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

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am r LOttu Asset CASK.
swatter past ten I.a.f.nralsi jig walk Isis mat, tad 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 the
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. rise 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 Leneralty 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 tormllly 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 rice,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 furitrw,Uslo 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.lo I.allllint to air in Oiler) 111111 ii of View its 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 Arthursbwlld 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 hit it.irtii* gill.

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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 *twain or 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.

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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,
alteeoga 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 pllri4.'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. leggth„
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 bees
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,

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is easy, and is Iseconting Oneral. The consceptence ;A , litAt
the pttirliei 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 ee,erx,.
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 lireir onp.
!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 pricriot
the measure." . .

This was mast true, :mil a fearful nulls it sins. 'lke lalitlars
ing pour of England must be content 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 it, 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 coin_
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:lly 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

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that tlisagli anxious osabey man could neforti fret nsdr,
it weeld mittosemardru.;
ite an., convinced. that iisit existed.
If" the prefellt pricead +mites iris, reduce the vriceof porter
stall was sae .I) one penue per pot.
liattnes etimlentiliel the praalee of drawing general
cone:as,,RsirlMS IS parienlar feet. and paid, that bowl,.
six yearg. Only one e had taken pleee among the
great brewers, it was :lights/ censurable to excite a general
obloquy against all the members of at most respecaalda trade.
said, that the pohlientt's profit was only one trolly
•tot. the but wer only rei eit,ed a 1011/lit 1,0 c." bill rid
Ife, fully aluitteil, haters., r, that the licensing sysiesu
to berrvisrJ, nod that no brewer tiltould be allossed to hold
tie lease of a public Var the bake of the pitblieans,
who hail embarked 10,001.0191. of property in their trade, a •i
inaltattre. W. 14 icary.; far, a.• the l.isr stood,
iti:y 'erre put out of the protecliun of a British jury', (great
applause.)
Mr. Pitt said that dlte publican.; awl all other persnes
ought to be made intlepirittient of the arbitrary power of the
igistrates. He begged• to say, that :he was a enrilettile,
eatd heliatl !taped that this Inivicess would has e brio' token 1
ilita emisideration at the 'limier yesterday. lie was not
pitlaican, hut he held the lease•of a Public house.; and, he.
rinse he w:ts a Ilardettite, -what had -been said to hint ?—.'
/Wits, truly, a I•ittler, •the would mention I,ix mime) Mr.
Wassitine, of the Atlelphi,.ltad interfered het ween him an:l his
:Ind told hint that lie most not ex peet to 'save leis h-'
,rense renewed. (Cries of shame.) Y 1.4, lue ems toltiato ; and
the reasonassigned cis, hitt:4ll,C he tens a rank litirdetitte.
!The public ought to know, that ota a late occasion alt. Ma.
~gistrates had guise round,-arm .in arm, wilt the tae JP-
thewr% in order to ludas:nee the peblicatte.itt giving their.:
-Notes.
Jago, Afr.Lentaitre, and Mr. Datiglas Aiimairil, then
..L.ddre.sca the meeting as to the.best means of effecting the
object they ked iu view, when the ludo-aria; additional residue'.
titollA were 11111 and caurierl:—
" That it appears that -better beer than is now sell by some.
of the principal brewers in the itimropolis at f.I, per quart,
w mild be generally bold at id., if the trade of retailiug hoer
were free : and that in some parts of the country the sacrifice
• is cnosiderahly greater.
"'flint the evira price pith! in conserpienee of the licensing
ity-ttmo, in its effects on the expenditure of a labouring man,
it r pal to a property tax of ten per rent. tni his wages, is
-.,l:ficienffor the support of a eltilil.independuatly, or to pay
• fir :he entire clothing VT lodging of his faissiiy : and, in the
ago ega:e, amountoto an annual levy of 5i5k6901. upon the
iminstriaits classes of the metropolis, end of upwards o
sterling upon the inhabitautsof •the country gee
"'('list it be recommended to tl:c Commitiee to introduce,
iii ley legislative proceeding they might adopt, a cameo, se-
eitriag to the publican the full, cobstitational, and wholesome
right of a trial by their peers in all cases, in lieu of the meson
oppressive practice of• depeudiug upon the capricious wall of
the magistracy.
" That a deputation or the Commit trqs do wait on theorem •
. bets for WesaMustxr, -the Borough, and the City of Louden,
to rcilinst titten to favour the Committee with their power-
ful exectioms to olitaiir foe the British public it free triple in
beer, and an antelioratinn of the present system of arbitrary
hemming."
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman for his impartial
conducteand the meeting broke up.