The Sun.
London, England, 1838-03-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1838.

doubt his love of wine and tolerance of ale are among the
the qualities which still recommend him to the friend-
ship of the Christian Canon of St. Paul's. If both would
do nothing worse than drink wine and tolerate ale, we
should be disposed to pray for the continuance of the
heirachy which such conduct might possibly redeem from
the selfishness, virulence, and love of persecution which
unfortunately characterise the majority of our Prelates.

Our readers will find in another part of our Paper an in-
teresting account of the proceedings of the Bank of Eng-
land Proprietors this day.

The spirit of monopoly pervades all trades and districts,
and the engine to effect it is the Imperial Parliament of the
country. Really this is too bad. Although we have
strongly opposed the recent stringent, obstructive, and un-
just Standing Orders of the House of Commons, we should
be inclined to support an additional Standing Order which
should operate as a preventative to intended monopolies. We
are especially induced to make these observations from the
circumstance of the Glasgow Waterworks Bill being set
down for a second reading to-morrow night. A similar
Bill has been already rejected, from its nefarious and
msichievEus objects ; yet as selfishness is invariably
obstinate and persevering, the parties who desired to
throw two competing Companies for the supply of
water to the great city of Glasgow into one, and thus
be enabled to charge what they please for this most
necessary article, are again applying for the aid and assist-
ance of Parliament. Will the representatives of the
people lend that aid ? Those who do—no matter what
their political professions—no matter what their affected
patriotism—whether professing to be, par excellence, the
champions of the people or not—if disposed to tax the people
by supporting monopolies of coal, corn, or water—let them
be sent about their business by their constituents, as wear-
ing the garb of sheep to hide the rapacity of wolves.

We are glad to see, by the presentation of a petition from
certain inhabitantsof London on Tuesday night, in the Hous©
of Commons, that they are getting awake to the evils of
the Coal Monopoly. The petitioners object to the Bill
proposed by Mr. LABOUCHERE passing into a law, " be-
cause it will continue the monopoly;" and we see no reason
why the 1,500,000 inhabitants of the vale of the Thames
should allow a prime necessary of life to be taxed and mo-
nopolized for the ease and enrichment of a few jobbers ac-
cording to law. As long as the trade is fettered by noxious
regulations, as long as the privilege of a few enhance the
price of coals ever so small a coin, the public will be justified in
believing the most exaggerated statement of the reduction
of price which it is asserted would take place from having
the trade perfectly free. Let us at least try the experiment ;
and as the petition presented on Tuesday night said, let us
have the " enlarged and suitable accommodation out of the
Thames," which private means is ready to supply, for un-
loading colliers at a cheap rate, without damage to life or
limb, at all times of the year.

Lord WiNcumsE A, on moving for certain returns on Tues-
day night relative to the Yeomanry, took the opportunity to
boast of the valour of that illustrious corps of feather-bed
and tavern-dining corps, and to deprecate the further re-
duction of such a useful body. The Yeomanry, as far as
we know, now meet only to feast together once a year in
regimentals, and we are not aware of any law or custom
which will pravent them from continuing so pleasant a
practice, without taxing the country for their amusement.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said that a single troop of
Yeomanry caused as much trouble as a regiment, and were
just as useful, he slyly observed, in keeping the peace—
meaning, we presume, that the peace was very well kept
without either troop or regiment. We cannot approve of
arming one class of the citizens against another ; and if we
must bare Yeomanry, let every man in the land be reel•
mented, armed, and drilled. We 'shall then all ha on a
footing.

In another part of our paper will be found a report o,
the proceedings of the Licensed Victuallers, who met to
consider of the best means of checking some further
threatened meddling with their trade by the Middlesex
Magistrates. It appears that these sapient gentlemen,
who have such a prodigious reputation for managing
their own concerns well—the County-rates to wit—
can also find time to regulate the trade of their
neighbours. Of all the plagues which have fol-
lowed in the train of citilation and accumulated
wealth, we are not sure that there is one greater than the
growth of a large class of idle gentlemen, who, weary of
themselves, seek to escape from their weariness by conti-
nually, interfering with others. Nothing, if you believe the I
Middlesex Magistrates, whether it be to provide food and
lodging, for the community, to extend science, improve art,
or confirm morality, can possibly succeed unless under their
direction ; and accordingly they meddle with everything
they can reach. To escape the torment of unoccupied
thoughts they torment the rest of the community. Our
modern inquisitors are Middlesex Magistrates and gentlemen
of the same class who apply their thumbikins to all in humble
life. But though they spare none, beer drinkers and sellers are
their peculiar pets. They have a vocation for regulating ale-
houses, and, like the mother of one child, they cannot suffer
their favourite to be out of their sight. A Committee of
these middle-aged gentlemen, amongst whom a Mr. BAR-
BER BEAUMONT took the lead, lately proposed a series of
resolutions, which, a public notice of them may possibly
crush. They lie over for consideration ; and to oppose them
was the object of the meeting yesterday. One of them
recommended her Majesty's Government, as if these gentle-
men were of her Privy Council, to—
" Bring in a Bill to limit the hours for the retail sale of
strong beer, wine, and spirituous liquors, to between six
o'clock in the morning and eleven o'clock at night, and that
such houses be cleared of their guests before half-past eleven
o'clock at night, but on Sunday mornings that such be not
opened before one o'clock, P. M."
Now it was well observed at the meeting, at which more
good sense was spoken than ever oozes out of the mouths
of Middlesex Magistrates, that it is grossly absurd to esta-
blish one and the same curfew, when all beer-drinkers must
toddle home, and all beer sellers lock up their taps.
Eleven, said one of the speakers, is a late hour at Bermond-
sey, but it is an early one in the vicinity of the Haymarket.
For those who sit up all night, preparing the Morning
Papers, particularly during the meeting of Parliament, from
which those Magistrates get nearly all the correct know-
ledge they possess, the day may be said to have
scarcely commenced at that hour, when Mr. BARBER
BEAUMONT would make the selling and drinking
of ale a legal offence. In country places, on the contrary,
six o'clock in the morning is a late hour, before which,
in summer, mowers and travellers may, with no offence to
morality, however grievous it may be in the sight of
BARBER BEAUMONT, assuage their thirst by a draught of
nut brown ale. We agree, therefore, with the publican,
and not with the Middlesex Pharisee, that to establish
one uniform hour when men may legally begin to sell and
drink ale, and beyond which they must do neither is a
miserable peddling piece of magisterial interference, which
is equally impertinent and absurd.
The Magistrates also resolved, and, of course recom-
mended that their resolution should bo embodied by the
Legislature into a law :
" That victuallers supplying strong beer, wine, and spi-
rituous liquors to persons while in a state of intoxication,
er who have drunk so much liquor on the premises as to
be iAely to be intoxicated, be not entitled to payment for
liquor so furnished ; and that if they have procured payment
for it, they may be compelled to refund the same on a sum-
mary process."
Another speaker at the meeting illustrated the absurdity
of this, by supposing four persons to drink in common,
one of whom might not be able to bear half a pint of
wine, and eachof the others carryoff two bottles, which would
enable the party to refuse payment of all they had swal-
lowed after one was drunk, or they might recover it when
he became sober. If the Magistrates wish to encourage
informers, and all their attendant vices, they should pro-
secute their scheme ; for our part, we beg leave to warn
them that all the mischiefs which result from beer-drinking
are trifling in .comparison to those which result from the
meddling of such sage as BARBER BEAUMONT. It was,
well observed at the meeting, that the best security for the
good conduct of pubic-houses was to have them occupied
by respectable men ; and equally well proved that nothing
could so effectually prevent respectable men from entering
into the business as this never-ending meddling of the Ma-
gistrates, by which the trade is rendered unsafe and dis-
k' eTeeable. Of course, amongst the licensed victuallers
thcre are black sheep ; but the magnificent Asylum they
havt' built for the decayed members of their body on the
other side of the water, and the splendid sch 00l they
support, would do honour to the richest inc orpora-
tion of the metropolis, and demonstrate that the
whole booty art,' quite Its respectable as those who
treat their avocation with contempt. The proce td-
:ngs yesterday, the good sense pf which highly pleas I's
3, are a proof of the same fact. Wit2l one exception they'
ere throughout temperate and rational ; .but Mr, BINGLEY
xhibited too much of the selfish jealousy of iraffie, when be
expressed a hope that beer-shops might be prevented from
lling beer to be drunk on the premises. We can. Not go
along with him in asking restrictions on other trades 'wen.
e were especially pleased with the testimony which one
r the speakers bore to the Christian virtues of the Ar, 'l3-
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sneaks in the kindest terms of his old schoolfellow,
!Dr. HOWLEY ; and as the witty Canon has on several occa-
sions defended gin and beer-drinkers from the restrictions of A requisition is on foot, calling on Sir Henry Par-
those who swallow hogsheads of ehampaigne and claret,
ne 11 to resign his seat for Dundee, in consequence of his ab-
we are the more willing to believe the licensed victuallers' sen Ling himself from the division on the Ballot.—Dundee
testimony to the Christianity of the Archbishop. No co, Tien

The Paris Journals of Tuesday are filled with the de-
bates in the Chamber of Deputies, relative to the Secret
Service Fund. From reasons of a very obvious nature, the
Doctrinaires have all on a sudden turned economists, and
contemplate with horror thc idea of wasting the public
money in the maintenance of spies, informers, and Minis-
terial journals. M. JAUBERT, the whipper-in of that sec-
tion of the Chamber, and second only to M. GUIZOT as
its leader, charged Ministers with the most seasilaleus ex-
travag,.ance, and tauntingly demanded what had they done
to merit the confidence of the Legislature'? Such a ques-
tion comes with an ill grace from the Doctrinaire faction,
the more especially as up to the present time the Ministers
might command its votes whenever an unpopular measure
was to be carried. The debate was adjourned, owing to
the sudden indisposition of the Minister of the Interior,
who fainted in the tribune.
The foreign intelligence contained in the Paris Journals
of Tuesday is for the most part unimportant. The follow-
ing extract from a letter from Oleron, dated the Bth inst.,
prepares us for a renewal of the barbarous outrages which
last year, and the year preceding, disgraced the principal
cities in the Peninsula :
" At three o'clock in the afternoon of the 6th, Gen. Estellar,
the Deputy Commander of the Province, was massacred with
two of his friends and a Canon of the Cathedral. Their bodies
were afterwards dragged through the streets, and just as the
mail was leaving for France, the people were loudly calling for
the heads of the political chief, Moreno, and of all the autho-
rities appointed by him. The disorder was at its height ; the
lowest rabble had installed a Committee in the Town-housvi,
and another of the National Guard was sitting in the Palace.
Those two Assemblies had a perfect understanding together
to order massacres ; they intended to organise a junta, and to
proclaim the independence of Saragossa "
A letter from Cadiz of the 26th February, says :—" The
French ship of the line Suffren, has been stranded on the
coast, in the high gale which we had since the 24th.
" 27111 Fes.—The gale has subsided. It will be necessary
to take out all the guns and stores of the Suffren to get it afloat.
" We said )esterday, after the Messayer, that Count Jen-
nisson, the Bavarian Envoy, demanded satisfaction for the
insult said to have been offered to him by the Municipal
Guards, in leaving the Italian Opera [louse.
" The Charte says that there was a dispute between the
Guards and Mr. Jenisson's servants, relative to the execution
of the police regulations, respecting the order of the carriages,
but the Minister himself had no concern in it. We need not
add that it is false that the Guards laid hands on the Minister
of Bavaria, and threatened to take him to the guard-house."—
Le Commerce.

FRENCH FUNDS.-PAKIS, MARCH 13.
Five per Cents., 107 f. 90c. 1091.
Four per Cents., 102 f.
Three per Cents. 79f. 95e. 80c.
Bank Actions, 2,640 f. 2,645 f. 2,650 f.
Bente de Naples, 99f. 60e.
Roman Five per Cents., 101% 102 f.
Spanish Actives, 2030/4.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 105.
Belgian Bank, 1,500 f. 1,510 f. 1,505 f.
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. 1934 911!a•
Haytian Loan. 400 L
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 55c. ; money, 25f. 5/y.",e.
Three months, paper. 25f. 40e. ; money, 251: 40;...
LAST PRICES.
Five per Cents. 109 f. sc.
Three per Cents., 90f. Sc.
Bank Actions, 2650 f.
Romans, 102.
Belgian Loan, 105.
Belgian Bank, 1,505 f.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 19%.
Haytian Loan, 400 f.
Spanish Actives, 2052.
Spanish Differes, 534.
BELGIAN } UNDS-Baossins, Maaca 13.
Actual Debt, 2j per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Coat. IOIX
Loan of Thirty Millions... ..............
Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent
Society of Commerce, 41.", per Cent
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent
National Society . ........... 131
-Brussels Papers, March 13.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.-Viaxiss, iNfancu 6.
Five per Cesibs. Motalliques
Fosr per Cents.
Three par Cents.
Bonk Shares
-AllgemeneZeitung, March 7.

Brussels and German Papers have reached ns this morn-
ing. On the 10th instant, the Belgian Chamber of Re-
presentatives voted 200,000 francs, to defray the expense
of a special mission to Constantinople. Advices from
Berlin, of the 11th, state that the King of Pausaln had
received a letter from the POPE, in which his Holiness
proposed the conditions upon which the Court of Rome
would adjust the Cologne affair. We cannot speak to the
truth of this rumour.

SOUTHAMPTON Docks.—We are glad to learn that this
national undertaking—for whatever promotes great national '
interests must be taken in an enlarged sense—is proceeding
with spirit. The recent determination of the French Go-
vernment to push railroads to large seaports on the
northern coast, such as Havre, Calais, &c., has excited
a very lively interest at Portsmouth and Southampton, as
tending to promote a ready communication with the Con-
tinent. Ships from all parts of the world will hencefor-
ward find a safe anchorage in the waters and docks of
Southampton. For those vessels bound to London
such an accommodation will be doubly valuable in
ti.nic of war, as not only protecting them from
the .dangers of a difficult navigation, but also from the an-
noyance of privateers, Ste. The Merchants of London and
Insurers at Lloyd's have a deep interest in the speedy
completion of this undertaking, as saving time and
risk. A Correspondent at Southampton informs us,
that every exertion is used by the Directors to expe-
dite the works consistently with economy—economy
both VI time and money. At present we learn that but 51.
per share have been paid, and that the Directors will not
make another call for the next twelve months. We hope
the Southampton Railway will be finished at the same time
Is the Docks.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

DEAL, MARCH 14.—Wind, W.S.W. Moderate.—Arrived, and
proceeded for the River, the Camerons, Mackie, from. Berbice ; Medea,
Dazot, from Cowes to Hamburg. Camedown from the River and sailed,
the Monkey, Cargill, for St. Michael's. Came down from the River,
and remain, the David, Carrs, for South Australia ; John Frederick,
Turner, for Bilboa ; Planet, Frieman, and Henry Davidson, Rayner,
for Jamaica, Demerara, and New York ; Lady Hilda, Smith, for Bar-
badoes ; Cleveland, Morley, for Bombay ; Wanderer, Hinds, for St.
Lucia.
PORTSMOUTH, MARC❑ 14. Wind, W. Fine.—Arrived the Mada-
gascar, Lord, from Antwerp for Sumatra, and proceeded for Cowes.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 13.—Wind, S.W.—Arrived, the Napoleon,
Childs, from London to Africa. Sailed, the Albertina Amelia, for
Boyen ; the Bato, Ryser, and William Penn, Mitchell, for Rotterdam ;
Phenomena, Hood, for Amsterdam.
FALMOUTH, MARci 13.—Wind W.S.W. to W., fresh breezes and
thick weather.—Arrived the Goldfinch (packet), Lieutenant Collier,
from St. Thomas's, on freight 40,000 dollars; P. J. Nevins, Green, from
New York to Sierra Leone, on the Bth of Feb., with loss of foremast,
maintopmast-yards, sails, rigging, boats, &c., during a hurricane on
the 12th of Feb., in lat. 35. 52. N., lon. 55. 41. W., having been struck
by a heavy sea, and thrown on her beam ends. On the 16th of Feb.,
spoke the Nightingale packet, and received the General sad three sea-
men, with spars, sails, &c. Arrived off port the Circassian, Kirton,
from Callao to London. out 118 days. Sailed the Harlequin, Robert-
son, for Antwerp ; Achieves, Norries, for Antwerp ; Bella Portena,
Pyott, for Antwerp. The Pigeon packet sailed from St. Thomas's on
the 15th of February, for Falmouth, spoke the ship United States,
of and for Philadelphia, from Liverpool, on the 9th of March, in
lat. 49. 10. N.. Son. 16. 31. W., and refused assistance to the P- J.
Nevins. Brig Havannah, of Whitehaven, Dec. 16, off the Island of
Diego Rashieres ; American ship Susan, for New Zealand, Jan. 14, lat.
29. S. Son. 22. W. ; brig Fortitude, of London, from Newfoundland for
Pernambuco, on the 4th of Feb. in lat. 27. N., lon. 40. W., and brig Sir
Walter Scott, of Hull, for Jamaica, March 12, off Scilly.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 14.—Wind light.—Arrived the Corsair (steamer)
from Belfast; arrived off, Evergreen, from St. John's, N. B. ; Lavinia.
Sailed the Stratford, Winslow, for the Havanna.
JERgEY, MARCH 12.—Arrived the Wuvern, De Caen, from Rio
Janiero ; Aurora, Le Gresley, from Cadiz.
BELFAST, MARCH 12.—Arrived the Iris, Gibson, from London.
WATERFORD, MIRCH 12.—Arrived the Fame, Skaxon, London.
The Trout (Drogher), of Bristol, wrs wrecked at Tobago, Jan. 23.