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London, England, 1826-12-16 00:00:00

LONDON ADJOURNED SESSION& DEc. 15.

These Sessions were bead by adjournment belays the Rseamma,
IStr Y. &raw, and a Bench of Aldermen.

APPUL &DAUM • cowlings'. PT • VETVALLIP.
Mr. BOLLAND stated, that the appellant in this case
was William Parker, who keeps a public-house at the
corner of Bardett's-buildings, Holborn, who had been
convicted before Robert Waithman, Esq. the Alderman
of the Ward of Farringdon Without, in which the ap-
pellant resides, for a breach of the regulations imposed
for the observance of publicans, as appeared by a charge
preferred against a person of the name of Maskell, on
the 19th of August last, the particulars whereof would
be detailed by the witnesses he should call.
' Thomas Gamage stated, that on the 19th of August
he was a watchman of St. Andrew's, Holborn, and his
beat was on the hill. About half-past two in the morn-
ing of the 19th of August he stood at Mr. Parker's door,
and heard what passed inside. He heard Bliss put
down a sovereign to fight Maskell ; after this, Parker
turned Maskell and several others out, and kept Bliss
inside, who is an attorney in Gray's Inn.square. Parker
or his wife are up all night, and serve all kinds of cus-
tomers with liquor ; has seen common women and
thieves there sometimes.
by Mr. Anossisos—Witnees never preferred a complaint of
those irregularities to the Alderman of the Ward; has been since
discharged from his situation, but not for siisessisa ; never said
he would do the appellant au injury if it lay Is his ppaver.
Mr. Bliss and Mr. Waken, the alleged arlprpaYts, were caned,
but neither appeared.
Thomas Tarr, another watdunan, proved, that. le consequence
of a row at Mr, Parker's door, he assisted Is cassylps Maskell to
the watch-ham.
Mr. ArsoLraus addressed the Jury for the appellant.
His client did not come there to appeal on pecuniary
grounds. but in order to shew by evidence, that his
house was not of that disorderly description as had been
alleged, and that, too, by a man who had said he would
Mkt_ an injury if he ever found an opportunity. The
house in question was a watering-house, and therefore
open at all hours for the hackney-coachmen; and at
this house a great number of compositors, who had been
at work on the morning newspapers, were in the habit
of obtaining refreshment, and it was monstrous law
which would prevent men, thus employed, from wetting
their throats from eleven at night to six in the morning.
He would call his witnesses, and then the Coen would
judge whether the representations made by Gamage
were true.
Mr. King, the Ward Beadle of St. Andrew's, Hol-
born. bas known the house several years, which the
appellant has kept more orderly than houses of this
description generally are. Mr. Parker has frequently
sent to the watch-house for assistance to turn disorderly
Answers out. Witness has seen persons of low cha-
ncier there at times, but they are ant allowed to sit
dawn : the witness Gamage has been discharged for
misconduct ; had frequently beard him say; " D—n my
.eyes if I do not serve that rascal Parker out when
I can lay hold of him."
Mr. Smith, a hosier, Mr. Camp, a builder, and several
respectable persons residing close to Mr. Parker's, de-
clared that they had never been in the least annoyed by
the manner in which his house was conducted ; persons
of great respectability spent their evenings at the house.
Mr. BOLLAND submitted, that although the appel-
lant's conduct was generally proper, it had been proved
that his house was open on the morning in question at
an unseasonable hour, and therefore the conviction
would lie.

consulted for a short time, and then costumed the
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ASSAULTING A

Thaws Swift, a well•dtessed young man, was sentenced to three
moths' imprisonment and hard labour, for assaulting a cAmtstable in
Illoornelds, while endeavouring ,te capture some vagabonds who
were playing at cups and balls.

Letters from Haaaburgh mention that the money
market there was in a most sensitive state, apprehend-
ing some alarm on the side of Portugal. They state
that the new Austrian loan has been taken by the con.
tractors at 86.

Saturday night a poor woman, returning to her house
from Woodsome, near Huddersfield, was met by three
men in a wood, who deprived her of 7s. the amount of
her week's labour. On her representing to them that
she had six children at home without food, one of the
fellows returned her what he thought, in the dark, to be
a sixpence, but which proved, to thereat joy of the
woman, to be a half sovereign.
The dial of St. Bride's clack was again illuminated
last night, and attracted general attention. It may be
necessary to observe, that as yet it is not the clock itself
which is thus occasionally exhibited. but merely a cir-
cular plate of ;round glass having the hands and figures
painted on tt, in or der probably to shew the effect, pre-
viously to, applying the experiment to the real clock,
which, we 'understand, is in contemplation. This plan,
ificilerally adopted, will be at once a pleasing orna-
%tut Wthe metropolis, and a great couvedfience.

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