The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-26 00:00:00

CAMBRIDGESHIRE SESSIONS, OCT. 23.

John Smith, appellant ; the Magistrates acting
in and for the division of North Witchford, in the
Isle of Ely, respondents.
This wns a case of considerable interest and great
2ublic importance, being an appeal under the statute
if the 9th of George IV. chap. 61,from a decision . •
of the respondents, in refusing to license a new .
public-house in the parish of Chatteris, in the Isle
)f Ely. It is almost, if not altogether, the first ap-
peal which has been tried under the statute, and
had excited great interest among the brewers and
the town and neighbourhood of Chatteris. The re-. •
spondents are gentlemen of the highest respectability
arid honour as Magistrates of the Isle, and take con-
siderable pains to license such persons only to keep
public houses within their district as are of good
character and reputation.
Mr. PRYSIE stated the case of the appellant.--•
His client was a person of great respectability, who
was most anxious to do away with or lessen the mo-
nopoly of the brewers at the parish of Chatteris, and
he was therefore desirous of opening a free public-
house there. This the respondents had refused him
permission to do. The town of Chatteris was lately
very considerably increased, and there was a neces-,
sity for additional public-houses, the number not
having been augmented for nearly 30 years. The
population had during that time become nearly
doubled, it being now nearly 4,000. There Was
scarcely any free competition in the selling of beer►
and the monopoly of the brewers was most perni•
cious. They held an annual meeting in London,
where they regulated every thing respecting their
universal monopoly.
Mr. Sewell proved that no new licence had been
granted in Chatteris for nearly 20 years. There are
fifteen public-honses there.
Wm. Palmer examined—Knows Slade-end, where
Smith's house stands. There is no public-house
within 400 yards.: It would be a great convenience
to the neighbourhood to have one where his house
stands. Chatteris has been much enlarged of late.
Cross-examined by Mr. GUNNING-Smith sires&
sells beer at his house, and all people may get it
there if they like. Is a friend of Smith's, and does
" odd jobs" for• him and his family. Smith has e
bench outside his house. Has seen people sitting
on the bench drinking. Has seen folks drunk there,
from Smith letting them have beer outside the house•
May have seen people drunk there on Sundays; he
seen them sittingdown on the ground after drinkingbeer
at Smith's, " and not be quite able to get up again,
like."
William Longman—ls a farmer at Chatteris, and

thinks it would—be desirable to have Smith's house
licensed at Slade-end, and that he is a fit and proper
person for the purpose of keeping a public-house.
Other witnesses, to the number of a dozen or

more, deposed to the necessity of a new public-house
in the situation of the appellant's, and to his general
fitness for the office : but most of them, on cross'
examination, admitted that they had seen persons
drunk in the road by his house, in consequence of
his supplying them with beer there, and that his
house is now called " the Tom and Jerry shop."---
One witness said, he never saw people drunk there,
for he looked another way when there were drunken
men there. Two were called, who were themselves
exceedingly tipsy in the witness-box, which, how'
ever, they 'strenuously denied, to the great amuse"
ment of the court. One of them said, that at Chat,
teris they considered a man drunk when he was off
his guard. Another, that when folks had got drunk
elsewhere, they went to " the Tom and Jerry."
Mr. GUNNING was about to reply to this VW,
and to state that of the Magistrates, when the
Court retired.

After a short absence, the CHAIRMAN said the,'
were satisfied that the Magistrates had exercised
sound discretion in refusing the licence to the ar
pellant, and that it was unnecessary to call on the
respondents to answer the case.
The Court then confirmed the order of the re'
spondents, with costs to be paid by the appellant.

The cotton markets have been, during the
last week, on the whole, very considerable, and at the es.-
treine price of the preceding week. The demand for yars •
continues to be very good.—Manchester Advertiser.

PARIS BUTCHERS.—An ordonnance has ap-
peared in the Moniteur, limiting the number of butchers
in the capital to 400 ; each of whom is to furnish a seta'
rity of 3000 francs, that he will comply with all the police
regulations affecting his occupation.—Literary Gazette•

Adrianople was taken from the Greeks by the
Turks in 1350, and continued to be the seat of their eOl •
pire tall the capture of Constantinople in 1453—an in'
terral of 103 years. This city was taken by Manostrre
the Second, at the age of 23—one of the most remarkable
of the Turkish Sultans, and a native of Adrianople. Thrs
put an end to the Eastern Empire, which had subsisted
for 1123 s ears.
VOLCANO.—A short time ago a species of
volcanic mountain was discovered in the environs of Sar-;
rebruck, Prussia. It is in the form of rather an irregular
cone of 6 or 800 feet in height, and covered with wood,
except towards the summit, where there is no vegetation
but moss. The heat of the soil increases gradually to".
wards the summit, from whence issues, through a small ,
crater of 30 fret, such warm steam that an egg may
boiled by it in a few minutes.—Literary Gazelle.
KING'S PRINTER.—The patent under which
this most lucrative situation is held will shortly expire'
The emoluments arising from it are said to exceed a Teller:
ship of the Exchequer under the old system: The Is"'
Joust REEVES held a moiety of the office for a few year
and left behind him between two and three hundred thou;
sand pounds. Surely the Duke of WELLINGTokr will no
permit the patent to be renewed, without effecting all efr
tire renovation in the charges at present made for Aeo oi
Parliament, and the various and extensive volumes oft r:i
cords, and other expensive documents ordered to be prin
by the Houses of Lords and Commons, which, in the yeselo
Estimates, constitute a fearful amount of charge, all doll
from the public purse, and consequently occasioning
tional burthens. In the present improved ,state.,of
work, machinery, and every thing else relating to printl
the old charges ought to be abolished, and a new rate 'l/ aka
the which would be best done by open tender for, la
the great jobs. More than one hundred per cent. °P°
the present system of expense, would be saved to the ou°o
A French Paper (Le Constitutionnel) states
that the manufacturers of Elbeuf and Louyiers have dir
covered and adopted a 'mode of. preparing woollen cloth°
without oil, or any description of grease--thus rendering
the manufacture more cleanly, wholesome, and economic' •
The Constitutionnel adds, that the cloth prepared accord;
ing to the new process is as soft and in every respects
good as that made upon the old system.—Literary Gas

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