Southeastern Gazette, 13 September 1853.

The license of the "Clarence Hotel," from James Hichens Gedye to Mrs. Wray, the freeholder of the property. A gentleman from the office of Mrs. Wray’s solicitor applied to have this transfer made, informing the bench that a lease for 21 years had been granted to Mr. Gedye, but that Mrs. Wray had been necessitated by due process of law to eject him, so that the lease had become vitiated and the house again in her own hands.