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London, England, 1827-05-10 00:00:00

VICTUALLERS' MANSE BILL.

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General Licensing Meeting! to be held annually.
In,Middlesex in. March, and in every other county
in August.
Time and place, how to be appointed. Notice of
Meetings to be given to the Rector, Parish Officers,
Peace Officers, and Innkeepers.
What Justices disqualified from acting. Brewer,
distiller, dealer in malt, or retailer of ale, beer, or
other exciseable liquor. Penalty.
What persons disqualified from acting as. Clark to
the Justices. Penalty.
Three Justices, ut the least, to be present at each
Meeting. Questions respecting licenses to be de-
termined by the majority of Justices at the meeting.
License to be signed by the majority of Justices at
the meeting.
Where number of Justiees, not disqualified, in-
sufficient, Justices of adjoining division inay be called
in. Justices called to be Justices of the county in
which the place for which such aid is required is

situate.
Notice of application for a License to keep a
house not previously kept as an Inn, &e. Such
notice to be given inlgiddlesex in January, else-
where in June.

Notice of application for the renewal of a Li-
cense. Such notice to be given in Middlesex in
January, elsewhere in June.
Notice of application to transfer a License. Such
notice to be 14 days prior to application. Rector,
Parish Officers, and Peace Officers, to certify as to
the fitness .)f persons intending to apply for License,
and of houses to be kept. Certificates to be left
with the High Constable. High Constables to lay
Certificates before Justices at Licensing Meetings,
Justices may grant Licenses if Certificates are fa-
vourable. If Certificates are not favourable Justices
to examine into allegations, and if required,, the pre-
sence of any person to, give evidence thereon, it
shall be lawful for Justices, to summon whom they
think proper.
Persons applying for License to keep a house in a
parish, other than that in which they;reside, to pro-
duce Certificates of Rector,, &e of the parish in
which they reside..
Rectors, Parish Officers, and. Peace Officers, to
state impartially their opinions .as to fitness or other-
wise, of persons appliing for licences, and of houses.
License to state whether Certificates produced.--
On application for renewal of license, former license
to be produced.
Licensed person to enter into recognizance with
sureties of .501., or two sureties in the sum of 251.
each. Persons disqualified from being sureties, dis-
tillers, retailers of ale, beer, or, any other exciseable
liquor, or any Officer of Excise, Overseers of the
Poor, no Peace Officer of any description. Recog-
nizance to be returned to the Clerk of the Peace.—
Penalty for omission, 51.
Form of license in Schedule. Duration of license,
in Middlesex, from the sth of April; elsewhere,
from the lOth of October.

Provision for death, change of occupancy, and
other contingency. Duration of License granted in
event of such contingency; certificates and notices
required.
Licenses granted at any other time or place void.
Clerk of the Peace to keep Register of Licenses„
and to be paid 21. and no more for recording the re-
cognizance andfor making and delivering copies of
such. Any person to inspect Register. Fee of the
Clerk of the Peace Is. for inspecting the Register.
Penalty for refusing any person to inspect or ex-
amine such Register, the Clerk so refusing to for-
feit 5/.

Fees to be paid for Licenses ;- 6d. to the Consta-
ble,.&c. for serving Notices; High Constables, &c.
for issuing precepts, 6d. For the Clerk of the
Justices for the License, and for returning the same
recognizance and notices, 6s. Penalty for taking
larger fees, 51.
And be it further enacted, that no Sheriff's officer
no officer executing the legal process of any• Court
of Justice, in any county, hundred, or liberty,
city or town, no constable, headborough, tithing-
man, police fficer,_patrol, or other peace officer, no
overseer of the poor, or collector of .parochial rates
or taxes, and.,no collector of the tolls at. an), bridge
or turnpike-gate; shall be capable of receiving or
using any license under this Act; and that every
license granted or transferred to any perion exercis-
ing any of the offices aforesaid, shall be void to all
intents and purposes. Licensed persons disqualified
for holding certain offices. Penalty 51.
No Excise License to be granted except to a per-
son licensed under this Act.
And be it further enacted, that every person who
shall sell, barter, or exchange, or for valuable consi-
deration otherwise dispose of any beer, or other ex-
ciseable liquor by retail, or shall permit or suffer any
beer or other exciseable liquor to be sold, bartered,
exchanged, or otherwise disposed of for valuable
consideration by retail, in his house, out-house, yard,
garden, orchard, or other place, such house, out-house,
yard, garden orchard, or other place, not being speci-
fied in the License granted to such person under this
Act, shall for every such offence, on conviction be-
fore one Justice of the Peace, forfeit and pay the
sum of 201., together with the cost of the conviction.
Proviso in case of death.

Persons licensed to use in sale ofliquors standard
measures. Penalty for' not using the same 40s. with
costs, for every offence.
Prevision for defining what are unreasonable hours.
Unreasonable hours from ten at night until five in
the morning, unless otherwise specified in License.
Houses to be closed by order of Justices, in eases of
riot or tumult.

Penalties for breach of recognisance,. First offence
5/. ; second Offence 101. together with costs of con-
viction, in default of which the party shall be com-
mitted to the Common Gaol or House of Correction,
for three months ; third offence 50/. and costs of con-
viction. Hearing of the case may, at the option of
the Justices, or of the party accused, be adjourned
to the Quarter Session. On verdict of guilty„re-
cognizances to be estreated, or the Magistrate to
have the discretion to punish such offender by tine
not exceeding 1001. If the License adjudged to be
void, such offender, after adjudication, to be incapablq
of keeping an inn,alehouse, &c. for the space of three
years, to be computed from the time of the adjudi-
cation. Court of Quarter Sessions may, if required,
adjourn the hearing of the case. If License not for-
feited, offender to enter into the new recognizance.
Court to proceed to inquire into case, if persons
charged fail to appear.
Proviso with regard to any subsequent charge.
3 G. IV. c. 77, to continue in force till the Ist of
November, 1827.
Act not to affect the two Universities, nor to alter
time of Licensing in London. Not to extend to alter
any Law of Excise, nor to prohibit sale of Beer at
Fairs in certain cases.

LIVERPOOL, MAY B.—The demand for
Cotton to-day has been less animated, and which
is, as usual on this day, Tuesday, Manchester
Market-day. The quantity sold is from 1,200
to 1,500 bags, at last week's currency. The
demand for other deserfpticas of produce is inuclt
depressed.

MANCHESTER, MAY 8.----There has been
an animated demand for Cotton during the week
past, sufficiently so as it respects the number of
bags to make up for the falling oW in the sales of
the week preceding., By this ext a demand prices -
have been steadily maintained, and in some cases
a little improved, although the importation has
been heavy.---Yarns for exportation are sta-
tionary ; there is, however, a little more inquiry,
but not much additional business done, r.nd the
prices continue very low. Water twist, No. 2G,
second quality, may be bought to=day at iron].
11d. to 12d. per lb. ; No. 80, at 13d. to 13fd.,
and No, 40, second quality Mule Yarn, at 13d.
to 14d,