The National Register. — London, England, 1818-07-20 00:00:00

L. 4 Jr ~v7'o,i:ii.:sc•4. COL' 71 . 11 i r CH a snil:P.ltit. Mastarise, Sete W. ir • am r LOttu Asset CASK. swatter past ten I.a.f.nralsi jig wa l k Isis m at, t ad bony h'•• (nowt vistas that be 6441 (Men Or rase of .. Old into his imi•t serious and il,‘• miler oblt) vitirfult eNvii.lcon: UW ,* Omit au ardent ansic:s 14. abut was nest tir ; itti respect Ao disc bin. of the voting Lath's i; ens, • lie woe fernitat stpiteo.v Isom sudie.mit evidence. of that 0 Pad !beep laid Inshore latisi. Wip•ll 11r 11.1t1 abated nor opinior before am tive ease. In• had seen her, am! heating stiliat eras mated by ressiesel, k • hit himself honed in justice to see he, asst stole to her, floe sttisn4i.st suaniave If* posailAy contd. escry eiyeetinii which bad oyes; netted nuirria.ze, Rail 111 lifting so, t e raii!il de- ! el:11v f!4"I %WWII with 1:111 1110 , 1 1.411411 $44)111'1111114 . tilt- Ler iiitemst and That el* at'. ealitt•rivert I, sit lie her dr. tersniaation was sebofly unalterable. and pl•••111$ such to be • alio imse, he felt it wily prayer iontake Abele iotriries irspith iur the points whirls had been laid before him. aril which repeat re.w, wits lutally tinorcessary. lit the course of in• I •eNtigaiiing these points, be had a !sunhat soloseitted to I fur Ofpoltititox a cinnsuinsictii to C‘autsiole a itii e on t h e cart; lint lie was nut able toloid cur insialic,c where a coin ish:sion hail been so issued. lie hail, tlicref .. r.., been eons. istAl:ril to have recourse to. pffiiiavits. Here Eo would say ' !tat it was difficult and pinata! for hint to state in viten Court what Wa..l stated in. these atitilavits, lint lie would do w in asich a manner as wonill be intelligible: to Counsel on boils sides. For a very long pro toll no iiiirititation whatever of thht kind hail Itiotii throne f it, the numerous family of Lord Stewart's aiwestors, and two 611.1.1C:e5, that malady had been satish.ctovily aecounted list. It was toe much to eseet him to suit on the pa-atilt gent•ration, whet hail perhaps existed iis the former generaiimi, theugi. nut 'for a very bong period ; for were lie or ally to art sr, there was lhoposs:bility of knowing to what estent the prittiple might Ae cartieJoind no family in fact could be safe. There cer tainly seas a vast diteeience hot atect what nos now the case, and what alight hare kappened seine centti• es ago. Under all tare e;reninstaeleci of the ease; !ookiog a. he did to all the rick laid before hint; and taking the objections in w' idle and asparately, lie did net, and could cwt, think the I.ts:e . .• had relie to a wrong Conclusion. These he had stated to the :-putt* Lady, with *II this pathos Le possibly could, a.. he • thought that proper. ri s e Gad heard an appeal would tiler to the Houvcof Lords; and ht would say, he had on i%hjection to such v.* appeal ; fur to thee. decision of ti.at noose be semis at all times ready to bow with satisfacs Con. He -world have thereby the setisfaction of knowing 44M, if lie wits wrong, their Lordships would bate It In their ower to set him right. Tilt lie knew whether such aa real was to ha made, he would, of course, issue his order to. ',lna the marriage; and as to the tithes restraints, relative to the intercourse of Lady Antrim, e. it might be as well to do them away. Never In the course of his life had he been employed in a more painful, and to hint a more distressing fluty, than the consideration of this case; but he trusted it would be believed be had acted with air honest intention and a good conscience. He had considered all tie o ojections of the case, Ise bad neighed the eiremnitances of the disparity of age, the son of Losit Stewart. hc. but while he was not pre pared to say this was an eligible nun 'siege, he could not, lay. tag his hand on his heart, say, as all honest man, that it was as improper one. If tir S. !timidly intended to appeal to the Reuse oh Lords, he hoped Sir S. would let hi* know in a rea. • tamable time, and then he would make the order he bad mentioned. IV I:ONES/4A V. The Court was much crowded, in expectation of the final result, it being L eneralty understood that Sir Samuel Hominy, as Counsel for Mos. Taylor, the guardian of Lady N'atie Tem. pest, would this Hemming 0000 imate whether Mrs. Taylor in tended to appeal or not, to the House of Lords. Kir Samuel Lappeimil, however, at this moment to be engaged in a case before the Vice Chancellor ; but sir Arthur Piggot, ore of Lord Stewart's Counsel, was present, with Messrs. Hart mid linrne. also engaged in the ease. Sir Ai thur Piggot then said, that be had consulted with the C.eunsel on the other Side, and understood from them, that it is as the fixed ileteesnination of Mrs. Taylor, the aunt of the young lady, ass.? of her guardians, to appeal from his Lord ship's derision to the !louse of Lads. non, the eirculustan. reit of the ease, it was particularly desirable that the appeal should he heard iptickly as povStite ; but it could nut in any way proceed, till cis Lordship to rmllly made out ate order. The Lord Chancellor.—You may, therefore, take the order that the Master's report, flailing that this is not an improper marriage, is by the confirmed ; at the saint time let the entry of appeal be inserted. I sun or Opillioll that the marriage must be restrained, under tile present circumstance', till the decision of the Rinise tif Lecils he known. With respect to the other restraints, they had as well he put an end to, as I 'Lill /me &fir Tr:v.oll4We caii.e till their being continued. Sir A. - 1 shu,dd sniyuse, my Lord that the Master •gr,ay, in tin! eiems time, nevertheless procied iu making out the ri ce,iiis.als of rut...lieut. The Lard -Certainly. causee nothing to pre. vent lion gl , •nq oil with that; but tat it 4/e understood that he dues so without pi eisadive. hie Sitariel kevaliv at this moment came into Court, aril abldressiagihis Loislship, said, " 14. n, my Lurd, desired by birs. Taylor tii habit 41 pan' 14J14 , 11111 ieverttli:ly, that it is her iutrutiau f ur itrw , Us lo appt al la the House' ai Lurth, CIA:S9S:w decision stunirgiVeti ii) L 01611114." I. nil Citaaceller.-1 was just inhumed of this, Sir Samuel, ut lose ).•n ohne iiilo Cellet.ny bar A. Piggul. lulu grartietilarly glad that you :arse adopted this course, eiCit'.l.l o I.allll i n t to air in Oiler) 111111 ii of View i ts tills has been, sa heartfelt satisfaction of being set riAiit by the 11...“. of I..irds it ant as she cosi aidlerailmeef teits cast hits omen to my aeon I, lam happy to LIMP. Ilia` 4 dare' iur tasitunal willhalve it in then power revit.4 mt jilifgatrtn, ens I 515•15 lily' Oa for or inadvertency 1 Lab's •sego gritty i.e• not in Terse 101/Feld/Id. 11 base just state .i to Sir Arthurs b wl ld Ire duce, wd 1 da reans thi,k I am in just we 55.5555151 to resilient the 111141f,ast .n the mean time. 1 . 514% aWe brit thing i cars possibly iiu fur 1.• k ,• the orihr Wm: siseutioutil it, auJ let it be 'baton h i t it.irtii* gill. • "%LIMY. Thi , m %Ir. Ittoor o ,4 eo;in.el on the port of Lord s • 1, .• o .0 thiN flatlerlowid hits Loid• Ship 11:.d 10.11:: •. V Ile 'isisi-tst wit!: ••••....• matti t avrthtit the L,rc4 Isave .. 4 landerh.ilud KA:. 10 W.loCerti Wllll , vrilhoet prC.;koliZes tesuy proccciinga in OM buyerifir trnJilnati. TTIP RFAU.III',II Ile ohly new triti'•tr4 to. itsk, whetter U by that the Nbtattte should punted %vial tir.tA oig the settlement% de di.; in diens. . . . The Loo 4 C 1 anc a Ilur sigalCed, that that ans cal tair.t:: yie LICLAWING ".'neadac a meeting was• held at the Craws anti &cher Tai'een to take into rowdily, ohm the hest * t wain o r ru•id lug against tie injurious effects ot• the present mode or livens• ing public Looses. It had been nessattueed titat Ike chair would he taken at one o'clock, at:.l that Sir rtaticis Burdett *mild be present. it sets star treeticlock.leieever,before there eras any appearance of business. and then N 1... Bathe. Ileannientt stated to fill: company. Hint as dm limionrahlt• barty.et had prorAised in the mend useciiiivoval scanner wither to tale the *air or to do ;tot/ thielethe that to ticontote the ohiect of tier nu etiug, it might he nth abic to delay the conpieleraticat tlif the wirier for a 1 . 4. W misses The vmmlaaan• serptiescell. A cou.ideralde time then elapsed, andstill Sir Francis Hurt it did nut appear. . - Mr. Barber Beaumont lieu ruse and said, that as the Hun. Baronet had not at - lived, lie thought it womild he proper to read a letter a; Inch lie hail received from him, in order to eaelirm the statement which he had previously made. Ile the c read a letter from Sir reattach, Burdett, whirls stated, that he shentd be glad to do every thing In his _power for ceiling aid el the arbitrary lictie.iug system, and that if Mr. Braimmilt wonld have. the goo dies.' to info. in him what he wished to be dune, 1.4: %stand attend. Alr.Beaummit then said, that, in coll.( quetree of this letter, lie waited on Sir Francis But dett, wet informed I • bat a nieeting was to lie holden 01. Monday last : lint that the Hon. liart.having heard that tic: Electors of Westininsti r wished to chair him on that day, he requested that the meeting might he deferre d till Tuesday. when he weld!, uncivil. 'the lion. lifarenet, how. evil; bad not arrived, mid, therefore, lie (Mit. Beaumont) would recommend to the iminpanyobat the Hon. Washington Shirley stein!'" take the shah. Mr. Shirley expressed his assets, observing that he con sidered the o , aject for %tech they were assembled two fectly unconnected will? ally pm tat, that he would do the best in his 1 rower, amid Waisted to the indulgence-of the company if he committed any ether. 1E: then read the advertisement calling the meeting, when Air. Barber Beaumont rose, and said, tit it in consitgitenve of the, deter • ation of the Committee of the House e 1 Cont moos, to whom a petition on the licensing system Imo been referred, nut to print the important evidence which they re ceived iu !airport of their allegation, lie deemed it a duty which lie owed to the petitioners to give tb.m some further information of the proceedings than appeared in the re!: °rt. This printiug of the report without the evidence was a most extiaordinary course. The report recognised, that lie had proVed those allegations. It found a verdict of guilty against the licensing system, amid the combination of the brewers—it called on tie magistracy ' to land their aid to break down a ccntederacy winds is so injurious to the poor and middling elasses of the conienunity'—and recommended a prospect Ise law, which, by the Way, would just amount to nothing ; but the evidence upon which the whole was founded had been suppressed. Thole who were to legislate were not to see the evidence itself, but the hints of such parts of it as were given in the Report, amid nothing more. Of this thrpression of the evidence, which was collected and produced with so snitch trouble, he certainly dill ecmplain. Had this been printed, as was nsnal, the folly, and immense injury to the public of the English licensing system, would have appeared I to glaring to the world, as to put to shante its interested and corrept advocates--and lw should IMpe, to hate induced the Legisiallire to restore to the people of England the right which the petition prayed for —the right of alren trade in vietttals—a might enjoyed by the people of every other cows. 16'. He was aware that the publication of the evidence might prove disastrous to certain great capitalists ; but this was nu reason why the stream of knowledge, justice, and of public good should fie stopped. Time tnisdoings of petty rogues are displayed st itlicut mercy. The pabliran who, following the example of Isis superiors, adulterates his beer, is held tip to odious, and is consigne:l to ruin. The grocer Who mixes beans or leaves of English growth Wolm those of foreign, a lte e oga equally wholesome. is exposed to public indignatioe for his little <heat. Why is a friendly mantle to cover the sins of cheats by Wholesale? Is the magnitude of an °Motet , a reason for remitting punishment? All persons conrerned in adulterating Inman food, when detected, ought to be made knows.—(applaisse.)—lie hoped he should not be accuse(' of attacking bresters and magistrates improperly, lie desired I to do neither ; his object o: attack was the arbitrary Peens. fog ilium; - the inconsiderate Ac: of Parnament is Inch pi u. hatch all persons front ietailing beer, except those whom a few pllri 4 .'egect Men on one (la, of the year empower to do so. 'the modern law, which deprived the British public: of the it natural and chattered right, a free trade in victuals, eor. repted the magistrates, made monopolists of the brewers, and did inure injury to the moral character and substantial rig:its of Englishmen thou any law that ever was passed. The hi. w_ era in Parliament denied this monopoly ; but it was 06( iota, from the report of tLe committee-La document which cer • tautly tit tint been prerayed it) any disposition of hostility to the brewers. 'Pie report frad also observed, that the meet • ings of the 'newers ttYflit their prices " probably wilt he need as the *leans of demanding such all unfair price front she public:L.s tiny stray be compelled to ,subtrit to." Brit had nut things arrived at this pitch alreatlr ? A rise in porter nevt takes place •1 after all the LoitOon brewers have met to. getlirr, and pledged Otereselves•te adhere to one price, and from one day. (Inc brewery, it IT trite, actS independently and offers beer at a - . reduced price ; but the public r.snnut get-at it, broatise almost 'ail the lieuses licensed fur retailing' ate kr th? tolluestre of the cetiruiurd hi ewers. leg g th„ to wind) these gen,6lllv4l will go to keep up their price is noticed in the report, Which my 5, '• it iecut.i.o y consideration was offered by an agent of a tire er to a victualler, to induce hi it to a ban lon 4 practice which Ito had adopted, of selling tiee, itt n reduced wire." The fact is, this sactoaller, Mr. 01 King-street, Sev: nalsals, has a live lunise—he deals a Olt 'he independeut brewery, and seas genuine b ees at a oat:peony and penny per put under the regains prices— ids i lade II.IS, 111 Ciullsl inereased exit:mistily, and ay, 01 c ,, orsr, from that tit the gurrotindisig lonises. very great otiereti this brine!' lie stood ranie his prier tot wig snivard. So notch fur the I iit'essions of vthe • Moen to es% acting for th.. benign .it Ilse puulie.—(ap p,' Report proceeds—" Tile souse of the 'icemen: • 2 is .0 progress in this country, and is producing stdi inju; ions eitects than aay of initial evidence hag' beim I imie 11 as atlecti..., the metropolis." 'Lt the country the emistrnetion of 'nese monopolies, undue ilio licensing system, 3tlT is easy, and is Iseconting Oneral. The consceptence ;A , litAt the pttirlie i in some psi ts, are rubbed oitt t nti ri' ; tt.t. beer Is the most vapid, nauseous stilt that ran be conceive.! —the prier is a penny per gnarl higher than in Louilint„ and the measure not inure than two:. hirus o 1 the legal qmstut The aepin t derlares a sCry just opinion--" • bi e e, e rx,. supporter' by purchased public-houses, wonlil deteriorate the quality of their beer:" It proceeds to state, that " the • liquor then heroines Wl...Sr—mit :lie I amilir.s supply aeon !lads es ft out their nett' b encrieso.mallil• ‘ocietits li rei r on p. !molasses, lit tea-kettles; but thel oho have Anne thrse rt.:towers. st be content %silk • itch liTtor as is retailed at the eieetiseil honsesos bitterer suoy be the quality, the pricr i ot the measure." . . This was mast true, :mil a fearful nulls it sins. 'lke lalitlars ing pour of England must be conte n t will ouch liquor as is' retailed at the lit caused houses, uliatefer may he the the price, or tire Measure. And yet the House of C01111i:O11S• counterinnees the continuance Ida system whit it redacestberas to obi., condition. With the cons helms routs expressed of the isjety to the poor of ride licensing SyAient,no i t , eidatiet is 11111th. for I...toting tit them the benefit tff the cornier:aims atlistiled by a free tinder ittit the report conclittles milt the hollers eelto of a piece of advice given in the esistice report. which earie:stly calls on the magistracy Ito ledd their aid to break slows: a confederacy which is au injurions to the arrests of the pour and middling classes of soeiety. Lrisser the deteetiolthe the use of unlawful ingredients, the repose observes, they boil, halls from the Excise returns, and from the seizing officers, that drugs of a very 'museums, and some 01 a very pernicious quaitty, are still vended by is sestina:is a trade,and bought by the lesser Wen ers and by the pidalicans. This, with other observatitus, nii.;lst lead the public lu sups pose that the lesser brewers and public: us arse the oily persons who used sinlawful ingredients, and to acquiesce in the plan for crushing the smaller breweries, so as to c o in_ aloe the monopoly system. The public must not be misled on this point, It ought to Ise known that crisis I.re of cm.. victims of the great btewees was tendered, as well as of the lesser ones, and refused. It was objected, that the petitiors was in the present tense, and that the coll Actions acre in the put, tilt greattr part of the cons ictions of the great honsta being ripieurds ofsix years ulli—,great applause. But, said Mr Beaumont, while I state this, I think it tight to add, that I have no Wise mat lobs of cons ictions wilier/ have been in any instance prodneed against the houses of 11' liithread, Coombe, Goodwin. We Celden.lane,or Elliot. But it is not ot.ly by the it.e of drugs tl..st bier is rendered inferior. 'l' lir report notices a con% letioletif lase of the great hien. rs mule alkalife its tto neat avidity iu young beer. To neutralize the acidity, alkali is added. The liquor tiles formed 1E44 hum of the heartening and strengthening qualities of the old beer.-- Labouring torn, who drink beer nut fur anuisemeni, as their sisperiors du, but to enable thctn'to bear up under their great toil, are miserably decei sled by these saline mixtures. Such beer rather weakens than istrengtlietssi Where men .!ready labour nosier disease, their complaint stilt he aggravated, not healed, by re ch do ink. This is the most pneral adulteration of modern beer, and perhaps the Insist injurious. 'llia/ the price of porter is materially increased in consequence of the licensing system, does not admit of a doubt ; hisfi would fain hope that the great men of the nation are not awes, of the extent of ibis enormous price and of its effect on the labour. lug poor. I sun thoroughly convinced, frosts a patient ex amination of this subject, that in the price of porter and ale, at least a penny per quart in the metropolis, and two or three pence per quart iu many parts of the country, are sacrificers to the licensing system. Beaumont then entered into some other details reFpecting the aellitrary and iuterested conduct of the brewers, and concluded with saying, that though flit proceedings ol the late House of C s we e 1111/N1 discouraging, he trusted that 601111 C beuctkial iliCall:ie would frt • ntillpied its the hew. Mr. Jones Burdett, who had entered. Ike room towards the close of Air. lleantilont's statement, then rose and said, that he attended 4111 the part of Sir F. Burdett, to state his rev et that he curilii act intend the meeting to slay. Ile hoped, thitt the great fatigue %IWO, he had undergone yesterday would be received as an ;111101Jr..y. At the smite time., Sir F. Bur, dett hod desired Inns to say, that lie thou II be happy to pi o• 'note the onjeet of the meeting; that at present, he was not acquaistred with the snirj, et, not be !midst be glad to re. crier any information *Okla the Cuinueitt4 a usiglit proper to send him. The fsillovriaig 11 30111,110:1 Was then rear, front the chair, and carried 'man: ly. o' That, front what has occurred in the lets. House of Come intim, respecting tile mbar:try system of het using public hOnses, this Sleeting teal themselves jimittetl in perseveriog ins their exertions to obtain a permanesit I calmly to crun (erect the numerens grievances svliittli result from that system." ' The next resolution was— " That it is the opinion of this Mecsing, that a dile re gard t r the health and ptoperty of Ms ,lajest:,'s subjects reyttuc that a Pall disclosure be suede of all convictions of brewers. aho have hem detected iii hating in their posses shin dr wiei Mos or tinb.w sal Mgt eilients for the making of firer ; and that the rVresentatives ht parliament for West minster Le eves:lA:l l y solicited to Move tar the printing of the seine, together with the evidence lately taken by the Culla' mitten on the poblit breweries.'' Mr. Wary said, the object ea 'tle7s resolution was, in plain terms, to present the itifusitm of poison into beer. To thin present arbitrary system of licensing, we had in ascribe the use of the ttttt st pernicious domes. He had lately sew n a large table at the Escise Board covered a ith samples or the must deleterious iogredients ; some, for malt ; others, for coluoriog ; others, forgiving a false head to the beer: The !Weiser, in whose Manse these ingredients were rowed, sutlered the penalties imposed by lay; ; butt what satisfaction was that to the persons whose health was so greatly itopairci by drinking the bottions liquor? (applause.) 'this, it seas taste, was only one case, hot it was n ease at which he was %V.M. lie Oil slid sec:ltem). ctiog pt esent, nod Coin Ithadi I the practices ui the brew et-, lie woiiiit we more to :ray, " J-:.r Witt diNCe Ofinet. " In his praeties, in the losolveui Deblois' Croat, lie daily save . histauces of ;mar publicans luring sueri. !iced by the lit ewers a Olt a hoot Iliey dealt ; and to tact, the oppression Id the brewer was %bell, that Ilse political' could oidy be consideeed as his put•boy. It was Ihe ptuctice or the hrea er not to give reedit to the publican a sitiout a eat rout of attorney, which enabled him to put it lit execution a ever he pleased. Upon the whole. from Oleo; stem which now prevailed, both tlw publican and the public Brrc sacri ficed 40 the interests of the brewer. Mr. Drury was proceeding to enter into Bohm. &mils re specting itic lair .11 vrictx, as Colltliated %%idea giorliti I sli.te went mad, , by Mr. Iteannioni, olien be wog rolled to mail by beveral gentlemen, win! eutontered these e4lcillationi, gtatu foreign to the bobiuest of the Jay. lie reauuicd, auJ !`2:10