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Show FAMOUS ENGLISH INN CLOSED BY JUSTICES LONDON. Jan. S, 4.10 a." m. "The Three Pigeons," one of England's oldest old-est and most famous inns and the sole existing tavern of Eli.abethnn times,, was closed yesterday by the Middlesex licensing justices in accordance with a movement inaugurated some time ngo by tho temperance leaders to restrict tbe number of licensed inns. "The Three Pigeons'' was used as a background for the low comedy scenes in "The Merry Wives of Windsor,'" Ben Jonson 's ' 1 The A trhemist ' ' and "Our Mutual Friend." The inn perhaps per-haps has had more literary associations than any other Knglish tavern. |