The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-03 00:00:00

party spirit, with its interested policlt 81°3:
cc
guides the measures, and dictates the °. f
that should be pursued. In this state 01
things what has the country to rely upon
Au infatuated land capricious king, surr°3notit
ed by men unable or unwilling to Poi° -(1)
the proper course (not difficult to be f°Bll r
that he should follow, and one whose charecte
precludes all hope of a decisive and uniform P 0;
licy. We greatly fear that Spain will never aritsa
from her distracted and degraded condition u°
Xing FERDINAND shall "sleep with his fathers'
( From the Journal de Puri: of Oct. 31.) op,
111ADani, OCl'''fot
The Consultative Junta has been employed for tilege.,.,„l
days in regulating a plan of guarantees calculated to facu'a—'s
the negociation of a loan. The public has already le3rg,
part of the plan of the Junta on this subject, which consists„
wol
obliging the clergy to furnish a part of those guaranteed,
employing in the public service sums borrowed to the sn'c'tintf
15 per cent. of their revenues. It is affirmed that the 3/31:010
d'Almenara is appointed to draw up a memorial whichto
accompany the plan of the Junta, and which is intended
he
prove that those are only the possessions of the clergy, ana.t.o
religious orders can offer to foreign bankers sufficient seal°

to The new Ambassador from France to our Court is OP')
with great impatience at the Escurial ; it seems •that the re
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tion of some question of great importance is retarded till
he
riva
Al
great number of that M
of public functionaries of the first ogle-1. inister.
been just denounced to the police as belonging
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to the seelo

of Freemasons and Communeros. diva
The King's health is entirely restored. His !IWO"'
yesterday at the country seat of La Moeloa, near this ati'ffi
This improvement in his Majesty's health will delay the retu
of the Court to Madrid.
F per "c
REN Cif - UNDS.—PARIS, OCT• 31.--Five r-r l'eer•
59f. 85c.—Three per Cents. 71f. 45c.—Rentes NaPieg
tificates Falconnet), 86f. 30c.—Royal Spanish Loan,lB2l/1
°1
—Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 10c.; three '
24. 90.—(Cours Authentique.)

has bee:
We have been informed that a plan
submitted to Mr. PEEL, under the sanction nftibe
Surrey Magistrates, for the abolition of tbit
Licensing System, and confining the duties of tto
Justice of Peace, with reference to Alehoses,
the enforcement of the laws for the good con°et
of those places of public resort. the
Long used, as the country has been, to d
Licensing System it has become ultimately
mix f
up with the laws regarding Alehouses, and it 113°0
always been thought to form a good check tll/I,c
the too rapid increase of these houses of Pub ,
ala
entertainment, and to open facilities which w°
er
secure the observance of good conduct and Pe
decorum of behaviour both on the part of the b

and his customers.
It cannot be denied but that some god does
sistemp
e
in this manner result from the Licensing
but at the same time the evils it introduces 3
die
far greater than the good can compeniale I G.
simple fact, that, under the preseot Pr° is
tice, the property of the alehouse-keePeroot
placed entirely at the disposal of Itby O,
of Magistrates, liable to be swayed
litics, and not a little moved by local intere:
the Licel;:g
the
The benefits, too, resulting from
System may be secured in another waf 011 t ori
checks interposed by the high duty P'e
re
vis
the Excise License, and the Excise ..)3 deter
garding it, will be then equally efficient t°
sae
disreputable men from attempting to keep an
of
house as they now are, when the Justice
the Peace interferes in the first instance I°ol
termine whether or no the applicant is a fit Pe

I some
retained
tmiaHowever,
heon licensed.ieyvd eilvo;
e trb:lui(t:
:: g there
may exist a difference of opinion—there lug/ be
1 ot see 3
reason
vicgteii eonwtts li'nli);e'r svVt:nhesoet ed:i cannot
'tie
°dill iiII:411111tt t 00111)91C1
a reu'
dared more consistent with natural justice
the security of the publican's property.
,sf st9oOur objection is not so much to tb:i" d tbs
altogether, or to the laws that re to
t the
publican liable to the loss of his keno, as -cid
ste
arbitrary manner in which they may be /1110 be
as
s m consideredueh i n tae sr e
sptr property, ti• tny , t
iiitei
executed. A licence once obtained shell 10
!A t
the ho'-e „pi,
ness was carried on. Whilst, however/
011 ell'
cence might be permitted to be subject to 0 the
nual renewal, it should be obligatory uPe aie
housew l'ich
d cs g
Justices to issue it, unless, upon Roo roof b-
shewn, when, in.. the first instance, they dig
allowed to grant it conditionally. If, °ll s : the
the case to a Jury, it should be found tbs. of
,e leo
Publican had been guilty of an offence, or ° —lir oith
offences, which it might be proper to Pauisa ; bet,
so much severity, let the licence be refuse
cool
if not, let the Quarter Sessions direct°
from hisof
for the current year. .0004/
License
The glory of this country is the °- of pro'
trade by
property.
t
to be
But where does that gewchileriretilivaisrbiPelejill°
pert), exist if a publican is liable of 10
the witholdiag OOl
assigned, it
without any cause .0,
without the slightest previous in" groal
woo id
ce
is clear what a check this circurasten 00cele'
iarg-
form to commercial speculations 00 it