The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-06 00:00:00

RETAIL BEER ACT.

Ma. EDITOR—The Retail Beer Act has now
been sufficiently long in operation to have its
imperfections felt and easily pointed out.
Why its provisions should he so widely diffe-
rent from those first proposed by the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, it would be difficult to say,
if the wholesale Brewers and the Publicans did
not boast that the Act was of their manufactur-
ing, and that all their propositions were acceded
to.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer's submitting
to have these alterations made, could not proceed
from a conviction of their propriety, but I am
inclined to think from the fear of two powerful
an opposition being made to the measure, and a
wish on his part to open the trade on any terms ;
trusting to future opportunities for correcting and
improving whatever might be found by experi-
ence to be wrong ; and I, in common with others,
feel grateful to him for having done so.

Although what bus been accomplished is a
great point gained by the public, yet that is
no reason why endeavours should not be used to
obtain a repeal of all the obnoxious clauses, and
to place that brunch of the trade on a fair and
equitable footing, for which purpose meetings
should be called by the retail Brewers, and
means resorted to, to support the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, in opposition to the wholesale
Brewers and Publicans, in any measures that he
may be desirous of effecting for their benefit and
the advantage of the public ; and to point
out to him the hardships which they now labour
under.
The wholesale Brewers have a society for the
protection of their interests, as have also the Pub-
licans ; it would therefore be prudent in the re-
tail Brewers to act together, and to consult on
any matters affecting themselves and the public
in the line of their pursuits.
The present retail act contains such harsh and
severe clauses, and is in a variety of particulars
so objectionable, that it must undergo an altera-
tion in the approaching Sessions of Parliament ;
it thereforelbecomes the duty of those more hn-
mediately affected by its provisions to endeavour
to obtain a fair and equitable law, to get them.
selves put on an equal footing with wholesale
Brewers and Alehouse-keepers, arid to counteract
the formidable influence of these persons, which
can be done only by their acting in conjunction.
The Agriculturalists, and other numerous
classes of the community, are so much interested
in the success of the retail trade, that, no doubt,
they would readily join in any measures necessary
for the accomplishment of that object.
The meeting of Parliament- is so near at.
hand, that no time should be lost ; h therefore
earnestly recommend the retail Brewers of the
metropolis to meet forthwith, and to open a cor-
respondence with those in different parts of the
kingdom, who will not be backward in agreeing
to any resolutions for the general benefit, and
of giving the cause their utmost support.
I urn, Sir,
Your obedient Servant)
A CONSTANT BEADER.

Tug BRIGIITGIN
Rom) IN 1750. " If," says
Horace Walpole, in one of his letters, " you love good roads,
conveniences, good inns, plenty of postilions and horses, be so
..
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kind as never to go into Sussex. We thought ourselves in the
northest part of England ; the whole country has a Saxon air,
and the inhabitants arc savage, as if King. George the Second
was the first monarch of the East Angles. Coaches grow there
s
no more than balm and spices ; we were forced to drop our
post-chaise, that resembled nothing so much as Harlequin's
ceaxias isli, a which was occasionally
great damper of curiosity.
a chaise or a baker's cart: Sus.

The following
statement has been put forth in
the Bath Jourual, relative to General MINA, to correct a pre.
vious account :---" Although it is so far true, that the satisfac.
Lion of having contributed to the recovery of this brave officer
had superseded all idea or wish of remuneration on the part of
Dr. Gaitskell, and prompted him to decline,. any thing of the
kind, he considers it is but due to the grateful and generous
conduct of his patient to state, that a few days after General
Mina, his lady, and some friends, called to take leave. The
General then requested the Doctor would permit his lady to
wear a small memorial in remembrance of him, at the same
time presenting Mrs. Gaitskell with an envelope, containing a
very, handsome present. It is almost unnecessary to add, that
the General was. sent to Bath by Sir Astley Cooper, for the ex-
press purpose of using the springs, just at the period most pro.
per for completing e cure his skill and attention had very
materially advanced."