Westminster Sesjions, Fri...
The Times, 1824-10-23T00:00:00

M1r. ALLEIZ applied for a licence on behalf of the proprietors of the Arg l1 Rooms. TheVULTA11tsiAlf asked %Yho were the proprietors ; fsr the rule was tbat none but the parties applying should uqe the licence. l\ir. Hawse (of the Adelphi) stated, that he and AMr. Walsh were the proprietors. The CHAxRaMA- asked Mlr. Hawse whathe wanlted thelicencefor? MIr. Hawn'e said, that they hal taken the place of the Commis- sioners of Woods and Forests, and appropriated it to concerts, as. semblies, and masquerades. The CCAIUXVASJ ohservCd, that he did not tlink the magistrates would give a licence for masquerades. Mr. Hawee said, that the proprietors always received the Lord Chamberlain's licence for these entertainments. The CH5AIRMAN{ inquired why, then,tsince he received the Lord Chamberlain's licence. did lie ask for one from the mnagistrates? Mlr. Hawse said, that the proprietors were anxious for the pro- tection of the magistrates also, for the greater security of the property. They werc subject to a heavy expense ; they paid 6251. ground-rent, and built tie preraise% themselves. TliheCwatrnAA said that they might have the licence for assem- blies ant concerts but he knew that for other entertainments they were in the habit of letting oatt the rooms to others for the night. Mr. HAwsE replieo^ that although they might let them out to others, still they (the proprietors) were responsible for the conse- quences, in the same way as if they keptthem themselves. After somte further divcussionithe COU21T granted the application. DISORnERLY H1{CU5ES. Hannak Pable,, upon whom the judgment of the CoUrt was yestetday prayed, for keeping a disorderly house in WVoodstock- street, St. George's, Hanover-square, Wag again brought up to.day. nMr. ALLEY, fer the defendant, presented an additional affidavit sworn to by her, in vrhich she denied having any connexion what. ever, directlv or indirectly, with the house in question, wvhich had been let by the landlor,i, and nof by her, to a petson anamed Wil. 1iam Gibbs; or that she had paid any rates for it subsequently to April last, since which period she ha'l resided in Union-street, "Vliitechapel.. Ir. ADoLrrnus, on behalf of the parish. produced an affldavit, from which it apipearea that Gibbs had paid the rates on the de. fendant's account, at Michaelmas laqt; that this Gibbs had aban- doned his own wife, and go,ne to live with this woman; and that they jointly kept the house in 'Woodstock-street, and another in Union-street, NVbitechapel. M1r. ALLEY observed, that the facts sworn to in this affidavit left him nothing further to say. The CoTIRT'sentenced ber to six months' imprisonment in the Flouse of Correction. J. Coornbct, formerly n city watchman, was convicted of assault- ing the bradle of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, on Sunday, the 21st of March, when attenmpting to take him into custody for creating a dis- turbance and fighting in Covcnt-garden market, at six o'clock an that morning.-.Tudgment was deferred to the adjournment. William (.rjffiths and Th77mas Cordwe~l, described as cads or pnrters about the coach-offices in Piccadilly, were severally convict- ed of assaulting.rames iMfedburv, a parish officer, when endeavour. ing to take them into custodyt, for fighting and causing a-disturbance in the street en the 14th of August last. The defendants having been in custodv ever since then, thev wvere sentenced-"CGriffiths to six weeks, and (Cordwell to one month's additional imprisonment in the f-ouse of Correction. Scveral other defendants were convicted of minor. offences, and sentenced to different terms of imprisonment. One wretch-was convicted of horrible indecencies towards a boy in Hyde-park, and sentenced to twelve manths' solitary confinement in the House of Cnrrection. The CIAtAMMAY stated that it was not his first offence of the kin4l. ie was between 50 and 610 yeaTs of age, and had a wife and eight children. The 'boy was also foundtlgiltt; but as it appeare.l that he kad hitherto borne an irrepreechable charac- ter, ansd was a lad of weak intellect, he was only sentenced to four- teen davs' imprisonment. Another offender, named Norris, formerly a watchman in St. element Daneq, about 4i years of age, was convicted of vialatine tise chastity of his own daughter, a child now about 11 vears old. lie first committed this brutal offebee in the life-time of his wife, who died upwards of two years ago; and continued in the constant habit of repeating it down eo last Decensber, when he was detected in the verv act by the unexnerted visit of one or two of his neigh- bouys. The child, who displayed cimsiderable intelligence and modlesty, was placed under the care of the parish, and the unnatural father was sentenced to lhard labour for two years in the House of Correction. VESTMIJNSTRR SEYJIOMNS, FRIDAY, OCT. 22. ARG}YLL ROOMIS.