The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-30 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Our. 29.

Yesterday there was a very full attendance of Ma-
gistrates, it being the annual day for hearing and de-
termining applications for music licenses.
Upon the application of Mr. ADOLPHUS, the li-
censes of the Adeiphi, the English Opera-house, the
West London Theatre, the Haymarket Theatre,
Sadlers' Wells, arid the Royal Pavilion, White-
chapel, were renewed without the slightest objec-
tion being raised.

The licenses of Bagnigge-wells, White Conduit-
house, the Royal Standard, Pimlico; the Toy, at
Hampton; and various other Avell-known places of
public resort, were also renewed without objection.
Mr. ALLEY applied, on behalf of Mr. Carr, the
rQ;pi-ctabic proprietor of the Union Tavern, Bag-
nigge-wells-road, for a music license. The petition
was signed by the Churchwardens, Overseers, and
a great proportion of the respectable inhabitants of
the parish in which the house is situate.
The petition having been read, a counter one was
produced, from Mr. Thorogood, jun., the proprietor
of the Bagnigge-wells Tavern, stating that he had
expended a very considerable sum on the premises ;
that the neighbourhood did not require an additional
licensed house; and praying that the present appli-
cation might be rejected.
The CHAIRMAN put the question to the vote,
when it was lost, the only hand held up in its fa-
vour being that of Mr. Beaumont, of the County
Fire-office. ow,

Mr. ALLEY next applied for a license to the
Crown Inn, Bayswater. He had the certificate of
a host of the most respectable inhabitants. The
proprietors had laid our In nOO/. on the premises,
and had been in the Law, of having an occasional

music parly, till such time as Johnson, the infoimci,
revived an obsolete Act of Parliament.

The application was rejected.
Mr. ALLEY next applied for Mr. Ridley, of the
Crown and Sceptre, Vauxhall-road, who had ex-
pended 4,0001. on the premises, and whose petition
was signed by nearly 200 parishioners.
The application was refused.
An application for the Pewter Platter, in Charles-
street, Hatton-garden, was next made, but was re-
fused.

Mr. ADom.ilus then applied for the Sun Tavern,
Devereux-court, Strand. The petition was signed
by Mr. Petersdorff, the barrister, and by a number
of other most respectable gentlemen.
It was, however, refused.
The newt application was for the Eagle, in the
City-road, and which, like the rest, was rejected.
Mr. ADOLPHUS then applied for the London Hos-
pital Tavern, Mile-end-road.—Applica•iol re`u-e•'.
The application for a license for the Bayswater
Taverta was also rejected, there being four Magis-
trates for, and seven against it.
A license for Copenhagen-house, Battle-bridge,
was also refused.

Mr. ADOLPHUS applied for the Jerusalem Tavern,
St. John's-square.
Application rejected.
Mr. ADOLPHUS said he had reserved his present
application to the last, it being one in which he was
opposed by Mr. Alley, because he was determined
not to die ingloriously. his application was on be-
half of the landlord of the Weavers' Arms, Mile -
end-road.

The application was refused ; two hands, how-
ever, were held up in favour of it.
The last remaining application was for the New
Southampton Arms, Camden-town.
The CHAIRMAN put the application to., the vote,
when there appeared eight for it, and none against ii.

THE COUNT DE RAYNEVAL.

(From a known Correspondent.)

The Court of Vienna is, of all other Courts
in Europe, that which attaches the greatest im-
portance to the advantages of birth, and the Ca-
binet of the Tuileries will not suffer itself to he
represented there by a person taken from the
rank of simple citizens, unless all considerations
of etiquette vanish at the present moment, before
the necessity of securing a skilful diplomatist at
that important post. The appointment of M.
de Rayneval, who was created a Count less than
a Lvelvernonth back, is, under these circum-
stances, a fact of itself sufficiently remarkable to
induce us, instead of inquiring whether M. de
Rayneval makes a greater sacrifice in partaking
of the unpopularity of the Ministry, than M. de
Poliguac gains in exhibiting by this selection a
proof of the rectitude of his views, rather to ask
who and what is this new Ambassador ?

M. de Rayneval is connected with no party
in France ; but his reputation for talent has
never been disputed. He is considered to unite
to a perfect acquaintance with the objects and
resources of the different Powers of Europe,
that of a knowledge of the diplomatic agents at
the different Courts. When M. de la Ferronays
resigned the portefenille of Foreign Affairs, the
Martignac Administration, which was destitute
of support both in the Chambers and at Court,
entertained the idea of taking in M. de Rayne-
val, who possessed as little ; but displaying to a
Chamber, wearied by the absence of all direc-
tion, as well as by its own insignificance, the
novel spectacle of a statesman knowing his busi-
ness, acquainted with the true interests of the
country, and pursuing them with rigour, M. de
Rayneval might have been able to rally:a majority
which was desirous of forming. It is asserted
that his appointment was actually signed at one
of the councils in the month of May. The
King himself appeared to enjoy the idea of a
choice, which, being prompted by no party, and
capable of being regarded as a spontaneous act
of his free will, might realize the wishes of all
moderate men. However, on the breaking up
of the Council, two Ministers, who are not
quoted for the inflexibility of their opinions,
stopped M. de Martignac at the foot of the stair-
case, and insisted upon the necessity of keeping
up certain precautions in respect to anwars
propres, which spoiled the choice just made.
M. de Martignac, whose persuasive rhetoric
can espouse either side of a question with
equal success, went up stairs again to the
King, and prevailed upon him to rescind
the ordinance relative to M. de Rayneval.
From this very moment the King, disgusted at the
part he was compelled to act, and presuming the
impotence of a ministry that was so little certain
of its own determinations, formed the resolution
of changing it immediately after the vote of the
budget. M. Portalis alone was acquainted with
this design in the Monarch's breast, and his col-
leagues were ignorant, even on the 7th of August,
that he merely held the poriefeuille of Foreign
Affairs as a deposit, and as a piece of accommo-
dation, of which the presidency of the Court of
Cassation was the stipulated reward. M. de
Rayneval, who knew the weakness of the Mi-
nistry, had never wished to form a part of it.
Whilst others were thus intent upon him, he
held off ; he returned to his embassy in Switzer-
land, whence he passes to Fiume. It were to
be wished that he could succeed in persuading
M. de Metternich of the danger there may be in
suffering the Christians of the East to look to
Russia alone for protection and liberty, and to
regard those Powers which are the most inter-
ested in opposing barriers to the terrific ambition
of the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, as the pro-
tectors of their oppressors. If M. de Rayneval
is as discerning as he is said to be, his proximity
to the East will reveal to him all the dangers
which threaten the tranquillity and the honour
of Europe on that side ; and there is no fear that
he will allow himself imprudently to be governed
by the inclination towards Russian connexions
Ni Well may still subsist, from his intimacy with
the Duke de Richlieu, and the part he took in
certain negotiations.
Whatever may be the issue, we sincerely re-
joice at the appointment of M. de Rayneval,
because if he serves his country well, Europe at
large will benefit thereby. It is the actual in-
terest of England, that France, strong and re•
spected, should have no cause to seek a foreign
patronage in the uorili, an sh will follow with
confidence that line of policy which her own
dignity and true interest point out. The merited
unpopularity of those individuals with whom
M. de Polignac has associated himself has
created a deplorable sensation in this respect :
a country is neutralized when the people and the
Government have so ill an understanding with
each other : and this effect is too easily fore-
seen for any reasonable man to continue to
attibute to the English Cabinet the smallest
influence on its causes. If our Ministers had
been anxious to secure to themselves the co-
operation of France,—and perhaps their neglect
on this point will shortly be a subject of self-
reproach,—they would have had sense enough
to commence by some act which would have
conciliated the opinion of this country, and not
by raising up an insurmountable obstacle in
the path which should conduct them to their
objectTintes.