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the great brewers. Mr. Huskisson, therefore,
suggested the expediency of adopting some mea-
sure which might.insure to the public the advan-
tage proposed by- the Ministers—such as the im-
position of a tax upon all beer brewed by public
brewers, to an amount equal to the reduction of
the duty upon malt, unless they, will consent to
reduce the price of their beer to the con-
sumers. It is difficult to conceive any thing
more fair than such a proposition, unless in-
deed it can be contended that a reduction in the
price of malt causes no diminution in the ex-
pences of brewing. Unless this be shewn, it ic
quite clear that every shilling of taxation removed
must, if the price of beer remain unchanged, put
a shilling into the pockets of the brewers, to-
gether with the additional profit arising from the
continued employment of the money so withheld
from the Treasury. Mr. Buxton fully admitted
the propriety of Mr. Huskisson's observations,
and avowed his intention of supporting such a
conditional measure as lie had suggested, provided
such effects were found to arise from the repeal
of the tax as seemed to have been apprehended.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
We have to call the attention of our readers
to some very important observations made in the
House, last night, respecting a reduction in the
price of porter. Mr. lluskisson, alluding to an
opinion expressed some nights ago, that the pro-
posed diminution of the Malt Duty would not
lead to any such reduction, observed, he believed
he did not overstate the fact, when he said that
there would be a diminution of one-half, or more
properly speaking of five-eighths of the reduc-
tion to the public brewers, so that, if they were
not to reduce the price of porter, they would
pocket a bonus of 800,0001. Ile observed far-
ther, that if they did not reduce the price of
beer, then he should certainly recommend an
additional duty on the barrel of beer, equivalent
to the above diminution of 800,0001. a year.—
Mr. Calcraft facetiously observed, he cal-
culated on the firmness of the brewers, in ad-
hering to the determination which had been
expressed, in which case the Chancellor of the
Exchequer would be enabled to accede to his
motion for the partial abolition of the Salt Tax,
and still put 300,000/. a year in the public purse.
But what we were most pleased with on this oc-
casion was the remark of Mr. Huskission, that it
was worthy of the consideration of the Magis-
trates whether some steps ought not to be taken
to amend the Licensing System, as at present
there was scarcely such a thing to be found as
a free Public-house. He thought that a fair
competition ought to be allowed, and that
every effort ought to be made by Magistrates to
encourage free public-houses, even at the expence
of refusing licenses to those in the hands of, the
brewers. Mr. Iluskisson's observations are cer-
tainly dictated by good sense, and indeed the
only wonder is how a sensible people, as the
English call themselves, should patiently submit
to all the inconveniences of their licensing sys-
tem. It is only explicable on the principle, that
as beer is seldom drank by the rich, it is a matter
of little consequence to them whether it be good
or bad, and therefore they will abandon the poor
to all the evils of monopoly. It oftentimes hap-
pens thaf all the public-houses of a populous
neighbourhood belong to one brewer, and the in-
habitants are forced to drink his beer, however
much they may dislike it. Why should the pub-
lic be subjected to such an inconvenience ? The
error has originated in attaching the licence to a
particular house, instead of making it personal.
In Scotland every man obtains a licence who can
produce a certificate of good conduct, and we
never heard that this system gave rise to the
smallest inconvenience, whereas that of England
s inconvenient, and even oppressive, in the
ighest degree.

[MO II NI Ng POST.]
The precarious state in which France is now
placed is not a circumstance calculated to excite
any surprise. It is little more than what we an-
ticipated when the middle party was over-
thrown, and the Government passed into the
hapds of the Ultras. We then thought, and
publicly said, that the decisive 'crisis was come,
and that the fate of the Bourbon Dynasty de-
pended on the manner iu which the new Minis-
ters would exercise the power with which they
had been so suddenly and so extraordinarily in-
vested. The events which have since occurred
have served materially to sanction our opinion in
this respect, whilst they thew the reality of. the
dangers to which this last experiment has exposed
the Bourbons, and the peace of Europe. Let us
hope that they have had another and a more salu-
tary effect—that they have put the French Minis-
ters on their guard, and have taught them, that
to carry on the Government of the State with
safety to their King and advantage to their coun-
try, they must emancipate themselves from the
domineering influence of all parties, and act, pot
as Ultra Royalists or Ultra Liberals, but as,loyal
subjects and sincere patriots. It would, there-
fore, become them
,to repress, as far as their
means extended, the wild and furious zeal of
their ancient adherents in the Senate, as well as
the insurrectionary efforts of the factious without.
Both are equally dangerous to their Administra-
tion and to the country, and it is perhaps to the
unchecked growth of the former that much of
the latter, may be ascribed. It is therefore with
no little satisfaction that we hrtil.the fair and
independent spirit displayed by the Minister of
Finance in the. Debate of the 14th instant. The

subject under consideration was-the Budget, and
the general discussion having been closed some
days earlier than it had been expected, the Left
urged that they were unprepared to vote the
separate articles, as they bad not provided them-
selves with th 6 documents, necessary to judge of
their propriety. They claimed the delay of one
day, or at least of one hour. during which they
might contrive to supply the deficiency. This
proposal, although most just and reasonable,
was received by the Ultras with their usual
exclamations of ridicule and of dissent, and
would have been thrown out by a great majority,
had not Monsieur de Villele (the Minister' of
Finance) come forward, and with a degree of manly
spirit which does him honour, " demanded of the