The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-04-21 00:00:00

CITY BUSINESS.

yeorr,lir thr Lord Mayor held n Court of Alilumen at
010311ot. P li %ay well Atrifited.
arertil hox of cold, we_ 'gbh.' about 1,280 uuuces, were
a far rxpuriation. •
ni ..rre utommsously voted to the Right Rey. Father
'3 the Lord Bishop of Oxford. and the Hon. and Rev.
a,too, fur the Sermons preached by them on 11 ttttt lay
„„a T„,..1.1, in Raster week last, at Christ Church, in New.
• alfeft
• mr i„hnSmith awl "Ti. W. Watson were sworn Cont.
• and Mr. Samuel Rolls a Coruturter in trust for the
co for foto )ears.
The Chamberlain presented his halflencla account of the
piLklure of the Orphans' Fund; upon winch the Court pro-
to the anaihilatiou of 19,8001. Olphane stock, and
t (hers to that amount were drawn out of the wheel, arid
the Chstnlookon directed to give the regular Balms thereof
to the Itafilti InterCeell.

HIGH PRICE OF BEER.

TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS.

sin—
The abolition of arbitrary licensing in the 'Piga
of .finies I. allotted in by yom Correspondent, tinder the
soteeription of " A Free Toole in Victuals," I find thus re-
corded to Hineir's History or En9ialorf :—" Afterwarda they
(the Houo of CO6IOIOIIO proceeded, but in a very temperate
111110Ilif, tothe examination of grievances. They found
that omits load been granted to Sir Gild Mompesson and
Sir Fianna Mickel, for licensing inns and alehouses, and
,„.1 w,aa I,f money had been exacteil under pretext of these
berneri ; and that such innkeepers as premium 41 to coot Moo
thro ha-meal without satisfyiog the rapacity of the prtentem
Ind lino severely punished by Soc. imprisonment, and vexa-
tious prolectoirotis. These grievances the Commons represent-
ed to the King, and they met with a very grits-ions and it very
ordial reception. He seemed even thankful fur the informa-
tion tlf it him. and declared himself nshanarti that such 71111194%
VIA loom kiln bad creeped into his administration.
I 3,i1114. 1131.1 hr,had before heard these things
clenMenie.l of 1 would hare done the office of a just King,
and cult of Pant:mina hive punished them an severely, soil
prcarbreniure more than you now intend to do.' A sentence
was patted fur the pun edit:lent of Mickel anti Mompesann.
It was executed un the former, the latter broke prison and
draped."
This was jest 'MA years ago—we may now hope and
expect that the 111,110rA of Ikunawick will be not less alive to
the protection of the mitotic from the arbitrary licensing
powers which have been since revived anti ripeotol
Much has ben. tail, and something done lately, in favour
of aunt of the poor as are paupers mod criminnla ; a far
more interesting srtvice might be pet formed in favour of
inch poor as are neither criminals one paupers, but hard.
o,irltmg persons, by throwing open the retail isle of beer.
The mum extracted from their pockets, to feed the licensing
la incredible. All thst is paid for licensed booms,
all that composes the excessive gains of the breo era, are
otiose from the public, and chiefly the pour, lint could not
h. su wrung did not the power of arbitrary licritaing deprive
that imbibe of the uatnral corrective of extravagant prices,
it.—Cumpelitiou.

1 am, ice ate.
AN ANTINIONOPOLIST.

At Carmarthen new fair, on Thursday last, the
!thew of (little was good, and the slersaiid much
veste► than satiCe the restoration of peace.
We are sorry to hear that great 'lumbers of the
agricultural poor are out of employ no Monmouth-
shire, and that the amount of wages diminishes es
.cork gets scarcer. EcnigrAtion to America still
continues; but it is, for the most part, of a de-
scrieion of persons who have afforded employ to
others rather than require it for themselves. Many
ul.in Like 'noir property with them.

The hooltliog of the County Fire Office at the
top of Waterloo-place, Us Piccadilly. is constructed
with massive iron beams, and with arches to render
it lire-proof. If this example be followed, what
occasion will there be tOr a Fire Office ?

A set of swindlers are how travelliog the country
with Scots cambric, and other article., which they
iotthwe upon the howthe for thope of Freoch ma-
nufacture, and it is difficult to ettret the holm-
totioh.

GWYNNE r. GWYNNE.—In our last Journal we
inserted what appeared to uy to be the purport of a
statement mottle by Mr. COODERF, the friend of
Colonel GWYNNE, as the resion for !do advising the
Colonel to decline a niertin,g with Lord HEREFORD;
and we there slated, that " a duel hail been declined
by Mr. 7'hynne Gwynne, and an action substituted."
We are desired to correct this inaccurac!„ and
to state, from authority, that Mr. THYNNE
CWII4IIII was adityed by hiy friend, that it was
tinpti.lible to meet Colonel Gwv•ste, as Mr.
GOODE*" bad stated merely that the Colonel would
attend "for she purpose of rereiving Thynne
Geryesse's fire." Such a declaration appeared to
MT. Tittitire GWYNNE'S itlcNd to preclude the
isessilmltty of • IWO ing tin such terms as would
alone have justified :11r. THYNNE GvrYNNE, in
cator of ally fatal event ; and therefore Mr. GOOD-
ERE was informed by Mr. 'lnv NNE GWYNNE's
blend, that Oil otter to meet on such terms was tan-
t:imiount to the Cols.:wry declining • meeting
totiogether : and it was stated, os an additional rea-
son, that as the Colonel had then been served with
IN..' 'snivel.* at the suit of Mr. THYNNE GWYNRE,
no further measure would he necessary for the pur-
pose of effecting a gk,yeting betweeu the pantry.—
( Gloucester Journal./
The Spartua, Captain Wise. arrived at Madeira
44th Match. in eleven days from Plymouth, and
soled the same day fur Vera Cruz. The Liffey,
Curium DUNCAN, alto arrived et Matleirt on '2loi,
go five dugs hom Lisbon. The Marchioness of
Balisbury ',ticket arrived on '26th at ditto, from
faltuonth. 11l thirteen days, and sailed on for
tite Krazily.

It was reported yesterday on 'Change, that the
Commissioners who have hitherto purelwed 97,0001.
• !“-t. day, fir the reduction of the National Debt,
toil ,hit their box, rod not make any more pur-
tll4.r., for souse time to come. If there is any truth
In ilis, rt ttttt inr. it must have been determined to
take at once the produce of the Sinking Fund for
the service of the year, instead Of obtaining eat pilot.
',lent amount by the circuitous mode of a Luau.—
(Freniag Paper.)
hitlay slight, jud after dark, the Maidstone coach
was rubbed or a large parcel, eontsiniog property of
cawiderahle value, lirlisitging to • house in the City.
The coachman had placed the parcel on the top of
the coach, and all the outside passengers suit at the
tiont : a thief spying an opportunity, mounted be-
bind, removed the pineal nopererived, and elte*Ped•
During the time of divine sem ire. at Appleby,
on Wednesday se'inlight, pieviolis to the commence-
ment of the As.ize. ahe enteted the church, dew.
1 sped ass egg in tine of the seat., and then attnourrevil
sate ciiciimtanec to the audience by howl and cilti-
bawd cackling. , -

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