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ICTUALLING-OPFICE, Dec.2B, 1824. i rr. • TffE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL ING His MAJESTY'S NAVY, 4e. do hereby give 4\ "'H l e, That on Friday, the 4116 January next, they well be 'mitt to receive Tenders in writing (sealed * up), and treat for 14 e supply of One Hundred Tons of LIVERPOOL or COARSE GRA:NED CHESHIRE SALT, or Salt of equal- goodness, t‘ be delivered in part as soon as possible Into his Majesty's lie :nailing stores at Deptford, and the whole into the said Stores by the 31st Januarg) 1835 ' The Salt must be stove-dried, to be answerable to Samples ' l ° be produced with the Tenders, of not less than four Pound:weight eaeh• The Conditions of Me Contract may be seen at this Ogee, 44 4 at the Custom House at Liverpool. Each Tender must specify the price in words at length, and 1e d 'lit'cred before One o'Clock on the day appointed ; and lhehrsou who makes the. lender, or .aurae ,Person on his must attend to answer when ealled fur. ,if. WAILER CLIFTON. MERCHANTS' SEAMEN'S OFFIL:E. Royal Exchange, December 29, 1824. e° II, PORATION for ItELIEFof MAIMED isut, „,,titl DISABLF.D SEAMEN, and the WIDOWS and . 11"" I tEN of such as shall he Killed, Slain, or Drowned, 1,11),! Merchants' Service. ' f,ii, i ',Committee desire to acknowledge the Receipt of the a p l i W ,N Donations, to enable them to meet the increased h e ( . 4 .tions on account of the late tempestuous weather;- 1 1 , 1 resident, J. C. Messrs. S. Dobtee, and 4, 0 1, Esq £5O 0 Sons - .£lO o (urs•Nlann: 1(14 tugs and James P. Dobree, Esq. 11 ' l ellon - _ 50 0 (Annual) - 1 1 , ls , ,itY n E lvancliard, Esq. 10 u Wm Moore, Esq. (Doc -4,t,‘.4rt ,`', mg. Esq. 10 0 tors Commons), to the Wil l i: s'ilaproan, Esq. 10 o Sufferers in the late 14,l ie " 11, Cotton, Esq. 10 0 Gales - 40 0 4 1J1,1, r ia t 4 ,,,kew, Esq. 5 5 Messrs. Joseph Marryat B eef. ,'• Batson, Esq. *0 a any Snag - 10 10 . I`, ji;. "aW Esq. to to, Messrs.Davidsons, Dar- Thn -i un, ' Esq. M.P. 10 10 clay, had Co. 45 0 _fn.. , t €4l 7 4nodgrass, Thos. Stiudgra , s, Esq. 10 0 :id Benefaction 5.2 10 til)sil WILLIAM WATSON, Secretary. ty NI Ptions received by the Secretary, at the Office; and ~....21 s rs. Sikes and Co. Mansion•houie-street. SPIRE of ST. BR I DE'S, FLE E'r.S la E ET.; eIIAt t ,,PUBLIC of the CLERGY, M ER: th e lf. MEETING'BANKERS,TRADERS, and other FRIENDS held "IBROVEMENT of the METROPOLIS, will be Tij4ti., the LONDON TAVERN, lli s hopsgate-street, on 'velo e i'!'t le . NEXT the 4th day of January 1815,at One t 1 4 4 in the Afternoon, to take into theconsideration . (,),pe neti f Preserving the View which has been e aFc I 'ti re of t ? the Public of that beautiful edifice he fo ß w e e n r ta ajl .I:he hu ght Hon. theLORD MAYOR will take the Chair at Ai,„ Two o'clock precisely. €soa ,ug the reflections which foreigners have cast upon the is r ,„,"" L te of this country, the only one for which perhaps there 1 1 014 . ",, e ," foundation in truth is this—that while the Metro- C' the British Empire possesses within itself architectu. ‘so n j e auties and ornaments which wo uld not have been un olite-„1 of the proudest sera of the arts , th e y are so com p letel y ka . ,,, - ",ed by surrounding buildings, that a view of them can To r y striking obtained. • ford" , "cing illustration of this position ha s recentl y beenaf "l' the destruction of several house s formin g part of the tlie u re"le of Fleet-street, which has opened to the public view 'l,:' w el . and Spire of St. Bride's Church. , les t ls structure, which for proportion, symmetry, and gran t„"„ effect, is not surpassed, if equa lled, b y an y Spire in l'uiol e • - " 1 ; in trY, and which possesses this stron g claim upon t he Llen t- "Ltention, that it was designed by one of the most ei siw i a l t ehitects England ever produced—Sir Christopher Wren, 4 41.4 ke knowled to be his chef treeuvre, has, after being con ( , 4 14 0 ,, 3 a range of houses from the sight of the public for th4t ii . 4 of a century, been accidentally developed, and the fact Meri t 0f 4 Y be made highly conducive to the-beauty and orna , th e Metropolis clearly shewn. i n ,. °S e who are aware how much the character of a na "(Tehtii refined taste and encourapment of the Fine Arts t rolioti "Pon the traits of those qualities observable in its Me- N 11 1.: 1 , , a cause of great regret would arise if an architectural h 0 , 11 ,",e this were again consigned to obscurity, which will r eyen ' l4 ll ) en unless the public liberality shall afford the means h e rig it. Improvement to the Metropolis which will be ac ornlill444.l;trlt , should the proposed plan be carried into effect, te toilt 4-1 in a spontaneous demonstration of the great in. fi rki reiPmich the public felt in the measure ; and it was a 11 4011 1 . 1 , 44 eu on that spirit of general improvement which so lete N tlolY distinguishes the present age, that produced the etitil";,ation to submit the subject to the consideration of a , 4 teecin e iLress,,ctnin.iunica. tions on the subject are requsted to he ad. -4-12..:L1L. Atwood Smith, Dorset-street, Salisbury-square. A L , ihis Day tWa publish JA ed. price es. 6d. o SIR JAMES WGREGOtt, ht e '-oe t t . rt" - • CHOLERA . s. more especially asit llll6 °c if ?ring late y e a rs i n B r iti s h India. LrititYllloAlAS BROWN, Surgeon. Musselhorgli. ,dined for Longman and Co., and T. and G. Underwood, Tp. IN T EVir MUSIC BY JOSEPH MAJOR. To-morrow will be published, h tetiViAQU E ; a Set of quadrilles ) corn for the Piano Forte, and dedicated to the Misses I .l`ll - , i c ., 1 , of High Barns, Durham. }l4l n - ,, 4) SEBUD a Canzonet, sung by Miss PATON and 48 4 ' 4l ru, with an Accompaniment for the Piano Forte ; hp 1 1 0,17 1 ,t0 JOHN PULLER, Esq. lij e j l ileti for the Author, No. 8, King-street, Bloomsbury, -4 s• Clement' and Co. Cheapside. , A Of whom may be had, by the same Author, th a , e ,". Edition of " God save the King," with Variations, T h - .-14 no Forte, inscribed to N. ATcnzsort, Esq. to a h ? jiklbion Waltz, a Rondo, for the Piano Forte, inscribed ,`' 6,ICALKIIRENNEfI. us prepare," a favourite Magonic Air, with Va. ' 4 9 °. '"' lot the PIEMO Forte, inscribed to It. S. ATCHESON, IR 4,11 4 ', It we, 10 4 d. and died, ah ! fatal hour I" an El egy , a d apte d t st:'eh Melody, harmonized for Four Voices ; inscribed to -410 ty of her Royal Highness the Princess CUAIILOTTE. L ONDON and BE RQAD CC RMINGHAII RAIL omPANY. LONDON C Attwood Matthias, Esq. M.P. Barrett, S. B. M. Esq. M.P. Bent, John, Esq. M.P. Benson, Thos. Starling, Esq. Brogden, James, Esq. M.P. Chance, Robt. Lucas, Esq. Fernie, Ebenezer, Esq. Frampton, William, Esq. Goldsmiti, Isaac L. Esq. Hamlet, Thomas, Esq. Heale, Richard, Esq. Lucas, Mr. Alderman 11111MINONAM COMMITTEE. Smith, R. Esq. High Bailiff Jervis, J. H., Esq. Attwood, 'Thomas, Esq. Ledsam, Daniel, Esq. Attwood, George, Esq. Ledsam, John Morton , E s q . Alston, Wm. Charles, Esq. Ledsam, Joseph Fredk., Esq. Anderson, Isaac, Esq. Mason, James, Esq. Aston, William, Esq. 'Mole, Thomas, Esq. Bibby, John, Esq. Phipson, J. Weatherley, Esq. Chance, Wm, jun. Esq. Pope, Jacob, Esq. F oster, J ames, Esq. Richards, Josiah, Esqi : liaughton, Win.. Esq; Small, Thomas, Esq.' Heatitcote, R. Edensor. Novi. Scholefeld, Joshua, Esq. Iloddinott, Win., Esq. Shore, Joseph, Esq. Hunt, Henry, Esq. Sparrow, John Sly, Esq. Jackson, Uco. Elwell, Esq. Sparrow, Win. Hanbury, Esq. Jevous,_ Thomas, Esq. ) Vale, John, Esq. Bankers—Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co. London ; Messrs. Attwoods, Spooner, and Co. Birmingham. Solicitors—Messrs. Alliston and Hundleby, Freeman's-court, Cornhill, London; and Mr. George Barker, Mr. Walter Hall Capper, Birmingham. In order to prevent inconvenience, the Committees think it right to inform the Public, that the Shares which were proposed to be distributed to applicants in London, and at Birmingham and its neighbourhood, have been distributed; and the Com mittees regret that it has not been in their power to comply with the wishes of all, but as the applicants far exceeded the number of shares, it was impossible. A Reserve has, however, been expressly made for the Noble men, Gentlemen, and others, Landholders on the proposed line, which will be apportioned when the plans of the Coin pany are more matured. Macqueen,T.Potter,Esq..M.P. Meux, Thomas, Esq. Nicholson, Isaac, jun. Esq. Page, Captain Porter, Wrnf: Henry, Esq. Robinson, Geo. Richd. Esq. Smith, Wm., Esq. M.P: Tulke, C. A., Esq .: M. P. Walker, Joshua, hsq. M.P. Wilkin, John, Esq. Woodhouse, Wm. Pittar, Esq. GLOBE INSURANCE, PALL-MALL AND CORNHILL, LONDON, FOR FIRR AND LIFE INSURANCE, AND ANNUITIES. ALL Persons whose Insurances with this Company become due at Christmas next, are requested to take Notice, that Receipts for the Renewal thereof are now ready for delivery at the Company's Offices, and in the Hands of their respective Agents in the Country. Insurances due at Christmas must be paid on or before the 9th January next. The Capital of this Company is One Million Sterling, which has been all paid up, and is invested in Real or Government Securities. JOHN CHARLES DENHAM, Sec. OFFICE, COUNTY FIRE AND PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, REGENT - STREET, LONDON. PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES. The DUKE of RuTLAND The MARQUESS of NORTHAMPTON EARL GREY LORD BRAYBROOKE LORD KING, Ne. &c. &c. DIRECTORS. J. T. Barber Beaumont, Esq. tvilliaut Praed, Esq. Francis Const, Esq. Lieut. Col. Salim,ll Sir John Doyle, hart. James Sedgwich, Sir George Doclict, Bart. Hon. W. Shirley Sir John Harrington, Dart, Walter St richtand, Esq. Sir S. D. ?Rutland, Bart. AI,P. Sir W. E. Welby, Bart. Hon. Thos. Patkur Sir Robert Wiliam, 'M.P. &c. &c. &c. CAPITALS, A MILLION STERLING and npwartls. The PROFITS are divided amongst those who now insure, as well as the original Members, in just proportion to their respective Payments. In the FIRE-OFFICE, RETURNS, during the last ten years, to the amount of 242,000, have been paid to oil Per sons o ho' have continued insured Seven Years, upon Annual as well as Septenoial Policies, and whether t hey have. been Sufferers or otherwise. In the LIFE OFFICE, BONUSES - of £l3 as. and ~CHI its. per cent . . have been divided during the last Fourteen Years; and other very peculiar Advantages are afforded. Published.MonthlyPrice M. 3s. 6d RICHARDSON, 23, Conlinll, . BUCKINGHAM'S ORIENTAL RALD, r.nd JOURNAL of GENERAL LITE RATURE. No. XIII. of this Work, for January 102, contains the following Original Articles :—Anticipated Changes in the Ad ministration of India—Condition of NVomen in the East—On the Vagrant Laws of England—Education of Youth for Civil Offices in India, and Enquiry into the Patronage of Ministers and Directors in East India Appointments—bf Truth and Simplicity in Taste and Criticism—Services of Distinguished Officers in' the Indian Army--On the Catholic Association of Ireland—Asiatic Journal, Libel on Lord Hastings and others —Orders of the Court of Directors to appeal against all Judi cial Decisions against their Governors in India Character of the Public Papers recently established in England •on Indian Affairs—Original Poetry7-Full Report of the India house De bates—Latest Intelligence, Civil, Military, and Political, from India and other Countries of the East—Promotions, Deaths, Shipping, Passengers, and a variety of other Miscellaneous Information, connected with the interests of India, at home and . abroad. Three Volumes of this Work are now complete, with Titles, Indexes, &c. and may be had, by those desirous of possessing it from the commencement. Upwards of 1000 copies of this Publication have been ordered to be sent monthly to India alone : and the circulation in Eng land and on the Continent of Europe has been steadily increas ing, from its first appearance up to the present period. • T H E ROPE VAULTER, or a COUNTRY EXCUUSION. Last Barthlomew Fair on ti hen Monday began • horse, Th e market nt eloed„ bes Through Smithfield a Yeoman directed his course, In haste to a booth as the multitude ran, Outside where a rope-Inuit* Monkey digplay'd Ills skill, in appropriate costume arruy'd. His agile performance and antic grimaces Created a number of ilsible faces. Encore !" cried the Yeoman,—the Monkey turn'd round, And casting his eye on the Yeowan's blight bouts ) Suspended, in wonder all other pursuits; For there by reflection his image he found Ai if in a mirror,—and judgment to show, Adjusted his dress by the fine jetty glow. The crowd highly prais'd this new Await ur's taste; When, Presto, begone! Jack() sprang up behind, Anti th ro wing his arms round the Yeoman's , broad waist, The horse the Old Bailey pact down like the wind, :111,1 Blarkfriars Biidge with velocity crowed, All eyes while these mystified rider , engrosed. At home when arriv'd, what b u t terror prevail i d, The Yeoman as seen b y the devil assail 'd ! 1e The devil ?—'tis one of the Blacking's attracting," The Yeoman replied—while the Monkey the act in Of setting his dress to the bright boots again, Besotted his Amateur taste to sustain.-- liesteed to his home, to prevent like disaster, A toilet fur Jacko is found by his Master, In chaste and resplend e n t reflection not lacking— Boots polish'd by Warren's pre.eutinentahicking. This Easy Shining and Briliant BLACKING, prepared by ROBERT WARREN, SO, STRAND, London ; and Sold in every Town in the King. dom.—LIQUID, in bottles, firl•, lOd. VA. and tad. wll.— Also PASTE BLACKING, in Pots, dd., 12:1., and isd. each. o .° Ask for WARREN'S Blacking. A a,si OF UNITARIAN DL- L sB IUtL NTEils t Atthe GENERA 14 ANNUA L MEET ING of the MEItitERS o; the UNITARIAN ASSOCIA TION, held at the London Tavern, G. M. DAVIDSON', Esq. in the Chair, Resolved, That the Thanksof this Society are pre4minently due to the Illarrptis of ba•nsdOwn, for his distinguished and zealous exer tions in promoting the Bill for the Relief of Unitarians from the operation of the Marriage Law, and for his constant atten tion to the Deputations of the Committee in their variotts inter views with him. That this Meeting views with sincere pleasure the truly Christian spirit displayed by many Members of the Episcopal . Bench, and more particularly by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, in supporting a measure of so much importance to the preservation of mental sincerity and integrity of con science, without which no Religious Service can be useful or . acceptable. That the sincere Thanks of this Meeting are also due to the Earl of Liverpool and Earl Harrowby, for their liberal and candid attention to the case submitted to their consideration ; and to the former more particularly, for his candid declaration of his sense of the unequivocal intention of the Legislature to place Unitarians upon the tboting of other Protestant Dissen ters, by the Act orthe 53d Geo. 111. and of their just title to further relief in the event of doubts attaching to the complete operation of that Act. That this Meeting is also anxious to express its gratitude to Lord Holland; for his manly and energetic support of the rights of conscience; and to such other Noble Lords on both sides of the House as furthered the measure by their speeches and votes. That while the Members of this Association ate encouraged to look with confidence to the ultimate success of their efforts, they think themselves called upon thus publicly to declare the true object of their complaint, the grounds on which they seek relief, and the plan of redress which , they have ventured to suggest. That the present Marriage Law of England, made in the year 17b3, and for the avowed purpose of merely preventing Clandestine Marriages, requires all persons, except Jews and Quakers, to join on that occasion in the Worship and Service of that Established Church. That the conformity thus imposed upon the Unitarian Dis senter is repugnant to his conscientious feelings, and opinions t first, because, as a Dissenter, he objects to being forced to join for Civil purposes in the Ordinances of that Church from which he conscientiously withdraws himself undetrtitb sanction, and protection of the Law ; but secondly, and chiefly, because the Marriage Service of the Church is one in which he cannot, as a Unitarian, join, without a species of equivocation painful to his conscience and degrading to an honourable mind. That this compulsive conformity is of comparatively recent origin, the • Church having no such exclusive privilege until it was conferred upon it (not as an Ecclesiastical privilege, but as a Civil regulation) in 174 - 43. prior to which time Marriage ap pears to have been in .-England, as in almos, 411 other countries, a Civil contract requiring fur its legal va... )thtreligious sanction of no Church. • • That the enforcing of conformity in this respect is repul. sive to the policy of the existing Laws of England, which long previous to the Marriage Act had sanctioned and pro tected the right of dissent from the worship and discipline of the Church. That the effect of this Act, so far as it operates as a constraint on concience could not have been intended by the Legislature ; that the framers of it had Avowedly in view merely the civil ob ject of promoting regularity in. the formation and registration of the Matrimonial Contract; and that this is evidenced by the exception of the parties (Jews awl (bakers) against. whose re ligious habits and opinions it obviously militated—which ex ception wo u ld most probably have been extended to Unitarians, if their worship had at that time been included, as it now is, within the protection and sanction of the Toleration Acts. That the grievance is extremely partial, inasmuch as the Marriages of an dissenters in Ireland are legalised by express Act of Parliament (p asse d in 177' after the fullest discussion), nis those.contracted in 4etitiand are binding-,And as an Act was very recently , sed for r e ndering valid Presbyterian alarriages in Britishlndia.. . That the law is not only unjust, but that it is not warranted by the slightest political or civil expediency, inasmuch as the object in view (the due publicity end registration of marriages) may notoriously and obviously be accomplished with thegreatest ease, without 40y : constraint or religious feelings. That if the Legi,latur.: feels its if in any manner called upon to interfere with theteelebration of Marriage as a religious ordinance, in order to secure a binding and impressive influence on the consciences of the parties concerned, still it is clear that such an object can best be accomplished by avoiding all con straint, and by choosing such religious ceremonial as would be accordant to the feeliugs, and therefore most likely to produce the desired effect on the minds of the parties. • That the existing constraint is not only. vexatious to Uni , tarian Dissenters, but must, as they conceive, be extremely unpleasant to the Ministers of the Church who by the exist ing law are obliged to administer sacred Ordinances to, and join in Religious Worship with, Persons who Are known to them on all other occasions - to disavow and publicly renounce their communion. _ _ _ .. - That as a remedy for this grievance, the Bill recently intro duced provided for the observance of every one of the forms now required, as well as fin the maintennuce of the fees and emoluments of the Church, and merely allowed the religi ous service on the occasion. to be performed by the Parties ac cording-to their own mode, and in their accustomed places, re gistered for the purpose under clearly defined regulations and restrictions. _ _ _ ...... _ That the exact letter of the precedent in the Marriage Act of 1763 (of merely exempting Jews and Quakers from its opera tion) was tot followed in this Bill, first, because the interests of the whole. community and the avowed policy of the law, plainly require Cie cheeks and regulations which it imposes to he of general obligation, though in the case of parties so diS-• tinctly marked as the Jews and Quakers, a relaxation in their favour could be granted without danger. Secondly, Because the Unitarians sought to withdraw themselves from no sort of Civic restraint or inconvenience, but were willing even, to undertake additional responsibility and trouble anti ex pence; and, thirdly, because it was avowedly expected of them that nothing should be sought to be altered which was not ne cessarily required by the concession to their religious scruples. That Registration in the Cemmon Parochial Register was proposed to be preserved (in the absence of any other autho... rised and established Regieter duly preserved), because there would thus he a. Service to be periOrmed in reterect of which the Church Minister might receive his accustomed fees, because the continuance of one. heal:Register i in which Marriages are numbered consecutively, was considered to he of great value, not merely to Unitarians, but to the whole community. And lastly, because it was conceived that such a duty (performed as it is now, under. the requirements of the Law as a matter of Civil, not Eeelesias.ical policy) could:not be objected to as de. rogatory to die dignity of the.. ,Church, on any grounds which would not apply with far greater force to the obligation now irri posed upon that Church, of receiving into its Religious . Ordi- - n a nces i for a merely Civil object, parties who openly renounce its discipline and doctrines. That this Meeting inswets its Committee to per Severe in their applications until the justice of thei r claims b e f u ll y j us tice ot jhe Legislature for the admission of: and on its wisdom for devising a mode; cognized, an,tl the ggieva , atte be completely removed, in a firm oc r reliance iceefso which aril fog the rights of eano than the lin itarians Aw 7 science, witk that attention fo the Civil Interests of the Com munity, c g Ablilf. a due regard whiCh none 'are to recognise and. adal more ready it v lital - so far as in them lies, conscientl" ously to uphold. - NERVOUS .4t/N1 PLAINTS,' arid 11 ER I 1,11 'Y. T HE haw-tile to ratbd Dr. FOT II EitG I r„ in coursuotins tatensive practice, enco untered re peatedly suo 0 l . ,Aegmittg eases of Ner vous Clinald" i u ts ' that he was iutluectTtii . direct his principal attention 10 the disco vering an elh•etithl reinoY, the invaluattle Medicine here of fered to the Pinilic attention, under the title of .4 Dr. Fa thergill's Net von , Drops," was the result of his efforts. To those who :(!e :Allele(' with Neryous disorders, and their va rious di s treisinfralrictioni, as Oppression of Spirits, Head A c hes, Ltass. ut ititptlite, Spasms, 'ltemors, Fainting Fit!z, and I llehility or Ite u l i , x o „ tr i, e , cilo t r i r, t .: t l l ) i i e S~aielu, it yt is confid en tly . recom nii..niled to bare Medi c ine, by:wit:telt filer ate assur e d of obtaining immediate relief, and by a air perseverance in it, ag t„ the ili ectians g ieen, the complete re,si a bli s tinient ut their health. Sold in Bottles, at 4s. t;d.; I Is. and ifs. by Ratite, Che mist, 4, Cliertpsitle, St. Paul's, and Qin, Ite - .cnt - street , (vicar the Argyle,ltompi), Loildnit ; and brthe Principal Medicine Venders throughout the United Kingdom. RETAIL BEER ACT. Ma. EDITOII,—In my Letter respecting the Retail Beer Act, inserted in your Paper of the 6th of October last, I remarked that it had been sufficiently long in operation to have its defects easily pointed out. Perhaps thete never was a more perplexed act passed, or one on which such different opinions have been held on its various clauses. By Sections 7 and 8, no retail Brewer, not having been a common Brewer for three months previous to the sth of July last (Section 16), is allowed to brew, sell, or have in his possession any Table Beer, under the penalty of one hun dred pounds. This clause subjects such retail Brewers to that penalty, if they buy a pint of Table Beer for the use of their families, or if they purchase larger quantities to give to their servants, or labourers employed in husbandry, or in any other manner. While such retail Brewers are thus precluded from having the smallest quantity of Table Beer in their possession, Victuallers who brew their own Beer, and Alehouse-keepers in general, are permitted not only to sell Table Beer in any quantities, which is a great accommodation to the poor, but also to keep it in the same cellar with the strong. It would, I believe, be difficult to assign a sufficient reason why such a distinction should be made in favour of the Alehouse-keeper, or to shew that the Retail Brewer is not at least as re. spectable a person as him, and as little inclined to practise frauds on the revenue ; he therefore surely should be placed, in this respect, on the same footh.7. Where Bee. stale, and moderately strong, is in common use Oh places are numerous), it is impossible but there .11ust be a great waste of'materials, if the Brewer is not allowed to draw a weak Beer after his strong. I believe there is no law that positively re strains Alehouse-keepers from selling after any particular hour, or at any specified time, except during i divine service; their recognizauces only go to prevent their keeping disorderly houses, or entertaining improper persons, and at late hours; but as the retail Brewer cannot commit any of these offences, why is he prevented (Section 11) from carrying on his business before six o'clock in the morning, and after nine in the evening ; why should it be considered more criminal in him to sell a pint of Beer out of these hours, than it is to sell a loaf of bread or an ounce of tea ? In manufacturing towns, many of the-operatives do not leave work before the latter hour; to them the Act, which was meant to benefit such persons, is a dead letter ; where there is no public clock, or where there are several that do not agree in their time, who is to deter- mine when the hours have arrived ? or if, from high winds, particular situations, or many other causes, the Brewer should not hear the clock strike, and should inadvertently sell a few mi nutes beyond the allowed time, must it not be a great piece of injustice to molest him with a heavy fine for having committed an unintended and harmless breach of a partial law ? At the time of the Act's first corning into ope ration, it was a matter of doubt whether the 16th section gave permission to those who had been common brewers previous to July the sth last, to continue the brewing and selling of Table Beer, and some were put, by the Excise Officers, to considerable expence in taking Counsel's nion before the point was cleared up; and even now they are not allowed to do it but under such restrictions as the circumstances of the case will by no means warrant. What must lie thought of this part of the Act, When it', known that if, from the negligence of a servant, a single gallon of Table Beer should by any means be suffered to pass through that part of a Brewery appropriated t'o the Retail Trade; or if, from the hurry of business, a clerk should unintentionally omit to insert in the certificate that must accompany every cask sent out, the price at which the Table Beer is sold, (and there is no space in the certificate set apart for that purpose,) or should commit the most trilling error in it, his innocent employeris to be subject to the enormous penalty of one hundred pounds, and what is infinitely worse, he is to be rendered in capable of ever after carrying on the retail bust tress, so that whatever connexions in that line he may hav e formed, whatever expellees he may have incurred, whatever prospects he may have before him, are all to be forfeited in a moment, from a trivial unintentional error in a servant, or possibly a wilful one, proceeding from revenge, 'or Some base motive. Nothing of this kind was in the Bill, as intro. duced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and I believe there is little doubt but it was adopted at the instigation of wholesale brewers and publi cans, persons who have nearly a monopoly of supplying a very great portion of the people with a most material article of food. Even those retail brewers who are still allow ed to sell Table Beer, cannot retail it at all, or send it out in quantities of less than nine gal lons in a cask ; here again, the Act which was passed professedly to benefit the lower classes is a great injury to them. Before this Act came into operation, all brewers were allowed to sell so small a quantity as four gallons and a half; this quantity ‘vould keep good in summer while the labourer was drinking it ; but nine gallons is in general too much for his consumption, and he must now either decline using it altogether, or be content to throw away a considerable part rum its havicg become too stale. These restrictions were partly meant to protect the revenue, and I believe partly introduced by the persons before pointed out, with the design of cramping the Retail Brewer ; but as the laws already in force are considered sufficient to pre vent frauds by the wholesale Brewer and by the Victualler, there can be no good reason why the retail Brewer should be oppressed by others, or why he should not be allowed to brew and to sell Table Beer in the sA.- way as a Victualler does. By section 6, Retail Brewers, situated in &c., can retail their Beer only on the pre mises we.._ ewed ; and by section 7, a,►y common Brewer whose brewery is situated out of a City or Market Town, and who does not retail there,may enter one room in any one adjoining town, &c . . for retailing his strong Beer. Ilis Majesty's Ministers have of late been acting on the pro fessed principle of throwing trade open, and this act in particular was said to have for its object the destroying the monopoly of the Beer Trade ; hut it certainly is proceeding very slowly in that path, and not without sufTcient•caution, but I be lieve it is not difficult to perceive the SOME' blight ing influence In this part of the act as has been before noticed. However, it may be hoped, that in the next Session of Parliament, the principle will be extended, and that, instead of restricting the sale to the premises where brewed, or to only one room in one town, both strong and table beer will be permitted to be sold in various parts of every town and, village; or even as table beer now is, by chandlers and others, on their paying & small sum for a licence. I believe that Breweries newly set up in or near streets may be indicted as nuisances ; and it is well known that they are in general tuated in remote, and frequently in dark and dirty plats of towns, where it is very unpleasant for women and children to go on dark nights and dirty weather. Where stale beer is drank it Is necessary for the Retail Brewer to keep up a large stock in extensive premises, and to embark a considerable capital. In few towns, where the population is scatter ed, will it answer for so many Retail Brewers to set up as would bring the places of sale within moderate distances of the dwellings of the con sumers ; therefore to those at some distance (say half a mile, or even less), the benefit of the Re tail Brewing is nearly lost, as it is also to vil lages and small neighbourhoods, which would not be the case if beer could be sold by shop-- keepers, as other commodities are. The only objection to this seems to be the supposed necessity of making the innkeepers compensation for the burthen imposed on them, of providing accommodation foe soldiers but when it is considered that such accommodation is no►e but seldom called for to any extent, that it applies only to such houses as are situated at the halting places on the usual lines of march, and that with the present allowances, the soldier is in general received as a welcome guest, they will appear only as pretexts. I say nothing of the hardships of making the retail Brewer pay five guineas for a licence to enable him to carry on a mutilated out of door trade, when few common alehouse-keepers pay more than one guinea for their licence, to sell all sorts of Beer both in and out of doors. No doubt the Act will be revised and ma terially altered in the approaching Session of Parliament, when I hope the retail Brewers will be sufficiently alive to their interests, to prevent their opponents from taking any undue advantage, and getting any clauses inserted that may be in opposition to the best interests of the public. Whatever is done, will I hope be done early in the Session, so that Brewers may know what stocks of Beer it will be prudent for them to brew during the cold weather, which was not the case last year. I arU, Sir, your obedient servant, A CONSTANT READER. COFFEE. , -411 the year 1554, Coffee became known to the inhabitants of Constantinople, and was publicly sold in a coffee-house, elegantly fitted for that purpose ; and though it was con demned by the Multi, in consequence of the cla mours excited Ngailist the prevailing use of it, coffee was still drank in private houses ; and the officers of the police allowed it to be sold, on pay ing a tax, and under certain restrictions. It was not long, however, before these restrictions were removed, and the sale of it became more general than it has ever been. It is reckoned that as much is spent by private families in the article of coffee at Constantinople, as in wine at Paris. The custom of chinking coffee is so general, that you are as much solicited there for money 40 drink coffee, as you are here for money to drink-your health in wine or beer : and among the legal causes of divorce, the refusal to supply a wife with coffee is one. Coffee was not introduced into the western parts of Europe, till about the middle of the 17th century : the Venetians were the first who imported it, and the custom of drinking it in France, (at Paris in particular) was established in the year 1660, during the stay of the Ambassador from Sultan Mahomet the Fourth in that city. The first use of coffee In London was earlier than at Paris ; for in 1652, the Greek servant of a Turkey merchant opened a house for tbe sale of it in George Yard, Lem bard-street. The first mention that is made of it in the statute books is, in the year 1660, when a duty of four-pence was laid on every'gallon of coffee made and sold, to be paid by the maker ; and in 1675, King Charles issued a proclamation to shut up the coffee-houses, because they were seminaries of sedition. PIPTLIALLING-OPFICE, Nov. 11, 1R24. Tut COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL LING His MAJESTY'S NA VY,l 4 re. do hereby give A'Edire, that on Tuesday, the 25th January next, they will 6e r eady to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for the Mlowing quantities of BALTIC and QUEBEC STA VES , : •, Mine. (pi pe 20 OWN DANTZIC .... Brandy . . Hogshead .. 3O " 30 Er, f Pipe • • • 1 Hogshead . • • 2O f Barrel ST ETTiN 1 Long Heading ; 3O Q UEBEC Pipe .. 50. ;P i the Quebec Stares, and onr-half of the others, to be de v:',#l at Deptford, and the other half, in equal moities, at iirtimouth and Plysnouti ; the Quebec Staves to be all de -3071,404 kit the 30th September, and the others, one•hall by the i ßt ' s ' , ebteinher, and the other half by the 31st December, Iheeowlitions of the Contract may be sent at this Office. 0 ,, 40 47,,,ter must specify the Price ill words at length, ° e the deferred before One o'Cloch on the day appqinted ; i e ZtiLe Person who makes the Tender, or sonic Person oil his .......... 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