The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-16 00:00:00

NE N\ BEER
.TRADE„

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. .
have this moment seen your Paper of Monday,
the 13th instant, in which appears an article on the new
ber trade. Under the form of a letter, not being a sub-
scriber (like T. IL B.) to your Journal, I must trust to
the general honourable feeling amongst the leading editors
of the day, which grants an opportunity for refuting any
attacks made through their medium. To intrude myself
as an individual is far from my idea; but when I see a
class of men who, though young in their business, for
their trade is new, set down in such scurrilous terms, as
men of no honour, no principle, men returned from tt•an.•
sportation, robbers of tills, fraudulent in their dealings
with their creditors, and drawing the invidious distinction
that the victuallers are all men of honourable character,
just and fair in all theirs, thus bringing the two trades in
coalition, I cannot refrain from answering it. Could he
not have stated, that the new dealers have been convicted
of daulteration—of selling poison ? No, Sir, bete he is
too sensitive (the galled jade winces)• Strong as his
party views are, lie could not advance it, or he would
scarcely have let such an excellent point be lost.
When I see such men as Mr. Braithwaite, Mr. Birt,
Mr. Morris, Mr. Farren, Mr. Dyke, nay, hundreds snore,
standing forward in the cause, can I, or you, think for
one moment that the society of retailers is made up of
such materials as your correspondent, in the malignity of
his heart, blazons forth to the world ?
I would fain ask, why cannot the new shops sell good,
wholesome, and genuine beer (fr•an malt and hops only)?
Have Messrs. Whitbread, Calvert, Taylor, Elliott, Tickel,
&c. &c., laid aside the above articles, since they began to
serve us, or do they brew two distinct beverages for the
two trades? That we can and do sell it pure is evident,
and we challenge a conviction to the contrary. Can our
adversaries (for I understand they are in the field against
us) say the same?
How in so short a time they have sent so many to the
w Aliouse (according to T. H. B.) I cannot. divine
Could they not get beer before? Was there not every in-
ducement held out to entice them in? The unpretending
fronts of the new beer shops cannot be put in competition
with the grand and expensive glitter of the gin shop—
alias. licensed victualler.

With respect to time, or being put on an equality with
the publican, we decidedly stated, as our only wish, the
time to he eleven, and the same courtesy as they received
for clearing their houses be allowed us ; and we expressed
a hope that a mitigatory clause, on the latter part of the
Act, namely, the consumption after ten o'clock, would be
introduced.

As for any other illiberal remarks, they are best met by
the silent reproof of contempt, or I should, could I have
presumed on your valuable time and columns, have entered
more into them. It is the terms and expressions of his
letter, not its effects, we care for. Scurrility will always
undermine its own acts. The public are the judges, and
while we have sufficient p itrons for our articles, we can
leave him to draw comparisons as long as he can find vent
for them. I am, your obedient servant,
31, Bishopsgate•Street. G. CRUCEFIX.

Lord GRANVILLE was expected in Londoi
Tsterday afternoon.

THE O'CoNNoR DON, M.P.—By some ac-
cident a paragraph announcing the death of this venerable
patriot, got into the evening Freeman of Saturday. We
hasten to contradict it. It gives pleasure to know that the
valuable Member for Roscommon is better. lie was seri-

ously indisposed ; but thank Gon, he is now convalescent.
—Dublin Freeman's Journal of Monday.
DEATH OF THE O'CONNOR DON.—We
have to announce, with the most unfeigned regret, that
this venerable and distinguished patriot breathed his last at
ten o'clock on Sunday. Speculation, is of course, busy, as
to who is to be his successor in the representation of Ros-
common
; but we earnestly implore the electors of that
county to recollect the debt of gratitude due to the House
of Balnagar ; and if the electors would but look into
" The People's Book," the description of the late repre-
sentative would fill their minds with veneration for those
who are now no more, and, doubtless would induce them
to pause ere they should decline to give their unsolicted
suffrages to the present head of that ancient and truly
Irish family.—Dublin Morning Register.
We understand that the Duke of NORFOLK
and Lord MuLoaavE are to move and second the address
in the House of Lords, and Mr. Cnar.LEs PELHAM,
Member for Lincolnshire, with Sir JoiiN B. JOHNSTONE,
Member for Yorkshire, will do the same thing in the
House of Commons.

It has been announced to us, on unquestion-
able authority, that Prince LEOPOLD has positively de-
clined, at a private interview, the throne of Belgium, on
any conditions. We confess that we are inclined to doubt
the intelligence, notwithstanding the high authority from
which we have received it; but revolutions in opinion, as
well as in other matters, are so common in these days,
that the statement may, notwithstanding, be correct.—
Morning Advertiser.

This is the sixth time that the present SPEAKER

(the Right Hen. MANNERS SIITT;N, son of the late
Archbishop of CANTERBURY) has been appointed to fill
the chair. The custom is that the SPEAKER should have
a new service of plate with each new Parliament; so that
the present SPEAKER will possess six official services of
plate. He has long been celebrated for the taste.- and
splendour of his Parliamentary dinners ; they will now be
more splendid than ever.

We are authorised to state that the paragraph
which appeared yesterday, announcing the approaching
nuptials of Lord Eforwot with Lady JANE HANLEY, is
untrue ; there being no foundation whatever for it.

Neither is it true that the late Countess of OXFORD was
ever forbidden to approach the Austrian territorits,
her Ladyship ❑ever having had any acquaintance with
either of the ladies mentioned as her associates in that pro-
hibitio n.—Morning Herald.

Mr. RUSSELL, the patriotic Member for the
county of Durham, passed through Stamford, on his way
to attend his Parliamentary duties on Sunday. The noble
sacrifice he made of his boroughs, valued at upwards of
100,0001. has endeared him to his constituents. The
Clergy and the gang of boroughmongers offered 30,000/.
to Sir HENRY HA RDINGE if he would contest the county
against him, hut Sir HENRY knew better what he was
about : 30,0001. would be nothing against the voice of the
people of the county, who, in every part, received Mr.
RUSSELL with the most triumphant and soul-inspiring ac-
clamations.— Stamfbrd Champion.

The pictures painted by modern artists, which
have been disposed of at the British Institution during the
present exhibition, have considerably exceeded those of the
last year, both in number and value; 110 pictures have
been sold, the value of which amounts to 5,3181. Os.

As good deeds ought to be known and justly
appreciated, and as some confusion has arisen in names, it
may hot be unacceptable to the public to be informed that
the Lady who has so bountifully given 4,0001 to the suf-
fering Irish is Mrs. PALMER, who has 30,000/. a year in
Mayo, the mother-in-law of Mr. W. iIIAcKINNON, M.P.
for Lytnington.—Morning Herald.
A very strong impression prevails that part of
the present subscription fur the famishing Irish is likely to
find its way (as was the case on a former occasion) into
the pockets of some of the landlords in the shape of rent,
instead of answering the urgent and benevolent purpose
for which it is destined. We do not ourselves believe
this; but as it is calculated to check the tide of public
virtue, the sooner its fallacy and impossibility are made
known the better.

BOROUGH PROPRIETORS:—No correct list
on fl theo .
g e 1r)50,r,,0 übgal
si
b proprietors,een
given ori
nm
theor e properlyp
; the following
will be found so :—The Duke of apers
NORFOLK nominates 6,
and influences the return of b more,
EWCASTLE nominates 4, and influences I I
;the Duke of
Nthe
eretutn of 3
n more ; the Earl of LONSDALE nominates 5, influences
the return of 4 more ; the Marquis of CLEV
.13'
; Lord
ELAND nos
minates and influences 7 ; the Duke of RUTL 6; the
Duke of BUCKINGHAM, 6 ; Earl FtrzwiLmaA-,NI
CARRINGTON; 6 ; the Duke of NORTHUIkIBEIL6
Marquis of STAFFORD, 5 ; Earl of MOUNT-EncEAL"' 5 ;
5 ; Earl Powfs, 5 ; Duke of BEDFORD, 4 ; Duke of
; Earl Marquis
of 4 ; Duke of MARLBOROUGH, 4 ; f
of ANGLESEA, 4 ; Earl of AYLESBURY, 4
GERMAINS, 4. ; Lord FOLEY., 4 ; Lord YARBOROUGH, 4,
the HOLMES family, 4; J. BULLER, E-q. 4 ; Sir G. F.
JOHNSTONE, 4 ; Duke of BEAUFORT, 3; Marquis of
BATH, 3 ; Earl of SANDWICH, 3 ; Earl of RADNOR, 3 ;
Earl of HAREWOOD, 3 ; Lord CLINTON, 8 ; Lord MON-
SON, 3 ; Lord DE DUNsTANVILLE, 3 ; Mr. ROS
erE,f 3; Sir
W. W. WYNN, 3; Mr. PITT, 3. The numb o indi
duals returning or influencing the return of two Members
is 45, showing among those representing the borough
system 96 ; while there are 89 individuals who nominate
or are sufficiently influential to return one Member of
Parliament each, of whom :35 are Peers, and the re-
mainder 54 Commoners. These particulars apply to the
representation of England only, without at all referring to
that of Scotland, the whole Members for which (45) are
or were nominated by individuals.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. _

-ARRIVALS.

I'he Marquis of Hertford, in Park-lane, from the Continent;
Eird Wallace, in Portman-square, from his seat,' Feathefttone
Castle, Northumberland ' Lord Falkland, at Fenton's Hotel, St
James's-street, from Y orkshire ; the Marquis de Strada, Equerry
to the King of France, at the Orleans Hotel (late Millar's), Jer-
myn-street ; R. Atkinson, Esq., at ditto, from Plymouth ; J.
Kearsley, Esq., and family, at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn_
street, from Lancaster ; S. Briscall, Esq., at ditto, from Strath-
tieldsaye ; Colonel and Mrs. Wollaston, at Fladong's Hotel, Ox-
ford-street, from Surrey ; Captain and Mrs. Buchanan acid family,
at ditto, from Kent ; J. P. Cranmer, Esq., at ditto, from. Quen-
don Hall ; Rev. H. Dugmore, at ditto, from Norfolk ; Dr.
Geddes, at ditto, from a tour ; Captain Pingally,-Mrs. Roper, and
Miss Findlater, at ditto from India ; W Russell, Esq., in ce,n_
naught-terrace, from his seat, Brancepeth Castle; Durham; Mr.
and Mrs. Hammond and family, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street,
from Dover; Colonel Colville, at the British Hotel, Jermyn-
street ; Mr. add Mrs. Deering, in Chapel-street, from their seat
in Herts ; S. Jarvis, Esq., at Symmonds's Hotel, St. James's_
street, from his seat in Surrey; Mi. and Mrs. W. Palmer, iu
Brook-street, from Brighton ; J. Hawkins, Esq., in Regent-street,
from Hastings.
DEPARTURES.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol, for their seat, Putney
heath • Lord Farnborough, for his scat, Bromley-hill, Kent ; the
Earl Of Onslow, from the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street,
for his seat, Clandon, Surrey ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Morrison, from
ditto, for their seat in Wales ; Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, from Re-
gent-street, for Leamington, Warwickshire; Captain Stevenson,
from the British Hotel, Jermyn_street, for Brighton ; Captain
Mortis, from ditto, on a tour ; the Hon. Colonel and Lady An_
nabella Arden, from the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for
their seat, Pepper Hall, Yorkshire ; F. and F. L. Beckford,
Esqrs. from ditto, for Sussex; Dr. Stevens, from the Orleans
Hotel, (late Miller's) Jermri-street, for the Continent; Dr.
Morris, from ditto, for ditto ; R. Morris, Esq.,- from ditto, for
ditto • W. Morris, Esq ; from ditto, for ditto ; J. I'. Schunertron,
Esq., ditto, for Edinburgh ; Mrs. Killingey, from Fladong's
Hotel, Oxford-street, on a tour ; Rev. R. Newcombe, from ditto,
for ditto; - Browne, Esq., from ditto, for ditto;
Way, Esq., from ditto, for ditto; Joseph Wallace, Esq., and
Mrs. Wallace, from ditto, for Surrey.