Middlesex .

At the General Session of the Peace of our Sovereign
Lord the King, holden for the County of Middlesex ,
at Hicks - Hall in St. John - Street , in the said
County, (by Adjournment) on Thursday the Tenth
Day of December, One Thousand Seven Hundred
and Sixty-One, in the Second Year of the Reign of
our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace
of God, King of Great Britain, and so forth, before
Thomas Lane< no role > , George Errington< no role > , Bartholomew Hammond< no role > -
, George Greene< no role > , Esquires , and others their
Fellows Justices of our said Lord the King, assigned
to keep the Peace of our said Lord the King, in the
County aforesaid; and also to hear and determine
divers Felonies, Trespasses, and other Misdemeanors
committed in the same County.

WHEREAS, by an Order of General Quarter Session of
the Peace of this County, made the Twenty-third Day
of October, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty-five, all
Petitions for Licence to keep House for Public Entertainment,
are required to be lodged on the First and Second Day of every
October Session, and are not to be received after the Second Day
of the Session. It is now thought fit and further ordered, That
no such Petition shall be read, and the Merits thereof heard and
determined, but on Thursday the County Day of the Session, and
that no such Petition shall be taken into Consideration by the
Court, until One of the Clock of the same Day. It being the
Intent, Meaning and Resolution of this Court, That what shall
be the Sentiments and Opinion of the Major Part of the Jus-
tices assembled on the Thursday, relating to the granting or
refusing such Licenses, shall be binding and conclusive, and shall
not be altered, changed or repealed, on any subsequent Day in
the said Sessions; and to the End that no Person may plead Ig-
norance of this Order, and that an entire Harmony may be kept
up in the said Court; It is further ordered, That Copies of this
Resolution be made out by the Clerk of the Peace , and trans-
mitted to every Justices of the Peace for this County, who has
qualisied, that so they may attend on the said Thursday on the
County-Day, and give their Assent to, or Dissent from any such
Licenses as shall happen to be petitioned for

By the Court.

WALLER.