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tinkles by .Ire course Otter,
the perso:ss of his
15. Whit after all, thins clarion:beam powers, even in
the purr,. hands, are Meatiest 1m tier object of keepism
iirtualling busses he pod order ; became they its oily iis
iertnir on owe day lit the year, when pealahaseati‘is vow&
en lima. is rustily got rill of y akifttoc the. tenalit„ acid as
retard. the future. it lasts ittsPerenttle fur tire licessem to
ineow that such boasts in Okapi:774l2e will be arellmiambeer-
ed, as it is that thoos.which would be dieuederly.
lit That it is shandies eithaally is vans to expect aa ef.
helm! ectatettl *mot pahltitilmems, or e tortainatiou of the
wrongs inflicted ma the NON% of balms on viensallens,
sad ea the public at large, leader the present lineman mu-
test—se bysta en whirl. is proved to he equally iet~cirul for
good rurpoat., wk.e ell.poweifill for but oarii—evectine a
power over the comforts, the property, sail the rights of the
&abject, which is anotaaloos In die enteititotiluml irneerit.
=est of tkle eatastry,thad which is Inhered to be aukuowii
in say other.
17. That to predeee a resinety, it is necessary for the
Nagiserseit's-power lola removed meow the rtiettititee of the
trade of vietesellen, to the correction of the dmorders which
winnows *its oat a it—frmit the exercise of their own
enicontrollahie wills, to the administration of legislative
riots vemally applicable sad extending to all, sad au whleh
the pruallica are proporhosed to the offences and attach
to theta Immediately.
18. That is as far as it is deemed espedient to restrict
the inewatirr of pebble-bout% that midi will he most finely
sad heaeficially accomplished My imposiat a heavy deity on
thelesrase to omen nay new house. thus divertiag the value
of iihrvstrieltan Alan the poektfs of the limiest jobbers to
the rem of the stale.

19. That with a large duty imposed on leave to open a
sew Iroise. sail dee seam provided for immediately &top-
pings trarle conducted is a disorderly mouser, so good sea.
sun tan he adermetail ogabist restoring to the public the
benefit of a fres esaspstitioo, and to victuallers the COOl-
- rights of their eisaistrysiesi--mandy, the liberty to
carry us their trade is such places as they foul must eli
gibh. (salt being loenHy offewsive) sod 11.1 pirrelisse their
goods of seth tuanufaetatere sander to Supply them on the
brat terms.
Mr. GALE JONSS—However unwilling he should
fee 4 to interrupt fora moment the passiug of such
Resolutions as bad been just read, still he thought
no topology was tweeter, for an Englishman in
rising to expeSin his seritimetits upon a subject of
such vast impertauce as the present. This he did
with the hers ieluctance, in ronsequeuce of an ape
pan .•t oversight, by the Gentleman who had alreudy
spot:, .!, of aye poiUt counected with this tnatter' and
which referred tuthe quality of the beverage, used by
the public. lie stated himself to be a metuberisf the
medical profeeeion. sod as suet Most unreservedly
declared that the health and lives of his Majesty's
subjects were alarmingly endangered by the dele-
terious substances aged in the composition of
porter.---( Loyd eheers.)--Tae enrporation of
brewers consisted, as the Meeting lead been told.
of honourable men ; perhaps the inforgaistion was
correct ill the general acceptation of the word. But
bossier ems of two kinds:—one was applied by the
courtesy of society to almost every individual who
tilled a certain rank. and had the port and bearing
of a gentleman ; hut the other winless general its
its application. He could not conceive men honour-
able who sought to grasp the rights end itainutUties
of the people. who extracted their property to stamper
p hale coal gratify avarice. or who would take ad-
rootage of the season of misery mud distress, to
convert the necessilies of the poor to the means of
floor own indulgence—(Applattee).— It had been
eh-creed by one gentleman that, at an earlier period
of our history, the Minister of the day hesitated to
unwise .s duty on malt that would have increased
the beer by a halfpenny a quart. lest a rebellion
%lipoid be the consequence. " This observation,"
said Mr. Jones..* excited in my mind a train of
retlectimis which I vainly endeavoured to repress.
I could lint avoid insensibly comparing the clutrac•
ter o. the people in the present they with what it
soot Stave been at the period alluded to, mid I
rosily! a ciosteist by no mean, flattering to our-
*eke But. Sir, although the conduct of brewers
ru .lern drys may not excite a rebellion, I can
assure you, that their productions, if I may be
a little facetious. have uut aufrequesitly been at-
tended liy intestine comastotiosu.—(3inch laughter
a oi applause.)—The frequency of bowel com-
plaints has been within the few last years a matter
of much astiniishment to my learned brethren ; but
to those casts where I have been professionally con-
sulted, I have 110 hesitation in saying that the
ilivosse h ib been caused by the use of beer ur potter,
on I could he cured solely by ebstainiug front that
ts-verage."—Mr. Jones then proceeded to remark
eons' the roe.' of of the system of licemirig,
awl of the ielluence exercised ever the licensiug
Magistrates by the brewers, as they were exemplified
rn the publicans. This Blase' of persons were in a.
state of more deplorable servitude than were the
serfs under the feudal Hurons. The publican
stands in owe of his landlord, of his brewer; anal
should lie fail in the obsequiousness of his huaoility
to them, he was at their mercy, for the Govern-
ment had deprived him of hi* constitutional pro-
tection-•-a trial by Jury. He had expected that
the brewer, would have had some persons to defend
thew at the Meeting that day, but he WAS disap-
pointed. lie thought that their iufluence and
their dependants were so widely extended, that,
like the Forty Thieves, they would have sprung out
of their barrels to defend themselves.—( burg/om)
Ile concluded by strongly enforcing the necessity
their rviiiiiiitisEing the use of porter, if the
betters were fouud perseveringly hostile to a fair
Deice for their manufacture.
Mr. Sot ULTIS complained in strong terms of
the infraction of that Mora Chart* which wan de-
clared to have been an inviolable compact by a
to nier Archlorshop of Canterbury awl thirteen
l'ielates—for what else but an infraction of this
Charter could the present subsisting laws be called,
which guvrruesl the trails! of brewers. Ile had
sycly seen ti,- sujnrinus teuileney of the brewers'
mannpoly in Berkshire, which called fur the inter-
position of the Magistrates. Twenty years ago
porter was res'othruended to him as a medicine, mid
he found it ea wholesome beverage; but now, from
its deieteliuus qualities, it was physic to bins of a
very different character. Ile concluded by saying.
that lie thought the lihertieit of the people would
finally endangered, if exclusive monopolies
"`re grimed to peculiar classes of the cumin.-
deptiese.
Mr. 'Whims disapproved of the tone of the Re-
"6ll9lt*. They were too full of loose arguments,
rsth..r than of dry undisputed fact ; they were
sowe appeals to the passions thin founded 011 clear
urea, teitilitig to elucidate the subject. Gentlemen
--tot that the lives and liberties of the subject should
Itteserved. and yet they excluded from any colo-
nialists of privilege tiw brewers, who were to be
tal'osed to a sweepiug coodentilationeoaliey were to

be calied upon to do that witiehno witch ud iu the
community would for au iwitant endure, namely,
to lay open-in the public etre the details of their
.private concerns—to •haveerected over them an in-
quisition, like that detestable Property Tax, Which
was gut rid of with ,o attach general exultation ;
and this web to be done by Men Who valued liber-
ties and privileges. He begged not to be under-
stood as directly Of liliditettly communicating with
the :Preivers. Re would not say that the ,price was
not too high—all he asked was, for a fair awl impar-
tial discust,iosi. Asserting the existence of mono-
poly. was not proving the fact, 'lice argument was
to be directed against the brewers. which. iu truth,
-ought to be levelled against the licensing system!
If ante latter were remedied. the other grievance would
remove itself, fur he was cooviacert that good and fair
brewers were injured by :he licensing system—the
had brewer, by its means, forced a trade he could
not titlierit Ise have, and the fair dealer, se ilrfesulesdo,
was compelled to purchase houses also ; but lie hail
no doubt that the fewer number of purchase;
would be %Mind ausoug brewers ()fluent respecta-
bility. Agiiiu, he would say that brewers should
nut bear the cousequences of the sale of a delete-
rious article—for, to his knowledge, the retailer
often adulterated the article, anal increased its iinsia-
rity. As a prOof of this, be referred to two convic-
tions of such persons last Term in the COurt of
Exchequer. 'llse Resolutions just put had no
practical effect ; he shonlel prefer the appointment
of a Committee, with an ulterior view to petitiomug
Parliament. As he had no doubt respectable breweis
would co-operate, he shoitld recommend that the
word " anti-monopoly" should be expunged from
the Resolution, as it wits likely to hurt the feeliiigs
of those, who, if coin-dialed, would be found useful
auxiliaries. The Act of George 11. should be re-
vised : but they ought to remember, that chat Act
was devilled to ameliorate the public-house system
of that day, which hail become so bad, that signs
were hum: over the still-Rouser, with these words,
" Drunk fur Id.. dead drunk for 3d., and clean
*trim to lit us.."

Mr. IlEaussosre explained. that a Resolution for
a Cul ttttt ittee to fraiiir a Petition to Parliament,
was next in order to be proposed.
Mr. GIRUt.niR strongly condemned the universal
adulteration of bread and beer. He alluded to the
application of mono brewers iu the Coors of King's
Bench at a former period $ sue out a certain pres-
ervation, but Lord Elleuberuogh refused it, unless
they previously swore that nu ingredients bat the
legal ones had been used its their manufacture—
this they never thought proper to swear. " The
factia." concluded the worthy Gentleman, "whit
with had bread and bad beer, in time we'll all he
poisered—all monopolists drink the tears of the
pour out of cups of silver iu palaces of rhaitie."—
, (Appleuv.j
Mr. DeUttlir explained, and repeated hi% previous
calculation of the ditties affecting the brewer on
each pot of porter. These he calculated at 13-16th,
of r penny fur the duty on beer, 7-16th, fur that
on malt, 4A6thts for that on foreign hops, and
he calculated fur barley, hops, and expenses of
uniiitifieture : so that, in fact, the brewer had but
a very trifling profit. The victualler lied lid.
Mr. BURCIIELL would nut hear of the word
" anti-monopoly" being omitted. lie had rather
see the words ciistsmal conspiracy" applied ou
such an uccrsion as this.

Mr. BEAUMONT disclaimed any hostility to the
brewers, but to the 'lesion.
After tome further conversation between the
Gentlemen who had already woken. Resolutions
fur the appointment of a Committee were passed,
and were voted to the Chairman awl Mr.
Beaumont, who severally acknowledged the favour.
The Meeting broke up at Five o'Clock.

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

To TIIE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS.

BRUGES, .1•N. 20, 1810.

Sia—Having seen in your useful and independent
Newspaper, that Goveroment mean to apply to
Parliament for an increase of the Duke of Cam-
biidge's allowance on his marriage with the Princess
of ilesse—having lately come from thence (Mow-
vet), I beg leave to state to you, to make whet we
you please of it for the information of the Public,
the allowance he lias there, and the mousier iii which
he lives, and that there is no necessity for loading
England with a further sum, as Isis allowances are
more than sufficient for his manner of living : and,
Ist, he has for Euglaiiil MOON. per annum-
2dly, as Viceroy of Hanover, 60,000/...-in the sta-
bles he has 180 horses of various kinds, kept free of
expense, for his 'paretic and use, in whatever manner
he pleases. Eery hall or enterioisiment he is pleased
to give. public or priest?, is ales sit the eXpetlee of
the country. Ile hat three Paliwea at Elanover with-
out amain; him a shilling—viz. Herringhawsen,
Monbrillisio, anti that in the town of Hanover ;
tows, 1 call it, for it deserves not a better name. Then
again, he lives in a more private manner than any
country 'Squire in England ; his table is laid far
six persons every dry, including his own Aide-de-
Camp, and • frugality bordering on ---, as
hardly ever any person dines with him, so that his
family complain of the dull stupid monotony of
their lives. If any English family of distinction
pose through Hanover by chance to see the place,
there is mu notice whatsoever taken of them, no at-
tention like in the other German little Courts ; no,
they way live in the dirty, Flthy, abominable inn for
a week, drive about to see what is to be seen, but
they are never invited, though they leave their cards,
I was there with a handsome establishment, and
paid those couipliinents to his Grace that is the
1 proper respect and duty of an Englishmen, and all
I I received in return was owing to the ettesitions of his
Aide-de-Cam p, who shewril me the garden.: glad
to see t!se lace of their colintryineu, they actually
put me inure in 'l of school-boys got leave to
see their Icien.ls ut 113 me. Then tyli•-riz is the iiti:ch.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LON DON,

TUESDAY, JANUARY 27', IFII9.

We last night received Paris Papers of Friday
last. They also bear the Thursday's date, on winch
day no Papers were published, the preceding day
(Wednesday), the anniversary of the death of
Louts XVI., having been observed Rs a strict holi-
day, and no Paper of course havilig been prepared
for publication on the succeeding day.—The resto-
ration of French Guiana to the King of FRANCE
is officially announced in the Mineiteur. Gene-
ral ST. CTR, the Commander sent out from
France, arrived at Cayenne on the 50 of Novem-
ber, and the formal ceremony of the restoration
took place on the 8111.—The projet of the law on
the Liberty of the Pre:.l was discussed in the
Chamber of Peers on the and the debate was
adjourned until the following day. The debate
on the projet of the law fur Recruiting the Army
was resumed in the Clio'ober of Deputies, and ad-
journed to the next day.
A letter, dated Commercy, the 18th June, states,
that Lord CLANWILLIAR baying learned that the
persons who robbed him in June last, on his way
from Vienna to Paris, are in custody, with the
greater part of his property, has sent a letter of
thanks to the Commander of the Gensdarmerie
who apprehended them, with a sum of money to be
distributed among his assistants.
M. TALMA haviug incurred the displeasure of
the Parisian audience by his late absence from the
Theatre Francais, has published a letter in the
Papers, in winch he states, that, having wired for
30 years. lie was entitled to retire, but that he had
entered into a new engagement for live years. with
six months leave of absence for the year 1517. sod
three month., for each succeeding year. and that
the occasions on which he bad almented himself
were within the stipulated conditions.
The Five per Ceut Consols were, on Thursday,
65 fr. 95 cents.—Bank Actions. 1,570 fr.

Brussels Papers have arrived to the 24th in-
stant. An article from Hanover states, that the
marriage of his Royal Highness the Duke of
CAMBRIDGE will certainly take place at Cassel
about the middle of March. His Royal Highness
intends to visit England immediately after his mar-
riage, hut his official duties, as Viceroy of Hano-
ver, will of course require his speedy retnrn to the
Continent. Some interesting intelligence re-
specting the government of his Royal Highness
will be found in another part of our Paper, under
the head of Private Correspondence.

A Sunday Paper had, iu anticipation of the eon.
duct of Miiiiqters, !totted that a reduction in the
1111;itary L.timates, of no less than 30,000 wen.
11ilb to be curried into effect immediately. We did

►.ot t Intik the report probeade, and our opinion was
founded on the general character and conduct of the
present Goverement ; but a Treasury Print of last
evening declares it to he as false as it is absurd."
This opinion ►s, no doubt, formed by a similar re-
ference. For who could be so absurd as to suppose
that, aft* the long experience we hive had, tl►e pre-
sent Ministers could perform an act of justice to the
Constitution, or of mercy to individuals; that haviiig
fought for tt►eir darling War Establithumit in time
of Peace, fur two Sessions. they could think of
voluntarily g►viug up so large a portion of it at one
sweep; or that they would reduce their expendi-
ture within the income, or the income to meet the
ahilitirs er the people? Such suppositions must have
been very absurd, and, ill the words of the Journal
alluded to, Cell only have the tendency of creating
and.discontent with the measures of Co-
ver iiiii tot, by exciting expectations in the public
tninil regstding the lithitationx of our establishment
that cannot res;bly be realised I"

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The Sefoion of Parliament will be opened by
Commission this day.—We have already noticed
the probable substatire of the Speech, with the
names of the Movers and Seconders of the Address
in both Houses.

We beg leave to direct the particular attention
of our readers to a Repoit ►n another part of our
Paper. of the proceedings which took place yester-
day at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, on the
subject of the late rise in the price of porter. We
were extre►nely happy, on attending the Sleeting, to
fluid that the subject had been ably and judiciously
investigated, and we are sure that Mr. BEauxusyr's
speech w►ll.tend very materially to correct the pre-
sent system, which establishes in effect a grievous
monopoly in a few houses against the public. The
deta►ls of a breae►'s establishment are, we believe,
very far fiou► being generally known ; mid it is cer-
tain that some very strong suspicions, aided by some
untoward discoveries, are guile abroad, that malt and
hops form but a very inconsiderable part of the be-

verage commonly called Porter. But be this as it
may. Mr. BEAUMONT, who seems to have taken no
small trouble in collecting statements of the rate of
markets fns a long period, has asserted. that even
were malt and hops actually used, the expenses of
the brewer, at this moment, are less than they
were twelve mouldu ►ince, when the beer was
cheaper. Ott this statement we do tint profess
to give an opinion ; it might be incorrect;
and on a point of this nature, so interesting
to the labouring classes, it is of advantage
to all parties that just 'lotions should be enter-
tained. U'e are glad to flush gentlemen ofje-
spectatulity engaged in this aWeir ; indeed to finch
it almost exclusively belongs, for to them, as to
their 'mural guardians, roust the labouring poor
look for the protection of their rights. The
price Hurl quality of the nialt liquors are of no
less importance to the poor man than those of
his bread. If oppressed by the heavy hand of
wealthy monopolists. he possesses no means of
correcting the evil ; it is vain to tell bins that
if lie dislikes the price or the quality, be may
abstain from using either his porter or his
breath: he can find tio substitute for supporting life;
these form his film. necessaries. But should the
oppression continue, the only obvious remedy that
presents itself to the ignorant multitude is the ex-
ercise of violence. From this extremity in every
case, the interference of respectable gentlemen
will secure the country. for there is an ha-
bitue! defetenot which wealth end rank are al-
ways sure of commanding, anti if 'these are seen
at their proper post, redressing injuries and pre_
venting oppression, the multitude will never thick
of usurping their situation. The great evil of the
present system consists in the arbitrary powers en-
joyed by the Magistrates, of granting licenses to
individuals for the selling.of malt liquor+. Great
capitals will always command a certain influence,
and it liar unfortunately happened, as may be seen
froth the Report of the Committee of the House
of CUUMIOIIII on the Police of the Nietropolir. thst
the hect►sing Magistrates act too touch under the
authority of the brewers, who have by that means
obtained possess of nearly all the litiblic.k.opes
in the inetiopolis. This establishes the anouopoly
of which the public cointileiti, and we can have no
doubt hut that Parliament will redress so great a
grievance. by subjecting the retail trade of mutt
liquors to no other restraint than as iiivesligaiim,
by Jury into the characters of all persons engaged
iu it.

The Cabinet Ministers returned to town on Sun-
day reeving .from Brighton. Lord CASTLEREAGH
dined with the Duke of MincrttosE. The Earl of
WESTMORLAND lind u dinner party.
Yesterday the Eail of L1%1.11E40'. had • (mine-
rout parliamentary dinner of Peers ut life Home.
Lord CAsTLF.REAGIII 114.1 it party of 44 of tlw Mem-
tw,„, of the Howie 4.lC.,smsms. at his hence in St.
Jaines's.square. At both the Alimaterie
the PRINCE Ref:mies Speech fur the opening, of
the Session of Parliament this day, by coinintssion,
was ritil.

There wns a eiiiisitleralile fluctuation iu the
Fuiuls yesterday. Consols opened sit 79/, and
immediately declined to 781; but they left off
at 79-;',. There hare been various reasons assign-
ed fur the thietuntio•is, among which tine is, that
the lli metre intend, to food ti teen nullions of
F.schetter and to home/ tctt; but as specu-
lation is getwially Ull the shot at th.. meeting of
Parliament, we consider these t u 11011.4 n7IIC Ii! Gird
wily to verve the private purpovei.t

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