The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-26 00:00:00

(I ROM THE MORNING ADVERTISER.)

It is scarcely necessary to refer our readers to the
report of the proceedings at the Mansion-house and
Hatton-garden on Saturday, in order to convince
them that there is, and has been, for some time
past, a regular and determined conspiracy against
the Licensed Victuallers of the metropolis. The
conspirators, to chat aeterize them generally, are low
creatures, trim, having lost all character in society—
not credible even on their ouths-s-and having been
debarred from employing themselves in regular in-
dustry, because no orie would trust them in their ser-
vice, have taken to the infamous trade of common
in( goners, and,—to the disgrace of the legal proles-
' sionrssussaided and abetted, not only by tome equally
infamous Creatures, commonly known as petti-
fogging attof'reys, but yeri afforded hints by Ma-
gistrates for the Irvin successfsd pursuit of their Ills-
graceful traffic ! The regular proeeeslings, or rather
the invariable convictions, t a certain Poliresoaire,
which, for the present, shall be nameless, tell tales,
which, were they as well known to Mr. Peel as
they are to us aid to those who suffer by them,
would be the means a paying the way fora suc-
cessor. But in truth there is ;3,;, end to the op-
pressions exercised on the ,Licewed US:Pallets.
While the oaths of informers' whresses, interect4
in the result, are received at a certain PU.''ee.cliieep
in preference to those of respectable persons, at
others, the mere sound of music in the house of
a Licensed Victualler will render them liable to an
enormous fine. It is satisfactory, however, to find
that amids.t ell these oppressions there are some who
consider late hoots as no sign of irregularity, and
who are determined, if the Licensed Victuallers will
only co-operate with them, to pot a stop to the in-'
famous trade which is now carried on at their ex-
pense. We allude especially to the Chief Magis-
trate of Ow City, who, while he has expressed
sound opinion; oa ,the laws affecting the trade of
Licensed Victuallers, and the conspiracy which has
been organized against thernishas also recommended
them to call a public meeting on the snlject. We
have often done so ourselves, without any effect
having Leen produced ; but now that our advice
has been sanctioned from a high quarter, we trust
that it will prove gleams! ; for it is not only the
immediate interest- of those whose capital is em-
barked in the trade to put a st&p to the nefarious
practiee, hot their interest at all times, Their im-
mediate progss are not only reduced, but by their
.eduction, their ossrn respectability and the value of
their houses ; and, if, ;with such great causes of
complaint, and with such an s4vocate as the Lord
Mayor, they do not lay their grievances before the
Legislature, the blame of their existence will not
co& rest with themselves, but they will deserve ,to
softer the oppressions under which they now labour.

(7110 M, THE NEWS.)
The ;:otar Ayotpm, it may come to pass,
Is worked by steam, and lighted up with gas."
STEAM.—There is to ogrown personal knowledge,
now lodged in the Patent Ofiici,gt least one specifi-
cation (and probably more) for a Skein ?fiddle, that
will prevent the action of the " Backwater," pa it
is termed; by which the banks of our rivers are
materially injured; anal tile application of Steam, to
inland navigation generally, e,asgPtially retarded. If
this dillien;!7 should be overcome, the result will be
as impvant in a point of national. eeonom .y.„ as it
may ulitinately pr 'e, in other respects, in referent-43.
to national defence. The whole business of thel
different canals of the country isaatild be then effected
by Steam, with n punctuality i-nd dirtrat:eh that would
supersede a number of other conveyances evien for
passengers. This consummation of the art of Steaiii
Machinery, together with the success • of Steam
Wheel-eurriages, would crowd into the existence of
a man of our times such 'a succession of national
improbements, and sneh a variety of intellectual
varlets in the arts and comforts of life, as were
never even approached by any other nation or age.*
A Steam Engine has just been brought into opera-
tion, of forty horse power, in the novel purpose of
draining lands in Nottinghamshire ; in which me;
it has exceeded all the aculations of the parties
combining to give it atrial; ansi similar expedients
will be forthwith brought into play in the
adjoining counties. This is rather remarkable,
inasmuch as the Aviculturalists were found to
lie the most prejudieed opponents of the ap-
plication of the powers of Steam generally.—
The thousands of acres that may be Juts redeemed
froth a coropaealiVe- tog, wool() be capaUe of sus-
taining another city in the Empire, equal in popula-
tion to the city of London; while the reduction Ca-
of being effected in horse provender, would
place at ow di.losal another and equal resource • of
human sustenane in that direction. We apprehend
that, unfortunately for the human race, the far greater
14F4A of Steam are destined to be applied to purposes
of dextmefion. Steam vessels of war will arm the
Navy of England with a fearful and terlible power
in future marine Pligauetnents : a superior know-
ledge of machinery, atid'lnegns of construction : our
inexhaustible mines cf coal and ironstone, purveying
to gach a force with a facility and aboodance un-
known to other countries, will render our superiot jty.
at sea tenfold, In cutting out vessels from the har:
bones of our enemies, blfam will supply that certainty
of rapid operation so ei.sas,lid to such enterprises.
It is true a good shot from
.a battery, striking such
vessels on the paddle, would be like winging # .bird
but as og.a broitcliide only could be exposed at tt
time to such an 4egident; and as the paddles are
made so as for one to hgvg no possible dependence
on the other, such a shot coed( not materially retard
the adventure. The great charaeteriktio of English
naval enterprise, is its appalling boldness ; it does not
temporise with danger; but proceeds direct to the
carrying of its object with such a profligate contempt
of consequences, as untigrves the enemy, by placing

1 * A woman died a few days ago, in the county of York,
that was employed in her youth with the pack kon:s that
, conveyel the rations .to thv military, during the rearliion.