The Sun.
London, England, 1828-10-18 00:00:00

1,500 Sures, 34-d. a 5d.; S(X) Bengal, 40. a 40. ;
70 Boweds, &Id. a 60.; 50 Pernams, 7d. ; 90
Para, 6d. This day the Market was rather in an
agitated state on account of advices from Liverpool,
.stating the sales on Wednesday at .10,000 bags, of
which about half were taken on speculation for Lon-
don houses. •

Tobacco.--Considerable sales of Tobacco are re-
ported; 100 Maryland for export, picked, at 64-cl.;
a cargo of Kentucky, about lid. ; 388 old Ken-
tucky, at public sale, chiefly 2-id. and 21d.; and 200
hhds. for export, at f?id. a 34.11.
INDIGO.—The East India sale of 11,400 chests
Indigo commenced on Tuesday ; 1,400 chests were
previously withdraWn. At the close of this day
2,540 chests have passed at the sale ; the ordinary
to Middling descriptions are 9d. to Is. 3d. and Is.
6d. the fine_6d. to 9d. higher than last sale. 2,308
Bengal, and '232 I\ la dra no wxisisecl;
two first CargOes of new Turkey.
Figs were offered by public sale on Monday and
Tuesday last, consisting of 23,050. drums (pulled),
of. which only about. one-third was sold;. also a few
drums of new Sultana Raisins, -which were bought in
at 705., and .547 drums new red -Smyrna:and Cara-
bourna Raisins, of a very inferior quality, which
sold at 48s. a 50s. Of new Currants there are six
cargoes arrived, .which arc now being. ..landed : up to
the present hour, however, there does not appear to
have been anything done since the arrival of the first
cargo, which has been taken off very slowly, oWing
chiefly to the unprecedented early arrivals of every
description of new fruit, the demand not haviug yet
scarcely commenced. A public sale of new Mus-
catel Raisins was attempted on Wednesday, a few
lots only of which which were sold as follows:
boxes, .5/. to 5/. 55.; halves, 5/. 55.. to Si. 10s.; and
quarters, 6/. 6s. to 6/. 10s.--,.There are several -more
arrivals of new Valentia Raisins, the demand for
which is rather improving. In old Fruit there is no-
thing doing.
TEA.—The demand for Twankays increases, and
they bear id. per lb. premium. Common Hysons
are scarce in the Market at 2d. per lb. profit.
SPICES.—By public sale this day 308 bags Pi-
mento, mid. sold at Bd.

PRICES OF HOPS.-Oct. 17.
Kent Pockets 4l. 4s. 41. 18i. to 61. 13s.
Sussex Ditto ~,.,, 3/. llt. 4/. 4s. to 41. Bs.
Essex Ditto 4/. 10s. 5/. ss. to 61. Os.
Farnham Bit t", 01, Os. W. Os. to 91 Os.
Seconds 01. Os. 61. Os to 71. 10s.
Kent W. 16s. 41. Ills. to U. 10s.
Sussex Ditto
Essex Ditto - • 4/. 4s. 4/. 16s. to 5/.is.
Old Duty laid at £170,000. •

As ACT To UEGULATI TUX GRANTING OF LICENSES Ta
KEEPERS OF INNS, ALE-HOUSES, AND VICTUALLING-
HoUsES IN ENGLAND.
After the preamble, it is enacted, that a Spe-
c;al session of the Justices of the Peace (called
the General Annual Licensing Meeting) shall
be l
and
a 17a cities,
in the e
s,boro
boroughs,
s hundreds
&c.
offorevtehr o
the purpose
ctinty,
of granting licenses to persons keeping or about
to keep houses for the sale of exciseable liquors
by retail ; and that such meeting shall be held
in Middlesex and Surrey in the first ten days in
March, and in all other places between the 20th
of August and the 14th of September. That
twenty-one days' notice shall be given of such
licensing day ; and that a notice shaltlie left by
a constable of the district at every inn, public-
house,&e.; also that notices shall be affixed to
&c. inthefi
five
district,tiaN
ourri
the licensing day from place. to, place, provided
the
That doo
ther s
es of all churches,
scuec.h
i)se,
at liberty tOsidj
rtchhaattitthbee f.TotrisatiitTesrnlshlflla-tp.ploiiit ess.ih an
not less titan
four, nor more than eight, Special Sessions dur-
ing- the year, for licensing such per Sons and
houses as they may deem fit; and that notice
shall be given of all such. Sessions. 'That- no
Justice who shall be a brewer, distiller, makers
or retailer of Malt, or of any exciseable liquor, or
who shall be, related to or the partner of any
such person, or who, is owner or agent for
the owner of any house- fors Which-a license
is applied for, 'shall be preSent or take part
in the proceedings at any licensing
.sneetiok,
under the penalty, for every such offence, of
one hundred pounds sterling. That. if there
should not be six Justices who are qualified to
act in any place tinder this Act, it is laWful for
the Justices of the adjoining places to be present
at such licensing. That where there are not
two Justices in a corporation qualified to act, it
shall be lawful for the county Magistrates to at-
tend and act at such meeting. That all questions
respecting licensing, &c. shall be determined by
the majority of Justices present, who are not
disqualified from acting ;.and that all licenses
shall be signed by the majority of the Justices
present. The form of applying for a liCense is
given, as well as the form of the license. That
noticashallbe given one month before the time
of applying for the license to the overseers of-the
poor of the parish in which the house is situated ;
also that' any person wishing to transfer his
license shall give five days' notice thereof previ-
ous to the Session; and that if the owner of any
such house be prevented front attending by illness
or other reasonable cause, any other person duly
authorized, and making oath to that effect, shall
be permitted to .;apply for him for a grant or a
transfer of a license. That Justices are eta-
powered, in case of death, bankruptcy, or other
contingencies, to grant licenses, for the remain-
ing portion of the year, to the general licensing
day, and to permit the removal of the license to
another house in case of destruction by fire,
tempest, &c., provided due notice be given, of
such application. That no Sheriff's officer, or
officer executing, legal process of any Com t
of Justice, an bold a license. The fees to
be paid for licensing: wider this Act are fixed
at 7r.. 6d. That no Excise license can be
granted to any 'person unless he has been pre-
viously duly licensed by the Justices ofthe Peace ;
and that any person retailing exciseable liquors
to be drunk 'in his house, without such license,
shall be fined, not, more than 51. for the first,
offence, and 101, for the, second. This penalty
is not incurred in cases. oil death, bankruptcy, or
other contingenciiii That standard measures
shall be used, under a penalty, for every offence,
of 40s. That Justices are empowered to order
any licensed house to be shut up, in case of riot,
tumult, &c. The penalties incurred by a person
who shall be convicted, before two Justices of
the district in which a house is situated, of any
offence against the tenor of the license granted
to him, shall, for the first offence, be liable to a
penalty not exceeding 5/. ; fora second offence,
within the term of three years, a penalty not ex-
ceeding 10/.; and for a third offence—which
must be referred to the Sessions—that he be
liable to a penalty of 50/.; also, that the latter
case may, at the option of the Justices or of the
party accused, be referred to the Quarter Ses-
sions, provided that'the latter enter into securi•
ties to appear. If the Jury return a verdict of
Guilty on such appeal, that the said person
p expensesebre prelrasio)loilfha thept o-
shall incur a penalty of 100/., with costs, and
shall also forfeit his license, and shall be inca-
pable of' keeping a licensed house for the sale of
exciseable liquors for
.the term of three years.
That the constable of the district shall carry on
the proceedings in cases under this Act, pro_
prosecution shall be charged to the county rates.
That witnesses refusing to attend and Give
;efsifonsitcfp!
a penalty of 10/. That penalties on Jussices
under this Act be d
recovered in the Courts of
Record at Westminster.
That Justices are
empowered to distrain for penalties incurred
under this Act, or to commit to prison.
-That one half of the penalty shall go to the pro-
secutor, and the remainder to the treasurer, for
the time being, of the county. That any per-
son thinking himself aggrieved- under this Act
may appeal to the Quarter Sessions, on his en-
tering into securities. That the judgment of
the Quarter Sessions in eases under this Art
shall be final. That Justices-are to
bind parties to appear and give evidence at such
..Sessions. That the costs of each prosecution
shall be adjudged by the Justices at the Seg.
sions. That all actions under this Act against
Justices, constables, &e, shall be commented
within three months after the cause of action.
satein:adutt
itopl
nire:
That every convicti on under this Act shall be on the
oath of one or more witnesses. 'rt. • tat every such
conviction shall be returned by the Justtee to
the Quarter Sessions, and shall he there en-
rolled. That no cm
iviction uuder this Act
shall be rendered void from
want of form, or be
removed
eert zorari into a higher Court.
The Act then goes on to repeal, in whole or
In part, .the Acts o f Parliament previously in
force
respecting licensing, and declares them to
be null and void after
Oct. 10. It declares that
this Act is not,to affect the • 1 f
primeges o the two Universities, nor to alter the time .of granting
licenses in the City, of London ; nor to alter any
law respecting the revenue of excise, unless spe-
cially stated, Mules, are given for the interpres
cation of this Act, and also schedules and forms
of the various applications to which this 'Act
refers. _

The terms of the recognizance upon which a
license is granted to a house under the new Act
are very strict against harbouring or entertaining
suspicious or improper persons in such house.

Some persons from Witheridge, passing over
Nortliernhay to their quartere, St. Davidid-hill, hog week,
walked over the embankment, and I'o led earrifortaLly into
the vulley tvIcJW.,--POT4'et ardnifir,