The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-06 00:00:00

REMARKS.

PRICES OF MALT LIQUORS.
Last night a special meeting of the Hackteey.leceeeed
Victuallers' Protection Society was held at Mr: Homer's,
Dolphin, Hackney, to take into considerefiodifie,pro-
priety of raising the price of beer, ale, &c., in the same
ratio as the advance by the brewers and distillers. The
meeting was most numerously and respectably attended,
and included, beeides the grk at majority of the licensed
victuallers of the district, many members of the trade
from all parts of the metropolis, who evinced a lively
interest in the business of the meeting.
On the motion of Mr. STICH, seconded by Mr. HOMER,
Mr. Hubble was unanimously called to the chair ; and
Mr. H. L. JECKS, the secretary, having read the cir-
cular convening the meeting,
The CHAIRMAN said the business on which they were
assembled was one of great
.importance to the trade. It
was to discuss tt at steps should be taken in consequence
of the recent 'dvance of prices by the metropolitan
brewers, and the propriety of their ah,o raising prices in
the same ratio. If any gentle men prcent had any reso-
lution to propose on the subject, he was sure that he
would meet with a candid and impartial hcarimz, and
that the t,ubject would be discussed solely with reference
to the facts of the case.—(llear.)
Mr. J. J. IlomF.rt said it would hare given him much
pleasure to have heard the opinion of the numerous body
of gentkrin aroinA him before exi_xessing his own ;
but as no one else came f.,rward, lie rose to ant mit a
inoti,n to the meeting en the question they had met to
eomider. When he heard of the advance in price on
,S,tord,:y last, he felt that it was a subject for the con-
.,i,leration of the trade, and that a mein should be
held for that purpose. With that view be had iinme-
dbady causoff a notice to le inserted in the Morning
Advertiser calling the present meeting, and subsequently
:he Hackney Licensed Victuallers' Protection :..ociety
had taken the subjcet up and issued the circular which
had just been read. For himself, looking at the price
of grain in this country, lie had lo eked for this ad-
vance in prices fur some time past, but there were
others who held a different opinion, and who believed
that, at present prices, the brewers could continue at
the old prices. He thought it was only necessary
to look at the actual facts of the case to show the
fallacy of that opinion. The price of malt had ad-
vanced from 60s. and 645. to 84i. a quarter, showing an
increase of 20s. In barley there was a difference
of 13s. a quiterern--"trifas well known that the spring
creeps of this country were last year very deficient. The
barley crop had been calculated to be one- third less than
the average, and the barley imported from abroad had
been much less this season than in the preceding year,
while at the same time the-re was a steady increase in the
consumption of malt liquors.—(Hear, He thought

it was only necessary to look at these facts to see that
the brewers were, at least on the face of them, justified
in taking the step they had dune, and when the fact was
added that the importations of ten of the principal
brewers alone had amounted to 60,000 quarters of malt,
it would be seen at once how the pressure bore on that
body.—(Hear, hear.) The fact, however, was there.
The price had been raised to the Licensed Victuallers,
and the question was, wnat they ought to do under the
circumstances ? In causing the note to be inserted in
the Morning Advertiser he had merely intended to
call the attention of the trade to the subject,
in order that whatever was done might not
rest upon an individual, but a general decision. The
Protection Society had, he believed, been actuated by
the same desire, and the question was now, what should
be the rise ? He thought that it should be one halfpenny
a pot, which would just cover the advance made by the
brewers by a small sum on the butt, but sufficiently so to
prevent any loss. In his opinion it would be decidedly
impolitic to raise the price one penny. If they did, it
would have the effect of stimulating an unhealthy com-
petition, which would neither be beneficial for the trade
nor the public—(Hear, hear)—at the same time he be-
lieved it was an incontrovertible doctrine, that accord-
ing to the cheapness of any commmlity, so in proportion
its consumption increased. It was, therefore, to him, in
common with the trade at large, a source of regret, that
the high price of malt and barley, had constrained the
brewers to advance the price of porter and ale ; because
they at the beverages of the industrial community, who
form the great majority of the population of this country.
—(Hear, hear.) He hoped that the meeting, as also the
trade generally, would make the minimum and not
the maximum advance, as he was confident they would
ultimately be pecuniarily benefitted thereby. He un-
derstood some contemplated advancing one penny per
pot, but he believed that on further reflection, they
would see the impolicy of so doing, and give their con-
currence to the motion which he now begged leave to
submit for their adoption. Mr. Homer then moved—
" 'that as the leading brewers advanced the price of
porter and ale on Friday, the Ist instant, it is the opinion
of this meeting that the licensed victuallers are com-
pelled to raise the price of porter and single X ale
halfpenny per pot to the public."
Mr. Szren, concurring as he did in the sentiments
expressed by Mr. Homer, had great pleasure in second-
ing the resolution.
An animated discussion ensued, in which Messrs.
Roper, Swatton, Faulkner, Poole, and others took part ;
and the motion having been put to the meeting, was
unanimously adopted.
It was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Mitchell, se-
conded by Mr. Rountree, that the price of gin be raised
in proportion to the advance made by the distillers.
The thanks of the meeting were then unanimously
passed to the Chairman for his conduct in the chair, and
to Mr. Homer for the deep interest which on this, and
ox all occasions, he had shown in the welfare cf the
trade, and these gentlemen having suitably acknow-
ledged the compliment, the meeting separated.

WHITECHAPEL.— A meeting of the Licensed Victual-
lers of this district was held on Monday at'ern,)on, at Mr.
Hill's, Grave Maurice, Whitechapel-road, Mr. Rountree, -
in the chair, when a rise of one halfpenny a pot was
unanimously agreed to, on account of the advance of
pike by the brewers.
AIILE-END.—A ntirnert,uAly attended meeting of the
trade was held at:the Hayfield, Mile-end-road, on Monday
afternoon, Mr. Roper presiding, when a similar resolu-
tion was unanimously agreed to.
GREENWICH.-At a meeting of the Licensed Victual-
lers residing in this district, held on Monday evening at
Mr. Holmes's, King's Arms, King-street, Mr. Sprunt in
the Chair, on the motion of Mr. Hone, of the Wheat-
sheaf, seconded by Mr. Brown, of the Red Lion, it was
unanimously resolved, "That the price of porter for per-
sons bringing their own jugs be 4d. per quart, and for
using the measures of the Licensed Victuallers in or out
of the house 4id. p r quart, and that no ale be sold
under sd. per quart, and other ales in the same propor-
tion.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, JANUARY 4.
STOCK EXCHANGE.--The sales are-Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction, 1134-Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and
Stour Valley, 2% p.-Great Western, 52 p.-Ditto, Quarter
Shares, 193/-Ditto, Fifths, 31% - London and South-
Western, Quarter New Shares, 13%8 p.-Midland, New, 674
-North British, Thirds, 27g p.
LIVERPOOL, JANUARY 4.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Blackburn, Clitheroe,
and North- Western, % dis.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction, 11. Bs. 9d. p.-Birmingham and Dudley,
p.-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 93/4 p.-Boston,
Stamford, and Birmingham, 2% p.- Caledonian, Halves,
% p.-Chester and Birkenhead, 50-Eastern Counties, New
p -East Lancashire, New, 3% p.-Ditto, New Scrip,
134 p.-East Lincolnshire, 214 p.-Edinburgh and Glasgow,
78-Ditto, Halves, 111/2 p.-Glasgow and Ayr, New Halves
7% p. -Great Northern (late Direct Northern), p.-Ditto
(late London and York), 11s. 3d. p.-Great Western, 47 p
-Ditto, Quarters, 94 p.-Huddersfield and Manchester, 4%
p.-Ditto, Extension, 1% p.-Leeds and Thirsk, dis.-
Ditto, Preference, 13/4 p.-Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport,
134 p.-Liverpool, and Newcastle Junction, 3s. 9d. p.-Lon-
don and North-Western, 199-Ditto, Quarters, New, 141%
p.-London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters, New
(C), p.-London and York, 13s. 9d. p.-Ditto, Direct
Northern. 6s. 3d. p. -Manchester and Leeds. Halves, 14 p.
-Ditto, Halves (late Huddersfield and Sheffield), 6%
Ditto, Fifths, 61/2 p.-Ditto, Extension, 1% p.-Manchester,
Bolton, and Bury, 311/2-Ditto, Halves (late Liverpool and
Bury), 51/4 p.-Manchester, Matlock, and Midland, 1% p.
-Manchester and Southampton, ls. 3d. p.-Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln, 100-Ditto, Eighths (late Quarters,
No. 3), par-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 2% dis. -Ditto,
Quarters, 1% dis.-Ditto, 201. Shares, 1 dis.-Midland Stock,
1311/2-Ditto, New, "5% p.-North Staffordshire, 4% p.-
North Union (A), 225-Ditto (B), 156-Shrewsbury and
Chester, New, 2% p.-Ditto, New, ls. 3d. p.-Shrewsbury
and Birmingham (B), 21s. 3d. p,-Shropshire Union, dis.
-South- Eastern, No. 2,3% p.-Ditto, No. 4, % p.-South
Staffordshire Junction, 11,/ p.-West Riding Union, 2/. 6s.
3d. p.-York and Newcastle, New, 7% p.-Ditto, Pre-
ference, 6 p.-York and North Midland, Preference, 12 p.-
Dutch Rhenish, 1% dis -Shrewsbury and Hereford, e dis.
MANCHESTEIt, JANUARY 4.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 1/4 p.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire, 1 9-16 p.-Buckinghamshire, par-Caledonian, ;$f
dis.-Ditto, Halves, 5-16 p.-East Lancashire, 3% --7
Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, % p.-Glasgow and.
Dumfries, 1 9-16 p.-Great Grimbsy and Sheffieldp,._2lo,dtits.o
-Great Northern (late Direct Northerenrs),ei%
(late London and York), 7-16
chester Railway and Canal, 4 3-16 .Thirds, 114 p.
d and Man-
Id June, ion, g 9-16 p.-Manchester and
-Malton and Driffie
oNhorEthx-tnesisotner,nl,s-%16
-Leeds and Thirsk, 1 dis.-Ditto, 1 reterentials, 1 9-16 p.
ti
.-
g;lahnacmhe(stAei:
dis.-Oldham Alliance, p
Southampton, 1 16 p.-North
nion,
hi/244'4 cr.e dwissb.-urSylleaffit de dßiarltiiitinA
2Qt/arit)e.--rs'SNouot.h3-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 11-16 p.-West
SNN hooerrlttl ihheel dr na Counties
StaffordshireuLi eci/3811.LT.si
Riding Union, 2 5-16 p
LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 1.-The sales
were-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 7s. 6d. n.
Eastern Counties, York Extension, 134 p.-East Lancashire
(Blackburn and Preston), 33/4 p.-Ditto, New, 3 11.16 p.-
Ditto, New, Scrip, 365. p.-East Lincolnshire, 2% p.-Great
Northern (late London and York), 13s. 6d. n.
Extensions, sa. p.-Huddersfield and Manchester, 41/2 c. p.
-Leeds and Thirsk, 20s. dis.-Ditto, New, par-Ditto, Pre-
ference, 335. 6d. p.- Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle
Junction, ls. dis.-London and South-Western, Scrip, 20s. p.
-Halton and Driffield Junction, 1% p.-Manchester and
Leeds, Half Share,. 131% p.-Ditto, Fifths, 634 p.-Ditto
Half Shares (late Wak. P. and G.), 8 p.- Manchester, Bux-
ton, Matlock, and Midland, 1% p.-Midland, Preference, 5
p.-North British, Quarter Shares (late Carlisle Branch),
2% p.-Ditto, Extension (scrip), 18s. 6d. p.-North Staf-
fordshire, 4% p.-Northern Counties Union, lls. dis.-North-
Western, 3/4 p.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 15s. p.
-Shropshire Union, ss. dis.-York and Newcastle, Prefer-
ence, 5N' p.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, Bs. dis.-West
Riding Union, 4/. Ils. 6d.
HULL STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 4.-The sales were
-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 11s. 9d. dis.-East Lancashire,
New. No. 1, 4 p.-Ditto, New (scrip), 2 p.-Great Northern
(London and York), 3-Manchester and Southampton, par
-Northern Counties Union, 2-North-Western, 16s. p.-
York and Selby Preference, 12 p.
SHEFFIELD STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 4.-The sales
were-East Lincolnshire, 214 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 1/.
Manchester, Grimsby, and Sheffield, 3,. dis. cum int.-Ditto.
Quarters, lls. dis.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln. 14s-
dis.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 16s. p.-Leeds,
Wakefield, and Midland, 10s. dis.-Soutli Yorkshire, Don-
cuter, and Goole, 10e. p.