The Express.
London, England, 1857-03-12 00:00:00

THE DEER TRADE.

brewers and other persons interested
etth the beer trade wan held yesterday at
12,~ 13ishopegate•etrect, fur the purpeete of
Art of the potection oununittee and 11311.
ougM to bee
taken to prevent the
.Vgmt.ito their intermit. Mr.
so. ire, dead. The
of Mr. Hardy's bill rendered the ottendence Les
....nous than it otherwlas would have been.
The CHAIHMAN briefly opened the proccoilinse, reeler], ing
that previutedy to the introduction of Mr. Hardy's bill, the
ennotittee waited on the Chaneelbar of the Exchequer for
the purpose of ascertaining whether the government in-
tended to do anything to carry out the reconemendatiens of
the committee of 18.54-55. 'I he reply of the right bon. H(1-
dem= was that the government did not intend to take any
step toward. carrying out three recommendatioue. After
Mr. Herdy's bill had born iutroduced, the conmattee, accent-
psnied by Sir datum Duke, obtained an interview with Sir
George Grey, and left with him a Tooted against the bill
containing the mamma why they objected to at in tote. The
interview with the right 120 D. gentleman wee very satiefuc-
tory, and the deputation had every reason to be pleased with
what passed on that occasion. (Hear hear.)
Mr. Btaitor, the secretary, then reed several letters from
gentlemen elm were unable to attend, and also the minuted
of the committee detailing the result of their interviews with
the Cherwell°, of the Exchequer and Sir George Grey, set-
ting forth the prided left with the latter right hon. gantlemati,e
petition founiled on suggeetions thrown out by bile, and the
instructions which hail been sent to parties in the country
connected with the beer trade. Lectern from Manchester,
Bradford, Banter, and revival other place., were read, ae•
knowledgins the e,ssipt of the petition and inetrui thins, end
stating that they had in ninny instenees been already acted
urn. Mr. Bishop Alpo read an account of an interview
which a deputation had had with Mr. Hardy, in the course
of which they endeavoured, but unsuccemfully, to induce
that gentleman to withdraw his bill. Mr. Bebop further
announced that the committee had aecurod a large roan up-
stairs for the purpose of holding a public meeting of thetrade, and that every peselble step had been in to secure
the nevem ci their efforts. (Hear, bear )
The CHAIRMAN expmreed a hope that the exertions of the
committee bad given general satisfaction to the Dade.
(Hear, hear.) He onsidered it moat &mixable that the
brewers and the beer-house keepies should act unitedly toge-
ther. (Hoer, hear.) The fate of the brewers in London,
with a few exceptions, depended upon the lIRCCERA of the
beer homes, and the important question for consideration was
whether year atter year they were to be subjected to hale of
pains and penalties. There could be no doubt that other
attempts would lee made to injure the trade, and it was there-
fore neeeramy to be prepared for every emergency.. (hear.
hear.) Some of the brewers bad come forward in a most
liberal way to meet in the movement, and he trusted that
others would follow their example. (Hear, hear.) The
general meeting, to which allusion had been mode, was filed
foe the Bird inst., but he emereated the propriety of post-
poning it until after the introduction of some other bill.
Mr. STALL-WOOD concurred in the opinion of the chairman,
thinking that if the meeting ',hernia be held at the time pro-
pored, some difficulty might he experieneed in procuring a
sufficient attendance on a second oration.
Mr Cow expressed a Mealier opinion with reference to the
bill of Mr. Ilardy. He thought that it rcmd,i he scarcely poi-
able to introduce a more euisehievoun measure. He did not
Ice why the beer trade more than any other abould be MlR-
jected to a magiitoial license. If any beer-house keeper
offended minima the law, the law wee euffinently strong to
punish him. A license to a house was equal to from AOC
to 1,0001., and taking the number of beer-homes at 40,000,
an immense amount of patronage would be given to
those who did not always 000 it in the test and
Lamm manner. Ile thought it would be much better
for all 'minies if the Credo could be thrown entirely open.
hear.) It has been said that the multiplication ci
puMic-houses inert:mad drunkenness, and that the great pre-
vention was a license from the eingistrntee. Now that
certainly war not always the rue, for Le had known inatances
in the largest and beet conduced house, in which the ser-
vant,. of there establishments had been under the necesaitz
of conveying gentlemen to their enrriageit. (" Hear, hear,
and laughter.) lileuriaterial licenses, therefore, did not pre-
vent men [rem getting drunk, and were very injurioua to the
trade.
_Hear, hear.)
Mr. MAWKINH also declared himself to be in favour of
fair free trade, and expensed his firm conviction that the in-
terests of the society could not be placed in better hands than

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the beeleu 1 •
reeeicing the
shining when!
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those of the committee.
Mr. Wear, after referring to the coming dissolutitm of
parliament, suggested the propriety of deputations waiting
upon mudidatea in different places for the purpose of mem-
taming whether they would support the abolition of the
licensing system or not. Ito thought by pursuing ouch a
course the society would obtain emetiderablesupport. (Hear.)
Mr. 11114110 P thought that ouch a auggestion ought not to •
be acted upon. In the year 1838, a hennaed victualler sent
circulars to every ono of the metropolitan candidetes, requir-
ing them to state distinctly whether they would do certain
things to obtain the assiatowe of that influential body. The
candidates spurned the idea of Ovine any pledge, one of
them declaring that such a proposition was as ungeneroua to
the peeks asked as it was Magmerful to the partite making
the application. To make any ouch attempt at the present
time would he to incur the rink of a dangerous oppmition,
but he thought it would beben wise course to ask the caralidates
to give the trade a fair hearing. (War, hear.)
Mr. M seem approved of the recommendation of the com-
mittee of the Homo of Commons, and mid that if the beer.
sellers of the kingdom were properly united, no man would
venture to bring forward such a 'lmmure as that which Lad
been introduced by Mr. Hard,.
Mr. IivxRItALY.Y did not dunk that candidates ought to be
required to pledge themitelvea on particular matters of trade,
but as this wax a free-trade question, he thought freetraders
ought to be requested to make the beer trade a potion of the
great question of free trade. (lime, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN, in reference to the rennet. of Mr. Masan,
observed That the committee had submitted to Sir George
Grey certain propositions, which might almost be called a
bill, founded on the recommendations of the committee of the
Moues of Commons. The only recommendation not em-
bodied in those proposition was that the price of a license
&mild be 3411. Such a charge would be moot unfair en
MAD
homes, seeing that the large gin palaces would be required taro
pay no larger 0001. (Ilcer, hear.)
After wane further conversation, a resolution WAR agreed
to, pmtponingr the general meeting until some further attempt
should he made to interfere with the beer trade, and the
meeting then Depended.

A 1/or nut BLESSING.—The Bishop of Worcester,
seer holding an ordination at the Cathedral in the morning,
attended Divine service at the same plaice in the afternoon,
occupying the ep:smpal throne, and, if not prominently
useful—looking, to the youths end ntsidene who flock to
hear the IllUsie,—very etalAy mid ornamental. All went on
smoothly until the end of the third collect. Here, in choirs
and plums where they Piny, the anthem is introduced. Every
one is aware that the sudden cessation of a continuous
sound, such as restl,ng, u as good a recipe for arousing
a slumburer as bawling in his cor. Far be it Dona us to
' hint that his lordship was atilcep din:ng Divine service,
a piece of irreverent, into which we ore sure his right
reverence could not be betrayed, even ailer a hearty
lunch—during the sermon it does not so much matter.
If Pagan Holuer is sllowcd come: men to nod, such
weilene ais unworhy a Christian prelate. Oh no, his
lordship did not slumber, his eyes might be closed, but
the lorattst eye was no wide awake as ever it was when he
Wm Climbing the ladder of preerment. Ah-em[ ho was, no '
doubt, abeorted in the caws profound of thor eht ; cogitating,
perhaps, on Lord Derby's appeal to the tight rev. bench to
discountenance slaughter and Lloodeb: d, or over his reproof
to the pteleirs who did not attend to advise the peers on the
delicate questions of matrimony and divorce, or ho would
never, at the close of the .hid collect, have suddenly inter-
posed the ben diction, rutting the service short in the middle.
The congregation were taken aback—some congregations in
the county might have taken it more easily—sad- knew not
whether to depart or to remain. An awkward pause en-
sued ; some were inclined to laugh, sows to look grave. At
last the bishop was recalled frost the abyw tithing& to the I
proprieties of the situation, the choir proceeded with the an-
=tctliitioile_mainder of the service was intoned, and • second
this time in the right place—dismissed minis-
ten sad people, and released the prelate from his commis
duthe.—Wormier Gimmick
CRYSTAL PALACE..— ONE
SIFILLLWO DAY..—
WIDNISDAT, MAUCH 11.--Adzeirkse on repesat, 821;
dim" by mots tickets, 327; total, lila
LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS CourbwY.—Trafie
receipts for the week eliding Muth 7, 10,8181. 15s.