The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-25 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Three o'Cloch.

The

publicans of London and the suburbs have
wig laboured under many grievances from which all
g2r trades and professions are exempted. They have
Ty,' of all to obtain leave to carry on their trade, and
that is obtained, at no little expense as well as
• rnYance, they are constantly harassed by informa-
.lkl33Lrestricted in the mode of conducting their
ofte7-m by the petty partial regulations of Justices
subitt.%t the most contradictory character, they are
not :ore to heavy fines for venial offences, and
c'
loss • requently ruined by the suspension or
of their licenses. A great many of this
e:7 are Placed in the greatest difficulty and
, 7.0 n distress, by the present system. Repeated
tael4rtnatlons are
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preferred against them by police-
,the Magistrates rarely lean to the side of mercy-
tlti3etions of course take place, and when licensing-
corci/jes, and they apply for a renewal of leave to
proda:enatikeir trade, a record of these convictions is
depri,ril. as a plea for rejecting the application and
It is 11., them of the means of gaining a livelihood.
ItetaL‘tie creditable, therefore, tt, the Metropolitan
.40,478, that these gross instances of oppression
jurei,hare been allowed to exist, and that this in-
req, ciass should have been compelled to apply for
Gee 23 to a comparative stranger amongst them—the
rtt: Officer who now represents Westminster. He
14441' Practised in law-making, and it is not sur
g that his Bill should be so defective, but -at all
t 3 s hedeserves praise for an attempt, which turns
Theßile many of his long-winded, talkative colleagues.
kki however, does not go to the root of the evil,
vet: regret exceedingly to learn that the Go-
lits, 'gent, instead of acting on their own responsibi-
-1.4.e',40 (1 making it a comprehensive measure, have
tral,ed it for approval to the most objectionable
gentl authorities, the Police Commissioners. These
. even cannot be impartial judges. They
saperfur years been carrying on, through their
I,tilntendents and constables, a; systematic war
wav:lisot he publicans, harassing them in every possible
qres, `icing informations against them for serving out
hee,ents to unfortunate women, directing the po-
in .iet
to act the part of eavesdroppers, to enter houses
war` clothes for the purpose of entrapping the un-
-land inform against those publicans in the
4
other 0 nrlioal of London who operj tea-gardens and
tish, Naves of refreshment to hardworking ar-
Iveeks and tradesmen on the only day in the
aad when they can enjoy the fresh air
itt_rest from their labours. The persecutions
4 ed by this eternal meddling with the customs
44:Insements of the lower classes has become ab-:
tb eLY insufferable, and instead of making the Sab-
i% and the Church respected, has caused many
kith 14'ould attend Divine service to turn away
the
rest it with indignation, and almost dread
ketrteturn of that day which they were once
siTedned to spend so happily with their wives
ti:,Nldren. These are circumstances which a wise
slature should not consider beneath their no-
b.hie and it would be much more honour-
to as Well as humane, for Sir JAMES GRAHAM
Ve taken up the whole subject of licens-
,,nd regulating public-houses, than to leave
14,17 beneath his notice, to the care of Captain
toks and Colonel MATNR. Let the publicans, there-
nrge such a step on the Government ; let them
`,meetings for the purpose of pointing out these
ti4Allees, and laying them before the Home Secre-
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'ti in due time they will prevail. They are a
14;41.'0 powerful to be despised; but they may de-
\lira it they will get no help if they do not help
ves.
lir:4o Preach Minister of Finance has distributed
Iflollg the Members of the two Chambers a Report
ipcittie of the branches of his Administration, which
odes some interesting details relative to Savings'
441 t France. M. BENJAMIN DELESSERT, Pre-
tkqa" °f the Council of Directors of these institu-
N. reP°l-ta that they were never in a more pros-
sits 8 condition. Upwards of forty millions of de-
1. ‘.l"re made within the last year, and the num-
;,lleW depositors exceeded thirty-four thousand.
.ittiCe'lnbursements for the year fell short of the de-
l'te4 bY upwards of thirteen millions of francs.
14i:e nineteen thousand of the new depositors
,kestie4urne3-men, and above seven thousand do-
tof servants. Every increase in the num-
l'ortto the first 'class of :depositors is im-
rici„,tit. 8-1 arguing the growth of a greater
ein the stability of the Government. The
trainsl Were beginning to vie with the civilians in
111 the g their savings to account by depositing them
eo this 3ebt/anks. We cannot go through the whole
net:'43Ort ; but the following summary of the
'lrtvit7.l(4l of it cannot fail to interest the advocates of
1.04141 Banks in England :
Crtr(Che,cetaber 31, the 285 Savings' Banks in the de-
(.;4 eis4l, Independent of that in Paris, had in the Caisse
Dr S:Vil et Consignations 157,988,602 f., being an in-
the edin 39,698,703 f. on the amount at the end of the.
ht 4 Year. The system has been most successful in
mtiNlitr).nie towns—Bordeaux, Marseilles,
. and
th:otigV 4,_a before, at the head of this category. Lyons,in
d acztne second town in the kingdom,
bnht r
into emains In
ktikektsr°elitll6l:mistisgbnaantikoihis having
gy
4,83L000f., while Bor-
t.t.t'4a 15,441 in 9,134,000 f., Marseilles 7,767,0001., and
ns was 11,000 f. The average of the payments at
t•iiitillt4 • 4,3 °llly. 33f, for each individual, while at Bor-
-1 ,Ztlilet "as 98f., and at Paris 100 f. To rebut an opinion
4working classes did not form the most numerous
the Unt r',.sitnrs, the President referred to astatis
of
`l%,\_tilstit:,ll.wil out by M. Prevost, the General Agent
itiritor.;4l,?n, in which he classed all the 34,000 new
14141)eiqi `,." 1841, according to their different stations,
thwy, ,"rona Which it appeared that. the journe)men
t14t11.18 amounted to 18,873 individuals, or more
ti1i,Nr4,,,411. of the total number of depositors, and that
kr elas °„! of their first deposits was 170 f. Among
tvi442tilei:,:cre 928 shoemakers, 683 tailors, 576 carpen-
th,dear"ers, 321 locksmiths, 317 bakers, and 420
'ets and their men. In the course of his Report,
QN 41dent
ed of , announced that, on account of the grFfit
the number of depositors, the accommodation
Aivittie too the institution by the Bank of France had
tile bilks' Ca
confined, and therefore the Directors of the.
Q4llk. had purchased a large building, No. 5, in
klattwoter,cl-1-leron, which, when arranged for the pur-
Oti4i,(4' the afford ample space for all the offices, and
th,`urs reception, under cover, of any number of dr-
-treet Phout leaving any, as at present, to wait in
, or their turn.
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1414toral letter of the Archbishop of PARIS,
NZ44fl3ra3'erS to be offered in all the churches of
his 1 °ii in the preservation of the Roman Catholic
SPain, in obedience to the injunctions of
44t,41 ess the Pop; is commented upon in all the
:4 (plettlals• In opinion upon this, as upon every
Ite,, 1 11,1°11, they are greatly divided. The more
of" I's contend, and most truly too, that the
114-.44'y to having forbidden the clergy of that
)E.;;:ttlA" even comply with the order of the Popz, and.l
I,l' s,ll Prohibited the circulation of his encyclical
qt.Cikhly r'n, this step of the Archbishop of PAitis
kl`4lte h44ecorous and offensive, considering the
rttja ruSitio
NVitit ' The 11 of the relations between France and
the4lll4ll, ,Coirrier Francais treats the question
411 ih°lllish 4r,VitY. While it admits that the clergy
of
Nili'lnrCh have always claimed for that church
the tletl'itl'e, it evileere, of the State in questions of faith, and
%lit 3 of 3 Properly makes a distinction. between
,t(tt, am a priesthood appointed and paid by the
N.PPaid one
suPported by voluntary contributions.
N4ett • "4 St
t, la
an ateappointed priests are to be re:
eaP They efBelal, as well as an ecclesiastical cha
Public functionaries, and in this
to have Public duties to fulfil. The French
t4head a'l appointed by theling, who is vir-
-1; 41 % q the Gallican Church, and therefore
ftitev'llonsibe to the State for the exercise of
ti I°4B* " •
ions.
Is because," says the Courrier
t that' te, Archbishop of Paris is a public func-
Nq. roaice.e declaration which he has taken the
Areh,4 reaii akin which against a neighbouring Govern-
‘ve ,:lshop imPortant. It is in vain that the
if h~ny that tb °nly obeyed the orders of the POPE;
obei-e P°Px has no orders to give to French
degeS nt to the law. The Archbishop may,
1)4 totiveaio:4'se his hands to heaven, and pray for
IA a
to,(. SPARTERO, but he has no right to
'ltical Proclamation in the shape of a

pastoral letter. It is against this usurpation of civil
power that we protest, and if the Government
knew what it owed to itself, it would not have
waited for the warning it now receives to repress
these mistakes of inconsiderate zeal." In our opinion
the French Government is bound publicly to apolo-
gize to the Cabinet of Madrid for the gross
insult offered to it by the Archbishop of Paris. As
for the quarrel between ESPARTERO and the POPE,
we cannot say that we are sorry for it. The RE-
GENT promises to be fully a match for the Holy See,
and if he succeed in breaking the leaden sceptre of
ignorance with which it so long tyranised over
the finest race of people in Europe, the
world will yet accord him a place in the
number of its greatest heroes. What ESPAR-
TERO is struggling for, the common sense of the
world has accorded him, namely, the supremacy of
the civil over the ecclesiastical power. The prayers
of the French clergy for the exaltation of the mitre
above the crown are certainly calculated to provoke
public indignation, on other grounds as well as on
those of being insulting to the Spanish Government.
On Wednesday the French Minister of Finance
informed the Chamber of Deputies that the Govern-
ment had postponed the Sugar Bill till the next Ses-
sion of the Legislature. An angry discussion ensued,
in the course of which Ministers were attacked for
not bringing in the Bill earlier.
The Railroad Committee heard yesterday Mr. C. Lafitte,
one of th© Directors, M. Locke, the head engineer, and
M. Thibandeau, Secretary of the Rouen Railroad. Mr.
Locke was examined respecting the levels, curves, and
principal conditions of execution proposed by the Go-
vernment.
The Journal de Rouen informs us that the Paris and
Rouen Railway Company have offered to execute the
line from Rouen to Havre, the expense of which is esti-
mated at 30 millions of francs, on condition of receiving
20 millions from the State, half as a gift and half by way
of loan. The English shareholders of the Paris and
Rouen Railway have, it is said, offered to subscribe one
half of the remaining 18 millions.
The Frankfort Journal, under the rubric of Hanover,
15th instant, says :—" Several journals have announced
that the King intended to abdicate in favour of-the
Prince Royal. This assertion is so absurd, that it is not
worth the trouble of refuting. If the Prince Royal be
invested with the functions of gOvernment during his
Majesty's absence it is only from a desire to resolve,
during the lifetime of the King, questions as to the ca-
pacity of the Prince.
The Moniteur, of the 23d, publishes in in its official
part, the following note :--
" The King has received a letter from the Emperor of
Austria, announcing the death of the Archduchess Her-
menia Amelia Maria, daughter of the Archduke Joseph
Palatine of Hungary.
" The King will go into mourning on this occasion."
We are assured that the Minister of Finance will
propose to-day to the Chambers an outline of regula-
tions for the purpose of more effectually checking
frauds, which are committed to the detriment of the
Treasury, in levying the duty on the consumption of in
digeneous sugar.

BAYONNE,- MARCH 19.—The Spanish banker, M.
Aquado, arrived here yesterday, on his way, as is said,
to Spain. It seems that the Regent has or-
dered the most distinguished reception to be every .vhere
given him in his journey ; that he has offered him the
post of Minister of Finance, to approve all his hitherto
disputed accounts, and to make him a Grandee of Spain
with the title of Do las Marismas, for him and his
descendants, if he will accept an office in the Spanish
Cabinet, and then become again a subject of her Catholic
Majesty. It is not said whether M. Aquado accepts
these offers, but the fact is that he returns to Spain on
the ostensible pretext of undertaking the working of mines
in the Asturias on a great scale, near the port of Gijon.
We shall soon see what truth there is in these reports.
Memo? ial Bordelais.