By adjornment on Thursday the tenth day of April 1746

Order desiring Thomas Lane< no role >
Esqr . Chairman of the Court to
inquire if the Representation on
behalf of Wm. Body and John
Whittenbury be yet laid before the
Lords of the Treary . And if not
Then Mr. Lane is desired to lay
the same before their Lordships}

It is Ordered by this Court that Thomas Lane< no role > Esqr . Chairman of this Court be and he is
hereby desired to wait upon his Grace the Duke of Newcastle Lord Lientenant and Custos
Rotulorum of the County of Middx to know if his Grace hath caused a Representation to be
laid before the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty< no role > 's Treasury which was made to their
Lordships by the Justices of the peace of the said County on behalf of William Body< no role > This name instance is in set 3514. and
John Whittenbury< no role > This name instance is in a workspace. in Order to obtain for them the Sum of fifty pounds which the Justices
were of Opinion and thought a reasonable Sum to be allowed to them for their trouble and
expence in and about their apprehending and suppressing of Street Robbers. And also to
acquaint his Grace that a Gang of Street Robbers commonly called the Black Boy
Alley Gang is again increasing, And in case the aforesaid Representation hath not
been yet laid before the Lords of the Treasury , Then the said Mrs Lane is desired
that he will please to lay the same before their Lordships

Middx

Resolutions taken by his Majesty< no role > 's Justices of the Peace assembled
at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden at Hicks Hall
in Saint John Street in and for the County of Middx by adjournment
on Thursday the sixteenth day of April in the Year of our Lord
1746.

Resolutions of the
Justices of the peace
agt. disorderly Fairs}

This Court taking into their Consideration that the time of year is now returning when several
Fairs not warranted by Law have been held and others and others have been attempted to be held
within this County, to which Fairs there is a very great Resort of loose idle and disorderly People,
some of which Fairs continue for a Fortnight some for three Weeks, and where many Persons
stay till one or two o' Clock in the Morning came to the following Resolutions

Resolved That it is the Opinion of this Court that these Fairs and particularly the Fairs called
Tottenham Court Fair, May Fair, Welch Fair, and Mile End Fair do greatly and directly tend
to the Encouragement of Vice, Immorality and Profaneness, and to the debauching and
ruining of Apprentices, Servants, Labourers, and others as well as to the disturbance of the
Publick Peace. That Habits of Gaming, Drinking and swearing are here learnt and
contracted and all sorts of lewd and disorderly Practices are here carried on and encouraged.
Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Court that these Fairs have contributed very much
to the Encouragement of Idleness and to the Impoverishment of the Servants, Artificers
Workmen, and all the lower sort of People, by which means Servants when reduced and in
Debt have been tempted to defraud their Masters, and other Persons grown desperate to
rob and pilfer, which has most probably been the reason why do many more Robberies are
committed in and near this Town soon after these Fairs are concluded as has been remarked
to have been the Case for many Years last past.

Resolved. That it is the Opinion of this Court that this great Resort to these Fairs may be
attended with great danger to the publick especially at this time when many of his Majesty< no role > 's
Subjects are in open Rebellion. It being impossible to answer what may happen from so