puhlie-house, it is note a pnblie•
Known by the sign of Lard liood
Did you endeavour to get that house licensed ?
;
Vor how many years years and upwards
witboot effect, and I strained every nerve I pos-
sibly could.

Ltd you apply to Mr. Reid, the -distillerin Al-
dersotte-street, to get it licensed ?-1
Did you offer to him the spirit trade ofTer-
ettliint the spirit trade for a certain term of years
(seven years) if he could get it licensed ; be said
he was arraid it was out of his power to do it :
he recommended me to call' on Messrs. Truman
and lianboty, which I did, and they put me off
many tittles but at last they said, if 1 would
enter into an agreement to give them a lease of
the premises, they had no objection to try What
they, could do; and I agreed to grant them a lease
for 21 years, under the agreement that they Were
to grant tue
IVere there anis., conditions attached to the un-
der-lease deal with them.
That, was expressed in the condition ?.--,Yes.
Was it-then ?—Noi it was
not ; the nest year .following lapplied again to
them, and entered into a similar agreement with
them, as the date of then other did not stand,
which I had to pay the licensing.clerk for doing ;
had'to pay, the liceotilog clerk both years ; and
this I"ise•being on my tioods bo long; I did not
know what to do, and I considered it would-be
of more effect, perhaps, it 1 went into a botise
,of theirs, and inortgigeil the" house to their,
which I did for 2501., and 1 was in the house 13
months,

Was it then licensed ?—No, it was not. Then
I left the house, which was a nvery indifferent
house ; then they directly called in their inert-
gage-1110118y, and told me they most haVe it within
two months, or they must sell the house to pay
them their money ;, accordingly I advised with a
person, who turned out to,bc their attorney, Mr.
Thomson the licenhing clerk, arid he persuaded
me to leave 4.p their generosity.
,to (I,) at they
pleased ; accordingly I did, so they agreed to give.
the Mt. ror Jr, and in two months after that it was
licensed, and then said if it was licensed they would
give me pinching more. Whenl went to apply,Ml'.
A yang said, why you have soon' found ma it is li-
censed now ; I said,yes,l. had ; I said, you promrsed.
me a s Om-ailing more, I hope yeti win he allow!
your vtadttivr stud, .taat auttbei awn-