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MANCHESTER, MARCH 16, 1830.
ATa numerous and respectable MEETING
AT
of the OWNERS and OCCUPIERS of PUBLIC-
HOMES and INNS, held at the Crown inn, Blackfriars-
street, Salford, on MONDAY, the 15th March instant, to
take into consideration the propriety of petitioning Par-
liament to be beard by Counsel, at the Bar, against any
measure for throwing open the Trade in Beer,

Mr. SAMUEL.LIVESEY, in the Chair,

The following Resolutions were unanimously agreed to:
I. That after the experience of the Acts of Parliament
already passed for the encouragement of Retail Brewers,
and the proved futility of the hopes of public advantage
which were founded on them, the owners and occupiers of
Inns and Public-houses in Manchester, Salford, and the
vicinity, have learned with alarm, and not without indig-
nation, that further experiments in legislation are to be
made, to their certain injury and ruin, and with no pro-
table benefit to society at large.
. 2; That though the professed objects of Parliament in
encouraging the sale of beer by Retail Brewers, was to
afford the public the means of obtainiug, as the Act ex-
• kreased, " a cheaper and better beverage," and to improve
. the morals of the humbler classes in particular, by in-
. ductng them to consume malt liquor at their own homes;
none of these consequences have resulted : that on the
Contrary, the Retail Brewers brew beer of very inferior
quality; that many of them contrive to open premises
near their own, on which their beer may be consumed,
and the consequence is that such premises are the scenes
of disgraceful riot, a crying nuisance to the public, and the
cause of increased intemperance and profligacy among the
lower class of society.
3. That if, as has been alleged, the present licensing
system has had the effect of giving large Brewers in Lon-
. don an injurious monopoly, the• shopkeepers and othet,
retailers will also, along with the publicans, become the
retailers of their beer ; that this monopoly is in a great
measure unknown in this country, where nine-tenths of
the Licensed Victuallers brew their own beer, and where
the effect of the proposed law would be to increase rather
tinin diminish the, amount of beer brewed at public
breweries.

4. That while the public advantages expected froin
these. Acta are proved' by experience to be delusive, the
mischiefs anticipated from them by the Licensed Victuallers
have been realised ; that while the consumption of malt
liquor in private 'houses has not been increased by these
Acts, the Licensed Victuallers have raised up, in competi-
tion with them, a body of retailers, who are not subject
td the same rents, to the grievous oppression of billets, nor
to other legal burdens imposed exclusively on Licensed
Victuallers ; who are not, as the Licensed Victuallers are,
responsible for the conduct of their customers, and for• the
preservation of peace and good order ; 'who consequently
have not the same personal responsibility of character in a
trade, the respectability of which depends on the manner
of conducting it; and who are thus made free by the
very laws and circumstances which tie the hands of the
Licensed Victuallers.

5. That if the owners and occupiers of Inns and Pub-
lic-houses have enjoyed the benefit of a monopoly, they
have individually vested their moneyin such houses, and
entered into the trade under the faith of the Acts of Par-
liament which created that monopoly, and created it, not
for their advantage, but for the advantage of the revenue ;
that the chief advantages of that monopoly have hitherto
been derived by the Government themselves, who have
availed themselves of it to make the Licensed Victuallers
their unpaid collectors of excise, to find quarters for soldiers
partly at the expense, and often 'to the grievous loss of
Licensed Victuallers, and to make the Licensed Victuallers,
by these means, and by their heavy excise licence, and
their higher assessments to all direct taxes, pay over to
Government a large portion of the benefits of that mo-
nopoly which it is now affected to decry.
6. That the project that is now announced by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, for making the trade' in beer
open, will have the effect of increasing all the evils, as re-
spects both the public and the trade, which have been
proved to result from the the experiments already made ;
that every shop will thus be put on a level with the
Licensed public-houses ; and that the Licensed Victuallers,
burthened and restricted as they are, and liable to all the
expences of large and respectable establishments, will have
to encounter the rivalry of retailers under sheds or in the
streets.

7. That while the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposes
to destroy the monopoly of the owners and occupiers of
Inns and Public-houses, he proposes to forego none of the
advantages which the Exchequer has derived from that
monopoly; that while he ruins the trade of the Licensed
Victuallers, he seems disposed to draw from the remains
of their capital the advantages which he has hitherto drawn
from their profits, and while, in all other circumstances,
they areto be placed orva -level:with the rest-of the public,
they are still to enjoy the benefits of exclusive taxation.
8. That even to place the Licensed Victuallers on a
level with the rest of the public, in respect of taxation,
would be a very inadequate measure of justice; that in
most instances the- Magistrates, previously to granting
licenses, have insisted on the houses being of a superior
description ; that houses of such a description have generally
been built for the express purposes of the trade; that for-
tunes have been sunk in their erection, and in expensive
outfits, to be recovered only by the legitimate profits of the
trade; and that now to throw the trade open would be to
effect a partial revolution, to the destruction of the calling
and the capital of a large class of the community, whose
property rests on the same foundation as that of the fund-
holder, the authority of Acts of Parliament, is equally
sacred, and is entitled to equal protection.
9. That the hopes of increasing, by such a course, the
receipts of the Revenue, will be as vain as the expectation
of improving public morals by the same course ; that the
effect wi I be to withdraw property and responsibility from
the trade, and to leave it in the hands of those who, having
nothing to stake against the chances of excise penalties,
Will be the proper instruments for the evasion of the excise
laws, and the consequent dilapidation of the revenue.
10. That this Meeting adopt, and present to both
Houses of Parliament, petitions in the spirit of these Reso-
lutions.
11. That subscriptions be immediately opened for the
purpose of carrying the foregoing Resolution into effect ;
and that all Publicans and owners of Public-house property
be solicited to contribute thereto ; and that the following
gentlemen be appointed a Committee, with power to add
to their number :
Mr. LIVESEY, Mr. R. K. SNAPE,
Mr. WOLSTENCROFT, Mr. BAGNALL,
Mr. C ROSSLEY, Mr. FOWLER,
Mr. HAMPSON, Mr. DEAN,
Mr. CUFF, Mr. TIMPERLEY,
Mr. WILDE, Mr. SLATER,
Mr. BURTON, Mr. NEWTON.
Mr. JOHNSON,
12. That John Hatnpson. Esq., of Salf4 rd, be appointed
Treasurer; and Mr. Schofield, of St. George's-road, be
appointed Secretary.

- SAMUEL LIVESEY, Chairman.
Mr. Livesey having left the chair, and Mr. Dean being
called thereto, the thanks of the Meeting Were unanimously
voted to Mr. Livesey, for the able manner in whieh he
conducted the business of the Meeting.

THOMAS DEAN.

CARPETS. -
V.. and W.II4,MICHAEL beg to call the
ILA • attention of the Public to a most extensive Stock of
Carpets, which they have just received from their M mu-
factory,and are offering them at such an enormous reduction,
that it merits the particular notice of families furnishing.
Brussels, of a very superior description, selling at the ma-
nufacturing price; ditto, very stout goods, last year's
patterns, considerably, below cost price ; these are a sort
of Carpet that would suit Hotel or Tavern-keepers.
Yard-wide Kidderminster and Venetian.
Stair Carpeting, every width, very cheap. A large
Stock of well-seasoned Floor Cloth, cut to any dimensions.
The Royal Damask Carpet, in a great variety of patterns.
A large assortment of Hearth Rugs, Druggeta, India
Mats, Door Mats, and Matting.
Observe-273, Nigh Holborn, directly opposite Red
Lion-street, is the Wholesale and Retail Warehouse.
The Manufactory, Bridgenorth, Shropshire.

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for its sufferings ? And who would hesitate to procure a
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by the effectual relief afforded in so many distressing eases,
which are daily corning to the notice of Mrs. JOHNSON
Therefore Mothers ought never to be without the AME-
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gum n
s with a few drops of the Syrup, it will immediately
ope the pores, heal the gums, and thereby prevent fevers
and sonvulsions; for should it come in competition with
any other disorder, it often destroys the mother's brightest
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01., 28, York-place, City-road • and, by their appoint-
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at 2e. 9d. per bottle.
N.B. None are per
unless signed on the Stamp
With Mrs. Johiaseel 'genuine
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